Archive for February, 2019
Politics as usual is not cutting it
While Lisa Blunt Rochester sees things in this country as basically peachy, most of us know that we are in the midst of a crisis. Many DL readers realize that the current situation demands that we take a wholly different approach to politics and elections and that we cannot rely on languid, laissez-faire “leaders” like […]
Song of the Day 2/11: Greta Van Fleet, “Highway Tune”
Last night’s Grammy Awards got the Song and Record of the Year right — Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” won both — but no Grammy Awards ceremony would be complete without some shocking snubs and undeserved victories. No victory was more controversial than Best Rock Album winner Greta Van Fleet, a young Michigan quartet featuring […]
I love Amy Klobuchar
We are going to need everyone on board for whoever wins the nomination, so I’m willing to give Klobuchar a shot. Ultimately, I love whoever the Democrats nominate provided the contest is fair and transparent. – Via NYT
More good looks from Park City Kathy
I’m starting to get a feeling that she has no idea what she is doing.
Wingnuts Should be Ignored
As if on cue, some nitwit Fox News viewer pens a letter to the Delaware State News about how LBR doesn’t give fair time to the right-wing idiot perspective. I received a letter from Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, dated Jan. 17, 2019, regarding the partial government shutdown. Unfortunately, I feel her letter was one-sided in […]
Song of the Day 2/10: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
With the Grammy Awards on TV tonight, here’s a song nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best music video, and it deserves to win all three. The video been viewed 482 million times on YouTube since its release last May, when it set off weeks of criticism, interpretation and arguments […]
Song of the Day 2/9: Jackson Browne, “Doctor My Eyes”
Jackson Browne came of age at the dawn of the Southern California singer-songwriter boom, releasing his first album in 1972. This song, with its bouncy beat undercut by bleak, despairing lyrics, became a surprise hit. Browne apparently worked on this song for months before speeding up the tempo and ditching an even bleaker third verse. […]
National Enquirer Business Plan Could Save Journalism
As you’ve heard by now, the National Enquirer tried to blackmail Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, threatening to publish his dick pics if he didn’t back off investigating AMI, the Enquirer’s corporate parent. Judging by what I’ve seen in print, people aren’t surprised at the sleaziness of this; it was revealed months ago that the […]
Highlands Bunker – E03 – I Don’t Know if They Can Be Taught
Josh Whittaker joins RE Vanella to talk about their blood feud, Delaware United, the Don Allen campaign and what it means for the future of Sussex progressives. And the illustrious career of Governor John Carney. Highlands Bunker – E03 – I Don’t Know if They Can Be Taught
Song of the Day 2/8: Pete Seeger, “Old Dan Tucker”
With all the controversy over blackface this past week, I thought I’d demonstrate that minstrelsy is anything but gone. Given that it was the most popular form of live entertainment in this country for nearly a century, eradicating it entirely would be impossible, because many of its songs and traditions permeated society so long ago […]
Where’s Lisa?
Has Lisa Blunt Rochester done anything to resist Trump? Has anyone heard of anything? Has she even arrived in DC yet? I’m seriously asking. This corrupt, criminal administration is waging a daily war on our democratic values. The House is in the hands of Democrats now. The Rep from Delaware has no excuse for laying […]
Carper Supports “Green New Deal”
The statement is as bullshitty as Carpers most bullshitty statements, full of self-congratulations and reminders that he fought in ‘Nam. If you want to think that this statement is a statement of support for The Green New Deal, you can do that. If at some point in the future, Carper decides to slink away from […]
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