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Coons to Deploy His Patented Bipartisan Savoir Faire on Manchin & Sinema – We are Fucked
Biden’s “Build Back Better” has been trimmed to the bone in part because Coons signaled a willingness to give up half of the projected $400 billion plan prior to day one.
Now, with Senate action scheduled in the coming weeks Machine and Sinema are threatening additional cuts. But don’t worry. This WaPO article is here to let you know that Chris Coon is on it.
“Relationships, understanding where another senator is coming from and being respectful of their frame and their concerns is the best way to be persuasive with any senator,” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)
RIP: Barry Harris
One of jazz’ greatest pianists, and highly-revered by fans, fellow musicians, and his countless students. I was fortunate enough to see Harris and tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan put on a master class in bop at the Flight Deck (Wilmington version). It might have sounded something like this: Harris performed on an album of duets with […]
Song of the Day 12/8: Tommy James and the Shondells, “Hanky Panky”
Lots of people and groups have been wrongly neglected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but had more or bigger hits, or a weirder journey through the underbelly of the music business, than the guy born Thomas Gregory Jackson. James started out as Tommy Jackson, the 12-year-old frontman of Tom and the Tornadoes […]
Song of the Day 12/7, Wishbone Ash, “Blowin’ Free”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Wishbone Ash will probably never get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Too British, for one thing. Reasonably popular in its 1970s heyday, but now lacking the high profile needed to make those lists of “ten bands that should be in the Hall of Fame.” That doesn’t mean […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Does This Have The Faint Aroma Of Kathleen McGuiness Stench To It? No, it has complete and total McG stench affixed to it. A PAC was registered with the Delaware Department Of Elections yesterday. The PAC is called the ‘Prescription For Change’ PAC. Its stated purpose is ‘to support candidates who make a positive impact […]
Experienced Ass-Kisser, Pucker’s Up for Prolonged Ass Kissing
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., will resign from Congress to become CEO of Trump’s fledgling “Media & Technology Group” next month. Nunes, who boasts of being a dairy farmer, will begin his new career despite having no apparent prior experience working in the tech industry or as an executive.
Song of the Day 12/6: Phil Ochs, “Love Me, I’m a Liberal”
Some people who vote for Democrats, and some who get elected as Democrats, have been calling themselves liberals for generations now. Phil Ochs isn’t heard much these days, but he had their number in 1966, when he noted that liberals are “10 degrees to the left of center in good times, 10 degrees to the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 6, 2021
Bloody Rethug Primary Set For Georgia: The looming Republican primary opens a new front in the Georgia GOP’s civil war, which traces back to Trump’s loss in Georgia in November. Those divisions played a role in the twin defeats of both of the state’s Republican senators, Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, two months later in January […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 5, 2021
C’mon, folks, get your nominees for 2021 MVP’s (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause in Delaware) in. Time’s running short. The thread’s a little late this morning. Last night’s Twisted Pine concert was so awesome. Not to mention, as the producer, I’m more than a little worn-out today. Those steps at the Gild Hall aren’t […]
Song of the Day 12/4: The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
H/t puck. I don’t have to be asked twice to play the Clash. Mick Jones didn’t write this song on 1982’s “Combat Rock” about emigration*, but it’s not quite clear what he did write it about. Speculation has always centered on his tempestuous relationship with singer/actress Ellen Foley (it’s her voice on Meat Loaf’s “Paradise […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 4, 2021
‘Her Snowless Mountains Majesty Above The Barren Plains’. Snowless mountains (literally) loom large in Mountain West: A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy: In about 35 to 60 years, mountainous states are projected to be nearly snowless for years at a time […]
BREAKING: Andria Bennett Cashing In With City Of Dover, Salary In the Six Figure Range
I just spoke to the current City Clerk of Dover, Traci McDowell. She confirmed the report from one of our readers that Andria Bennett has indeed been hired for that job. McDowell will stay on in the position until Bennett is ‘settled in’. Although the title is ‘City Clerk’, it’s more like the top administrative […]
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