Sydney Anderson
Breathe, but not too heavy. Look, but do not appear guilty. Speak, but never answer back. These are the constant reminders of being Black In America. After playing three games in the hot southern heat, all the Delaware State women’s lacrosse team wanted to do was make it back to Delaware with ease. However, things went left when they got pulled over by Georgia State police.
On April 20 at 10:31am, Tim Jones, black bus driver, was stopped by Georgia State police. The officers claimed it was a traffic violation because buses are not permitted to drive in the left lane. The cops came on the bus to inform the students that they would be checking their luggage for any possible narcotics, such as marijuana, heroin, methane, and ketamine.
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DL Open Thread Wednesday May 11 2022
Pelosi/Coons Elitism – Can the “good” republicans please come back? Coons and Pelosi share a kind of delusional vision of the world where “good” Republicans exists somewhere and they need to return to pubic life. @SpeakerPelosi : “I want the Republican Party to take back the party to where you were when you cared about […]
Queen of Canada said not to pay utility bills. Her followers were shocked when their service was cut
Qanon lunacy is transnational & bottomless: Followers of a QAnon influencer who’s convinced some Canadians she’s the true Queen of Canada are saying their utilities are being cut off because they were told by their sovereign that they no longer had to pay bills. One woman has repeatedly told her fellow QAnon Queen followers she’s “stopped […]
Song of the Day 5/10: Steve Miller Band, “Living in the U.S.A.”
For historical context, musicians like Steve Miller were trashing the emptiness of American culture way back in 1968, when Boz Scaggs was still in the band and Miller still delivered raw San Francisco blues-rock. He wasn’t wrong, so conservatives, rather than addressing the criticism, have been having a hissy fit about it ever since. Our […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
It would be difficult to find a less compelling session than today’s. The House Agenda features one ‘special license plate’ bill, perhaps more deserving than others of its, wait for it, ilk, but a special license plate bill nonetheless. Also three minor bills making administrative adjustments to state agencies. The only bill of any note […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
QAnon Devotees Call Each Other Pedophiles, Deny QAnon Allegiance. Submitted just because I, at least, need to take my mind off all the shit that’s going down. At least for a moment: The new thing, it seems, is to pretend you aren’t a conspiracy theory-pushing Q advocate, while very clearly being a conspiracy theory-pushing Q […]
Song of the Day 5/9: The Judds, “Mama He’s Crazy”
The Judds ruled country music in the ’80s. This song was their second single, the first of a nearly unbroken string of 14 that reached No. 1 on the country charts from 1984 through 1989. The mother-daughter duo ended in 1991, when Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and retired. Musically Wynonna’s husky, bluesy voice […]
DL Open Thread Monday May 9 2022
May (in Latin, Maius) was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with growth and fertility. I was going to make a connection between the month of May and Justices Barret and Alito referencing the need for abortion restrictions in order to maintain the “domestic supply of infants” available for adoption. I was […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 8, 2022
Happy Mothers’ Day–whether you want to be a mother or not. You may soon have no choice. The 49-Year Crusade To Overturn Roe v Wade. The Federalist Society, yet another pox on America: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell still remembers the shock he felt when Donald Trump won the 2016 election. He also recalls what […]
The pathetic and embarrassing cult of Ruth Bader Ginsberg
This Gawker piece gets it. Hero worship is a big problem for liberals. For 50 years, conservatives have worked tirelessly towards the repeal of Roe v. Wade. While calling for “strict constructivism,” “judicial restraint,” and denouncing “judicial activism,” they trained and deployed cadres of lawyers as right-wing activists. They gradually took over institutions and then the key institution: […]
Song of the Day 5/7: Dave Alvin, “Plastic Rose”
When Dave Alvin released his second solo album, “Blue Blvd,” in 1991, the Washington Post reviewer complimented it by saying the songs were like Raymond Carver stories. Alvin once told an interviewer that because he never became a star, he didn’t travel in a plane or tour bus, so he was free to observe the […]
DL Open Thread Saturday May 7 2022 – WTF?! THIS IS APPALLING
FB, instagram, myspace, whatever social media you are on…please share this story. If you don’t use social media, print it out at work and send it to your aunt in Topeka.
DSU Womans Lacrosse Team Racially Profiled by Georgia State Police
Abortion Should Be Easy for Democrats
“We believe in a right to privacy”. That’s it. Of course I’m not a highly paid DC consultant, so I can’t grasp the virtues on trying to run on some Solomonic compromise with fanatics. Big brain DC types like Coons probably have a good reason for “Why not abort half the baby?” is a good […]
El Som’s One-Song Concert Sales Pitch: Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs
No, it’s not an outlier. You’re gonna get a whole evening of N’Awlins party music if you join me at the Arden Gild Hall, Friday, May 13 at 8 pm to see, hear, and hopefully, dance to, Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs: Tickets are only $20, $15 if you’re an Arden Club member (well, there […]
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