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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
A bunch of rats are now pretending that they were the secretly opposing Trump from within the West Wing. How are they doing it? By testifying? By bringing charges? No, by feeding gossipy shit to Michael Wolff and Bob Woodward. #heros
Representative Adam Kinzinger may be the most decent Republican elected official in America. His politics are probably garbage, but it doesn’t take a lot of integrity to stand out in the integrity wasteland that is the modern day GOP.
Some federal money to redress the 1957 rape of Wilmington? #coldcasefiles
Texas House Democrats have more guts than most of our gutless Beltway Bubble Dems. The DC elite Dems have the Presidency, Senate and House but are powerless. The Texas Dems got fuck all except for a willingness to fight.
Song of the Day 7/12: Elvis Costello, “Sneaky Feelings”
When Catbite covered this song from Elvis Costello’s debut album at the Arden Shady Grove Music Fest, El Somnambulo cited it as evidence of the Philly ska band’s good taste, and I certainly won’t disagree. “My Aim Is True” has lost some luster in recent years, but when it was released in 1977 it didn’t […]
Did Stephanie Bolden Sell Out Her Constituents For $1200?
What’s not at issue is that Rep. Bolden (more on who she represents in a minute) sold out every one of her constituents who rents. She also sold out every tenant who rents in the state of Delaware. To understand how, first read SS 1/SB 101 (Townsend). The bill creates a right to counsel for […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 12, 2021
If it seems like the political fundraising never ends, it is because the political fundraising never ends. And yet, I love this appeal from Sarah McBride. “Big wins start early”
I have heard a number of TV weather types speaking openly of climate change. Better late?
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will begin on Friday July 23, 2021 and ends on Sunday August 8. As a kid I LOVED the Olympics. Now Jim McKay is dead and they only seem to cover sports that the USA is sure to medal in. #boring #oldguycomplaints
Part of me likes the real life proof of Darwinism being carried out in lower Wingnutia, but the idea that these dumb meat sacks are breading a super variant that wants to overwhelm my vaccinated body bothers the fuck out of me.
Speaking of dumb meat sacks, Brazil’s President has out Trumped Trump.
And speaking of Semi-Dictators, Nicaraguan President and one time Ronald Reagan Boogeyman, Daniel Ortega, is fucking up.
Song of the Day 7/11: Deep Purple, “Space Truckin’ “
I have to say, I’m totally in favor of launching billionaires into space. I’m less on board with letting them come back. Ritchie Blackmore claims the riff was inspired by the “Batman” theme song. It closed the band’s 1972 “Machine Head” LP and, at an extended 20 minutes or so, the main portion of their […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, July 11, 2021
Before 2020, you’d have to look hard to find a bigger critic of Joe Biden than me. Listing all his flaws would take more time than you have, so I won’t, and you know them all anyway. But the one thing I never doubted he possessed was a keener-than-average sense of empathy — when my […]
CATBITE!!
We had the Arden Shady Grove Music Fest yesterday. Probably the strongest lineup of artists ever. One band, though, is my new fave, and they had the crowd dancing, which is not easy to do at a laid-back music fest. Ladeez and Gentlemen–CATBITE!!: HELLO WE R CATBITE & WE JUST PLAYED OUR FIRST SHOW IN […]
Billionaires in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
The waste and ridiculousness of the Bezos v Branson space race is revolting. Two guys spending piles of money on a very expensive 90 minute amusement park ride while the planet burns is too awful for me to fathom. On the bright side (?) Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show on CBS, is […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 10, 2021
Biden Fires Anti-Union Head Of The Social Security Administration. The irony being, of course, that it was Trump who went to the Supreme Court–and won–when he ousted the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Rethugs are now crying foul for Biden removing this guy: Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the chairman of the Senate […]
Q: Which is better Nothing or Very Very Little?
Here is a thoughtful & thought provoking podcast from REV & Co.
Tye, Rob, and Karl recap the 2021 legislative session, talking about the win and the many losses of the year, what they mean, and what needs to be done going forward.
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Song of the Day 7/9: Garfunkel and Oates, “Both Sides Can Laugh”
Garfunkel and Oates, the stage personae of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, carved out an odd niche for themselves. They work as comic actors — both had recurring roles on “The Big Bang Theory” — but their musical act is mostly too racy for TV (their three released LPs are titled, in the best Spinal […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 9, 2021
Wanna Avoid Taxes? Buy Yourself A Sports Team. Here’s how: (LA Clippers’ owner Steve) Ballmer pays such a low rate, in part, because of a provision of the U.S. tax code. When someone buys a business, they’re often able to deduct almost the entire sale price against their income during the ensuing years. That allows […]
Crowdsourcing Request: Whither the Wingnuts of Yesteryear?
Until last month’s news about the legal difficulties of onetime Delaware GOP nuisance Mike Protack, I had no idea he had decamped to San Diego, which got me to wondering — whatever happened to some of the deluded fools who did so much to make the Delaware GOP a laughingstock throughout this century? A few […]
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