Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 12-18, 2024
1. BHL Conducts Push Poll-And Not Even THAT Looks Good. When you're bragging about this, you're grasping at straws. This, from her campaign: A recent poll conducted by Public Policy…
Song of the Day 1/18: The Bee Gees, “Words”
Every MAGA accusation is a confession – why do you think they keep talking about mental health when we bring up gun violence? – which is why Fux News et…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 18, 2024
John Carney's State Of The State Address takes place today. Right around the time of my brief daily afternoon nap. Kismet. I'll cut-and-paste the address (or the press release hailing…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Are Republicans capable of empathy? As my Magic 8-Ball says, signs point to no. First example: Testimony from a Pennsylvania woman whose son died in a school shooting last year.…
Song of the Day 1/17: Phish, “Farmhouse”
The venerable jam band Phish is coming to the Woodlands, the Dover Downs-adjacent campground that hosted the Firefly festival for a decade, for a four-day festival in August. Travel package…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 17, 2024
You know that today's gonna be a slow day when the only 'notable' scheduled activity is the passage of a resolution providing for John Carney's State Of The State Address,…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024
What is Israel doing? Is it genocide? Ethnic cleansing? Forced migration? A crime against humanity? Such distinctions don't matter. Even those who support Israel are in agreement: It's wrong. But…
Song of the Day 1/16: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Waiting in Vain”
H/t to Anon, who noted that we will wait in vain for any of the Republicans who are opposing Donald Trump to point out that he wants to be a…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024
I mentioned this the other day: The media is more interested in narrative than facts. The Iowa caucuses provide a perfect example. Donald Trump won. That's news, but of the…
Song of the Day 1/15: Elvis Presley, “If I Can Dream”
Many songs have been written in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., all of them heartfelt, many of them touching. But no other calls forth King's message with the passion…
DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 15, 2024
As the seige of Gaza reached 100 days over the weekend, Netanyahu said, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else."…
Song of the Day 1/14: John Lennon, “Instant Karma!”
Remember Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News blowhard? You probably haven't thought about him in a long time – Fox News 86'd him back in 2017 over his long history of…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024
For most people the record-breaking heat of 2023 wasn't surprising – only Republicans pretend not to know about global warming – but it was to scientists, because the increase was greater…