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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: The Top Ten!!

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on December 30, 2022 9 Comments

First, a revisit to the rest of the Top 50.  To be followed by a Spotify list including the Top 50, plus songs that were Top 50-worthy: ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 50-41 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 40-31 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 30-21 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 20-11 […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 29, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 29, 2022 11 Comments

There’s Always A Delaware Connection. The Rethugs know that they had a disastrous 2022 national election. Who better to analyze what went wrong, and how to fix it, than someone with a sparkling record of winning statewide races in Delaware?: The R.N.C. has undertaken what it says is a serious analysis of the 2022 results, […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 20-11

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on December 29, 2022 1 Comment

20.  19. 18. 17.  16.  15.  14. 13. 12. 11.     

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 30-21

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on December 28, 2022 1 Comment

30.  29. 28.  Coming to Arden Gild Hall, Sat. Feb. 18, 2023: 27.  26.   25. 24. 23.  22.  21.     

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 40-31

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on December 27, 2022 1 Comment

40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35.  34.  33. 32.  31. First time Emily Dickinson has made my Best Of The Year list:  

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 50-41

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on December 26, 2022 1 Comment

Yes, my annual holiday gift to you–whether you want it or not.  We’ll count down to #1.  I will then add a Spotify list of my fave tunes.  Since I had narrowed the list down to 63 before I ultimately chose the Fab Fifty, I’ll likely add some of those that just missed the cut […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 25, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 25, 2022 2 Comments

Yes, Virginia, There Really Was a Festivus.  Even A ‘Festivus For The Rest Of Us‘: (Seinfeld writer) O’Keefe said years later, “I mean this in the nicest way possible: My father was an undiagnosed bipolar, severe alcoholic who nonetheless was extremely high-functioning.” His father, Daniel O’Keefe, was an editor for Reader’s Digest who “came from […]

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DL Open Thread: Sat., December 24, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 24, 2022 1 Comment

I know it’s the day before Christmas.  I know that many of our daily readers will be away and will not be reading this. But you never know.  This could be the greatest DL Open thread ever.  (Granted, unlikely.) Could you forgive yourselves if you missed it? Didn’t think so. Was Cassidy Hutchinson The Only […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, Dec. 23, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 23, 2022 2 Comments

Jan. 6 Panel To Congress: Bar Trump From Running Again: The committee’s recommendations largely deal with how best to hold Trump and his allies accountable for the Jan. 6 attack, reflecting the report’s broader focus on the former president’s conduct. The report notes that the 14th Amendment allows barring people from office who “engaged in […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 22, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 22, 2022 4 Comments

Good news!:  The days will start getting a little longer from now on.  Just thought you’d like to know…hang in there. Who Created  ‘Libs Of TikTok’?  Confession: I’d never heard of it until I read the article, but it’s an anti-LGBTQ Twitter account that has had the likes of Fox and Joe Rogan amplifying its […]

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Announcing DL’s 2022 MVP’s (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause In Delaware)!

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 21, 2022 6 Comments

Perhaps more than ever, the order of these choices shouldn’t matter much, if at all.  Progressivism is growing stronger every year in Delaware, and everybody on this list has played a part.  Along with those who I’ve missed, and who I encourage you to mention.  Having said that, here goes: 10.  Brandon Toole. Not so […]

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BREAKING: Nicole Poore OUT As Bond Bill Chair

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 20, 2022 6 Comments

Sen. Dave Sokola has released the Senate committee assignments for the upcoming session. Quite a bit of news here.  Since I couldn’t find the release on the Senate site, I got it from the Delaware State News (h/t to one of our spies). While Nicole Poore is still on the Bond Bill Committee, she no […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 18, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on December 18, 2022 3 Comments

Most Fired Workers Lost Their Jobs For No Good Reason Last Year: These conditions are perhaps why 2022 was a big year for unionization. Unions won more elections than they have in 20 years, with employee rights and job security being the second and third reasons for labor organizing. But unions aren’t the only route […]

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