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Song of the Day 5/16: Louis Prima, “I Wanna Be Like You”
The sad spectacle of Trump’s gaggle of suckups convening outside his trial in New York – in matching outfits, no less – made me think of this tune from Disney’s 1967 animated “Jungle Book.” The Disney people had to pitch the idea to Prima, who responded, “You want to make a monkey out of me? […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 16, 2024
The Big Story: Senate Considers Hospital Cost Review Board Today. Among other changes, the compromise amendment ‘(r)emoves the penalty provision for hospitals who fail to adhere to a budget that was approved or modified by the Board.’ Oh. Well, that’s a compromise, all right. First, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Nothing unexpected happened. The Hospital Review […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 16, 2024
RIP: Rep. Joe DiPinto. It would be difficult to find a more civic-minded Wilmingtonian than Joe DiPinto. To me, he was a public servant in the best sense of the word. From former Mayor James Baker: “Joe knew that this position gave him the opportunity to directly help the people of Wilmington through development agreements […]
Song of the Day 5/15: David Sanborn, “Hideaway”
Alto saxophonist David Sanborn’s music is usually categorized as smooth jazz, much to his chagrin. Sanborn, who died Sunday at age 78, released 25 albums leading his own band, incorporating rock, R&B and gospel into with the jazz, but no matter, you’ll find them filed under Jazz, Smooth. They don’t even care that Sanborn’s playing […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 15, 2024
The Big Story: Open The Floodgates–Great Bills Coming Through. Today’s Senate committees are full of ’em. You’ll have to wait just a little longer to revel in all that goodness, though. Looks like the Rethugs objected to preventing unfettered towing of cars by unscrupulous operators. HB 351(Osienski) as amended passed the House by a 24-14 […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 15, 2024
You can tell Donald Trump has been stung by the fact that, contrary to what pollsters will tell you, he doesn’t have all that many diehard fans. The proof: He issued call after call for his supposed minions to show up at his trial in New York, and was rewarded with crowds in the single […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Big News: Compromise, Compromise. Apparently, compromises have been reached on both the Hospital Cost Review Board and the Wilmington towing scam bill. Of the two, I’m most skeptical of the towing bill, which had been held up by city officials who had expressed concerns about the bill. Well, it was, after all, their scam. […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 14, 2024
As H.L. Mencken said a century ago, every human problem has a solution that is neat, plausible and wrong. Keep that in mind when you read about the health care cost review board. It looks set to happen after lawmakers amended their bill, which is supposedly going to rein in the state’s hospital costs. I […]
Song of the Day 5/13: Baby Lasagna, “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
Eurovision, the international song contest, rarely makes the news in America, but it’s a big deal in Europe, a sort of a musical Olympics that pits one musical act from each of two dozen or so participating countries, most of them European. They’ve been holding it since 1956, and it’s grown into a live TV […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 13, 2024
A little wake-up call for anyone who thinks putting Republicans in power would help the Palestinians in Gaza: South Carolina lickspittle Lindsay Graham wants Israel to nuke Gaza. It won’t happen, of course, because if they did Jared Kushner would be deprived of all that waterfront real estate. I’m not saying everyone in MAGA World […]
Song of the Day 5/12: Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?”
This is a question two presidential candidates who aren’t Joe Biden should be asking themselves. They could use this tune as a soundtrack. Black Francis said the song was inspired by a scuba dive in the Caribbean, but movies have been using it for years to signal a character’s inability to recognize reality. It was […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter. More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? “Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner,” as […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 11, 2024
State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza. Can’t anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel had likely violated international law yet remained eligible to receive U.S. military aid — has left President Biden increasingly isolated on an issue that has […]
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