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El Somnambulo Reviews Wrestlemania 37: Night 2

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on April 11, 2021 2 Comments

The hot rumor making the rounds is that Becky Lynch will return tonight, likely in a truck, following her being away for almost a year away as she became a mom.  Looks like there’s a ready-made feud with Bayley awaiting her.   Tonight’s ‘celebrity’ is Logan Paul.  Yet another media creation who is ‘famous for being […]

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El Somnambulo Reviews Wrestlemania 37-Night One

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on April 10, 2021 2 Comments

An utterly insipid pre-game panel featuring one Kayla Braxton as the host; Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler, dressed like a maitre d’ at a red gravy joint; Booker T: JBL, and somebody named Peter Rosenberg. It’s been raining in Tampa, but it appears that it will stop in time for the kickoff of the show. Drew […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 10, 2021

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Voter Suppression Too Extreme Even For Wisconsin’s Right-Wing Supreme Court.  “If the court had ruled the other way, thousands of voters would have routinely come off the rolls every two years when election officials believed they had moved.” The Absolute Corruption Of Clarence And Virginia Thomas.  It has ever been thus with these two. An […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 9, 2021

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on April 9, 2021 9 Comments

Two ex-NFL Players, Two Mass Shootings. Philip Adams. Travis Rudolph.  Uh, brain trauma, much?  From the Adams article: At least five people are dead, including two children, in what police in York County, S.C., called a “case of a mass shooting” committed by a former National Football League player. The York County Sheriff’s Office confirmed […]

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Memo To These Legislators: Support The $15 Minimum Wage

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on April 6, 2021 7 Comments

If there ever has been an issue that should unite all Democratic legislators, it is the $15 minimum wage.  SB 15 passed the Senate, and all Democratic senators voted for it.  The Senate amendment that was added to the bill made clear that Delaware’s minimum wage would remain at the criminally-paltry $9.25/hour until January of […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 3, 2021

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Alabama Refuses To Lift Yoga Ban. The Reason? Hindu Indoctrination.  Having taken acid gives me even more appreciation for a story like this.  Hindu indoctrination is a real thing.  You start with a few ommmm chants, and you end up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQrQjNNZCAo Next thing you know, the entire Alabama congressional delegation is Black. MLB Moves […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 2, 2021

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Plant That Screwed Up Vaccine Got Huge Grant From Operation Warp Speed.  Despite a record of previous mix-ups and violations.  Maybe this was part of the reason for the big contract? At the time of the award, that office was led by Assistant Secretary Robert Kadlec. The Post previously reported that before joining the Trump […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Topics For The General Assembly Easter Break: The House Kop Kabal Must End. Franklin Cooke Must Be Defeated. The Three (Or Four) State Reps (And One Governor) Who Must Be Lobbied Heavily On Minimum Wage. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. There’s only one big story today.  The Senate will try (and, I think, succeed) to […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2021

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on April 1, 2021 0 Comments

If two of these songs seem kinda ‘out-there’ even by my standards, no, my tastes haven’t changed.  It’s just that two great songs happened to be ‘out there’ this month.  See if you can spot them amongst the other gems: One of the best videos I’ve seen in forever.  Something you may not have known […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 31, 2021 8 Comments

The Senate is rolling out the legislative artillery, beginning today.  Two gun control bills, SB 3 (Lockman) and SB 6 (Sokola),  will be considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and have been scheduled as the only two bills on tomorrow’s Senate Agenda.  I think they’ve each got at least 12 votes in the Senate, […]

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 30, 2021 6 Comments

Since this is the last week before a two-week break for the Easter holidays, look for bills that the two houses want to get to the Governor quickly to receive top priority. Both the House and Senate will run agendas today, and the Senate will also hold a couple of committee meetings. Highlights on today’s […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 27, 2021

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on March 27, 2021 2 Comments

Moscow Mitch Loses Kentucky Smelting Plant.  Sad: In 2019, Rusal announced its commitment to invest $200 million in the plant, which stirred up criticism as the decision came shortly after the U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Rusal and its parent company. A spokesman for Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, then majority leader, told the […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, March 26, 2021

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on March 26, 2021 5 Comments

Georgia Passes Unfathomably Racist Voter Suppression Laws.  As anti-democratic as it gets.  Stop minorities from voting, hang on to power.  Will Krysten Sinema and Joe Manchin stand with these blatant racists?  BTW, doesn’t get more symbolic than this.  Black legislator arrested for trying to attend signing ceremony, Looks Like Netanyahu’s ‘Victory’ Was No Victory At […]

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