Song of the Day 10/27: Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”
These are strange times in America, and not just because one of our political parties has gone full fascist. We live in a country where a 42-year-old song can re-enter…
Schumer and Ocasio-Cortez Respond to GOP Court Packing
AOC: Expand the court. Republicans do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct. But…
A: Republicans Aren’t Hobbled By Having Chris Coons on Their Team
Q: How do Republicans get away with it?
Duncan Black at Eschaton makes a good point: There's something to be learned from the "we're just doing this" way Republicans go about things. A way to stop something from being portrayed as "controversial" is to just assert that it isn't. Of course, the GOP isn't burdened by having to drag around Chris Coons. A Senator who is, at his best, hand-wringing deadweight, and at his worst, working for the other side.DL Open Thread: October 27, 2020
Rethugs Lock In Minority Government. The will of the people will be thwarted by the Supreme Court--unless Democrats do something bold. Which would be, what's the phrase, out of character. …
Phil Shawe setting piles of money on fire in Gov race
If you are a regular reader of caribbeannewsglobal.com you already know that John Carney "has fueled ‘The Delaware Way’ where a few elite and mostly white men stay in power…
Which Delaware Statewide candidate is going to post the biggest win vs their entirely execrable DEGOP opponent?
True. Witzke (sp?) is a train wreck, and Coons is strangely popular - but she got 350 people to donate $950 (on average) to her campaign. I'd put Witzke at…
Song of the Day 10/26: The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”
It's been an awful year all over the world, which might help explain why a woman confronted Edinburgh, Scotland, street musician Matt Grant last week by grabbing his guitar from…
DL Open Thread: Monday, October 26, 2020
Meadows Admits It: Pandemic's Out Of Control: Further complicating Trump’s campaign-trail pitch was an extraordinary admission Sunday from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that the administration had effectively…
Song of the Day 10/25: Jerry Jeff Walker, “Mr. Bojangles”
It almost has the certainty of scientific law: Any hell-raising musician will reach his commercial peak with a song that's slow and sentimental. It certainly proved to be the case…
Non-Predictions Thread
In a normal year I'd have probably put up an electoral college prediction post about now. I'm just not feeling it this year. I hope the country turns out to be filled with sane people. I also hope the DEGOP gets kicked in the balls by voters vigorously and repeatedly. I guess there is a fair chance of that happening, but that's as far as I'll go.
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Pence Team Tests Positive. Won't stop Pence's campaign schedule, though. WH tried to keep it hush-hush. Dems Target Georgia. Biden is heading there on Tuesday, Kamala and Jill have already…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Trump Signs Executive Order To Destroy Civil Service. While nobody was looking. Pure evil. Biden had better have his transition team prepare about a thousand Executive Orders for him to…
Song of the Day 10/23: The Spencer Davis Group, “Gimme Some Lovin'”
Note: This is a guest post by Nathan Arizona. Spencer Davis, who died this week at 81, was one of the most important pioneers of British electric blues-rock and the…