DL Open Thread: Friday, August 5, 2022
The Kavanaugh FBI Investigation That Wasn't. The FBI just forwarded all the tips to--the Trump White House: WHITEHOUSE: As you know, we are entering the fourth year of a frustrating…
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Attorney Mark Bankston, representing Sandy Hook parents that Alex Jones' falsely accused of hoaxing the gun massacre that killed their children, told a Texas judge today that Alex Jones' phone…
Song of the Day 8/5: Canned Heat, “Going Up the Country”
California hippie-rockers Canned Heat, founded by blues aficionados Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, had their biggest US hit with this tune. It became an anthem for the back-to-the-country movement that…
Wilmington’s Black Community And The Delaware Way: Conclusion
Editor's Note: Written By Mark Brunswick: This is my last post on Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s 1924 essay, ‘Delaware: A Jewel of Inconsistencies.’ There is an interesting nugget in the essay, “The…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Attention, Dem Officeholders: I don't care if you just have to reach your fundraising goal--especially when you are either running unopposed or facing negligible opposition--especially when some of the money…
Song of the Day 8/3: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, “This Diamond Ring”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona It must have been weird being the son of Jerry Lewis. Did the comedian make funny faces and flop onto the floors around the house…
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 3 2022
A bunch of election denying Trumpist Nutbags won last night in swing states. Joe Scarborough thinks it is great news for Democrats because they are so crazy. I'm not sure that math holds up.
What's going on in the Sussex Recorder of Deeds GOP primary? Do you really have to go full on GunNut-Patriot-MAGA-shithead to fill this office?
Speaking of primary races, we are 41 days out and if you can help out directly, money is nice. If five people give $20.00 to DeShanna Neal today to help her defeat Kop Kabalist Larry Mitchell, I'll match that $100.
Song of the Day 8/2: Nichelle Nichols, “Know What I Mean”
The obituaries for Nichelle Nichols, who died late last week at age 89, naturally headlined her historic role as Lt. Uhura on the original "Star Trek," and admirably highlighted her…
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 2 2022
We killed an Al-Qaeda guy. Huzzah for us, I suppose. The Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol got sentenced to 7 years in prison. Didn't Trump say he was running on a platform of pardoning all of these guys? (checks notes) Why, yes. He did say that.
Two people were found dead in charred car within California wildfire zone. Sad but I wonder if they "believed" in climate change? I wonder if the 200 missing and dead people in the Kentucky floods believed in climate change? This line of thought is verging on very horrible victim blaming on my part, but someone needs to be blamed at some point and we can't blame corporations, as that would be like blaming the scorpion for stinging, or the baby chicks for chirping.
Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say.
DL Open Thread Monday August 1 2022
In addition to Julius and Augustus, other Roman Emperors attempted to name months after themselves, but they didn't stick. August had been Sextilus but 8 BC, it was renamed in…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2022
Featuring, somewhere within this list, an artist who is coming to the Arden Gild Hall in November! (Tickets on sale soon...): Watch this video from one of our strangest and…