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David Lynch: An Appreciation
Guest Post By Gary Mullinax: David Lynch was a movie director who started with a slimy baby that looks like a skinned rabbit (and might really have been one), then gave us a red-suited midget who talks and sings backwards and a severed ear covered with bugs resting on a plush suburban lawn. What were […]
Monique Johns Doesn’t Seem To Stand For Anything
Guest Post By Accende Lucem: On November 5, 2024, I walked into the polls and voted for Monique Johns for New Castle County Council President. As an old school Democrat (think: Franklin Roosevelt), I pulled the lever for Johns because her Republican opponent was no option. A darling of the Chamber of Commerce, Melissa Brayman […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 17, 2025
NYC’s Top Criminal Heads To Mar-A-Lago, Seeking Pardon. Betcha he gets one: Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, his re-election chances in doubt and a federal indictment looming over him, flew to Florida on Thursday to meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago just four days before the inauguration. The mayor, a Democrat, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Joseph Heller was acclaimed for his novel ‘Catch-22’, which enjoyed ca(t)che with anti-war protestors in the ’60’s. Gotta admit, started it, didn’t like it, didn’t finish it. Have no desire to give it a second chance. Anyway, he subsequently wrote a poorly-received novel called “Something Happened”. The entire sum part and parcel of one classic […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Netanyahu Gonna Netanyahu. Holds up deal: Last-minute disputes appeared to hold up an expected Israeli cabinet vote on Thursday that could formally ratify a cease-fire deal with Hamas that has raised hopes that the devastating 15-month war could be coming to an end. By the afternoon, Israel had yet to convene ministers to discuss the […]
BREAKING: Israel and Hamas Agree To Cease-Fire, Hostage Release
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/ A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached Wednesday following more than 15 months of extraordinary bloodshed and violence in Gaza, said a senior U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions. Details of the agreement are to be announced shortly in Doha, the […]
Song Of The Day 1/15: Mahalia Jackson, “Elijah Rock”
Al’s in transit, so I’m not sure he’s got a song in mind. However, I was blown away by the Delaware State University Choir that opened yesterday’s House session, doing a version of this song: Not only was Mahalia Jackson a singer beyond compare, she wrote the song and lyrics. Think she debuted it around […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 15, 2025
The Big Story: Speaker Minor-Brown Seems Determined To Restore Collegiality To The House. After well over a decade of iron-fisted rule by Pete Schwartzkopf and Val Longhurst, the newly-installed Speaker took great pains yesterday to change the atmosphere of impending doom that had been a hallmark of the Pete/Val years. The floor was chock-full of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Dog Bites Man: Rethugs Capitulate On Hegseth. You were expecting anything different?: The seriousness and breadth of the allegations against him — from sexual assault to excessive drinking to sheer lack of experience — demand the most searching and responsible of inquiries. Instead, the Hegseth nomination has largely produced reflexive party-line salutes. What unfolded during […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Trump Would Have Been Convicted–DOJ Report: If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released early Tuesday. For 137 pages, Smith detailed the incriminating […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Spoiler Alert: The first two paragraphs of this article have been cut-and-pasted from 2023. With, of course, the dates changed to reflect this year’s legislative calendar. Today’s Opening Session is merely ceremonial. Swearing-in of the Senators and the Reps, followed by receptions, and pictures with families and friends. For all you legislative newbies out there, […]
The Final Legislative Pre-File*
*Before the new General Assembly is sworn in tomorrow. They consist of bills filed on January 9 and 10. You can find them all here. The highlight, of course, is the bill creating the Office Of Inspector General: This Act establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 13, 2025
Bannon Vs. Musk. Can we root for two losers?: President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying debate on the right about Musk’s influence in the incoming administration. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week, Bannon […]
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