Song of the Day 4/22: Ennio Morricone, “For a Few Dollars More”
The proposal to increase Delaware's minimum raise to $15 an hour over the next several years got a House committee hearing longer than a Sergio Leone spaghetti western yesterday. It…
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Republican officials in Georgia are getting scared because they can't convince Trump's hardcore fans to move on, and Trumpism disgusts the suburban voters the party needs to win elections. Ironic,…
Song of the Day 4/20: Peter Tosh, “Legalize It”
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Peter Tosh once told an interviewer that ganja would someday be as legal as cigarettes. That's still years off, but as this handy map shows, in only six U.S. states,…
Song of the Day 4/19: Pixies, “Here Comes Your Man”
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Why did rock music sputter out after the 1990s? I don't know the answer, but the anti-commercial pose that became de rigueur with punk and extended into the era of…
Chris Coons Is Worse Than Useless
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I'm starting to think Chris Coons is taking revenge on Joe Biden for failing to name him Secretary of State. Delaware's bipartisanship show pony is at it again, going on…
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 18, 2021
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Why do so many Central Americans seek asylum in the United States? Because so many U.S. guns have migrated to Mexico and Central America. Officials estimate about 2 million guns…
Song of the Day 4/16: Toronto, “Your Daddy Don’t Know”
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Protectionism has a bad name among economists, but as with most things, in some circumstances it's absolutely the right thing for a country to do if it wants to grow…
DL Open Thread Friday, April 16, 2021
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County Councilman Jea Street very publicly resigned as co-chair of council's safety committee after condemning the fatal shooting of Lymond Moses. "I go all the way back to when I…
Song of the Day 4/15: Ludovico Einaudi, “Due Tramonti (Two Sunsets)”
Oscar season is upon us -- the ceremony takes place April 25 -- and it will be a major shock if "Nomadland" isn't named best picture. Everything about the film…
Republicans Got Nothin’ and They Know It
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It seems Jim Clyburn knew what he was doing after all. When the South Carolina Congressman endorsed Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary and Biden carried the state,…
Song of the Day 4/13: Less Than Jake, “The State of Florida”
As pop-punk band Less Than Jake noted in this 2008 song, Florida is sinking into the sea. I would note that the process isn't going fast enough. Unlike, say, Neil…
Dear Republicans: You Have Already Been Replaced
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Why are Republicans suckers for every half-witted conspiracy theory ever concocted? Consider the latest obsession of Tucker Carlson, poster boy for mediocre white dudes, the so-called Great Replacement theory. It…
Song of the Day 4/12: Sinéad O’Connor, “Black Boys on Mopeds”
The continuing plague of police brutality against Black men has kept this song relevant more than 30 years after its release. Colin Roach was a 21-year-old Black man living in…