Open Thread for Friday, November 3, 2017
The owner of the Glasgow Court trailer park wants to oust residents to make way for a housing development, but the plan might have hit a roadblock. A FOIA request…
What if Trump is guilty, but the GOP simply doesn’t give a f#ck?
In the event that the clear preponderance of evidence shows that Trump is guilty - How many Delaware Republicans do you trust to put the country's best interest ahead of…
No Baby Will Ever Be Named Harvey Again
After this year, the name Harvey will forever be linked with disaster. First Hurricane Harvey drowned Houston, then Harvey Weinstein's fall triggered an earthquake in Hollywood. The first one is…
Home Is Where You Make It
Rumors have swirled about state Rep. Melanie George Smith's residence for more than a year now, ever since she bought a new home west of Newark and moved her family…
Open Thread for Thursday, November 2, 2017
Oh, that pesky tax reform plan, always getting yelled at. Now some Republicans are upset because -- brace yourself -- they're worried it will be portrayed as helping the rich…
Opponents Play Rope-A-Dope On Marijuana Legalization
Cutting red tape for business only extends to providing get-out-of-jail-free cards to serial polluters, not to assisting proponents of creating a new revenue source. Gee, who didn't see this coming?…
Song Of The Day: Nov. 2, 2017
One taste of Richard Thompson leads to another taste of Richard Thompson. With another of my heroes, Bonnie Raitt. Together they turn this song into transcendent bliss:
Open Thread for Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Remember that GOP tax plan that was going to be released today? Whoops. They're still fighting over the details, so now it will be unveiled tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow. James Fallows…
Criminals, Communists, Crackheads and Weirdos: Which Are You?
According to Corey Stewart, who narrowly lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Ed Gillespie and is now running for US Senate, all Democrats fall into one of the four categories…
Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October, 2017
Just when I thought the year was winding down, just when I'd begun to shift my attention to my Best Of The Year list, along comes a month filled with…
Delaware Facilitates Money Laundering To Balance Its Budget
First, go read the News Journal article on how Paul Manafort used Delaware's LLC and corporate law to launder tens of millions of dollars from the Ukraine. Yep, we balance…
Song Of The Day: Nov. 1, 2017
I told you this was gonna be free-association. When Paul mentioned Pink Floyd's 'Grantchester Meadows' yesterday, I immediately thought of one of my fave British folk rock songs of all…
Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
Wilmington City Council has been a backwater of favoritism and incompetence for so long that most of us ignore it, so it was easy to think it would molder out…