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Song of the Day 9/12: Bill Withers, “Ain’t No Sunshine”
This one gets my vote for the most effective I-miss-my-woman song ever written. Bill Withers’ breakthrough hit was inspired by one of the great parting scenes in cinema — no, not “Casablanca,” but a film we don’t hear much about anymore despite its outstanding reputation, “Days of Wine and Roses,” starring Jack Lemmon and Lee […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
Thank whatever you believe in that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed with as little flag-waving horseshit as it did, but Jesus Christ on a tandem bike, can we stop mourning the loss of national unity? You know what unites people? Grief. It wasn’t patriotism, or feeling for our fellow Americans. It was heartsick sadness. […]
How are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for schools & workplaces being covered on Fox News?
Here is a roundup via Media Matters. Basically, Biden is Josef Mengele, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler rolled into one. Fully vaxed-up anti-laxer, Sean Hannity warns “you will be canceled” and the government will target “your loved ones” if you don’t get vaccinated. (I hope nobody tells him about the real consequences.) Fox’s Will Cain compares vaccine […]
Song of the Day 9/11: Pat Benetar, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
Joe Biden is hitting America’s homicidal Republicans with his best shot — a vaccine mandate that’s popular with over 60% of the public, even in deep-red states. Somebody should tell all those butch GOPers they’re acting like soy boys — man up and take the shot. The tune, Pat Benetar’s first Top 10 hit (No. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 11, 2021
Yes, I know what day it is. No, I’m not gonna devote this thread to it. Although you may wish to comment. Your prerogative, that’s why it’s an open thread. So. There was a House Ethics Committee meeting in Dover yesterday. Committee Chair Val Longhurst, whose ethics are not in question (she has none), has […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 10, 2021
I hear there’s a House Committee meeting taking place today. Don’t (Not allowed to) know what it’s about. Can’t (Not allowed to) attend. Business as usual under the thumbs of Speaker Peter and Our PAL Val. Biden Issues Sweeping Vaccine Mandate. Rethug Governors Threaten To Sue: Republican governors from Texas to Missouri and Georgia threatened […]
Andrew Sharp Joins REV to talk about the Delaware Independent
E140 – Covering Them Fairly (w/Andrew Sharp) Journalist Andrew Sharp joins Rob in the bunker to talk about Delaware Independent, a new independent outlet covering western Sussex County and Kent County. Also discussed: the role of objectivity and bias in covering local stories and how the media should cover the police. Show Notes: Subscribe to […]
Hear Coons explain how Glorious Bipartisanship and “Faith” are going to fix climate change
If you want to hear Coons tell Notre Dame University a bunch of nonsense wrapped in horseshit about how glorious bipartisanship and “faith” are going to cure climate change, you can watch the live stream here.
The 9/11 attacks were wholly preventable
Strange how the media celebration of the anniversary doesn’t mention how Bush utterly screwed up.
Song of the Day 9/9: Big Daddy Graham, “Let’s Call in Sick”
The obituary identifies Big Daddy Graham, who died yesterday at 68, as a longtime WIP radio-show host, and that was definitely the most successful of his various gigs. But anyone around her in the ’80s, when the standup comedy boom had clubs opening even in unfunny places like Wilmington, Big Daddy — born Edward Gudonis […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021
If you want to read stories about anti-vax, anti-mask assholes, the media is there for you — can’t swing a dead cat on the internet without hitting one of those. But the mainstream media is showing a lot less interest in a Treasury Dept. study that found the wealthiest 1% of Americans dodge as much […]
I like this Jill Biden goes back to the classroom story
Who could dislike someone who can turn the world on with her smile? How are the GOP haters going to hate someone who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Like many educators this fall, Jill Biden headed back to the classroom at Northern Virginia Community College Tuesday as the […]
An appalling example of the degeneracy of the idle rich
Ben Dupont’s great great uncle. Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was the former president of the DuPont company, head of the family trust, and reported racist, anti-Semite, and extreme right winger. According to Gerard Colyb’s book Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain, this fine fellow built a palace in Cuba, called Xanadu, where he collected […]
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