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Song of the Day 4/8: Pink Floyd, “Eclipse”
C’mon, what else would you expect? The final track from the LP that has spent more than 1,000 weeks on the Billboard album chart, with sales of more than 45 million. For those who’ve never used the record as an alternate soundtrack to “The Wizard of Oz,” the heartbeat fade-out plays just as the Tin […]
DL Open Thread Monday, April 8, 2024
Klaatu barada nikto, motherfuckers. Welcome to the Day the News Stood Still. Whatever else is happening in the country has taken a back seat to this afternoon’s total eclipse. In Delaware, 80-90% of the sun’s disc will be obscured, matching the amount of other news being overlooked because of the event. One story squeaked through: […]
Song of the Day 4/7: Len, “Steal My Sunshine”
Showing you can make up doomsday theories about anything, TikTokers and other assorted nuts – looking at you, Alex Jones – have concocted a witches’ brew of crackpot claims about “elites” conducting “Masonic rituals” when the sun disappears. Oooh, sounds scary, kids! Len is a Canadian brother and sister who record with various guest artists. […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 29-April 4, 2024
1. BHL AWOL. SOL? She’s apparently trying to still raise money. But, she’s been missing campaign events, including a Suxco Candidates’ Forum. She also missed a recent event in the Ardens. Both Meyer and O’Mara attended, as did a host of other candidates. I think she’s in the death rattle phase of her campaign. The […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 7, 2024
A little detail from yesterday’s campaigning. I arrive at this self-contained community. It’s gusty. One of those oversized balloon things, an ‘I Love You’ balloon in the shape of a heart with golden plastic ‘legs’, blows down some lawns, crosses the street, and winds up in some shrubbery behind a massive Delaware Tire Center complex. […]
Song of the Day 4/6: Bill Haley and His Comets, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
The battle outside is ragin’, but that’s not what shook your windows and rattled your walls yesterday. It was a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered in northern New Jersey. It came just six and a half years after the big Dover shaker of 2017, clear evidence that we’re living in the end times. Though 1955 is often […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 6, 2024
When Is A Bond Not A Bond? When it’s not valid in the State of New York. Watch the video: The video explains the details behind NY AG Letitia James’ objections to the $175 million bond that TFG filed against the $454 million judgment in the tax fraud case. Turns out the company that posted […]
Bob Marshall: An Appreciation
When I went to work for the Delaware State Senate in 1985, all I knew about Bob Marshall was what I had been told–he was the nephew of Wilmington City Democratic Boss Leo Marshall, and that he had benefited from that relationship. Our paths hadn’t crossed during my first two years in the House and […]
Song of the Day 4/5: MGMT, “Kids”
Are the misogynistic people behind the forced-birth movement really so oblivious to popular opinion that they think they can put the birth-control toothpaste back in the tube? Do they really think their irresponsible moron-bro base will be in favor of impregnating the women they use sexually? Apparently so. If history is any guide, those new […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 5, 2024
First, A Public Disservice Announcement: Delaware Political Weekly will be a little late this week. As in tomorrow. I’m working on the Bob Marshall piece, and I think I’ve finally figured out how to write it. Algorithms Decide Assisted Living Staffing Levels. Which is why the government must: Two decades ago, a group of senior-housing […]
Song of the Day 4/4: Eurythmics, “Here Comes the Rain Again”
H/t KentCoCat, who alerted me with how many days of heavy rainfall Delaware has gotten since the weather was supposed to turn cold – according to this article, triple the historical average. Apparently El Nino is to blame. Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox wrote this song, a No. 4 hit on the Hot 100, on […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Truth Social Was Kept Alive By Russian Money Launderer. Great reporting from The Guardian: Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light […]
Song of the Day 4/3: Wilco, “War on War”
If we can have Peacekeeper missiles, why can’t we have a war on war? One would come in handy about now. From Wilco’s album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” posted online by the band in 2001 when their record company refused to release it. After changing companies, the official release the next year earned rave reviews and […]
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