DL Open Thread: Friday, May 2, 2025
Trump Judge Declares Trump Deportation Policy Illegal: A Trump-appointed federal judge has ruled that the US president cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants. US District Judge…
Song of the Day 5/1: Ed Pickford, “The Workers’ Song”
It's International Workers' Day, something Americans don't observe – socialism has never appealed to a nation full of millionaires-in-waiting. Well, too bad, capitalist scum. It's unlikely the workers of the…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Satire Is Dead: Port Of Wilmington Edition. General Assembly creates a task force with no legal authority, 'Honorables' feign anger when Governor's people don't show up: The inaugural meeting on…
Song of the Day 4/30: Counting Crows, “Spaceman in Tulsa”
This song, released in February, hasn't made El Somnambulo's list of faves (I'm not sure it qualifies yet by his rules), but it caught my ear the other day when…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
I've (largely) avoided MSNBC and (completely) avoided polling since the election. However, as Trump hits the 100-day-in-office mark, I compromise on my principles, if only just this once: This only…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April 2025
Lots of discoveries this month, along with some long-time faves. And short-time faves. My kind of month: Owww!: Discovered this band last year. One reason I do this is to…
Song of the Day 4/29: Chubby Checker, “Let’s Twist Again”
For me, the biggest surprise among this year's inductees to the Rock Hall of Fame was Chubby Checker, who popularized the twist and several other novelty dances, and whose hit-making…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Trump Unites Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carney led his Liberal Party to a narrow victory in Canada’s pivotal election on Monday, securing a fourth term in power for the party…
The Increasingly Less-Infrequent Delaware Political Weekly Which Still Doesn’t Appear Weekly: Late April 2025
1. Gotta lead with the upcoming school board elections. If, for no other reason, because thereby hangs a tale featuring arguably Delaware's most-unqualified candidate for elective office. The school board…
Song of the Day 4/28: Bad Company, “Can’t Get Enough”
At this point I'm not even going to bother slagging the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's decisions about who does and doesn't get in. By now everybody knows that…
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 28, 2025
More Of This, Please: In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday…
Song of the Day 4/27: The Velvet Underground, “Sunday Morning”
This first track on the first album by the Velvet Underground couldn't be more misleading – with its full production it sounds nothing like the rest of that seminal LP.…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 27, 2025
'Kid Has Stage 4 Cancer? Let Honduras Deal With It': Three U.S. citizen children from two different families were deported with their mothers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the…