April 2024 – Page 2 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 25, 202416 Comments

One Journalist Explains The Link Between Rethugs And Manufactured Outrage Over 'Anti-Semitism'. I was thinking it, should've written it: In early December, the House Education Committee held a hearing considering…

Song of the Day 4/25: Mary J. Blige and U2, “One”

By Alby April 24, 20241 Comment

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long since stretched the definition of "rock and roll" to include other genres, especially hip-hop and R&B, which often draws scorn from rock…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 24, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 24, 20244 Comments

Looks like a 'just the facts, ma'am' edition today. Largely b/c there are a lot of facts to plow through. Don't worry, we'll insert some levity/snark into the proceedings. Here…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, April 24, 2024

By Alby April 24, 202415 Comments

If you were wondering what kind of coverage the News Journal would give the race for governor, today's paper is discouraging. They've got a story touting – I kid you…

Song of the Day 4/23: Foreigner, “Urgent”

By Alby April 23, 2024

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2024 the other day, and the list of inductees was greeted not with the usual griping but rather a…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 23, 2024

By Alby April 23, 202415 Comments

The media desperately wants Trump on Trial to be as big a ratings hit as O.J. was, but the dynamics are different. O.J. had a dream team of lawyers, so…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 23, 2024

A couple of notable leftovers from last Thursday's session: HS 2/HB 13(Phillips), which 'requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to…

Song of the Day 4/22: Simon & Garfunkel, “April Come She Will”

By Alby April 22, 20243 Comments

Paul Simon learned a lot on his trips to England in 1965. He learned how to fingerpick, for one thing. He learned that British folk audiences, unlike those in Greenwich…

DL Open Thread Monday, April 22, 2024

By Alby April 22, 20243 Comments

Republicans stay in disarray, most recently over Marjorie Taylor Greene's unabashed Russia-humping. Even the New York Post called her Moscow Marjorie on its cover. Meanwhile Texas GOP rep Tony Gonzales…

Song of the Day 4/21: Richard Thompson, “I Can’t Wake Up to Save My Life”

By Alby April 21, 20241 Comment

Donald Trump is said to be furious that reporters are reporting on his napping in court. I wonder what he's dreaming about when he nods off. I hope it's nightmares…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 21, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 21, 20247 Comments

House Passes Foreign Aid Bill. It must feel liberating to House R's to tell Trump to go bleep himself. He can't run candidates against every R who supported funding for…

Song of the Day 4/20: Fraternity of Man, “Don’t Bogart That Joint”

By Alby April 20, 20246 Comments

Another April 20 and Delaware continues to creep slowly towards making recreational marijuana not just legal but obtainable. Don't bogart that process! The Fraternity of Man was a psychedelic blues…

DL Open Thread Saturday, April 20, 2024

By Alby April 20, 20242 Comments

Nobody seems to know who got House speaker Moses/Mike Johnson to change his mind – some say it was fundies from The Family who don't like Putin's religious intolerance –…