Archive for April, 2021
Song of the Day 4/30: The Clash, “Rudie Can’t Fail”
They clearly weren’t singing about Giuliani, who doesn’t do much except fail. He did, however, use this tune as his intro song at campaign rallies when he ran for president in 2008. He failed at that, too. “London Calling” included a couple of Jamaican covers (“Revolution Rock,” “Wrong ‘Em Boyo”), but this one is a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 30, 2021
Dang, I’ve got one of those spring/summer colds. I’ve decided that the ‘cure’ of Mucinex is worse than the ‘disease’. It’s the rare drugged-out feeling that I don’t like…hopefully it will heighten my sense of the absurd as I scour the interwebs for stuff for us to talk about. FBI Had Warned Giuliani And Sen. […]
Song of the Day 4/29: The Platters, “With This Ring”
Some days there’s no news peg for the song, and you just get whatever has become my latest earworm. In this case it’s this tune, now best known among Northern Soul aficionados after serving as a comeback song for The Platters in 1967. It reached No. 14 in Billboard, the group’s first Top 20 hit […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 29, 2021
Biden’s speech is getting good reviews — I thought I heard thunder last night, but it was just exploding Republican heads — but not so much for the rebuttal from South Carolina Sen. “Uncle Tim” Scott. He claims America is not a racist country. Hey Tim, the kapos at the Nazi death camps were Jews. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Not much to report from yesterday other than that the bills we featured were all released from committee. Here is yesterday’s Session Inactivity Report. Fortunately, there are some interesting bills on today’s agendas. Let’s have at ’em, starting with the House. Highlights from Today’s House Agenda: *HB 8 (Heffernan) ‘ mandates that the Department of […]
My quick take on Joe’s speech
Joe turned the GOP into the anti-jobs, anti-family, pro-China, pro-mass murder caucus tonight.
Holy Bleep Part Deux!!: Bill Freeborn Indicted On Felony Charges
Now, that’s what I call bipartisanship. Indict both a D and an R for violating the public trust. From WDEL: Separately, the former executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Executive Director was also indicted Tuesday. Bill Freeborn, a former Republican City Councilman in the nineties and prior Director of the Division of […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
I’m still processing this Rebecca Walker story. Here’s the context for our current General Assembly: There really is a Cop Cabal. They do things, and refuse to do things, once the cops make their position known to them. Then-Rep. Walker did kill the ban on the death penalty bill in the House Judiciary Committee. Pete […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday April 28th 2021
A so-called audit of the 2020 election in Arizona is, predictably, bonkers.
Does it feel like some Delaware stores are just ignoring the plastic bag ban?
As a steam train runs on boiling water, the right wing bonkers machine runs of the rage of old white people. In today’s boiler, a New York Post reporter just flat out made up a story about Kamala Harris. And Fox News is outraged….OUTRAGED that they are the only news outlet covering the latest John Kerry scandal.
But first, Smyrna goes full 2nd Amendment Freedom Town.
Holy Bleep!! Former State Rep. Rebecca Walker Indicted For Falsifying Employment Records
You remember Rebecca Walker. She got herself a golden parachute job created just for her in the Office Of Forensic Science, formerly the Medical Examiner’s Office. Conveniently, the newly-created office ended up under the supervision of, wait for it, the police, essentially guaranteeing that incriminating evidence against cops would never see the light of day. […]
Song of the Day 4/27: Alan Price, “O Lucky Man”
We have entered a world where British tabloids now print the truth in order to dispel internet rumors. Take the case just this week of British musician Alan Price — don’t say “Alan who?” I’ll tell you in a moment — whose death briefly became a swiftly-spreading rumor on social media across the pond. He […]
Who Should We Endorse In School Board Elections?
Actually, not just ‘Who Should We Endorse?’ But ‘Who Should We Oppose Because They Would Be Dangerous If Elected’? Oh, fuck. The first name that I see is Richard Forsten in Appo, an attorney/Rethug political hack. Seriously, nobody else filed? Pathetic. Here’s a link to the entire list: https://elections.delaware.gov/information/elections/school.shtml Click on your local districts, then […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
OK, Democratic legislators. You have the impetus for your reelection campaigns firmly in your grasp. Take it. The $15 minimum wage bill is very popular. You have but to pass it in the House, and send it to the Governor, who wouldn’t dare veto it. Speaker Pete: You can announce as early as today a […]
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