2023 – Page 21 – Delaware Liberal

Chris Coons Reallyreallyreally Wants To Be Secretary Of State

By El Somnambulo September 25, 20238 Comments

It's a little unseemly and more than a bit desparate, but I'm all for it: Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said he would "consider it seriously" if he was asked by…

DL Open Thread Monday September 25 2023

By jason330 September 25, 20231 Comment

Uh... Lots of stuff happened, but I overslept so here are some hastily assembled headlines: Here is your thanksgiving dinner topic. Enjoy trying to tell your father in law that…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023

By Alby September 24, 202313 Comments

More evidence that once the fetus is out he's on his own: Texas' razor-wired Rio Grande has claimed three more victims, one of them a 3-year-old. The Rude Pundit nails…

Song of the Day 9/23: The Band, “Ophelia”

By Alby September 23, 2023

It's rare that the Atlantic has 15 named storms in a hurricane season, so the odds were slim that we'd get a storm named Ophelia dumping all this rain on…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023

By Alby September 23, 202318 Comments

If you ever decide to hide ill-gotten gains, be smarter than "Gold Bar Bob" Menendez. When stashing cash in the pockets of your jackets, don't choose one with your name…

Song of the Day 9/22: Tower of Power, “Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)”

By Alby September 22, 2023

Kevin McCarthy's inability to control the Cuckoo Caucus has pundits speculating that he's not long for his gavel, because the cuckoos are all for 86ing him. I don't expect they'd…

DL Open Thread Friday, Sept. 22, 2023

By Alby September 22, 20239 Comments

Republicans are in disarray amid another poo-flinging fight between Team Dumb and Team Dumber. A government shutdown looks all but inevitable. I'm sure it will go as well as it…

Pssst…..they were always worthless.

By jason330 September 21, 20232 Comments

Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles may now be worthless. Are NFTs dead? A recent study looking at the price of thousands of…

Something is rotten in GOP Sussex – Comment Rescue

By jason330 September 21, 202314 Comments

Something is rotten in GOP Sussex. The email below was sent out yesterday. It appears the entire executive committee of the Sussex Republican Party has resigned: Resignation of Sussex County…

Song of the Day 9/21: Stevie Wonder, “He’s Misstra Know-It-All”

By Alby September 21, 2023

Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, embroiled himself in controversy this week – not for the first time – when…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023

By Alby September 21, 20239 Comments

Democrats who base their political decisions on what they think independents and Republicans might do still want to dump Joe Biden, so it probably won't change their minds that Biden…

Isn’t now about when Democrats save Republicans from their own “government shutdown” stupidity?

By jason330 September 20, 20232 Comments

Not this time - Speaker Kevin McCarthy is struggling to pass a bill to fund the government — and the White House isn’t about to throw him a lifeline. With…

Song of the Day 9/20: Jim Croce, “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)”

By Alby September 20, 20234 Comments

Nobody called it the Day the Music Died, but 50 years ago today Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, La., cutting short his career…