Archive for July, 2019
DL Open Thread: Sun., July 7, 2019
Philly And Dallas Have Something In Common. Cops who post racist comments on Facebook. If You Haven’t Reread 1984 Lately, Here’s Why It Might Be Time. You may think you know it, but you just might be wrong. Are We ‘Wiping’ Away Our Forests? Why is TP being made from virgin forest material? What are […]
The problem with moderate Dem a-holes like Joe Biden
The problem is that they cede way too much power and authority to the idiots and buffoons in the GOP. Trump’s idiocy and buffonery isn’t new. The GOP has been chock-a-block full of buffoons and idiots for my entire lifetime. Biden has always treated the GOP’s trickle down economics lovers, climate change deniers & Iraq war cheerleaders like normal people in spite of the evidence to the contrary.
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DL Open Thread: Sat., July 6, 2019
Delaware A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary To Developers. Great reporting by Karl Baker, who had the time to read the Bond Bill that was introduced and voted on in the Senate within a matter of minutes. Yep, everyone was in on it. It is long past time to remove the FOIA exemption for all these insider cronies. […]
Song of the Day 7/6: Frank Sinatra, “Summer Wind”
Though it’s not as well known as “My Way” or “New York, New York,” most people associate this song with Sinatra. Someone who loved and lost like Frank has a perfect feel for Johnny Mercer’s rueful lyrics, and his vocals, like Nelson Riddle’s arrangement, start quietly and builds to a crescendo. But those lyrics aren’t […]
Ha Ha Trump is Stupid! (the citizenship question version)
On why he wants a citizenship question, Trump said “You need it for congress for districting, you need it for appropriations.” FTR: The Solicitor General specifically this was not why they wanted a citizenship question. This is the real reason that they’ve been hiding. Ha Ha! He is stupid. Ha Ha…he turns everyone into […]
Highlands Bunker – E22 – This is Going to Derail
Highlands Bunker – E22 – This is Going to Derail Becca Cotto from YWCA Delaware and returning champion Coby Owens join RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about Juneteenth, white privilege, and the continuing effects of racism in America. And then after about forty-five minutes things go off the rails. Show Notes: Delaware Racial […]
Joe Van Winkle is bad at running for President
Rolling out a talking point designed to appeal to 20 or so beltway insiders and NOBODY else, Biden says he might nominate Merrick Garland to SCOTUS again. That’s “looking toward the future” Joe Biden style … Duncan Black points out – So while Republicans nominate young conservatives to shift the court’s balance for decades to […]
Democrats don’t need “moderates” to win
Hi Dem “moderate” & fuck you. We don’t need your kind, or conservatives who don’t like Trump to win elections. Jeet Heer at The Nation, explains why Democrats don’t need and shouldn’t pander to people like David Brooks who claim the party needs to appeal to conservatives: The best thing about Brooks’s column is his […]
Song of the Day 7/5: Barnstorm, “Turn to Stone”
Even Joe Walsh fans tend to forget that after he left the James Gang and before he joined the Eagles, Walsh moved from Cleveland to Colorado, where he formed a trio he called Barnstorm. Though intended as a group, the records were marketed as solo records, and drummer Joe Vitale and bassist Kenny Passarelli became […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., July 5, 2019
Man, Wasn’t That Trump Event Really Somethin’? There’s a lot more where that came from. Like Right Here. I can’t even. The Twitter response to this was what you’d expect: Trump, clearly reading from a teleprompter, talked about how the Continental Congress in 1775 “created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around […]
Song of the Day 7/4: Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the USA”
This song has a complicated history because of its use as a rollerball in the culture wars, but it’s interesting that the version that became a hit was never planned or intended. The song started as the title of a screenplay that director Paul Schrader sent to Springsteen when he was toying with the idea […]
Tom Carper’s AI generated Independence Day email logarithm
What to make of this? I think the best explaination is that it is a “weekend at Bernies” situation in which Carper’s staff is trying to give the impression that Tom Carper is still alive.
Trump’s July 4th is a scandal that would bring down a legitimate President
Not being a legitimately elected President has given Trump the ability to ignore laws at will. Josh Marshall give a brief snapshot of all the laws he will be breaking this afternoon. They include: – Illegally using public office for fundraising. – Illegally using the military for a political rally. – Illegally selling access to […]
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