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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 7, 202310 Comments

Guess we still have to take the bad with the good. The good? HB 99 (Heffernan) passed the House, so addressing the climate change crisis in Delaware moves forward. The…

Song of the Day 6/7: Klaatu, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”

By Alby June 7, 20233 Comments

I don't know if you saw this, but a whistleblower with a high security clearance says there's a secret government program that has retrieved wreckage of non-human origin. This isn't…

DL Open Thread Wednesday June 7 2023

By jason330 June 7, 20232 Comments

Is it possible Fox News did the right thing for the right reason? ...Nah. Tucker Carlson goes full Nazi on Twitter. Tucker Carlson calls Ukraine’s Jewish leader ‘rat-like’ as he…

Song of the Day 6/6: The Beatles*, “Grow Old With Me”

By Alby June 6, 20234 Comments

The asterisk is because this isn't really the Beatles. People who worry about the AI menace have been too busy fretting about job losses and armageddon to notice it much,…

Blood Money Always Wins

By El Somnambulo June 6, 202313 Comments

In this case, the blood money of Saudi Murderer Mohammed bin Salman, the man behind the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. You may recall that bin Salman tried…

Matt Meyer Makes It Official: He’s Running For Governor

By El Somnambulo June 6, 202333 Comments

Who knows? He might win. It's not as if there's an undeniable powerhouse in the race, or a progressive candidate who can galvanize the grassroots: Meyer, who has been county…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 6, 20233 Comments

Imagine for a second that you support police reform. You know that a draft bill was finished in February. You know that, despite numerous requests from numerous supporters, the draft…

DL Open Thread Tuesday June 6 2023

By jason330 June 6, 20232 Comments

Pence may face an uphill battle to win the support of a GOP primary voters, most of whom still want to see him swinging from a lamppost and doing that…

Happy Indictment Day! (Maybe)

By jason330 June 5, 20236 Comments

Is it me or does Trump sound more like the adult in Peanuts cartoon WITH EACH PASSING DAY?

Song of the Day 6/5: Max Frost and the Troopers, “Shape of Things to Come”

By Alby June 5, 20233 Comments

Cynthia Weil, the lyricist who with her composer husband Barry Mann wrote some of the hits that made the Brill Building famous, died last week at age 82. Their biggest…

DL Open Thread Monday June 5 2023

By jason330 June 5, 20239 Comments

Two people Trump nearly killed last time, Mike Pence (hanging) and Chris Christie (c0vid) are planning to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination this week. Christie says he…

Last Week’s Poll Results and this Week’s Poll

By jason330 June 5, 202312 Comments

Q: What office should Eugene Young run for? A: Governor of Delaware (53%) Vox populi, the people have spoken. There is one other open seat statewide and it isn't getting…

Song of the Day 6/4: Guster, “Demons”

By Alby June 4, 2023

In the modern Republican Party, the measure of success is the ability to attract media attention, which is why Lauren Witzke is the leader of Delaware's cackle of hyenas. She…