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Song Of The Day: July 7, 2018
‘Cause celluloid heroes never feel any pain, and celluloid heroes never really die’:
Delaware Political Weekly: June 29-July 5, 2018
1. Actor Lee Murphy To Play Role Of Congressional Candidate. He’s been a candidate before. He’s almost been a candidate a couple of other times. He’s been a teacher, an Amtrak conductor, and an actor who drives a stick shift and has an ‘extensive wardrobe’. He’s always good for comedic relief. And he’s the R candidate […]
Trumpian? No. Lilliputian? Yes.
Much was made (in fact, John Carney made much of) this Executive Order signed by the Governor on June 30, 2018. He did this after the General Assembly declined to consider a hastily-introduced constitutional amendment that would have required the adoption of ‘budget smoothing’ throughout the budgetary process. As opponents of this attempt to railroad […]
Chamber Cries Crocodile Tears
Won’t anyone consider Delaware’s poor and misunderstood Chamber Of Commerce? The legislative proceedings of June 30/July 1 prompted this poignant lament from those who have always had the best interests of Delaware at heart: Chamber Disappointed in Late Night Minimum Wage Vote The Delaware House of Representatives held a late night, with a 3:30 a.m. vote to […]
Song Of The Day: July 3, 2018
Dave Davies wrote it and sang it. Kinda wish he’d written more songs with the Kinks, based on this one, also from Something Else:
Song Of The Day: July 2, 2018
Hey, let’s make it Kinks’ Week. Send me your faves, the more off-the-radar screen, the better. Side One, Cut One of my fave Kinks album:
Song Of The Day: July 1, 2018
We close double entendre Week with the Who. “Mama’s got a squeeze box, daddy never sleeps at night”:
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June, 2018
Pretty strong stuff this month, due, in part, to a couple of ‘Best-Of’ lists I found highlighting music from the first half of the year. Think I’ll do it alphabetically by artist, just to see how it comes out: These guys are Da Bomb. Yes, it’s the guitars:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: June 30, 2018
That was quite the mixed bag on Thursday. The bad? The House ‘cut the baby in half’ on relief to the racinos. Hey, as long as Rep. Lynn is happy, I can’t be too upset. Still, rewarding Denis McGlynn for his serial incompetence hardly seems fair. The really good? The House pushed back against the […]
Song Of The Day: June 30, 2018
Bessie Smith needs ‘a little sugar in my bowl’. Wonder what she means:
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