Song Of The Day: April 3, 2018
Randy Newman on 'Davy The Fat Boy' from a Rolling Stone piece: It's sung by a con man who is telling these parents that he is going to take care…
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Delaware Dems Beating the Pants off Delaware Retrumpicans
Whether it is the genius of Party Chairman Erik Raser-Schramm, or just the fact that America is champing at the goddam bit to lay a glove on the ReTrumpicans, Democrats…
April 2 Open Thread: Irony, Where Is Thy Sting?
A friend of mine maintains that conservatives just don't get irony, which makes the story about right-wing broadcast syndicate Sinclair Broadcasting a bit less surprising: The company forced reporters at…
Song Of The Day: April 2, 2018
Before he became Jingle Writer To Spec for Disney, Randy Newman created a canon of unforgettable (and often loathsome) characters in his songs. Pretty much the stories of their lives…
Happy ReBirthday Jesus! Hope you are having fun. Things are shitty down here.
It is Easter 2018, and while it isn't against the law to be poor in Delaware, it might as well be. A system of fines and penalties enacted against the poor to pay for a government that only serves the rich, have left poor (and even some average) Delawareans one speeding ticket away from bankruptcy.
How did that happen?
Song Of The Day: April 1, 2018
Why not conclude our salute to Procol Harum with the title track from their Magnum Opus?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOj3kJKy-_U
Oklahoma Teachers Demand Economic Justice
This Oklahoma teacher's strike story continues to warm my heart. It turns out, the teachers union was gutted by state's anti-union GOP - so the strike is the ad hoc…
March 31 Open Thread: What Put the Ape in Apricot?
Delaware lawmakers with cold feet about gun control should look to the north, where Vermont -- a far more rural state with gun attitudes typical of such places -- passed…
Song Of The Day: March 31, 2018
Hadn't planned on turning this into a Procol Harum-themed week, but so be it. Shine on brightly, quite insane:
Lopez gets a letter
I predicted that Lopez would reveal himself to be a chicken. Ernie -- I am so disappointed to learn that you are opposing both HB 330 and SB 163! That…
March 30 Open Thread: Contain Your Enthusiasm
At last we know what all the bashing of the Coastal Zone Act over the past few years has been about. The long-discussed Port of Wilmington expansion project has finally…
Delaware Political Weekly: March 23-29, 2018
1. Outten Retires, 2 Candidates File in 30th RD. Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Within 24 hours of Rep. Bobby Outten's retirement announcement, two candidates flied to run for…