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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024
For months, the war in Ukraine has been pushed to the media back burner, where slow Russians gains provided grist for the “Surrender Dorothy Ukraine” crowd’s ever-grinding mill. Millions of pixels were devoted to experts explaining how things would play out. And I’m pretty sure exactly zero (0) of those experts predicted Ukraine would invade […]
Song of the Day 8/13: Veruca Salt, “So Weird”
If whoever programmed “My Heart Will Go On” for the Trump rally is looking for more troll bait, might I suggest this as a theme song? It dates from 2006, when Louise Post was fronting the band herself after she and Nina Gordon split up in 1998. They had reunited by the time of this […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024
The Harris campaign has shown a talent for reducing Donald Trump to a sputtering fountain of rage, and never more so than when mocking him over crowd sizes – hers are bigger. It’s not entirely his ego at stake. His whole rationale for the Big Lie, that his enormous crowds mean he must have won, […]
Song of the Day 8/12: The Staple Singers, “I’ll Take You There”
The Staple Singers’ first No. 1 hit, and the song they’re best remembered for, didn’t really have much to do with the group. Mavis Staples is the only one who appears on the record. All the instruments are played by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. When Mavis calls for “Daddy,” it’s Eddie Hinton, not Pops […]
The 30-Day Campaign Finance Reports
The filing deadline for the Delaware primary is Wednesday, August 14. As I start this, there are already 10 pages of filings at the Department Of Elections site. This article will be a work-in-progress as we will update it as the DOE site is updated, and as I get around to stuff. There’s simply too […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Aug. 12, 2024
Is there a bad idea John Carney won’t embrace? Most basketball fans are aware that the Philadelphia 76ers want to construct a new arena in downtown Philly right next to Chinatown. The project is supported by the construction workers’ unions – is there a bad idea they won’t embrace? – but opposed by those who […]
Song of the Day 8/11: Céline Dion, “My Heart Will Go On”
As El Som noted in today’s Open Thread, the musical highlight of Trump’s sparsely attended Montana rally was the syrupy tear-jerker “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion – famously, the theme song to James Cameron’s “Titanic.” People started speculating that the choice was the work of a mole in the Trump campaign. I […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 11, 2024
We’re gonna start our review of the Campaign Finance reports tomorrow. We will update a lot in the coming days. However, the Big Story is right there for everyone to see: I can safely say that at no time in Delaware campaign history has there been such an influx of Third Party money into our […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Oh, man. Got my work cut out for me next week as we wade through the campaign finance reports. I start today, though, with a blank canvas (oops, almost spelled it canvass, which is what I’m doing after I write this Open Thread and get caffeinated). Let’s color it in. ‘Dog Bites Man’ Headline: The […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 9, 2024
Just A Note Before We Go…Onto Something Other Than The Attempted Swift-Boating Of Tim Walz. Two notes, actually. The guy who swift-boated John Kerry is the same guy trying to pull the same dirty trick on Walz: The common denominator in both efforts: Trump campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita. LaCivita played a key role in the […]
Song of the Day 8/8: Taylor Swift, “Look What You Made Me Do”
Taylor Swift cancelled three shows in Vienna after three suspects were arrested and charged with plotting an attack on her show. Police found bombs and ISIS propaganda, indicating again that Islamic terrorists consider music venues fair game. As a music fan, this does not predispose me to expressing any sympathy for the goals of Islamic […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 8, 2024
Vance Tries To Swift-Boat Walz. Could work. Nobody thought it would work against John Kerry either: Speaking in Michigan, Donald Trump’s Republican running mate said: “You know what really bothers me about Tim Walz? When the United States Marine Corps … asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it. I […]
Delaware’s Most Intriguing Primaries #7: RD 29
This presents a great pick-up opportunity and a chance to strike a blow against the Delaware Way. How ‘Delaware Way’ is Bill Bush? He shepherded Delaware Way developer shortcuts through the General Assembly. As Lonnie George’s consigliere, he almost single-handedly overthrew the decision of the Del-Tech board to install ‘Dr.’ Mark Brainard as president. If […]
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