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DL Open Thread Tuesday April 12 2022
Nothing goes on Russian state media with Putin’s approval. So this is basically Putin saying that he is planning on rat-fucking our elections and going all out to return Trump to the White House. Russian State Media Airs Its Ultimate ‘Revenge Plan’ for 2024 US Presidential Elections Fuck this guy. Former Virginia police officer who […]
Song of the Day 4/10: Holly and the Italians, “Tell That Girl to Shut Up”
This song goes through my head every time I see another Marjorie Taylor Greene/Lauren Boebert clickbait headline. In an alternate universe, Holly Beth Vincent had a career like Chrissie Hynde’s. Like the Ohio-born Hynde, Vincent, a Chicago native, got her big break after moving to the UK. In 1979, the same year the Pretenders released […]
DL Open Thread Monday April 11 2022
Note: This isn’t an open thread so much as an open letter to Steve Newton. He is (was?) a libertarian and in the early days of blogging I was very dismissive of Libertarianism in general and him in particular. I’m still dismissive of libertarianism, but I’ve learned that Steve is a thoughtful historian and social scientist who cares about ideas and about America. That sounds awfully corny, but there you have it.
How will historians decide when one of Americans two major party’s lost its mind? With Republicans attempting to one-up each other in mean-spirited craziness on a daily basis, I suppose it is easy for us to…
Song of the Day 4/9: Randy Rainbow, “Gay”
Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law was just made for lampooning by Randy Rainbow, who, it turns out — you never would have guessed — is gay.
Bill McSwain – Very Openly Racist Candidate for PA Governor
This guy wants to put “criminals, rioters & looters in jail.” He wants to “restore freedom and law & order.” I wonder if he is talking about white “rioters and looters?” Of course he isn’t. So many GOP primaries will come down to who has the money to be the most racist on […]
Not HaHa Funny
It is funny to think that after the Dems get blown out in the midterms Hunter Biden and James Biden (who?) will be in jail and the Trump crime family will be walking around free as birds.
Sherry Dorsey Walker – SMH
Just getting a picture with these ladies and the indicted State Auditor. Photo Via Orange is the New Black’s FB page.
Are any young adults in your life planning on having kids?
Yup. We’re fucked. The Earth is basically done, so is anyone still having kids? I’m seriously asking. Do any readers with adult “kids” plan on being grandparents? I don’t. Are any grandparents reading this expecting their grandchildren to reproduce? It seems to me that (in addition to the climate going ka-plooey), a drastically shrinking young […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday April 6th 2022
Here is something that happened in April 1978: A concrete cooling tower under construction at a power station at Willow Island, West Virginia, collapses. All of the 51 construction workers on the scaffolding fell to their deaths. OSHA and the contractor agreed to settle the case for $85,500 (or about $1,700 per dead worker); no […]
Unlivable World
We’ve had a good 30 years to do something and now it is too late. Oh well. Being moderate and sensible, making friends with intractable loons on the right and carrying water for the energy sector was much too important.
Presenting the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he said: “The jury has reached a verdict and it is damning.”
The report shows “a litany of broken climate promises” and stands as “a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that are putting us on track towards an unlivable world”, he said.
Sounds bad, but just look at my stock portfolio! Smashing!
DL Open Thread Tuesday April 5th 2022
Sometime soon Chris Coons will be all over TV to crow over triumph of bipartisanship that was Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Coons is the go-to quote-miester about how bipartisanship is America at its best and two Republican votes have warmed his heart and made his little Coonsie rock hard. And […]
DL Open Thread Monday April 4 2022
Why does Delaware want to protect only the bad cops? That’s a great questions posed in the Delaware Call by RAE KRANTZ. By wrapping the bad cops in LEOBOR cotton, it’s as if certain Delaware State Senators couldn’t give a fuck about the good cops. I mean, imagine if 95% of anesthesiologists were good […]
The Case for Biden
I just want to remind everyone that the case for Biden (over Sanders) was that Biden had friendships and great working relationships with Republicans that he served with in the Senate. They would respect him and Biden would “break the fever” that the radicalized GOP was suffering from. So how’s that project going? Sens. […]
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