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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 19, 2018
Senate President Pro-Tempore Dave McBride had an idea. It was, and remains, a good idea. He would post the Senate agendas for the entire week well in advance of Tuesday’s sessions. He has done so. Problem is, bills have been dropping from those agendas regularly. Yesterday, it was Ernie Lopez’s ‘DNREC, Get Off Of My […]
Song Of The Day: April 19, 2018
Dave Alvin is one of my musical heroes. When I’m searching for a song of the day, he’s a perfect musical default:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 18, 2018
Let’s start with some rare, if modest, good news. Ernie Lopez’s Sussex County ‘Damn Revenooers’ bill has been excised from today’s Senate Agenda. OK, back to reality. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Nothing surprising. Committee time, kids! Let’s investigate. Starting with the House. Just because. Highlights from today’s committee lineup: *HB 369 (Osienski) ‘expands the […]
Song Of The Day: April 18, 2018
Inspired by Kathy McGuiness’ chasing of that LLC lucre. Oh, also Motown’s first hit record See if you can catch the couplet about Ernie Lopez:
Kathy McGuiness Goes After That LLC Money
No, not as a State Auditor committed to being your fiscal watchdog. As a candidate. As in contributions. From her profoundly depressing kickoff announcement: Individual Contributions are limited to $1,200 per person and LLC, per election. Does this mean that each one of, say, Bryon Short’s, or Michael Cohen’s, Delaware-based LLC’s could contribute up to […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 17, 2018
Let’s talk gun control legislation. Specifically, let’s discuss how the House D’s, in particular, invariably fall into the same Groundhog’s Day continuum. It’s either incompetence, or deliberate malfeasance. Here’s what’s bugged me for quite some time: Why do Pete Schwartzkopf and Val Longhurst insist on sponsoring the major gun control legislation? They aren’t in any […]
Song Of The Day: April 17, 2018
Another great song from Be Bop Deluxe. Guitarist Bill Nelson is one of the most unjustly-overlooked players of the era:
Rob Arlett, Trump’s Guy, Running For US Senate
Sussex County Councilman Rob Arlett today announced that he would run for the Senate seat currently held by Tom Carper. Arlett helped lead the Trump campaign in Delaware, where Trump garnered just under 42% of the vote against Hillary Clinton and assorted other candidates. His website for his previous County Council race describes him as…’Principled. […]
Song Of The Day: April 16, 2018
OK, this was an album that accompanied one of my three acid trips back in the mid-70’s. A great trip, I might add. Let’s see how it holds up…:
Song Of The Day: April 15, 2018
Shoulda guessed that there would be great surf music from Australia (Randy Newman: ‘They got surfin’ too’). Why they’re called the Atlantics instead of the Pacifics is beyond me. Great song, though:
Song Of The Day: April 14, 2018
The King Of Surf Music was in his ’60’s when this video was made. Other examples of Dick Dale’s genius are welcome here:
Delaware Political Weekly: April 6-12, 2018
1. GOP Finds Its Sacrificial Lamb For Congress. Presbyterian first, Rethug second? A military chaplain who served in Iraq. This guy. Campaign hasn’t gotten off to a rousing start. He either did or didn’t violate Department of Defense rules when he announced his candidacy at a Kent County Republican candidates event. Seems like a nice […]
Song Of The Day: April 13, 2018
Oh, sure, I could have played the Chantays’ version of this surf rock classic. But El Somnambulo is after bigger game:
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