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DL Open Thread Tuesday Feb 8th

By jason330 February 8, 202211 Comments

Here is a bunch of stuff that happened. Biden Says Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Won’t Go Forward if Russia Invades Ukraine Biden sounded a little Trumpy in the coverage of…

Song of the Day 2/7: The Beach Boys, “Sloop John B”

By Alby February 7, 20221 Comment

Seems like a good time for a vacation in the Bahamas, doesn't it? Drunken first mate, cook with the fits, even, in the original version, a captain with a greedy…

Tonight: It’s ‘Delaware Way’ Vs. Progressive Change

By El Somnambulo February 7, 202233 Comments

Does this sound like a candidate you could support?: WILMINGTON, DE – Adriana Leela Bohm endorsed by Mary Ann’s List, Delaware Stonewall PAC, and several legislators for the Democratic nomination…

DL Open Thread Monday February 7 2022

By jason330 February 7, 20224 Comments

Bad news for people who think Darwin will be decisive. You may be wondering - Have the disproportionate COVID deaths in "red" areas been big enough to make a difference…

Song of the Day 2/6: Urge Overkill, “Positive Bleeding”

By Alby February 6, 2022

I keep rediscovering bands from the '90s, the last decade when there were so many you might miss a few. Until I heard this tune on a throwback radio show…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022

By El Somnambulo February 6, 20221 Comment

The (Allegedly) Human Paper-Shredder: President Donald Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane. He ripped paper into quarters with two big, clean strokes…

What are the real actual goals of Glorious Centrism anyway?

By jason330 February 5, 202219 Comments

Aside from lower taxes for companies and people who already pay practically nothing, or some complicated tax rebate scheme carefully crafted to give the Chamber of Commerce a hard on,…

Song of the Day 2/5: Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”

By Alby February 5, 2022

Once upon a time it wasn't uncommon for instrumental tracks to become massive hits. One of the biggest came from one of the most unconventional people to ever create one.…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022

By El Somnambulo February 5, 20227 Comments

Trump-Incited Coup Attempt 'Legitimate Political Discourse', According To Rethuglican Party. Censures Cheney and Kinzinger while they're at it. I know that Jason has posted this, but, if that doesn't wake…

The GOP is now an explicitly the pro-insurrection political party

By jason330 February 5, 20228 Comments

The fact that the Republican National Committee officially declared the January 6th insurrection and the conspiracy that preceded it as “legitimate political discourse” seems like a milestone. It also seems…

“Bottom-Up Authoritarianism”

By jason330 February 5, 2022

Super wealthy a-holes who want to be loved are the worst. Luckily they now have a term to describe their full victimhood at the hands of powerless peons who from…

Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2022

By El Somnambulo February 4, 20224 Comments

1. RD 4 Special Election Set--Will District Committee Do The Right Thing?: Gerald Brady has resigned from the Delaware General Assembly. The Special Election to replace him will be held…

Song of the Day 2/4: Fela Kuti, “Why Black Men Dey Suffer”

By Alby February 4, 2022

Guest post by Nathan Arizona For the second year in a row, the most interesting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee is probably the Nigerian Fela Kuti. And once…