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DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Primary’s Over, But BHL’s Corruption/Ineptitude Continues Unabated. Turns out she handles her office’s FOIA duties as well as she and Dana handle the family finances: The office of Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long may have violated Delaware’s open records laws by not responding to Freedom of Information Act requests for several years encompassing nearly her […]
Things I Want To See: Post-Primary Edition
In no particular order. Feel free to add your own: Someone needs to immediately stop BHL from disbursing any more money from her opioid slush fund. Especially to herself. I want to see Matt Meyer make government transparency and openness a key issue in his campaign and, one hopes, his administration. The voters have eliminated […]
Song of the Day 9/11: Camille, “Cats and Dogs”
Unless you’re a right-wing loon, last night’s debate might have been the first you’ve heard about the gangs of immigrants who are eating pet cats and dogs all across America. Donald Trump said it, so it’s got to be true. Camille is a French singer and actress who had several Top 10 LPs in her […]
Yes, Val. It Was Personal.
Been waiting for this day since 2008. The week between Christmas and New Years. The day you stormed into my office, tore down my posters from the wall, told me I was fired and had twenty minutes to vacate the premises, and thrust a letter in front of me saying I had resigned and told […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
Whether you’re talking about the presidential debate or the Delaware primaries, things went about as well as could be expected yesterday. The News Journal, as if to remind us it could have gone even better, headlined John Carney’s win in Wilmington, which has to represent the biggest self-demotion in Delaware political history. Some of you […]
Presidential Debate Open Thread
I don’t have cable TV, so I couldn’t watch this debate even if I wanted to. So I’m counting on you readers to keep me apprised of developments.
DL Primary Election Results Open Thread: Sept. 10, 2024
Polls close at 8. The timing on when the first results come in is, um, variable. In theory, the early voting results could come in fairly early. But I’ve detected no consistent pattern from the Department Of Elections over the past few cycles. We should have a pretty good idea of where things stand by […]
Song of the Day 9/10: Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown”
Tonight’s televised face-off between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump can’t possibly meet expectations, if only because they’re so high for Harris and so low for Trump. I think those expecting a Trump meltdown will be disappointed, and if he holds himself together he will be declared the winner because he stepped over that low bar. […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
Gonna be a busy day. Delaware’s primary elections wind up today – polls close at 8 p.m. – and the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump begins at 9 p.m., about the time primary results should be coming in. We’ll have an open thread for debate watchers and another for primary watchers. House Republicans […]
A Pre-Post-Mortem
To me, this is the lede that must not be buried: The Delaware Democratic Party, DSEA, and several other groups of whom you might expect better, endorsed Bethany Hall-Long for Governor even though they knew about her violation of campaign finance laws and other various and sundry unethical activities. They knew, at least in part, […]
Song of the Day 9/9: Weird Al Yankovic, “Bob”
It took me a minute to figure out what was going on here. Yes, of course it’s a parody of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” but what seem to be surreal mid-’60s Dylan lyrics all have something in common. The title itself is a clue, but I didn’t catch on until he got to “Madam […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
John Carney wasn’t alone in trying to force people into Medicare Advantage. Among the horrors of Project 2025 is a scheme to make Medicare Advantage rather than traditional Medicare the default plan for enrollees. That’s not just bad for enrollees, who have worse outcomes on Medicare Advantage, it’s bad for Medicare’s solvency. In theory, the […]
Song of the Day 9/8: English Teacher, “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab”
The Mercury Prize, awarded for the best album by a British or Irish act, had an upset winner last week. English Teacher, a fledgling post-punk band from Leeds, took home the £25,000 first prize for their debut album, “This Could Be Texas,” beating out the heavily favored Charli xcx’s “Brat.” Even the band seem surprised; […]
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