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DL Open Thread: Friday, December 16, 2022
Latest Muskmare: Investigative Reporters Tossed Off Twitter. For allegedly telling people where the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ was. Which wasn’t true: Twitter suspended the accounts of more than half a dozen journalists from CNN, the New York Times, The Washington Post and other outlets Thursday evening, as company owner Elon Musk accused the reporters of posting […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 15, 2022
AG’s Office Concludes That Fort DuPont Redevelopment Corporation Broke Law. Tip of the sombrero to one of our fave tipsters: “The petitions allege that the Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation (“FDRPC”) violated FOIA by not responding to two FOIA requests seeking records relating to financial audits of the FDRCP. This correspondence serves as a […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 13, 2022
We’re back. Didn’t know what happened to Jason–until I got that ‘Wish You Were Here’ postcard from Hawaii. Did he win the lottery, or did he merely abscond with the Delaware Liberal treasury (which wouldn’t have gotten him as far as Marcus Hook)? Anyway, he’s OK, but we’ve put him in ‘time-out’ for the day. […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 11, 2022
Pa. Rethugs Lose Election–Try To Steal It In Court. By, you know, opposing special elections for vacant seats: The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives asked a court late Friday to prevent voters from filling three vacant seats in February that will determine majority control of the chamber. Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 10, 2022
For All You Science Nerds, (Let’s see, there’s Unstable Isotope, and that’s about it), Is This How To Beat Covid?: As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) evolves to escape natural antibodies, it also loses sensitivity to therapeutic antibody drugs. By contrast, evolution selects for binding to ACE2, the cell-surface receptor required for SARS-CoV-2 infection. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 9, 2022
The Sinema Enema. Flushed herself out of the bowels of the Democratic Party. Here’s my quick early take: Well, we know she can’t run as a D in Arizona again. Maybe the R’s will have her, maybe they won’t. Maybe she’ll go the Sore Loserman route. Problem is–what, exactly, is her constituency? Going the Third […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Brittany Griner Released! In exchange for an arms dealer: The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad. Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist whose monthslong imprisonment on drug charges brought unprecedented attention to the population of wrongful detainees. Biden’s authorization to […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 4, 2022
Dominion Vs. Fox Case Heats Up In Delaware Superior Court. For once, I’m a Dominionist: Although the law leans in the media’s favor in defamation cases, Dominion has what independent observers have said is an unusually strong case. Day after day, Fox hosts and guests repeated untrue stories about Dominion’s ties to communist regimes and […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 2, 2022
Last Call For Albert Cummings–We already have what I call a ‘Covid sellout’, meaning a sellout minus the 20% or so of our audience that still hasn’t come back. For those of you who like your blues with a side order of country, perhaps this will entice you: You know what to do. Just. Do. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Medicare Dis-Advantage. Just remember–this is what Carney and DeMatteis is trying to sell to state employees: Medicare Advantage plans, which are private insurance plans for seniors paid for with federal dollars, originated as a government savings strategy, on the theory that the private sector could improve on government performance at a lower cost. But over […]
BREAKING: Brandon Toole Says No To Developers–Bundling/Bribery Fest At The Tarabicos Law Firm Canceled!!
Several reliable sources have told me that Brandon Toole dis-invited himself from this blatant attempt to bribe new Council members, and that the Tarabicos firm that was to serve as the bundlers for Toole and Valerie George subsequently canceled the event. No word yet on Valerie George, though the early campaign finance returns are not […]
How Developers And Their Lawyers Deliver ‘Bundles Of Joy’ To Elected County Officials: Part 2
So, what, you may ask, happens at one of these bundling events? Let’s take a look at just one of them. This one held on behalf of arguably and verifiably the most consistently corrupt member of County Council. We’re talking Bill Bell. The guy who has collected fully 79% of his $$’s from developers. We’re […]
How Developers And Their Lawyers Deliver Campaign Cash ‘Bundles Of Joy’ To NCC Elected Officials: Part 1
First, to all council members and those who bribe them: If you object to the use of the word ‘bribery’, you are free to come on here and explain why the word doesn’t apply. With that out of the way, let’s, for the third time, share with you the invitation to tomorrow’s Bundling Party for […]
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