October 13, 2019 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Sun., Oct. 13, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 13, 20196 Comments

US Troops Withdraw From Syrian Town, Potentially Marooning Other US Troops. What a fucking disaster. Oh, and Kurds have long memories. White Texas Officer Shoots Black Woman Inside Her Home. …

Song Of The Day For Oct. 13, 2019: Shocking Blue: Venus

By El Somnambulo October 13, 20192 Comments

A pop hit from 1969 by this Dutch band. Love the hair on the lead singer as it's vintage Shangri-Las and/or Ronettes. Mariska Veres was her name. She's got it:

Broke-ass Republican Dumbfucks hate the “wealth tax” because….reasons

By jason330 October 13, 201925 Comments

Mike Konczal at The Nation writes—A wealth tax is one of the most progressive government levies, falling entirely on the extremely wealthy. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed wealth taxes, with Warren’s…

Trump isn’t trying to “win” the next election – He is trying to make the election irrelevant

By jason330 October 13, 2019

In increasingly unhinged speeches, he is trying to get his followers is such a high state of agitation that some segment of "persuadable" voters will read the signs and fear…