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The Abiding Friendship Between Chris Evert And Martina Navratilova
Just an absolutely wonderful feel-good story written by the incomparable Sally Jenkins: They dressed side by side. They waited together, sometimes ate together and entered the arena together. Then they would play a match that seemed like a personal cross-examination, running each other headlong into emotional confessions, concessions. And afterward they would return to that […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 2, 2023
I can’t (or choose not to) read everything (although I’m reading a pretty amazing novel entitled “Chain Gang All-Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah right now. The Greg Abbotts of the World might get some ideas. Which is not the author’s point at all). But I digress. My point being that I love it when our readers send […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 1, 2023
A new day: At least the Supreme Court can’t inflict any more damage until October, can they? Plus, LLC’s and corporations still can’t vote in Seaford–until January, at least. How long will Miss Texas Remain Miss Texas? Not for long, I suspect. She’s letting everyone know that MAGAt Texas isn’t her Texas: What is startling […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Friday, June 30, 2023
The Headlines: Speaker Pete Picks The Absolute WORST Time To Go Through Man-opause. House Rethugs Revolt So That LLC’s And Corporations Can Vote In Seaford. They’re ‘not serious people’. This HAS To Be Schwartzkopf’s Last Day As Speaker, Either By (His) Choice, Or Otherwise. Here’s what happened: Speaker Pete had promised the Rethugs that he […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 30, 2023
Supreme Court Kills Affirmative Action. Because why should Black kids be as entitled as legacy fuck-ups at major institutions?: “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2023
So much good music that I had to limit each artist to one song (there were two artists for whom I had initially posted two songs each). Only available on Youtube, and, um, here. Don’t know if it’ll make it to Spotify, but I prefer this to anything on the album they put out earlier […]
BREAKING: House Votes Down Seaford Charter.
That can only mean one thing: House Rethugs plan to hold up the Bond Bill because–Seaford. The vote was 22 Yes, 18 No. Actually it was 23-17, but Rep. Short changed his vote from yes to no so that he could bring the bill up again. The D’s who voted yes? Bolden, Carson, Cooke, Lynn, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 29, 2023
The Headlines: Speaker Pete Tries To Ram Seaford Charter Change Down The Throats Of D Caucus Members–Chapter 4. House Doesn’t Show Up For Work. Senate R’s Signal That They Will Not Hold Up Bills For Seaford Charter Change. In fact, the Senate R’s joined the Senate Democrats in unanimously approving the Bond Bill. Prime sponsor […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Some Florida-Sized Corruption By DeSantis. How about a $92 mill highway construction project on behalf of a guy who gave the Governor a ‘golf simulator’?: The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) steered $92 million last year in leftover federal coronavirus stimulus money to a controversial highway interchange project that directly benefits a top […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The Headline: EVERYTHING FALLS APART IN HOUSE. We (well, I) first noted the marathon break between the recess for Caucus and the time the House eventually went back into session (3:15 to 7:45) last evening. We (well, I) noted that the House site changed the scheduled hours of session 4 times during the course of the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Today’s Headlines: *Third Time The Charm For Seaford’s LLC’s? I doubt it, but it’s back on today’s House Agenda. There must be a story behind the story. I’d love to hear it. *Budget & Bond Bills Headed For Passage. Both on today’s Senate Agenda. Well, not precisely. The Bond Bill has been laid on the […]
500,000 Rounds Of Ammo Walk Out Of Cebela’s-But Not On Their Own
No, not nationwide. From one store in Delaware. Which is what happens when a store has the ammo right out on the sales floor. Cabela’s is under investigation for lax shoplifting prevention after half a million rounds of ammunition was stolen from its Christiana Mall store, the Delaware Department of Justice said in a statement […]
Remember That ‘Self-Sustaining’ Port Of Wilmington?
Looks like Jeffrey Bullock and the self-anointed ‘grown-ups’ are gonna stick us with a, wait for it, $100 million price tag. Oh, and try to hide it from us. From the News-Journal: Delaware will get less money from the Port of Wilmington following its failed deal that privatized the port and taxpayers could be on […]
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