May 2024 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 16, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 16, 20241 Comment

The Big Story: Senate Considers Hospital Cost Review Board Today. Among other changes, the compromise amendment '(r)emoves the penalty provision for hospitals who fail to adhere to a budget that…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 16, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 16, 20248 Comments

RIP: Rep. Joe DiPinto. It would be difficult to find a more civic-minded Wilmingtonian than Joe DiPinto. To me, he was a public servant in the best sense of the…

Song of the Day 5/15: David Sanborn, “Hideaway”

By Alby May 15, 2024

Alto saxophonist David Sanborn's music is usually categorized as smooth jazz, much to his chagrin. Sanborn, who died Sunday at age 78, released 25 albums leading his own band, incorporating…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 15, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 15, 20246 Comments

The Big Story: Open The Floodgates--Great Bills Coming Through. Today's Senate committees are full of 'em. You'll have to wait just a little longer to revel in all that goodness,…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 15, 2024

By Alby May 15, 202413 Comments

You can tell Donald Trump has been stung by the fact that, contrary to what pollsters will tell you, he doesn't have all that many diehard fans. The proof: He…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 14, 20245 Comments

The Big News: Compromise, Compromise. Apparently, compromises have been reached on both the Hospital Cost Review Board and the Wilmington towing scam bill. Of the two, I'm most skeptical of…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 14, 2024

By Alby May 14, 20245 Comments

As H.L. Mencken said a century ago, every human problem has a solution that is neat, plausible and wrong. Keep that in mind when you read about the health care…

Song of the Day 5/13: Baby Lasagna, “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”

By Alby May 13, 20243 Comments

Eurovision, the international song contest, rarely makes the news in America, but it's a big deal in Europe, a sort of a musical Olympics that pits one musical act from…

DL Open Thread Monday, May 13, 2024

By Alby May 13, 20243 Comments

A little wake-up call for anyone who thinks putting Republicans in power would help the Palestinians in Gaza: South Carolina lickspittle Lindsay Graham wants Israel to nuke Gaza. It won't…

Song of the Day 5/12: Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?”

By Alby May 12, 2024

This is a question two presidential candidates who aren't Joe Biden should be asking themselves. They could use this tune as a soundtrack. Black Francis said the song was inspired…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20242 Comments

The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter. More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 11, 20247 Comments

State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza. Can't anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel…

Song of the Day 5/10: Redd Kross, “Candy Coloured Catastrophe”

By Alby May 10, 20242 Comments

El Somnambulo left this one off his list of his favorite new tunes of April, maybe because he didn't get a chance to hear it – it dropped April 29.…