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DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
Thank whatever you believe in that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed with as little flag-waving horseshit as it did, but Jesus Christ on a tandem bike, can we stop mourning the loss of national unity? You know what unites people? Grief. It wasn’t patriotism, or feeling for our fellow Americans. It was heartsick sadness. […]
How are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for schools & workplaces being covered on Fox News?
Here is a roundup via Media Matters. Basically, Biden is Josef Mengele, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler rolled into one. Fully vaxed-up anti-laxer, Sean Hannity warns “you will be canceled” and the government will target “your loved ones” if you don’t get vaccinated. (I hope nobody tells him about the real consequences.) Fox’s Will Cain compares vaccine […]
Andrew Sharp Joins REV to talk about the Delaware Independent
E140 – Covering Them Fairly (w/Andrew Sharp) Journalist Andrew Sharp joins Rob in the bunker to talk about Delaware Independent, a new independent outlet covering western Sussex County and Kent County. Also discussed: the role of objectivity and bias in covering local stories and how the media should cover the police. Show Notes: Subscribe to […]
Hear Coons explain how Glorious Bipartisanship and “Faith” are going to fix climate change
If you want to hear Coons tell Notre Dame University a bunch of nonsense wrapped in horseshit about how glorious bipartisanship and “faith” are going to cure climate change, you can watch the live stream here.
The 9/11 attacks were wholly preventable
Strange how the media celebration of the anniversary doesn’t mention how Bush utterly screwed up.
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021
If you want to read stories about anti-vax, anti-mask assholes, the media is there for you — can’t swing a dead cat on the internet without hitting one of those. But the mainstream media is showing a lot less interest in a Treasury Dept. study that found the wealthiest 1% of Americans dodge as much […]
I like this Jill Biden goes back to the classroom story
Who could dislike someone who can turn the world on with her smile? How are the GOP haters going to hate someone who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Like many educators this fall, Jill Biden headed back to the classroom at Northern Virginia Community College Tuesday as the […]
An appalling example of the degeneracy of the idle rich
Ben Dupont’s great great uncle. Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was the former president of the DuPont company, head of the family trust, and reported racist, anti-Semite, and extreme right winger. According to Gerard Colyb’s book Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain, this fine fellow built a palace in Cuba, called Xanadu, where he collected […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday September 8th 2021
Coons Scores a 9.5 and a Perfect 10 on the Impotent/Empty Rhetoric Scale
I’ve been on Twitter a little more lately, but only follow a couple of accounts. One is written for Senator Chris Coons. The author of these tweets has mastered relating utterly pointless pronouncements with a tone of breathless outrage. Just check out these two winners.
DL Open Thread Tuesday September 7th 2021
Tucker Carlson’s full endorsement of the use of illegal fake vaccination cards and his exhortation to “punish” the CDC annotated:
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Buying a fake vaccination card is not a, quote, serious crime.[quote “serious crimes” are ones committed by dark skinned people. Duh.] It’s not even close to a serious crime.[It is axiomatic that any crime committed by entitled white people cannot be serious. It is a testament to how far the country has fallen under Biden that he has to say this twice.]
Buying a fake vaccination card is an act of desperation by decent, law-abiding Americans [white people] who have been forced into a corner by tyrants. [forced into admitting their poor judgment, and lack of critical thinking skills in public.]
You know what’s a serious crime? Forcing Americans to take drugs they don’t need or want.[Did you catch that sly trick? Here the logic of the endorsement breaks down under its own inanity. Carlson knows that nobody is being “forced” to take a drug. They are being required to prove that they’ve been vaccinated to do some things they want to do like eat at certain restaurants and travel on airplanes.] That’s a very serious crime. [Its’s not] And let’s hope, in the end, someone is punished for it, severely. [Is pandering to fools, and constantly trying to work them into a violent lather criminal? it should be.]
Do you want to know that Tucker Carlson considers a “Quote, Serious Crime”?
I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs in a heartless and cruel way. I think, firstly, he should have been executed for that.
The Stupidest Country In The World?
“Stupid” probably doesn’t explain us in full. I’d say we are an average IQ country with a higher disposition toward right-wing tribalism as a result of our very racist, anti-black history. Anyway, that’s nit-picking. Our story is far too implausibly stupid to be the plot for a decent movie or novel.
The Stupidest Country In The World
Would be a good missing reel for the movie Southland Tales (which is both awful and sort of great, hard to describe). An epidemic hits the country run by the game show president, against all odds he secures enough vaccine (money is never a problem) and his successor manages to distribute it, but the game show host’s followers refuse to take it and instead start shooting themselves up with horse drugs.
We have enough money to throw at every problem we confront, and stupidity and corruption prevent us from solving any of them.
Song of the Day 9/6: The Clash, “Career Opportunities”
I’d normally highlight unions on Labor Day, but with 36% of the U.S. workforce is now part of the gig economy, so they aren’t even employees in the traditional sense. Though Joe Strummer and Mick Jones wrote this about the recession-ravaged ’70s in Britain, its message will last as long as capitalism. The song appeared […]
DL Open Thread Monday September 6th 2021 – Labor Day
There is actual news today, no doubt.
Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.
-Howard Zinn
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