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Oh Fuck, No!

By jason330 March 16, 20203 Comments

This is bad. If Biden goes with Klobuchar it will make Gore's selection of Joe Lieberman look good in comparison.

DL Open Thread: Mon., March 16, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 16, 20207 Comments

NYTimes Coronavirus Coverage Is Free. Check back here early and often for updates. Let's see...Fed cuts interest rates almost to zero, presumably to save Trump's hide; doesn't appear to be…

Carper Staffer Confirmed w/ Coronavirus

By jason330 March 16, 20207 Comments

If you've recently been to the 15th floor of the Chase building (201 N Walnut St Wilmington), you are at risk of having been exposed to COVID-19. WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS)…

DL Open Thread: Sun., March 15, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 15, 202012 Comments

Two ER Doctors In Critical Condition. Hey, we've only got 50 deaths. We're doing great! BTW, according to the NYTimes, coronavirus cases in the US have surpassed 2700, up from…

Song of the Day 3/15: The Specials, “Ghost Town”

By Alby March 15, 2020

I don't know about Wilmington, but Paris is, relatively speaking, a ghost town today, the first day of the ban on bars, cafes, bistros, brasseries and restaurants. The Specials released…

Jews for Hitler!

By jason330 March 15, 20203 Comments

Mike Matthew asked this question on FB: “Anyone else think it's the perfect time to raise taxes on some millionaires and billionaires so we can maybe fund the infrastructure improvements…

DL Open Thread: Sat., March 14, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 14, 20204 Comments

House Passes Major Aid Package To Address Results Of Pandemic. Typhoid Tangerine took no part in the negotiations, leaving them to Mnuchin. Nancy Pelosi, dealing from a position of strength,…

Coronavirus Update – The Vexingly Ironic End Game

By jason330 March 14, 20207 Comments

There are two types of people in the Coronavirus world. For the sake of simplicity and accuracy, well call them "the Smarts" and "the Dumbs." The Smarts see the coronavirus…

Song of the Day 3/14: Bobby Darin, “Call Me Irresponsible”

By Alby March 14, 2020

Donald Trump, at his mulligan coronavirus news conference yesterday, uttered the line Joe Biden should use in every campaign ad from now to November: "I don't take responsibility at all."…

Christiana Care Nurses Perform Random Acts Of Heroism

By El Somnambulo March 14, 20207 Comments

536 of them, to be specific. We as a community owe them a debt of gratitude. In a country where the President doesn't want people to get tested b/c the…

Trump Declares National Emergency

By jason330 March 13, 202014 Comments

The press is all set up in the WH Rose Garden. I'll update the headline if it turns out to be wrong.

I don’t think this will happen, but you have to think that Bernie and Joe are talking.

By jason330 March 13, 20204 Comments

Now would be a good time for Bernie to drop out, cancel The remaining races and the convention. Nominate Biden By acclamation and chase Trump out of office.
This is absolutely a solution...the effect would be stunning with regards to party unity...the declaration should be with both on stage... ...immediately following should be the creation of a shadow government with persons with real expertise standing in as cabinet members... ...specific policies could be formulated and communicated to Americans as a very real plan of action when the Democrats take the White House and Senate...
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My shadow government idea is catching on.

Song of the Day 3/13: Carole King, “It’s Too Late”

By Alby March 13, 2020

Somebody play this for Donald Trump, who still thinks barring people from the country will stop the coronavirus. The song, from King's "Tapestry" LP, was a double-A-side single with "I…