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2021: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
THE GOOD Jan.: Delaware AG Jennings announces that manufactured homeowners will be entitled to free legal help in disputes with landlords. March: Minimum Wage Bill Passes Senate On Party-Line Vote. April: Senate Passes Two Gun Safety Bills. Self-Dealing Ex-Legislator Indicted For Falsifying Cops’ Drug/Alcohol Test Results. A blatant self-dealer gets her just desserts. Former State […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 30, 2021
Who Was Winnie Spence? She was a former State Senator here in Delaware. That’s about all I knew about her until one of our great commenters shared the rest of the story. I’ll quote from him: …(S)he declined to run for reelection in 1980 the State Senate so that she could head the Delaware chapter […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: The Top Ten!!
Plus, my Fave Video Of The Year. And, a Spotify list of all the tunes. But, first, a recap for all of you who prefer to have everything in a single post: El Somnambulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 50-41 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 40-31 ‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 30-21 ‘Bulo’s […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Rethug-Led States Giving Unemployment Comp To Unvaccinated. Of course they are. Anything to undermine a national pandemic response. The five states?: Arkansas, Kansas, Florida, Iowa and Tennessee. ‘Half-Earth’ Solution To Climate Change? It is a proposal from noted biologist and environmental activist Edward O. Wilson, who recently passed away. The notion, which is beginning to […]
Support Becca Cotto!
I did. And I’m thrilled to do so. Sent some $$’s, knocked on some doors. Will be doing more in January. She is a progressive and an activist, and she’s great fun to work with/for. She’s running in the 6th Rep. District, right next door to my district. She’s already building a strong volunteer group, […]
DL’s MVP (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause In Delaware) Awards For 2021
This, of course, is my list. Your lists, no doubt would vary. I considered all of the suggestions and nominations that you put forth, meaning, you will see some of your suggestions on the list. Let’s go! 10. Rep. Larry Lambert & Sen. Kyle Evans Gay. Did I mention that this is my list? In […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 26, 2021
RIP: Desmond Tutu: As leader of the South African Council of Churches and later as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu led the church to the forefront of Black South Africans’ decades-long struggle for freedom. His voice was a powerful force for nonviolence in the anti-apartheid movement, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize in […]
El Somnambulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2021: #’s 50-41
Presented, as always, in reverse numerical order. The only proper way to do a countdown. Otherwise it’s an anti-climactic count-up. Said Captain Obvious. Spotify list once we reach # 1. Let’s get this party started: 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41.
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 25, 2021
A Christmas Miracle? The James Webb Telescope Takes Off. It’s quite the undertaking: Astronomers around the world will be watching (and perhaps biting their nails) as the Webb telescope undergoes a $10 billion, monthlong game of origami. Tightly packed into a container atop the rocket during launch, the telescope will separate from the spacecraft in […]
DL Wraps Up The Year In Style
Set your calendars and your alarms. In addition to our generous ongoing e-stream of Delaware flotsam and jetsam, we present to you, free of charge, the following features to close out 2021: Sunday, December 26-Thursday, December 30: El Somnambulo’s 50 Fave Tunes Of The Year! Monday, December 27-DL’s MVP’s (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 24, 2021
RIP: Joan Didion. Not only was she America’s greatest essayist, her methodology was beyond reproach: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. If you haven’t read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, at the […]
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