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March For Our Lives Open Thread

By El Somnambulo March 24, 201815 Comments

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. …

Trump Bans Transgendered Troops. Again.

By El Somnambulo March 24, 20182 Comments

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…

Song Of The Day: March 24, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 24, 2018

Some days the song comes right to you. Especially on a languid Saturday morning:

Delaware Political Weekly: March 16-22, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 23, 201812 Comments

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…

Song Of The Day: March 23, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 23, 2018

Quite simply, the greatest doo-wop recording of all-time:

Assault Weapons Ban Introduced In Dover

By El Somnambulo March 22, 201877 Comments

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…

Batshit-Crazy John Bolton Headed To Trump’s Rescue

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20184 Comments

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…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 22, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20186 Comments

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. …

Song Of The Day: March 22, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20181 Comment

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?

By El Somnambulo March 21, 201829 Comments

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…

Song Of The Day: March 21, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 21, 20185 Comments

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…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 20, 201817 Comments

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…

Song Of The Day: March 20, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 20, 20182 Comments

Man, I find some intriguing stuff on the internets. I want to hear more from former Carolina Chocolate Drops cellist Leyla McCalla. This will work for starters: