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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Quick Note: Depending on how long today’s Special Session runs (I’m thinkin’ real long), I might miss a lot of it while I’m enmeshed in the blues-rock stylings of Joanne Shaw Taylor. So, I need you to fill us in on what’s happening. Thanks in advance! Why Democrats Suck–Mach Infinity: the clowns looking for their own […]
Joanne Shaw Taylor To Rock The Arden Shady Grove Tuesday
If you’re a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan or (my fave) Albert Collins, you won’t want to miss her. She was discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, and she’s put her own stamp on the genre ever since. Her band is smokin’ as well. A couple of samples: I was fortunate enough to book […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 11, 2025
They Kill Journalists, Don’t They? By ‘they’, I mean the genocidal government of Israel and, yes, the journalists were targeted: A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike. Anas al-Sharif, who was one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 10, 2025
Fearful Flier? Captain Ron To The Rescue: Captain Ron (real name Ron Nielsen) is a 78-year-old former commercial pilot who teaches a free class for nervous fliers roughly once a month. He has the wholesome look of a small-town minister: rectangular glasses, short-cropped white hair, and a whimsical tuft sticking out of each nostril. He’s […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 9, 2025
ICE Barbie Slow-Walks FEMA Aid To North Carolina. Let’s cut through the bullshit–it’s because the state has a Democratic governor: The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million in pre-approved funds intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure still in disrepair almost a year after […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 8, 2025
Fascism ON THE MARCH! Both the ‘Justice’ Department And the FBI have now been weaponized into Fascist institutions. As in: FBI To Go After Texas Legislators. First thing to know is that no laws have been violated by the Democratic lawmakers: Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel has […]
Progressive Legislators To Unveil Reassessment Proposals
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton to Host Property Tax Press Conference WILMINGTON – On Friday, August 8th at 10:30 AM, members of the Delaware House of Representatives, New Castle County Council, and Wilmington City Council will share several legislative proposals to address widespread issues with the recent property tax reassessment. Elected officials from state and local governments are […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Trump Tariffs Kick In For 90 Countries. Guess he fell about 90 short of those 100 deals: President Trump’s punishing new tariffs on more than 90 countries snapped into place after the stroke of midnight Thursday, the latest escalation in a global trade war that has started to exact a toll on the U.S. economy. […]
Julianne Murray Goes Full MAGAt
You perhaps were expecting something else?: Delaware’s new federal prosecutor has asked a judge to force state labor officials to hand over local businesses’ payroll information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to court documents. Court records indicate the office of Delaware’s U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray filed a court petition last week seeking to enforce a […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
DELAWARE CALL: How Middletown Officials Killed Police Accountability In Keeping With the Town’s Tradition: Middletown’s Police Advisory Board was formed in 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, and subsequent calls for accountability. The board was voluntarily formed, with no local or state government mandate, and held […]
BREAKING: Alonna Berry Wins RD 20 Special Election
It was close, but Berry won: Alonna Berry: 4653 Nikki Miller: 4532. The margin appears to have been due to the absentee ballots: 469-193 for Berry.
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Today’s Special Election: Any prediction I make would be based solely on the perceptions of others. Other than making a modest contribution, I’ve not been involved in the race at all. With that caveat, the general sense from those I’ve talked to is that D Alonna Berry is the slight favorite over R Nikki Miller. […]
Superman 19720?
Guest Post By Gary Mullinax, ‘The Minister Of Culture’: Does Superman fight for truth, justice and the American way from a home base by the Delaware River just south of Wilmington? Does he put on his red tights somewhere around the Delaware Memorial Bridge? Amazingly enough, the answer might be yes. A new Superman movie […]
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