Archive for October, 2023
Song of the Day 10/26: The Rolling Stones, “Start Me Up”
I don’t want to make a big thing of it, but Joe Biden is the same age as Keith Richards, and nobody is telling the venerable guitarist to hang it up. The indestructible Stone might look like the picture of Dorian Gray, but he stopped by the Jimmy Fallon show the other night after the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 26, 2023
They Still Haven’t Found The Mass Shooter? No mask. Apparently no body armor. Figured when I went to sleep that he wasn’t long for this world. Figured wrong. Reportedly a trained military armed instructor who’s been having mental health issues. Why shouldn’t he have a weapon of mass destruction? Or, more likely, weapons? The Speaker […]
Song of the Day 10/25: The B-52s, “Dry County”
For Andrew C, by request. The B-52s were scheduled to play a White House state dinner tonight but had their performance called off at the last minute. Jill Biden was called upon to explain, “While we had initially planned for the legendary B-52s to perform their iconic dance and party music, we are now in […]
Bethany Beached: Day 37!
Kids, today we take a deep dive into Delaware Way cronyism. Dating back to 2017, featuring BHL and one of her political allies. The reward? Another job for which the crony was unqualified and was not required to go through a proper hiring process. Let’s first start with Tanner Polce, who is but a footnote […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023
Another day, another failed attempt to elect a Speaker of the House. Contestant No. 3 lasted just four hours, not even long enough to be doxxed by MAGA World, so Republicans are going to try again today with Mike Johnson – if that’s his real name – of Louisiana. Given their proclivities, I expect them […]
Song of the Day 10/24: Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers, “I’m Not Your Man”
Theme song for the endless search for a Speaker of the House. Tommy Conwell ruled the bar band circuit in Philadelphia and Delaware for a little while back in the ’80s with his blend of blues and pop. His popularity in the region culminated in a major-label contract and a debut album, “Rumble,” anchored by […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023
Handicapping the Speaker Stakes? Now there are only eight entrants as Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania has scratched himself from the race. Meuser, who represents a big slice of the state’s northern hinterlands west of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, begged off due to other commitments, namely leading the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania. Meuser said he spoke […]
Bethany Beached: Day 36!
BREAKING BHL NEWS: There is none. I looked. I scoured. But not my kitchen. We’ll fill the gap with bon mots from the bethanyforde site. Her last two–tweets? I was excited to join Delaware State University today at their Homecoming Parade! Our HBCU has been a pillar of strength, education and empowerment in Delaware for generations. […]
Song of the Day 10/23: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, “A Nightmare on My Street”
Will Smith’s spoof of the Freddy Krueger movies fits the Halloween season, but he’s living a more substantial nightmare these days, what with all the publicity his apparently estranged wife is getting for her tell-all memoir. Stay out of the basement, Will, it’s full of dirty laundry. “A Nightmare on My Street” was the second […]
Bethany Beached: Day 35!
It has been 35 days since John Carney hastily canceled his Bethany Hall-Long fundraiser, which happened mere days after he had hastily endorsed her. With any luck, we won’t hear from him again until his annual State Of The State address. Whether BHL will be on the podium as Lieutenant Governor is at best a […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 23, 2023
Anyone who’s raised children recognizes Donald Trump as an overgrown toddler. The lies he tells are the sort of incompetent falsehoods even small children outgrow. After his attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election mopery, Trump claimed – and apparently expects people to believe – “Ms. Powell was not my attorney, and never was.” I […]
Song of the Day 10/22: Jimmy Cliff, “Trapped”
For Gaza. Jimmy Cliff released this song as a single in 1972, the same year he starred in “The Harder They Come,” the movie and soundtrack that made Jamaican music mainstream, but it got surprisingly little attention at the time. Produced by Cat Stevens, whose “Wild World” was a big hit for Cliff in the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 22,2023
Pharoah And DeSantis: Separated At Birth? What do they have in common?–plagues. Hurricanes, floods, seaweed encrusted beaches, pythons who like to feast on elderly Palm Beach matrons, collapsing buildings, epidemics. And now, flesh-eating bacteria: A study published this week found that Hurricane Ian led to a spike in cases of vibriosis, a life-threatening illness caused […]
Recent Comments