DL Open Thread Wednesday February 9th 2022
Ho hum. The NYT doesn't think Trump breaking the law is much of a story. On Tuesday, Times reporters Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman co-authored their newspaper’s first attempt…
Shama Lama Ding Dong
Read RAE KRANTZ' coverage of the sham RD4 session in the Delaware Call. Then become a patron. ....a group of people who had previously decided that racism was not a…
Song of the Day 2/8: Glen Campbell, “Just Another Piece of Paper”
The National Archives had to send -- who? A-men? -- to Mar a Lago to fetch Trump's love letters from Kim Jong-un which, as the linked story dryly notes, "did…
DL Open Thread Tuesday Feb 8th
Here is a bunch of stuff that happened. Biden Says Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Won’t Go Forward if Russia Invades Ukraine Biden sounded a little Trumpy in the coverage of…
Song of the Day 2/7: The Beach Boys, “Sloop John B”
Seems like a good time for a vacation in the Bahamas, doesn't it? Drunken first mate, cook with the fits, even, in the original version, a captain with a greedy…
Tonight: It’s ‘Delaware Way’ Vs. Progressive Change
Does this sound like a candidate you could support?: WILMINGTON, DE – Adriana Leela Bohm endorsed by Mary Ann’s List, Delaware Stonewall PAC, and several legislators for the Democratic nomination…
DL Open Thread Monday February 7 2022
Bad news for people who think Darwin will be decisive. You may be wondering - Have the disproportionate COVID deaths in "red" areas been big enough to make a difference…
Song of the Day 2/6: Urge Overkill, “Positive Bleeding”
I keep rediscovering bands from the '90s, the last decade when there were so many you might miss a few. Until I heard this tune on a throwback radio show…
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…