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DL Open Thread: Friday, January 13, 2023
The New ‘McCarthy Committee’. This new MAGAT playground has the potential to be every bit as destructive as the House Un-American Activities Committee and the anti-Communist witch hunt by Sen. Joseph McCarthy: Both the McCarthy hearings in the 1950s and investigations by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1930s and 1940s have come to […]
Garland Appoints Rudy Giuliani & Ginni Thomas to Hound Joe Biden to the Gates of Hell! Huzzah for bipartisanship!
We are so much more fair and even-handed than you mother fuckers! Even if it means helping you burn down the Republic. Don’t think we won’t fucking do it to prove how bipartisan we are. And I’m sure this will win over Tucker Carlson and prove to him once and for all that the DOJ […]
Song of the Day 1/12: Jeff Beck, “People Get Ready”
The Yardbirds spawned three of rock’s most revered guitarists — Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. The first two have higher profiles, but a lot of people would tell you Beck, who died Tuesday at age 78, was the best of the three. He certainly was the most versatile, exploring musical styles beyond pop […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 12, 2023
Could We See Vince McMahon Strutting Down King Street? There’s always a Delaware Connection, and we should be thankful for that. Vince McMahon, who had resigned from the WWE Board, and as CEO, last summer, following multiple confirmed incidents of sexual abuse and multiple payouts, forced his way back into power. Because he owns over […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 12, 2023
It’s official: Gov. Carney’s State Of The State Address will take place on Tuesday, January 17. Or on Thursday, January 19. (Hey, maybe even on Wednesday, January 18.) It will not, however, quoting from SCR 1, take place “on Tuesday, January 19, 2023”. Because the date doesn’t exist. However, SCR 1 unanimously passed the Senate […]
Minor League Sports Update: Blue Rocks Lease Extended to 2030 / Delaware Thunder Hockey Bring 20 Game Losing Streak to Friday’s Match w/ Elmira
Has anyone been to a Blue Rocks game lately? Our minor league baseball team has been off my radar screen since the kids went off to college. How’s the experience? Anyway, it looks like they plan on sticking around for a while. WILMINGTON – Two years after worries that Delaware might lose its longtime Minor […]
Senator Chris Coons will be able to find middle ground with the GOPers who want to blow up the world economy and burn down the Republic
Burn down half of the Republic? Explode just western hemisphere’s economy? Don’t worry. He is a ver smart Yale educated theologian who can order his servants around in flawless Swahili. Chaos Agents I don’t think the Tea Party era nutters had all that much of an evil plan, but you could basically identify them with […]
Song of the Day 1/11: Thompson Twins, “Lies”
This slice of ’80s electro-Brit cheese is exactly what Rep. George Santos (R-Who Knows?) deserves. The Republican Party in Nassau County, where Santos got elected, called a news conference to demand his resignation. He said he would not. Since damn near everything else the guy has said is a lie it’s hard to believe him, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 11, 2023
Both the House and the Senate passed series of Resolutions to organize for the upcoming legislative session. They can conduct business now. For legislative newbies, if you click on the previous link, you will find the Legislative Activity Report from yesterday. I link to the most recent one every day. You can find all legislative […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday January 11 2023
HOUSE GOP’S TO DO LIST: 1) Make America Great for Tax Cheats Again (MAGFTCA) 2) Make America View Hunter Biden’s Dick Pics Again (MAVHBDPA) 3) Make American Pensioners Starve Again (MAPSA) Israel Now Super-Ultra-Othodoxy Rightwing Theocracy In related news: Chris Coons says I’m never going to stop loving my little Super-Ultra-Othodoxy Rightwing Theocracy How to […]
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Song of the Day 1/10: Jethro Tull, “Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day)”
To give you an idea how long ago the “classic rock” period was, Ian Anderson wrote this song for Jethro Tull’s “War Child” album in 1974, when scientists had concluded Earth was entering a cooling phase. Anderson approached it with his usual apocalyptic existentialism, but the lyrics are impressionistic, so the folk melody and lilting […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Featuring the first REALLY BAD BILL OF THE SESSION. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Today’s Opening Session is merely ceremonial. Swearing-in of the Senators and the Reps, followed by receptions, and pictures with families and friends. For all you legislative newbies out there, welcome! We cover every legislative session day with a pre-game show […]
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