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DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 11, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 11, 202315 Comments

Guess Who Wanted Guns Banned At Event In Florida. Hint: it was at a victory celebration for--himself: As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for an election night party in downtown Tampa…

Song of the Day 2/10: Kent Nishimura, “25 or 6 to 4”

By Alby February 10, 20233 Comments

YouTube has brought some amazing musicians to broader public attention, but I haven't seen anyone finger-pick a guitar the way this 20-year-old Japanese kid does. Kent Nishimura first came to…

DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 10, 202315 Comments

US Navy Seeks To Inflict 'Spiritual Readiness' On Sailors. Because, without spiritual readiness, sailors might realize just how foolhardy some missions are. Under the new requirement, commanders 'own' their charges'…

Confederacy-Loving Delaware Man Gets Three Years in Union Prison

By Alby February 10, 202312 Comments

Kevin Seefried, the Laurel drywall hanger who paraded a huge Confederate battle flag through the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and menaced a Capitol cop with it, was handed…

Song of the Day 2/9: Ronnie Milsap, “Any Day Now”

By Alby February 9, 20235 Comments

Burt Bacharach, the preeminent American tunesmith of the mid-20th century, died Wednesday at age 94. Though he's best remembered as an easy-listening composer for his the songs he wrote with…

Chris Coons is Simply Lying About Not Knowing About QAnon

By jason330 February 9, 2023

Ed Note: This post was first published on Mar 24, 2022 at 08:04. It is now getting some hits so I'm moving it up to see what's up. Consultants have been telling Republican members of Congress to say that they don't know what QAnon is when asked about it, and its influence on the party. Chris Coons is also adopting that strategy.

Michael McAuliff @mmcauliff · 16h Question: Are you concerned Republicans may be trying to play to the Q-anon base? Sen. Chris Coons: "I wouldn't understand what an appeal to the Q-anon base looks like. So if that's what's going on, I'm missing it. Because frankly, that's not a frame that resonates with me."

This is derived from the GOP's successful strategy of denying that they follow the news when asked about something Trump said.

DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 9, 20233 Comments

Did The Civil War Even Take Place? Gotta wonder after this happened in Mississippi: A white supermajority of the Mississippi House voted after an intense, four-plus hour debate to create…

The Best Thing I’ve Ever Seen on TV

By jason330 February 8, 202313 Comments

Station 11

Song of the Day 2/8: Honey Cone, “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show”

By Alby February 8, 20231 Comment

I didn't watch Biden's SOTU speech, but I saw plenty of still pictures of Marjorie Taylor Greene. They didn't remind me of a clown -- more like one of those…

Biden delivered a good speech – Republicans acted like a bunch of clowns, as expected

By jason330 February 8, 20234 Comments

I didn't watch the speech, but reviews are good. Biden was his usual steady self, but also lively and energetic. He was up for a taking on the dumbfucks in the GOP head-on. Bravo. They aren't accustomed to that. Not that it matters. U.S politics hasn't been about what Democrats do or say for a while now. Steadily and seriously, Biden and Obama both rescued the country from the disastrous terms of erratic Republican clowns. But you wont hear anything about it in the news. Short memories. No, our politics is all about the clown show. The media LOVES the excitement of the clown show. They love asking Democrats to respond to the clown show. And so Democrats always appear to be reacting, rarely acting. And yet, the clown show is exactly why Democrats keep wining and Republicans keep losing. There are still Americans that want our politics to be steady, serious and sober. Most Americans take one look at this clown show, and say "I'll take whatever the <I>'not this clown show'</I> option is please." Only Chris Coons keeps trying to pretend that the Republicans are not a clown show. Who can say why? I think he gets off on it.