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A Buncha Cool Music Hangin’ Around On the Same Blog Together
First in a series of occasional posts…unless it’s the last in the series. I find so much cool stuff cruising the ‘nets that I just have to share sometimes. Old stuff, new stuff, obscure stuff, just stuff that I either really like and/or am intrigued by. Let me know what you like, hate, etc. And […]
Google ‘Santorum’
I’m stealing this directly from Daily Kos b/c I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. Click the link and watch Stephen Colbert’s take on the Rick Santorum ‘google problem’. I’m sure that you, just like me, will then want to google ‘Santorum’ and make sure you click the appropriate links. Just do […]
THIS Investment Makes Sense
Buried in the Business Section of today’s News-Journal is, IMHO, a much better economic development engine than the one handed to the DuPont Company: State economic development officials will announce plans today to grant $2.4 million to Johnson Controls Inc. to support a planned expansion in Middletown, where the Wisconsin-based company operates a battery production […]
Holy Bleep! The Two Stephens, Sondheim & Colbert, Together At Last!
How cool is this? My all-time favorite composer, Stephen Sondheim, is gonna have a NYC revival of his groundbreaking musical, Company, featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone and…Stephen Colbert! “Company” was the first Broadway show I ever saw on Broadway, in 1972. I was just blown away and have been a lifelong Sondheim fan ever […]
The Markell Budget: Comfort the Comfortable, Afflict the Afflicted
As the Joint Finance Committee peels back more layers of this rancid budgetary onion, we see the priorities of this administration, and what we see is an ostensibly progressive administration time and time again comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted.
‘Bulo On Al’s Show Today-Thurs., Feb. 3
Sorry for the late notice. I’ll be on the Al Mascitti Show on WDEL-1150 AM at 10 am today. Al’s show, as always, starts at 9. We’ll likely discuss “The Best of Jack/The Worst of Jack”; questionable budget priorities; the Rte 113 bypass controversy; the Joint Finance Committee hearings; a legislative session wrap-up, and perhaps […]
The Best and Worst of Gov. Jack Markell
It was the Best of Jack. It was the Worst of Jack. All encompassed in the same week. The Best of Jack, which should be studied by President Obama, every Democratic governor, and all D legislators, was his calling-out of all the undistinguished Sussex County Rethugs who have been trying to score political points off […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 26, 2011
As the General Assembly waits for the Governor to submit his budget proposal, some real work is nevertheless being done. At least on the House side. The House passed three bills of note yesterday. Rep. Bennett’s FOIA bill once again unanimously passed the House, as its forerunner did last year. Last year, Sen. DeLuca buried […]
As I Predicted, Rendell Gets NBC Gig
Yep, COMCAST is staying out of all programming decisions for NBC. As I predicted, the Peacock has hired former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-COMCAST) as its newest ‘political analyst’. One thing is assured by this choice, and that’s that nowhere will be heard a discouraging word about COMCAST. How do I know this? Because we […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 25, 2011
“My Fellow Delawareans: The State of Our State is grim.” That’s me speaking, not Gov. Markell. His wonkish State of the State address put an optimistic spin on it, as in “Our state is far stronger than the challenges we face.” Uh, maybe. Tax incentives, tax credits, partnerships, etc., for jobs expansion, are nice, but […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 20, 2011
If you haven’t guessed the overarching theme of today’s State of the State address by now, then you haven’t been paying attention. At every given opportunity over the past few months, Gov. Markell has stated in numerous permutations that he wakes up thinking about jobs and goes to sleep thinking about jobs. Accordingly, in my […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 18 & Weds. Jan. 19, 2011
Is El Somnambulo getting lazy? Maybe yes, maybe no, but that’s not the reason I’m combining these two days into one post. Even by legislative standards, this has been the quietest opening of a session that I can recall. Very few bills and very little activity. In fact, judging by the latest Session Activity Report, […]
‘Bulo On Al’s Show
I’ll be appearing on the Al Mascitti Show tomorrow, Monday, January 17. I’ll be talking about the Delaware General Assembly and presumably any matters dealing with state politics and government. Al’s show is on from 9 am to 12 noon every weekday on WDEL-1150. I’ll be on at 10 am. Please call with any questions. […]
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