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DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 27, 2024
Progressive politicians’ Sisyphean struggle to increase Delaware’s tax rate on high earners has resumed. Spotlight Delaware runs down the proposal in Sean Lynn’s bill: Income above $250,000 would be taxed at 6.95%. Income between $125,000 and $250,000 would be taxed at 6.75%. Income between $60,000 and $125,000 would remain taxed at 6.6%. Income between $20,000 […]
Oscar the Obscure
Guest post by Gary Mullinax Which of these movies have you seen? “Anora,” “I’m Still Here,” “Emilia Perez,” “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Substance.” None, I’m guessing. But they’re all nominated for a best-picture Oscar, which will handed out Sunday night with all the rest of them. Of the other four, only two have wide appeal. […]
Song of the Day 2/26: Father John Misty, “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”
Ever since it was released last summer, I’ve heard this song a lot on WXPN, a radio station Father John Misty has an interesting history with. Misty, whose real name is Josh Tillman, played in 2016 at WXPN’s annual summer XPoNential music festival, and it happened to be the day after Donald Trump accepted the […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2024
Every member of the House GOP folded and voted for Trump’s More Money for Billionaires budget. Every one of them should be forced to answer the question, “Why do billionaires need more money?” As bad as things are, they’d be a lot worse but for Musk and Co. personifying the Dunning-Kruger effect. For example, they […]
Song of the Day 2/25: Roberta Flack, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
The popular memory of Roberta Flack, who died yesterday at 88, boils down to two songs, this one and “Killing Me Softly,” and no wonder – they won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1972 and 1973, making Flack the first to win the award in consecutive years (U2 and Billie Eilish have […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2024
I realize it’s not popular, because everyone who’s not a MAGAt seems to think the proper response to this American idiocy is to declare that we’re doomed, but there are signs that the Trump/Musk/Project 2025 destruction of the federal government isn’t going as smoothly as the mainstream media would have you believe. The media reports […]
Song of the Day 2/24: Dolly Parton, “Mule Skinner Blues”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The first thing to know about the country classic “Mule Skinner Blues” is that is that no mules are actually skinned during the course of the song. The second thing is that it was written in 1930 by the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers, although he gave it the […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 24, 2024
Here’s another sterling example of why you shouldn’t give the mainstream media your trust or your money: A former KGB spy said that the Russians have cultivated Donald Trump as an asset since 1987. No American media has reported it. Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov,” claims […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 23, 2024
I’ll be filling in for El Som this week, and if you’re looking for stories about Fascism on the March, you’ll have to look elsewhere for the links. I won’t support news organizations that report every foul emission from the mouths and pens of these people while failing to headline the fact that most of […]
Song of the Day 2/22: Jerry Butler, “He Will Break Your Heart”
As El Somnambulo noted last night, soul singer Jerry Butler died Thursday at age 85. When his recording career wound down in the ’80s he got elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, a post he held for 32 years. Butler was born in the Mississippi Delta but grew up in Chicago, where he […]
Song of the Day 2/21: Brian Setzer, “Blue Moon of Kentucky”
Man, old rockers are dropping like flies. I don’t mean they’re all dying. Some are just hitting the rock and roll disabled list. Just the other day rockabilly revivalist Brian Setzer of Stray Cats fame announced on social media that an autoimmune disease has left him unable to play guitar. “There is no pain,” he […]
Song of the Day 2/20: David Johansen, “Heart of Gold”
David Johansen is not a guy who gives up. When the New York Dolls broke up he went solo. When that didn’t pan out he became Buster Poindexter. As Buster, a nightclub entertainer turned up to 11, he had a big hit that would drive you crazy if you heard it too much, and Johansen […]
Comment Rescue: Et tu, Bryan?
“Dude,” writing about why Bryan Townsend should be primaried, posted this comment under El Som’s top 5 2026 targets. Because Townsend’s seat isn’t up until 2028, I’m reposting it here, because people should know that Bryan Townsend, like so many Delaware Democrats, is liberal as all hell when it comes to social issues, but when […]
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