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DL Open Thread Tuesday May 30 2023

By jason330 May 30, 20239 Comments

Trump and Desantis both loudly in favor of US credit default which would destroy world financial markets, crash the dollar and put millions of people out of work. Biden gets…

The Party of the Nostalgia

By jason330 May 29, 20231 Comment

Chris Coons is roughly my age. He was born in '63. He shouldn't be in lockstep with the oldsheads, but he is. Senator Elect, Blunt Rochester was born in '62.…

Desantis puts American Leftists on notice

By jason330 May 29, 20234 Comments

Being a proud lefty I sometimes get distracted by what we haven't yet accomplished (like socialized medicine, gun safety, housing security, worker's rights, living wages, etc), and so I forget…

Song of the Day 5/29: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells”

By Alby May 29, 20232 Comments

Fifty years ago last week, a new record label debuted with an unusual offering -- an LP that consisted of two side-long compositions by a 19-year-old guitarist, Mike Oldfield, who…

DL Open Thread Monday May 29 2023

By jason330 May 29, 20235 Comments

Happy Memorial Day. We overcame our isolation and nativism to fight two good wars in Europe. We got some good movies and songs out of the last one and were…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 28, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 28, 202312 Comments

Biden Breaks Word, Negotiates With Terrorists, Cuts Shitty Deal. Retire, you fucking old fart!: President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an “agreement in principle” on Saturday to…

Song of the Day 5/27: Brad Paisley, “Alcohol”

By Alby May 27, 20232 Comments

The News Journal's Ryan Cormier has a paywalled story about the latest trend in college drinking in Newark, where the University of Delaware apparently remains among the nation's top party…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 27, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 27, 20231 Comment

D's Ignored Yellen, Now Paying Debt Ceiling Ransom. Can't anybody here play this game?: In the days after November’s midterm elections, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was feeling upbeat about…

“It seems like you don’t have my best interests at heart.”

By jason330 May 26, 20235 Comments

This week's Highland's Bunker is a tough, unflinching view of the Delaware's penal system from the inside. Tortious and dehumanizing by design, it is a system we all endorse every election…

Eugene Young, don’t primary the wrong person

By jason330 May 26, 202326 Comments

I know I don't have a say, but C'mon. The prospect of Hall-Long being anointed to fill Carney's third and fourth lackluster terms is heartbreaking.

Song of the Day 5/26: The Rascals, “A Beautiful Morning”

By Alby May 26, 20236 Comments

It is indeed a beautiful morning, but gardens aren't going to stay beautiful long if we don't get some rain soon. Don't worry, not on the holiday weekend -- no…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 26, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 26, 20234 Comments

Red State MAGAts Can't Dump People Off Medicaid Fast Enough: Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of…

Delaware (Occasional) Political Weekly: May, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 25, 202316 Comments

Posted only when I gather enough facts, rumors, innuendo and snark to justify publishing. Until the fall. Then it legit becomes weekly. 'Cept when I've got nothing. I've now…