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Song of the Day 4/1: The Rolling Stones, “Fool to Cry”
Stock markets have been wobbly in anticipation of tomorrow’s Trump dumbfuckery. Crying or not, there are enough fools running American industry to cover not just today but every day of the year. “Fool to Cry” was the only single the Stones released from their 1976 “Black and Blue” album, which they made after Mick Taylor […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
B-b-b-but Hamas!: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass grave, apparently plowed over by Israeli military bulldozers. The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2025
While I always appreciate Nathan Arizona’s feedback, I’d like to hear from the rest of you. I know many of you listen each month, so whaddaya like? Or can’t stand? Ow-w-w-w!! Were I still booking shows at the Gild Hall, I’d be booking this guy: It may not be Favourite, but then, what is?: The […]
Song of the Day 3/31: Bruce Cockburn, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”
Haven’t we all thought this in the past few months? Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn was a folkie who had written just a few political songs before he joined a 1983 trip, sponsored by the international relief organization Oxfam, to Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico. He wrote of the experience, The refugees were the survivors of […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 31, 2025
Unholy Patrimonialism: This strikes me as explaining government under Trump–including its fatal weakness: Even those who expected the worst from his reelection (I among them) expected more rationality. Today, it is clear that what has happened since January 20 is not just a change of administration but a change of regime—a change, that is, in […]
Song of the Day 3/30: The Damned, “Smash It Up”
I don’t know whether to dedicate this one to Elon Musk or the protesters who are taking out their fury on his Tesla dealerships. It’s the signature song by the Damned, the most melodic and musically accomplished of the first wave of British punk bands. It was listed as “Smash It Up (Part II)” on […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Musk/DOGE’s Push For The Privatization Of Public Services: Mail delivery. Real estate. Foreign aid grants. The Trump administration is moving to privatize a sweeping number of government functions and assets — a long-standing Republican goal that’s being catalyzed by billionaire Elon Musk. The slash-and-burn approach of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is paving the way for […]
Song of the Day 3/29: Cheap Trick, “Surrender”
Major law firms are knuckling under to Trump, but Delaware lawmakers one-upped them: They surrendered to Elon Musk himself. Unfortunately, they fucked up by not following Cheap Trick songwriter Rick Neilson’s advice – when they surrendered they gave themselves away. “Surrender,” the first single from Cheap Trick’s 1978 LP “Heaven Tonight,” was the band’s first […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Meyer Signs Bill, Musk Does This. Coincidence?: Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the artificial intelligence company at $80 billion and the social media company at $33 billion. Because both companies are privately held and controlled by Musk, the […]
Song of the Day 3/28: Dave Edmunds, “I Hear You Knocking”
As much as I hate everything involved in the Trump maladministration, this is just sad. In a lame attempt to distract from its national security ineptitude, they tried to send Usha Vance to Greenland, apparently on the theory that a non-white person might get a better reception. They reportedly went on a door-to-door quest to […]
Delaware’s Legislators Of The Week: March 25-27, 2025
Only three distinguished themselves, all for the same reason. These three legislators brought forward thoughtful and worthwhile improvements to the Musk-Pass SS1/SB 21 bill. These were not, to be clear, the equivalents to the throw-sand-in-the-gears RWNJ amendments consistently introduced en masse during abortion debates. These amendments were carefully-crafted and deserved serious consideration. The fact that they […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 28, 2025
Trump’s Just Doing Weird Stuff Now. Like this: The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo. The White House fact sheet (irony duly-noted) describing the order said it […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Looks like the Honorables are gonna make a swift getaway. The General Assembly will not meet next week as Bond Bill deliberations will instead take center stage. As often is the practice on getaway days, the House and Senate will run truncated, and non-controversial, agendas today. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Bottom line, a […]
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