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Public Advocate Breaks Tradition, Advocates for Public

By Alby January 3, 20182 Comments

Delaware's new Public Advocate, Andrew Slater, has only one flaw I can see: He doesn't know how to play to the media. Releasing any news of value on the Friday…

Open Thread Jan. 3: Rallying for the Right to Fleece the Rubes

By Alby January 3, 201810 Comments

Conservatives must have money to burn. That's the only explanation for why some of Sussex County's more cretinous politicians are still thumping the tub for a county-specific "Right to Work"…

Open Thread Jan. 2: Global Warming Shit Just Got Serious

By Alby January 2, 201814 Comments

The looming extinction of polar bears is a tragedy, but their disappearance won't affect our day-to-day lives. But what if we had to live without chocolate? That's right -- climate…

Open Thread Jan. 1: Keeping Up With the Jones Campaign

By Alby January 1, 20183 Comments

Didja notice that during the weeks leading up to Alabama's special Senate election you heard and read almost nothing about Doug Jones and the kind of race he was running?…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 1, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 1, 2018

2018 Midterm Elections

By jason330 December 31, 20172 Comments

309 DAYS 18 HOURS 52 MINUTES

Song Of The Day: Dec. 31, 2017

By El Somnambulo December 31, 2017

Betcha you thought it would segue right into Tripe Face Boogie. Too cold for Tripe Face Boogie, though.

BREAKING: Wilmington’s Ex-Top Cop To Run For Sen. Henry’s Seat

By El Somnambulo December 30, 20178 Comments

WDEL has the story here. Bobby Cummings, apparently not concerned that nobody but WDEL and someone like me, I guess, are paying attention, said that he would kick off his…

Open Thread Dec. 30: Trump as History’s Hairball

By Alby December 30, 201713 Comments

Hey, kids, remember the Tea Party? Seems like a long time ago that the greatest threat to moving America forward was a bunch of middle-aged guys dressing up in tricorns.…

Open Thread Dec. 29: Babylon and On

By Alby December 29, 201730 Comments

Tired of waiting for the weekend, when Trump routinely slips his restraints and takes to the Twitter machine, for your expected dose of crazy? You're in luck. A New York…

If a Republican Loses, It’s Not a Valid Election

By Alby December 28, 201718 Comments

Point and laugh at hapless clown Roy Moore's latest step in his refusal to acknowledge reality. He filed a lawsuit in federal court, the one he was twice kicked off…

Open Thread Dec. 27: Russians Fulfill GOP’s Longing for Autocracy

By Alby December 27, 201716 Comments

It's the time of year when writers turn to looking back and summing up, the better to put the work in the can and take a couple of weeks off…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2017: #’s 50-41

By El Somnambulo December 26, 20171 Comment

Had at least 100 songs I considered. Resulting in an incredibly diverse list-- or at least as diverse as a 66-year-old guy who is set in his ways can muster. …