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DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 16, 2023
How My Daughter Observed Hanukkah In Portland: Image Credit: Jewish Voice for Peace Bibi Should Pay Attention As Israeli Troops Kill Three Israeli Hostages: The three hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza were carrying a makeshift white flag when a soldier “felt threatened and opened fire,” (well, cops everywhere use that rationale whenever they […]
Song of the Day 12/15: The Roches, “Deck the Halls”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona WXPN voters couldn’t find even one song by the Roches to place on the station’s just-concluded listeners survey of the 885 best songs by women. But the harmonizing sisters are going to sing a couple of Christmas carols for you today anyway, through the time-traveling magic of YouTube. The Roches […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 15, 2023
Feckless Joe: Bibi, You Need To Dial It Back. Bibi: Kiss My Tucchus: Almost half of the munitions Israel has used in Gaza since the war began have been unguided bombs, a U.S. intelligence assessment has found, a ratio that some arms experts say helps explain the conflict’s enormous civilian death toll. The revelation comes […]
Delaware Political Weekly: December 8-14, 2023
1. Velda Jones Potter Files For Wilmington Mayoral Race. She’s not just running for herself, she’s running for her family and their assorted hangers-on. With your vote, you can provide a whole bunch of needy grifters/deadbeats with jobs and access to big pots of money. Let’s see–she ran for Mayor in 2020, and got over […]
A Headline I Couldn’t Resist
I know the print/online media love stories that make you go “Click!” but sometimes you just can’t resist. This one did it for me: GOPer Goes on Bizarre Rant About the Quality of Santa’s Glass of Milk on House Floor It’s what I think of as a mystery headline, as in, “What the fuck is […]
Song of the Day 12/14: Buck Owens, “Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy”
I think most people sour on the Christmas music played on the radio and at commercial establishments because the playlist is too short. It consists of five or six dozen songs familiar to almost everyone, most of them recorded by dozens of artists. They vary only in their arrangement and production – the songs themselves […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 14, 2023
Every House Rethug Votes To Conduct A Biden Impeachment ‘Investigation’. In the hopes of, you know, finding something: It’s a win for Speaker Mike Johnson, who managed to unify his conference after battleground-district Republicans spent months resisting a formal inquiry — leading his predecessor to backtrack and start the investigation unilaterally. “This is an important […]
Song of the Day 12/13: Brenda Lee, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
If you venture out in public much you’re probably sick of Christmas music by now, but it’s my policy to listen to only 12 days of Christmas music. I’m starting a day early this year because a record most people have heard their entire lives just made it to No. 1 on the Hot 100. […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023
Does what’s left of the Republican Party understand it’s a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia? On one hand, they’re stupid, so they might not realize where that dark money comes from now that the NRA’s Russian cover has been blown. On the other, even the stupidest among them, Kevin McCarthy, figured it out years ago, […]
It’s Official: House Democratic Caucus A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of BHL’s Campaign
Thanks to Our PAL Val, who has stated that she supports BHL because she can manipulate her. Which is why the current House Chief-Of-Staff is only there for the paycheck while still working as BHL’s operative. On the state’s dime. Kinda what you have to do if the campaign has no money and no volunteers. […]
Song of the Day 12/12: Carole King, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
WXPN’s contest countdown is nearly through (as I post this there are fewer than 60 songs to go) and most of the entries I put on my ballot because I thought they’d be underrepresented have been played. So have most of my late rejects. This song has been played, too, but not by this artist. […]
I Don’t Give a Fuck What You Think About Israel and the Palestinians
Seriously, I don’t give a flying fuck what you think, and if you’re honest with yourself – a heavy lift for a lot of people – you don’t give a flying fuck what I or anyone else thinks, either. Simple acid test: Has a month-plus of nonstop discussion of this changed your mind about it? […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023
Governments around the world like to pretend they’re doing something about global warming, but for all the talk about renewables, 80% of the world’s energy is still derived from fossil fuels. Lots of petroleum-producing countries, and oil industry in this one, want to keep it that way. Their latest victory came at the UN’s COP28 […]
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