Archive for May, 2020
The Delaware Liberal Occasional Political Weekly
The local political scene has been slowed immeasurably, but I’ve now got more than enough for an update. 1. Sarah McBride Gets Primary Challenger And General Election Opponent. We already knew that former IPOD member Steven Washington was going to be her R challenger. He has now filed. What we didn’t know was that Joe […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., May 12, 2020
Trump Flees From Reporters. Notice how he spits out ‘China’ the same way the Church Lady spat out ‘Satan’. BTW, Asian-Americans used to vote for R’s in fairly solid numbers. Not any more. At least 77% are poised to vote against Trump. One more constituency gone. Keep in mind that he fled a press conference […]
Delaware Stonewall (Not) Democrats Endorsements Eagerly Awaited
After an “in the dark of night” change in their bylaws which allowed an endorsement of Trump supporting Republican, Mike Ramone, in 2018 the Delaware Stonewall (not) Democrats endorsement process has come under more scrutiny this year.
While Mike Ramone has recently broken with Trump privately, [by some accounts calling him a piece of shit] he has not publicly renounced the impeached President who is openly in contempt of LGBT Americans.
According to the PAC’s Political Vice-President, Mitch Crane, a public break with Trump has been considered a requirement for a 2020 endorsement from Stonewall. It isn’t clear now if a private, behind closed doors, refutation of Trump will suffice for Stonewall to re-endorse the execrable Trump supporter who is facing a tough challenge from Stephanie Barry again this year. What is clear is the fact that the “wait and see” dynamic has created some drama around the endorsement in a year in which Trump and his enablers are roundly hated by a large majority of Delaware voters.
Trump Hints at Prosecuting Obama
For what? Who the fuck knows what goes through his worm eaten brain. I do know, however, with Bill Barr as AG – Obama should keep a jet fueled on the runway. Asked if he believes the Justice Department should prosecute former President Barack Obama for what he calls “Obamagate,” Trump didn’t say. “You’ll be […]
Would it be news if a Republican State Rep Publicly Called Trump A Piece of Shit?
Apparently Mike Ramone is going around trashing the President in private, but, to my knowledge, he has yet to call Trump a low life piece of shit in public.
Ramone is trying to have it both ways. Facing a tough challenger in Stephanie Barry and trying to snag the Stonewall PAC endorsement – Ramone is apparently trashing Trump to Democrats in private.
It is an especially dickish move from Ramone. What the country need like now is people like Ramone coming out in public and telling the truth about the President. Everything else is tacit support.
Song of the Day 5/11: Roy Zimmerman and the ReZisters, “Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight)”
I can’t even count how many internet wags have repurposed “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” to the Trump era by singing “The Liar Tweets Tonight.” Roy Zimmerman released a different version two years ago, but he’s now updated it for the COVID crisis with references not just to Trump’s pandemic pratfalls but to “Tiger King” Joe […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., May 11, 2020
How Conspiracy Theory Led To Funding Cut For Effective Pandemic Research. From 60 Minutes. Only in this administration could the conspiratorial ramblings of Rethug whack-job Matt Gaetz take precedence over, you know, science. Or facts. ‘Staggering’ Death Totals At Nursing Homes. 15 states have already rushed to protect nursing homes from legal responsibility. Nice to […]
Are you prepared for how fucked the American economy is?
I have to admit, I am not mentally prepared. In ADDITION to everything covered here “The Suicide of the American Economy” there is also the fact that America is about to become a “NO GO” hot zone for the rest of the world. The infection rate in America — unlike in other rich countries — […]
Delaware News Guild & Biden Blackout
REV talks with Natalia Alamdari about local news coverage of the Reade story on his podcast. I’m not buying into the Reade story, so I suppose I am taking part in the “stonewalling”. I will say this though. Biden is definitely guilty of being an old white guy.
If you are one of the dummies who think the economy is going to be great again as soon as Texas Roadhouse reopens…
…peek at this graph through your fingers.
Song of the Day 5/10: Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti”
Many critics consider this song, released in 1955, as the first rock ‘n’ roll record, and while Richard Penniman rarely got as much credit as Chuck Berry or Bill Haley, “Tutti Frutti” embodied the raucous spirit of the new music better than any of them. It earned Little Richard a spot in the Rock and […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., May 10, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. US. Global. The latest carnage: 1,309,541 confirmed cases and 78,794 deaths in the United States. At this rate, we’ll hit 100,000 deaths about two weeks from now. And now we’re reopening. I am not optimistic. How Trump Administration Blew The Chance To Get Millions Of Masks Made In The USA. Utter […]
Song of the Day 5/9: Trout Fishing in America, “The Window”
There’s an apocryphal story about the Russian space program. The United States, according to the legend, spent millions of dollars trying to invent a ball-point pen that would work in the zero-gravity environment of space. The Russians, faced with the same situation, spent nothing. They just used pencils. So while the CIA came up with […]
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