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DL Open Thread Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024

By Alby October 19, 20245 Comments

I had to double-check to make sure this story wasn't from The Onion: The attorneys general of three Gilead-aspiring states are suing the FDA over rule changes regarding abortion drugs.…

Song of the Day 10/18: James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”

By Alby October 18, 2024

Among the tracks spun by DJ Donnie Two Scoops in Oaks, Pa., the other day was this James Brown classic. Originally released in 1966, it reached No. 8 on Billboard's…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 18, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 18, 202420 Comments

The Big Story Is That Trump Is Unhinged And Suffering From Something Very Much Like Dementia: “What’s alarming is how the rate of Trump’s bizarre speech and political decisions have…

Song of the Day 10/16: Five for Fighting, “100 Years”

By Alby October 17, 20243 Comments

Jimmy Carter entered hospice care two years ago, and his relatives say the end is near. But before he turned 100 on Oct. 1 he said he wanted to live…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 17, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 17, 20245 Comments

Brett Baier Tries To Mansplain Trump's Superiority To Kamala Harris. If the Fox interview accomplished anything, it likely turned women off to Trump's toxic masculinity as channeled through Baier: The…

Song of the Day 10/16: Red Rider, “Lunatic Fringe”

By Alby October 16, 2024

You might remember this song from 1985, when it was used on "Miami Vice" and the movie "Vision Quest," but you probably don't remember the band. Red Rider never reached…

Towards A Delaware Transparency Agenda

By El Somnambulo October 16, 202412 Comments

Premature? No. It's long past time to drive a stake through the secrecy that practitioners of the Delaware Way have used to perpetuate the casual corruption at its core. We'll…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

By Alby October 16, 202411 Comments

For years we've wondered how bonkers Trump would have to get before mainstream media stopped normalizing him. We might have reached that point now that the brain worms have given…

WHYY Reports On Progressive Agenda For Transparency

By El Somnambulo October 16, 20245 Comments

Matt Meyer makes clear that transparency on police actions would be part of that agenda: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Meyer said he supports absolute transparency in policing and would assess…

Song of the Day 10/15: The Doobie Brothers, “Listen to the Music”

By Alby October 15, 20242 Comments

I don't know who's DJing Donald Trump's rallies, but after seeing the partial playlist from yesterday's question-and-answer session turned listening party, I think he needs some new material. "Ave Maria"…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

By Alby October 15, 202415 Comments

Trump cut short his Q&A session in Oaks, Pa., yesterday to – I'm not making this up – stand there and sway to the music. For, like, half an hour.…

Song of the Day 10/14: Captain Beyond, “Sufficiently Breathless”

By Alby October 14, 2024

Supergroups have been a thing in rock since 1966, when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ditched their former bands to form Cream, named because each was the cream…

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

By Alby October 14, 20249 Comments

Normally if you told me that thousands of people went to a concert in the California desert and then got stuck there for hours because the inept organizers didn't have…