Here we are again. You with your morning coffee probably thinking Jason330 is such a snappy writer and has such insightful insights, I’ll bet he has amazing Abs.
And it’s true, I do have amazing pyramidalis, external obliques, internal obliques, and transversus abdominis. To be honest, it is the first thing most people notice about me. But most people are shallow. Not deep thinkers like you and me.
And it is your deep thinking I am depending on. In today’s open thread, instead of a survey of today’s “news” we will be constructing the optimal Democratic candidate from a bunch of spare parts called “One virtue from a Delaware political figure you like, and one virtue from a Delaware political figure you don’t.”
Then we’ll wait for lightning to strike and charge our Franken-candiate via their neck bolts. But mark the rules well – one virtue from a Delaware political figure you like, and one virtue from a Delaware political figure you don’t. Adherence to rules makes the game fun for everyone.
I’ll start and take the lowest of low hanging fruit.
Bethany Hall-Long’s retail politics accumen & John Kowlalko’s passion
I’ll leave it to you to guess which I favor and which I disfavor.
After two albums with Eric Burdon, who left the band in the middle of a tour, War was on its second LP without him when it scored its first hit in 1971. “Slippin’ Into Darkness” doesn’t really get started until two minutes in, but its funky groove kicked off several years of hits for the […]
I have mixed feelings about this new political party [Non-Partisan Delaware] forming (congealing?) in Delaware. I might go into why I am thusly mixed in the comments, but I also may not. ITSAFREECOUNTRY! Also see todays graphic (below), and let me know why Democrats can’t beat these idiots. The graphic is campaign lit from Arizona […]
As centuries go, this one totally sucks so far, and I can’t see it doing enough in the second half to make up for this shitshow. So I’m going to keep looking for music that lightens the mood, like this tune off Black Key Dan Auerbach’s second solo LP, 2017’s “Waiting on a Song,” recorded […]
…I need help (stated Captain Obvious). I can’t be everywhere at once, nor would I want to be in some of the locations I’m asking about today. Yes, I’m talking mostly Kent and Suxco. I have questions about many of the primary races there, and I need you to do my work for me. Be […]
“Meet the Candidates” Event Meet-and-Greet Time Thursday, July 21 6 – 8pm EDT Location Wilmington Grotto’s 1819 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington, DE 19806 About this event Join the Delaware Working Families Party on Thursday, July 21st at 6pm at the Wilmington Grotto’s (1819 Pennsylvania Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806) to engage with people-centered candidates from […]
I suck at blogging. I’m still not following the news. But this item penetrated my anti-news carapace.
Judge Charles Atchley Jr was one of the record number of federal judges appointed by former President Donald Trump and rushed into service by Chris Coons, so heck of a job there Coonsie! Always remember that for the GOP, the cruelty is the point. Whenever Coons waxes rhapsodic about bipartisanship, he is indeed singing the praises of cruelty.
As far as anything else happening out there in the world, you’ll have to fill me in via the comments section.
In our smaller world, I met Lydia York and was very impressed. Meet her yourself at an upcoming fundraiser, and donate away.
I also had saw an excellent ‘DelShakes’ production of ‘The Tempest’ put on in Rockwood Park. Standout performances by Gerrad Alex Taylor as Caliban and Lexi Thammavong as Ariel. Runs (Wed – Sun) through July 31st. Buy tickets here.
Billy Bragg wrote this upbeat sing-along, a “wait ’til next year!” anthem for progressives, after Margaret Thatcher’s Tories swept the 1987 general elections. He called it “my way of owning up to the ambiguities of being a political pop star while stating clearly that I still believed in Sam Cooke’s promise that a change was […]
I have spent a lot of time considering ‘The Delaware Way’ and how it has shaped the Black community, particularly in Wilmington, the place where it’s been most important to Black folks in check. I’ve been reading and re-reading, ‘Delaware: A Jewel of Inconsistencies’, an essay by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. It was written in 1924 and […]
Was kinda fried after canvassing for Becca Cotto yesterday. But not too fried to enjoy a sumptuous set from Cosmic Guilt at the Shady Grove Music Fest. The harmonies were gorgeous. I can see/hear why WXPN is playing them: A Wilmington band, that shall remain nameless in order to protect their career, gave a shout […]
William “Poogie” Hart, whose soaring falsetto as lead singer of the Delfonics helped define Philly soul, died Thursday in Philadelphia at age 77. Hart and his brother Wilbert had formed vocal groups with various classmates at Overbrook High, but Hart was singing on his job at a barbershop when an impressario named Stan Watson heard […]
House Does Less Than Nothing. Fools Press. Kids: Here’s what the press is too dense to report–House leadership doesn’t WANT to remove McGuiness. THEY know that the Governor is correct in his position. THEY know that starting impeachment proceedings in the House is the constitutionally-designated way to do this. Instead, they send a letter to […]
I have no idea what prompted Carl Newman to write “It was crime at the time but the laws we changed ’em” — this song appeared on the band’s second LP, “Electric Version,” back in 2003, and besides, they’re Canadian — but it certainly seems to apply these days, doesn’t it? Except nowadays the title […]
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.
Recent Comments