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Song of the Day 7/6: Ella Fitzgerald, “Too Darn Hot”

By Alby July 6, 20241 Comment

Just walking to the mailbox the past couple of days brought to mind this little rhyme I think I first heard in junior high school: When the weather's hot and…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 6, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 6, 20241 Comment

I didn't watch last week's debate. I dreaded it, and just tried to ignore it. Wasn't until the next day that I read the virtually 100% consensus that it was…

Delaware Political Weekly: June 28-July 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20245 Comments

1. Filing Deadline Tuesday. At 12 noon. We'll be providing countdown coverage, although perhaps the more notable deadline is Friday, July 12 at 4:30 pm. That is for filed candidates…

Song of the Day 7/5: The Ramones, “The Job That Ate My Brain”

By Alby July 5, 2024

Joe Biden's fight for survival wasn't helped by telling his staff he needs an early bedtime, and he's clearly made an enemy of the New York Times. So we've got…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 5, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20245 Comments

The Third Way Comes To England. With a less-charismatic Tony Blair: Ben Riley-Smith, the Telegraph’s political editor, suggests it is “perhaps the most significant phrase” of the speech. He posted:…

Song of the Day 7/4: Trey Parker, “America, Fuck Yeah!”

By Alby July 4, 20243 Comments

The South Park team's marionette movie, "Team America: World Police," was released 20 years ago, during the Iraq War, when patriotism was running high and Hollywood action movies pandered to…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 4, 202411 Comments

Typically one of the least-read Open Threads Of The Year. Will this year be different? I write, you decide. Every columnist everywhere has weighed in on whether Biden should step…

Song of the Day 7/3: Neil Sedaka, “Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do”

By Alby July 3, 20242 Comments

A song for Joe Biden, sung by a guy who's even older than he is. Sedaka was an established star as both a performer and songwriter with several Top 10…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 3, 2024

By Alby July 3, 202415 Comments

Democrats, faced with adversity, are doing what they do best: Panicking and looking weak. A group of about two dozen House Democrats are planning to call on Biden to drop…

Memo To BHL: Opioids Hazardous To Your Political Health

By El Somnambulo July 3, 202438 Comments

Karl Baker captures Bethany Hall Long's utter incompetence in screwing up one of the only things she's responsible for. Featuring unusually harsh language from the Attorney General. State Auditor is…

Song of the Day 7/2: The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me”

By Alby July 2, 20242 Comments

They can play this one at the Democratic National Convention, no matter who the nominee turns out to be. I like to bust on record executives who don't recognize a…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 2, 2024

By Alby July 2, 202424 Comments

All you people who were freaking out over Joe Biden's stumblebum debate performance now have something bigger to freak out about, as the nation's corrupt Supreme Court just made Richard…

Song of the Day 7/1: Tom Lehrer, “I Wanna Go Back to Dixie”

By Alby July 1, 2024

First Kinky Friedman, then Martin Mull. It could be one of Friedman's mysteries, about someone bumping off the musical satirists of the '70s. In that scenario we should maybe worry…