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Senator Coons statement on Silicon Valley Bank [Annotated]
WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on Silicon Valley Bank: [After a 48 hours campaign of harassment by some dumb blogger, I have decided to bless you peons with my beautiful thoughts] “I commend the Biden administration’s swift actions to address challenges posed by the closure of Silicon Valley Bank […]
Song of the Day 3/13: Sparks, “The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte”
Cate Blanchett didn’t win the Oscar last night for her performance as an orchestra conductor in “Tár,” but would Michelle Yeoh do this? Like lots of Hollywood folk, Blanchett is a fan of Sparks, the art rock/electronica project of the Mael brothers, Russell and Ron. The duo has released 26 LPs over its 50-plus-year history, […]
DL Open Thread Monday March 13 2023
I just knew SVB gamblers were going to made whole. (Heck of a job, Coonsie.) Privatized Gains & Socialized Losses Washington, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell, and FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg: Today we are taking decisive actions […]
Lt Gov Poll Results & Next Week’s Poll
Concerning the question – Who do you want to be Delaware’s next Lt. Governor? Kevin Hensley wins! 26% of poll takers want Hensley which is probably 13% Republicans happy to see a Republican show up in one of our weekly polls and 13% people from the 9th RD who are ready for Hensley to move […]
Song of the Day 3/12: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
After three years of drought, California this winter has been inundated with rain — an “atmospheric river” dumped 13 inches on the central part of the state in the past few days, leading to widespread flooding and mudslides. John Fogerty was raised on the east side of the San Francisco Bay in Contra Costa County, […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 12, 2023
‘I Got Your Oil Slick Right Here’. Biden to Alaska: The Biden administration has decided to authorize a mammoth ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska, despite arguments by opponents that it will exacerbate climate change, according to people familiar with the matter. The project is enormous by almost any measure. Its $8 billion price tag […]
36 year old grandmother, Lauren Boebert, continues to be a walking advertisement for comprehensive sex-ed
These white people just can’t control themselves. They are like animals, just fucking and creating wingnut welfare babies, day and night. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference that she’s going to be a 36-year-old grandmother. At the very same gathering, the anti-abortion lawmaker also said that she wants […]
Russian officials being told to surrender their passports
As for me, nothing would make me want to flee Russia like being told “You may not flee Russia.” Russian officials and employees of state-owned companies are increasingly being told to surrender their passports to members of the security services to ensure they cannot flee the country, a joint investigation by independent media outlets Current […]
Song of the Day 3/11: Deep Purple, “Hush”
Of all the illegal acts Donald Trump has committed, its appears lying about his hush-money payment to a hooker is the one that will get him indicted first. It’s worth nothing that a hush-money payment is not illegal, but lying about it so he wouldn’t have to declare it as a campaign expense is. Pretty […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 11, 2023
Flooding Ravages Merle Haggard’s California. Much of the rest of Cali as well. Haggard was born and raised in Oilville, which is in Tulare County. Both Tulare and Kern Counties were hit especially hard by the floods. Time for a musical interlude, both songs written by Merle: From ‘Cactus Artist’ To Fox Election Fraud ‘Source’. […]
Coons & Carper Votes to Repeal Dodd-Frank Directly Linked to Bank Failures
Who could have predicted it? THE COLLAPSE OF SVB AND THE PARTIAL REPEAL OF DODD-FRANK Remember when Trump and the Republican leadership, in collaboration with a critical group of moderate and conservative Democrats, rolled back some of the regulations Dodd-Frank placed on regional banks? Well: Some banking experts on Friday pointed out that a bank as […]
Biden’s Budget Heresy – Tax the Rich
“Democrat” Chris Coons is going to fucking hate this budget proposal. That’s good news for America. The real message of Biden’s budget The president is picking a fight with Republicans on their own turf — fiscal responsibility and defense spending. A lot is squeezed into President Joe Biden’s new 182-page budget proposal, which the president describes as “a […]
Memo To The Following: Return The BobbyByrd/Norfolk Southern Blood Money
I’m occasionally a reasonable person. I will assume that Bobby Byrd delivered these checks along with all the other checks he bundled from his clients, and that you didn’t discern the difference. Until proven otherwise. Besides, you received these checks before the recent spate of derailments. So, no harm/no foul. Unless you don’t return the […]
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