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DL Open Thread: Sun., Dec. 29, 2019

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Employers Stop At Nothing To Destroy Unions.  Including scores of illegal activities. The key findings: The data show that U.S. employers are willing to use a wide range of legal and illegal tactics to frustrate the rights of workers to form unions and collectively bargain. Employers are charged with violating federal law in 41.5% of […]

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DL Open Thread: Sat., Dec. 28, 2019

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Federal Reserve: Trump’s Trade War Backfired.  When you think about it, that’s a dog-bites-man story if ever there was one. Some Cracks In The White Evangelical Community?  Yes, question is, will the movement grow?  Worth reading. Still a drop in the bucket, though… ‘Freaking Evil’.  The war criminal pardoned by, and now campaigning with, Trump, […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes OF THE DECADE: #’s 60-41!

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I’m having a ball doing this. Self-indulgent? Yes. But I just KNOW that you’re hearing some great tunes that you maybe never would have heard otherwise. Which has been my goal all along. 60. (2019) 59.  (2015) ‘Jesus hates your high school dances.’ 58. (2017) Curtis Mayfield is on my Musical Mt. Rushmore. Sampha samples […]

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DL Open Thread: Fri., Dec. 27, 2019

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No Room At The Library For The Homeless. When the defacto mayor of Wilmington is Buccini/Pollin, you know, the powerful overlords who steal money designated for low-income housing to build high-rise condos for the wealthy instead, this policy makes perfect sense. The Toxic Tandem of Mayor Mike and BPG continues to be perhaps the most […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes OF THE DECADE: #’s 80-61!

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There are two songs on the list that may, or may not, have made it were it not for the videos. This is one of them: 80. (2016) 79. (2018) 78. (2015) 77. (2011) 76. (2018) Maybe the only (still a) teen on my list. I almost had two songs from her on the list.  […]

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The Dumbest Thing I Wrote All Year

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 26, 2019 0 Comments

I was going back through the archives while working on my MVP Awards.  Meaning, I went back to January and looked at pretty much every post that had relevance to Delaware. I have been accused, and fairly I might add, of being at least a skeptic and often a cynic. However, as you will see, […]

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DL Open Thread: Thurs., Dec. 26, 2019

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Cybercom Poised To Attack Russian Election Interference.  Will King Cheeto put the kibosh on it? Trump Getting Ripped Off…By Grifters. They’re using his name to raise money that’s not going to his coffers. Quel horreur.  They mustn’t be aware of the ‘Only One Grifter At A Time’ rule… Will Murkowski Challenge McConnell On Impeachment?  If […]

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Bulo’s Fave Tunes OF THE DECADE 100-81!

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Man, what a challenge it was to put this list together. It took me months.  I’ll definitely be doing this in Spotify format a little later.  I had lots of input from my family, and their influence is shot through the list–at least where I agreed with them. 2010 to 2019 is a lot of […]

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DL Open Thread: Tues., Dec. 24, 2019

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How Amazon Placed Speed Over Safety Every Single Time.  Today’s must-read.  If we can only break up one corporation, let it be this one. Even Trump likely agrees. Because he hates Bezos, but still… Rudy: ‘I’m More Jewish Thank Soros’.  Soros is a Holocaust survivor, but never mind. Trump Attacks Green New Deal By Going […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2019: The Top Ten!!

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on December 23, 2019 3 Comments

But first, a recap of all the musical goodness that has come before: ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2019: #’s 50-31 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2019: #’s 30-21 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2019: #’s 20-11 Here we go, ready or not: 10. The Suitcase Junket is the most amazing one-man-band of the decade.  He writes great […]

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DL Open Thread: Sun., Dec. 22, 2019

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How Trump Judges Will Influence The Courts For Decades.  I didn’t want to read this, wish I hadn’t. Chris, how many of these judges did you vote for in the interest of bipartisanship? Do you think that even one of these judges gives two shits about the equitable distribution of justice? But I guess it’s […]

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DL Open Thread: Sat., Dec. 21, 2019

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Clean Energy Stiffed In Budget Deal.  Compromise, Chris Coons-style. It sucks. Christianity Today’s Editorial Calling For Trump’s Removal: But the facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019

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Where Did Trump Get That Ukraine Meddling Theory? Um, Putin. Almost from the moment he took office, President Trump seized on a theory that troubled his senior aides: Ukraine, he told them on many occasions, had tried to stop him from winning the White House. After meeting privately in July 2017 with Russian President Vladi­mir […]

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