Have Developers Already Corrupted New NCC Council Members?
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
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”
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
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)”
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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”
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.