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Flag of the Day #2 – Nunavut
Nunavut is the Canadian territory that you’ve never heard of. That is, you’ve never heard of it unless you were paying attention in 1999 when it was separated from the Northwest Territory and ceded to an independent Inuit government. Occupying over 787,000 sq miles, Nunavut is vast but very thinly populated. Around 39,000 call Nunavut […]
To Whomever Would Challenge Val Longhurst: There WILL Be Trumpets!
OK, kids, you’ve seen the results of our poll on which Dem House member should be challenged. Tops on the list is Val Longhurst. Even moreso than toppling Speaker Pete, defeating Longhurst with a progressive would kause the kollapse of the Kop Kabal. Which reminds me, how long would she keep her job with the […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday October 6th 2021
About fucking time…
Biden broaches nuclear option in standoff with McConnell
The president said it was a “real possibility” as Democrats weigh more drastic measures to address the debt ceiling.
How much bad faith does the GOP have to demonstrate until Democrats understand that they are acting in bad faith? If this happens Coons will provide the maudlin “deep regrets and sadness” to the Morning Joe crew.
I find it very shocking that an organization which makes being a tortured pedophile a requirement for entry is full of tortured pedophiles.
What ever happened to the Kathleen K McGuiness Story?
Last week there were rumors flying around that KKMcG was being investigated for the very types of financial misdeeds you’d expect a State Auditor to be investigating. What ever happen to that story?
Song of the Day 10/5: Eddy Grant, “Electric Avenue”
Has anybody in history lost in court more often than Donald Trump? He was at it again last week, when a judge ruled against his effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by Guyanese-British singer-songwriter Eddy Grant over Trump’s use of “Electric Avenue” in a campaign ad. Such cases typically get settled, usually with […]
Flag of the Day #1 – Kiribati
Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags. That is much introduction to this series as I’m interested in making. So, here is flag #1 – Kiribati.
Kiribati is an independent island nation in the central Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii. The permanent population is…
DL Open Thread Tuesday October 5th 2021
Coons Shamelessly Laments McConnell’s Lack of Bipartisan Spirit
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a close Biden ally, said McConnell’s position “has to stick in the president’s craw. This is something that’s been routinely done. There’s been bipartisan cooperation about working together to raise the debt ceiling, dozens and dozens of times.”
Other than Biden, has anyone come up smaller than Coons over the past month?
McConnell crashing the economy and establishing himself as Acting President seems like a good time to ask, where is the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus that was supposed to rise up when Coons gave the signal? Where indeed. Might as well ask, where is Coons’ shame? Where is Coons’ self-respect to go around still lamenting McConnell’s lack of bipartisan spirit? I mean, really Chris. C’mon, Man.
Taliban Kills Several ISIS Fighters in Raid After Mosque Bombing Kills 5 in Kabul
I guess I’ll have to tune into Rick Jensen’s show to see which side Sean Hannity wants us to take in this Taliban vs ISIS thing.
Here are some headlines from Norway, Sweden, and Estonia.
Norway takes climate change seriously.
Song of the Day 10/4: Happy Mondays, “Step On”
I think Jason requested some Happy Mondays, so here’s the band’s biggest hit, from 1990’s “Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches,” considered one of the landmark albums of the Madchester scene of the late ’80s/early ’90s. For those who’ve forgotten, those were the days of rave culture, which began in Chicago but quickly spread, establishing its […]
DL Open Thread Monday October 4th 2021
Feeling tired is a common experience. It can be caused by disrupted sleep habits, a change in routine, or late stage capitalism. I think there are enough dots of paint on the canvas now to make out the painting.
Pandora papers, Trump-ified republicanism, anti-science, Glorious Moderation, debt-limit roulette, the so-called labor shortage, old incurious politicians, the burning planet… these scourges are all wind-chimes being rung by the same ill-wind. That wind is the death throes of western capitalism.
How long will it take to die? Too long. What will replace it? Who the fuck knows?
Happy Monday.
The leaked files reveals that Tony and Cherie Blair saved £312,000 in property taxes when they purchased a London building partially owned by the family of a prominent Bahraini minister.
The former prime minister and his wife bought the £6.5m office in Marylebone by acquiring a British Virgin Islands (BVI) offshore company. While the move was not illegal, and there is no evidence the Blairs proactively sought to avoid property taxes, the deal highlights a loophole that has enabled wealthy property owners not to pay a tax that is commonplace for ordinary Britons.
Song of the Day 10/3: Elaine Paige, “Memory”
Stephanie Grisham’s tell-all tome about her time in the Trump White House contains lots of anecdotes that would be dismissed out of hand if they were about anyone other than Trump. They usually contain more than a kernel of truth, of course — for example, nobody doubts that Trump would go into towering rage tantrums. […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, October 3, 2021
My theory about why conservatives behave the way they do — they’re inferior and they know it — isn’t original to me. Angie Maxwell, an academic at the University of Arkansas, wrote an entire book about it, “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness,” and explained in an interview how […]
Meet Wilmington’s Kevin Kelly
REV speaks with Kelly who has some good ideas about how to fix Wilmington. I don’t follow Wilmo politics very closely, but I found it interesting how Kelly threads the needle between being an old school Irish pol and a forward looking progressive. E143 – Wilmington Rescue Plan (w/Kevin Kelley) Former city councilman, mayoral candidate, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 2, 2021
Can’t We Just Trade Manchin For Murkowski? Not saying she’d be a ‘better’ D, but I doubt she’d revel in the role of gumming up the works like that fucking hillbilly. The ‘Least Bad’ Ways To Cool The Planet? Carbon Removal. Social Geoengineering. Or Both. Doesn’t fill me with confidence. But well worth reading: To […]
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