DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney’s performance, sources say
Trump’s impeachment trial begins with stunning riot video
Armed Americans protecting freedom!
Suspect identified in shooting at Allina Clinic Crossroads in Buffalo; 1 dead, 4 injured
Salesforce says employees can now work from home permanently
Brexit Remorse
No shit, Sherlock.
Brexit has turned out to be “considerably worse” than he feared, says the chairman of one of Britain’s largest retail chains.
He said: “I actually think it was not properly thought out. All the spin that was put on it about being free trade and free movement has not been the reality.
“The new system and red tape just slows down efficiency. The freedom of movement and obstacles are quite difficult at the moment. I don’t see that regulatory paperwork easing much in the short term,” Mr Cowgill said.
The number of fancy British businesspeople who believed Brexit would be good for them is a damning charge against British business acumen in general. They got conned completely and with such ease. Even opportunists betting against Brexit seem few on the ground. There’s just the vulture of foreign capital wheeling overhead, waiting for the beasts to die.
Heard (brace your self) Castor was a disaster, not surprised, more the a few thousand lawyers out there that are not worth the proverbial time of day, it matters not with the radical Fascists that comprise the Republicans at this point. No points of law, let alone the constitution, just make up some crap and spew it forth. This is what the senate has descended to, this is what we pay for and smile in far too many cases.
He’s from Montgomery County, Pa., where I grew up. He was such a disaster there that after they elected him, the entire county stopped electing Republicans. After generations of being a Republican stronghold, it’s now pure blue.
Verily, The GOP is a shambling zombie husk animated only by a virus called trump. What policies do they champion? At least the Italian fascists favored efficient trains. What principles do they hold dear? I can’t think of a single one.
They will vote to acquit, but history (and, who knows..voters?) will not quit them.
Mussolini actually did drain the swamps (literally)
Re: Health clinic shooting. He had been threatening this for years. He was apparently unhappy with doctors over his back surgery which, had this fuckwad been able to read, he should have known has only about a 50% success rate.
This guy is why I changed my mind and am now in favor of capital punishment. Not the way we currently use it, that is, mostly for scary Blah people, but for open-and-shut cases like this that are not crimes of passion but crimes of terroristic intent. He wants health care? Fine. Give him a ride on Ol’ Drowsy.
More information has come in. Gregory Ulrich, 67, was mad at doctors because they wouldn’t give him as much oxycodone as he wanted.
It is a slipper slope. If we limit the the god given Second Amendment rights of openly homicidal whack jobs, where does it stop?
I don’t think the Republican Party is doing populism right.
For the score keepers –
# of Americans killed in Benghazi: 4
# of Americans killed during Trump coup attempt: 5