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Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!
Happy holidays & Merry Saturnalia, to every lurker, hate-lurker, banned dickface idiot, regular commenter, & people immersed in Delaware politics who pretend to not read the blog when we meet in public. Except for the hate-lurkers, banned dickface idiots, you are all trying to keep Bedfordfalls from turning into Pottersville in your own way, and that is worthy.
We love you all. Cheers to you.
Wanna look like a complete fucking idiot?
I was reading the FoxNews take on the Tufts University bomb threats and the algorithms naturally assumed I wanted to look like a complete fuckwit.
What’s rock bottom for Tesla? $75 per share? $20? Receivership?
I’m not a big stock investor, so I don’t pay very close attention to the rise and fall of individual stocks, but watching the collapse of Barron VonDickhead’s business empire is endlessly entertaining. Let’s check in on Elon Musk’s brilliant idea for running his car company — investing most of his time running another company […]
Read of the Day – To Build A Fire
“This man did not know cold. Possibly, all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold, of cold 107 degrees below freezing point. But the dog knew; all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge.”
― Jack London, To Build A Fire
This is one of my all time favorite short stories. I think it is written in a more economical, modern style than Jack London’s other work. But what I really like is how the dog has a bit part but is really the hero.
The New York Democratic Party should just be closed down, the assets (if any) auctioned off
How did they miss this? Yesterday I joked — well, maybe half-joked? — that with all we’ve learned about Rep.-Elect George Santos, is he even gay? Being an “openly gay” Latino Republican has been a central part of his campaign pitch. He doesn’t fit the mold of a Trumper and that, he argues, “scares the […]
A ‘once in a generation’ winter storm will impact nearly every state (for the 11th time this year)
Sorry CNN and all TV weather people. Your credibility is currently at Trump administration levels. And making up menacing sounding shit like “bomb cyclone” and “thunder snow” doesn’t help. By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN A major winter storm and cold blast will impact nearly every state and bring what the National Weather […]
Michigan GOP would like single, college-educated, white women to stop destroying the country
They’ve done the research: The co-chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party privately told supporters last month that the party’s long-established donors would rather “lose this whole state” than help GOP candidates because they “hate” former President Donald Trump. Michigan GOP co-chair Meshawn Maddock and her husband, state Rep. Matt Maddock, R-Milford, two faithful Trump supporters, gave […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 21 2022
Ed Note: This is a very half-assed (already in holiday mode) Open Thread.
Trump’s Tax Returns To Be Released To The Public. After a delay to redact SS #’s and the like:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/20/us/trump-taxes-news
We’re looking at the last six years.
Rep Schiff says the DOJ is moving “way too slow.”
Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”. (eg. the next time he looks in a mirror)
The billionaire had promised to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote “yes” to him quitting the role. He says he will still run the software and servers teams after his replacement is found.
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 20 2022
What’s the point of having guns if you can’t brandish?
An 18-year-old is now a former freshman at the University of Delaware after he was allegedly seen brandishing a gun on campus in a Snapchat video.
Michael Hearn, Junior was seen with the gun Friday, UD police said.
Possession of firearms, ammunition and other weapons is prohibited on university property under unless campus police OK it, and Hearn, who’s now been “separated” from UD and banned from the campus, is charged with possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, along with several drug offenses.
He also faces further disciplinary action by UD’s Office of Student Conduct, and is currently being held at the Howard Young Prison.
Jan 6 committee refers Donald Trump for criminal prosecution on four counts
Four Republicans referred to House ethics committee for refusing to comply with panel’s subpoenas, including Kevin McCarthy
The four counts of the Trump referrals are for “influencing or impeding an official proceeding of the US government”, “conspiring to defraud the US”, “unlawfully, knowingly or willingly making false statements to the federal government”, and “assisting or engaging in insurrection against the United States”.
The referrals are largely symbolic, as attorney general Merrick Garland will make his own decision on charges at the conclusion of the justice department’s own investigations, headed by special prosecutor Jack Smith.
The panel is also referring four Republican members of Congress to the House ethics committee for refusing to comply with subpoenas, including Kevin McCarthy, the GOP leader who is expected to run for speaker of the House when the party takes control of the chamber next year.
The January 6 committee’s full report is expected to be released today.
On the Mt Rushmore of evil fuckers out to murder our American multicultural democracy, don’t forget Tucker Carlson
Carlson is a demagogue who sneers at America’s heritage as a multicultural nation bound by shared principles like liberty, equality, and democracy. He instead embraces the blood-and-soil nationalism of European autocracies. This radical and reactionary philosophy is swiftly gaining power on the American right, thanks to adherents such as the fascist billionaire Peter Thiel and his pet philosopher Curtis Yarvin and hand-picked Sen.-elect J.D. Vance. Carlson is that movement’s accelerant; he is using his weekday program on Fox and regular specials on its streaming platform, Fox Nation, as well as his influence over the Republican Party, to bring it into the mainstream.
DL Open Thread Monday December 19 2022
Water? Pfft…We’ll live off tax cuts and bile! The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs could drop so low that water would no longer flow past Hoover Dam in two years. That dire scenario — which would cut off water […]
Song of the Day 12/18: Small Town Titans, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
Small Town Titans are a power trio from that rock hotbed of York, Pa., whose members met at Lebanon Valley College in 2011. In 2018 they released this filthy version of every hard-rock band’s favorite holiday tune, the Grinch’s theme song from the Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” A lot of bands have […]
The Jan. 6 committee will take up criminal referrals against Donald Trump
He committed his crimes in the open. The only question has been, will those crimes be shoved down the memory hole for the sake of bipartisanship? The House says, no. The AG may still say Yes. The House Select Jan. 6 Committee will take up criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump on at […]
Cape Gazette publishes a press release of a press release of a very poorly written bio of Ruth Briggs King
The Cape Gazette version of the press release actually improves on the Elysian Magazine re-print of the very poorly written press release from The National Foundation of Women Legislators. . #journalism
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