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“Nobody is more responsible for the historic success of our Party…”
Jesse Chadderdon is right to heap laurels on the head of outgoing NCC Dem Chair, Whatshisname. But I think “he welcomed new people into the Party, kept long-serving members meaningfully engaged” does not do justice to how the outgoing chair dragged the party into the modern era by allowing Democratic Party voters to decide primaries – not the party. As Joe Biden might have said, that’s a big fucking deal.
Song of the Day 4/16: Toronto, “Your Daddy Don’t Know”
Protectionism has a bad name among economists, but as with most things, in some circumstances it’s absolutely the right thing for a country to do if it wants to grow a particular industry. For Canada in the early days of rock music, the danger was the domination of its music industry and airwaves by the […]
DL Open Thread Friday, April 16, 2021
County Councilman Jea Street very publicly resigned as co-chair of council’s safety committee after condemning the fatal shooting of Lymond Moses. “I go all the way back to when I was in high school and riots broke out in the 60s, and we looked up, here come the county police with long guns in riot […]
Coons’ Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus Preparing to Spring into Action
Coons has negotiated the infrastructure package in half by himself. Huzzah for compromise!!
Just wait until his SUPER SECRET BIPARTISAN caucus gets going!
Coons said that “several fairly seasoned senior Republicans” told him they were willing to support a $1 trillion infrastructure package and pay for some of it but objected to Biden’s plan to raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. Thehill.com
Anybody who has been paying the least bit of attention to Coons’ nonsense knows how this is going to end. Collins is, regrettably, voting no. All Republicans are voting no, but most have enough dignity not to look like idiots on their way to their no vote.
Song of the Day 4/15: Ludovico Einaudi, “Due Tramonti (Two Sunsets)”
Oscar season is upon us — the ceremony takes place April 25 — and it will be a major shock if “Nomadland” isn’t named best picture. Everything about the film stands out amid Hollywood’s mass-produced dreck, including its soundtrack, mostly taken from Italian pianist-composer Ludovico Einaudi’s seven-album collection “Seven Days Walking.” Director Chloé Zhao, who […]
DL Open Thread Thursday April 15th – The ALL DELAWARE EDITION
In today’s Delaware-centric open thread Delaware AG says criminal/ex-police chief not fit to serve as Newport’s town commissioner. Also, WTF Newport? He was elected with 32 votes. Jesusfuckingchrist, get your shit together.
People waiting to claim vouchers for Delaware surf tags go away mad. Did you just say. “Fuck these people”? Or “Surf fishing, my ass”. Don’t lie. I know you did.
More than 50,000 women In Delaware live in contraceptive deserts. That is fucking pitiful. Every Delawarean should be ashamed. Get these women some goddam contraceptives.
It is now illegal in Delaware to discriminate on the basis of hair. Also, if you feel like you are about to comment on someone’s hair, just don’t. Okay?
God (or whatever) bless the ACLU and Community Legal Aid Society for successfully suing Delaware into property reassessments.
A 2nd Amendment enthusiast in Harrington shoots into a car driving down his street. Cuz, you know… freedom! tyranny? rap music? Who the fuck knows?
But first, keeping a pet deer that you’ve house-trained seems like a terrible idea.
Republicans Got Nothin’ and They Know It
It seems Jim Clyburn knew what he was doing after all. When the South Carolina Congressman endorsed Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary and Biden carried the state, most progressives took it as a sign that the Democratic Party wasn’t ready for a progressive administration. It turns out that wasn’t the point at […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – ONLY WORLD NEWS EDITION
In today’s seulement international open thread, what is Ramadan, anyway?
Japan is dumping tons of Fukushima wastewater Into the sea. Sounds like a plan.
Covid is real, y’all. India overtakes Brazil to become the second-worst hit country as Covid cases soar.
Heck of a Job Johnson – Brexit fallout, violent riots have broken out in Northern Ireland.
Kiwis getting shit right – New Zealand is now requiring banks to disclose climate risks when making loans.
But first… Biden to announce withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Its weird symbolism, but our entire war in Afghanistan has been nothing but weird symbolism.
This “Patriot” Group’s Focus On School Board Elections is Troubling
This “patriotsfordelaware.com” site reads like typical GOP dumbassery with all the flags and calls to empty flag worship. But there is something troubling going on here. The focus appears to be on electing “patriots” Q-anon believers and gun-safety opponents to Delaware’s school boards. That is worrisome because school board elections have miserable turnout, so a […]
Song of the Day 4/13: Less Than Jake, “The State of Florida”
As pop-punk band Less Than Jake noted in this 2008 song, Florida is sinking into the sea. I would note that the process isn’t going fast enough. Unlike, say, Neil Young writing about Southern men, LTJ’s critique came from inside — the band’s album “GNV FLA,” released in 2008, is named for their hometown, Gainesville. […]
Dear Republicans: You Have Already Been Replaced
Why are Republicans suckers for every half-witted conspiracy theory ever concocted? Consider the latest obsession of Tucker Carlson, poster boy for mediocre white dudes, the so-called Great Replacement theory. It holds that Democrats want to replace white Americans with immigrants, apparently so they can win elections. To start with, this is just recycled Hitler, who […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday April 13th 2021
The news is tiring again today, but some light breaks through and change is possible as Maryland repealed the state’s police bill of rights.
Also, on this date in 1743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-09), was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. All drunk on the Enlightenment, he wrote “all men are created equal”. Of course he meant American born white men of property were equal to Brittish born white men of property, but we commoners had our own interpretation. And a fellow commoner named Abe Lincoln worked to lock in the more expansive meaning, so Happy Birthday Thomas, you red-headed devil!
Song of the Day 4/12: Sinéad O’Connor, “Black Boys on Mopeds”
The continuing plague of police brutality against Black men has kept this song relevant more than 30 years after its release. Colin Roach was a 21-year-old Black man living in the London borough of Hackney in 1983, when police tried to pull him over, apparently thinking the moped he was driving was stolen. Hackney, a […]
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