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March For Our Lives Open Thread
With more than 800(!) marches taking place all over the world, what are you doing today? If you are at one of the marches, please let us know what’s happening. If you’re watching the marches, what is your reaction? My main hope is that, just like the Women’s March last year, today’s events will be […]
Trump Bans Transgendered Troops. Again.
Maybe he’s running out of outrageous stunts to perform (no, I’m not talking about with Stormy Daniels–OK, maybe just a little bit). But at 9 pm Friday, he once again signed an Executive Order banning most transgendered troops from serving in the military. Or, maybe he signed it for the first time after announcing his […]
Song Of The Day: March 24, 2018
Some days the song comes right to you. Especially on a languid Saturday morning:
Delaware Political Weekly: March 16-22, 2018
1. Two More For RD 16. One candidate, Jakim Mohammed, filed this week for the race to succeed retiring Rep. J. J. Johnson. I like him, perhaps the only ex-cop I would consider supporting. Why? Because he challenges the way that police interact with the black community (I’m using ‘interact’ as a euphemism here). He’s […]
Assault Weapons Ban Introduced In Dover
SB 163 (Townsend) was officially introduced today in Dover. If you read the lengthy synopsis of the bill, you will notice that several court decisions are cited as precedents. The Forces Of Evil plan to take no prisoners on this bill. From the News-Journal article: “There is no room for compromise or amendments on this,” […]
Batshit-Crazy John Bolton Headed To Trump’s Rescue
One of the leading advocates/apologists for the Iraq War is reportedly replacing Gen. H. R. McMaster, who Trump has just fired. John Bolton’s unique combination of idiocy and bloodlust is absolutely terrifying. And he’s about to become Trump’s National Security Advisor, a position that I don’t believe requires Senate confirmation. The negative synergy that he […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 22, 2018
With two session Wednesdays lost to the snow, there’s a backup of legislation in House and Senate committees. Meaning, there’s a paucity of legislation available to consider during regular session. More likely a good thing than a bad thing. Especially when one sees how the ‘Honorables’ have dealt with the limited number of bills they’ve […]
Song Of The Day: March 22, 2018
Doo-wop don’t get much better than this. Actually, it’s a doo-wop/jump blues mash-up:
What If Tom Carper Doesn’t Run?
I’ve been thinking about this lately. You have a clearly diminished incumbent, one who will be forced to display that diminished capacity publicly this year. He has more pensions than Trump has women suing him. I can see him taking the money and not running. He probably can still remember Bill Roth’s campaign literally crashing […]
Song Of The Day: March 21, 2018
Asked my wife to give me the first song that came into her head. She said that she and my oldest daughter both like this song. Me? I’d never heard it, but here ya go:
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
So, Rep. PAL Longhurst goes into high dudgeon over the weakening of her bump stocks bill in the Senate. These amendments passed the Senate and are now part of the bill: SA 2(Delcollo) and SA 4(Ennis). While I agree with her, she is the last person who should make that argument. Lest we forget, back […]
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