Song of the Day, 6/27: Spinal Tap, “Hell Hole”
With the European Union's decision to ban American tourists, it's pretty clear we're living in a hellhole, so maybe we should adopt this as our new national anthem. Most people…
DL Open Thread: Sat., June 27, 2020
AG Vs. Cops: Kathleen Jennings represents an existential threat to the ongoing criminality of the police. Their latest cause celebre? She's not gonna prosecute the protesters in Camden. The cops…
Song of the Day 6/26: Michael Stipe and Aaron Dessner, “No Time for Love”
I'm so old I can remember when record companies would have made a big deal about a collaboration between Michael Stipe, late of R.E.M., and Big Red Machine, itself a…
How to Make Money During an Economic Catastrophe
Selling whenever Trump says that things are great, and buying just before they find another trillion dollars for Morgan Stanley would seem to be a very sound strategy. Also, there…
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 26, 2020
Productive Day In Dover. Granted, all things are relative. But the General Assembly got most of the minimum that needed to be done out of the way on Thursday. Both…
2020 is the new 2016
I've been looking back on DL posts from 2016 to try and figure out how we missed the big story of the summer. The big story of the summer being…
Dem Primary Voters Soundly Reject the Coonsian Party
The Coonsian Corporate Democratic Party took a beating in recent primaries. The nation looks toward Delaware to keep the progressive momentum rolling. Progressive leaders on and off Capitol Hill are…
Song of the Day 6/25: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Quarantined”
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor released this song a month ago, when armed lamebrains were clamoring for an end to self-isolation and asserting their right to a haircut.…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 25, 2020
How The Virus Won. Absolutely essential reporting from the Times. A reconstruction from the very beginning, featuring very cool maps. Yes, tens of thousands of lives could have been saved.…
DL Open Thread: Weds., June 24, 2020
Only Two Massive Indoor Events Since US Pandemic Started--Both Trump Rallies. With a huge surge in cases in Arizona coupled with the utter irresponsibility of his rally, I think he's…
On This Day in DelawareLiberal History – June 24th, 2016
On June 23rd 2016, The United Kingdom voted to screw itself with a pointed stick. On June 24th, 2016 I wrote this: People voted with their fears, not their heads.…
Which Coons do you think will show up?
Do you trust the Coons from back in November who promised to give Mitch McConnell veto power over any Democratic legislation by promising to vote to keep the filibuster intact?
Or do you trust the Coons of today who says he actually might not vote to give McConnell veto power after all?
Song of the Day 6/23: The Ramones, “Somebody Put Something in My Drink”
Hey, kids, 'memba that story last week about the three New York cops who got "poisoned" at Shake Shack? Turns out it wasn't just embellished, it was made up out…