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Song of the Day 5/22: Blur, “Barbaric”
To the extent Damon Albarn is known in the United States, it’s for his work with his side project, the virtual band Gorillaz. His real band, Blur, never cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. despite enormous success in Britain. During the heyday of Britpop in the ’90s, Blur vied with Oasis as the genre’s […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Big Story: Senate To Consider Inspector General Bill Today. SB 4 (Sturgeon) will pass, likely unanimously. Bipartisan sponsors in both houses. Governor has said he supports it. Unless the Speaker Of The House opposes it, I see little difficulty getting it through the House. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Yes, the Speaker’s horrible […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Worst Bill In History Passes House. C’mon, you knew they’d find the votes, didn’tcha?: The House early Thursday narrowly passed a wide-ranging bill to deliver President Trump’s domestic agenda, after Speaker Mike Johnson put down several mini-rebellions in Republican ranks to muscle the legislation to its first major victory over unified Democratic opposition. The early morning […]
Song of the Day 5/21: Gary Portnoy, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” (“Cheers” theme)
Comic actor George Wendt, most famous for his role as “Cheers” barfly Norm Peterson, died at age 76 yesterday, the 32nd anniversary of the show’s last episode. He appeared on dozens of TV shows before and after the 11 years he spent on the sitcom, but was indelibly identified with the character he once said […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 21, 2025
Let’s start with a real feel-good bill signing: https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/2025/05/20/gov-meyer-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-bill/83746069007/ Watch the video. Thrilled to see retired Rep. Paul Baumbach front and center at the signing. Gov. Meyer appeared genuinely moved at being able to sign the bill. Back to the daily grind. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. The big news? The Senate Finance Committee voted […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., May 21, 2025
Israel Has Almost Finished The Job. Gaza has just about been cleared, perhaps for a Trump luxury resort: After more than 19 months of brutal war, the patience of some of Israel’s Western allies appears to be running out. The renewed offensive on the Gaza Strip launched by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has […]
Song of the Day 5/20: The Doors, “Touch Me”
Big news for fans of the Doors: The bust that decorated Jim Morrison’s tomb, stolen 37 years ago and presumed lost forever, was found in Paris by police investigating unrelated financial crimes. Morrison died in a Paris bathtub in 1971 and was interred in the city’s historic Père-Lachaise Cemetery, where his tomb, like Oscar Wilde’s […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Dog Bites Man: Today’s Senate Agenda was made public on Friday morning, the House Agenda didn’t go up until around 3 pm yesterday. Less than 24 hours before session. This has been Standard Operating Procedure for this Speaker. You’d have to ask her why. I think the public deserves more public notice. Even former speakers […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Political Arrests Becoming The Norm: The Justice Department charged a New Jersey congresswoman with assaulting federal agents during a clash outside a Newark immigration detention center and dropped a trespass charge against the city’s mayor that arose from the same episode, the department said Monday. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, disclosed […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 19, 2025
Could Be A Tough Week For The Economy: Stock futures tumbled on Monday as a downgrade of the U.S.′ credit rating by Moody’s caused Treasury yields to spike. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 212 points, or 0.5%. S&P 500 futures pulled back 1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures lost 1.4%. Moody’s on Friday […]
Song of the Day 5/18: The Electric Prunes, “Get Me to the World on Time”
Most of Donald Trump’s brain might be mush, but he’ll always retain a few things, like his fear of sharks and his childish habit of insulting people in terms that would sound weak coming from a sixth-grader. So when Bruce Springsteen called out the whiny bitch who likes to pretend he’s a strongman, the strongman […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Gonna try an experiment today. May become a weekly feature, may be gone by next Sunday. Sorta like CBS Sunday Morning. More features, less timeliness. Here goes. What Do We Really Know About John Wilkes Booth? Multi-Emmy Award Winner Matthew Weiner digs deeper: Matthew Weiner has spent the past decade obsessed with Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Supreme Court To Trump: No Deportations Without Due Process–At Least, Not For Now: The Trump administration will not be allowed to deport a group of Venezuelan detainees accused of being members of a violent gang under a rarely invoked wartime law while the matter is litigated in the courts, the Supreme Court said on Friday. […]
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