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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…

Song of the Day 5/25: Ike & Tina Turner, “Proud Mary”

By Alby May 25, 20231 Comment

On her final visit to the United States in 2019 for the opening of a musical about her life, Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, reflected on how far…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 25, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 25, 20239 Comments

Omigod, omigod, omigod! Just got this in my e-mail in-box, and my pulse immediately quickened: Hi friends and family! Hope you all are doing well. Some incredible people are hosting…

DeSantis Campaign Launch With Musk Ruined By Twitter Meltdown

By El Somnambulo May 24, 20234 Comments

Proving once again that satire is dead: Ron DeSantis’s long-awaited official entry into the 2024 presidential campaign went haywire for almost a half-hour on Wednesday during a glitch-filled livestream over…

Song of the Day 5/24: The Rolling Stones, “Luxury”

By Alby May 24, 2023

Kyrsten Sinema is one of the more curious political cases out there. How does someone start out a Green and wind up a corporate tool? Whatever the reason -- after…