Archive for November, 2023
DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
President Jimmy Carter’s wife Rosalynn died at yesterday at 96, two days after entering hospice care, with her husband of 77 years by her side. Their marriage lasted as long as the average American lives. Every Trump mouthfart gets wall-to-wall coverage – I suppose tweets are fingerfarts, but those get the same constant attention – […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 19, 2023
You Got To Fight–For Your Right–For Junk Fees. Lobbyists battle Biden Administration against regulating junk fees: Frustrated with airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights, President Biden last fall embarked on a campaign to crack down on the practice — and force companies to show the full price of travel […]
Buy Weed? Can’t They Just Drink Instead?
The Atlantic coast is supposedly the liberal part of Sussex County. So why are its beach towns treating cannabis sales like a pool hall coming to River City? As a News Journal article noted last week, Dewey, Rehoboth, Bethany, Ocean View and Fenwick Island all have banned the legal sale of the devil’s lettuce. You […]
Song of the Day 11/18: John Fred and His Playboy Band, “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”
Hard to believe it took this long, but it appears the George Santos saga is reaching its denouement. The guy who makes Donald Trump’s lying seem timid seems to have gotten his money from the family of an influential Miami lawyer, and the results of a House Ethics Committee investigation are so damning that it […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 18, 2023
Musk Promises ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Against Media Matters. For, you know, reporting the truth: Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against non-profit watchdog Media Matters and others, as companies including Disney, Apple and IBM reportedly have paused advertising on X amid an antisemitism storm around the social media platform. Media […]
Song of the Day 11/17: Brass Construction, “Movin'”
A little bit of Friday funk for Ruth Briggs King, who quit the General Assembly this week, effective immediately, because she moved into a new home just outside the district she represents. Credit where it’s due: Many’s the lawmaker who might try to finesse the rules to stay in office. Brass Construction was a Brooklyn-based […]
Fighting Against Medicare Advantage
Guest post by Representative John Kowalko (25th District, retired) Over the past year and a half, I have dedicated much of my energy to exposing the fraudulent and dishonest Medicare Advantage Plans for what they are. This issue has now become the focal point of thousands of ads on television promoting the private insurance industry’s […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 17, 2023
Cris Barrish Is On The Case!: Finally, a great reporter lays bare the utterly pathetic state of BHL’s gubernatorial campaign. There is so much astounding detail in this story that it must be read in its entirety. A few choice excerpts: Specifically, the sources said Hall-Long stalled for months before providing officials with the campaign […]
Delaware Political Weekly: November 10-16, 2023
1. Special Election In RD 37. State Representative Ruth Briggs King has resigned her House seat effective immediately as she has just moved out of her district. By current Rethug standards, King was pretty reasonable. Definitely not a bomb-thrower. BTW, the only female member of the House GOP Caucus. She had previously given everyone a heads-up […]
Song of the Day 11/16: The All-American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret”
I’ll let you figure out who this song is dedicated to. I saw these guys when they made a radio station appearance at WSTW a decade or so ago. My lasting impression was of their lead singer, Tyson Ritter. He’s also an actor, and like a lot of Hollywood types, he’s tiny, like a human […]
George Santos And Bethany Hall Long: Separated At Birth?
Does this sound familiar?: …investigators found evidence that _____ used campaign funds for personal purposes, defrauded donors and filed false or incomplete campaign finance and financial disclosure reports… Let’s fill in the blank: George Santos. Immediately following the release of the House Ethics Committee report this morning, Santos announced he would not seek reelection in […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Do We Really Need The Governor’s Wife In The Senate? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy thinks so. Me? Uh, no: Politically, Tammy Murphy has been one of the New Jersey Democratic Party’s top fundraisers, helping her develop relationships with party bosses who hold sway over county party endorsements. Those endorsements could award Murphy “the line” […]
Song of the Day 11/15: The Four Seasons, “Silence Is Golden”
Bethany Hall-Long is a too young to have been a fan of this tune when it came out in 1964 as the B-side to the No. 1 single “Rag Doll,” which like “Silence Is Golden” was a product of the Four Seasons’ hit songwriting team of Bob Crewe and Bod Gaudio. It didn’t get a […]
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