Archive for July, 2017
BREAKING: Mooch Out! Yes, Already
Maybe the new Chief-In-Staff insisted on this move before he would accept the position. Where did I hear the story? On ESPN’s trade deadline special. They called it the biggest deal of the day. Technically, Mooch was never in. Now he’ll never be in. Until maybe he is in. Someday: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-white-house.html?mcubz=0
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2017
I had so much good stuff this month that I excised some just to keep the numbers manageable. Another great month: “I miss you, but don’t miss you like I miss Prince…”. I LOL’d : While we’re on the subject of famed rockers’ deaths: From Japanese Breakfast to…Japanese Math Rock? Whatever it is, I love […]
Open Thread For July 31, 2017
Carper Is Running. In case you’ve forgotten, here are some reasons why we need a progressive challenger: https://delawareliberal.net//2016/11/29/how-tom-carpers-votes-and-positions-screw-people-and-help-rethugs-to-screw-people-volume-1/ https://delawareliberal.net//2016/11/30/how-tom-carpers-votes-and-positions-screw-people-and-help-rethugs-to-screw-people-volume-2/ https://delawareliberal.net//2016/12/06/how-tom-carpers-positions-and-votes-screw-people-and-help-rethugs-screw-people-volume-3/ https://delawareliberal.net//2016/12/13/how-tom-carpers-positions-and-votes-screw-people-and-help-rethugs-screw-people-volume-4/ This defeatism that only Father Time can stop Carper is BS. Eugene Young, for one, can stop Carper. Putin To Kick Out 755 American Diplomats. Well, maybe they aren’t all diplomats. Only VP Pence acts ‘presidential’ […]
Another thing I liked about Obama
I don’t like Obama’s centrist politics and how that centrism hobbled the Democratic Party. But he had dignity and grace. He didn’t have to have a minion tell people to address his with deference. They just naturally did. . He was what Tom Wolfe would call “a man in full” unlike this shallow, craven nit […]
Pssst….John Fluharty, This is Your Party’s Platform
It seems we need a little refresher on the GOP’s actually stated position non-hetero normative sexuality. Even if you are “a nice guy” , if you are a gay Republican, this is what your party’s platform (pdf) says about you: Overturn the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states. Marriage […]
Open Thread For July 30, 2017
Student Scores Prove It: Our Education Policy Is Not Working. That includes de-facto resegregation. NCC Police Union Flexes Muscle. Anything that makes the police knucklebreakers unhappy, I’m for it. Yes, Our Voting Machines Are Totally Vulnerable. Took hackers mere minutes to dismantle security protections at DEFCON in Vegas. Anyone gonna do anything about it? Huey […]
Boo Hoo….Delaware “farmers” face more than 120 regulations
A new study of farm regulations by the Delaware Soybean Board has revealed that farmers are required to comply with more than 120 separate regulations to operate an agricultural business in the First State. Make no mistake. These farms are industrial operations. They need to be well regulated. When you hear legislators moan a groan […]
Open Thread For July 29, 2017
Reince Lanced. Enter the General. Hard to restore order when the only guy who outranks you is insane. But Kelly is competent, which Reince was not. He’s also as obsessively anti-immigrant as King Cheeto. Hanifa Shabazz and Theo Gregory: Kindred Crooks? Someone needs to investigate this unholy relationship and the entire Wilmington City Council slush […]
Highmark CEO David Holmberg, the Six Million Dollar Man
Highmark Health President and CEO David Holmberg received $3.8 million in total compensation in 2015. He took down $2.15 in total compensation in 2014. Check my math, but that’s a 76% growth rate. So, if that rate is stable he is making $11 million this year. What if, during these troubled times, his compensation leveled off a bit? He is still bringing in at least $6 million a year.
Now Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro is holding a series of public comment sessions on whether or not Highmark’s requested health insurance rate increase are justified.
Let’s hope the CEO compensation comes up in those meetings. How much more money does David Holmberg need? How much more do Delawareans have to pay so to keep David Holmberg in the lifestyle to which he has become accustomed?
Delaware’s Gay GOP’er Dumps Trump Job
Gay Republicans. I don’t get you. You know they hate you, right?
Anyway… There is this. John Fluharty was offered considered for a job in the Department of Homeland Security. He declined the offer. removed himself from consideration.
The Heroes of Trumpcare’s Defeat
McCain surely deserves credit for his surprise vote. There was an audible gasp when he voted “no” and flashed the bird at McConnell. Murkowski deserves more credit. She stuck to her guns in spite of Trump’s bullying. Collins deserves even more credit. She was a “no” the whole time and that allowed Murkowshi and McCain to come along. But as Josh Marshall, the most insightful and intelligent commenter on all of this points out, the activists and non-activists who showed up at townhalls and made endless noise are the real heroes.
Open Thread For July 28, 2017
Skinny Repeal Goes Down! McCain (finally) does the right thing. Didn’t see that coming. And, yes, Trump went nuts on teh Twitter. Russia Ratchets Up Diplomatic Pressure On Sanctions. This bromance is sure going well. Will Trump veto the sanctions bill? Steve Bannon’s Off-The-Books Press Office. I guess ‘volunteers’ aren’t just for Tony DeLuca any […]
Trump – Let Obamacare (and the economy) implode
Remember…this is all about keeping his Russian crimes in the background. Completely fucking shit up isn’t an accident. It is a strategy, After the Senate’s latest effort to repeal Obamacare failed early Friday morning, President Donald Trump proposed simply letting the Affordable Care Act “implode” before working up replacement legislation. The Senate GOP’s effort to […]
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