DL Open Thread Monday Jan 9 2023

Bannon and Miller were both advising the Bolsonaro Terrorists in Brazil, because of course they were   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/extreme-right-wing-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazilian-capital/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark Speaker Drama is Over, but Republicans discover that other Republicans are still…

Gun Nutism Running Riot in Maryland – OK to bring guns to school provided you don’t shoot anyone

The fallacy that animates all gun-nutism is that gun owners are all perfectly rational and reasonable up until the moment they pull the trigger.

Under new Maryland law, student doesn't face charges after bringing gun to school

by 7News Staff

Police say a 12-year-old boy brought a gun to MacArthur Middle School on Jan. 5, 2023. (Anne Arundel County police)
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 12-year-old boy escaped legal consequences after he brought a gun to school earlier this week, according to Anne Arundel County police. On Thursday, police say the school resource officer at MacArthur Middle School was notified of a 12-year-old student who had a handgun, loaded magazine, and loose ammunition in a bag at the school. The school says an investigation found that a handgun and magazine were found inside the fanny pack, but the gun was not loaded with bullets inside of the chamber; only a magazine with ammunition was found inside of the gun.

MCCARTHY AGREES TO SUPPORT PUTIN’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE AND TO DEFAULT ON THE DEBT IN ORDER TO BECOME SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

That headline is from LGM. I don't think it is hyperbole. He gave away a lot. It looks like Putin and people who want the United States to default and crash the world economy (because that is bad for Biden) won. Of course President Manchin (WV) could have taken the debt ceiling thing off the table, but empowering shitheads and creeps is the new big thing in Washington.

DL Open Thread Wednesday January 4 2023

Dems Blowing a Great Opportunity to Fuck With the GOP

Just imagine the (even more) chaotic shitmess that would ensue in the Republican Party if Democrats offered to help "save" McCarthy.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries mentioned to CNN that he would release 10 Democratic votes to McCarthy to settle the "nonsense and ridiculousness" that the GOP is putting itself through.
I happen to love the idea. It will never happen. Also today - Southwest ads insult to injury.

DL Open Thread Tuesday Jan 3 2023

By the year 2023 man will be living in colonies on the MOOON!! Or they will be living in underground shelters to escape from the radiation and other humans - or in undersea hotels complete with cocktail bars. That's how a lot of 1950'/60's science fiction started when I was a kid back in 1970. None of that shit came true. Oh well. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld you go to blog with the future you have, not the future you might want or wish to have at a later time. In that spirit, I'm back to start out 2023 with this resolution - Quality over Quantity. I'm not sure what I mean but that but it sounds like a worthy goal and one which lets me off the hook in terms of quantity. Anyway...on to the news.

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022

David Cay Johnston, who has chronicled Donald Trump's financial chicanery for decades, has sifted through the Jan. 6 Committee reports and found evidence of at least 26 instances of tax…