2023 – Page 15 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 22,2023

By El Somnambulo October 22, 20233 Comments

Pharoah And DeSantis: Separated At Birth? What do they have in common?--plagues. Hurricanes, floods, seaweed encrusted beaches, pythons who like to feast on elderly Palm Beach matrons, collapsing buildings, epidemics.…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 21, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 21, 202324 Comments

FINALLY, Aid Trucks Make Their Way Into Gaza. Not nearly enough, though...: A convoy of 20 trucks carrying aid moved through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza from Egypt on…

Song of the Day 10/20: Tom Jones and the Cardigans, “Burning Down the House”

By Alby October 20, 2023

I thought Jan. 6, 2021, made clear what the MAGA Republicans wanted to do to Congress, so the current House fire is no great surprise. I blame voters for handing…

BREAKING: Chesebro Cops Plea!

By El Somnambulo October 20, 20238 Comments

5 years probation; $5K restitution; truthful testimony in all relevant trials, video proffer to state, which he has completed; no communication with any other defendants. Looks like those criticizing DA…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 20, 202310 Comments

How Jim Jordan Broke The Mold And Broke The Rethuglican Caucus. Interesting analysis from Josh Marshall: The congressional party is controlled and run by the hard right minority variously called…

Delaware Political Weekly: The (Truncated) Week Of October 16-19, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 20, 20234 Comments

1. Delaware R's Get Their (First? Only?) Candidate For US Representative. Donyale Hall. They could have done much worse, which makes me think that they will do much worse: DOVER…

House Rethug Shit-Show Takes Another Dump In The Lumpen Form Of Patrick McHenry

By El Somnambulo October 19, 20233 Comments

The R's apparently excreted the McHenry boomlet while secreted in the House bowels. The inside poop: House Republicans are abandoning a push to empower a temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry,…

Song of the Day 10/19: Vince Taylor, “Brand New Cadillac”

By Alby October 19, 2023

Americans might be forgiven for thinking British rock and roll began with the Beatles. The Merseybeat sound they represented seemed to grow from meager roots – skiffle, the craze that…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 19, 20236 Comments

I think that President Biden's trip to Israel was inspirational and substantive. He has genuine empathy, and he demonstrated it both on a one-to-one basis, and in his attempts to…

Song of the Day 11/18: The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”

By Alby October 18, 20234 Comments

The media hasn't had time to remind you lately, what with a couple of wars and a couple of Trump trials and Republicans In Disarray Chapter XII, but Joe Biden…

Has Your Comment Been Trashed?

By El Somnambulo October 18, 20236 Comments

I'm seeing several comments in the trash folder that we haven't deleted. While that usually means that the writer of the comment trashed it, I'm starting to wonder if the…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023

By Alby October 18, 202322 Comments

The hospital bombing in Gaza has convinced his handlers that Joe Biden won't meet with Arab leaders in Jordan on his Middle East trip today. I'm not sure how yet,…

Chump Change

By Alby October 17, 2023

Among the many MAGAfestations I don't understand: Why do people give their money to a guy who claims to be a billionaire? Isn't the whole point of being a billionaire…