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Song of the Day 8/2: Nichelle Nichols, “Know What I Mean”
The obituaries for Nichelle Nichols, who died late last week at age 89, naturally headlined her historic role as Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek,” and admirably highlighted her long, fruitful relationship with NASA. But only the longest obituaries mentioned her career pre-“Star Trek,” when she toured as a singer with both Lionel Hampton […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 2 2022
We killed an Al-Qaeda guy. Huzzah for us, I suppose. The Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol got sentenced to 7 years in prison. Didn’t Trump say he was running on a platform of pardoning all of these guys? (checks notes) Why, yes. He did say that.
Two people were found dead in charred car within California wildfire zone. Sad but I wonder if they “believed” in climate change? I wonder if the 200 missing and dead people in the Kentucky floods believed in climate change? This line of thought is verging on very horrible victim blaming on my part, but someone needs to be blamed at some point and we can’t blame corporations, as that would be like blaming the scorpion for stinging, or the baby chicks for chirping.
Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say.
DL Open Thread Monday August 1 2022
In addition to Julius and Augustus, other Roman Emperors attempted to name months after themselves, but they didn’t stick. August had been Sextilus but 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. Legend has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar’s July, but […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2022
Featuring, somewhere within this list, an artist who is coming to the Arden Gild Hall in November! (Tickets on sale soon…): Watch this video from one of our strangest and most fascinating ensembles: In my seventies, still listening to teenagers. Might even try to book ’em…: Don’t think he can write a bad, or […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Report: Russian Economy Is Imploding. I know, I know, it runs counter to the media narrative, but it just might be accurate. The conclusions: – Russia’s strategic positioning as a commodities exporter has irrevocably deteriorated, as it now deals from a position of weakness with the loss of its erstwhile main markets, and faces steep […]
Song of the Day 7/30: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, “Summertime”
Will Smith is back in the news because he released an apology video to Chris Rock on YouTube and Instagram, which seems to me like a PR move more than an apology, but whatever. I always preferred Smith back in his hip-hop days, when he and Jeff Townes put Philly on the rap map with […]
As If on cue, Ladies and Gentlemen….Susan Collins…
Collins has made an entire career out of playing Democrats for suckers. Now she is using the old “Democrats made Republicans angry, so I can’t support a bill I wanted to support” trick. You see? Democrats didn’t game plan out who Republicans would react, that’s the problem. Demos were rash and not bipartisan. It all […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 30, 2022
‘Watchdog’ Was Trump Lapdog. Staff planned to retrieve ‘lost e-mails, he deep-sixed plan: The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team’s effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people with knowledge of the decision and internal records reviewed by The Washington […]
One Party Will Do Anything to Win, The Other Has Some Limits
I had two sons that were pretty good at little league baseball. They both had one big deficit that held them back though – a Dad who didn’t give a fuck about little league baseball. My kids were afflicted with a Dad (Me) who didn’t push, berate & bribe them to try get better at little league baseball. They had a Dad who didn’t set winning at little league baseball as an important goal.
I looked at these other parents who were obsessed with winning and thought, “Well, in the long run we don’t stand a chance against these guys, so let’s have some fun until we quit.”
The children of those weirdos may have burned out and ended up hating baseball or they may be captains of industry or play for the New York Yankees now. Who the fuck knows? Crazy parents get shit done. Just ask Brian Wilson or Karen Carpenter.
All this to say, I wonder if Democrats will ever win against Republicans who are obsessed with winning to the point that they can lie impunity, and drink in the lies of their comrades like it is mother’s milk:
CALLER: Listen, Sean. I just want some people in the conservative party, Republican Party to fight as hard as me and my platoon did in Afghanistan. That’s all I’m asking for.
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SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I appreciate, first of all, your service. I’m sorry about your injuries, they sound pretty debilitating. I know many people in your position. It alters your life, and your family’s life forever. None of it is fun. And I — I just — we owe you a debt of gratitude. And we can’t forget our vets either.
Listen. I don’t like Jon Stewart, but Jon Stewart is right, on him fighting for these vets the way he has. Now, the very specific issues behind the scenes, a lot of people don’t know. But anyway, there’s a bill. Republicans support the bill, these burn-pit victims.
And the only reason it didn’t pass this week was because the Democrats, what they put in the bill, they moved $400 billion in discretionary spending to mandatory spending and that $400 billion had nothing to do with veterans. And Democrats want to spend another $400 billion on new spending completely unrelated to veterans.
Song of the Day 7/29: Chad and Jeremy, “A Summer Song”
The British Invasion was so all-encompassing that pretty much any act with English accents soared up the charts. Consider the case of Chad and Jeremy, who scored a handful of hits and lots of television appearances in the US in 1964-65, but had only one charting single in their native UK. Chad Stuart, who died […]
Mark Brunswick: “The Delaware Way And The Black Community In Wilmington, Ctd.”
Editor’s Note: We are beyond thrilled that Mark Brunswick will soon be joining us as a regular contributor to Delaware Liberal. There are precious few voices with Mark’s knowledge and sagacity in the entire State. He’ll even have his own byline and everything! Until he’s firmly situated on our WordPress app, we’ll post his articles […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 29, 2022
More ‘Missing’ Jan. 6 Texts. Not coincidence. Crimes: Text messages for former President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to four people briefed on the matter and internal emails. The […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 28, 2022
A Legit Climate Deal??!! Of course, once again we’re at the whims of Joe Manchin: The agreement, which Senate Democrats hope to pass as early as next week, shocked even some who had been involved in the sputtering negotiations over climate legislation during the past year. The announcement of a deal, after many activists had […]
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