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DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 7, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 7, 202321 Comments

Wag The Dog: Netanyahu Proclaims 'We Are At War'. Only question is, how many Palestinians will be killed by American weapons?: Israel and Gaza were at war on Saturday after…

Song of the Day 10/7: Fred Neil, “Dolphins”

By Alby October 7, 20231 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Fred Neil wrote a sad, beautiful and enduring song called “The Dolphins” as a Greenwich Village folk singer in the mid-1960s. “I’ve been searching for…

Song of the Day 10/6: The Sex Pistols, “Pretty Vacant”

By Alby October 6, 20232 Comments

They would never admit it, even to themselves, but the Freedom Caucus apparently is in favor of anarchy in the U.S. House, which makes the Sex Pistols the perfect soundtrack…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 6, 20235 Comments

Almost Penniless Rethugs, Part 1. Mike Lindell: Almost Penniless Rethugs, Part 2. Rudy Giuliani: Sadness. Trump & Jim Jordan: Perfect Together: There was only one way the chaos in the…

Song of the Day 10/5: The Kinks, “Situation Vacant”

By Alby October 5, 2023

With a tip o' the sombrero to El Som. Yoohoo, anybody home? House Republicans are demonstrating that maybe men do too think about the Roman Empire too much, and no…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 5, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 5, 20235 Comments

Quick tip of the 'Bulo Sombrero to the anonymous tipster who clued me into the Purzycki/Carney hand-off. We can all see how orchestrated this two-step was. By Buccini/Pollin and the…

Song of the Day 10/4: Buffalo Springfield, “On the Way Home”

By Alby October 4, 20235 Comments

Buffalo Springfield had broken up by the time their third and final album, "Last Time Around," was released in 1968. The LP was assembled from previously recorded material to fulfill…

Delaware (Occasional) Political Weekly: Early October, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 4, 202327 Comments

Don't know if there's anything more to be said about L'Affaire Bethany Hall-/Dana Long at this time, other than that Al's speculation that the remaining insiders are trying to find…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023

By Alby October 4, 202311 Comments

Chris Coons must be having the mother of all sads today. After Kave-in McCarthy was ousted as House speaker, a GOP member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN…

BREAKING: McCarthy Loses Speakership

By El Somnambulo October 3, 20232 Comments

216-210. 8 R's voted to remove McCarthy, no D's voted for McCarthy. Circular firing squad. Rethugs are livid at the renegades. But, hey, McCarthy cut the deal that made this…

Song of the Day 10/3: The Ramones, “Why Is It Always This Way?”

By Alby October 3, 2023

Elon Musk's fascist leanings are obvious at this point, and Russian state TV put a fine point on it yesterday by bragging that "Elon Musk really is our agent." That…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023

By Alby October 3, 202321 Comments

Matt Gaetz – am I the only one who thinks he looks like a low-quality AI rendering of a young Jack Nicholson? – has pulled the trigger on his threat…

Song of the Day 10/2: The Traveling Wilburys, “Not Alone Any More”

By Alby October 2, 2023

Rock has had a lot of so-called supergroups, but I think the superest of them all is an easy choice. The Traveling Wilburys featured Beatle George Harrison, Nobel Prizewinner Bob…