Archive for September, 2019
DL Open Thread 9/24
The impeachment watch is on, so mainstream media will relegate all other stories to the back burner for the foreseeable future. Pundits, even those who previously advocated caution, are falling over each other to post “it’s time” columns. So expect this site to see more trolls than usual as Trumpkins get nervous about the joyride […]
TRUMP Is the State – State Secrets Must Be Protected – Keeping Trump’s Secrets are Vital Matters of National Security
Two things about the fact that Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine:
1) Get ready for nauseating rounds of this story being dumbed down, and forced into a horserace narrative which ignores the impact on the democracy and focuses on “Team Red” or “Team Blue”
2) If ANY Republicans anywhere, at any level of government win re-election, we have failed.
Poll Results
What is the highest grossing film set in Delaware?
Fight Club (1999)
Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $37,030,102
Total Worldwide: $100.9 million
Goosebumps (1995)
Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $80,080,379
Total Worldwide: $158.26 million
In 1860 (on the eve of the Civil War) what percentage of Delaware’s black population was free?
According to wikipedia in 1869 92% of Delaware’s blacks were “free” which is not to say that they had any rights.
Shifts in the agriculture economy from tobacco to mixed farming resulted in less need for slaves’ labor. In addition local Methodists and Quakers encouraged slaveholders to free their slaves following the American Revolution, and many did so in a surge of individual manumissions for idealistic reasons. By 1810 three-quarters of all blacks in Delaware were free. When John Dickinson freed his slaves in 1777, he was Delaware’s largest slave owner with 37 slaves. By 1860, the largest slaveholder owned 16 slaves.[27]
DL Open Thread 9/23
If you’re looking for news that doesn’t involve the Trump-Ukraine story, give up now. Reporters are asking only two things this morning: Are Democrats finally going to do their jobs, and are Republicans really going to back Trump’s position rejecting all limits on presidential behavior. Because you can get a thousand different answers to those […]
Song of the Day 9/23: David Allen Coe, “You Never Even Called Me By My Name”
Ken Burns’ multi-part documentary on country music, still airing on PBS stations, hasn’t reached the end of the ’60s yet, so I don’t know if it’s going to address what by its own account is the greatest country and western song ever written. Steve Goodman and John Prine wrote it in 1971, and Goodman included […]
A DL Email “Interview” with Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton is one of the new and important voices of the Democratic Party running this cycle. She brings an urgency to her campaign and intends to bring that urgency with her to Dover. Madinah was kind enough to answer my questions about the district, her approach to running and the issues that motivated […]
Developing – Cathy Cloutier Standing Down?
I don’t know how much weight to give this, but there is chat going around that Cloutier is either not running for re-election or changing her party affiliation.
The “standing down” chat sort of makes sense on its face. Along with Anthony Delcollo, she is the most endangered Republican this election, as her district is no longer a Republican district, and she will be facing a tough Democratic challenger after not really having to campaign for years. Additionally, she will be 70 years old in 2020.
On the other hand, she is probably the one remaining Trump supporting Delaware Republican who could get a handful of Democratic voters to split their ticket for old time’s sake. So maybe the Trump reverse coattails don’t really apply? She has also featured prominently in recent wack-a-doo DEGOP fundraising emails.
The only way the changing her party affiliation chat makes sense if John Carney or someone from the dying corporate wing of the Democratic Party is trying to throw a hail-mary to keep the seat from falling into the hands of someone who actually wants to accomplish something.
Song of the Day 9/22: Jim Pepper, “Witchi-Tai-To”
Jim Pepper was a tenor saxophonist of Native American heritage who played in a group called the Fresh Spirits, considered the first jazz-rock fusion band, but he’s best remembered for this song, based on a peyote ceremony chant he learned from his grandfather. This version, from Pepper’s first solo album in 1971, was a popular […]
DL Open Thread 9/22
A new Des Moines Register poll has Warren 2 points ahead of Biden in the Iowa caucuses. A key element of the whistleblower story is being misrepresented. The media keep describing it as Trump’s attempt to get Ukraine to investigate Biden, when they should be saying that Trump wanted the country to investigate a “scandal” […]
Coming Monday – My Interview with Madinah Wilson-Anton
Wilson-Anton’s rock solid grasp of the issue, deep roots in the community, and passionate commitment are quickly building momentum for her campaign. Check back here tomorrow to read an interview in which we discuss what is motivating her to run and her vision for her district and the state.
We don’t need another working group, task force, commission or consortium to tell us what we already know: our school funding system is one of the least equitable in the country and our students are suffering because of it. There’s a reason why families are suing the Governor. State legislators shouldn’t be waiting for the courts to remedy this. With a growing number of teachers and education advocates in the legislature, we have no excuse not to take action.
Coons has a Challenger
Coons has a challenger, but unfortunately it isn’t a progressive primary challenge. It is Mark Turley of Millsboro.
I can’t find any online footprint related to a going campaign, not even on the coo-coo-bananas IPod of Delaware website, but his filing email indicates that he is Mark Turley, Owner/President, of Projected Energy which is a renewable energy consulting firm.
But that is not to say that Turley has any skin in the game. Filing fees are set by the parties and the IpodDE filing fees for this office appear to be $0.00.
And BTW, I insist that you check out the Ipod’s coo-coo-bananas web site. I’d post more screen shots, but you just don’t get a feel for how WTF?!?! it is unless you visit it.
Looks Like Trump Just Woke Up Sleepy Joe
Joe Biden has often seemed detached and a bit out of it since starting his campaign, but Trump’s attempt to blackmail Ukraine’s president has him as fired up as he’s been since he was threatening to shove rosary beads down somebody’s throat. Here he is in Des Moines, Iowa, ripping the Marmalade Menace a new […]
Leaving Cuckold Fetish Rumors Aside for Now – Liberty Univ. students demand investigation Jerry Falwell Jr., after self-dealing allegations
The revealing item in this story is the meme Jerry Falwell Jr used to reply to protesting students. Falwell is just overflowing the with fruits of the spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23) Liberty University students are demanding an “open and clean investigation” into school president Jerry Falwell Jr. after explosive news reports detailing alleged self-dealing and the […]
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