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DL Open Thread: Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022
Do You Suffer From ‘Twitter Poisoning’? I admit that I’m fascinated by this seeming social media meltdown, probably because this blog is as close as I come to social media. Anyway: I have observed a change, or really a narrowing, in the public behavior of people who use Twitter or other social media a lot. […]
Speaking of Leftist Podcasters
A new “election wrap up” Highlands Bunker is out. So far it is pretty good, but I’m only half way through but will be back to rate this one on my patented 1 – 10,000 door knocks rating system.
The general election is finally over, so we get together to talk about what the results in Delaware and nationwide mean both in the short-term and the long-term.
Show Notes:
Breaking News – Leadership Vote Today
The Speakership has been rumored to be a lock for Valerie Longhurst for months now. Paul Baumbach is regarded as a possible alternative but a long shot. Anyway, Pete is almost certainly out.
I don’t know much about the mechanics of it, so I’ll leave that to El Som.
Leftist podcaster and journalist RE Vanilla had an interesting and possibly revealing take on how a Speakership vote for Longhurst could come about with the progressive changes in the Dem caucus.
Val is a politician. What if her potential ascent to Speaker depended upon, say, a new influx of progressive women Reps? And hypothetically Val knew her ability to lead the House and leapfrog Pete in leadership was orchestrated by a coalition that she’ll need to maintain that power? She could be expected to have a different agenda than she’s had, for example.
How’d My Predictions Fare?
I said I wasn’t going to make predictions, but I did. And I was pretty fucking close. I said Burns was going to beat Ramone by 5 votes and was wrong but by only 40 votes. I’d have preferred to be wrong by 40 going the other way, but still a pretty good prediction. I […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 11, 2022
The Death Of Social Media? Can’t come soon enough for me. Good article, including a history of how we (well, not me) got to where we are: It’s over. Facebook is in decline, Twitter in chaos. Mark Zuckerberg’s empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in value and laid off 11,000 people, with its […]
Song of the Day 11/11: Eric Bogle, “No Man’s Land (The Green Fields of France)”
At 11 a.m. France fell silent for one minute to mark the end of World War I on the Western Front. It’s a solemn day — nearly 1.4 million French soldiers died in the conflict and the northeastern part of the country was devastated by four years of warfare — marked by military parades and […]
Return Day
In accordance with tradition, the guy in the top hat pulled the Wild West Lawman out of his burrow. Upon seeing his shadow the Wild West Lawman predicted another 4 months of winter.
Coonsian Obsequious Apologies for Being Democrats are So 2014
Fetterman never apologized. He never went into a defensive crouch and tried to answer Oz’s bullshit about crime. He was just mocked the shit out of Oz, said “Let’s go after these greedy corporations.” What If – Hear Me Out – Democrats Are Popular? I really do think that since 1994 the party has been […]
Elections Should Be Decided by Merch Sales
Kari Lake is ranting today: “The people of AZ are sick and tired of elections being run like we’re in some banana republic. I was running against a basement candidate. The people didn’t vote for her. There was zero excitement. This is ridiculous.” This is a very Trumpian take. “Biden’s rallies were smaller. I must […]
Jesus Snubbed Mastriano
When voters said, “nah” and God the Father didn’t show, Mastriano was banking on some last minute intervention by the Holy Spirit. Jesus had other plans. CAMP HILL, Pa. — “I just feel like he has been chosen for this, I really do,” said Kristin Bailey, a healthcare worker from York, as she waited in […]
Song of the Day 11/10: Al Kooper, “Brand New Day”
Al Kooper spent the ’60s and ’70s showing that he could do almost anything musically, from writing songs to playing as a sideman for Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and dozens of others, to founding Blood, Sweat & Tears. Amid everything else, Kooper found time to write and record two songs for the […]
Great News Out of Nevada (Via LGM)
The indispensable Jon Ralston: If Kelly hangs on in Arizona, which seems probable, the the Georgia runoff doesn’t affect control of the Senate. That’s doubly great news, as I can’t see demoralized Georgia right wing voters getting too excited about coming out for somebody who will probably have paid for a couple of more abortions […]
Inflation my ass. Voters Simply Don’t Like Republicans and Republicanism
Whereas all the DC-based big dollar, big brained campaign consultants and Chris Coons would have you believe that the path forward is to adopt slightly less mean spirited versions of Republican talking points, actual voters were motivated to vote against Republicans and Republicanism. In a toss-up district just over the state line Lisa Scheller hammered […]
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