November 2022 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

Have Developers Already Corrupted New NCC Council Members?

By El Somnambulo November 20, 20229 Comments

By 'developers', I mean Larry Tarabicos, who is to New Castle County what Bobby Byrd is to Dover. A lobbyist whose campaign $$'s buy legislators. To the detriment of constituents.…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 20, 2022

By El Somnambulo November 20, 20225 Comments

5 Killed, 18 Injured, In Shooting At LBGTQ Club In Colorado Springs. It flat-out has to be a hate crime. I'll post more as developments warrant. How Sports Gambling Bought…

Song of the Day 11/19: Two Sheds Jackson, “Long Long Way”

By Alby November 19, 2022

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The composer Arthur Jackson had two sheds, and a nickname to match. But he was furious when his interviewer kept calling him Two Sheds and…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 19, 2022

By El Somnambulo November 19, 20229 Comments

Garland Appoints Special Prosecutor For Trump. Good Idea, Or Bad Idea? I'm with Charles Pierce on this one: Garland seems more concerned about the perception of a political prosecution than…

Song of the Day 11/18: Pink Floyd, “Pigs (Three Different Ones)”

By Alby November 18, 20221 Comment

With feral pet pigs running wild in Delaware, it seems like the right time for Roger Waters' bitter anti-capitalist prog-blues workout. The sort of pigs he was writing about in…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 18, 2022

By El Somnambulo November 18, 202210 Comments

House Dem Leadership To Get A Lot Younger. Gotta say, I think Pelosi was a terrific Speaker, an all-timer, and got more stuff through the House than you would ever…

Pet Pigs on the Loose Turning Delaware Into Hellscape

By Alby November 17, 202215 Comments

Is this pig yours? The News Journal missed this press release from the state Department of Agriculture, but the Philadelphia Inquirer picked it up: Delaware is being overrun by potbellied…

Another Ageist Post

By jason330 November 17, 20223 Comments

82 year old Nancy Pelosi is stepping down from leadership as is 83 year old Steny Hoyer. Everybody else in DC who was born prior to 1942 is also cordially…

Asians are honorary whites in Kentucky

By jason330 November 17, 20223 Comments

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill providing Federal protection for interracial marriage. McConnell's wife is Elaine Chao, former US Secretary for…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 17, 2022

By El Somnambulo November 17, 202216 Comments

Musk Demands Pledge Of Love From Twitter Workers. By end of day today: SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees Wednesday morning: Commit to a new…

Song of the Day 11/17: The Philly Pops, “Gonna Fly Now”

By Alby November 17, 20222 Comments

The Philly Pops, founded in 1979, announced that it's throwing in the towel after this season's Christmas concerts. Cultural institutions have been in decline for years, but the Covid pandemic…

The GOP’s Hostage Crisis

By jason330 November 16, 20227 Comments

Republican primary voters have a choice to make. They either make trump the nominee and lose to Biden again, or they make someone else the nominee and lose to Biden…

“Florida Man Makes Announcement”

By jason330 November 16, 20226 Comments

The headline is great, but the NY Post's terse coverage of Trump's announcement is tremendous. This is how he should have been regarded from the beginning.