DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
Gonna be a busy day. Delaware's primary elections wind up today – polls close at 8 p.m. – and the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump begins at 9…
A Pre-Post-Mortem
To me, this is the lede that must not be buried: The Delaware Democratic Party, DSEA, and several other groups of whom you might expect better, endorsed Bethany Hall-Long for…
Song of the Day 9/9: Weird Al Yankovic, “Bob”
It took me a minute to figure out what was going on here. Yes, of course it's a parody of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," but what seem to be…
DL Open Thread Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
John Carney wasn't alone in trying to force people into Medicare Advantage. Among the horrors of Project 2025 is a scheme to make Medicare Advantage rather than traditional Medicare the…
Song of the Day 9/8: English Teacher, “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab”
The Mercury Prize, awarded for the best album by a British or Irish act, had an upset winner last week. English Teacher, a fledgling post-punk band from Leeds, took home…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 8, 2024
Absolute Must-Read Of The Day: The Prince Documentary You Might Never See. You'll learn more about Prince from this article than you ever knew. Warts and all. Kamala Harris And…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Real Headline Of The Day: Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice My unassailable theory: Scientists eat way too many Doritos. Tenet Is No More. You…
Bethany Hall-Long Copies Trump, Slings Mud in Desperation
Today marks the fourth day in a row I've received a mailer from Ms. Creant and the sleazy unions backing her that compares Matt Meyer to Donald Trump. You'd think…
Song of the Day 6/6: unknown artist, “Walk on Back”
If you want to encounter soul music you've never heard before, the seven-CD set "Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos," released last summer, represents a treasure trove. Archivist…
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 6, 2024
I hereby take a timeout from moderating the blog to trying to write the daily Open Thread post. Moderating ain't easy, especially when one is not a moderate. Can't recall…
Song of the Day 9/5: Ween, “Ocean Man”
One reason rock is fading away: Gen X bands just don't have the staying power of, say, the Rolling Stones. For example Ween, the oddball alternative duo from New Hope,…
What The Fuck??!!
BREAKING NEWS: Branden Fletcher Dominguez is out of primary?? Here's what just arrived in my e-mail: On Friday, August 30th, the Department of Elections reached out to my campaign requesting…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Don't See Many Stories Like This One: More than $100,000 in Apple products that were being shipped from Delaware to China have been seized, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection…