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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024

By Alby January 10, 20246 Comments

The Israeli attempt to wipe out Hamas has brought widespread condemnation, but since calls on conscience are doing nothing to dissuade Netanyahu from his murderous course. So the focus of…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024

By Alby January 9, 202411 Comments

Some of the aides who flipped on Trumpo gave Jack Smith damning evidence about the traitor's behavior as the attack on the Capitol unfolded on Jan. 6. True to form,…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 9, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 9, 20243 Comments

Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. Year Two of the 152nd General Assembly. Here are some questions I have: How will Our PAL Val Longhurst fare…

Song of the Day 1/8: Fountains of Wayne, “Hey Julie”

By Alby January 8, 2024

For a while there, when the pandemic forced most people to work from home and most of the work got done anyway, Americans looked forward to a future free of…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 8, 2024

By Alby January 8, 20246 Comments

Brace yourselves for a tsunsami of Trump-in-court news this week as the human colostomy bag faces deadlines and hearings in three of the legal cases against him. I predict those…

Song of the Day 1/7: Insane Clown Posse, “Miracles”

By Alby January 7, 20242 Comments

I still can't get over Trump's bonkers statement about magnets, to wit: "Now all I know about magnets is this: Give me a glass of water, let me drop it…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 7, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 7, 20243 Comments

Happy Anniversary! Three Jan. 6 Fugitives Arrested: WASHINGTON — Early Saturday morning at a ranch in Florida, on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,…

Song of the Day 1/6: Lynyrd Skynyrd, “That Smell”

By Alby January 6, 20241 Comment

Given the media's eight-year obsession with Donald Trump, you would think the fact that he's odiferous would have emerged before now. A person of my close acquaintance who interviewed him…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo January 6, 20243 Comments

Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Trump Ballot Eligibility Case, Slow-Walks Trump Immunity-From-Prosecution Case. Gee, wonder why. All that remains is to see how the Justices will weasel Trump back onto the ballot…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 5, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 5, 20245 Comments

Trump Violated The Emoluments Clause Of The Constitution. Supreme Court Didn't Give A Shit: In January 2021, the justices dismissed two cases about then-President Trump’s alleged violations of the Emoluments Clauses,…

Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 29, 2023 To Jan. 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 5, 2024

1. Where are those year-end campaign finance reports? So glad you asked. Although the reports had to be closed out as of the end of 2023, they can be filed…

Song of the Day 1/4: Coven, “One Tin Soldier”

By Alby January 4, 20242 Comments

Unless you grew up in the '60s, it's hard to imagine how naive the Boomers were in their youth. They actually thought singing about peace could bring it about. Nowadays…

DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 4, 202412 Comments

MAGAt Brain Part I: Apparently Delaware Rethugs have concluded that the Scourge Of Electric Cars is their hot button issue. You know, like abortion. Specifically, Mike Ramone. Filed yesterday in…