Archive for February, 2023

Song of the Day 2/28: Aerosmith, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on February 28, 2023 5 Comments

As anyone who follows the news knows, Republicans have a hard on for drag queens — uh, maybe I should rephrase that. Or maybe I shouldn’t. Southern states must be hotbeds of drag shows, because many of them are trying to curtail them or ban them outright. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has been particularly vocal […]

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban Black Sororities and Fraternities on the grounds of extreme wokeness

Filed in National by on February 28, 2023 8 Comments

I would not be surprised to read the headline above sometime. The hate monster needs constant feeding.  In the meantime, while we wait for that once unthinkable headline to become reality, did you see the Florida Nazi’s screaming threats at the Jewish residents of Volusia County?  Just free speech as far as DeSantis is concerned. Gov. […]

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DL Open Thread February 28 2023

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Coons will still fucking go on Fox News.  You know he will.   The guy just loves being Mr. Important. He loves being he guy with important bi-partisan insights cherished by all news outlet – even the news outlet that is not a news outlet but the propaganda arm of the GOP.   @MattGertz Rupert […]

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Rupert Murdoch: We Lied About The Stolen Election

Filed in Featured, National by on February 27, 2023 3 Comments

Hard to see how Dominion doesn’t win their civil suit against Fox now: Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News, acknowledged in a deposition that several hosts for his networks promoted the false narrative that the election in 2020 was stolen from former President Donald J. Trump, court documents released […]

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Song of the Day 2/27: Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on February 27, 2023 2 Comments

The weather in the USA has been weird lately — 50-degree temperature swings, February tornadoes and snow in Southern California. Maybe the lyrics of this song need an update — it never rains, but it snows. Albert Hammond OBE moved from London to Los Angeles in 1970 as a singer-songwriter. By the time he released […]

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Poll Results and This Week’s Poll – Feb 27 2023

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Who do you think will succeed John Carney as Governor of Delaware? From the sharp crack of the starter’s pistol, the results were never in doubt. Bethany Hall Long is the DL readers & lurkers predicted next Governor of Delaware with 36%.   I’ve comment rescued a fairly cogent comment on the topic below.   […]

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DL Open Thread Monday February 27 2023

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Anyone want to play “guess the state”? (This State’s) Christians could sue people who call them transphobic, homophobic, racist, or sexist  if this GOP bill passes (_____________) Republican introduced a bill that would make it easier for religious people to sue those who call them out as homophobic or transphobic, a bill built on a […]

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Thanks, Bill Clinton!

Filed in National by on February 26, 2023 11 Comments

The DLC/Clintonite/Corporate Whore version of the Democratic Party really gave the Republicans a multi-generational gift by passing NAFTA and declaring that the United States didn’t need any manufacturing jobs because “everyone can either learn computers or retire!” Not only does it allow Republicans to pretend to be the hero’s of the rust belt, but it […]

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Song of the Day 2/26: Iris DeMent, “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on February 26, 2023 1 Comment

Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent isn’t usually described as a folk singer, I suppose because much of her work sounds like country music, but some of her compositions are as pointed as any of the protest songs that came out of the Great Folk Music Scare of the early ’60s. Her first album in eight years, “Workin’ […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on February 26, 2023 7 Comments

First, a little personal note:  Our 7th RD Democratic Committee cooked the meal for the Arden Dinner Gild last night.  About 120 dinner reservations.  It was a bleepload of fun. Great committee involvement. Jeff Politis was our lead cook, and was perfect for the role–organized, assigned tasks really well, fed and thanked us, and had […]

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If you were walking in your community and saw a crushed soda can on the sidewalk, would you pick it up?

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Let’s say there was a trash can 10 yards beyond the crushed can, so your commitment to this project would be minimal – would you then? If you were walking in your community and saw a crushed soda can on the sidewalk, would you curse the person who carelessly threw it down? Would your mind […]

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Blog House Keeping

Filed in National by on February 26, 2023 6 Comments

I have emptied the trash and spam folders so any new legit comments that get auto-trashed should be more immediately visible and corrected.  We’re looking into what is going on.   

Apologies to anyone who had thoughtful comments auto-trashed.  Those comments are important to us, so keep them coming.   White christan nationalist, vaccine deniers, climate change skeptics, and Putin lovers can fuck right off.  

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This Week’s Poll

Filed in National by on February 25, 2023 4 Comments

The highly scientific integrity of this week’s poll is being besmerched (sp?) by someone who loves Tabatha Castro so much that they added her name three times.  And yet doesn’t love her enough to learn how to actually spell Tabatha Castro correctly.  

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