Archive for February, 2019
Bezos Pulls Out
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man except for Vladimir Putin, is having a rough year. First he announced his divorce, but that turned out to be his way of getting ahead of the National Enquirer’s story about his relationship with Lauren Sanchez. That turned even uglier when Bezos revealed AMI threatened to publicize his dick […]
DNC Must Deny Fox “News” Presidential Primary Debates
I support this. Fox News isn’t a legitimate news network. It simply isn’t. This should not be a tough call for DNC Chair Tom Perez. Today, Daily Kos Founder and Publisher Markos Moulitsas called on the Democratic National Committee to reject Fox News’ bid to host a Democratic presidential primary debate as a petition to […]
What Chris Coons Gets for His Bipartisanship — Trump in His Face
Politico posted a story yesterday about Donald Trump’s supposed growing embrace of Christianist ideals, and chose as its opening anecdote this vignette starring none other than our senator, Fightin’ Chris Coons, the Bipartisan Brawler. The night before last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump was hosting religious leaders and lawmakers for dinner at the […]
Song of the Day 2/14: Syl Johnson, “Is It Because I’m Black”
Once upon a time in America, people didn’t tiptoe around issues of race. The fight for civil rights legislation was hard and bitter, and the racists didn’t keep their feelings hidden. (Look at those old photos of young whites pouring ketchup and mustard on young blacks who were integrating lunch counters — they didn’t even […]
Don’t Sleep on Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg was on Morning Joe this morning. The youtube grab has been added below. Well worth your time to check it out. He is a strong progressive that doesn’t get dragged into the stupid “left/right” mud pit that TV talking heads love so much.
“I don’t think that it is a crazy left-wing idea that we need to do something about climate change on par with the crisis that it is. A Green New Deal isn’t leftist, it’s practical.”
Holy Shit – Kathy McGuiness REALLY swore in her Assistant, who is really a wingnut
I’m in shock. It turns out that the Twerpy looking dude (Rob Peetree), the wingnut radio personality from Sussex who bit hard on the stupid “Chris Coons called on to change his name” story, really is Park City’s assistant and their work relationship really was consummated with a make-believe swearing in. I mean… I’m just…
Fucking… what?
The levels of stupidity of this story are truly astonishing.
President Sean Hannity Really Doesn’t Like the Bipartisan Border Deal
Yesterday President Hannity said, “By the way, on this new so-called compromise, I’m getting details. $1.3 billion? That’s not even a wall, a barrier… We will get back into this tomorrow. Any Republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain—look at this crowd, look at the country.” Today the House “Freedom Caucus” […]
Can the Queen Save the UK from Brexit?
Ford announced that it is preparing to exit the UK. That’s a lot of manufacturing jobs going “poof” in a little over a month. In 44 days the UK will exit the European Union without an agreement on tariffs and trade, barring some unforeseen remedy. Knowing the UK (a little) I think the unforeseen remedy […]
I’m calling for Chris Coons to Step Down
Calling for people to step down is all the rage these, so why not? I hereby call for Chris Coons to step down. The only choice right now, for the sake of the state and the country, is for Chris Coons to resign. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, CHRIS.
That felt great!
Budget Deficit Crisis Déjà vu
Does anyone else have the eerie feeling of having already lived through “THE DEFICIT!! it’s gonna KILL US!!!!!” ?
I think can all agree that “THE DEFICIT!!” only matters when Democrats want to invest some peanuts in something that helps the poors. Billions for bombs and walls? No problem. The money will appear as if by magic.
Song of the Day 2/13: Flash Cadillac, “She’s So Fine”
When I got to thinking about bands that sound like throwbacks, I realized that sometimes they do it on purpose — for example, when a movie is set in the past. Consider this nugget from the “American Graffiti” soundtrack. Back in the early ’70s the country went through a wave of nostalgia for the music […]
Kerri Harris Takes New Job–And It’s Just What We’d Expect
From The Intercept: Kerri Harris, the insurgent candidate who lost her primary challenge to Sen. Tom Carper in Delaware, will be taking a new national advocacy director position at Working Hero Action, a nonprofit organization advocating for the earned-income tax credit and other anti-poverty policies…Working Hero Action is an organization that advocates for ending poverty, mainly […]
Song of the Day 2/12: IBM 7094, “Daisy Bell”
Yesterday Jason slagged Greta Van Fleet for sounding “old,” because their classic-rock sound and Robert Plant-manque lead singer make them sound like a 50-year-old band, Led Zeppelin. Well, I’m here to argue that old music is one of the best art forms for speaking to us from the past, and serves as a point of […]
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