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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
Tax filings as a requirement for political candidates: § 5502 Persons eligible to Run for Office (a) No person shall qualify to appear on the general election ballot of this State as a candidate unless and until such person files three most recent year tax returns with the office of the State Election Commissioner. This […]
Seriously – What’s with Silicon Valley’s Hard On for Self-Driving Cars?
Elon Musk keeps promising that the fully autonomous car is just days weeks months years away. Now Apple wants to build a fully autonomous electric car by 2024.
I mean, is there some research somewhere that says Americans are clamoring for self-driving cars? Am I just being an old fart and all the kids want self driving cars so they can take their Tik-Tok selfies and play Call of Duty while eating their avocado toast and drinking their soy bubble tea?
DL Open Thread – Monday Feb 8th 2021
oops… I was supposed to put up an open thread this morning and flat out forgot. I’ll just drop this Cape Gazette letter to the editor here and add to it between now and noon. What are you thinking, Sen. Lopez? Gerald Cohen February 4, 2021 It’s time to rip the masks off politicians like […]
Song of the Day 2/7: Esther Phillips and the Dixie Flyers, “Brand New Day”
Gotta say, this new Biden administration and the invigorated Democratic Congress has far outstripped every expectation I had coming out of Trump’s Reign of Error. The change in the mood of the country over the past two weeks has bowled me over. Feels like a brand new day. This criminally overlooked Van Morrison composition, from […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
The challenges facing the country and the Biden administration are monumental, and some of them are not going to be undone as quickly as we all would like. Topping the flaming shitpile is the U.S. Postal Service. Trump installed Louis DeJoy as postmaster general not in spite of, but because the greedy little fuckstick has […]
Song of the Day 2/6: Christopher Plummer, “Edelweiss”
Christopher Plummer, the accomplished Shakespearian actor made famous in a role he despised, died yesterday at age 91. Though he considered the movie he called “The Sound of Mucus” sentimental crap, it remains the most popular musical of all time, and Plummer’s scene singing “Edelweiss” to his children is a key moment in the film. […]
Two Podcasts You Should Listen To
“He Fights” How the Republican Party Can Recover and Thrive Going into the Midterms
Everyone’s favorite socialist egghead Professor, Harvey J Kaye, joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the first days of the Biden presidency and how they compare to his promise of a FDR-Size Presidency vs a continuation of the Obama administration.
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 6, 2021
Biden To Trump: ‘No Briefings For You’. One less opportunity for him to monetize his Presidency. BTW, the President is the sole arbiter as to whether Trump is entitled to briefings. RWNJ Boebert Apparently Paid Off Restaurant Liens By Collecting Phony Travel Reimbursements. The liens, as you might expect, were for not funding unemployment insurance. […]
Song of the Day 2/5: Lindsey Buckingham, “Go Insane”
My pick for the new Republican Party theme song. I still find it incredible Fleetwood Mac fired the guy most responsible for their superstardom, but when the band had to choose between him and their most popular member, Stevie Nicks, the choice was pretty obvious. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie can always find two guitarists […]
Stop Telling on Yourself, Fox News
Biden Admin: The Pentagon will investigate whether the Department of Defense (DOD) has adequate procedures in place to prevent white supremacists and other extremists from joining and remaining in the military.
Fox News: They are trying to purge us from the military.
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): …to the Republicans like Liz Cheney…
Refuse to allow a single U.S. taxpayer dollar to fund this ideological and un-American purge of the U.S. military. Or expect a lot of us to push for steep cuts in military spending. After all, why should we fund an organization that Democrats plan to use not to protect us, but to restrain us, in order to protect themselves and their grip on power?
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 5, 2021
OK, it’s time to focus on why I like pretty much everything Biden’s done so far. (1) I think he’s aware of the sands of time passing through the hourglass. He’s the oldest person to assume the presidency, he has experienced unexpected loss, and knows that nothing is guaranteed to him. (2) And I think […]
Strong Bipartisan Vote to Remove Qanon Dipshit From Committee
The U.S. House removed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees on Thursday 11 Republicans joined the Democratic majority in stripping Greene from her committee assignments, an indication of the internal Republican war over direction of the party now that President Donald Trump is gone from the White House.
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