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Love the body language

Filed in National by on September 7, 2022 1 Comment
Love the body language

This is what it looks like when two political miscreants meet and nobody’s sure who is supposed to be more repulsed.    

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Oops, She Did It Again: KMG Caught Lyin’ Big Time

Filed in National by on September 7, 2022 4 Comments
Oops, She Did It Again:  KMG Caught Lyin’ Big Time

OK,kids, just take a gander at this screen shot that was captured on August 30, 2022 at 11 pm: NOW take a look at her current Endorsements Page: https://votemcguiness.com/ Ya see what she did there?  About a week ago when her campaign got word that the York campaign was gonna bust her at a press […]

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List of Violent Radical Extremists Includes Delaware Legislators

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Members of one of the nation’s most radical, most violently unhinged domestic terrorism group includes members of both the Delaware House and Senate.   The racial extremist group known as

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Song of the Day 9/7: Maxwell, “Radiation Funk”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, International by on September 7, 2022 1 Comment

The invasion of Ukraine has mostly faded from the news, but one aspect threatens to put it back at the top of the broadcasts. Russia, demonstrating the ineptitude that has distinguished its war effort thus far, again shelled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, putting if off the power grid and bringing it […]

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“This Is Sussex County”

Filed in Delaware by on September 7, 2022 21 Comments

The other day Jason linked to a Cape Gazette story about mudslinging — literally — in a Sussex County Council race, as a Councilman John Reiley was accused of unethical behavior for accepting many truckloads of dirt from a developer. His accuser was fellow Councilman Mark Schaeffer, erstwhile mayor of Smyrna, where he generated controversy […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday September 7 2022

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DL Open Thread Wednesday September 7 2022

This comment was attached to a news item in a Delaware media outlet.  If you can guess what the story was about, I’ll owe you a beverage of your choice. Harold P This sort of thingy will only become worse, until our Rightfl REAL PRESIDENT President Donald J. “”MAGA””-Man TRUMP is returned to begin serving […]

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Song of the Day 9/6: Blood, Sweat & Tears, “God Bless the Child”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on September 6, 2022 3 Comments

Billie Holiday co-wrote this with Arthur Herzog Jr. — each claimed the other’s contribution was minimal — and recorded it three different times. Hundreds of others have covered it, usually as a slow-burning ballad of self-reliance. It took Blood Sweat & Tears, on their first LP with barrel-chested belter David Clayton-Thomas on lead vocals, to […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday September 6 2022

Filed in National by on September 6, 2022 13 Comments

What if the Convicted State Auditor wins in September and wins in November?

Should Carney wait until after the election in November to remove McGuiness? If he removes her prior to the election can he re-remove her after the election?

Shouldn’t the office of auditor be filled by someone who hasn’t been convicted of the very crimes the auditor’s office is tasked with uncovering and rooting out?

So many questions.

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Song of the Day 9/5: Billy Bragg, “There Is Power in a Union”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on September 5, 2022 0 Comments

Mainstream media loves to cite the low percentage of unionized US workers but rarely details the lengths companies go to in their union-busting. That’s improved somewhat in recent months as Amazon and Starbucks have waged vicious campaigns against unionization efforts — and seen workers succeed in both certification votes and court rulings despite it all. […]

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★ Vote Early ★

Filed in National by on September 5, 2022 5 Comments

Early Voting Sites for 2022 Primary Election Kent County Frederica Senior Center: 216 Market St, Frederica, DE 19946 Houston Fire Company: 143 Broad St, Houston DE 19954 Dept of Elections-Kent County Office: 100 Enterprise Place Suite 5, Dover DE 19904 New Castle County Gunning Bedford Middle School: 801 Cox Neck Rd, New Castle DE 19720 […]

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DL Open Thread Monday September 5 2022

Filed in National by on September 5, 2022 24 Comments
DL Open Thread Monday September 5 2022

Labor Day is a watered down American version of May Day. In 1898, Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, called it “the day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their wrongs would be discussed…that the workers of our day may not only lay down their […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 4, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 4, 2022 8 Comments

News Of Lydia York’s Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated.  She had a great day of campaigning at the Arden Fair.  Three hours spent equally between the parking lot where the visitors get the buses and at the Fair proper campaigning with the indefatigable Colleen Davis.  No sign of her convict opponent.  It’s precisely where Lydia should […]

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In spite of all evidence to the contrary – Coons thinks Republicans can be compromised with and we should seek bipartisan solutions

Filed in National by on September 4, 2022 1 Comment

I didn’t watch Trump’s speech (?) from PA last night.  Well, I did watch a few minutes in which I learned that gasoline if now $6.00 to $7.00 a gallon and it was $1.89 per gallon two years ago.  That drew some applause from the dummies in attendance.   I can imagine there were literally […]

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