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Song of the Day 2/11: Blue Öyster Cult, “Career of Evil”
Pretty much everyone in the Trump administration could accurately title his memoirs “Career of Evil,” so I hope Patti Smith sues anyone who dares to. The godmother of punk wrote the lyrics to several tunes for the Long Island-based Blue Öyster Cult, including this cut from the 1974 album “Secret Treaties,” before she formed her […]
Meyer To Go After ‘Third Rail’ Of Delaware Politics?
That ‘third rail’ being the corporate golden egg that fills the state’s coffers: Delaware’s budget depends on more than $2 billion brought in by its leading corporate franchise work, which helps to keep the cost of living lower for residents. A recent spate of high-profile corporate departures has unnerved state leaders, however, and now reforms […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
A Day In The Life Of A Fascist State: Trump’s DOJ Orders Charges Dropped Against NYC’s Corrupt Mayor. After Eric Adams virtually took up residence at Mar-A-Lago. Trump Orders Consumer Protection Agency Shut Down. More accurately, the co-author of Project 2025 orders it shut down. In theory, it would take congressional action to close the […]
Song of the Day 2/10: The Smashing Pumpkins, “Pennies”
The collapse of the Kansas City Chiefs might be the latest evidence that everything Trump touches turns to shit. His chosen gladiator, Pat Mahomes, landed flat on his ass six times, and you can tell Mein Furball was pissed off, because he quickly changed the subject by issuing one of his impetuous edicts. Immediately and […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, February 10, 2025
The Bad News? Trump Is President. The Good News? The Eagles Are Your Super Bowl Champions! Me? I’m opting for a day of Bread And Circuses. How they got there. No, no spoilers. I really like this piece. Click, take your time. Savor it. The Chiefs never had a chance: Before long, they stopped looking […]
Song of the Day 2/9: Robin Trower, “Day of the Eagle”
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl by beating the best team in the league, and they’ll have to do the same thing tonight if they’re going to win their second. Guitarist Robin Trower joined Procol Harum in 1967, a couple of months after the band scored a smash hit with “A Whiter Shade of […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, February 9, 2025
‘Make Musk The Villain’. I agree with Chris Murphy: “I don’t think economic populism really sells to anybody unless you’re naming names. When you engage in sort of just general critiques of billionaires or special interests, I think that falls flat,” Murphy said. “Donald Trump is really good at naming enemies, particular individuals or particular […]
Song of the Day 2/8: David Bowie, “Watch That Man”
That man is Elon Musk, and it behooves the Democrats to not just keep an eye on him, but to tie the Bloated Dotard to Musk’s unpopular, pasty-white ass at every opportunity. But be careful – he talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon. David Bowie wrote “Watch […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 8, 2025
A Failed DL Experiment. Well, actually, it’s all my fault. Going forward, I will no longer post submissions unless I know who wrote the submission. Those who write pieces will, of course, have your anonymity protected should you so desire, but, to protect ourselves and the blog, we must know who is writing. Yes, it […]
BREAKING: Meyer–‘No More Foot-Dragging On School Funding’
As in, no more ‘we won’t be back with recommendations until today’s second-graders have graduated’. Sarah Mueller has the story: In an exclusive interview with WHYY News, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said he’s ordering his secretary of education to push to implement a new public education funding system by the start of the 2025-2026 school […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 7, 2025
Open Question: Dan Cruce, where do you live? Do you live in SD 1, or do you live in Suxco? Y’see, it’s kinda important because you ran for office in SD 1, Democratic insiders nominated you to fill the term of Sarah McBride in SD 1. If you don’t live in SD 1, you will be ineligible […]
Song of the Day 2/7: The Dramatics, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”
Turns out a lot of people who either voted for Trump or skipped voting altogether are surprised that he’s doing all the things he said he would do, including things that victimize them and theirs. I guess they figured that because Trump is such a blatant and obvious bullshitter, then everything he said must be […]
Song of the Day 2/6: The Damned, “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today”
This one’s pretty self-explanatory. It should hold true for, oh, the next 1,430 days or so. Not that I’m counting or anything. The Damned were overshadowed by their more obnoxiously promoted contemporaries, the Sex Pistols, who headlined the first show The Damned played. They beat the Pistols to market as the first British punk band […]
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