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Carney’s Veto is Appalling
Cassandra Marshall – Via FB This is so very appalling. Especially that Governor Carney can’t connect the dots between the DSU student stop that was utterly fueled by anticipation of collecting up small amounts of weed from young Black people and legalization. A thing that happens on the regular all over Delaware. Rarely, of course, […]
A Chorus of Empty, Rote Prayers From The Usual Bloodthirsty Ghouls.
Ho hum….more children murdered in their elementary school. Here is the Pro forma, boilerplate response used by many GOP leaders. Ted Cruz even re-used an exact tweet from a mass murder of children in October.
There seems to be a formula for how right-wing politicians are now responding to mass shootings on social media that goes something like this:
I [We] am [HORRIFIED, HEARTBROKEN, ETC] at the senseless tragedy in [LOCATION] today. We are [LIFTING THEM UP IN PRAYER, PRAYING FOR THEM] and thank the heroic efforts of [POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS, ETC] on the scene.
DE House Can Put A Dent In Gun Violence. Why Won’t They Do It?
I will first quote an excerpt from AG Kathleen Jennings’ statement on yesterday’s Texas massacre: Our state and our nation must choose change, including a ban on the military-style assault rifles that both shooters are reported to have used. It’s also long past time for Delaware to pass into law Senate Bill 3, legislation creating […]
Song of the Day 5/25: Candlebox, “I’ve Got a Gun”
Candlebox released this cri de coeur about gun violence in 2016, long after the Seattle band’s grunge-era heyday. Frontman Kevin Martin, asked about the song’s inspiration by Songfacts, said: At the time when it was being written there was a lot going on in the world with gun violence and it’s still happening on a […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday May 25 2022
Any Delaware politician, Republican or Democrat, that accepts money from the bloodthirsty Delaware arm of the NRA needs to be removed from office. We can start with the Democrats, every primary day. Accepting donations from NRA/De Sportsman’s Assoc. should result in certain defeat. Yesterday 19 children and 2 teachers were murdered in an elementary school. […]
Carney Vetoes Marijuana Bill
It deserves its own thread, and Carney deserves all the vitriol we can throw at him. This veto defines his administration and who he is. Legalization is inevitable. We’ll likely just have to wait for a new governor–one who comes out, says they support legalization and will work for its passage. Here’s the article. Let’s […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 24 2022
We’re in the worst timeline.
I envy the fuck out of the Jason330 who is in the timeline where Gore beat Bush, climate change was taken seriously, Rupert Murdoch was stoned to death by an angry mob, and corporate hegemony was vanquished.
That Jason330 is probably sitting at his lap top right now bitching and grousing about some trivial nonsense, like cakes vs pies.
Mayor Mike’s Mindless Mouthpiece
I live for stories like this: A letter Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki sent to the Delaware General Assembly requesting $1.7 million to demolish the Rodney Reservoir has sparked community debate over what the Cool Springs neighborhood park’s future use should be. Purzycki in late April outlined six different projects the city is hoping the state […]
DL Open Thread Monday May 23 2022
Let’s see. A Judge rules that Park City Kathy’s multiple confessions of wrongdoing* on her personal lap top can’t be used because State Police digital forensics (it is suddenly and conveniently revealed) sucks ass. Just around the same time Pete Schwartzkopf is rumored to be going around Rehoboth and Lewes saying that he has 100% […]
Song of the Day 5/22: The Velvet Underground, “All Tomorrow’s Parties”
Andy Warhol, who launched the Velvet Underground by making them part of his Exploding Plastic Inevitable, called this first single from the band’s debut album his favorite VU song. Composer Lou Reed claimed it was about the scene at Warhol’s Factory, but the song was written before Warhol became their manager. According to John Cale, […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Finally figured it out: There’s no such thing as a ‘digression’ in an Open Thread. That’s why it’s an Open Thread. Which reminds me, did anybody place a bet on ‘Early Voting’ in the Preakness b/c the horse was named ‘Early Voting’? Were I a wagerer, I would have. Would’ve cashed a winning ticket. Something […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., May 21, 2022
Mastriano Was MAGAt Before MAGAt Was Mainstream. Wrote of left-wing ‘Hitlerian putsch’ back in 2001: Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing “Hitlerian Putsch” that would begin with the dismantling of the U.S. military and end […]
Senator Chris Coons would like you to know that he is hard at work
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, urged two Arizona lawmakers to help reverse President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory in the state, according to emails reviewed by ABC News — suggesting that the conservative activist played a larger role in pushing to overturn the election than was previously publicly known. Meanwhile […]
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