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The DEGOP did some post election soul searching…
…and decided that the way back to power is by way of Trump-style election denialism and conspiracy theorizing.
Song of the Day 12/1: Chicken Shack feat. Christine Perfect, “It’s Okay With Me Baby”
Christine McVie, who died Wednesday at age 79, is being remembered as a pop singer and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac. Rightly so — several of the band’s best-known tunes were hers, including “Don’t Stop,” Bill Clinton’s campaign song. But before she met and married John McVie and joined his band, she was Perfect — Christine […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Medicare Dis-Advantage. Just remember–this is what Carney and DeMatteis is trying to sell to state employees: Medicare Advantage plans, which are private insurance plans for seniors paid for with federal dollars, originated as a government savings strategy, on the theory that the private sector could improve on government performance at a lower cost. But over […]
BREAKING: Brandon Toole Says No To Developers–Bundling/Bribery Fest At The Tarabicos Law Firm Canceled!!
Several reliable sources have told me that Brandon Toole dis-invited himself from this blatant attempt to bribe new Council members, and that the Tarabicos firm that was to serve as the bundlers for Toole and Valerie George subsequently canceled the event. No word yet on Valerie George, though the early campaign finance returns are not […]
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
This kind of gun mayhem is the price of freedom. Customer, employee get into shootout at Taco Bell in Arnold ARNOLD, Mo. (KMOV) – A customer and employee got into a shootout at a Taco Bell in Arnold Sunday, police tell News 4. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Taco Bell in the […]
Song of the Day 11/30: Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”
By request of Mediawatch, in honor of El Somnambulo’s dive into New Castle County Council’s developer-funded political machine. Stevie Wonder had Top 10 hits throughout the ’60s, but this 1970 soul burner marked his first foray into producing his own material and one of his last singles while under contract to Motown. The Funk Brothers […]
What if – hear me out – voters don’t hate transgender people?
The main stream media LOVES the party of mean assholery, because mean assholery gets all the page views. Actual voters though… For three straight elections, the institutions of the mainstream press have covered Democratic campaigns and policymaking with the expectation and implication that the right’s messaging on cultural issues would largely succeed. And for […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday November 30 2022
I’m no lawyer but I think both Obergefell v. Hodges and Loving v. Virginia are still controlling. They have not been overturned by our corrupt right wing Supreme Court yet, so for the time being this legislation is provisional. US Senate passes bill protecting same-sex & Interracial marriage The US Senate has passed the Respect […]
Song of the Day 11/29: Jimmy Buffett, “Volcano”
Mauna Loa’s eruption brought to mind my son’s favorite Deep Thought by Jack Handy: “If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let ’em go, because man, they’re gone.” Jimmy Buffett was early in his musical transition from character to caricature when “Volcano” arrived as the title track to his 1979 […]
How Developers And Their Lawyers Deliver ‘Bundles Of Joy’ To Elected County Officials: Part 2
So, what, you may ask, happens at one of these bundling events? Let’s take a look at just one of them. This one held on behalf of arguably and verifiably the most consistently corrupt member of County Council. We’re talking Bill Bell. The guy who has collected fully 79% of his $$’s from developers. We’re […]
Aye, Laddie, Ye Kin Wear Yer Kilt
Lappy’s foster father, computer repairman John Paul Mac Isaac, was interviewed on the far-right newsfotainment site Newsmax. He laid out his conditions for telling Congress his side of the wayward data storage device’s story. I have been working with members of Congress over the past five, six months to make sure that that they have […]
How Developers And Their Lawyers Deliver Campaign Cash ‘Bundles Of Joy’ To NCC Elected Officials: Part 1
First, to all council members and those who bribe them: If you object to the use of the word ‘bribery’, you are free to come on here and explain why the word doesn’t apply. With that out of the way, let’s, for the third time, share with you the invitation to tomorrow’s Bundling Party for […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday November 29 2022
I’m glad I never published the triumphalist post on Delaware’s weed legalization I was going to put up just before Pete was reinstalled. It was full of embarrassing stuff like: When “growing your own” is legalized and cannabis as as regulated as tomatoes, Carney and Schwartzkopf will regret having tanked the restrictive “barely legal” version […]
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