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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April, 2021
So many of you (well, my oldest daughter) have asked, ‘Where’s your Fave Tunes list for April’? It’s right here. It may still be a work-in-progress (logistical stuff), but it’s really good as it is. Enjoy! Simply gorgeous. A great kickoff to this month’s list: Pair the last one with this one, and you’ll be […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 1, 2021
The Latest Rethug Attempt To Label Rather Than Legislate. Prepare to hear ‘Lefty social engineering’ redound through their media echo chamber: That echoed a message sketched out immediately after Biden’s speech by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who gave the nationally televised GOP response and accused Democrats of wanting “to put Washington even more in the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 30, 2021
Dang, I’ve got one of those spring/summer colds. I’ve decided that the ‘cure’ of Mucinex is worse than the ‘disease’. It’s the rare drugged-out feeling that I don’t like…hopefully it will heighten my sense of the absurd as I scour the interwebs for stuff for us to talk about. FBI Had Warned Giuliani And Sen. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Not much to report from yesterday other than that the bills we featured were all released from committee. Here is yesterday’s Session Inactivity Report. Fortunately, there are some interesting bills on today’s agendas. Let’s have at ’em, starting with the House. Highlights from Today’s House Agenda: *HB 8 (Heffernan) ‘ mandates that the Department of […]
Holy Bleep Part Deux!!: Bill Freeborn Indicted On Felony Charges
Now, that’s what I call bipartisanship. Indict both a D and an R for violating the public trust. From WDEL: Separately, the former executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Executive Director was also indicted Tuesday. Bill Freeborn, a former Republican City Councilman in the nineties and prior Director of the Division of […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
I’m still processing this Rebecca Walker story. Here’s the context for our current General Assembly: There really is a Cop Cabal. They do things, and refuse to do things, once the cops make their position known to them. Then-Rep. Walker did kill the ban on the death penalty bill in the House Judiciary Committee. Pete […]
Holy Bleep!! Former State Rep. Rebecca Walker Indicted For Falsifying Employment Records
You remember Rebecca Walker. She got herself a golden parachute job created just for her in the Office Of Forensic Science, formerly the Medical Examiner’s Office. Conveniently, the newly-created office ended up under the supervision of, wait for it, the police, essentially guaranteeing that incriminating evidence against cops would never see the light of day. […]
Who Should We Endorse In School Board Elections?
Actually, not just ‘Who Should We Endorse?’ But ‘Who Should We Oppose Because They Would Be Dangerous If Elected’? Oh, fuck. The first name that I see is Richard Forsten in Appo, an attorney/Rethug political hack. Seriously, nobody else filed? Pathetic. Here’s a link to the entire list: https://elections.delaware.gov/information/elections/school.shtml Click on your local districts, then […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
OK, Democratic legislators. You have the impetus for your reelection campaigns firmly in your grasp. Take it. The $15 minimum wage bill is very popular. You have but to pass it in the House, and send it to the Governor, who wouldn’t dare veto it. Speaker Pete: You can announce as early as today a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 24, 2021
Maryland To Review Cases Handled By Ex-Medical Examiner Who Testified For Chauvin’s Defense. Including this case: In 2018, a 19-year-old college student named Anton Black died after interacting with a Greensboro officer responding to a call of a possible kidnapping on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “Anton Black died because police employed excessive force, laying him out […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 23, 2021
First, a personal note: I’ve been binge-watching BoJack Horseman. That show’s incredible. But, I digress. NZ PM: ‘Stop Subsidies For Drilling’. Quote that makes sense to me: “We cannot take money from emitters paying for their carbon emissions and then give them money back in subsidies.” The emitters are getting about $500 billion annually in […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Looks like Mike Ramone’s gonna have to stock up on Robot Lifeguards. That’s the inescapable conclusion following yesterday’s surreal meeting of the Business Lapdog Committee, where the sheer idiocy of arguments against a $15 minimum wage made it impossible for even the Chamber-leaning D’s to justify burying the bill in committee. Matt Bittle, as usual, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 21, 2021
The Cop Cabal is in survival mode. All three of the leaders voted to release the anti-democratic HB 30 (Bolden), which would have the effect of severely limiting primary challenges, from committee. Should the bill get a vote in the House, which it likely will, pay attention: Every D legislator who votes ‘yes’ will reveal […]
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