Archive for December, 2021
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 26, 2021
RIP: Desmond Tutu: As leader of the South African Council of Churches and later as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu led the church to the forefront of Black South Africans’ decades-long struggle for freedom. His voice was a powerful force for nonviolence in the anti-apartheid movement, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize in […]
El Somnambulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 50-41
Presented, as always, in reverse numerical order. The only proper way to do a countdown. Otherwise it’s an anti-climactic count-up. Said Captain Obvious. Spotify list once we reach # 1. Let’s get this party started: 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41.
Song of the Day 12/25: Chuck Berry, “Run Rudolph Run”
Some Christmas songs belong only to the artists who created them. “Little Saint Nick” is just a Beach Boys car tune, just as “Run, Rudolph, Run” is first and foremost a Chuck Berry song with a Christmas backdrop (in 1958, only Berry would imagine that every boy child wanted a rock and roll ‘lectric guitar). […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 25, 2021
A Christmas Miracle? The James Webb Telescope Takes Off. It’s quite the undertaking: Astronomers around the world will be watching (and perhaps biting their nails) as the Webb telescope undergoes a $10 billion, monthlong game of origami. Tightly packed into a container atop the rocket during launch, the telescope will separate from the spacecraft in […]
Merry Christmas!
In the spirit of the season, anyone blacklisted has been released from DL jail. Even Ben DuPont who probably accounts for half of the uninvited people. Enjoy your privilege while is lasts – you’ll probably be gone again shortly.
Song of the Day 12/24: The King’s Singers, “Stille Nacht”
The one thing that really does sound better in the original German.
DL Wraps Up The Year In Style
Set your calendars and your alarms. In addition to our generous ongoing e-stream of Delaware flotsam and jetsam, we present to you, free of charge, the following features to close out 2021: Sunday, December 26-Thursday, December 30: El Somnambulo’s 50 Fave Tunes Of The Year! Monday, December 27-DL’s MVP’s (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 24, 2021
RIP: Joan Didion. Not only was she America’s greatest essayist, her methodology was beyond reproach: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. If you haven’t read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, at the […]
Highlands Bunker – An Evening with Dr. Mehmet Oz (w/Bill Martin, Kirsten Walther)
‘Tis the season to enjoy a nice single malt scotch by the fire as you listen to REV and guests dismember Ben DuPont.
Worlds are colliding and the Dr. Oz Senate Campaign has entered with the world of Delaware right-wing financiers. Join us this holiday season for some deep Delaware right-wing lore, from the think tank on the Hoopes Reservoir to a revisiting of Ben DuPont’s alleged embarrassing fake twitter account.
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Song of the Day 12/23: Norah Jones, “Christmas Don’t Be Late”
Even bad Christmas songs can be redeemed by the right artist and the right treatment. As evidence, listen to Norah Jones breathe new life into this widely reviled novelty tune. It’s been covered by dozens of people over the years, usually played for laughs using the original arrangement (Tegan and Sara even sped up their […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 23, 2021
Shop-Rite To Deep-Six Cashiers. Most of them anyway. You know, to ‘improve the customer experience’. Not quoted in the article? Anybody from the Kenny family. Pretty weak article, TBH. Amazon Takes Advantage Of Tax Break Intended To Help Impoverished Communities: Amazon has been heavily expanding into areas that the government designates for special tax incentives, […]
Song of the Day 12/22: Alison Krauss, “The Wexford Carol”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Sure, you’ve got your “Silent Nights” and your “O Holy Nights” and your “Adeste Fidelises.” They’re the stars of Christmas music. But some of the best Christmas songs help fill the frosty air even if we don’t know their names. They’ve always known their names in Sussex and Coventry in […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 22 2021
Biden’s Praise of Trump was a MAGAT MindFuck Intended to Push Them Away From Vaccinations
That is not true, or course, but I thought that headline should reside somewhere on the inter-webs.
(CNN)President Joe Biden on Tuesday gave credit to the Trump administration for the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and praised his predecessor, Donald Trump, for getting a booster shot — marking a rare moment where the two men have found common ground since Inauguration Day.
“I got my booster shot as soon as they were available,” Biden said during a speech from the White House about his administration’s efforts to address the Omicron variant of Covid-19, adding, “and just the other day former President Trump announced he had gotten his booster shot.”
Biden insists he and Manchin will ‘get something done’ after Build Back Better setback
Biden insists he and Manchin will ‘get something done’ after Build Back Better setback
“It may be one of the few things he and I agree on,” Biden continued. “People with booster shots are highly protected. Join them. Join us.”
Meanwhile…
Trump, Still Not in Jail, To Hold Press Conference on Jan 6th
Former President Donald Trump Tuesday vowed to hold a news conference on the first anniversary of the storming of the Capitol as he steps up his campaign to whitewash the Jan. 6 attack.
A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a “solemn observance” of the violent attack, Trump on Tuesday said he would offer his own spectacle claiming the historic insurrection attempt was nothing more than a peaceful protest. “The election was the insurrection,” Trump told Newsmax, “The January 6 day was not the insurrection, that was the ‘protest.’”
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