2024 – Page 52 – Delaware Liberal

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo March 26, 20246 Comments

Today's Big Story is the introduction of a package of bills seeking to make affordable housing more available to those who need it. The prime sponsor of all seven bills…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 26, 2024

By Alby March 26, 202411 Comments

Move over, Donald. The top story on cable news today will be the rescue efforts at Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after a cargo ship rammed it about…

Song of the Day 3/25: Barenaked Ladies, “If I Had $1000000”

By Alby March 25, 2024

Dedicated to Donald Trump, with all the sympathy he deserves. Barenaked Ladies wrote about what they'd do with a million dollars even before the band formed in 1988. Frontmen Steven…

DL Open Thread Monday, March 25, 2024

By Alby March 25, 20249 Comments

Today's the deadline for Trump to come up with the cash or equivalent in New York, but he took time last night to go to his West Palm Beach golf…

Song of the Day 3/24: Cypress Hill w/the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, “Insane in the Brain”

By Alby March 24, 20241 Comment

Life, as we know, imitates "The Simpsons," which is why we got a Trump presidency. Even minor gags from long-ago episodes have come to pass: The U.S. won the Olympic…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 24, 2024

By El Somnambulo March 24, 20241 Comment

"The Brutality Of Sugar": You might want to reflect on this next time you reflexively reach for a Coke or Pepsi: The two soft-drink makers have helped turn the state…

Song of the Day 3/23: Пикник, “Королевство кривых” [Piknik, “Kingdom of Crooks”]

By Alby March 23, 2024

Once again, terrorists have attacked a live music event, this time a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow. Gunmen associated with the Islamic State opened fire before the start…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 23, 2024

By El Somnambulo March 23, 2024

Terrorist Attack In Russia Kills At Least 115. Russia claims to have the perpetrators in custody. Whether they're the real perpetrators or scapegoat perpetrators is an open question: At least…

Song of the Day 3/22: Barrett Strong, “Money (That’s What I Want)”

By Alby March 22, 2024

Donald Trump is getting INCREASINGLY FRANTIC! as the clock winds down toward his deadline for posting bond as he appeals his fraud conviction. Before you read any story about it,…

DL Open Thread Friday, March 22, 2024

By Alby March 22, 20244 Comments

Polling shows Americans have soured on the Supreme Court, the last institution that held the respect of a majority of the American public. Its approval rating started to slip a…

Delaware Political Weekly: March 15-21, 2024

By El Somnambulo March 22, 202419 Comments

1. Carney Endorses Eugene Young. The two questions are (1) Why?, and (2) What impact will it have? The consensus on the board is that the 'why' is that Carney…

Song of the Day 3/21: Alex Melton, “MMMBop”

By Alby March 21, 2024

Alex Melton is a South Carolina-based multi-instrumentalist who's made a name for himself on YouTube by making genre-twisting covers – country songs done as pop-punk and vice versa are his…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 21, 2024

By El Somnambulo March 21, 20243 Comments

I guess the Big News of the Day is that both bills abolishing the death penalty in Delaware cleared their respective House committees--HB 70 (Lynn) from the Judiciary Committee, and…