Song of the Day 3/20: Godley & Creme, “Cry”
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were half of the art-rock band 10cc for much of the 1970s, but left to pursue an invention called the gizmotron, a device that attached…
Biden His Time
According to the WSJ, Biden is worried that his post-announcement fundraising haul is going to look puny compared to Beto and Bernie, so he is rounding up big money donors.
But the story could well be a hatchet job by the WSJ, because there is nothing Dem primary voters want less than an old school candidate who is captive of the finance and banking industry.
The resistance has demobilized
Over at Vox, Matthew Yglesias points out that the Resistance, the guard dog whose vigilance played such a crucial role as a check against Donald Trump, has gone quiet since…
Science Proves – Believing in “meritocracy” makes you act like a dick
The pernicious nonsense that is a belief in "meritocracy" appears to be on the decline. Still, we have a long way to go. ...today, a majority of Americans believe that…
Man Who Stopped New Zealand Massacre Was Good Guy Without a Gun
The so-far unsung hero of the New Zealand massacre was not, per U.S. gun-sissy lore, a good guy with a gun. Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah, a refugee from Afghanistan, was with…
Old-School Biden Preps Old-School Campaign
CNN has a piece up this morning about Joe Biden's slo-mo campaign rollout. How will Joe sew up the nomination? By naming a vice-presidential candidate quickly plus...ENDORSEMENTS! Biden, who has…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2019
Assuming that sick bay has emptied out, the Senate will consider legislation raising the permissible age to purchase tobacco products from 18-21 today. The momentum is clearly with the bill,…
The Center Cannot Hold Water
Corporate journalists are typing furiously to try to convince people that a majority of the country wants centrism and unity. Bullshit. Damon Linker at The Week goes after this notion…
Song of the Day 3/19: Michael Jackson, “Black or White”
As long as everybody is arguing about racism, let's listen to what was intended as a condemnation of it. Here's the song alone, stripped down to just the music --…
Wilmo Mayor Picks a Great Day to Endorse White Nationalism
One of these two things happened:
A) Like all great leaders, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki blamed a staffer after getting heat for retweeting white nationalist trope.
B)Twitter is hard. It's confusing. The kids seem to like it though, so... *click* Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki's staffer retweeted white nationalist trope by mistake.
Has the tide turned on Trump’s mental breakdown?
Trump's mental impairment has gotten a lot worse. It is now so bad, in fact, that his ongoing hallucinations and delusions are being more widely talked about openly. “His…
I’ve never liked Donna Brazile
My dislike for Brazile even pre-dates her fucking-up Al Gore's campaign. So this is like the cherry on top of all the BS she has been trading in as a…
Coons “calls on” Trump to Apologize for McCain Remarks
The prayerful Senator from Delaware also called on clouds to not be so vaporous, called on quartz to stop being so metamorphic, and called on Root Beer to stop being delicious.
Coons, I hate to do this because I know the terrible power of a "calling on" but, I'm hereby calling on you to stop embarrassing yourself.