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Buttigieg Calls It Quits

Filed in National by on March 1, 2020 7 Comments

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.

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DL Open Thread: Sun., March 1, 2020

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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 […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: Feb. 2020

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on February 29, 2020 0 Comments

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:

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DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 29, 2020

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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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Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 21-27, 2020

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on February 28, 2020 5 Comments

1.  Mayor Mike Announces Reelection Run. Read all about it in this WDEL interview.  The gentrification of Wilmington is well under way.  Given four more years, he and Buccini/Pollin will likely have succeeded in relegating those not championed by the Chamber to the margins. Nobody of any stature appears inclined to challenge him, though. I […]

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DL Open Thread: Fri., Feb. 28, 2020

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Pence’s Job? Silence The Scientists.  This administration is not treating this as a public health emergency. To them, it’s a messaging emergency.  Which is why these incompetents are once again going after a whistleblower who described just how unprepared the responders were.  And, yep, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team in 2018, and […]

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DL Open Thread: Thurs., Feb. 27, 2020

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Mike Pence’s Brilliant Handling Of Indiana Health Crisis Was–Not Brilliant.  ‘Praying away’ an HIV outbreak didn’t work.  This is not a serious administration, which is why these losers are scrambling to reassemble the pandemic team that Obama had. Yes, The ‘Superdelegates’ Could Deny Bernie The Nomination.  I will just say this–if he indeed is the […]

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DL Open Thread: Weds., Feb. 26, 2020

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Trump Is Furious At CDC…: …not for being unprepared for the coronavirus, but for spooking the stock market.   Trump’s Acting DNI Secretary Likely Couldn’t Get A Security Clearance.  You know, that ‘failure to register as a foreign lobbyist’ thingy. This time, for Hungary’s oppressive regime. Where does he find these people? Meet The Compulsive […]

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Could Berniemania Vault Jess Scarane To The Senate?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on February 25, 2020 8 Comments

Answer: Yes, it could.  Follow along with me here: It’s September of 2020.  Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee for President, having been anointed on Wednesday, July 15 in Milwaukee, two months prior.  At that point, the landscape for November has completely changed (I think a lot of people have not yet considered the face […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020

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Ginni Thomas Leads Fight To Oust Those On Trump’s Enemy List.  One of the most venal power couples in DC: The mute Supreme Court Justice and his RWNJ wife.  I’m certain that they never talk business over dinner. Mike Bloomberg’s Shady Investments.  He, uh, may not be the environmental champion he claims to be.  His […]

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DL Open Thread: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

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DL Open Thread: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Trump And Modi: Two Despots With Love For Giant Crowds,  This picture is our present. Is it our future?: Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Someone On MSNBC Makes…Sense?  Today’s Must-Listen.  As Jason demonstrated in his piece, there are virtually no true progressives anywhere on talk TV.  Moderates by the score, but generally moderates informed and […]

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DL Open Thread: Sun. Feb. 23, 2020

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Will It All Be Over By Super Tuesday?  Sanders put together a racially-diverse coalition and made inroads among moderates.  Oh, and the last South Carolina poll has him within a couple of points of Ol’ Joe. I remain concerned, very concerned. But Bernie has by far the best organization going, and by far the best […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 14-20, 2020

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on February 22, 2020 5 Comments

1. Word on the street is that Deborah Harrington flat-out killed at the last New Castle County Democratic Party meeting. I was told by an attendee that she was positively inspirational. Harrington is running against R incumbent Kevin Hensley in the 9th RD, which meanders west of the Delaware River from just south of Delaware […]

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