Song of the Day 3/30: Kasey Musgraves, “Burn One With John Prine”
Kasey Musgraves says this was one of the first songs she wrote when she moved to Nashville to pursue her career in country music. It's a crowd favorite in concert,…
DL Open Thread: Mon., March 30, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The latest carnage? 143,055 cases and 2513 deaths in the US. No, uh, reopening of the economy by Easter. Guess those pews won't be packed. Trump…
Delaware’s 1 Degree of Separation: Take the Poll
In Delaware if you know where someone went to High School, you will find someone you know in common. I'm connected to Senator Laura Sturgeon, for example, through a Seaford…
DL Open Thread: Sun., March 29, 2020
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The latest carnage? 124,686 cases in the US, 2191 deaths. Coronavirus comes to Oklahoma, its denialist governor has to do a 180. You remember him, the…
We’ve got Charlie on the run, boys!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would meet advisers early next week to discuss the next steps in fighting the coronavirus and the possibility of…
Bill Dunn’s FB Graph
Bill Dunn has been plotting DE Corvid19 cases on a graph. You can follow him here -> www.facebook.com/BillDunn
Coronavirus Haiku
One of my wife's Facebook groups is having a coronavirus haiku contest. These were my contributions. Feel free to add your own in the comments. Orange man tells us Ventilators…
Song of the Day 3/28: Widespread Panic, “Hope in a Hopeless World”
Listening to Trump pat himself on the back every day got you down? Here's a little pick-me-up to remind you that you can find hope in a hopeless world if…
Why Did WDEL Lay Off Allan Loudell?
Jason 330 asked, "Is the business really that hand to mouth, or is this crisis a handy pretext?" Broadcast radio has the same problem newspapers do -- it's a bygone…
DL Open Thread: Sat., March 28, 2020
The Rethugs Created Thomas Massie. The love-child of Newt Gingrich and Rand Paul. An extremely rare good read from Dana Milbank. "We Need Ventilators, We Don't Need Ventilators, We Need…
Anthony Delcollo on Highlands Bunker
Anthony Delcollo is one of the most exasperating figures in the Del Legislature. He is frequently on the correct side of the issues, and yet he is a Delaware Republican. With everything we now know about the DEGOP, that means he is very probably a fucking asshole and/or a complete dick.
I'm only ten minutes in. If you are on the fence about listening, at least listen to the intro. REV reads from Camus' “The Plague”.
DL Open Thread: Fri., March 27, 2020
Carney Caves To Gun Nuts. I mean, what's more essential than hoarding guns during a pandemic? You can't get a stockpile of books, but you can get a stockpile of…
Song of the Day 3/27: Bob Dylan, “Murder Most Foul”
Bob Dylan, without advance notice, dropped an original song at midnight last night, his first in eight years, along with this message: "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude…