Archive for January, 2020
Fuck You Coons, you useless fuck
Now is not the time for Coons to talk about what nice people his fellow Republican Senators are. All of his witty banter and collegiality with Republicans at the notorious Alfalfa club has come to nothing.
The other side of the aisle are all corrupt assholes and they have been blowing up The Norms for years. It is well past time for the Coons to go on Morning Joe tell THE AMERICAN PEOPLE just what fucking creeps his Republican buddies are.
Highlands Bunker – E52 – One Year Special
For our 52nd episode, Wilmington Metropolitan Urban League president and former mayoral candidate Eugene Young joins RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about his background, the lessons everyone needs to learn, and the difficulties of Delaware politics.
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Song of the Day 1/31: Randy Newman, “Guilty”
The most quietly devastating song on Randy Newman’s misunderstood album “Rednecks” reveals its protagonist in a moment of drunken self-awareness and self-loathing that goes a long way to explaining his, and by extension the South’s, resentment of the Northerners who look down on them. I thought it would be appropriate for today, given that Republicans […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., Jan. 31, 2020
Today is a day that will live in obloquy: Britain’s last day in the European Union and Donald Trump’s exoneration by the U.S. Senate. Don’t get mad, get even. The coronavirus is spreading around the world, even as airlines cancel flights to and from China. I’m looking forward to the stories of anti-vaxxers who purposely […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: January 2020
There’s always a lot of good music in Januarys. Since virtually no new music comes out during December, and since artists are trying to get their new stuff to break through the white noise, we have a barrelful of tunes for you this month. I’m now gonna do both videos and a Spotify list for […]
Song of the Day 1/30: The Moody Blues, “Question”
Question time continues in the Senate, but this question, posed 50 years ago by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, still hasn’t been answered. This was the Moodies’ second-best-selling single in the U.K., reaching No. 2, but only No. 21 in the U.S., despite the song being inspired by the band’s American touring. Hayward told […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 30, 2020
Although the bill hasn’t been introduced yet, legislation restoring the death penalty in Delaware is on its way. It’s expected to be filed sometime during the break for Joint Finance Committee hearings. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Aside to Nancy Willing: Both the Governor’s budget and a one-time supplemental budget have been introduced. If my […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 30, 2020
Dershowitz Pushes Insane Justification In Trump’s Defense. The President can do anything as long as they believe their reelection is in the public interest. Not even the Rethugs could swallow this one. The Bernie Campaign: Will It Emulate McGovern Or Trump? No, not Trump in the sense of his level of obnoxiousness, but as an […]
Joe VanWinkle is salty because he thinks 1980 rules should apply
Joe played by the rules and did the right thing, stepping aside and letting the lackluster Hillary Clinton be President. When that didn’t work out, it seemed like his “turn” to be President. But fucking people keep fucking asking GODDAM QUESTTIONS ALL THE FUCKING TIME. JESUS PEOPLE!!! Don’t you know it is his turn?
Joe Biden apparently doesn’t care if you vote for him. No, really. On Tuesday in Iowa the former vice-president had the latest in a series of bizarre encounters with potential voters, telling a man who asked him about the issue of building new pipelines and where he stood on the climate crisis to “go vote for someone else”.
The man, the former Iowa state representative Ed Fallon, said that he would support him in the general election against Donald Trump but not in the Iowa primary, which irked Biden, who wrongly assumed he was a Bernie Sanders supporter.
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A man in Iowa asks Joe Biden to stop supporting the building of new pipelines. Joe Biden tells him to go vote for someone else and then starts accusing him of voting for Bernie Sanders. Actually, the man says, he’s voting for Tom Steyer. Very awkward.
Song of the Day 1/29: The Thompsons, “I’ll Always Love You”
The Sound of Philadelphia dominated popular music in 1975, when records produced by Gamble & Huff for the O’Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and the Three Degrees filled the airwaves. That made it easy for even Philly Soul fans to overlook “I’ll Get Over It,” the LP by this band of brothers from […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., Jan. 29, 2020
Trump Campaigns For Bibi. The ‘Giveaway of the Century’. Two self-appointed ‘strongmen’ flexing their muscles with the Palestinians as the inevitable losers. An excerpt: Three years after he said that peace in the Middle East was “not as difficult as people have thought,” President Donald Trump unveiled a lopsided plan that gives Israel much of […]
Excitement wins
In my lifetime, Bill Clinton had it. Hillary didn’t. Obama had it for miles. Al Gore, John Kerry, Walter Mondale didn’t. Bernie has it. Koubuchar and Biden don’t. Pete may not have it, but at least sees the importance of trying to get it.
In spite of the fact that he is deeply, DEEPLY, unpopular, Trump has it.
Excitement unleashes the creativity and energy of supporters, doesn’t dictate schoolmarmish instructions to them.
Excitement attracts voters, it doesn’t chase them.
Excitement wins.
Wanna Meet Some Of Delaware’s Most Promising Progressive Candidates?
Good news. You can! The following candidates, all of whom are building their campaigns with assistance from Leftward Delaware and the Working Families Party of Delaware, will take part in a Meet The Candidates House Meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6 pm. The meeting takes place at the home of Julie Sandler, 5624 […]
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