2022 – Page 81 – Delaware Liberal

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 8, 20226 Comments

Paid Medical And Family Leave. I've been around so long that I can recall the debate on unpaid Medical And Family Leave. The Chamber warning of the 'slippery slope' this…

DL Open Thread Tuesday March 8th 2022

By jason330 March 8, 20223 Comments

Just take a look at this graph. We've got the most expensive third-world health outcomes money can buy! In Delaware we have a congressional delegation fully in the pocket of…

Song of the Day 3/7: Every Mother’s Son, “Come on Down to My Boat”

By Alby March 7, 20222 Comments

This seems like a good time to get a bargain on a super-yacht, as governments around the world (not the US, yet) have begun seizing atop-the-liquid assets owned by oligarchs…

BREAKING: DeShanna Neal Announces Run Against Kop Kabalist Larry Mitchell!!

By El Somnambulo March 7, 20228 Comments

No way this was gonna keep until Friday. Mitchell has known for awhile, hence my 'sweating bullets' reference on Friday. Make no mistake, this is big. I see no way…

DLOpen Thread Monday March 7th 2022

By jason330 March 7, 20228 Comments

Let me ask you, the smartest political observers in Delaware, other than Paul Baumbach's "Death with Dignity" legislation, Sarah McBride's "Paid Family Leave" and Senator Pinkney's SB149 to amend LEOBOR -…

Why are young people not joining the Democratic Party?

By jason330 March 6, 20224 Comments

Is it because the Democratic Party sucks ass? The centrist agenda, which is based on the primacy of the private sector and private markets and the importance of the…

Song of the Day 3/6: Cake, “I Will Survive”

By Alby March 6, 2022

A song for Ukraine, which Putin thought would crumble, lay down and die. Not so far. There have been nearly 200 covers of this song, in more than a dozen…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 6, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 6, 20222 Comments

Bud Wins. So Do Guinness And Harp's. 2210 to 1015. IMO, that's an excellent turnout for a Special Election. Registration is destiny: "This wasn't something I went looking for," Freel…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 5, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 5, 20229 Comments

The Roger Stone Tapes. When a vain person participates in a vanity project, the results often don't paint said person in a positive light: As a mob ransacked the Capitol…

Song of the Day 3/4: Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown”

By Alby March 4, 20224 Comments

It's raining all over the world. From "On the Third Day," ELO's third LP and its first without co-founder Roy Wood, released in 1973. The single reached No. 12 in…

DL Open Thread: Friday, March 4, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 4, 20223 Comments

Former Producer For Sean Hannity Arrested For Helping Russian Oligarch. For setting up a Russian propaganda network. When the history of democracy's demise is accurately written, the creation of Fox…

Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 25-March 3, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 4, 202223 Comments

1. Sen. Bruce Ennis Announces Retirement. Which opens up the SD 14 seat. It has a strong D edge, and should remain in the Democratic column. The only candidate who…

Song of the Day 3/3: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Exodus”

By Alby March 3, 20221 Comment

As might be expected, the Russian war on Ukraine has produced lots of refugees -- more than 1 million so far, according to the United Nations, about 2% of the…