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Song of the Day 9/24: Adriano Celentano, “Prisencolinensinainciusol”
Trump confused the United Nations with Nürnberg yesterday, and most of the audience sat stone-faced through his disquisition. My guess is the translators went on a wildcat strike and refused to accurately convey Trump’s stream of insults and braggadocio and let them hear him in English. For anyone who can’t speak it, Adriano Celentano recorded […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
RIP: Pete Ross. Were there a Hall Of Fame for great Delaware public servants, Pete would be a first-ballot inductee. Not just for his mastery of the budget process, but because of the way he patiently explained things to a fiscally-clueless (me) staffer over the years. He didn’t just answer questions, he made you (me) […]
Song of the Day 9/23: Huey Lewis and the News, “I Want a New Drug”
Autism, you’ll be happy to know, is now a thing of the past, thanks to sex pervert and whale carcass mutilator RFK Jr. – just keep the pregnant women away from the acetaminophen and give the kids who are already autistic leucovorin, a drug currently used to treat side effects of cancer drugs. See? How […]
‘Your Countries Are Going To Hell’
Trump’s hour-long fifteen minute speech was bat-shit crazy–and went 45 minutes over the allotted 15-minute time: President Trump questioned the United Nations’ mission and lectured its member nations on Tuesday in a meandering speech before the General Assembly. Boasting about his record and assailing the U.N. as ineffective in a nearly hourlong address, he sought […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
‘I Hate My Opponent, And I Don’t Want The Best For Them’. Trump speaks his truth: When asked about the divergent messages from the president and Mrs. Kirk, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Monday that the president was “authentically himself.” That’s also true. ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Last More ‘Forever’. You know […]
Song of the Day 9/22: Jeff Tweedy, “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter”
Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter who led Uncle Tupelo and Wilco, is an icon of what 30 years ago was known as Americana – back then, basically folk rock with more emphasis on the rock than the folk. Fans know Tweedy’s early influences included punk bands, but I still wasn’t expecting this homage to Lou Reed […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 22, 2025
Trump Demands That AG Persecute/Prosecute His Political Enemies: In a post on social media this weekend addressed to Bondi, Trump said “nothing is being done” on investigations into some of his foes. “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” he said. Noting that he was impeached and criminally charged, “JUSTICE MUST BE […]
Song of the Day 9/21: Buckingham Nicks, “Crying in the Night”
Before they joined Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks performed as a duo. They released one folk-rock album in 1973 that got more attention for its cover than anything inside. It sold poorly, but Buckingham’s guitar playing caught Mick Fleetwood’s ear and he was asked to join the group. He said he and Nicks […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 21, 2025
‘The Hollowness Of The Easy Victory’–Robert Redford Took The Road Not Often Taken: Redford’s insight into elite sport, as he remarked during a promotional tour in 1970, was that “frequently it fits you only for the wrong things, even breaks you utterly.” Winning, and its attendant praise, in Downhill Racer’s telling, lasts about a minute. […]
When the Rubber Meets the Road
Delaware Democrats are gung-ho for electric vehicles when they’re legislating. They sing a different tune when the rubber meets the road. DelDOT is worried about revenue, so it’s imposing new registration fees for EVs. This solution makes owning an electric vehicle more costly, thereby disincentivizing EV ownership – while at the same time incentivizing their […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Trump Fires Prosecutor For Not Bringing Charges Where There Were None: The U.S. attorney investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey said he had resigned on Friday, hours after President Trump called for his ouster. Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, […]
Song of the Day 9/19: Darrell Banks, “Open the Door to Your Heart”
For entertainers, dying is supposedly a good career move, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes it’s just a one-way ticket to Palookaville. Darrell Banks coulda been somebody. He had a soul hit in 1966 with a song he called “Open the Door to Your Heart” that reached No. 2 on the R&B […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 19, 2025
Fascist Takeover Reaches Fever Pitch: President Trump said on Thursday that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. The comments were a remarkable escalation in a coordinated attack by Mr. […]
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