February 2026 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

Song of the Day 2/10: Frank Sinatra, “Fly Me to the Moon”

By Alby February 10, 2026

After 20 years of blathering about his intention to colonize the Red Planet, big-brained super-genius Elon Musk announced yesterday that because Earth and Mars only align every 26 months, he…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 10, 20262 Comments

Total 'Victory' Over Climate Change. As in 'no more pesky regulations': In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s…

Song of the Day 2/9: Twisted Sister, “I Wanna Rock”

By Alby February 9, 2026

Try to contain your disappointment: Twisted Sister had to call off its 50th anniversary tour, its first comeback in a decade, because frontman Dee Snider unexpectedly quit, citing his declining…

DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 9, 2026

Anecdotal Becoming The Empirical, Ctd. There's only one reason, and it's not the quality of D candidates, and it's not that people love the Democratic Party: Democrats successfully defended a…

Song of the Day 2/8: Guy Clark, “Desperados Waiting for a Train”

By Alby February 8, 20265 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Texas politics are looking better after a Democrat trounced the MAGA candidate last week in a special election, boosting the party’s chances to gain the…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: Feb. 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 8, 20263 Comments

Why the Internet sucks, and what we can do about it. A real deep dive, perfect for a lazy Sunday morning: It’s clear something has gone so wrong. But what…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 7, 20263 Comments

He's In-SA-A-A-A-A-NE. Trump says portraying Obamas as monkeys wasn't a mistake: President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle…

Song of the Day 2/6: Nazareth, “Too Bad Too Sad”

By Alby February 6, 2026

"Everything Trump touches dies" is becoming nearly as immutable as the law of gravity. Bitcoin, the favorite pretend currency of money launderers and drug traffickers, experienced a sudden crash the…

DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 6, 20262 Comments

How Capitalists Killed Capitalism. A 'Guest Essay', and I like it: Since Mary Poppins’s day (I spared you the 'Mary Poppins' analogy), the financial sector as a whole — investment…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Feb. 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 6, 20264 Comments

“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We…

Song of the Day 2/5: Supertramp, “Crime of the Century”

By Alby February 5, 2026

Only half of the Epstein files have been released and already the sleaze quotient is off the charts – and this is with them redacting as much as possible to…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 5, 20265 Comments

For those who missed it, Al (not A I) alerted us to this comment from Sen. Stephanie Hansen re data centers: “Given the growing emphasis on technology and artificial intelligence,…

BREAKING BIG NEWS!!: DNREC Says That Proposed Data Center Violates Coastal Zone Act

By El Somnambulo February 4, 202613 Comments

Reader Drew Knox (hmmm, Drew Knox--I wonder...Sen. Andy Knox was a key proponent, and sponsor, of The Coastal Zone Act) beat me to it. But it is, in fact, true. From…