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DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 29, 2024
Matt Meyer Gives His Developer Friends This Lovely Parting Gift. Kevin Caneco’s take is right on: My statement on outgoing CE Matt Meyer veto of ORD 24-008 (Impact fees)You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch…Last night I learned outgoing CE Matt Meyer vetoed Substitute No. 1 to ORD 24-008 which adjusted and raised impact fees on […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 20-11
Here’s where it gets tough. Can definitely make an argument that all these songs belong in the Top 10. Too bad there are twenty of ’em: 20: 19: 18: Sheer artistry. Adds lyrics to a typically-complex Charles Mingus tune. An incomparable voice. Exercise patience, you’ll be rewarded: Yeah, I know this performance is from 2023. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 28, 2024
Meet The New Audit, Same As The Old Audit: Delaware Unemployment Compensation Fund Still Unauditable: The State’s Department of Labor was unable to provide sufficient appropriate audit evidence for the balances and financial activity of the account balances of the unemployment fund. The State’s records do not permit us, nor is it practical to extend […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 30-21
Now that I’ve demystified the process with yesterday’s explanation, you have but to be mystified (or elated) by my choices: #30. Read her absolutely great takedown of Aussie music industry misogyny here, listen to her band’s great song about the same issue here, then listen to this: #29: #28. “I’m the God of Everything Else, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 27, 2024
How Cops Routinely Mistreat Our Most Vulnerable: The Biden administration launched the probes in the wake of the national outcry over the police killings in 2020 of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Reports issued over the last two years have focused largely on excessive use force and the kind of racial […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: #’s 40-31
For the sake of pseudo-transparency, I don’t really agonize whether, say, Song #37 is ‘better’ than Song #36. I find ten songs that I think roughly belong where they are and, yes, I do program them a bit so that we don’t have three ‘similar’ artists go back to back to back. Just more info […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Let’s get this out of the way first: Wednesday NFL football is bad NFL football. At least Beyonce was there to save halftime. Israel: Fuck The Civilians. And you believed them when they said that they weren’t targeting civilians: At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s military leadership issued an order that unleashed […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 50-41
OK, kids, here we go. Real happy with the songs I unearthed this year. I notice that the selection is perhaps a bit more roots-oriented than usual. Although it’s technically my list, I solicit input from my wife, my daughters, my son-in-law and, this year, our very own Nathan Arizona. Oh, did I mention that […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Been a tough month for those born on December 25. Rickey Henderson. Justin Trudeau. December boys got it bad: Hey, it’s December 25. Howzabout a double shot?: This is what we in the Open Thread biz refer to as ‘vamping’. Ho-kay, let’s see if I can dig up some, you know, real stuff… Yikes, America’s […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Just because we don’t get nearly as many readers the next two days as normal, that’s no excuse for me to just mail in the Open Thread. If you’re gonna read, I’m gonna try. Let’s start with ‘salacious’: Well She Was Just Seventeen, You Know What I Mean: Citing text messages, travel receipts, online payments […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 23, 2024
Biden Commutes Sentences Of Death Row Inmates: President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of nearly all prisoners on federal death row, sparing the lives of 37 men just a month before Donald J. Trump will return to the Oval Office with a promise to restart federal executions. Those affected by Mr. Biden’s action, all […]
DL’s MVP’s (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause) Of 2024
I must first explain the omission of both Sarah McBride and Kyle Evans Gay from this year’s list. Yes, I’m thrilled that both have moved on to higher office. Yes, their legislative work deserves recognition on this list. The only reason I’ve left them off is, through no fault of their own, the State Senate […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 22, 2024
Don’t forget, kids–DL’s 2024 MVP’s drops tomorrow! Also my way of saying that I’m not all that confident that I’ll find much to write about today. But you never know. Let’s see what I can dig up… Lara Trump Not Heading To The Senate. Gotta love this explanation: “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, […]
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