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DL Open Thread: Friday April 8, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 8, 20224 Comments

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman To Be Confirmed To Supreme Court: The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, felling one of…

Song of the Day 4/7: Robert Knight, “Everlasting Love”

By Alby April 7, 20221 Comment

Despite his smooth voice, Robert Knight only had one hit -- this song, written expressly for him by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, who owned a record company in Nashville.…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 7, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 7, 20221 Comment

I know that, by now, you must be sick of reading my screeds about the blatantly corrupt Ft. DuPont project. A corrupt project whose fate will likely be sealed forever…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 7, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 7, 20228 Comments

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Set To Be Elevated To Supreme Court Today. Hey, we dodged the Breyer nightmare. That's something: A final vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation is…

Bill McSwain – Very Openly Racist Candidate for PA Governor

By jason330 April 7, 202210 Comments

This guy wants to put "criminals, rioters & looters in jail." He wants to "restore freedom and law & order." I wonder if he is talking about white "rioters…

Not HaHa Funny

By jason330 April 7, 20226 Comments

It is funny to think that after the Dems get blown out in the midterms Hunter Biden and James Biden (who?) will be in jail and the Trump crime family will be walking around free as birds.

Sherry Dorsey Walker – SMH

By jason330 April 7, 20222 Comments

Just getting a picture with these ladies and the indicted State Auditor. Photo Via Orange is the New Black's FB page.

Song of the Day 4/6: Bobby Rydell, “Wildwood Days”

By Alby April 6, 20223 Comments

You have to be eligible for Medicare to have first-hand memories of Bobby Rydell, the South Philly teen idol from the early days of rock 'n' roll. He had his…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, April 6, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 6, 20226 Comments

I doubted that anybody would vote against the Ft. DuPont/Delaware City 'Charter Change' in the House. I was correct. Perhaps this is the time to call out 'Mimi' Minor-Brown. Representative,…

Are any young adults in your life planning on having kids?

By jason330 April 6, 202223 Comments

Yup. We're fucked. The Earth is basically done, so is anyone still having kids? I'm seriously asking. Do any readers with adult "kids" plan on being grandparents? I don't. Are…

DL Open Thread Wednesday April 6th 2022

By jason330 April 6, 20225 Comments

Here is something that happened in April 1978: A concrete cooling tower under construction at a power station at Willow Island, West Virginia, collapses. All of the 51 construction workers…

We've had a good 30 years to do something and now it is too late. Oh well. Being moderate and sensible, making friends with intractable loons on the right and carrying water for the energy sector was much too important.

Presenting the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he said: “The jury has reached a verdict and it is damning.”

The report shows “a litany of broken climate promises” and stands as “a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that are putting us on track towards an unlivable world”, he said.

Sounds bad, but just look at my stock portfolio! Smashing!

Song of the Day 4/5: Stevie Wonder, “Evil”

By Alby April 5, 2022

Stevie Wonder, whose albums made critics' Top 10 lists in the '70s, seems to have fallen into relative neglect in recent years -- Marvin Gaye, not Wonder, is now considered…