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Kathy McGuiness Indicted: Open Thread
Might as well morph this thread into an indictment thread now that the State Auditor has been indicted. That press conference by AG Jennings was something. She didn’t hold back about the public trust being violated. As you scroll through this existing thread, you will see all the particulars about the charges. But here’s the […]
Song of the Day 10/10: Marvin Gaye, “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”
This was Marvin Gaye’s follow-up single to his No. 1 smash “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and like that song it was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong — but not for that purpose. The tune was first released on a 1966 Temptation album, but was never released as a single. Whitfield retooled it […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, October 10, 2021
Sit down for this one: Donald Trump lied about how much money his DC hotel brought in. It ran in the red, of course — this is a guy who figured out how to lose money running casinos — and lost $70 million, despite L’il Donnie Two Scoops accepting $3.7 million from foreign governments. This […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 9, 2021
Rabbi Joins Proud Boys, Hands Out ‘Religious Exemptions’ From Covid Vaccinations. ‘Backwards reeled the mind’. Who can quote the original sentence, and who wrote it? No, it wasn’t Sondheim. WH: Trump Docs Can Go To Congress. No doubt Trump will appeal. Sometimes, you (meaning me) have to wonder how Trump can afford to pay all […]
Song of the Day 10/9: Alan Kalter, “Send in the Clowns” [Updated]
OK, I can take a hint. Until I play some Sondheim I won’t be forgiven for polluting the blog with Andrew Lloyd Webber. So, in the spirit of El Som’s “stealth Sondheim,” here’s his best-known tune performed by someone you wouldn’t expect — Alan Kalter, the announcer on David Letterman’s late-night show for 20 years, […]
Song of the Day 10/8: Laurie Anderson, “Language Is a Virus”
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington wanted to mount a Laurie Anderson career retrospective. She wasn’t interested, but she agreed to put together a new multi-media show instead. So through next July 31, you can see “The Weather,” billed as her largest-ever U.S. installation. The Hirshhorn is part of the Smithsonian, so admission […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 8, 2021
Two From The Times: Optimist. Pessimist. Would it surprise you to learn that Krugman is (sorta) the optimist? Yeah, me too. The Ezra Klein piece is must-reading, and it’s not (all) gloom-and-doom. Elon Musk Heads To Anti-Choice Country. Here’s a prediction worthy of being cut-and-saved: “We’re going to create an ecological paradise here because we’re […]
Flag of the Day #4 – Angola
For me, the national flag of Angola is the most stridently revolutionary. It is elegantly split horizontally into a lower black half signifying mother Africa, and an upper red half signifying the blood of the MPLA (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola) revolutionaries who wrested the country from Portugal and defeated capitalist proxies in an ensuing civil […]
Song of the Day 10/7: Edwin Starr, “25 Miles”
Speaking from experience, I think this is a metaphor. I think they were days, not miles, and it wasn’t his feet that were hurting so bad. This 1968 release was Edwin Starr’s first hit for Motown, reaching No. 6, after Berry Gordy bought the Ric-Tic label and all its artists’ contracts. He had a much […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, October 7, 2021
If you’re paying close attention to the latest Debt Limit Ceiling Crisis, well, I pity you — you’re an all-day sucker. Last I checked Republicans were offering to move the standoff to December, but frankly, I don’t give a flying fuck. It will happen or it won’t, and nothing you or I do will make […]
Flag of the Day #3 – Denmark
The flag of Denmark or “Dannebrog” as the Danes call it, has the distinction of being the oldest national flag in continuous use. It also has the distinction of being literally handed down by God from his heavenly throne during battle to help the Danes rally and beat the (then) pagan Estonians at the battle Battle of […]
This fundraising letter from the “Longhurst/Poore team” landed in my mailbox today.
Here is the PDF: Dear Friend.pdf I’m not in the Longhurst/Poore team’s district, but must have been added to their marketing list because I am on the 9th RD committee.
The Corporate State of Delaware
The tiny state has long been a hotbed for corporations. Can mounting public pressure push the state to change its centuries-old ways? Bookmark this from The American Prospect. It catalogs all of Delaware’s corporate sins, and exposes some of the Delaware Way to a reality check.
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