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DL Open Thread Monday December 27 2021
I am still in vacation mode having enjoyed the first Christmas in four years without Trump as President. I should have turned over the open thread to El Som, but didn’t.
So I scanned the headline and it was the usual collection of Covid variant stories. (Not much news worthy there. Omincron is bad, but only really bad if you are still an anti-vax/pro-disease partisan.)
Desmond Tutu died. He seemed like a good man who helped his country out a lot when it needed a lot of help.
And yesterday was the one year anniversary the Trump tweet-storm that kicked off his plans to mount a coup on Jan 6th of 2020. Read all the smoking gun tweets and marvel at the fact that Trump is still walking around a free man.
DL’s MVP (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause In Delaware) Awards For 2021
This, of course, is my list. Your lists, no doubt would vary. I considered all of the suggestions and nominations that you put forth, meaning, you will see some of your suggestions on the list. Let’s go! 10. Rep. Larry Lambert & Sen. Kyle Evans Gay. Did I mention that this is my list? In […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 26, 2021
RIP: Desmond Tutu: As leader of the South African Council of Churches and later as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu led the church to the forefront of Black South Africans’ decades-long struggle for freedom. His voice was a powerful force for nonviolence in the anti-apartheid movement, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize in […]
El Somnambulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 50-41
Presented, as always, in reverse numerical order. The only proper way to do a countdown. Otherwise it’s an anti-climactic count-up. Said Captain Obvious. Spotify list once we reach # 1. Let’s get this party started: 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41.
Song of the Day 12/25: Chuck Berry, “Run Rudolph Run”
Some Christmas songs belong only to the artists who created them. “Little Saint Nick” is just a Beach Boys car tune, just as “Run, Rudolph, Run” is first and foremost a Chuck Berry song with a Christmas backdrop (in 1958, only Berry would imagine that every boy child wanted a rock and roll ‘lectric guitar). […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 25, 2021
A Christmas Miracle? The James Webb Telescope Takes Off. It’s quite the undertaking: Astronomers around the world will be watching (and perhaps biting their nails) as the Webb telescope undergoes a $10 billion, monthlong game of origami. Tightly packed into a container atop the rocket during launch, the telescope will separate from the spacecraft in […]
Merry Christmas!
In the spirit of the season, anyone blacklisted has been released from DL jail. Even Ben DuPont who probably accounts for half of the uninvited people. Enjoy your privilege while is lasts – you’ll probably be gone again shortly.
Song of the Day 12/24: The King’s Singers, “Stille Nacht”
The one thing that really does sound better in the original German.
DL Wraps Up The Year In Style
Set your calendars and your alarms. In addition to our generous ongoing e-stream of Delaware flotsam and jetsam, we present to you, free of charge, the following features to close out 2021: Sunday, December 26-Thursday, December 30: El Somnambulo’s 50 Fave Tunes Of The Year! Monday, December 27-DL’s MVP’s (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 24, 2021
RIP: Joan Didion. Not only was she America’s greatest essayist, her methodology was beyond reproach: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. If you haven’t read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, at the […]
Highlands Bunker – An Evening with Dr. Mehmet Oz (w/Bill Martin, Kirsten Walther)
‘Tis the season to enjoy a nice single malt scotch by the fire as you listen to REV and guests dismember Ben DuPont.
Worlds are colliding and the Dr. Oz Senate Campaign has entered with the world of Delaware right-wing financiers. Join us this holiday season for some deep Delaware right-wing lore, from the think tank on the Hoopes Reservoir to a revisiting of Ben DuPont’s alleged embarrassing fake twitter account.
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Song of the Day 12/23: Norah Jones, “Christmas Don’t Be Late”
Even bad Christmas songs can be redeemed by the right artist and the right treatment. As evidence, listen to Norah Jones breathe new life into this widely reviled novelty tune. It’s been covered by dozens of people over the years, usually played for laughs using the original arrangement (Tegan and Sara even sped up their […]
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