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Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023

By Alby November 22, 20238 Comments

Today's Thanksgiving prep – stuffing, or more properly dressing, since we don't actually put it inside the bird. We always have three different kinds – traditional, cornbread with oysters, and…

Open Thread Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023

By Alby November 21, 20234 Comments

Short one today with Thanksgiving prep on tap. Today: Pies – pumpkin, apple and pecan. Republicans should spend more time baking pies instead of thinking of ways to make life…

Song of the Day 11/20: The Afghan Whigs, “I Know Your Little Secret”

By Alby November 20, 20231 Comment

Bethany Hall Long's secrets don't seem all that secret at this point. She might as well face the music. The Afghan Whigs, the vehicle for frontman and songwriter Greg Dulli,…

DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 20, 2023

By Alby November 20, 202311 Comments

President Jimmy Carter's wife Rosalynn died at yesterday at 96, two days after entering hospice care, with her husband of 77 years by her side. Their marriage lasted as long…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 19, 20233 Comments

You Got To Fight--For Your Right--For Junk Fees. Lobbyists battle Biden Administration against regulating junk fees: Frustrated with airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights,…

Buy Weed? Can’t They Just Drink Instead?

By Alby November 19, 202311 Comments

The Atlantic coast is supposedly the liberal part of Sussex County. So why are its beach towns treating cannabis sales like a pool hall coming to River City? As a…

Song of the Day 11/18: John Fred and His Playboy Band, “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”

By Alby November 18, 2023

Hard to believe it took this long, but it appears the George Santos saga is reaching its denouement. The guy who makes Donald Trump's lying seem timid seems to have…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 18, 20232 Comments

Musk Promises 'Thermonuclear Lawsuit' Against Media Matters. For, you know, reporting the truth: Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against non-profit watchdog Media Matters…

Song of the Day 11/17: Brass Construction, “Movin'”

By Alby November 17, 20231 Comment

A little bit of Friday funk for Ruth Briggs King, who quit the General Assembly this week, effective immediately, because she moved into a new home just outside the district…

Fighting Against Medicare Advantage

By Alby November 17, 202310 Comments

Guest post by Representative John Kowalko (25th District, retired) Over the past year and a half, I have dedicated much of my energy to exposing the fraudulent and dishonest Medicare…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 17, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 17, 20238 Comments

Cris Barrish Is On The Case!: Finally, a great reporter lays bare the utterly pathetic state of BHL's gubernatorial campaign. There is so much astounding detail in this story that…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 10-16, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 17, 202314 Comments

1. Special Election In RD 37. State Representative Ruth Briggs King has resigned her House seat effective immediately as she has just moved out of her district. By current Rethug standards,…

Song of the Day 11/16: The All-American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret”

By Alby November 16, 2023

I'll let you figure out who this song is dedicated to. I saw these guys when they made a radio station appearance at WSTW a decade or so ago. My…