Archive for February, 2021
Song of the Day 2/24: John Prine, “Humidity Built the Snowman”
It’s been just over a year since John Prine’s last concert, at Cafe de la Danse in Paris, one my wife was lucky enough to attend. This tune was on the set list, as it often was since its release on his 1995 LP “Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings,” an album full of songs about […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday Feb 24th, 2021
Fuck Susan Collins. Fuck the GOP. Who cares if Susan Collins votes for the Covid aid bill? Why does this matter to anyone? For once, play like winners, Democrats. You won the trifecta. Ram shit down their throats. Let the dumbfuck Party answer for their votes at the ballot box. Oh but that isn’t “bipartisan”. Fuck that stupid bullshit.
Collins: Biden’s $1.9T coronavirus package won’t get any Senate GOP votes | TheHill
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Coons says top secret bipartisan caucus is still kicking, just keeping it on the down low as befits a secret society.
The Time For Paid Medical And Family Leave Is NOW!
It could happen, thanks in large part to the influx of progressive legislators over the past couple of election cycles. And the expansion of grassroots organizing. As WDEL reports, the legislation is coming, and is supported by a coalition of organizations: AAUW Delaware ACLU Delaware AFL-CIO AFSCME Black Mothers in Power Brandywine Buzz Building People […]
About 95% of What the News “Reports” Is Bullshit
This isn’t an earth-shattering conclusion, but it’s still galling to read — or, actually, skip over after reading the headline — most of what shows up in print media or online (TV news, except for the occasional documentary, is an entirely lost cause). It’s not just the constant games of “let’s you and him fight,” […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The DEGOP Endangered Kent County Seniors with a Super-Spreader event in Dover
No masks, no morals, no problem!! Make American (cough, cough, wheeze) gripe again!
Song of the Day 2/22: David Bowie, “Life on Mars?”
Perseverance, NASA’s latest Mars rover, landed on the Red Planet last week, and today the space agency unveiled video of its descent from the lander itself. It’s looking, of course, for life on Mars. Bowie included the song, featuring Rick Wakeman on piano and a string arrangement by guitarist Mick Ronson, on his 1971 “Hunky […]
What are Republicans Supposed to be Angry About Today? – Feb 22, 2021
The marching orders have been officially handed down.
Today, my dear Republican idiots and assholes, you are supposed to pretend that Joe Biden called all police and all active duty and retired members of the armed forces demented white supremacists.
Pretend hard, my dunce hat wearing cherubs. Pretend your fat white asses off and get angry as possible. When you think you are angry enough…DOUBLE IT! The Last Guy is depending on you.
Supreme Court To Trump: ‘You’re Busted’
FINALLY: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea from former President Trump to block New York state prosecutors from accessing his tax returns. The decision allows Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to gain copies of Trump’s personal financial records from lenders and accountants used by the former president for his business. A New York […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb 22, 2021
This Cancun thing is sticking to Ted Cruz because everyone knows he is a huge asshole.
Resign Ted!
The Houston Chronicle, one of the largest papers in the state, called for Cruz to resign over the fiasco. “Take our advice, senator, and resign,” the editorial board wrote. “Seems like you could use a break and we could, too, from an ineffective politician who, even in crisis, puts his personal itinerary before the needs of Texans.”
U.S. Nears ‘Stunning’ Toll of 500,000 Coronavirus Deaths
Song of the Day 2/21: The Go-Go’s, “Vacation”
In one sense I can sympathize with Ted Cruz — who doesn’t want a vacation from the cold and snow? Cruz is such a wuss he vamoosed after a cold couple of days. Northerners have put up with it for weeks now. The Go-Go’s released this title song in 1982 as the first single from […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
Erik Prince, the mercenary billionaire who’s high on the list of Republicans who should swing from the gallows, has violated the UN’s arms embargo on Libya by procuring $80 million worth of weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan warlord seeking to overthrow the government. Republicans are such fucking hypocrites. Reagan talked of a shining […]
The two dumbest Boomer arguments for not doing student loan relief
1) I worked my way through college.
2) You’ll help people who are _______ (too lazy/too rich/too brown skinned/etc).
Democrats have Republicans wrong-footed on this and so many issues. It is sickening to know that they will not press their advantage.
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021
State Rethugs Push Voting Restrictions To Protect Fantasies Of Angry White Guys: GOP state lawmakers across the country have proposed a flurry of voting restrictions that they say are needed to restore confidence in U.S. elections, an effort intended to placate supporters of former president Donald Trump who believe his false claims that the 2020 […]
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