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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
A federal judge delivered a blow to Delaware’s plan to expand its port along the Delaware River, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow proper procedures in granting permits for the project. The story appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer; the News Journal still hasn’t reported it. Why does Elon Musk want Trump […]
Song of the Day 10/29: Fleetwood Mac, “Gypsy”
Stevie Nicks is everywhere the past few weeks, appearing on Saturday Night Live, releasing a new song about women’s rights and, most recently, appearing on a CBS Sunday show to talk about the abortion she underwent at the height of the band’s fame. In 1979, around the time of “Rumours,” she was impregnated by Don […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
If Jeff Bezos was looking for a way to destroy the Washington Post, mission accomplished. Within three days of his decision to quash the paper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president, more than 200,000 people have cancelled their subscriptions, about 8% of the customer base. His lame op ed defending his decision isn’t helping, either. […]
Song of the Day 10/28: The Grateful Dead, “Box of Rain”
Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist who died last week at age 84, had never played the bass when Jerry Garcia asked him to join the band. But he had studied trumpet, violin, modern classical composition and free jazz, and brought an improvisational spirit to the Dead that made them the model for all the […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 28, 2024
The disgrace of governments giving taxpayer money to private, for-profit businesses is, sadly, widespread, simply the way business is conducted in our greedy society. Poor-Excuse-For-A-Democrat John Carney brought Delaware to a new low by shielding our giveaways from public scrutiny, but the drip-dick Republican leading the Senate race in Montana has dropped it even further […]
Song of the Day 10/25: Jay & the Techniques, “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”
Peach season is long gone, but fall is prime time for apples and pumpkin pie. Though it wasn’t the only chart appearance for Allentown, Pa.’s, Jay Proctor and the Techniques, this No. 6 single from 1967 was their biggest hit; one food-themed follow-up, “Strawberry Shortcake,” stalled at No. 39. The backup singers were Nick Ashford […]
Song of the Day 10/24: Blind Melon, “No Rain”
Move over, Dry January. Philadelphia and the surrounding region are experiencing a dry October – there has been no measurable rainfall this month, and there isn’t expected to be any through Election Day. Blind Melon was a one-hit wonder in large part because their lead singer, Shannon Hoon, died of a drug overdose in 1995. […]
Song of the Day 10/23: The Hollies, “King Midas in Reverse”
It’s long been noted that everything Donald Trump touches turns to shit, and the past few days supplied more evidence for the theory: Trump pretended to work at a McDonald’s as a campaign stunt, and days later the fast-food chain is hit with a deadly E. coli outbreak. Graham Nash wrote this single for the […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024
Another day, another raft of Trump stories about what a shit person he is. Another one of his generals, his former chief of staff John Kelly, warned that he’s a straight-up fascist and is so ignorant he praised Hitler’s generals as loyal (they tried to assassinate him three times, which is three times more than […]
Song of the Day 10/22: Faith No More, “Falling to Pieces”
From all reports, Donald Trump has gone from sounding like the guy at the end of the bar to the guy who lives under the bridge. It won’t cost him any votes, of course, but it does bring up the prospect of an epic power struggle among Republicans should he win. It will be a […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
The liberal sense of dread about this election isn’t just about the danger of Trump winning. As Dave Weigel argues, no matter who wins, the country is moving to the right. The Democratic Party, after two decades of leftward post-Clinton drift, has jerked abruptly right. Facing Donald Trump for the third consecutive election, Democrats are […]
Song of the Day 10/21: AC/DC, “Meltdown”
H/t to DFL, who suggested this one the other day. It was released on the 2000 LP “Stiff Upper Lip.”
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 21, 2024
We’re at the stage of the presidential campaign/Trump unraveling where I expect he’ll be biting the heads off bats onstage by the end of the week. Or maybe he’ll just order JD Vance to do it. Either way, you’ll have to put up with two more weeks of punditry that’s worth nothing at all. And […]
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