DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 1, 2020
A Clear-Eyed Look At The Cornavirus. SARS was worse, the flu is worse. Just have to wait until the post-panic stage.
Big Chain Pharmacies Place Patients And Pharmacists At Risk. I have reason to believe that every word of this is true. Every legislator should read this and then do something about it. Not to mention, every state AG.
Rethug Senators All-In With Trump. Romney was the only R to buck the trend. Collins was granted dispensation due to her electoral predicament. We’re really not a democratic republic any more. It’s OK, though–Chris Coons will still reach across the aisle on behalf of corporate crooks with deep pockets. Life goes on.
Will The Impeachment Cover-Up Backfire? I think it will. It’s not like there aren’t a whole lot more skeletons rattling around Le Grand Orange‘s closet.
‘An Oligarch Bought His Way Into The 2020 Race’. ‘Why is nobody taking about it’, indeed. He may actually be able to buy up so much ad time as to preclude other candidates from advertising.
Yep. Carney’s Proposed New School In Wilmington Has Greedy Bastards Lining Up To Complain. Nobody has been more critical of this governor than I have. Well, maybe that’s not true, but stay with me here. I, for one, will stand with him if he finally stands up to these bastards. I think this school would be a boon to public education in Wilmington. Will he, or can he, stand firm against the ‘what about me’ chorus?
What do you want to talk about?
Good luck on controlling big chain pharmacies, their seemingly as evil as Big Pharma itself, which means the politicians will do nothing besides cower in fear. Will the impeachment cover up backfire? I think so as well, there’s lots more to come out and I think some of it will stick to Giuliani, Trump and others. Finally Bloomberg, one seriously arrogant SOB he’s openly contemptuous of more then a few Dem goals and is obviously out to buy the election. And he won’t be the last either.
DNC Changes Rules To Let Bloomberg In. No more minimum number of donors required. They wouldn’t change it for Cory Booker or other candidates who didn’t meet the donor criterion. But, Bloomberg…
Meet the new DNC. As corrupt as the OLD DNC. Their excuse, I’m not making this up: That was then, this is now:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dem-candidates-angry-with-dnc-over-new-debate-rules-that-favor-bloomberg
Translation: If we didn’t let him in, he wouldn’t commit to advertising for the nominee.
This take is interesting – progressives wanted him in the debates so he could be held accountable and wouldn’t just soar up based on his tv ads. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/01/28/bloombergs-rise-sets-off-alarms-on-the-left-1256678
The complaint about the $50 Million Wilmington school seems less a “what about me” and more a “what about the process.” The State has a system for approving school construction that involves applications and rankings and is supposed to produce the best fiscal results on objective criteria. Indian River had to run that gauntlet first before going to its first referendum. Carney just bypassed that entire system to give money directly to one school project. If he can do that, then why have this system at all? Why not just turn school construction funding over to the Governor and Bond Bill Committee and make it an entirely political process? May the best lobbyists and the most politically connected school board win. That’s my read on the beef.
On adhering to rules: See Bloomberg, above. The rules are the rules except when they’re not.
“We are afraid to speak up and lose our jobs,” one pharmacist wrote anonymously last year in response to a survey by the Missouri Board of Pharmacy. “PLEASE HELP.”
Fuck you assholes. And fuck you wife, nurses have been sounding this alarm for years….UNIONIZE NOW.
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