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Carney is the lamest of lame ducks. Who will be the next Governor of Delaware? Part 2
Last time we looked at the Governors of yore and I’m glad I started there because we can dispense with who we’d like to be Governor and discuss who will probably be the 75th Gov of Smellaware. There is no need for a drum roll. Based on the fact that 60% of recent Govs had previously served as Lt Gov and the probability matrix that fact establishes, the next Governor is going to be…
Song of the Day 6/9: The Weavers, “The Hammer Song”
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson will wield the hammer of justice — a gavel, actually — when the House select committee he chairs on the Jan. 6 insurrection presents its findings tonight at 8 p.m. in that old-school format, the prime-time television broadcast. I’m not sure how that will play in our post-TV era. Pete Seeger […]
Should America Continue to be a Democracy? Views Differ
A coup against the people and government of the United States failed. That should be seriously and publicly unpacked. Arrests and convictions must made or we’ll invite bigger and more effective coup attempts.
And yet, we all know that the “objective” media coverage is going to be a nauseating “both sides” bullshit fest where the mid-term horserace is the central narrative and the FACT THAT REPUBLICANS TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT is brushed aside.
Carney is the lamest of lame ducks. Who will be the next Governor of Delaware? Part 1
Carney, at best, is a cardboard cutout of a man. In fact a cardboard cut out of a man has a little utility, so calling him that is an un-merited compliment. El Som has documented his lack of creativity, energy and low character. With his veto I’m just over that fucking waste of space. So […]
Song of the Day 6/6: Sheryl Crow, “Can’t Cry Anymore”
Polling conducted after the Uvalde Massacre asked respondents if they feel that mass shootings are “unfortunately something we have to accept as part of a free society” or “something we can prevent and stop if we really tried.” To nobody’s surprise, 44% of Republicans said we just have to accept mass slaughter or we’re not […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Say what you like about Liz Cheney, she has more balls than 90% of Washington’s Democrats. She told CBS News that the Jan. 6 conspiracy was broad and well-organized. Funny, I don’t see Chris Coons rushing to applaud her bipartisan spirit. A bunch of Proud Boys were indicted for seditious conspiracy, which hardly seems fair […]
DL Open Thread Monday June 6 2022
Imagining that teams of teenage boys are transitioning to win the girl’s softball state championship is a “problem” that only exists in the fever dreams of MAGAT nation. No matter, Ohio House Republicans passed a bill late Tuesday that bans all transgender students from playing high school and college sports, and requires genital exams in […]
Are you “working” *wink* from home?
I’m an office person. I like the dividing line between work and not work. I also like being around people. In my experience, being part of an effective team requires occasional bullshitting ..or let’s call it “non-work” interactions. But I can also see that I’m not like some people who are way more productive without the commute and office bullshit.
Either way, showing up in an office because some middle manager is justifying their job by taking attendance is probably going away.
At its heart, the battle over remote work is a test of corporate America’s definition of an ideal worker. For decades or even longer, that has been a person who prioritizes their job above all else and has no outside commitments.
It’s “an incredibly powerful story,” said Brigid Schulte, the director of the Better Life Lab program at the think tank New America. “It’s part of our culture. It’s part of our DNA.”
It’s probably not shocking that people who are lower on the org chart tend to be less enthusiastic about returning to the office than the senior leaders and executives who thrived in the in-person Before Times.
“For many C.E.O.s and managers, that’s how they worked. That’s how they succeeded and that’s the only way they know,” Ms. Schulte said. “All of this was completely false; it was totally a fake story we’ve been telling ourselves.”
DL Open Thread Saturday, June 4, 2022
Alex Pareene asks the salient question, “What do cops do?” He answers it, too — they do what’s easy, avoid what’s hard and slack off a lot, just like people in every other job. The difference is they’re not fired for it. In further proof that “Republican” is now synonymous for “shithead and proud of […]
Boomer-Wan Kenobi
Even though I practically am one (born early in 1965), I’ve got nothing but contempt for the “Baby Boom” generation (people born between 1946 and 1964). They wrecked the vibrant and inclusive post war economy by repeatedly cutting their own taxes, and driving a stake into the heart of American manufacturing. They cavalierly gave us […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday June 1 2022
I’m cooked. These days I cannot even skim the news, let alone come up with some kind of trenchant comment on it. That’s why it is almost 2:30 and I’m just getting to this. To be honest, if it wasn’t for providing a home for El Som’s coverage of Leg Hall, I’d have folded up […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 31 2022
All of these murdered children are so rude! Always politicizing things that are inherently political. Also:
– American Cities Are Rethinking Traffic Stops. Why not rethink racist policing?
– Is White Christian Nationalist minority rule locked in? Yup, as long as we have a Senate and Electoral College, and
– A milestone for Coons’ super secret bipartisan caucus
Is this really the freedom they died for?
Memorial Day FB post by a friend gets to the heart of it. I know that today we’re supposed to remember those who died serving our country. But I feel that many of those people would be appalled at what our country is turning (has turned?) into. They would be appalled to know that the […]
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