January 2024 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

By Alby January 16, 202413 Comments

I mentioned this the other day: The media is more interested in narrative than facts. The Iowa caucuses provide a perfect example. Donald Trump won. That's news, but of the…

Song of the Day 1/15: Elvis Presley, “If I Can Dream”

By Alby January 15, 2024

Many songs have been written in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., all of them heartfelt, many of them touching. But no other calls forth King's message with the passion…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

By Alby January 15, 20249 Comments

As the seige of Gaza reached 100 days over the weekend, Netanyahu said, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else."…

Song of the Day 1/14: John Lennon, “Instant Karma!”

By Alby January 14, 2024

Remember Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News blowhard? You probably haven't thought about him in a long time – Fox News 86'd him back in 2017 over his long history of…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024

By Alby January 14, 20247 Comments

For most people the record-breaking heat of 2023 wasn't surprising – only Republicans pretend not to know about global warming – but it was to scientists, because the increase was greater…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024

By Alby January 13, 20243 Comments

It appears the Biden administration is hellbent on implementing the Saudi-Israeli agreements forged under the Trump administration through the efforts of one Brett McGurk (yes, I'm well aware that sounds…

Song of the Day 1/12: The J.B.’s, “Pass the Peas”

By Alby January 12, 20241 Comment

Okay, I get why Southern states want to starve their schoolchildren over the summer months, when school's out of session and they can't get free lunch. Those states are governed…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 12, 20245 Comments

Rethug Governors Reject Food Aid For Children. Inflicting pain is the point: More than eight million children in 15 states, all led by Republican governors, will be shut out of…

Delaware Political Weekly: January 5-11, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 12, 20244 Comments

1. BHL Announces Her New Campaign Team. Guess she still has enough coin to continue for awhile: Hall-Long’s campaign announced two senior staff appointments this week – Donnie Johnson as…

Song of the Day 1/11: Billy Pilgrim, “Insomniac”

By Alby January 11, 2024

Folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim formed in Atlanta in the early '90s, when R.E.M. was breaking indie music into the mainstream. Because both Kristian Bush and Andrew Hyra wrote songs, played…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., January 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 11, 20244 Comments

We now see the outlines of the Delaware Rethuglican Party platform for 2024: Giving LLC's the right to vote; getting revenge for not being able to attend church back in…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 11, 20244 Comments

"Anyone Who Is Unwilling To Say Trump Is Unfit To Be President Of The United States Is Unfit Themselves To Be President Of The United States." That soundbite from Chris…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 10, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 10, 20249 Comments

I'm finally back online following a morning w/o internet or TV service. My wife suggested I read a book. I tried. Too many words. Yesterday was the Story Of Dueling…