Archive for March, 2021
Song of the Day 3/31: Steely Dan, “My Old School”
Only the good die young, they say, which is probably why G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the Watergate break-in, lasted 90 years before he shuffled off this mortal coil Tuesday. Several years before he made his mark on history with CREEP (note for the kidz: that was the incredibly apt acronym for the Committee to […]
The DE FOP’s Bad Jew-Jew
Matt Meyer for Gov, & oh yeah… fuck this guy:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Senate is rolling out the legislative artillery, beginning today. Two gun control bills, SB 3 (Lockman) and SB 6 (Sokola), will be considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and have been scheduled as the only two bills on tomorrow’s Senate Agenda. I think they’ve each got at least 12 votes in the Senate, […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 31, 2021
No, Delaware doesn’t specifically prohibit food or water at the polls like Georgia
A top Georgia election official suggested that Delaware has the same sort of election law as Georgia. But that talking point is bullshit.
Trump Lobs Paper Towels at Mar-a-Lago Housekeeper – Tells Her That He is the Real President
Trump cornered a Mar-a-Lago Housekeeper for 25 minutes rambling on about the border, China, Iran and how he is still the real President of the United States. Trump droned on endlessly about the Mexican border, saying migrant children were living in “squalor” apparently forgetting his own policy of keeping kids in cages. Trump also complained about […]
Song of the Day 3/30: James McMurtry, “We Can’t Make It Here (Anymore)”
Author Larry McMurtry, who gained his greatest fame for his screenplay work in film and television, died last week. His musical legacy is his son James, who has carved out a 30-year career in the folk rock/Americana market with literate songs that include more than a little pointed social commentary along the way. He won […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Since this is the last week before a two-week break for the Easter holidays, look for bills that the two houses want to get to the Governor quickly to receive top priority. Both the House and Senate will run agendas today, and the Senate will also hold a couple of committee meetings. Highlights on today’s […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 30, 2021
In today’s Open Thread
– Ghislaine Maxwell is the world’s most loathsome member of the London social scene in the 1980s.
– The Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid by a right-wing lunatics to require Hillary Clinton to face a deposition over her use of personal email while she served as secretary of State.
– Mini vases, vases shaped like comely rear ends, and vase with multiple opening – the 2021 vase trends to be aware of.
– Pickup lines generated by Artificial Intelligence are as bad as you suspect.
– Helicopter crash is the leading cause of death for Czech billionaires.
But first, Murder trial opens with 9 minute snuff film of accused murderer killing the guy he is accused of murdering. I’m no lawyer but Derek Chauvin seems guilty AS FUCK.
Click on and drop your current obsession in the comments.
Song of the Day 3/29: Johnny Cash, “A Boy Named Sue”
The Republican war on trans people put me in mind of this old Johnny Cash song. Recorded live at San Quentin State Prison, the novelty tune was written and recorded earlier that year by singer-songwriter/children’s book author/Playboy cartoonist Shel Silverstein. June Carter heard Silverstein sing it one night and thought it a good fit for […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 29, 2021
Dildo-headed capitalist Jeff Bezos is personally behind the company’s recent shitty behavior toward its critics. He issued a “broad mandate” to executives to fight back. Hey, it worked last time Amazon workers tried to unionize — in 2014 in Smyrna. In Delaware, not even exploited workers will rock the boat. If the Grateful Dead had […]
The Suez Canal was opened in November 1869
A ship stuck in a 152 year old canal is a perfect metaphor for our “living on borrowed time” approach to infrastructure. SS Great Eastern was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling. Her […]
Bill would let Mainers go off to Valhalla in a blaze of glory
Mainers may soon be able to leave this life in a blaze of glory, as a new measure would allow a Viking-style funeral ritual. If passed, Maine would join Colorado as the only other state to allow the funeral ritual that is associated with Norse culture, the Sun Journal reported. The Viking funeral pyre has […]
Song of the Day 3/28: Louis Armstrong, “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Among the songs the Library of Congress added to its National Recording Registry last week is Louis Armstrong’s first recording of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” the gospel spiritual based on the Book of Revelations that Armstrong turned into a New Orleans jazz standard, helping usher gospel music traditions into popular music. Armstrong had […]
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