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A 21st Century Lynching
While watching the video footage of the New Castle County police surround, awaken, menace and eventually kill Lymond Moses I could not shake this persistent plaguing thought. Whatever happens we’re all going to be told why it was appropriate and just.
Song of the Day 3/17: The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, “Brennan on the Moor”
Sure, celebrating St. Paddy’s Day by partying is an American invention, but so is an important element of this traditional Irish outlaw ballad. The song was popularized by a Clancy Brothers recording released in 1961 (this video is from 1963) and can be traced to broadsides published in the 1860s, though it tells of events […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 17, 2021
The Big News: SB 15, the $15 Minimum Wage bill, will be heard in committee today, and has been placed on tomorrow’s Senate Agenda. All 14 Senate Democratic senators are on the bill as sponsors, so, barring some unforeseen circumstance, it will pass in the Senate. Which is when the real work begins. Here’s yesterday’s […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Newly-Released Bodycam Video ‘Refutes’ Police’s Initial Account Of Fatal Shooting Of Lymond Moses “They were not in harm’s way at all. They were not in harm’s way. And that refutes them opening fire when it shows Lymond was not facing any officer directly,” Moses’ wife, Amanda Spence, said. FUCK Mitch Mcconnell and his empty […]
Song of the Day 3/16: Bill Parsons, “She Blinded Me With Science”
Maybe Thomas Dolby is the reason Republicans distrust science — they’re afraid it will make them go blind. I like covers that show a different side of a familiar song, and this one stands out in that regard. Bill Parsons was on the folk-club circuit 20 years ago promoting his only LP, “Special Delivery,” which […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
We can’t let last Thursday’s session go w/o mentioning the latest musings of Delaware’s Least Woke (Awake?) legislator. SB 56 (Sturgeon), which ‘codifies the Opportunity Fund, an additional source of educational funding for Delaware public schools intended to support the increased needs of low income and English learner students, and establishes the parameters for how […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
As the Acting Chairman of the Mid-Delaware Mike Ramone Haters Club, I fully endorse this attempt to make Ramone account for his abuse of office. Murkowski won as a write in but her hat can’t contain another rabbit. Chuck Schumer is having a little chat with Lisa Murkowski? The Alaska Republican Party has voted to […]
Song of the Day 3/15: Emma Swift, “Queen Jane Approximately”
Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift, who works out of Nashville, released a well-received album of Bob Dylan covers last August, “Blonde on the Tracks,” that I only caught up with because now that I’m vaccinized I’ve been in the car a couple of Sundays in a row, and I heard a lot of Americana on the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday the Ides of March, 2021
“WAP” (an acronym for “Wet-Ass Pussy”) was performed on the Grammy’s last night by Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion. I’m not qualified to discuss the musical merits, but anything that triggers apoplexy in Tucker Carlson must have something going for it. Also, kudos to CBS. They’ve come a long way from not allowing the […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, March 14, 2021
Among the generally strong reviews of Joe Biden’s first presidential address, a few pundits are pointing out that the most important part wasn’t even spoken out loud: The overthrow of Ronald Reagan and the GOP’s insistence that “the government is the problem.” It’s even being noted that the current Joe Biden is a lot more […]
The Last Guy can’t even fuck up the GOP correctly
Mired in legal battles, and his fundraising slowing to a trickle, TLG is looking more like the floundering loser he is and less like a king maker. He backed away from creating a third party and has soured on the costly prospect of launching his own TV empire or social media startup. His vow to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 13, 2021
Kentucky Senate Outlaws Saying Something That Might Hurt Cops’ Feelings: Kentucky’s Republican-majority Senate on Thursday moved forward a bill that would make it easier to arrest protesters for insulting a police officer, a measure that critics say would stifle free speech. The bill, passed two days before the anniversary of the fatal police shooting of […]
Song of the Day 3/12: Sturgill Simpson, “In Bloom”
I guess it’s my week for country-adjacent covers of rock songs. Sturgill Simpson turns Nirvana’s tuneful grunge-pop nugget into a power ballad that builds to a horn-embellished climax worth of Vegas-era Elvis. He included it on his acclaimed 2016 album “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” because, he told Spin, “For me, that song has always […]
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