Archive for October, 2023
Song of the Day 10/31: Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, “Monster Mash”
Yes, you’ve heard it a million times. Everybody’s heard it a million times, and lots of them know some of the lines, even if they’re too young to know that “mash” was short for the “mashed potato,” a national dance craze back in 1962. Bobby Pickett, who died in 2007, was an aspiring actor who […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023
Replacing soft-MAGA Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House with hard-MAGA Mike Johnson is somehow Bad News for Progressives among those who see everything as bad news for progressives, but I don’t think it’s that cut and dried. This guy is a true Christofascist freak – Amanda Marcotte writes about his Satanic panic over a […]
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Song of the Day 10/30: Reba McEntire, “Turn on the Radio”
This year saw an odd trend in the agritainment business: Reba McEntire-themed corn mazes. Corn mazes are a seasonal money-maker for small farmers who market the farm along with its crops, and they’ve been around long enough that a business has sprung up around them. I suppose if you have to come up with a […]
Delaware’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #1–RD 21
Frank Burns, who probably would have won in 2022 if Pete ‘n Val didn’t do everything they could to undercut him, returns for a rematch against Mike Ramone–if Ramone decides to run again. Ramone has done himself no favors since the election, not only by voting against the Bond Bill while holding the House hostage […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 30, 2023
Israel’s assault on Gaza has entered the there’s-no-excuse-for-this stage. One indication of how bad it is: Desperate Gazans broke into UN aid centers and looted their already insufficient food supplies. Calls for a cease-fire continue to come from everywhere but the Biden administration. And it’s not just in Gaza. As Lucian Truscott IV notes, armed […]
Song of the Day 10/29: Milli Vanilli, “Girl You Know It’s True”
You can tell the ’90s are having their day in the nostalgia-industrial complex – there’s a new documentary out about Milli Vanilli, the dance-pop duo who had to give up their Grammy Award when it was revealed that they were lip-synching and dancing to vocals recorded by other singers. I remember seeing the act at […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 29, 2023
The Man Who Saved Democracy Bows Out Of Presidential Race. Largely because he saved democracy. The story, of course, is more complicated: His decision to align himself with Mr. Trump came in June 2016, when a mutual associate of the two men, an Indiana insurance industry executive named Steve Hilbert, called Mr. Pence to see […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Lest You Thought That Dean Phillips Was A Legit Democratic Challenger To Biden…: Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips received financial support in his run for Congress from Harlan Crow – the same controversial GOP megadonor who lavished Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with expensive gifts. DailyMail.com can reveal that Crow gave the maximum $2,800 contribution to Phillips’ congressional […]
Song of the Day 10/27: The Jackson 5, “I Want You Back”
So I was at a wedding a couple of weekends ago and – old fogey alert! – when the music started it was like a rave had broken out. The DJ segued one record into another ad infinitum, all with the same monotonous robo-beat while the bridal party – were nine bridesmaids really necessary? – […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 20-26, 2023
1. Yo, John, About That Fundraiser… You will recall this chain of events: On Sept. 12, BHL officially announces her candidacy. On Sept. 13, John Carney endorses her. On Sept. 28, BHL ‘suspends’ her campaign to conduct an ‘audit’ of prior campaign finance statements. On Sept. 29, John Carney cancels a scheduled fundraiser on her […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 27, 2023
Justice Thomas’ $267 K Motor Home. Not a single dollar of principal was ever repaid to the wealthy lender: The US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas failed to repay much – or possibly all – of a “sweetheart deal” to borrow more than $267,000 to buy a luxury motor home, a Senate committee found. The […]
BREAKING: BHL Gives Her Own Campaign A Clean Bill Of Health
I call bullshit. Here’s the article: An internal audit of Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s campaign finances found the gubernatorial candidate and her husband did not accurately report campaign-related expenses when paid for with personal credit cards and loans, Hall-Long’s campaign announced Thursday evening. The results of the audit come a month after Hall-Long announced the […]
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