Song of the Day 5/12: Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?”
This is a question two presidential candidates who aren't Joe Biden should be asking themselves. They could use this tune as a soundtrack. Black Francis said the song was inspired…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 12, 2024
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The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter. More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 11, 2024
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State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza. Can't anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel…
Song of the Day 5/10: Redd Kross, “Candy Coloured Catastrophe”
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El Somnambulo left this one off his list of his favorite new tunes of April, maybe because he didn't get a chance to hear it – it dropped April 29.…
Delaware Political Weekly: May 3-9, 2024
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1. Have The Governor's Races Changed Over The Last Week? On the R side, which doesn't particularly matter, the answer is a clear yes. On the D side, I think…
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 10, 2024
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Let Your Grass Grow. Not that kind of grass. Anybody who's driven past my yard knows why I draw inspiration from this piece: Your vibrant green lawn may look lush,…
Song of the Day 5/9: Harold Arlen, “Stormy Weather”
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Contentious cross-examination of porn star Stormy Daniels made this an inevitable tabloid headline. I started humming this Harold Arlen standard, now 91 years old, as soon as I read it.…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 9, 2024
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Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. You will note that the two bills addressing high school athletics policy cleared committee and were passed in the Senate unanimously. Carney wasted no time…
DL Open Thread: Thurs., May 9, 2024
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Everything Falls Apart--In The Carney Administration. Another scandal, another attempted cover-up: A former Delaware Department of Labor supervisor embezzled more than $181,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in…
Song of the Day 7/8: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Mercury Poisoning”
H/t El Somnambulo It must be something in the water, nanoplastics or something, because suddenly politicians are saying shit that nobody looking for votes should ever say. First it was…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 8, 2024
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I guess the biggest news is the number of absentees in the House yesterday. Six in all, with several roll calls having at least eight absences. Allergies? Also, the two…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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If you want to dominate the headlines, it helps to be the defendant in four legal proceedings simultaneously. Luckily for Trump, the one serious crime he's accused of, stealing top-secret…
Song of the Day 5/7: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Fat”
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You can tell Donnie Two Scoops is on Ozempic (or Wegovy, they're the same thing, just different doses) because he's taken to mocking people for being fat. At a fundraiser…