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In Which Chris Coons Tries to Reason With a Foxette
Chris Coons went on Fox News yesterday, as is his wont, but for a change broke decorum when confronted with his interrogator’s mushroom-sucking sycophancy. He even kept talking when she tried to talk over him. The anchor was trying to claim Trump has a plan for Venezuela, when it’s obvious even to Chris Coons that […]
Song of the Day 1/6: Björk, “Human Behavior”
The demented little asshole running the country, Stephen Miller, is a quivering wimp – you can tell by the way he takes every opportunity to act butch. His ego swelled by the Venezuela adventure, he went on CNN to proclaim that Greenland will belong to the Reich United States. This attitude has been criticized in […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, June 28, 2025
If you’re a progressive Democratic Party voter, you’re constantly told to shut up and vote for whatever centrist wins the nomination. “Vote Blue No Matter Who” is what the party believes and practices no matter who … hold on, I’m getting an update. It turns out that if a social democrat wins the nomination for, […]
Deranged Narcissist Bombs Iran
Uh, guess there’s no turning back now: The United States has entered Israel’s war against Iran. American warplanes dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, President Trump announced on Saturday night, bringing the U.S. military directly into the war after days of uncertainty about whether he would intervene. After a week of […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, June 21, 2025
Is it war yet? More to the point, is it our war yet? Pundits are sucking their thumbs extra-hard trying to figure out if and when Trump will join the Israel-Iran missile-exchange program, but most fail to consider the question, “What would an unimaginative reality-show host do?” They’d do exactly what Trump is doing – […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, March 1, 2024
Elect a professional-wrestling president, you get professional-wrestling kayfabe. Everyone knew the moment Trump was elected that the U.S. would abandon Ukraine. Everything else is Trump’s reality show. Historian Timothy Snyder’s take. The U.S., Russia and Israel are the new Axis of Evil. Discuss. The floor’s yours.
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2024
Every member of the House GOP folded and voted for Trump’s More Money for Billionaires budget. Every one of them should be forced to answer the question, “Why do billionaires need more money?” As bad as things are, they’d be a lot worse but for Musk and Co. personifying the Dunning-Kruger effect. For example, they […]
BREAKING: Israel and Hamas Agree To Cease-Fire, Hostage Release
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/ A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached Wednesday following more than 15 months of extraordinary bloodshed and violence in Gaza, said a senior U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions. Details of the agreement are to be announced shortly in Doha, the […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024
When Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, many pundits pointed out that what seemed like a truncated campaign, a three-month “sprint” to Election Day, was the full length of campaigns in most Western nations. Skip ahead two months, and with six weeks still to go it already feels like it’s been going on […]
Song of the Day 8/8: Taylor Swift, “Look What You Made Me Do”
Taylor Swift cancelled three shows in Vienna after three suspects were arrested and charged with plotting an attack on her show. Police found bombs and ISIS propaganda, indicating again that Islamic terrorists consider music venues fair game. As a music fan, this does not predispose me to expressing any sympathy for the goals of Islamic […]
DL Open Thread Monday, July 8, 2024
The “Fascism on the Worldwide March” storyline took a major hit the past few days. First voters in England rejected the Tories. Now France’s far-right party, Marine LePen’s National Rally, which seemed poised to take over the premiership, got its ass mightily kicked in the country’s second round of elections. Not only did they not […]
DL Open Thread Monday, June 10, 2024
If you’re looking for something more esoteric to worry about than World War III or the climate-induced collapse of civilization, you might want to look into the latest outbreak of avian flu, which has infected two farm workers – one in Texas, the other in Michigan – who caught it from dairy cows. Pasteurization kills […]
DL Open Thread Monday, June 3, 2024
Their dangerous rival just got convicted on 34 felony charges, and the reaction from Democrats is just what we’ve come to expect: They not only don’t know how to capitalize on it, they’re not even sure they should mention it. Now do you understand why they lose? Self-doubt is not something that Republicans ever have […]
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