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Secret Government in Session in Dover

By El Somnambulo May 19, 200936 Comments

Nancy Cook and the Joint Finance Committee began its budget markup yesterday, free, for hopefully the last time, from the disinfectant of sunshine. Virtually all of it took place behind…

Supreme Court Rejects Ban on Medical Marijuana

By El Somnambulo May 18, 20093 Comments

And who's to say it's not for medicinal purposes? The Supreme Court today struck down appeals from two holdout California counties that had opposed the lifting of the state's ban…

Liberal Blogger Gets Big-Time Gig

By El Somnambulo May 18, 20092 Comments

Congrats to Ezra Klein, whose 'Tapped' blog over at The American Prospect has been 'bulo must-reading for some time now. He will now write for the Washington Post. The Beast Who…

Question(s) of the Day

By El Somnambulo May 18, 200921 Comments

Why is the press focusing more on what Nancy Pelosi might or might not have been briefed on than on what war criminals Cheney, Bush, and their malodorous malefactors might…

Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-May 17 Edition

By El Somnambulo May 17, 200924 Comments

LEAD STORY: The (UK) Guardian: Wingnuts' Ultimate Fate...To Be Eaten By Liberals? It's happened once before! Now, it all becomes clearer to El Somnambulo. Vegetarianism is but a sinister plot by…

Breaking: Obama to Name Republican Guv as Ambassador to China

By El Somnambulo May 16, 20094 Comments

If you're seeking to do away with your potential political rivals, you could do worse than sending them on a long sojourn to China. CNN is reporting that: President Obama…

‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses-‘Influenced by the ’80’s’ Edition

By El Somnambulo May 16, 20091 Comment

The Beast Who Slumbers roused himself from his torpor (don't ask how, this is a family blog...) to forage for more musical nuggets from the '80's. In performing this aural…

“This Session of New Castle County Council Has Been Bought and Paid For By…”

By El Somnambulo May 15, 200927 Comments

Just when you think the ethically-challenged members of New Castle County Council can't look worse than they already do, they prove that you thought wrong. According to Associated Press, WPVI-TV,…

Carper Does It Again: Chooses Banks Over People

By El Somnambulo May 13, 200924 Comments

Sen. Bernie Sanders' attempt to cap usurous interest rates on credit cards fell far short of passage today. The deliberative body that Sen. Richard Durbin referred to as 'controlled by…

Only in Delaware: Guess Who’s Handling the Gambling Bill Signing Logistics?

By El Somnambulo May 13, 20092 Comments

Gov. Markell will sign the Sports Gambling bill into law at Delaware Park (?!) tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. The person handling the logistics from Delaware Park's side is...Jennifer Oberle, daughter…

Obama Orders EPA to Lead Chessy Bay Cleanup

By El Somnambulo May 13, 20092 Comments

More proof that elections matter. And great news for one of America's most endangered waterways. From today's Washington Post: President Obama took a dramatic step to revive faltering efforts to…

Sports Betting Passes. Markell to Sign Bill This Week.

By El Somnambulo May 12, 200911 Comments

The Delaware State Senate today passed the sports betting legislation, 17 yes, 2 no, and 2 (Adams, Simpson), not voting. The Governor's office released the following statement: DOVER -- Governor…

Torture Architect Yoo to Write Column for Inquirer

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20098 Comments

Some things El Somnambulo just cannot make up. At a time when newspapers are at death's door, the Philadelphia Inquirer has hired Bush's point man on torture to write a…