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Ernest Hemingway on American Fascism

By Alby April 14, 20205 Comments

Because I took no books with me on what I thought would be a three-week trip to Paris and Barcelona, I've been passing the time by reading old books online.…

BREAKING: It’s Officially A Pandemic

By El Somnambulo March 11, 20208 Comments

The World Health Organization has officially designated the Coronavirus outbreak a world pandemic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/11/coronavirus-live-updates/ The organization cites 'alarming levels of spread and...alarming levels of inaction'. A congressional briefing on the…

This Is Why Republicans Can’t Turn on Trump

By Alby October 10, 20192 Comments

As I guessed more than two years ago, the explanation is a lot simpler than "they're afraid of his base," which is true but doesn't explain why they won't cut…

DL Open Thread 9/20

By Alby September 20, 20191 Comment

Iconic arms manufacturer Colt announced it will stop making military-style rifles for the civilian market, explaining that there already are enough of them to go around. That sound you hear…

DL Open Thread 9/19

By Alby September 19, 20192 Comments

Why hasn't the Deep State removed Trump from office? Because they've mostly been working around him instead of with him or against him. But apparently Trump promised somebody in his…

DL Open Thread 9/18

By Alby September 18, 201917 Comments

Anyone who thinks Donald Trump is everything the quisling GOP wants in a president must reckon with the fact that he won't go to war in the Middle East on…

DL Open Thread Tuesday 9/17

By Alby September 17, 20195 Comments

Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Russian codebreakers reportedly hacked into the FBI's comm systems and interfered with the agency's tracking ability. Nearly 50,000 General Motors workers are out…

Man Who Stopped New Zealand Massacre Was Good Guy Without a Gun

By Alby March 19, 20193 Comments

The so-far unsung hero of the New Zealand massacre was not, per U.S. gun-sissy lore, a good guy with a gun. Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah, a refugee from Afghanistan, was with…

Calls for a Global War on White Nationalism Begin

By Alby March 17, 20193 Comments

Christopher Dickey, foreign editor of the Daily Beast, is out with a column that calls the devil by his name. The New Zealand killer, Dickey writes, may have been a…

Another Reason Russiagate Matters

By Alby March 6, 201912 Comments

I think the No. 1 reason is that foreign money in elections was a foreseen consequence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and I hope I don't have to…

Who’s Afraid of the Green New Deal?

By Alby February 26, 20197 Comments

Lots of people, it seems, even some of the 81% who tell pollsters they support it. Republicans consider it the spawn of Satan or, worse, Lenin. Democrats fret that it's…

Aug. 2 Open Thread: Liberals Are Not Popular, But Liberal Ideas Are

By Alby August 2, 20182 Comments

When people say, "I worry that voters will be scared of a leftist agenda," they're really saying, "I'm scared of a leftist agenda." Polling demonstrates this over and over again…

July 24 Open Thread: Stand Your Ground = License to Kill

By Alby July 24, 20181 Comment

The latest Florida outrage -- I know, it's a new one almost every day -- involves the cold-blooded slaying of another black man by another white man who apparently will…