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Song Of The Day: Mudhoney-Touch Me I’m Sick
As Senor Al winds up his European vacation, I felt the need to share this pandemic anthem with you. This song from these Seattle reprobates has been described as a song about ‘disease, self-loathing, angst and dirty sex’. In other words, good ol’ rock ‘n roll:
DL Open Thread: Mon., March 9, 2020
World Markets In Free-Fall. This is shaping up to be a key day as one trader predicts ‘pandemonium at the open’. Who will Trump blame? I’m going with the media, the CDC for telling at least the partial truth, and whatever fall guy is facing the axe. Trump Officials Disagree On How To Protect Economy. […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., March 8, 2020
Blackwater ‘Prince Of Darkness’ Employing Spies To Infiltrate Liberal Groups. Somebody must have read a J. Edgar Hoover biography or two: Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., March 7, 2020
SXSW Canceled. This is just one event among many events that are being canceled. The economic impact is huge. $356 mill for the City of Austin alone. Something like 400,000 visitors. I fear we’re already in a recession that will only grow exponentially until this event is behind us. An Upside To The Coronavirus? The […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., March 6, 2020
Judge Calls Barr Handling Of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ And ‘Misleading’. The result could ultimately be the release of the report in unredacted form. The judge, BTW, was appointed by Dubya. Why The Coronavirus Could Threaten US Economy More Than China’s. When people-to-people interaction diminishes, so does economic activity. How The Trump Administration ‘Brain Drain’ Impedes […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., March 5, 2020
Rethugs Make It Harder For College Students To Vote. Without voter suppression, they’d literally have no chance. Voter suppression is built into every strategy they employ. Steve Bullock To Run For US Senate From Montana? If so, that seat is in play. Like, really in play. $8.3 Billion For Coronavirus Relief. More than 4 times […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., March 4, 2020
Personal to Mark Eichmann: Destroy that tape! Shortly after Biden announced, WHYY’s Eichmann did a radio interview with me where I confidently predicted that Biden would peak upon his entrance into the race and be an afterthought come 2020. Well, in fairness, I was almost correct. He was near-comatose for much of the campaign, only […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., March 3, 2020
Corporadems Coalesce Around Ol’ Joe. I’m not generally much of a conspiracy theorist. But the seemingly spontaneous endorsement orgy has me suspicious. It’s not as if Buttigieg and Klobuchar had to get out before Super Tuesday, and it’s not as if the Biden campaign was nimble enough to orchestrate this. All I can say is, […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., March 2, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak In Washington State. Scientists believe that the virus has been spreading unabated for six weeks, largely thanks to Federal strict testing requirements. How Delaware Lawmakers Spend Their Community Transportation Funds. I didn’t realize the extent to which legislators ‘lend’ money to other legislators with no areas in common. Worth reading, and I definitely […]
Buttigieg Calls It Quits
It’s all for the best. The longer he stayed in, the more people he would have alienated with his smarty-pants high school debating tactics: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/01/buttigieg-dropping-out-of-presidential-race-118489 I went from really liking him to not being able to tolerate him. Don’t think I was the only one.
DL Open Thread: Sun., March 1, 2020
Biden Wins South Carolina. Dominoes Start To Fall. Steyer’s out. The corporadems, aka the so-called ‘moderates’, will no doubt beg all other so-called moderates to leave the field to Ol’ Joe. Because there’s nothing more inevitable than a candidate who has finally won one primary in three tries at the Presidency. I’m trying to recall […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: Feb. 2020
The women rule, mostly, in this month’s bounty of great tunes. Enjoy! I just love me some Japanese math-rock! Damn, that one gives me chills. Spotify Time:
DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 29, 2020
Potrumpkin Village Completely Unprepared For Coronavirus. Blames D’s For Criticizing (something the Rethugs never did during the Ebola scare, which was handled admirably by the Obama Administration). Blames media for inspiring stock market meltdown. Here’s what we know. Up until yesterday, virtually no significant testing was being done because public health agencies didn’t have testing […]
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