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BREAKING: It’s Officially A Pandemic
The World Health Organization has officially designated the Coronavirus outbreak a world pandemic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/11/coronavirus-live-updates/ The organization cites ‘alarming levels of spread and…alarming levels of inaction’. A congressional briefing on the government’s response is halted due to ‘an emergency meeting at the White House’. White House, of course, says that the meeting’s ‘routine’. Even though Anthony […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., March 11, 2020
Trump Won’t Negotiate With Pelosi On Stimulus Package B/C She Hurt His Feelings. I can’t make this up: ‘Everything Looks Fine Until It Doesn’t’. This virus is growing exponentially. Meaning, it’s just a matter of time. The Moment That Trump Will Come To Regret. If the D’s don’t turn this into a campaign ad and […]
Song Of The Day: Manic Street Preachers-Quarantine (In My Place Of)
Sublety? I don’t need your steenkin’ subtlety:
DL Open Thread: Tues., March 10, 2020
RWNJ’s Self-Quarantine. Well, not Le Grand Orange and the terminally-stoopid Louis Gohmert, but newly-named WH Chief Mark Meadows, that gas-mask wearin’ Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia and Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, most of whom attended the CPAC Conference where virtually everybody made fun of those who were warning about the […]
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 […]
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