Archive for August, 2023
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 24, 2023
Didn’t watch the debate. Didn’t watch the commentary after the debate. That ‘climate change is a hoax’ would seem to be disqualifying, though. Even to Rethugs. Pretty sure that farmers don’t think it’s a hoax. However, pretty sure ‘the media’ needs Vivek, so we’re gonna get an endless hype train–until it’s time to toss him […]
Your Hot Takes on the GOP Shit Show
I’ll start…Far fewer Hunter Biden mentions than I expected.
Vivek helped himself among Republicans by being all fighty. Christie was terrible. Vivek knocked his off his ganme by out yelling him and blinding him with his tooth glare. DeSantis mostly disappeared into the hedges like the Homer Simpson meme and let the others attack Vivek. Haley made some actual points that will be widely ignored. All in all, the Republican Party was revelaed to be pretty awful. Pro-climate change, pro-rapists rights, pro-national abortion ban, anti-decency, and against weaponization of the DOJ unless they occupy the White House.
Handicapping Tonight’s GOP Shitshow
Trump is going to take part in tonight’s debate courtesy of Fox News showing clips of his greatness. That is all you basically need to know about the remaining nobodies in the stage. I’m going to watch as much as I can prior to puking. Here is what I’ll be looking for. Burgum: Who? Next. […]
BREAKING: Wagner Boss Prigozhin Killed In Plane Crash?
Let the conspiracy theories begin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/23/yevgeniy-prigozhin-plane-crash-ukraine-russia-live/ At least 10 people died in the crash of a Wagner-linked private plane outside Moscow, according to Russia’s emergency services. Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny in June, was on the plane’s manifest, according to state-run outlet RIA, citing the country’s aviation authority. Was this ‘accident’ premeditated? Was he […]
Song of the Day 8/23: The Specials, “You’re Wondering Now”
The stories about all those Jan. 6 co-conspirators crying the blues about their legal bills … as someone put it, they signed up for fucking around, not finding out. As always with Trump, the finding out involves being stuck with the invoice. The Specials popularized this 1964 ska tune by seminal producer Coxsone Dodd (credited […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 23 2023
New Jersey First in the Country requires climate change education Veteran art teacher Carolyn McGrath incorporates climate change into her art classes at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, N.J. by encouraging her students to think of art as a tool. Evelyn Lansing, a senior at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, […]
It seems like it would be cheaper to train Priest to not f#ck kids
Either that or don’t have a recruiting system that seems to select for sexual deviancy. San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse. “The unfortunate reality is that […]
A couple of things about Trump joking about fleeing the country
Trump posted to his Truth Social platform that gaming out the methods by which he could flee the country. Here’s the thing – 1) He would still win the GOP nomination because Republicans a braindead cult members. 2) Do it. The failed District Attorney of Fulton County (Atlanta), Fani Willis, insisted on a $200,000 Bond […]
DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #7–RD 2
I could do #’s 5, 6 and 7 in pretty much any order. We’re talking three absolutely abysmal incumbents with no (so far) challengers, either announced or rumored. I’ve ordered them from those doing (IMO) the least damage to those doing the most damage. They, all, however, have done significant damage. Career hack Stephanie Bolden […]
Song of the Day 8/22: Tim Hardin, “Reason to Believe”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Tim Hardin and his fans had a reason to believe. He could write much-loved songs like the one with that title. “If I Were a Carpenter” was his too. And “Misty Roses.” And “Don’t Make Promises.” Bob Dylan called him the best singer-songwriter of the ‘60s. He was offered the […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 22 2023
Republican primary voters could care less that a handful of wingnut billionaires want someone other that Trump to win the Republican nomination.
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Didn’t ya take no civics classes?!?! This is how government is supposed to work:
A bloc of hard-right Republicans released a memo threatening to shut down the government unless the Department of Justice stops its probe of former president Donald Trump.
The House Freedom Caucus released a memo stating their official position as the House begins its negotiations for spending. The US government will run out of money on 30 September.
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Hey Court, good luck with that.
A judge signed off on a $200,000 bond for former President Trump in the Georgia election case, enacting stricter rules than his co-defendants, on Monday, according to court filings.
The order forbids Trump from intimidating any co-defendants or witnesses in the case as he awaits trial.
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I, for one, blame our extremely shitty for profit health insurance system. I didn’t read for enought in to see if the Delaware News Journal’s Krys’tal Griffin made the same point.
Need to visit an emergency room in Delaware? Well, get cozy. Delaware has one of the longest emergency room waiting times in the country.
Delaware is the state with the second longest emergency room waiting time in the nation, according to a study conducted by medical expert Med.ro that compiled data from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, KFF and Definite Healthcare.
The study defines the average waiting time as the time it takes for a patient to be called for treatment after arriving at the emergency room.
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Trump hanging his co-conspirators out to dry means that thinks he will win all of his cases on appeal in the Supreme Court. And that’s actually probably a reasonable presumption.
Trump ripping off contractors and the like has no downside for him because it would cost the marks more money to try to get and obtain a civil judgment than they would be owed. In this case, the co-conspirators do have some leverage: they can turn state’s. So presumably 1)thinks his traditional immunity will allow him to get off again no matter what or 2)omerta will prevail even if he stiffs his lickspittles. He may even be right, but this may not prove to be enlightened self-interest.
Song of the Day 8/21: Steve Miller Band, “Take the Money and Run”
All the Republicans taking part in their upcoming debate can breathe a sigh of relief now that brave Sir Donald has run away. The indignity they would have had to display, fawning over someone they were supposed to be challenging, would have been the ruination of them all. Donald ducks danger, too. Imagine if three […]
DL Open Thread Monday August 21 2023
These ginormous checks for Israel aren’t going to write themselves. Or… Oh Well, McBride signs onto maximalist Coosian Israel policy. Or… Delaware Congressional candidate Sarah McBride casts herself as a staunch supporter of Israel McBride described the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel as “a bedrock of America’s national security and our global values” […]
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