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DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Need I say more? Phony Man Of God Dies: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson’s enterprises also included […]
Song of the Day 6/8: Astrud Gilberto, “The Girl from Ipanema”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Turns out the Girl From Ipanema was also a Girl From Philadelphia. After Astrud Gilberto died there on Tuesday, many were surprised to hear that for the past several decades she had quietly made her home in Philly after moving there with her second husband around 1980 (they divorced a […]
RISE Delaware Rally to Urge Delaware Legislators to Ensure Benefits Promised to Delaware Retirees and Workers
RISE Delaware is hosting a rally on June 13, 2023, on the Green at Legislative Hall in Dover from 1PM to 2:30PM to request the General Assembly to pass legislation that will keep the benefits promised to State retirees and not move them to a privatized Medicare Advantage plan. RISE Delaware is asking all Delaware […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2023
Guess we still have to take the bad with the good. The good? HB 99 (Heffernan) passed the House, so addressing the climate change crisis in Delaware moves forward. The ‘Chamber’ amendment was not so bad, and the ‘bad’ amendment, sponsored by Rep. Collins, was defeated. Props to Rep. Heffernan, this is an important bill. […]
Song of the Day 6/7: Klaatu, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”
I don’t know if you saw this, but a whistleblower with a high security clearance says there’s a secret government program that has retrieved wreckage of non-human origin. This isn’t some anonymous source — he’s a highly respected intelligence agent who has gone public with this. Though mainstream media has been suspiciously slow to pick […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday June 7 2023
Is it possible Fox News did the right thing for the right reason? …Nah. Tucker Carlson goes full Nazi on Twitter. Tucker Carlson calls Ukraine’s Jewish leader ‘rat-like’ as he launches new Twitter show with pro-Kremlin rant The far-right former Fox News host also questioned the official story about 9/11 and claimed that the US […]
Song of the Day 6/6: The Beatles*, “Grow Old With Me”
The asterisk is because this isn’t really the Beatles. People who worry about the AI menace have been too busy fretting about job losses and armageddon to notice it much, but the technology that allows for deep fakes is about to disrupt the music industry, too. One of the demos of this John Lennon song, […]
Blood Money Always Wins
In this case, the blood money of Saudi Murderer Mohammed bin Salman, the man behind the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. You may recall that bin Salman tried to sportswash Saudi Arabia into international acceptance by backing the LIV golf league, where top golfers were paid obscene guarantees to defect. You know the […]
Matt Meyer Makes It Official: He’s Running For Governor
Who knows? He might win. It’s not as if there’s an undeniable powerhouse in the race, or a progressive candidate who can galvanize the grassroots: Meyer, who has been county executive since 2016, launched into Delaware politics as a progressive outsider. He primaried and defeated then three-term incumbent Tom Gordon, an embattled politician who had […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Imagine for a second that you support police reform. You know that a draft bill was finished in February. You know that, despite numerous requests from numerous supporters, the draft is not being made available to you or to any other supporters. Imagine that you and numerous others have contacted the prime sponsor of the […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday June 6 2023
Pence may face an uphill battle to win the support of a GOP primary voters, most of whom still want to see him swinging from a lamppost and doing that sad little jig that hanged people do. Mike Pence files paperwork to launch 2024 Republican presidential campaign ___________________________ HEY LOSER… Yeah..That’s what a loser would […]
Happy Indictment Day! (Maybe)
Is it me or does Trump sound more like the adult in Peanuts cartoon WITH EACH PASSING DAY?
Song of the Day 6/5: Max Frost and the Troopers, “Shape of Things to Come”
Cynthia Weil, the lyricist who with her composer husband Barry Mann wrote some of the hits that made the Brill Building famous, died last week at age 82. Their biggest hit, the one that made the headline in obituaries, is “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” but it tops a long list of tunes by artists […]
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