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71, 10, & 23

By jason330 March 24, 20202 Comments

New Castle: 71 Kent: 10 Sussex: 23 As of 8:19pm March 24th. No deaths yet. John Hopkins Map

Bye Bye Firefly

By El Somnambulo March 24, 20201 Comment

It's been canceled for 2020: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/2020/03/24/firefly-music-festival-cancelled-due-coronavirus-scare/2908547001/

DL Open Thread: Tues., March 24, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 24, 20201 Comment

Trump Unreality Show's Latest Plot Twist?: Put An End To Social Distancing. A real plot twist, or just a guarantee that the networks will continue to cover this serial liar?…

Song of the Day 3/24: Moby Grape, “Hey Grandma”

By Alby March 24, 20202 Comments

Now that some Fox News talking heads, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and various other sociopaths on TV and the interwebs -- including the Orangutan in the Oval Office --…

Coons can’t get through 2 minute Morning Joe Segment without trashing Dems

By jason330 March 24, 202015 Comments

Coons just spent his daily Morning Joe segment touting his experience running New Castle County and little else. Because he can't go two minutes without undermining Democrats, he did…

Song of the Day 3/23: Warren Zevon, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”

By Alby March 23, 20202 Comments

Can't think of a more appropriate song for our current crisis. Warren Zevon wrote and recorded this before he knew he had the mesothelioma that would kill him just a…

DL Open Thread: Mon., March 23, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 23, 202011 Comments

'Wartime President' Abdicates War Powers. But his poll numbers are going up, largely b/c of his daily campaign rallies masquerading as 'Coronavirus Task Force' briefings. Ceding all responsibility (and blame)…

Will Collaborationists Coons and Carper Vote for McConnell’s Corporate Giveaway?

By Alby March 22, 202010 Comments

Mitch McConnell and his Repugnant caucus get their corporate bailout/worker fuckover bill through the Senate? They need Democratic votes to do it. Will Carper and Coons play along? Given their…

Song of the Day 3/22: Randy Rainbow, “Social Distance”

By Alby March 22, 20201 Comment

Randy Rainbow is saving America by lying on his couch, and keeping us entertained while we lie on ours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimbyL_25Nw

DL Open Thread: Sun., March 22, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20206 Comments

Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. Where are the masks? We hear the daily platitudes from Trumpence, but the masks don't come. Trump prefers to let 'market forces' work. And blame everyone…

Petty Bureaucrats Spring, Spraunk, Sprank Into Action

By jason330 March 22, 20201 Comment

City commissioners in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, bicker over ad-hoc rules and hurdles that, as if by magic, make it virtually impossible to take emergency measures such as closing the…

Song of the Day 3/21: Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

By Alby March 21, 20209 Comments

Kenny Rogers, singer, actor and roast-chicken entrepreneur, died yesterday at age 81. Say what you will, but Rogers scored more than 120 chart hits and sold more than 200 million…

DL Open Thread: Sat., March 21, 2020

By El Somnambulo March 21, 202010 Comments

Trump's Press Conferences Are Nothing But Propaganda. They've become like his campaign rallies, and I think the networks should stop showing them live. He just pounds the same lies into…