Bethany Hall Long Announces Bid for Delaware Governor
I don’t really care what happened to Columbus statue. The real question is when is the centerpiece statue of the Aubrey Plaza Plaza being dedicated?
Archive for February, 2021
The battle for the [bloated, disease ridden] heart of American conservatism
What does it mean to be a conservative? Does it mean putting a premium on small government & personal responsibility as a few DC-based op-ed writers tend to understand it? Or does it mean what 99% of conservatives think it means – being a hate-filled racist who only wants to fuck shit up?
As a proponent of conservatism in America, Limbaugh was a failure who in his later years abandoned the project of advancing a positive agenda, culminating in his alignment with the vulgar style and populist anti-leftism of Donald Trump. Character no longer mattered. Budget deficits no longer mattered. Free trade no longer mattered. Nepotism no longer mattered. Lavishing praise on foreign dictators no longer mattered.
All that mattered was owning the libs in the culture war, in part to avenge a deeply felt sense of aggrievement. Limbaugh and Trump were alike in attaining great wealth and political influence while still talking and seeming to feel as though society was stacked against guys like them.
The last guy
My life has been objectively better since last guy stopped dominating the headlines. I’m enjoying taking part in the new national pastime – ignoring that loser. And yet part of me is thrilled to see that the GOP is still committed to this DEEPLY unpopular candidate.
Charlie Carretti, a retiree in Honesdale who used to work in publishing, said, “The guy did a great job as president, and Democrats just don’t want to give that to him.” He called the impeachment case “a joke, a charade and a waste of time” that was designed by Democrats “only to hurt the guy.”
Carretti, 70, said that he hopes (redacted) runs again in 2024 and that (redacted), as his impeachment defense lawyers argued, was devoid of responsibility for the violent Capitol mob.
Song of the Day 2/19: The Bangles, “Hazy Shade of Winter”
The Bangles had been playing this Paul Simon composition in concert for several years when they were approached about contributing a song to the “Less Than Zero” soundtrack (which doesn’t contain Elvis Costello’s “Less Than Zero,” maybe because that’s who author Bret Easton Ellis stole the title from). Under Rick Rubin’s production, the song reached […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 19, 2021
Time To Face It: Carney & The General Assembly Aren’t Gonna Do SHIT About Police Reform. Buried somewhere in this absolute mess of a story (Subscription required, not worth a penny of your money), the truth emerges. Carney and Pistol Pete Schwartzkopf have largely enabled the creation of a commission designed to do the absolute […]
Own the Libs!
I haven’t been following this Cuomo thing. A mean, bad guy, corrupt? I guess we’ll find out.
But whatever happens, getting rid of corrupt politicians whether they are D’s or R’s is what is supposed to happen.
Republicans seem to think that getting rid of corrupt D’s is somehow owning libs.
Song of the Day 2/18: James Taylor, “Mexico”
Sorry for all the James Taylor lately — I’ve been suffering from insomnia — but the chance to belittle Ted Cruz was just too strong to pass up. Cruz is coming home from his “long-planned family vacation” amid an avalanche of criticism, which stands to get worse once more people find out he was staying […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
The Delaware GOP, like state Republican parties across the land, has turned itself over to the dimmest among them. While Witless Lauren Witzke — motto: “Cracked? Oh, I though you said crack” — pokes the peckerwoods on Twitter, Dave Lawson performs his Louie Gohmert act for the Joint Finance Committee. Given the News Journal’s abdication […]
Song of the Day 2/17: The Eagles, “Love Will Keep Us Alive”
Gee, sure is cold in Texas. Just goes to show that, on occasion, hell freezes over. That was the name of the 1994 reunion tour on which introduced this tune, with lead vocal by bassist Timothy B. Schmit. The ultimate SoCal soft rockers had disbanded in 1980, and didn’t have much new material for the […]
Kathy Jennings, Drop the Unjust Charges
In this special Edition of Highlands Bunker, local activist Monique Fegans joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the case of Simba, a 14-year-old local activist who was unjustly charged during a protest last September.
This is a call to Attorney General Kathy Jennings to drop the charges against him.
State To Delaware Latinos: Drop Dead Of Covid
Maria Matos is right: “Equity means that you have to do things differently. And it’s OK to say ‘I’m not happy with those numbers.’ Then, do something about it…think outside the box but don’t stand in a press conference Mr. Governor and tell me that you’re not happy with the 2%, but you’re not setting […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday Feb 16th, 2021
I can’t wait for Coons to make a big, showy public break with Biden [over something beloved bit of DC insider nonsense] in order to prove to DC that he truly is the bipartisan hero. It is inevitable.
Atrios Said This:
They got Trump on eleventy million lies, and to avoid accusations of BIAS, they’ll “find” eleventy million “lies” from Biden’s administration, too. –
Song of the Day 2/15: Space Cadet, “Bad Luck”
With apologies to El Som, I actually hear other new music once in a while, though not nearly so much as he does because I’m so technologically inept. I’m so old-school I actually heard this song thanks to my email — I always had my work inbox routed to my personal one so I could […]
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