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Song of the Day 10/10: Link Wray & His Ray Men, “Rumble”
In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, let’s put a dime in history’s jukebox to play the only instrumental ever banned by American radio stations. Link Wray, a Shawnee from North Carolina, changed rock guitar forever in 1958 when he strummed some power chords and poked a pencil through the speaker cone on his amp to […]
The All-Purpose 30-Day Campaign Finance Report Thread
As you almost certainly know from your e-mail, the 30-day reporting deadline for Delaware races was midnight Sunday. Starting today, we’ll begin to see the reports pop up at the Department of Elections site. It generally takes 2 to 3 days for all the reports to appear online. I’ll be checking throughout the day and […]
DL Open Thread Monday October 10 2022
Happy Indigenous Person Day. If you have today off you can thank one of the 4,100 or so members of Delaware’s Nanticoke tribe. I’ve been in a kind news black out, but reading a lot of Twitter these days, which is a strange news filter. I have to admit tat I still don’t understand how twitter […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 9, 2022
Arden Celebrates Free Ukraine With DakhaBrakha. Man, some shows, all the elements come together. Such was the case last night at the Arden Gild Hall as this world-class band put on an absolutely mesmerizing and inspiring performance. The sound and lights were also world-class, and the images on the video screen added tremendous context and […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Virtually Every Insurer Has Committed Fraud Through Their Medicare Advantage Plans. Yes, including Highmark, which has been accused of overbilling by the Inspector General. But Carney and DeMatteis knew that. They just didn’t/don’t give a shit: Each of the strategies — which were described by the Justice Department in lawsuits against the companies — led […]
Song of the Day 10/7: Cab Calloway, “Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man”
Cab Calloway recorded this in 1932, before cannabis was banned nationwide. Joe Biden didn’t undo that 1937 all by himself yesterday, but pardoning everyone convicted of simple possession is widely seen as a big step towards legalization. You can tell because stocks in marijuana companies went quite a bit higher.
REV Talks With Claire Snyder-Hall
Participatory democracy, activism, fun. I give this podcast my highest rating – 5 Tortoise Shell Eyeglass Frames of Doom out of 5
Author and activist Claire Snyder-Hall joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her new book “Battling the Prince” and how her background in political theory combined with her experiences in Rehoboth Beach politics.
Show Notes:
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 7, 2022
Sasse To Leave Senate. Could RWNJ Gov. Pete Ricketts name himself to replace him?: Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a prominent voice in the Republican Party who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, plans to resign from the Senate by the end of the year to take a job […]
Trolls Gotta Troll
Nobody is ever going to have a perfect progressive record on policy or on endorsements. I’ve been doing this long enough to remember when John Kowalko’s liberal credentials were called into question after one vote. Absurd. Look at the body of work.
Trying to call out McBride or Lynn as not progressive enough is just drive by trolling.
Ruth Briggs King is a Dangerous MAGA Extremist
As if more evidence was needed, the Herschel Walker abortion revelations and subsequent shrug by the GOP testifies to the fact that Republicans are all about power and not interested in policies – not even a little bit.
Similarly, but on a smaller scale, Ruth Briggs King is a dangerous MAGA extremist. She head-faked and made me think that she was going to respond. That’s why this is a long delayed verdict.
And really, why wouldn’t she blow off the questions? In the context of the GOP being all about boosting the turnout of radicals on elections day, the questions don’t even make sense.
“Was Joe Biden legitimately elected?” Who the fuck cares? The only germane question is – Does allowing dummies and losers believe that Trump won boost turnout? If it does, then ok. Joe Biden was installed by China or whatever.
If anyone is interested, my exchange with Ruth Briggs King is below.
It’s Official: Mike Ramone’s Daughter Is A MAGAt
Which wouldn’t matter, except she’s running against Paul Baumbach in RD 23. They say a picture is worth 1000 words. So, allowing for the verbiage, this picture is worth 969 words:
Song of the Day 10/6: Sinéad O’Connor, “All Apologies”
With all the attention to mental health these days, it would seem like a perfect time for a critical re-evaluation of Sinéad O’Connor, whose public behavior had people calling her crazy when Britney Spears was still in the Mickey Mouse Club. “Nothing Compares,” the new documentary on O’Connor’s rise and fall, covers O’Connor’s early history, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Evangelical RW Christians Take Pro-Abortion Stance. But only in the case of Herschel Walker: Pastor Anthony George didn’t set out to be a defender of Herschel Walker. But as the prominent Baptist minister welcomed Walker into his church this week for a scheduled prayer event with faith leaders, George found himself making the Christian case […]
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