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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 18, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 18, 20242 Comments

John Carney's State Of The State Address takes place today. Right around the time of my brief daily afternoon nap. Kismet. I'll cut-and-paste the address (or the press release hailing…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

By Alby January 18, 202410 Comments

Are Republicans capable of empathy? As my Magic 8-Ball says, signs point to no. First example: Testimony from a Pennsylvania woman whose son died in a school shooting last year.…

Song of the Day 1/17: Phish, “Farmhouse”

By Alby January 17, 20243 Comments

The venerable jam band Phish is coming to the Woodlands, the Dover Downs-adjacent campground that hosted the Firefly festival for a decade, for a four-day festival in August. Travel package…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 17, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 17, 20245 Comments

You know that today's gonna be a slow day when the only 'notable' scheduled activity is the passage of a resolution providing for John Carney's State Of The State Address,…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

By Alby January 17, 20249 Comments

What is Israel doing? Is it genocide? Ethnic cleansing? Forced migration? A crime against humanity? Such distinctions don't matter. Even those who support Israel are in agreement: It's wrong. But…

Song of the Day 1/16: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Waiting in Vain”

By Alby January 16, 20241 Comment

H/t to Anon, who noted that we will wait in vain for any of the Republicans who are opposing Donald Trump to point out that he wants to be a…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

By Alby January 16, 202413 Comments

I mentioned this the other day: The media is more interested in narrative than facts. The Iowa caucuses provide a perfect example. Donald Trump won. That's news, but of the…

Song of the Day 1/15: Elvis Presley, “If I Can Dream”

By Alby January 15, 2024

Many songs have been written in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., all of them heartfelt, many of them touching. But no other calls forth King's message with the passion…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

By Alby January 15, 20249 Comments

As the seige of Gaza reached 100 days over the weekend, Netanyahu said, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else."…

Song of the Day 1/14: John Lennon, “Instant Karma!”

By Alby January 14, 2024

Remember Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News blowhard? You probably haven't thought about him in a long time – Fox News 86'd him back in 2017 over his long history of…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024

By Alby January 14, 20247 Comments

For most people the record-breaking heat of 2023 wasn't surprising – only Republicans pretend not to know about global warming – but it was to scientists, because the increase was greater…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024

By Alby January 13, 20243 Comments

It appears the Biden administration is hellbent on implementing the Saudi-Israeli agreements forged under the Trump administration through the efforts of one Brett McGurk (yes, I'm well aware that sounds…

Song of the Day 1/12: The J.B.’s, “Pass the Peas”

By Alby January 12, 20241 Comment

Okay, I get why Southern states want to starve their schoolchildren over the summer months, when school's out of session and they can't get free lunch. Those states are governed…