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Eradicating Homelessness (w/Shyanne Miller, Ann Aviles)
E63 – Eradicating Homelessness (w/Shyanne Miller, Ann Aviles) Housing activists Shyanne Miller and Ann Aviles join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the long-running issue of housing in Wilmington, and how the HOMES (Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, Equity, Stability) Campaign is trying to organize people to find solutions. Show Notes: Previous housing episode with […]
Song of the Day 4/17: Bob Dylan, “I Contain Multitudes”
Mr. Zimmerman is at it again. He dropped another new song, again at midnight, without explanation or embellishment. This one’s a lot shorter than “Murder Most Foul,” but it’s similar in its spare instrumental accompaniment and its lyrical obsessions. Still no word on whether this is part of a forthcoming album.
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 17, 2020
Delaware’s Budget No Longer Operative. In fact, right now, the total impact is unknowable. I may be the only one, but I’m not upset that the Delaware General Assembly has not yet planned some sort of virtual reopening. First of all, it’s not easy. 62 legislators, staff, and a system that is not geared for […]
Fascists Hate Their Name
They want to pretend they’re Republicans, or patriots, or whatever label they prefer to what they are. They are fascists. Call them that, on every reference. I’ve been doing that for several days now and they really, really hate it. Calling them Nazis just rolls off their brown-shirted backs, but call them fascists and they […]
Song of the Day 4/16: Ralph Stanley, “O Death”
If Donald Trump gets his way, this will become the new national anthem. The Appalachian folk song dates back to the 1920s, but it only got wide exposure when the Coen brothers used Ralph Stanley’s a cappella version in their 2000 film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in a scene depicting a Klan rally. The […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., April 16, 2020
DeMatteis To Delaware Prisoners: Just Die Already. They can make masks, they are making masks, they just can’t have any. This is a real quote from Carney’s favorite fixer on what she perceives to be a low number of positive cases in the prison system: “Pretty remarkable, right?” said Delaware Department of Correction Commissioner Claire […]
Song of the Day 4/15: Warren Zevon, “Life’ll Kill Ya”
If Warren Zevon were still alive, he’d probably re-title this one “Trump’ll Kill Ya,” but the real reason I thought of it is this line in the first verse: You need a permit to walk around downtown. That’s now the literal truth here in Paris, where you have to show papers listing your name, address, […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., April 15, 2020
Stimulus Checks Delayed So That Trump’s Signature Can Be Stamped On Them. Thankfully, my kids have e-banking. Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. US. Global. The daily carnage: 609,685 confirmed cases, 26,059 deaths in the US. This count does not include the updated NY count, which would place the deaths at near 30,000. Trump Undercuts WHO, His […]
Song of the Day 4/14: XTC, “Mayor of Simpleton”
Donald Trump proclaimed himself King of America yesterday. He’s really just Mayor of Simpleton. This Andy Partridge song was on the 1989 LP “Oranges and Lemons.”
Ernest Hemingway on American Fascism
Because I took no books with me on what I thought would be a three-week trip to Paris and Barcelona, I’ve been passing the time by reading old books online. Over the past day I read Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” his novel set in the Spanish Civil War. His protagonist, Robert Jordan, […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., April 14, 2020
For Trump, Every Day Is Festivus. An utterly-unhinged President and his utterly-unhinged press conferences. Yesterday alone featured a campaign video paid for by the taxpayers, a presidential assertion of absolute power, and a two-hour monologue uninterrupted by even one mention of what his administration is actually doing to stop the pandemic. Here’s a good take. […]
Anthony Delcollo is Running as a Fascist This Year
Let’s cut the bullshit. Every Republican that remains a Republican today is a member of a fascist party. “States can’t do anything without the approval of the President of the United States.” Trump said it out loud yesterday and for a person like Delcolo (who fancies himself a constitutionalist) to continue to support Trump is […]
Song of the Day 4/13: UFO, “Doctor, Doctor”
UFO was one of the earliest British bands to earn the label “heavy metal,” forming in 1968, the same year as Black Sabbath. They never managed to score a hit in the U.S., but they reached the lower reaches of the UK charts several times. This was originally released in 1974 and failed to chart, […]
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