Archive for January, 2024
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 21, 2024
Ohio Pastor Opens Church To Homeless. Gets Arrested. So much of what’s wrong with our state of affairs wrapped up in one story: While our society leaves far too many out in the cold, Rev. Chris Avell of Dad’s Place in tiny Bryan, Ohio in 53 miles southwest of Toledo finds himself in legal hot […]
Song of the Day 1/20: The Shangri-Las, “Leader of the Pack”
Mary Weiss, lead singer for the ’60s girl group the Shangri-Las, died recently at age 75. The group had a strong chart run in 1964 and ’65, including this No. 1 hit from 1964. Unlike most girl groups, the Shangri-Las – two sets of sisters from a sketchy neighborhood in Queens – had a tough-girl […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024
Dems To Pick Up House Seat In Louisiana. Not even the Rethugs had any choice but to support this: Louisiana’s Legislature has passed a new congressional map, brushing off opposition from the Bayou State’s own Speaker Mike Johnson and positioning Democrats to pick up an additional seat in the midterms. The Louisiana Legislature finalized the […]
Song of the Day 1/19: The Honeycombs, “Have I the Right?”
Donald Trump apparently has never been a music fan. He’s never seen going to concerts, and we don’t hear about his Spotify playlists – a far cry from the days when we got regular reports of what was on Obama’s iPod. It’s Trump’s loss. If he had listened to more music back in the ’60s […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 19, 2024
Rethugs Bully, D’s Cower. The story of one progressive judge and his predictable fate: This country has no more devoted a public servant than Judge Todd Edelman of the D.C. Superior Court. While other law graduates joined white-shoe firms,Edelman, a friend of mine since college, spent years as a public defender, as a labor union […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 12-18, 2024
1. BHL Conducts Push Poll-And Not Even THAT Looks Good. When you’re bragging about this, you’re grasping at straws. This, from her campaign: A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows that Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long begins 2024 with a strong lead in the race to be the next Governor of Delaware. The […]
Song of the Day 1/18: The Bee Gees, “Words”
Every MAGA accusation is a confession – why do you think they keep talking about mental health when we bring up gun violence? – which is why Fux News et al like to harp on Joe Biden’s mental acuity. It deflects from Donald’s. Trump has long gotten a pass because he’s been a logorrheic rambler […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 18, 2024
John Carney’s State Of The State Address takes place today. Right around the time of my brief daily afternoon nap. Kismet. I’ll cut-and-paste the address (or the press release hailing it) when it’s released. Sure beats listening to it. I wonder if BHL will preen from the podium. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Of […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Are Republicans capable of empathy? As my Magic 8-Ball says, signs point to no. First example: Testimony from a Pennsylvania woman whose son died in a school shooting last year. She testified in Harrisburg in favor of a proposed gun-control measure and was horrified that many lawmakers ignored her to watch their cellphones, and a […]
Song of the Day 1/17: Phish, “Farmhouse”
The venerable jam band Phish is coming to the Woodlands, the Dover Downs-adjacent campground that hosted the Firefly festival for a decade, for a four-day festival in August. Travel package tickets for the Mondegreen Festival go on sale tomorrow, weekend and camping passes Friday. Summer music festivals are pretty common now, and Phish was a […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 17, 2024
You know that today’s gonna be a slow day when the only ‘notable’ scheduled activity is the passage of a resolution providing for John Carney’s State Of The State Address, which will take place tomorrow. Well, time to make chicken shit out of chicken shit. There is no House Agenda today. Here are the committee […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024
What is Israel doing? Is it genocide? Ethnic cleansing? Forced migration? A crime against humanity? Such distinctions don’t matter. Even those who support Israel are in agreement: It’s wrong. But it won’t end until Benjamin Netanyahu is removed from power. The source problem is Benjamin Netanyahu. In Israel, two things are simultaneously true: Very few […]
Song of the Day 1/16: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Waiting in Vain”
H/t to Anon, who noted that we will wait in vain for any of the Republicans who are opposing Donald Trump to point out that he wants to be a dictator, I think because they’re afraid he’ll sic his slack-jawed minions on them. I can’t say I blame them. Bob Marley released the tune on […]
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