DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
The (Allegedly) Human Paper-Shredder: President Donald Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane. He ripped paper into quarters with two big, clean strokes…
What are the real actual goals of Glorious Centrism anyway?
Aside from lower taxes for companies and people who already pay practically nothing, or some complicated tax rebate scheme carefully crafted to give the Chamber of Commerce a hard on,…
Song of the Day 2/5: Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”
Once upon a time it wasn't uncommon for instrumental tracks to become massive hits. One of the biggest came from one of the most unconventional people to ever create one.…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
Trump-Incited Coup Attempt 'Legitimate Political Discourse', According To Rethuglican Party. Censures Cheney and Kinzinger while they're at it. I know that Jason has posted this, but, if that doesn't wake…
The GOP is now an explicitly the pro-insurrection political party
The fact that the Republican National Committee officially declared the January 6th insurrection and the conspiracy that preceded it as “legitimate political discourse” seems like a milestone. It also seems…
“Bottom-Up Authoritarianism”
Super wealthy a-holes who want to be loved are the worst. Luckily they now have a term to describe their full victimhood at the hands of powerless peons who from…
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2022
1. RD 4 Special Election Set--Will District Committee Do The Right Thing?: Gerald Brady has resigned from the Delaware General Assembly. The Special Election to replace him will be held…
Song of the Day 2/4: Fela Kuti, “Why Black Men Dey Suffer”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona For the second year in a row, the most interesting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee is probably the Nigerian Fela Kuti. And once…
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
Time To Crack Down On Methane 'Ultra-Emitters'. Satellite technology now enables us to spot these polluters. We have the technology to do something about it. A growing constellation of methane-detecting…
Tinsley Ellis FINALLY Returns To the Arden Gild Hall!
Two years after he was supposed to appear here, thanks to Covid. In fact, his 2020 show was to be an Album Release Show. His 2022 show will be an…
Dems still not close enough to “the center” for the New York Times
Coonsie and the New York Times Editorial Board believed in the center, the orgastic centrist future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no…
Song of the Day 2/3: Aoife O’Donovan, “Passengers”
El Somnambulo did not include anything from Aoife O'Donovan's new album "Age of Apathy" in his January new music roundup, so I'll plug it here. O'Donovan gained attention as frontwoman…
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Feb. 3, 2022
Did NFL Owners Try To Bribe Coaches To Throw Games? Perhaps I should have written Black coaches. We now have two credible allegations, and the NFL has immediately denied it--as…