DL Open Thread Monday, March 22, 2021

jason330

4 years ago

Coons’ Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus has rebranded.

A bipartisan gang wants to nix one of the Senate’s defining features:its dysfunction

In plain English: Susan Collins is gearing to pretend that she will break with the GOP and Coons is setting the stage to compromise his mother fucking ass off.

New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media — but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Via Mcsweeneys, here is a handy editorial template for every time a white person commits an atrocious crime:

Neighbors have described [generic white guy name] as [another word for “quiet”], and [list of glowing attributes that make you seriously question their judgment] who they could not have imagined would be capable of [atrocious racially and/or sexually motivated crime people with his exact profile commit at alarming rates].

The Covid “Long Haul” is no joke.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kent Taylor, the founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has died. He was 65. His family and the company said he took his own life Thursday after suffering from symptoms related to COVID-19, including severe tinnitus.

Bourbon Bummed Over Trump’s Duty DooDoo

American whiskey has become collateral damage in Trump-era tariff disputes with Europe, and the business for distillers could become even more painful unless their entanglement in the trans-Atlantic trade fight is resolved soon.

The EU imposed tariffs on American whiskey and other U.S. products in mid-2018 in response to Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on European steel and aluminum.

Happy Nowruz, Bitches! January 1st is a stupid, arbitrary day to celebrate the new year.

(CNN) — For millions of people across the globe, Nowruz is no small celebration. Think Christmas, New Year’s and Fourth of July combined — and add to it fire festivities, delicious meats, rice and spices, family gatherings, street dances and loud banging on pots. But it’s much more than that, too. Nowruz “promotes values of peace and solidarity between generations and within families,” the United Nations says. It’s a time of reconciliation and neighborliness, “contributing to cultural diversity and friendship among peoples and different communities.”

And we could all use some of that, no matter what it’s called.