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DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 1, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20249 Comments

Yo, Joe: It's Time To Throw Netanyahu Under The Bus. He's playing you for a fool, and you're playing the part of the fool perfectly: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of…

Song of the Day 5/31: Nazareth, “Guilty”

By Alby May 31, 20242 Comments

Yes, that's Scottish rockers Nazareth covering Randy Newman on their breakthrough 1975 LP, "Hair of the Dog." The tune, from Newman's controversial "Rednecks" album of the year before, got lots…

Delaware Political Weekly: May 24-30, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 31, 20247 Comments

1. D State Rep. Sophie Phillips Gets Primary Challenger in RD 18. I have no idea why as she's great. The challenger is one Lisa Cooke, or Lisa Cooke-Rossi, she…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 31, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 31, 20242 Comments

He's Once, Twice, 34 Times A Felon. Brings a tear to my eye. Jennifer Rubin states the sadly obvious: The flock of pundits who insisted trying Trump was constitutionally untoward…

Trump: Guilty Times 34!!

By El Somnambulo May 30, 20249 Comments

Found guilty on all counts!!: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/30/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates-jury-deliberations/

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 30, 20246 Comments

My kind of month. Tons o' diversity. So many cool songs that I'm calling an audible and releasing this list two days early--already have a couple for June in the…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 30, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 30, 20245 Comments

RIP, Lonnie George: I'll leave it to others to examine the Del-Tech aspect of the story. For me, Lonnie was the Speaker of the House during my first two years…

Song of the Day 5/29: Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”

By Alby May 29, 20244 Comments

This song has been having a moment – I've heard it recently not only on the radio but on the supermarket muzak, and it showed up in my YouTube feed.…

My Random Thoughts On Delaware’s Primaries

By El Somnambulo May 29, 202432 Comments

Subject to change from the moment I hit 'Publish'. 1. The race between Marcus Henry and Karen Hartley-Nagle is, in my opinion, over. Marcus has been everywhere, Karen is barely…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 29, 2024

By Alby May 29, 20243 Comments

Closing arguments concluded in the Trump hush-money trial, so the speculation has begun. Few think he'll be acquitted, but opinion seems split on whether he'll be convicted. One person who…

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…