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DL Open Thread: Weds., April 8, 2020
Coronavirus Disproportionately Killing Blacks: A Post analysis of available data and census demographics shows that counties that are majority-black have three times the rate of infections and almost six times the rate of deaths as counties where white residents are in the majority. Today’s must-read. The city-by-city data is alarming, to put it mildly. Dr. […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., April 7, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd.: The latest carnage: 368,449 cases and 10,993 deaths in the United States. Don’t look for a slowdown in Idaho any time soon. The US Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Voter Suppression In Wisconsin. 5-4, of course. The issue was extending the time for absentee ballots to be submitted. The reason […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., April 6, 2020
Man, These Trump Press Conferences. The only thing worse than a sociopathic liar is an unhinged sociopathic liar who happens to be President. Hey, at least we might be in great shape for the next outbreak of malaria. Would it shock you to know that Rudy Giuliani has been pissing in Trump’s ear about the […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., April 5, 2020
How The Federal Government Failed Completely On Fighting The Coronavirus. A good more-or-less instant history of the disaster, the key being the 70 days that Trump pissed away while downplaying the danger. Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The latest carnage: 312,245 cases and 8503 deaths in the US. We’ll blow past the 10,000 death barrier by […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., April 4, 2020
Florida Rethuglican Party May Have Blowed Itself Up Real Good. And, no, it’s not what you think. An absolute must-read. Schadenfreude you can enjoy w/o guilt. The Rethugs set up an unemployment system designed to make it extremely difficult for the unemployed to get benefits, and…: Privately, Republicans admit that the $77.9 million system that […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., April 3, 2020
‘Jared Kushner Is Going To Get Us All Killed’. Explain to me again how this guy is in charge of, and has failed at, everything. This, if anything, has been an overlooked story. Price-Gouging Is Commonplace As Hospitals Desperately Seek Supplies. Good thing that Trump is there as ‘backup’. The failure of the Trump to […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., April 2, 2020
America’s ‘Wartime’ President Brags He’s #1 On Facebook, Threatens Military Action Against Iran, And Touts Drug Interdiction Operation–During Coronavirus Briefing. Oh, and tells lie after lie. Hey, if they’re gonna give him close to two hours of TV time every night, he’ll find stuff to fill it. Pull. The. Plug. You’re reelecting him. This Day […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., April 1, 2020
Sorry, not in the mood for April Fool’s Jokes. There’s no fool like an orange fool, and there’s nothing funny about him. UN: Pandemic Worst Crisis Since WW II. FDR ain’t coming through that door. Nor, apparently, are tests, ventilators and protective equipment. Remember, kids, this decentralizing of the Federal government was deliberate and pushed […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., March 31, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. A really bad day in the US. Updated carnage: 164,610 cases, 3170 deaths. The number of cases is way below the real total because of the ongoing lack of testing. We’ll likely have close to 10,000 deaths by Sunday. Feds send wrong masks to Illinois. Trump Blows Up Auto Mileage Standards […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2020
How’zabout we stream some great tunes while keeping our physical distance? Sounds good to me. Betcha some of them sound good to you: Musta’ missed this one last year. Correcting that error… If we ever get back to doing concerts at the Gild Hall, this guy will be on my short list of artists I […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., March 30, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The latest carnage? 143,055 cases and 2513 deaths in the US. No, uh, reopening of the economy by Easter. Guess those pews won’t be packed. Trump moves the goal posts by claiming that a mere 100,000 deaths in the US would be a ‘very good job’. Trump: Healthcare Workers Must Be […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., March 29, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The latest carnage? 124,686 cases in the US, 2191 deaths. Coronavirus comes to Oklahoma, its denialist governor has to do a 180. You remember him, the guy who took his whole family out to eat at a crowded restaurant. Florida’s Governor and the future of scapegoating. Hint-he won’t take the blame […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., March 28, 2020
The Rethugs Created Thomas Massie. The love-child of Newt Gingrich and Rand Paul. An extremely rare good read from Dana Milbank. “We Need Ventilators, We Don’t Need Ventilators, We Need Ventilators. It’s GM’s Fault”. What passes for the Trump ‘policy’ on ventilators. Where there’s a Trump failure, there’s a scapegoat. This time–GM? Hadn’t they already […]
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