‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February, 2017
I don't know if the music is just better so far this year or if I'm getting better at finding it, but I found a lot of great music this…
Conservatives In Revolt Against GOP Draft ACA Replacement
We all know how this ends:
1) Paul Ryan will cave in to the GOP "hardliners" who want to repeal the ACA outright without a replacement in place.
2) Millions of people will be screwed in the process,
3) At their moment of maximum electoral peril Democrats will bail the GOP out by hacking together some abysmal "compromise" and
4) The GOP will salvage a win at the ballot box by claiming that the entire problem was created by Obama and the Democrats.
How A Potential Boondoggle Became a Full-Fledged Boondoggle
The scheme was so crazy that it might well have been dreamt up by a tiny group of cronies downing a few libations at Crabby Dick's in Delaware City. In…
Question of the Day
The Republican president said yesterday, "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." What are some other complicated things that the Republican president is encountering?
Carper and Coons both voted to confirm Trump’s money launderer
Your representatives in the US Senate just blithly voted to confirm Wilbur Ross as secretary of commerce despite the fact that Ross appears to have recently been involved with laundering hundreds of millions of Putin's money through a Cyprus bank that caters to wealthy Russians. Ross and his Cypriot bank is also connected to a $100 million cash payment to Trump for a distressed Florida estate the Republican President purchased at auction for $40 million two years ago.
That wealthy Russians use Trump to launder money is one thing. Cheaters are going to cheat. But that Carper and Coons care so little about their "advise and consent" role in the Senate is truly disgusting.
Waiting for FDR
So while Delaware waits for Governor Carney to act like a Democrat (hint, it's not going to happen), Chief Justice Leo Strine testified yesterday asking the Bond Committee to raise the gasoline tax. As much as I would like to see the gasoline tax raised, they only way I would support it is if income taxes on the richest is raised as well. A gas tax would be a burden on the working class and poor in Delaware. If they need to pony up some more money than the folks in 19807 need to pay as well.
February 28, 2017 Open Thread
Siegel JCC, Dover police, Wilmington Housing Authority, OMB gang indictment, Colonial School District, Indian River School District, Brandywine Zoo
Another Bomb Threat at JCC
Don't worry, nothing to see here, say Republicans. Is this the 3rd bomb threat at the JCC?
Question of the Day
Would Delaware be better off with Colin Bonini being governor rather than John Carney?
El Somnambulo Overthinks It All For You: Special Election Edition
1. Biggest Surprise: The turnout. While I haven't gone back to check, there is no way that any previous Special Election turnout rivaled this one. There are 35,673 registered voters…
February 27, 2017 Open Thread
State mourns deaths of 2 Dover officers (link) Delaware massage therapists stressed by proposed law (link) Dover police chief hiring process mired in politics, personalities (link) Levee to keep water…
Cape Criminals Clearly Caucasian
If you are in Sussex Coutry be careful around the White People. Just reading the Cape Gazette and wondering why nobody in the White leadership says anything about this culture…
February 26, 2017 Open Thread
Hansen wins, Delaware Prison Reform, Political Affiliation of Judges