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School Board Election Results Thread
Re Jose Matthews, but true all over. Steve Newton “comfortable enough margin” true … for today … but I can still remember the days when Jose’s vote total exceeded the standard total for two candidates in a close race. Celebrate, but realize they are mobilizing as fast as they can, and will undoubtedly learn from their […]
BREAKING: Jury In Trump/E. Jean Carroll Case Returns Verdict Of…
No On Rape (Intercourse). Yes On Sexual Assault. $2 Mill Damages For That. More to come, but the jury has awarded Carroll around $5 mill due to various findings of defamation in addition to the sexual assault finding.
The Democratic Party is an absurd anachronism, run by absurd, doddering anachronisms
VIA LGM It is sometimes said in defense of Dick Durbin’s maintenance of the blue slip rule that Republicans did not (completely) kill the rule when they were in charge of the Judiciary Committee. The very obvious answer is that Republicans had no reason to because Democrats frequently returned blue slips, a favor that needless to […]
Song of the Day 5/9: Fine Young Cannibals, “Don’t Look Back”
Fine Young Cannibals burned brightly but briefly. Their year was 1989, when their second album, “The Raw & the Cooked,” went double platinum and spawned two No. 1 singles. Their overnight success, five years in the making, ended a lot quicker than that — though there was no acrimonious breakup, they never recorded another LP. […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Looks like another ‘low-hanging fruit’ day in Dover. Meaning, little of consequence with virtually no conflict. Although–every week brings us closer to the end of Speaker Pete’s reign, assuming he is true to his word. Anybody with some inside skinny is welcome to hit up our tip line. Time for me to start asking around. […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Delaware holds school board elections today. The News Journal ran a useful voters’ guide, but I don’t know if it’s behind the paywall. Meanwhile, RISE Delaware, the group fighting Gov. Carney’s proposed downgrade to state retirees’ health care, has scheduled a rally at Legislative Hall from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The never-ending legal problems of […]
R. I. P. Dave Brady
David D. Brady was one of the most well-adjusted people to ever serve in the Delaware General Assembly. Down-to-earth, never full of himself, committed to serving his constituents. He ably served his Claymont constituents for twenty years until a blatant gerrymander cost him his seat in 2002. His priority was always constituent service, and he […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 8, 2023
The Texas gunman who killed eight people before being gunned down himself was a 33-year-old neo-Nazi-curious ex-security guard who lived with his parents. His name was Mauricio Garcia, which makes think we’re doing a lousy job teaching schoolchildren the Holocaust if this many non-Aryans self-identify with the Nazis. Seriously. Every time I see a photo […]
I’m sure the sober centrists think “both sides” are at fault
Conservatives on Guns: In a country of 330 million people bad people are going to be prone to violence and get murder-y from time to time. So we, “the good ones” need more guns.
Liberals on Guns: in a country of 330 million people someone is going to be prone to violence and the tools of mass murder are easily available. So maybe we should make it a little less easy to get guns.
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 7, 2023
‘Thoughts And Prayers’ For Texas Gun Victims. This. Is. Intolerable: A gunman opened fire on an outlet mall in a Dallas suburb on Saturday afternoon, killing at least eight people — including children — and injuring at least seven others before he was fatally shot by a police officer, authorities said. Children were among the […]
Moving Forward with Kamala
I asked CHatGPT to translate this week’s economic news into a one act play, but include a role for Trump. This is what it came up with.
Title: Moving Forward with Kamala
Characters:
Joe, the President of the United States
Kamala, the Vice President of the United States
Tom, the Secretary of Labor
Janet, the Secretary of the Treasury
Emily, a journalist
Donald Trump, former President
Act I
Scene 1:
Joe and Kamala are sitting in the Oval Office discussing the latest job numbers.
Joe: (smiling) Today’s job numbers came in higher than expected, with the U.S. adding 253,000 nonfarm jobs in April.
Kamala: (excitedly) That’s great news, Joe! Unemployment fell yet again, to 3.4%, matching a rate not seen since 1969. Black unemployment is at an all-time low of 4.7%.
Joe: (nodding) For Hispanics it’s 4.4%, and …
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 6, 2023
I’m tossing in my nickname for Eric Buckson, along with his (not-so politically correct) theme song: You’re welcome. Good luck getting that song out of your heads. Drip, Drip, Drip. Phony Georgia Electors Granted Immunity: Prosecutors for Georgia’s Fulton County have granted immunity to at least eight people under investigation for conspiring to overturn Georgia’s […]
Song of the Day 5/6: Go West, “The King of Wishful Thinking”
You have to feel a bit sorry for Charles III. Not only does he have to start a new job at age 74, he has to listen to an endless debate about whether the job should continue to exist. My guess is yes: the royal family reportedly generates the equivalent of nearly $2 billion annually […]
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