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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Yes, It’s Horrific.  Just don’t say ‘climate change’.  Or (coming soon), ‘I wonder if my insurance will cover this’.  Over 3 million customers w/o power as I post this.  Don’t think anyone anticipated the severity of the tornadoes, which resulted in multiple deaths. Delaware Tries To ‘Big-Time’ NCC On Behalf Of Port Expansion.  Aided and […]

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The 30-Day Reports

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 7, 2024 62 Comments

We’ll keep adding to this post as I get to more reports.  Remember, for those candidates who did not face primaries, this is the first report they must file this year.  An 8-day report is also required, as is a year-end report. Let’s see what has surfaced so far… Any doubts that Bill ‘Lumpy’ Carson […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 6, 2024

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Feckless Joe Done Got Played.  ‘Some’ people are placing him in the pantheon of great presidents.  Here’s why he’s not: When Israel defied America’s appeals for restraint by invading Lebanon a few days ago, a reporter asked President Biden if he was comfortable with what had unfolded. “I’m comfortable with them stopping,” Biden replied plaintively. […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 5, 2024 29 Comments

55,000 Bibles.  The Oklahoma Superintendent has ordered a Bible in every classroom.  The RFP limits the Bible that must be purchased to, wait for it: Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 4, 2024

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Bad Day For Trump Evildoers: Tina Peters: DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election as unfounded conspiracy theories swirled, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday. Peters, a one-time hero to election deniers, was accused […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 3, 2024

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Unsure of your Presidential pick?  Might I suggest–Vermin Supreme?  He is somehow on Delaware’s ballot as a candidate for the ‘Conservative Party Of DE’, which doesn’t strike me as particularly conservative: Vermin Love Supreme (1960 or 1961) is an American performance artist and activist who has run as a novelty candidate in various local, state, […]

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Was The DelDems Coordinated Campaign Merely An LBR Vanity Project?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 3, 2024 16 Comments

You’ll notice the use of the past tense. Word on the street is that indeed LBR’s team was functioning as the Party’s Coordinated Campaign team and that–they all just resigned and went back exclusively to LBR’s campaign.  Candidates are being informed of this as the news surfaces in DL. Our local committee had a fleeting […]

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What We’ve Accomplished, What We Need To Do

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 2, 2024 30 Comments

The primaries have come and gone.  If anything, I don’t think people realize just how much things have changed as a result.  There’s more to do, coming later in this piece, but here’s what has already happened: Bethany Hall Long is toast.  In a just world, she should and would be indicted for misuse of […]

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Oregon Odds ‘N Ends

Filed in Featured by on October 1, 2024 5 Comments

Needed to get these vacation thoughts out of my head so that I can return to (Memo To Self: Find a therapist) the harsh reality of Delaware politics: 1.  The Buick Envision is a suck-ass car.  Keyless ignition, which is un-American (more on that later);  A series of sounds that you would need to memorize […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September, 2024

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on October 1, 2024 9 Comments

Yet another cool band out of Philly.  Power pop fans, check this one out: How’s this for a last-minute unexpected surprise?: Kind-of a Sonic Youth feel. ”Cept they really ARE youthful: Jonatan Leandoer 96: Voice like Ryan Adams, attitude like early Mac Demarco (‘Viceroy’), with a soupcon of Freedy Johnston.  Nathan’s favorite?: “I dropped all […]

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Coward Carney Vetoes End Of Life Legislation

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on September 20, 2024 45 Comments

Alternate Title: ‘Carney’s Discomfort Causes Excruciating Pain For The Terminally-Ill’. Waited until after the election to even retrieve the bill, then vetoed it almost immediately: In his veto letter to state lawmakers, Carney said he does not believe there is “firm consensus” on the issue within the medical community. “Although I understand not everyone shares […]

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Things I Want To See Happen…

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on September 20, 2024 13 Comments

…while we’re visiting our daughter in Portland, Oregon where, BTW, we’re attending concerts by Fontaines DC and Orville Peck. 1.  I want to see Matt Meyer achieve a rapprochement with DSEA.  I especially want him to commit to being a Governor who prioritizes public schools, including the naming of a public school champion to be […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, September 20, 2024

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‘black NAZI!’ Still Running For Governor In North Carolina.  I’m calling it now–Harris wins NC: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor with a long history of inflammatory and offensive remarks in the battleground state, on Thursday vowed to stay in the race as CNN reported that he had once […]

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