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The Greatest White Privilege of Them All
Eschaton reminded me of this truth – You can’t convict rich white people of crimes. That’s a pretty big privilege. Even when they are stone cold guilty, wealthy white people can use the “I didn’t know it was a crime” defense. You have to be simultaneously rich and white to have that defense available to you.
Only once in my lifetime has that defense failed, and that was the rich white guy preyed on underage girls. I guess it is hard to claim that you didn’t know preying on underage girls is a crime with a straight face.
Song of the Day 3/11: The Staves, “I’m on Fire”
One of Bruce Springsteen’s simplest compositions is also his most frequently covered — well over 100 versions are out there. The Staves — the stage name of the Staveley-Taylor sisters from Watford, Hertfordshire — give it a three-part harmony that IMO puts their version in a class by itself. Here’s the most intriguing thing about […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 11, 2022
The Latest On Putin’s War. More like Putin’s obsession. Looks like the only way it ends is if someone in Russia takes out Putin. If you want your propaganda with a positive spin, Kos is here to help. Based on his praising the inevitability of Hillary Clinton, I’d take his words with more than a […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 4-10, 2022
1. Three-Way D Primary In SD 14–So Far. Including just the kind of character that makes Delaware politics so weirdly fascinating. That third candidate deserves, and will get, his very own intro music. Coming in just a graf or two. Or three. Kyra Hoffner, who had already announced, and who has previously been profiled here, […]
Senator Chris Coons’ Old Prayer Breakfast Buddy Says Ukraine is Bombing Its Own Cites
Maria Butina, who became friends with Senator Chris Coons and other conservative oligarchs at the NRA sponsored National Prayer Breakfast was once part of Russia’s wide-ranging Russian effort to influence U.S. politics. Arrest by the FBI in July 2018, Butina spent 15 months in a federal prison and was deported in October 2019. After returning […]
From a Strategy Perspective – You Really Have to Hand it to Republicans
They’ve perfected a system for making stuff they don’t like both toxic for low info voters and frequently illegal. They take anything that seems like it contains “liberalism” (from abortion, to action on climate change, to teaching the truth that slavery was bad) and make it an “ideology” that children need to be protected from. Next up for this spy-ops treatment…being gay.
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): When did our public schools, any schools, become what are essentially grooming centers for gender identity radicals? As a mom, I think it’s appalling, it’s frightening, it’s disgusting, it’s despicable. Florida just passed a bill to keep this type of sexual brainwashing out of schools. Democrats, though, claim the bill is bigoted, branding it as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill.” Well, nice try. The real controversy, though, isn’t this bill. It’s that schools are peddling gender ideology when our international rankings in math, science, and reading are down across the board.
Song of the Day 3/10: Dua Lipa, “Levitating”/Artikal Sound System, “Live My Life”
A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed last week against Dua Lipa over her hit “Levitating,” Billboard’s No. 1 song of 2021, by a reggae band called Artikal Sound System. Though I doubt it was intentional, I can’t see a jury failing to notice the similarity. Here’s “Levitating,” released on Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” album in […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 10, 2022
No burying the lede here: The House will consider the legalization and regulation of recreational marijuana today. The bill requires 25 yes votes (3/5 majority). If all D’s voted yes, the bill would pass with one vote to spare. There are 17 co-sponsors, all of them D. The following D’s are not sponsors on the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 10, 2022
The Guardian Provides Excellent Source Of Up-To-Date Ukraine-Russia News. A go-to resource. Cause/Effect: Trump plane (allegedly) makes emergency landing. Trump fund-raises for new plane. Which reminds me: Has anyone outside the Trump orbit confirmed the plane’s distress, or are we just once again believing serial liars? Some More Ft. DuPont Stink. It won’t dissipate, not […]
Remember When Senator Chris Coons Worked So Hard to Get All of Those Trump Judges Seated?
Nichols was one of those cases where Coons joined with Republicans and voted “Yea” to move the nomination out of Committee then “Nay” in the full vote when it didn’t fucking matter. A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump has, for now, just effectively destroyed the main case against a January 6 defendant by […]
Marijuana Legalization On Thursday’s House Agenda!
Here’s the bill. If your state rep is not on the bill as a sponsor, you know what to do. Do it.
Song of the Day 3/9: Sugarloaf, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”
As Americans face rising gas prices with their usual calm equanimity, a couple of slapdicks in the Middle East have decided they’re going to leverage their oil supply to issue ultimatums to the Biden administration. Biden has tried to call Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 9, 2022
FEATURING: NICOLE & VAL TRY TO PULL ANOTHER FAST ONE! But first, some real good news. The Paid Family & Medical Leave Act passed the Senate yesterday. All D’s voted for it. All R’s voted against it. I confess that I don’t understand some of the dismissiveness I’ve seen here on the blog. Some people […]
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