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Your All-Purpose DL NATIONAL Election Results Thread
This is your, yep, All-Purpose DL National Election Results Thread. Don’t worry, we’ll have another thread for the Delaware results.
Song of the Day 11/3: The Chambers Brothers, “Time Has Come Today”
How much more cowbell could a song have? None. None more cowbell. The Chambers Brothers were unlikely pioneers of what became known as psychedelic soul, first recording this trippy classic in 1966. Just a year earlier they had performed at the Newport Folk Festival, at the invitation of Pete Seeger himself — as a gospel […]
DL Open Thread 11/3/20, Election Day
The concept of “election day” might be on its way out. More than 97 million votes were cast before polls opened today, about 67% of the entire 2016 total. The fate of the nation will be decided by how many more votes are out there. Drive-thru votes in Houston are safe for now, as a […]
What Are You Seeing Out There?
Headed out for an early morning shift as a greeter for Kyle Evans Gay. What are you seeing at your polling places and elsewhere?
Song of the Day 11/2: Rare Earth, “Get Ready”
Rare Earth earned its footnote in rock history as Motown’s first successful white act, but naturally the band, founded in Detroit in 1961 as the Sunliners, scored its first and biggest hit with a song of impeccable soul pedigree. Written by Smokey Robinson, “Get Ready” was recorded by the Temptations in 1966, when it reached […]
What (else) is on the ballot?
Whatever happens America will be a will be a very different country on Wednesday. It will be a country that looked into the abyss and said “no thanks” or one that looked in the abyss and said “why not?” Also…
Economics: Several states will consider ballot initiatives intended to reduce economic inequality, including: a measure to establish a $15 minimum wage in Florida; a step toward a more progressive income tax in Illinois; higher taxes on the affluent in Arizona; and property taxes on businesses in California.
Puerto Rico statehood: American citizens in the territory will vote in a non-binding initiative to signal whether they want the island to become a state. If it passes, a future Congress is more likely to add two new states — Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
Justice Democrats: They’ve endorsed five House candidates trying to win election for the first time. Perhaps the most intriguing: Kara Eastman, who’s running in a swing district in Nebraska.
The ability of Uber and Lyft to take advantage of employees:. “Gig economy” companies are backing an initiative that would allow them to continue paying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, saying it’s vital to the business model. Many labor unions oppose the measure, saying it would prevent drivers from earning a living wage.
Ranked-choice voting: Voters in Alaska, Massachusetts and a handful of cities will decide whether to adopt ranked-choice voting, which makes it easier to vote third party without undermining a major-party candidate. Currently, only Maine uses the system statewide.
Marijuana/Shroom Legalization: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota will consider versions of marijuana legalization, while Oregon and Washington, D.C., will vote on whether to ease restrictions on mushrooms.
DL Open Thread: Monday, November 2, 2020
How Trump Plans To Declare ‘Victory’ On Election Night. What, you didn’t think he’d plan for that? Relax. Canada’s AI Bot ‘Polly’ Predicts… How Trump Plans To Declare That Election Was ‘Stolen’. Somehow, votes counted after midnight aren’t real votes. But they are, and they favor D’s. Trump MAGAts Snarl Traffic. Betcha THEY didn’t get […]
Rounding the Coroner
With with 231K dead Americans, that Trump has any kind of shot of winning ANY states goes to show what a truly fucked up shithole country we’ve become. Digging out of the Trump disaster is going to take decades.
Song of the Day 11/1: Lindsey Buckingham, “Countdown”
The first time he left Rock’s Longest Running Soap Opera, in 1987, it took Lindsey Buckingham five years to put together a solo album. “Out of the Cradle” was actually his third solo album, but he had still been in Fleetwood Mac when he did the first two, and what was supposed to be his […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 1, 2020
The Consequences Of Trump’s Serial Dishonesty. Distrust in government could be long-lasting. How Many People Have The Trump Rallies Killed And Infected? According to a Stanford study, at least 30,000 infections and 700 deaths. That’s only through September 12. Natural selection, anybody? Rethugs Could Invalidate 120,000 Votes In Texas. After the fact, no less. A […]
Maybe the new squad in Dover will take up my old, new idea?
Most people don’t enjoy the simple, boring act of putting money in a savings account. But we do love to play the lottery. So what if you combine the two, creating a new kind of savings account with a lottery payout? Hey new Legislature, Let’s seriously look at a “no lose lottery” also known as […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For October 2020
My kind of month–music that starts out interesting, and ends up fascinating. Plus songs for this dire season. A national treasure. A great song: Fuckin’ Portland Cops:
Song of the Day 10/31: Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, “Season of the Witch”
Donovan wrote and recorded this song in 1966, after guitarist John Renbourn of Pentangle showed him how to play a D9 chord at a house party. People who were there say the IrishScottish folkie then spent seven hours playing around with it, and “Season of the Witch” was written soon after. It was considered one […]
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