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What’s a company without companionship?

Filed in National by on July 9, 2023 10 Comments

The word “company” comes to us from from Old French compagnie  meaning “society, friendship, intimacy, as in body of soldiers”  and prior to that from Late Latin companio, literally meaning “bread fellow, messmate,” from Latin com “with, together” (see com-) + panis “bread,” I’m an extrovert so I love company, companionship and breaking bread with my fellow workers.  […]

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The Cruelty is the Point

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The Cruelty is the Point

Surviving childbirth is too woke for Idaho. Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges On July 1, Idaho became the only state without a legal requirement or specialized committee to review maternal deaths related to pregnancy. The change comes after state lawmakers, in the midst of a national upsurge in maternal […]

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The Highlands Bunker “If you’ve got a little fight in you, you say ‘Ha, We’ve got these motherfuckers'”

Filed in National by on July 7, 2023 2 Comments

The problem, as usual, is that the Dems have no fight in them. E250 – Rubber Stamp (w/Paul Blest) More Perfect Union journalist Paul Blest joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the debacle around the vote giving LLCs and other entities the right to vote in Seaford. Show Notes: More Perfect Union […]

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Developing: Chaos in Sussex GOP – Secret/Unscheduled Meeting Held in Sussex County Council Chamber – Julianne Murray, DEGOP Party Chair Barred from Entry

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Developing: Chaos in Sussex GOP – Secret/Unscheduled Meeting Held in Sussex County Council Chamber – Julianne Murray, DEGOP Party Chair Barred from Entry

Being reported on WGMD this morning,  Sussex County GOP was give full access to, or took over the Sussex County Council Chamber for a recent meeting.  The political party used all of the county facilities including security for a partisan meeting. Party leaders sat in council persons chairs and used the council’s mics, paid for […]

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Found to be Lacking in Freedom Zeal, MTG Kicked Out of Freedom Caucus – Vows to Create Super Double Plus Freedom Caucus With 100% More Freedom Zeal Than Other Freedom Caucus

Filed in National by on July 6, 2023 5 Comments

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no longer enough of a hardline right-wing lawmaker for the House Freedom Caucus. Freedom Caucus Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) tells Politico reporter Olivia Beavers that it’s his “understanding” that Greene is no longer a member of the caucus after it took a secret vote on her expulsion last month. Beavers says that Harris also […]

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This Hilarious Headline is From Politico, Not The Onion

Filed in National by on July 6, 2023 4 Comments

Florida GOP will require DeSantis, Trump to sign loyalty pledge to make primary ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are finding that the price to make the 2024 Florida primary ballot is going up. All GOP candidates will have to pledge their loyalty to the eventual Republican nominee to […]

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Israeli forces fire tear gas inside hospital as raid continues 125 people were injured by the tear gas

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 3 Comments

Meanwhile, Senator Chris Coons still says… Israel is a democracy with a dynamic, innovative economy, and it shares our values. That is why I support Israel.

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Josh Hawley celebrates the 4th by tweeting a bogus quote from Patrick Henry that 30 seconds of googling could have told him was both fake and from a white supremacist magazine, which is probably where he found it

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 1 Comment

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) marked the Fourth of July by tweeting theocratic propaganda through a fake quote incorrectly attributed to founding father Patrick Henry — and there’s a dark implication to why he did it, wrote MSNBC’s Steve Benen. “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday July 5 2023

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 6 Comments

As good as Biden has been, he keeps trying to prove his centrist dipshit bona fides. This is by far the most revolting nomination of the Biden administration, something so horrible and unnecessary that it’s almost impossible to wrap my head around it. President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former […]

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How Sarah McBride Has Impacted National LGBTQI+ Policy By Influencing Joe Biden

Filed in Delaware, Featured, National by on July 4, 2023 3 Comments

The rare really good article from Politico: Speaking before the largest Pride celebration in White House history this month, President Joe Biden looked out at the crowd and marveled at the people in front of him. He recognized “leaders across our administration,” like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, […]

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Song of the Day 7/4: The Tubes, “Proud to Be an American”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on July 4, 2023 0 Comments

Patriotism, as George Bernard Shaw pointed out, is the conviction that one’s country is superior to all others because one was born in it. Ambrose Bierce, in his “Devil’s Dictionary,” defined patriotism as “combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as […]

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DeSantis’ Horrible, Bumbling Campaign Continues to Bubble Horribly

Filed in National by on July 4, 2023 1 Comment

I had hoped that DeSantis was going to at least take a chunk out of Trump, or even beat him and thereby break the GOP forever – but he is truly terrible at running for the GOP’s presidential nomination. The latest evidence of how inept he is had to do with trying to out hate […]

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Bulletproof vest, multiple magazines, police scanner, AR-style rifle and a handgun – In other words, The “Full Patriot Package”

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5 adults killed, 2 children injured in massshooting in Philly; suspect found in bulletproof vest PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Five adults were killed and two children were injured during a mass shooting on Monday night in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia. The suspected gunman, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was taken into custody, police say. It […]

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