Song Of The Day: March 17, 2018
Hey, it's St. Paddy's Day. Which can only mean one thing. My fave 'Danny Boy' of all-time:
Carper/Coons Attempt to Nix Dodd-Frank May Die in the House
"Die" is perhaps not the right term. "Turned into an unpassable shitmess that gives even more to the banks" is closer.
That's right. Carper's plan to allow 25 of the nation's 38 biggest banks return to the casino with deposits and have their gambling losses underwritten by you, while allowing lenders to racially discriminate when writing mortgages doesn't go FAR ENOUGH for House GOPers.
March 16 Open Thread: Go to Jail. Go Directly to Jail.
The Mueller investigation passed Go and collected $200 yesterday, when it was revealed that Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization. I think Mueller is moving slowly to give…
Delaware Political Weekly: March 9-15, 2018
1. Sean Lynn Endorses Kerri Harris. Lynn has guts, and I salute him for it. You just know that, even those who might support Harris, are gonna hide in the…
Song(s) Of The Day
Sondheim Week rolls merrily along with two from Sweeney Todd. We start with Sweeney's love song...to his razors: In this scene, Toby, who does not trust Sweeney Todd, promises to…
Legal Pot in Delaware? Don’t Hold Your Breath
State Rep. Helene Keeley's campaign to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use has taught us many things, but none more basic than this: Delaware will legalize marijuana if and when…
Ides of March Open Thread: Where’s Brutus When You Need Him?
The Delaware State News continues to push hard for Dover Downs to get the tax break it's been demanding for the past several years. The paper is so eager it…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 15, 2018
We hear all the time about the NRA's bullying tactics. And it's true. However, when faced with a Hall full of students demanding gun control measures, the NRA cowers in…
Song(s) Of The Day: March 15, 2018
I consider Sondheim's score for 'Follies' to be one of the greatest ever written for Broadway. Depending on what version of the show you see, you could hear up to…
GOP’s Tax “reform” lays an egg as a campaign issue
I hadn't tracked on the fact that the GOP was thinking that their clusterfuck "tax cut" scam was going to be a big vote getter. But it became evident a…
March 14 Open Thread: Blame the Pornstache
Republicans have figured out why they lost that special election last night: Rick Saccone's pornstache. No, I'm not making that up; one GOP operative actually blamed the mustache, as if…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 14, 2018
Once again, the so-called D 'leadership' is caving to the NRA. Check out the rewrite of HB 330, the bill that was supposed to raise the legal age for purchasing…
Dem Voters Continue to Regard Fighting Trump’s GOP as a National Emergency
I don't know why Tom Carper and Chris Coons don't get it. Where is the urgency? Trump is just another President for Carper to cut deals with on behalf of banks. Coons is just AWOL.
Fortunately Democratic voters have a sense of urgency. They are turning out in droves to oppose Trump's GOP. Cynics will say that Connor Lamb was a conservative, and that Democrats didn't really gain much, but that misses the point. It mistakes the movement of the clock's minute hand for the whirling internal mechanism that moved it.