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DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Anyone who thinks that removing Benjamin Netanyahu from power would end Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza is overlooking an inconvenient truth: Two-thirds of the Israeli public doesn’t just support the war, they support denying humanitarian aid to its victims. There are right-wingers in Israel who make MAGAts look like hippies, like the illegal settlers in […]
Song of the Day 5/28: Iron Butterfly, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”
Doug Ingle, who wrote, sang and played organ on “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” Iron Butterfly’s iconic 1968 hit, died last week at age 78. Ingle was the last surviving member of the lineup that recorded it. The 17-minute title track took up one entire side of the band’s second album and was a lot better known back in […]
Song of the Day 5/27: Richard Sherman, “Feed the Birds”
Richard Sherman, who died last week at 95, penned the lyrics to hundreds of Disney songs from 1960 to 1973 while he and his composer brother, Robert, were employed as staff songwriters for the studio. They churned out the songs for more than a dozen films, both animated and live-action, while also finding time to […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 27, 2024
The Washington Post’s motto is “democracy dies in darkness.” It doesn’t say anything about dispelling it. You probably saw the story last week about Supreme Court justice Sam Alito flying an upside-down American flag outside his home. You would have read about it three years ago if the WaPo had decided to print it then, […]
Song of the Day 5/26: Stevie Wonder, “Too High”
There’s a reason “the dog ate my homework” was a plausible excuse, and had a better chance of working with teachers who owned dogs: Dogs will eat anything. Too picky for plain paper? Spill a little gravy on it. And so, in the age of legalized marijuana, veterinarians have seen a growing number of pet […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 26, 2024
Hillary Blames Everybody Else–Again. Only in the NYTimes would this be clickbait. Yo, Hillary, your arrogance and tone-deafness is largely why we got Trump in the first place: And in a blunt reflection about the role sexism played in her 2016 presidential campaign, she said women were the voters who abandoned her in the final […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 25, 2024
“Why Our Polls Suck.” That should have been the title of the enclosed article. But since it was published in the NYTimes, and since the article critiqued their poll’s methodology, it was toned down. Message is clear, though: The polls have shown Donald Trump with an edge for eight straight months, but there’s a sign […]
Delaware Political Weekly: May 17-23, 2024
1. The Rev Interviews Collin O’Mara. Since he is/was a skeptic, this extensive and aggressive interview with O’Mara comes highly recommended. Listen to the interview, form your own opinion. I think you’ll be impressed. I especially love his critique of the budget process and how he proposes to change it, especially when it comes to […]
Song of the Day 5/24: Amy Winehouse, “Love Is a Losing Game”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve heard a whole lot about Amy Winehouse’s troubled behavior before she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age 27. It sounds like we learn more than we need to about her personal relationships in the new biographical movie “Back to Black.” But you know what would good to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 24, 2024
Colleges To Pay Athletes. As if they weren’t already: The NCAA and its five power conferences have approved a deal that paves the way for schools to pay athletes directly, a change that would crush any last notions of amateurism in major college sports. The agreement, which settles three antitrust cases and was voted on […]
Song of the Day 5/23: Paul Simon, “Graceland”
For supermarket tabloids, Elvis is the gift that keeps on giving, even though he’s been dead for nearly 50 years. A headline the Weekly World News might have invented declared that Graceland, Presley’s Memphis mansion-turned-tourist attraction, was up for public auction. A finance company claimed Lisa Marie Presley died with an unpaid loan of $3.8 […]
Bribes, Payoffs, Or Both? What Do These Lobbyists Expect For Their $$’s?
From my inbox: Please Join Us After Session On May 23rd Contributions may be made for one candidate or for any combination. Checks for Senator Trey Paradee should be made payable to “Committee To Elect Paradee” and may be brought the evening of the event or mailed to: Committee To Elect Paradee, 22 Bell […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 23, 2024
Paul Baumbach’s bills protecting state retirees’ health care benefits passed the Senate. Each bill had a friendly amendment added onto them. They’re at the top of today’s House Agenda, and will again pass unanimously, just like they did in the Senate. Yo, John can I have a press credential for the bill signing? W-what, there’s […]
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