Archive for March, 2020
DL Open Thread: Sat., March 21, 2020
Trump’s Press Conferences Are Nothing But Propaganda. They’ve become like his campaign rallies, and I think the networks should stop showing them live. He just pounds the same lies into us over and over again. Bottom line: Where are the masks, where are the tests, where are the ventilators? Nowhere near where they need to […]
Song of the Day 3/20: Ringo Starr, “Back Off Boogaloo”
Six feet, people, six feet! If someone is closer than that, tell them to back off. Adding the “boogaloo” is optional. This was Ringo Starr’s second solo single, after “It Don’t Come Easy,” and like that song was co-written by an uncredited George Harrison. It came out when glam was about to enter its heyday, […]
Mr. (P)Resident: Mobilize The Military And The Factories NOW!
You have the power. You have the authority. If indeed we are swimming in masks and tests, as you claim, then mobilize the military to deliver them. They can deliver supplies behind enemy lines, they can surely deliver supplies to the hospitals on the front lines. You have the authority, which you requested, to mobilize […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., March 20, 2020
‘We’re Not A Shipping Clerk‘. Of course not. Not at a time when there is a critical shortage of surgical masks, testing equipment, and ventilators at medical facilities facing the worst pandemic since at least 1918. Not when the President has the authority to mobilize industry to produce such products, but has chosen not to […]
BREAKING: Senate D’s Propose Student Loan Relief During Crisis
A minimum of $10K per student, plus relief during the duration of the coronavirus crisis: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03192020%20Student%20Loan%20Payment%20Relief%20Summary.pdf This provides relief in an area where it is desperately needed. Senators Schumer, Warren, Brown and Murray are spearheading this effort.
Delaware Political Weekly…Occasionally
Hey, we’re in the strangest of times. But the political calendar doesn’t grind to a halt…even if elements of campaigns do, or at least morph into something else altogether. I’ve got lots of political news, though, so let’s get started. 1. Door-to-door is out. Alternatives are in. I think I may have taken part in […]
Song of the Day 3/19: The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”
Minnesota and Vermont have designated grocery store workers emergency personnel, making them eligible for free child care. While we rightly praise health-care personnel, grocery workers come into contact with hundreds of people a day, and most shoppers aren’t staying six feet away from their cashier. My brother’s job brings him into several of them in […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., March 19, 2020
Virus Expands Exponentially. Response Doesn’t. Yesterday, we were at 6496 cases and 114 deaths. We’re now at 9415 cases and 150 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins conavirus map. The government appears no closer to securing nearly enough ventilators nor making tests readily available. A willful failure that will go down in history. Florida Governor […]
The Covid-19 Threeway: Coons + Azar + Fox News
When all of this is over, there will be an accounting. We’ll know who told the truth, who lied. We’ll know who helped put Trump’s players in place, and Chris Coons’ name will be on the wrong side of the ledger.
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): And Mr. Secretary, finally, I just want to say, I know you are working — and all of you are — like 24/7. I mean, it’s a lot, and thank you for what you’re doing. You take a lot of grief, as does the entire administration, the president right in front, so thank you for your work on behalf of the American people. We are praying for you and for the recovery of all of those afflicted.
ALEX AZAR: Thank you, Laura. Thanks for all you do also to keep us all informed.
Legislative Session Postponed Indefinitely
Just got this email from the House Democratic caucus: In response to ongoing concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf and Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride announced Wednesday that the Delaware General Assembly is postponing legislative session until further notice. Legislative session originally was scheduled to resume on Tuesday, but was postponed […]
Narcissistic Imbecile President Reverses Himself Completely On COVID-19 : ‘A Lot Of People Are Going To Die’
For over 60 days Trump and his minions called the coronavirus a new hoax against him to take down his presidency. When he finally went on national television to discuss the virus, he claimed he only had 15 cases in of them only one person died because she was old and sickly. He continued on […]
BONUS EPISODE – Tiocfaidh ár lá (w/Nick Beard)
Ed Note: I’m going to go ahead post this here. Commenters who have been invited to comment elsewhere are still so invited. BONUS EPISODE – Tiocfaidh ár lá (w/Nick Beard) Reproductive justice activist and local Ireland expert Nick Beard joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the latest Irish election, how the […]
Song of the Day 3/18: Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble”
I think Bubble Boy is the only person who won’t have to change his routine. The third single from Simon’s 1986 “Graceland” album, co-written with Forere Motloheloa, who plays accordion on the track. Simon took a lot of crap for cultural appropriation, but I’ll bet Motloheloa appreciated the royalty checks, and I bought a good […]
Recent Comments