Open Thread Jan. 6: Trump Makes Wolff Rich
Michael Wolff might look like Dr. Evil, and "Fire and Fury" might be, in NYTimester Maggie Haberman's words, "thin" and "light on fact-checking," but that hasn't stopped it from becoming…
$18,000,000,000
You can spend a lot of money building a wall that (mostly) will not work. Some people will get some construction jobs for a year or two. It seems like a dumb investment to me. Where's the ROI?
Also, where are the Democrats promoting other, better, investments that we could blow $18 billion on? Where is the shadow government, throwing a spotlight on this President's shitty policies? We all know that he is a mentally impaired blithering idiot, but only reacting to the latest stupid twitter statement isn't opposition. it is being played.
Song Of The Day: Jan. 6, 2018
McCoy Tyner's first recording after leaving the John Coltrane Quartet was 'The Real McCoy'. In both senses of the term. While the 1967 album demonstrated the spirituality that Tyner shared…
Open Thread Jan. 5: Fire, Fury and a Bomb Cyclone
Yesterday's "bomb cyclone" brought Slower Lower Delaware all the way to a standstill, but the high winds and near-foot of snow were nothing compared with what happened in Boston, where…
Song Of The Day: Jan. 5, 2018
People who have never heard this still know that its opening riff was borrowed by Steely Dan for 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number'. It's also one of my fave jazz…
Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 29, 2017 to Jan. 4, 2018
1. Rep. Steve Smyk Has A Challenger. With a real good resume...and a real bad website. His name is Jack Bucchioni, and here's his website. If you can make it…
Open Thread Jan. 4: Trumpapalooza
The infotainment media was rocked yesterday by a salvo of revelations from the upcoming book by Michael Wolff, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," which describes a workplace…
Song Of The Day: Jan. 4, 2018
One more passing from 2017. Pat Dinizio of the Smithereens. This song had to be good to overcome that...hair:
Public Advocate Breaks Tradition, Advocates for Public
Delaware's new Public Advocate, Andrew Slater, has only one flaw I can see: He doesn't know how to play to the media. Releasing any news of value on the Friday…
Open Thread Jan. 3: Rallying for the Right to Fleece the Rubes
Conservatives must have money to burn. That's the only explanation for why some of Sussex County's more cretinous politicians are still thumping the tub for a county-specific "Right to Work"…
And Then There Were Three…
...D's running for the seat of retiring State Sen. Margaret Rose Henry. Former City Councilman Darius Brown today announced his candidacy, according to WDEL. Here is his campaign web page. …
Now, HERE’s Something The General Assembly Can Wrap Up In January
They can end the use of bail as an economic weapon against the poor. HB 204 (The great Rep. J. J. Johnson) has passed the House, has been released from…
Song Of The Day: Jan. 3, 2018
I was listening to a show called 'Sound Opinions', which is out of Chicago but which XPN picks up and plays on Sundays. The hosts were remembering those we lost…