May 2024 – Page 5 – Delaware Liberal

Delaware Political Weekly: May 3-9, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 10, 20246 Comments

1. Have The Governor's Races Changed Over The Last Week? On the R side, which doesn't particularly matter, the answer is a clear yes. On the D side, I think…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 10, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 10, 20246 Comments

Let Your Grass Grow. Not that kind of grass. Anybody who's driven past my yard knows why I draw inspiration from this piece: Your vibrant green lawn may look lush,…

Song of the Day 5/9: Harold Arlen, “Stormy Weather”

By Alby May 9, 20241 Comment

Contentious cross-examination of porn star Stormy Daniels made this an inevitable tabloid headline. I started humming this Harold Arlen standard, now 91 years old, as soon as I read it.…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 9, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 9, 20244 Comments

Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. You will note that the two bills addressing high school athletics policy cleared committee and were passed in the Senate unanimously. Carney wasted no time…

DL Open Thread: Thurs., May 9, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 9, 202415 Comments

Everything Falls Apart--In The Carney Administration. Another scandal, another attempted cover-up: A former Delaware Department of Labor supervisor embezzled more than $181,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in…

Song of the Day 7/8: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Mercury Poisoning”

By Alby May 8, 2024

H/t El Somnambulo It must be something in the water, nanoplastics or something, because suddenly politicians are saying shit that nobody looking for votes should ever say. First it was…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 8, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20243 Comments

I guess the biggest news is the number of absentees in the House yesterday. Six in all, with several roll calls having at least eight absences. Allergies? Also, the two…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 8, 2024

By Alby May 8, 20246 Comments

If you want to dominate the headlines, it helps to be the defendant in four legal proceedings simultaneously. Luckily for Trump, the one serious crime he's accused of, stealing top-secret…

Song of the Day 5/7: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Fat”

By Alby May 7, 20244 Comments

You can tell Donnie Two Scoops is on Ozempic (or Wegovy, they're the same thing, just different doses) because he's taken to mocking people for being fat. At a fundraiser…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 7, 202415 Comments

The Big Story: Senate Executive Committee To Consider Hospital Cost Bill Today. Hearing starts at 4 pm. Here's how you can listen and/or participate. I wonder if the Senate will…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 7, 2024

By Alby May 7, 202421 Comments

Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire proposal put together by Egypt and Qatar. Netanyahu, who faces jail time for corruption as soon as the fighting stops, rejected it. I wish…

Song of the Day 5/6: Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”

By Alby May 6, 2024

Kristi Noem's dog murder-career suicide exposed her inhumanity, but as this writer pointed out, to really understand what a sicko she is, consider the poor billy goat who caught her…

My Sentiments, Exactly

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20243 Comments

Guest Post By La Somnambula Watching the news media coverage about the college campus protests even by liberal media outlets such as MSNBC, I might be led to believe these…