Archive for March, 2021
Song of the Day 3/24: Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”
When Rolling Stone magazine recalculated its 500 greatest albums list last year, giving greater weight to musicians’ opinions and less to the critics, a new No. 1 emerged — Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” his seminal 1971 soul song cycle. And that album literally wouldn’t exist without the title tune. The song was inspired by […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Tuesday’s Activity Report. You will note that HB 88 (K. Williams) cleared the Business Lapdog Committee. There was one unfavorable vote on the move to eliminate the training and teen sub-minimum wage. You don’t suppose–that committee member Mike Ramone would engage in yet another conflict-of-interest vote so soon after being exposed as a serial conflict-of-interest […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 24, 2021
In today’s open thread you can click through to read about; the 2nd amendment stifling America’s ability to enjoy guns, Matt Meyer already running for Gov, RIP George Segal (you were great in ‘Just Shoot Me’), and how Lewes will soon be a damp, flood-weary hell hole with people too poor to leave, trapped in knee deep poverty.
But first, the unhinged zealotry of those Psycho-Moderate Dems is becoming impossible to tolerate.
Biden vows to not repeat Obama’s mistakes – except the very big ones
Report: Biden Wants Dems to Find GOP Support for Sweeping Voting Rights Bill Instead of Gutting Filibuster
Via TPM
Yup. This is some dumb fucking bullshit.
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 23, 2021
But first, a quick look back at a productive legislative session that took place on March 18. These bills passed and moved across the Hall to the opposite chambers: SB 15; HB 20; and HB 33. Excellent bills. The fates of HB 20 and HB 33 are likely not in doubt. However, John Carney is […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 23, 2021
In today’s Open thread 34 JOBS coming to Delaware!, a cool little helicopter, Aukland sex work now less awkward, and Joe’s reefer madness. But first up – another white guy had a bad day.
Song of the Day 3/22: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath”
The other day I saw a list of LPs released in 1971, and the phrase “embarrassment of riches” barely scratches the surface. None of them got spun as often among my high school friends as “Aqualung,” the album that ought to have made them a shoo-in for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 22, 2021
Coons’ Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus has rebranded.
A bipartisan gang wants to nix one of the Senate’s defining features:its dysfunction
In plain English: Susan Collins is gearing to pretend that she will break with the GOP and Coons is setting the stage to compromise his mother fucking ass off.
New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media — but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Neighbors have described [generic white guy name] as [another word for “quiet”], and [list of glowing attributes that make you seriously question their judgment] who they could not have imagined would be capable of [atrocious racially and/or sexually motivated crime people with his exact profile commit at alarming rates].
The Covid “Long Haul” is no joke.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kent Taylor, the founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has died. He was 65. His family and the company said he took his own life Thursday after suffering from symptoms related to COVID-19, including severe tinnitus.
Bourbon Bummed Over Trump’s Duty DooDoo
American whiskey has become collateral damage in Trump-era tariff disputes with Europe, and the business for distillers could become even more painful unless their entanglement in the trans-Atlantic trade fight is resolved soon.
The EU imposed tariffs on American whiskey and other U.S. products in mid-2018 in response to Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on European steel and aluminum.
DL Open Thread Sunday, March 21, 2021
Vladimir Putin is demonstrating that he’s just like the fake president he installed in the U.S. — a big baby incapable of running a country on anything but the thuggist terms of a crime boss. Because Joe Biden pointed out that he’s a murderous thug, he’s recalled the Russian ambassador for urgent talks. What’s he […]
Rep Sean Lynn on Being the Target of the DeGOP’s Unhinged Hate Campaign
I don’t even know where to begin with this post, but given the sheer number of calls, texts and emails I’ve gotten today, I feel like I have to address it. Sometimes, being in elected office is just not fun. Today, unfortunately, is one of those days. For most of the last year I and […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 20, 2021
Know Your Violent Insurrectionists: Christopher John Worrell. Jennifer Marie Heinl. Jeffrey McKellop. I’m really enjoying these profiles by PvtJarHead in Daily Kos. TN Rethugs Rally To Save Bust Of Notorious KKK Racist. Tell me this Party isn’t dying. Biden And Afghanistan. It’s–complicated. I’m with Freda Payne on this one: Department Of Education Cancels $1 […]
‘Legislative Ethics’ Doesn’t Have To Be An Oxymoron
Let’s face it: Only a few legislators habitually behave in an unethical manner. Recent examples include Trey Paradee/Darius Brown (pushing legislation for his development lawyer brother/openly soliciting contributions from Minquadale garbage dump lobbyists respectively). Longtime ethical scofflaws include Nicole ‘No Longer’ Poore, Our PAL Val Longhurst and, of course, Mike Ramone. Since the ethics of […]
Fighting Delaware Corruption – REV Speak with Jack Guerin, John Flaherty, El Somnambulo
Activist Jack Guerin, DE Coalition for Open Government director John Flaherty, and Delaware Liberal blogger Steve Tanzer join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the rampant corruption in Delaware government and how we can fight it.
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