Archive for January, 2018
Song Of The Day: Jan. 5, 2018
People who have never heard this still know that its opening riff was borrowed by Steely Dan for ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’. It’s also one of my fave jazz workouts:
Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 29, 2017 to Jan. 4, 2018
1. Rep. Steve Smyk Has A Challenger. With a real good resume…and a real bad website. His name is Jack Bucchioni, and here’s his website. If you can make it past the photo and that quality of life statement, you’ll find a high-quality challenger. Except…the photo on the ‘Meet Jack’ page is even worse. How […]
Open Thread Jan. 4: Trumpapalooza
The infotainment media was rocked yesterday by a salvo of revelations from the upcoming book by Michael Wolff, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” which describes a workplace that makes a shark tank seem like a community swim, along with a bumbling, rageaholic president who is both feared and mocked by those who […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 4, 2018
One more passing from 2017. Pat Dinizio of the Smithereens. This song had to be good to overcome that…hair:
Public Advocate Breaks Tradition, Advocates for Public
Delaware’s new Public Advocate, Andrew Slater, has only one flaw I can see: He doesn’t know how to play to the media. Releasing any news of value on the Friday before the New Year’s weekend is a rookie mistake, provided you want people to see it. And I’m pretty sure Slater wanted people to notice […]
Open Thread Jan. 3: Rallying for the Right to Fleece the Rubes
Conservatives must have money to burn. That’s the only explanation for why some of Sussex County’s more cretinous politicians are still thumping the tub for a county-specific “Right to Work” anti-union law. They held a rally yesterday to support the bill, which already has been declared invalid by the attorney general’s office and therefore seems […]
And Then There Were Three…
…D’s running for the seat of retiring State Sen. Margaret Rose Henry. Former City Councilman Darius Brown today announced his candidacy, according to WDEL. Here is his campaign web page. He was previously a legislative aide to Sen. Henry, according to his website. Brown ran for Wilmington City Treasurer in 2016 despite no finance bona […]
Now, HERE’s Something The General Assembly Can Wrap Up In January
They can end the use of bail as an economic weapon against the poor. HB 204 (The great Rep. J. J. Johnson) has passed the House, has been released from Senate committee, and can be put on an agenda when the General Assembly reconvenes next Tuesday. The bill, which has been strongly endorsed by Delaware […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 3, 2018
I was listening to a show called ‘Sound Opinions’, which is out of Chicago but which XPN picks up and plays on Sundays. The hosts were remembering those we lost in 2017. They told the story of how Little Stevie Wonder’s career was floundering after his pre-pubescent hit ‘Fingertips’, which was just an extended jam […]
Open Thread Jan. 2: Global Warming Shit Just Got Serious
The looming extinction of polar bears is a tragedy, but their disappearance won’t affect our day-to-day lives. But what if we had to live without chocolate? That’s right — climate change could all but eliminate the growing conditions cacao needs by 2050. Genetic engineering is hoping to develop a plant that will tolerate the drier […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 2, 2018
Does any song better sum up where we stand in January of 2018? If so, I want to hear it. BTW, this song is 44 years old, which defines the term ‘timeless’:
Open Thread Jan. 1: Keeping Up With the Jones Campaign
Didja notice that during the weeks leading up to Alabama’s special Senate election you heard and read almost nothing about Doug Jones and the kind of race he was running? That was no accident. The team behind Jones included Joe Trippi, the strategist who ran DL patron saint Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. Trippi sat for […]
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