Archive for January, 2018
Coons and Carper Join With Republicans to Hasten Another Financial Meltdown
Coons and Carper sure love a good financial crisis. How else can they explain teaming up with the GOP to weaken key reforms enacted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act? The bill they have co-sponsored is S.2155. This is the take of an actual Democrat (Maxine Waters) on it: Today, Congresswoman […]
Lies, Liars and the Lying Liars Who Lie About Them Open Thread
As last Thursday recedes into the mists of time, what happened in that infamous immigration meeting gets murkier and murkier. Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue went from not remembering hearing it to being certain they didn’t hear it. Sen Lindsay Graham, credited by Durbin with confronting the tirade, says his memory has not evolved. […]
E! A! G! L! E! S! EAGLES !!
I’ve noticed that there is a general consensus here that the NFL is dying from multiple self inflicted wounds. While it goes, at least we can enjoy the Eagles underdog run at the Super Bowl… right?
Song Of The Day: Jan. 15, 2018
By pure unadulterated coincidence, I just happen to be the producer for the upcoming (and almost sold-out) Tinsley Ellis show at the Arden Gild Hall. His combination of blues, soul and rock have won him awards and plaudits throughout his career. His new album, ‘Winning Hand’, is a serious guitar album. Here’s one scorching example: […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 14, 2018
We all know that, at their height, the Temptations featured two great lead singers–Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. However, on this Smokey Robinson composition/production from 1963, Paul Williams does the honors. Agent Double O Soul loves the groove, and I don’t see how anyone can disagree:
Open Thread Jan. 13: Tighty-Whitie Nationalist
I think Donald Trump wasted $130,000 if he really did pay off porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about a relationship they had, according to the Wall Street Journal. Somebody pointed out on Twitter that bedding a porn star will boost Trump with his base even more than calling African countries shitholes will. Probably […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 13, 2018
While Van McCoy is perhaps best (or worst) remembered for ‘The Hustle’, he was a prolific producer and songwriter during the sweet soul era. Agent Double O Soul is particularly partial to the drums on this ‘medium tempo ballad’ by ‘Eddie Kendricks sound-alike Chris Bartley‘:
Trump certainly has diminished mental capacity
This interaction with a professional, career intelligence analyst in the Oval Office is fucked up five ways to Sunday. I have no lingering doubt that Trump is unfit to serve and that the United States of America has become a shithole thanks to him.
A career intelligence analyst who is an expert in hostage policy stood before President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last fall to brief him on the impending release of a family long held in Pakistan under uncertain circumstances.
It was her first time meeting the president, and when she was done briefing, he had a question for her.
“Where are you from?” the president asked, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the exchange.
New York, she replied.
Trump was unsatisfied and asked again, the officials said. Referring to the president’s hometown, she offered that she, too, was from Manhattan. But that’s not what the president was after.
He wanted to know where “your people” are from, according to the officials, who spoke under condition of anonymity due to the nature of the internal discussions.
After the analyst revealed that her parents are Korean, Trump turned to an adviser in the room and seemed to suggest her ethnicity should determine her career path, asking why the “pretty Korean lady” isn’t negotiating with North Korea on his administration’s behalf, the officials said.
Open Thread Jan. 12: Shithole Fallout
Maybe the mind is so shot that Donald Trump truly believes he didn’t call countries full of dark-skinned people “shitholes” yesterday. That’s certainly how he tried to play it today, claiming he has a “wonderful relationship with Haitians.” I’m guessing he employs some at his Florida properties — they work cheap. Sen. Dick Durbin put […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 5-11, 2018
1. Well, That’s Quite The AG Race We Have Now. While I’m sure that there were insiders who might have known about this, I don’t know of anybody who was predicting a Kathleen Jennings-LaKresha Roberts Democratic primary even a week ago. And, yes, I think it will be a two-person race. What longtime political observers […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 12, 2018
Agent Double O Soul: “The Five Stairsteps aren’t everyone’s cup of meat, but I love their harmonies, especially the way they stagger the backup vocals during the verse on this one”:
Leaving the Rails Far Behind
The Trump train jumped the tracks today, as an immigration meeting at the White House prompted him to ask the gathered senators, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” He was referring to Haiti and Africa. It did not go unnoticed. The Washington Post included the word “shithole” in its […]
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