Archive for October, 2023
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 21, 2023
FINALLY, Aid Trucks Make Their Way Into Gaza. Not nearly enough, though…: A convoy of 20 trucks carrying aid moved through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, according to the United Nations, after days of diplomatic wrangling to get food, water and medicine into the blockaded enclave where supplies were running […]
Song of the Day 10/20: Tom Jones and the Cardigans, “Burning Down the House”
I thought Jan. 6, 2021, made clear what the MAGA Republicans wanted to do to Congress, so the current House fire is no great surprise. I blame voters for handing them the matches. The Talking Heads’ funkiest tune, inspired by a Parliament/Funkadelic concert, became their highest-charting U.S. single, No. 9 in 1983. But the song […]
BREAKING: Chesebro Cops Plea!
5 years probation; $5K restitution; truthful testimony in all relevant trials, video proffer to state, which he has completed; no communication with any other defendants. Looks like those criticizing DA Fani Willis’ decision to try all these defendants under state RICO laws were, to put it mildly, premature. Cheseboro’s is the first felony guilty plea […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023
How Jim Jordan Broke The Mold And Broke The Rethuglican Caucus. Interesting analysis from Josh Marshall: The congressional party is controlled and run by the hard right minority variously called the Tea Party or Freedom Caucus. But they are a bit too hot for national public consumption. They also rely on the idea that their […]
Delaware Political Weekly: The (Truncated) Week Of October 16-19, 2023
1. Delaware R’s Get Their (First? Only?) Candidate For US Representative. Donyale Hall. They could have done much worse, which makes me think that they will do much worse: DOVER — Local veteran and businesswoman Donyale Hall announced Thursday her run for Delaware’s at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. An unsuccessful candidate for […]
House Rethug Shit-Show Takes Another Dump In The Lumpen Form Of Patrick McHenry
The R’s apparently excreted the McHenry boomlet while secreted in the House bowels. The inside poop: House Republicans are abandoning a push to empower a temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, after it faced fierce pushback within the party on Thursday. As they left a nearly four-hour internal meeting about the idea, multiple Republicans said there […]
Song of the Day 10/19: Vince Taylor, “Brand New Cadillac”
Americans might be forgiven for thinking British rock and roll began with the Beatles. The Merseybeat sound they represented seemed to grow from meager roots – skiffle, the craze that dominated the late ’50s and early ’60s in England, sounded like jug-band music to Americans. The British reaction to Elvis Presley and the rest of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023
I think that President Biden’s trip to Israel was inspirational and substantive. He has genuine empathy, and he demonstrated it both on a one-to-one basis, and in his attempts to get the parties to cool down. It looks like he’s had some success–securing an agreement to get supplies to Palestinians through Egypt, and getting Israel […]
Song of the Day 11/18: The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”
The media hasn’t had time to remind you lately, what with a couple of wars and a couple of Trump trials and Republicans In Disarray Chapter XII, but Joe Biden is older today than he was last week, which is the last time they checked in on that emerging story. Robert Hunter was not yet […]
Has Your Comment Been Trashed?
I’m seeing several comments in the trash folder that we haven’t deleted. While that usually means that the writer of the comment trashed it, I’m starting to wonder if the ‘algorithm’ has gone wacky. If you’re someone who has not been moderated or blacklisted in the past, please LMK here or on our tipline and […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023
The hospital bombing in Gaza has convinced his handlers that Joe Biden won’t meet with Arab leaders in Jordan on his Middle East trip today. I’m not sure how yet, but the media is sure to conclude this is bad news for Biden. The Previous Guy, meanwhile, is bad news for everyone he comes into […]
Chump Change
Among the many MAGAfestations I don’t understand: Why do people give their money to a guy who claims to be a billionaire? Isn’t the whole point of being a billionaire that you have 1,000 million dollars, an almost inexhaustible supply, and so would never have to take anything from anybody? Why do people with one, […]
Song of the Day 10/17: Sly and the Family Stone, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
Sly Stone, much to my surprise, is still alive. Now 80, he’s released a memoir, titled after his No. 1 hit “Thank You ((Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” something I learned when this CBS Sunday Morning piece turned up in my YouTube feed. The book is the product of hundreds of interview sessions with Ben […]
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