AG Jennings Goes BIG!
I can safely say that no Attorney General in Delaware history has ever introduced a criminal justice reform package as sweeping as the one that was announced today. Here is…
Trump issues authoritarian call to violence – Lisa Blunt Rochester still happily oblivious
Our rep in Congress continues to assert that Trump does not constitute a major crisis. Maybe if she keeps patiently waiting, one will show up? In an interview with Breitbart,…
Don’t allow NRA Stooge, Pete Schwartzkopf, to kill HB63 in the Senate
HB63 does nothing to impact the rights of responsible gun nuts. Opposing HB63 literally means that you support irresponsible gun ownership. This Act revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 14, 2019
I guess that the 'good news' on a day with virtually no news is that several worthy bills previously discussed here cleared committees yesterday. Other than SB 17(Hansen), which addresses…
Song of the Day 3/14: Van Morrison, “In the Days Before Rock and Roll”
Everybody is familiar with the Van Morrison canon from his classic period in the '60s and '70s, but he's been turning out often-inspired music without a break ever since leaving…
Is Trump still President? Open Thread
Everyone makes mistakes. Smart people fix them, average people ignore them, dumb people pretend that the mistake wasn't really a mistake. Trump says he intentionally called Apple's Tim Cook "Tim…
I love Beto
Another Dem who can easily beat Trump (provided Dems don’t beat themselves) enters the race.
The UK is inching toward sanity
The 308 MPs that voted TO leave the EU without an agreement include a large number of what would be considered Republicans over here. That is to say, there were MPs who voted the way they did because they just want to FUCK SHIT UP (tm). Because fucking shit up owns the libs.
In Which John Carney Becomes A Profligate Spender
Over $376,000-worth. What could possibly compel John Carney to spend that much taxpayers' money? The answer: Defending Delaware's quaint, but likely unconstitutional, requirement that state courts in Delaware must be…
My Breakfast With Catherine Ciferni
Well, in my case, it was a 'second' breakfast, but I skipped lunch. I swear! BTW, I recommend the Sinclair Cafe as a nice breakfast spot in Newark. Catherine is…
If Two Years Wasn’t Such a Long Time
My wife and I have a friend in Lebanon -- the country, not the Pennsylvania town -- whom we've known since the 1970s, when Lebanon's civil war was still being…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 13, 2019
Senate didn't do much yesterday. Doesn't look like they'll do much today. Yesterday's scheduled agenda is still posted, but it doesn't appear that the tobacco bill will be run today. …
Song of the Day 3/13: Minus the Bear, “Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse”
I'm not an absinthe drinker, but the lyrics of this song from Minus the Bear's first album speak directly to my present situation: Hey, let's cross the sea and get…