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Song of the Day 1/19: The Beatles, “The End”
If this is indeed the end of the American Republic – I tend to doubt it, but I’m safely overseas – then I think it should bow out with the words of Paul McCartney. The amount of love Trump and his testosterone-poisoned minions will take will indeed equal the amount they make. That number, whether […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 19, 2025
From Men To Boys–Those Billionaires And Their Hormones: Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast to lament the absence of “masculine energy” in the corporate world. “I think a lot of the corporate world is pretty culturally neutered,” Zuckerberg said during his nearly three-hour conversation with Rogan, adding, “Masculine […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 18, 2025
Sad. MAGAts And Donors Must Watch Inauguration–On A Jumbotron: Now, instead of hundreds of thousands of Trump voters gathering at the U.S. Capitol to watch their president begin his second term, they’ll instead be ushered to the Capital One Arena about a mile away where they can watch from … a jumbotron. We might as […]
David Lynch: An Appreciation
Guest Post By Gary Mullinax: David Lynch was a movie director who started with a slimy baby that looks like a skinned rabbit (and might really have been one), then gave us a red-suited midget who talks and sings backwards and a severed ear covered with bugs resting on a plush suburban lawn. What were […]
Monique Johns Doesn’t Seem To Stand For Anything
Guest Post By Accende Lucem: On November 5, 2024, I walked into the polls and voted for Monique Johns for New Castle County Council President. As an old school Democrat (think: Franklin Roosevelt), I pulled the lever for Johns because her Republican opponent was no option. A darling of the Chamber of Commerce, Melissa Brayman […]
Song of the Day 1/17: Arthur Conley, “Funky Street”
One-hit wonders get more attention, but there are lots of two-hit wonders out there, too. Arthur Conley, for example. Conley was singing for minor labels from the late ’50s to the mid-’60s when Otis Redding heard him and signed him to his fledgling label. Together they reworked a Sam Cooke tune into “Sweet Soul Music,” […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 17, 2025
NYC’s Top Criminal Heads To Mar-A-Lago, Seeking Pardon. Betcha he gets one: Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, his re-election chances in doubt and a federal indictment looming over him, flew to Florida on Thursday to meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago just four days before the inauguration. The mayor, a Democrat, […]
Song of the Day 1/16: Kesha, “Tik Tok”
The deadline for whatever happens to TikTok is fast approaching. I don’t use social media, so it won’t affect me directly no matter what happens, but lots of people are worked up about it so it’s all over the news. This might be why when I searched for Kesha, one of the auto-prompt questions that […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Joseph Heller was acclaimed for his novel ‘Catch-22’, which enjoyed ca(t)che with anti-war protestors in the ’60’s. Gotta admit, started it, didn’t like it, didn’t finish it. Have no desire to give it a second chance. Anyway, he subsequently wrote a poorly-received novel called “Something Happened”. The entire sum part and parcel of one classic […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Netanyahu Gonna Netanyahu. Holds up deal: Last-minute disputes appeared to hold up an expected Israeli cabinet vote on Thursday that could formally ratify a cease-fire deal with Hamas that has raised hopes that the devastating 15-month war could be coming to an end. By the afternoon, Israel had yet to convene ministers to discuss the […]
BREAKING: Israel and Hamas Agree To Cease-Fire, Hostage Release
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/ A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached Wednesday following more than 15 months of extraordinary bloodshed and violence in Gaza, said a senior U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions. Details of the agreement are to be announced shortly in Doha, the […]
Song Of The Day 1/15: Mahalia Jackson, “Elijah Rock”
Al’s in transit, so I’m not sure he’s got a song in mind. However, I was blown away by the Delaware State University Choir that opened yesterday’s House session, doing a version of this song: Not only was Mahalia Jackson a singer beyond compare, she wrote the song and lyrics. Think she debuted it around […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 15, 2025
The Big Story: Speaker Minor-Brown Seems Determined To Restore Collegiality To The House. After well over a decade of iron-fisted rule by Pete Schwartzkopf and Val Longhurst, the newly-installed Speaker took great pains yesterday to change the atmosphere of impending doom that had been a hallmark of the Pete/Val years. The floor was chock-full of […]
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