Archive for May, 2021
NPR’s Steve Inskeep Baited Coons Into Sounding Like a Goddam Idiot
The reasonable answer to the question, “Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you?” is – Fuck No.
And yet, in spite of everything we know about Republicans, Coons thinks they will come around.
INSKEEP: Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you?
COONS: I think we’ll find out today because there’s been….
Song of the Day 5/26: Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
I wanted to follow up yesterday’s examination of “We Built This City” with another tune that turns up high on most lists of Worst Songs Ever, so I offer this wildly popular No. 1 hit from 1988, the first and still the only a cappella song to top the charts. Nobody has ever been able […]
Live Music Returns–Gloriously–To Arden
What a joyous event. The great Molly Tuttle and the wonderful singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Rachel Baiman wowed the crowd in the Shady Grove yesterday. The weather was gorgeous and everybody was stoked. The rules were simple: You didn’t need to wear a mask except when you got up to go somewhere (beer table, merch table, Port-A-Potty). We […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday May 26th
Trump activated a lot of new voters. They are racists and fascist who, seeing nothing much to excite them in either party, historically stayed on the sidelines.
Having been activated, these new Republicans are out to fuck shit up. In today’s Open thread I’ve collected a few articles dealing with the Proud Boys. One looks at the Proud Boys ongoing attempt to take over of the Nevada GOP. Another documents the strange affinity between the Proud Boys and Chinese nationals and members of the Chinese diaspora. But no look at the Proud Boys would be complete without a word from there leader. And while’s I’ve enjoyed utterly ignoring the last guy, I went to his failing blog to try and see what they see. Thats a fool’s errand. The Trump blog is completely bananas.
Song of the Day 5/25: Starship, “We Built This City”
There is a widely held misconception about this song. It is not the “worst song” of all time. It’s the most hated song of all time. It might sound like a semantic difference, but it’s not. The worst songs aren’t catchy ditties that go to No. 1 and are named “worst ever” 20 years after […]
The General Assembly Is Not In Session, HOWEVER…
…these might be the two most important weeks of the entire legislative year. Why? Because ALL of the money committees are doing final markups of their proposals. Meaning, if there is a bill that you support that requires funding, you need to lobby to make sure that the funding is included in the bill. The […]
REV is Right – This is Appalling
This is some fucked up shit wrapped in racism and money:
Last week state Senator Darius Brown was arrested on charges of offensive touching and disorderly conduct after police claim he punched a woman with whom he was dining at a North Wilmington restaurant and threw a water glass, breaking it, before leaving the establishment.
Brown turned himself in to the Delaware State Police a few days later. The State Police issued a press release including Brown’s booking mug shot and held a press conference regarding the incident. The local media accordingly ran the police narrative and many outlets included the mug shot. DelawareOnline had to subsequently add this editor’s note exposing the fact that they had simply reported exactly what the police gave them:
This story has been updated to reflect the correct date. Delaware State Police initially gave an incorrect date for the incident in a press release.
The story was picked up by the Philadelphia affiliates of NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX, All duly ran the mug shot as well.
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 25th 2021
Florida and Texas are like two drunks at a wedding boastfully yelling about being the biggest drunk at the wedding. In this week’s episode, Texas says even the most meager attempts to keep guns out of the hands of school shooters is tyranny. Florida answers by attacking ‘Big Tech’ and stroking Trump’s fragile ego.
Also, what happens if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election? I mean, other than Chris Coons releasing a statement announcing the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus is about to spring into action and release a sternly worded statement – what happens?
But first, the worst song in the modern era is…
Song of the Day 5/24: Pink Floyd w/ Stephane Grappelli, “Wish You Were Here”
I’m not much of a Pink Floyd fan — I probably haven’t listened to “Dark Side of the Moon” all the way through in 40 years — but you don’t have to be to know this song, a staple of classic-rock radio since its 1975 release. But, not being much of a fan, I wasn’t […]
DL Open Thread Monday May 24th 2021
I was sitting down to write this Open Thread and I just couldn’t. The news is too depressing. Biden seems to be folding his hand on the Infrastructure Bill. Carper is being Carper, giving Republicans cover for their ongoing malfeasance.
Republican nuts are being Republican nuts. And we are quickly approaching the moment when Republicans nuts are pushing us to the point when political sectarian violence is going to be inevitable. It is all too much.
So I had an Aperol Spritz and clicked over to the Arden Concert Gild.
Song of the Day 5/23: Frank Zappa, “Montana”
As if the story of the Hockessin woman who dognapped her neighbor’s 6-month-old Pyredoodle and dumped it on a New Jersey roadside wasn’t weird enough, the victim said this incident prompted her and her family to move to Montana. Frank Zappa had the exact same idea nearly 50 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZA9Jv3qH0 The backing vocals were […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, May 23, 2021
Quote of the Day: Maybe it’s just because of lingering cartoon stereotypes about German efficiency, but I always assumed Nazis would be, like, unusually competent, y’know? Having lived through the last five years, I understand now, of course they’re gonna be the mouth-breathingest fuckups on the planet, that’s why they need all the lying and […]
DL Open Thread Saturday May 22nd 2021
Do yourself a favor and listen to the Highlands Bunker crew unpack how Pistol Pete created a legislative rube goldberg contraption to derail the popular minimum wage bill. to
Where the hell does the GOP find these candidates?
Cheney primary challenger says he impregnated 14-year-old
“She was a little younger than me, so it’s like the Romeo and Juliet story,” state Sen. Anthony Bouchard said of the girl he later married and divorced.
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