Archive for September, 2018
Delaware in 2068
DELAWARE in 2068, like large portions of the lowland east coast, is a soggy economic ghetto populated by people who can’t afford to move to higher ground and who live in moldy, chronically flooded homes. Science fiction? Nope. It has already begun:
“The Great Migration was out of the south into the industrialized north, whereas this is from every coastal place in the US to every other place in the US,” said Hauer. “Not everyone can afford to move, so we could end up with trapped populations that would be in a downward spiral. I have a hard time imagining what that future would be like.”
Kangaroo Kourt Open Thread
What are you seeing and hearing, what are you thinking? I’ll be at work, so feel free to fill me in.
Kavanaugh Gaining Ground on Trump’s Sex Assault Accusation Record
There is now a fourth allegation against Kavanaugh, and it involves physical assault as an adult.
At four, Kavanaugh, still trails Trump by 23 sex assault allegations.
Run the government like a business, he said….
Sheesh…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has been in strong shape for re-election all cycle, and he continued his dominance by widely outraising his Republican challenger, state Sen. Scott Wagner, over the last several months. But the most amazing detail to come out of the candidates’ new financial reports is the fact, uncovered by Daily Kos contributing editor Adam Bonin, that Wagner reported losing $631,000 in campaign funds between June 5 and Sept. 17 thanks to unsuccessful investments in a brokerage account.
As Bonin notes, it’s astoundingly irresponsible to invest donor money, as Wagner’s huge losses show. In fact, an earlier report saw Wagner’s investments drop by astounding $1.5 million, though in other periods, he’s seen gains—but that’s exactly the point: The extreme volatility of investing in securities poses a huge risk to funds that contributors are entrusting to you. What’s more, the stock market has made solid gains this year (the S&P 500 is up over 9 percent in 2018), so how in the hell did Wagner manage to lose so much money while most investors were doing well?
Sept. 26 Open Thread: UD Poll Shows Huge Leads for Carper, LBR
A University of Delaware poll found enormous leads for Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, but the most shocking figure was Republican Senate candidate Rob Arlett’s anemic 22% support. Both parties are dying, but the GOP is dying faster. This Kavanaugh stuff really has people worked up. Michael Tomasky, a longtime journo not […]
Perspective, People
Wish I had a nickel for every conservative lamenting that liberals are trying to “ruin” Brett Kavanaugh’s life. Just for perspective, let’s remember that if he fails to gain a seat on the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh will be forced to stay in his current job, which provides him with lifetime employment if he wishes at […]
Thought experiment – a new scale
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted that our swing voters are not “the middle” but people who never voted before. Makes sense, but what does that really look like? What would it take for Democrats to stop chasing the mythical “center” and start putting some real energy into activating voters who would be inclined to vote for Democratic candidates on election day? My sense is that instead of “left, middle, right” we’d end up with a scale that looked something like …
Song Of The Day: Sept. 26, 2018
Proof that ‘good’ and ‘hot’ aren’t mutually exclusive. I always thought they were hot. And good:
Yet Another Charter School Closes Abruptly
This time, the Delaware Academy Of Public Safety And Security. You know, a school allegedly designed to prepare “…students for careers as first responders, such as law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs.” Over $500K in debt and disastrous educational results. Which, come to think of it, is what you’d expect from a school preparing students for […]
Sept. 25 Open Thread: Trump Brings U.N. Gift of Laughter
Not content with being a figurative laughingstock anymore, Donald Trump broke out his FIGJAM act (Fuck I’m Great, Just Ask Me) at the U.N. this morning and became a literal laughingstock as well. When he started bragging about how his administration is the greatest in U.S. history, the room full of world leaders broke out […]
Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail: Cosby Gets 3 to 10
Bill Cosby, ruled a “sexually violent predator” when Judge Steven T. O’Neill upheld a state board’s finding, was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for his assault on Andrea Constand. Defense attorneys requested that Cosby be granted freedom on bail while the sentence is appealed. It was denied. Now do you see why […]
Dear Rethug Senators…This Is All It Would Take
First, spare me the histrionics of the ‘on-the-fence’ senators agonizing over your Kavanaugh votes. It’s real simple, here’s all you have to do, and you’ve put the ball where it belongs: Announce that you can’t vote for Kavanaugh until/unless there is an FBI background check. See? It ends your public agony, which we all see […]
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