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It’s The Voters, Stupid.
Guest Post By Wasabi Peas: This election cycle made me mad. Really, really mad. And not for the reasons folks reading this blog might think. Post-election, many people, mainly liberals, have been complaining and pointing fingers, blaming Trump voters and progressives/leftists for Kamala Harris’ loss. While anger over another Trump presidency is indeed warranted, directing […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 2, 2024
Biden Pardons Biden. As well he should have: The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: November, 2024
A short list this month as I begin preparations on my Fave Tunes Of 2024 list. I’ve already combed my lists from earlier this year and, from them, have narrowed down the number of contenders to around 75. I’ll no doubt add a few others as I check out other Best-Of lists. Barring something unforeseen, […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 1, 2024
Hmmm, which ugly Christmas sweater to wear for my shift at the Arden Holiday Shop this morning? Can’t go with the Trump and Putin kissing under the mistletoe, as much as I’d like to…saving the most profoundly garish and disturbing one for the Claymont Parade next week…guess I’ll go with the Five Finger Death Punch […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 30, 2024
OK, guys, it’s Small Business Saturday. What small local businesses do you plan to visit today? Confused By The Syrian Insurgency? This will clarify everything and/or make it more confusing to you. An excerpt: I would characterise them as a ‘logical result of everybody abandoning Syrians to onslaughts and subversion by Assadism, al-Qaeda, IS/ISIS/IGIL/Daesh, IRGC, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 29, 2024
One More Reason To Hate Notre Dame. The football team/school, not the Cathedral: The (Supreme) court’s conservative justices are increasingly hiring the law school’s graduates and faculty to work in their chambers. Two recent graduates are among the four clerks working this term with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame graduate and longtime law […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 28, 2024
We hope you and your families and friends have a very happy Thanksgiving. We’re so happy that we’re no longer hosting. We’ve passed that tradition along to our oldest daughter and son-in-law. In that spirit, please feel free to share your MVP’s (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause) for 2024. We’ve gotten a lot of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Safe travels, everybody, if you’re traveling. We’re traveling the less than a mile to our daughter’s house in Kingsridge, where I’ll plop myself on a couch and start drinking. Moderately, of course, Even the football games suck this year, but I’ll be with a great group of people, so it won’t matter. Hope you do […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Smith Folds. He had to, you can’t try a sitting President. The villain amongst all the villains in the piece: Merrick Garland: A judge dismissed the federal election-obstruction charges against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, ending a historic investigation that never went to trial but led to enduring changes in the legal landscape over a […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, November 25, 2024
Nancy Mace Has Done Us All A Favor–Inadvertently, Of Course. She has given Sarah McBride a platform to introduce herself and her message to the nation. We all know how good she is, now everybody else is finding out: Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who made history this month as the first openly trans person elected […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 24, 2024
Will ‘Prosecutors Be Prosecuted’ Under Trump? As good a test as to whether the Republic can hold as any: Again and again, when Donald Trump has faced scandal and scrutiny, Pam Bondi was there to defend him. Bondi said the Justice Department’s special counselinvestigation into whether Trump associates coordinated with Russian interference in the 2016 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Hospital Lobbyists Try To Kill Diamond State Cost Review Board. Carney said he supports it–but will he appoint the members?: With about two months until a new executive administration takes over in the First State, Delaware Healthcare Association president and CEO Brian Frazee penned a letter Wednesday urging term-limited Gov. John Carney to defer making […]
SD 5 Candidates With Christiana Care Ties Oppose Hospital Care Review Board
Among the four candidates running for the Democratic nomination to fill the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat currently held by Kyle Evans Gay are two with ties to Christiana Care. Both oppose the Hospital Care Review Board that was legislatively established to address the costs and lack of transparency on pricing from Christiana Care. For the record, […]
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