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Open Thread For October 19, 2017
Tech Giants Resist Disclosure Of Who Paid For Political Ads. Facebook, Google and the like. Leading the charge against disclosure are…lawyers who worked for Hillary Clinton. Because protecting billions of dollars of their clients is more important than uncovering which foreign actors helped to deep-six her candidacy. I cannot make this stuff up. Trump Pledged […]
Open Thread For October 18, 2017
May Should Tell Britons: Brexit Can’t Be Done. What a total clusterbleep this is. Maybe Trump Shouldn’t Call Families Of Fallen Soldiers After All. ‘He knew what he signed up for’, Trump tells pregnant widow. No empathy whatsoever. Two Judges Temporarily Halt Trump’s Latest Travel Ban. This one. And this one. Obamacare Deal? Trump supports, […]
BREAKING: Delaware DOJ Files Charges In Vaughn Prison Riots
Here is the press release from the AG’s office in its entirety: Department of Justice Announces Indictments Arising From February Incident at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Sixteen Inmates Charged with First Degree Murder The Delaware Department of Justice announced indictments against 18 individuals — including charging 16 individuals with first degree murder – […]
Open Thread For October 17, 2017
Trump Caught Lying About Presidents And Dead Soldiers. He then mused about how talking to the families is the hardest part of his job. Raise your hands if you think he’s ever consoled any Gold Star family. Does anyone think he personally wrote letters to the families? A sociopathic narcissist. BREAKING: Trump’s Drug Czar Nominee […]
Open Thread For October 16, 2017
How Big Pharma Rolled Congress On Opioid Epidemic. Brilliant reporting, depressing reading. Oh, and the legislator who pushed the bill? He’s Trump’s drug czar nominee. Austria Elects 31-Year-Old Right Winger As Their New Leader. Likely to form coalition government with another right-wing party. Yep, opposition to immigration and Islam were his calling cards. AG Sessions […]
Open Thread For October 14, 2017
Manafort Had Serious Russian Money Behind Him. At least $60 mill from one Russian oligarch. Explain to me how Donald Trump identified this Russian operative as the person to run his campaign? Anybody? Roy Moore: Lyin’ For The Lord. More like ‘lyin’ for the loot’. How this man who did not take a ‘regular’ salary […]
Open Thread For October 13, 2017
Trump Aims To Kill Obamacare. He might as well be Putin, the way he’s sowing chaos in this country. What he did yesterday defines the term ‘sowing chaos’. Oh, and finding a way to pay for his tax cuts for the filthy rich: President Trump will scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay […]
Open Thread For October 12, 2017
BREAKING: Trump Threatens To Abandon Puerto Rico Relief Effort. ““We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!” I have no words. Velda Jones-Potter At It Again. How the fuck does the City hand this serial feeder at the public trough her […]
Dog Bites Man: Dennis E. Williams Is Running Again
This time for State Auditor. Why?: Representative Williams has been urged by voters, Democratic Committee members, and elected officials throughout the state to bring his experience and qualifications to the position of State Auditor. Dennis has had a career that makes him uniquely qualified for this position. Raise your hand if you believe anything in […]
Open Thread For October 11, 2017
BREAKING: Here’s Why Tillerson Called Trump A Bleeping Moron. Here’s another version. He called for a, wait for it, ‘tenfold’ increase in our nuclear weapons arsenal at a July meeting. That’s, um, ten times what we have now. It was literally right after this meeting that Tillerson called Trump a moron. Wilmington Trust ‘Too Big […]
The Speculative Attorney General Thread: Part Deux
It’s been quiet, too quiet, concerning this race. So, time to share some of the latest scuttlebutt I’ve heard: 1. Oberly In? Jennings Out? They apparently realize that they would both appeal to the same constituencies, whatever those constituencies might be. Oberly hasn’t run for office since 1994, when he challenged and lost a US […]
Happy 100th To Thelonious Sphere Monk!
He’s on my musical Mount Rushmore. Perhaps Donald Fagen put it best: “The ET in my bedroom was my Thelonious Monk records.” There was no one like him. Not to mention, he had the greatest name of all time. Check out some highlights from a 1959 Newport Jazz Festival gig: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/10/a-hundred-years-of-thelonious-monk-listen-to-this.html
Open Thread For October 10, 2017
Another Reason To Hate The Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones delivers marching orders direct from Trump to players. Stand for the anthem, or else. There’s also this. I’m with Trump 100% on that one. How Chicago Gets Its Guns. It’s not from huge cartels. Trump To Repeal Clean Power Plan Today. By putting Scott Pruitt’s thumb […]
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