2024 – Page 13 – Delaware Liberal

Our PAL Val Tries, Fails, To Designate Her Successor As Speaker From Beyond The Political Grave

By El Somnambulo October 22, 2024

We start, however, with a juicy bit of schadenfreude from primary night. Turns out Val didn't see her defeat at the hands of Kamela Smith (!) coming. She and her…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

By Alby October 22, 2024

The liberal sense of dread about this election isn't just about the danger of Trump winning. As Dave Weigel argues, no matter who wins, the country is moving to the…

Song of the Day 10/21: AC/DC, “Meltdown”

By Alby October 21, 2024

H/t to DFL, who suggested this one the other day. It was released on the 2000 LP "Stiff Upper Lip." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCfyHJg0dVo

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 21, 2024

By Alby October 21, 2024

We're at the stage of the presidential campaign/Trump unraveling where I expect he'll be biting the heads off bats onstage by the end of the week. Or maybe he'll just…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024

By Alby October 20, 2024

As if football weren't destructive enough on its own – gotta love the irony of pursuing a brain-endangering pastime under the aegis of education – it's now evolved a new…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024

By Alby October 19, 2024

I had to double-check to make sure this story wasn't from The Onion: The attorneys general of three Gilead-aspiring states are suing the FDA over rule changes regarding abortion drugs.…

Song of the Day 10/18: James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”

By Alby October 18, 2024

Among the tracks spun by DJ Donnie Two Scoops in Oaks, Pa., the other day was this James Brown classic. Originally released in 1966, it reached No. 8 on Billboard's…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 18, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 18, 2024

The Big Story Is That Trump Is Unhinged And Suffering From Something Very Much Like Dementia: “What’s alarming is how the rate of Trump’s bizarre speech and political decisions have…

Song of the Day 10/16: Five for Fighting, “100 Years”

By Alby October 17, 2024

Jimmy Carter entered hospice care two years ago, and his relatives say the end is near. But before he turned 100 on Oct. 1 he said he wanted to live…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 17, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 17, 2024

Brett Baier Tries To Mansplain Trump's Superiority To Kamala Harris. If the Fox interview accomplished anything, it likely turned women off to Trump's toxic masculinity as channeled through Baier: The…

Song of the Day 10/16: Red Rider, “Lunatic Fringe”

By Alby October 16, 2024

You might remember this song from 1985, when it was used on "Miami Vice" and the movie "Vision Quest," but you probably don't remember the band. Red Rider never reached…

Towards A Delaware Transparency Agenda

By El Somnambulo October 16, 2024

Premature? No. It's long past time to drive a stake through the secrecy that practitioners of the Delaware Way have used to perpetuate the casual corruption at its core. We'll…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

By Alby October 16, 2024

For years we've wondered how bonkers Trump would have to get before mainstream media stopped normalizing him. We might have reached that point now that the brain worms have given…