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DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 28, 2024

By Alby May 28, 20241 Comment

Anyone who thinks that removing Benjamin Netanyahu from power would end Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza is overlooking an inconvenient truth: Two-thirds of the Israeli public doesn't just support the…

Song of the Day 5/28: Iron Butterfly, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”

By Alby May 28, 20244 Comments

Doug Ingle, who wrote, sang and played organ on "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida," Iron Butterfly's iconic 1968 hit, died last week at age 78. Ingle was the last surviving member of the lineup…

Song of the Day 5/27: Richard Sherman, “Feed the Birds”

By Alby May 27, 2024

Richard Sherman, who died last week at 95, penned the lyrics to hundreds of Disney songs from 1960 to 1973 while he and his composer brother, Robert, were employed as…

DL Open Thread Monday, May 27, 2024

By Alby May 27, 2024

The Washington Post's motto is "democracy dies in darkness." It doesn't say anything about dispelling it. You probably saw the story last week about Supreme Court justice Sam Alito flying…

Song of the Day 5/26: Stevie Wonder, “Too High”

By Alby May 26, 2024

There's a reason "the dog ate my homework" was a plausible excuse, and had a better chance of working with teachers who owned dogs: Dogs will eat anything. Too picky…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 26, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 26, 20247 Comments

Hillary Blames Everybody Else--Again. Only in the NYTimes would this be clickbait. Yo, Hillary, your arrogance and tone-deafness is largely why we got Trump in the first place: And in…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 25, 20243 Comments

"Why Our Polls Suck." That should have been the title of the enclosed article. But since it was published in the NYTimes, and since the article critiqued their poll's methodology,…

Delaware Political Weekly: May 17-23, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 24, 202418 Comments

1. The Rev Interviews Collin O'Mara. Since he is/was a skeptic, this extensive and aggressive interview with O'Mara comes highly recommended. Listen to the interview, form your own opinion. I…

Song of the Day 5/24: Amy Winehouse, “Love Is a Losing Game”

By Alby May 24, 20241 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve heard a whole lot about Amy Winehouse’s troubled behavior before she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age 27. It sounds like we…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 24, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 24, 20246 Comments

Colleges To Pay Athletes. As if they weren't already: The NCAA and its five power conferences have approved a deal that paves the way for schools to pay athletes directly,…

Song of the Day 5/23: Paul Simon, “Graceland”

By Alby May 23, 2024

For supermarket tabloids, Elvis is the gift that keeps on giving, even though he's been dead for nearly 50 years. A headline the Weekly World News might have invented declared…

Bribes, Payoffs, Or Both? What Do These Lobbyists Expect For Their $$’s?

By El Somnambulo May 23, 202413 Comments

From my inbox: Please Join Us After Session On May 23rd Contributions may be made for one candidate or for any combination. Checks for Senator Trey Paradee should be…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 23, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 23, 20247 Comments

Paul Baumbach's bills protecting state retirees' health care benefits passed the Senate. Each bill had a friendly amendment added onto them. They're at the top of today's House Agenda, and…