DL Open Thread Monday February 14 2022 – Guess the Flag
Happy Valentines Day! Enjoy your S&M thruples, or whatever. Groovy Baby! The science of Mascot Matchups (tm) deals with probabilities. It isn't perfect. It hasn't "solved" the NFL in the…
Political Norms Don’t Work for Dems
Joe Biden (and to be honest most Dems and all DC beltway types) still cleave to 1980's political norms. So when a "scandal" breaks, its all "OH MY! HEADS MUST ROLL!"
Whereas Republicans operate on 2020 political norms. So when a "scandal" breaks (up to and including scandalously trying to overthrow the republic) they say "LOL. Nothing matters! Fuck You." And presto! No scandal.
I know many Dems, even commenters here, feel good about themselves and believe that they are destine to live eternity in heaven because they have the right norms. That's comforting, I suppose.
Song of the Day 2/13: Marillion, “Gazpacho”
I admit I never thought I'd actually find a song called "Gazpacho," but when Congressdope Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed her thoughts about the gazpacho police -- I understand they only…
Predicting the Super Bowl By the Mascot Matchup Method – 2022
It almost goes without saying that there is virtually no scenario in which a Bengal Tiger doesn't defeat a male sheep. But will they cover the points spread? My…
DL Open Thread Sunday February 13 2022
Last week I asked what actual policy goals centrist like Coons are trying to enact. The answer is that there are no goals other than to cool the passions of…
Song of the Day 2/12: Weezer, “Hash Pipe”
Very little American media output crosses the Atlantic, the obsessions of right-wing agit-prop shops like Fox even less than the rest. But enough spam email has slipped through for me…
DL Open Thread Saturday February 12 2022
Crack Pipe Joe is now cowering in the corner begging Tucker Carlson to stop kicking him. It is truly pathetic and perhaps not a great strategy going into midterms. Someone…
Listen to the Highlands Bunker – NOW WITH 20% MORE BRAIN POISON!
"If all the right people hate me, I'm doing my job." REV may or may not have said that. But it sounds like something he would say. E162 - Call…
Delaware Political Weekly, February 4-10, 2022
Hoo-boy, now we're talkin'! A hot-stove political junkie's dream of a week. 1. More RD 4 Nomination Post-Mortems. The alleged rationales for choosing Bud Freel (other than 'he's one of…
Song of the Day 2/11: Hot Chocolate, “Brother Louie”
Hot Chocolate was a British soul band best known for their 1975 international hit "You Sexy Thing," a disco standard that reached No. 3 in the US. But it was…
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
Doesn't Look Like Sarah Palin Starred As Star Witness. How did this case even make it to trial?: No one who has even casually followed the former governor’s career would…
Senators Blackburn and Coons “Spitting Mad”
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R–TN) is incensed that President Biden is not including Republicans in the search for the next Supreme Court justice. "The Biden White House is not even consulting…
Don’t Be a Wanker
If you aren't fucking joining your fucking RD committee, or working for a fucking candidate you believe in, or all your activism takes place in the comments section of some…