April 2022 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 17, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 17, 20225 Comments

Happy Whatever-It-Is-You're Celebrating-Or-Not-Celebrating-Day! Child Poverty Is Back: All of this was data from just a couple of months. The real power of money like this comes over time. A different…

Song of the Day 4/17: The Rascals, “Good Lovin'”

By Alby April 17, 2022

Yesterday I mentioned songwriter Rudy Clark, whose "Got My Mind Set on You" became a No. 1 hit for George Harrison in 1988, 25 years after its first release. It…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 16, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 16, 20221 Comment

Trump Seeks To Impose His Will With Dubious Endorsements. Dr. Oz? J. D. Vance? I dunno: Trump’s decision, against the advice of some of his advisers, plunged the former president…

Song of the Day 4/16: George Harrison, “Got My Mind Set on You”

By Alby April 16, 20221 Comment

When the Beatles landed in New York in February 1964, it was the first time in the United States for three of them, but not George Harrison. While his bandmates…

Delaware Political Weekly: April 8-14, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 15, 202216 Comments

1. DeShanna Neal Files To Primary Kop Kabalist Larry Mitchell In RD 13. Make no mistake-this immediately becomes one of the highest-priority contests for Delaware progressives this election cycle. Who…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 15, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 15, 20221 Comment

Stop Minor Traffic Stops. Save Lives: Los Angeles last month became the biggest city to restrict the policing of minor violations. In Philadelphia, a ban on such stops has just…

Song of the Day 4/15: The Robert Cray Band, “1040 Blues”

By Alby April 15, 20221 Comment

Here's a song you'll never hear the likes of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk singing. They don't hate taxes -- because they don't have to pay any! This was the…

DC Consultants to Re-Brand Dems as the “Octogenarian Party”

By jason330 April 15, 20223 Comments

Doddering oldsters like Carper will never retire When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion…

Why not listen to, and support the Highlands Bunker? It is better than grease trap grease.

By jason330 April 14, 20225 Comments

I'm catching up on some Highlands Bunker this weekend. I'm about halfway through Kathy v Kathy, but I'll come back to apply my trademarked 1-5 buckets rating when I'm done. …

Song of the Day 4/14: The Gaslight Anthem, “45”

By Alby April 14, 20221 Comment

I knew guitar rock was over back in 2012, when this single didn't break this band out of obscurity. The Gaslight Anthem had been on a steady climb since their…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 14, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 14, 202211 Comments

Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. Both HB's 371 and 372 were released from House committees, meaning marijuana legalization is not dead yet. I was pleased and somewhat surprised that HS1/HB293…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 14, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 14, 20228 Comments

Absolute Must-Read: Pro Publica On Tax Avoidance By The Wealthy. Award-worthy, great graphics, and exceedingly aggravating. You Ever Get Mail From Hillsdale College? I do. Buncha RWNJ's pretending to be…

The Rebecca Walker Story

By El Somnambulo April 13, 20222 Comments

It's dawned on me that we've added quite a few new viewers in the past few years. Readers who are not familiar with some of the corruption that has been…