Archive for July, 2019
Song of the Day 7/14: Jake Xerxes Fussell, “The River St. Johns”
Jake Xerxes Fussell is an old-fashioned folk musician, interested mostly in preservation of songs that are still in the public domain. This song, the single from his newly released album “Out of Sight,” is taken from a WPA recording from the ’30s of a blind preacher in South Carolina recalling the call of a fishmonger […]
Things we already know about the next financial crisis
In a letter to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Mnuchin wrote that the US might default on its obligations as soon as early September, before Congress returns from its summer recess.
The US Treasury, which is facing a growing deficit thanks to President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, had said it had enough cash to last until the fall.
Here are some things we already know about the looming Trump recession.
1) It will be caused by greedy poor people who have the audacity to be poor while expecting government services.
2) Another culprit will be fat cat teachers and teacher unions. Also Mexicans,liberals, Iran, and the fake media.
3) More and bigger tax cuts will get us out of it because when corporations and rich people get tax cuts they reinvest that money in creating jobs.
4) We’ll need to socialize bank losses because socialism is good for that and that alone.
5) To do so, we’ll have to “tighen our belts” (around our necks) and get rid of wasteful government spending on Social Security.
6) Democrats will compromise with Republicans on this for of trickle down stimulus rather than risk being viewed as partisan.
DL Open Thread: Sun., July 14, 2019
Domestic Terrorism. What the Trump Administration is inflicting on migrant families. Did Bill Barr Kill DOJ Investigation Into Trump Organization? Rhetorical question. A criminal aiding a criminal enterprise. What was democracy like in the good old days? Bill Barr’s Dad Hired…Jeffrey Epstein To Teach Math At The Dalton School. I’m not making that up. But […]
Song of the Day 7/13: Janis Joplin, “To Love Somebody”
Most of Janis Joplin’s hits were reworked blues songs, often re-arranged to the point where the original song was barely recognizable. That’s pretty much the case with the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody,” which Joplin covered for 1969’s “I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!” LP and performed live on the Dick Cavett show. […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., July 13, 2019
Maryland Suing Company That Ran Group Homes In Delaware. ‘Dickensian conditions’ alleged. Anyone here know anything about the facilities that AdvoServ, now Bellwether, ran, or still runs? Facebook Fine A ‘Slap On The Wrist’. Stock surges after fine is announced. Jewish Groups Use ‘Never Again’ To Take On ICE And Migrant Detentions. My kind of Judaism. […]
News That’s Not About Trump
Hard as it is to tell by our bozo-besotted media, the Persimmon Peril is not involved in everything happening on Earth. Here are stories that were eclipsed by Trump’s giant ass. Oklahoma Traffic Stop Finds Gun, Whiskey, Rattlesnake and Uranium in Stolen Car: Plus his passenger was a felon who was charged for possessing the […]
Song of the Day 7/12: Incubus, “Drive”
Maybe the problem with out old, out-of-touch Democrats in Congress is that they’ve never heard one of the 114 million plays this song has on YouTube, never mind iTunes and Spotify. Heck, even if they just read the lyrics they might get the message. According to singer Brandon Boyd, “The lyric is basically about fear, […]
Highlands Bunker – E23 – The Devil’s in the Details
Dustyn Thompson of Delaware United joins RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about the work he’s been doing down at Legislative Hall and how the 2019 legislative session fared for issues like marijuana legalization and criminal justice reform.
Show Notes:
- Switching to renewable power
- Delaware United Facebook/ Twitter
- Sarah McBride interview
Nancy Pelosi & Joe Biden Want Progressive Dems to Take This Election Off
I don’t get it, but there is no other way to explain Pelosi and Biden’s constant attacks on progressive democrats.
DL Open Thread: Fri., July 12, 2019
Fla. Cop Plants Drugs, Destroys Lives, Gets Caught. I wonder whether Delaware’s Police Bill Of Rights would have kept this cop’s misdeeds hidden b/c, you know, ‘it’s a personnel matter’. Of COURSE Trump Didn’t Cave On Citizenship. He’s gonna use every tool available to guarantee an undercount. Remember, he and the Rethugs never quit. D’s […]
Song of the Day 7/11: John Fogerty, “Centerfield”
Phillies centerfielder Odúbel Herrera is lost for the season to a suspension for domestic violence, and his replacement, Andrew McCutchen, tore up his knee. With the team fading fast in the standings, it might be time to give this Fogerty kid a shot. This was the title song and B-side to the second single from […]
Sanders has all the right enemies
No matter what you think about Sanders, you have to love his “anti-endorsements” page which catalogs and collects denunciations of Sanders from billionaire ghouls and their enablers.
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