DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Speaker Pete & Delaware Media: Both Derelict In Their Duties. Speaker Pete finally surfaced. Just long enough to speak to a friendly group of D's about legislation and emphatically not…
Song of the Day 7/13: Graham Gouldman and Brian May, “Floating in Heaven”
NASA has released the first batch of images captured by the Webb space telescope, and rock's top astrophysicist, Brian May, has teamed up with 10cc songwriter Graham Gouldman on a…
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 13
Today's the day he's scheduled to resurface. At a Party event to discuss, and I quote, 'one of the most monumental legislative sessions in recent memory.' He is scheduled to…
DL Open Thread July 13 2022
I kinda wanted Biden as the nominee again, but I realize that was out of discomfort around the idea of replacing him as the nominee. Now I'm not sure we…
Carper Emerges From Cryogenic Chamber As A Tool Of The Buccinis
Always get fascinating stuff in my inbox from my spies. Take, for example, this. Please: This drooling drone is now completely depend(s)ent on his corporate fixers. Lisa, either step up…
Song of the Day 7/12: Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind”
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett is probably best known for producing the soundtracks to the Coen brothers' movies, particularly "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Inside Llewyn Davis," but he's…
Delaware Political Weekly: Filing Deadline Edition-July 12, 2022
The filing deadline is today at noon. The Department Of Elections generally does a real good job of providing updates on Deadline Day. We generally have all filings and withdrawals…
DL Open Thread July12 2022
The Onion called Steve Bannon "Trump's most encrusted advisor". I also learned an arsonist targeted Dover's Target. On the whole, that's not much news for a political blogger. Wait...There…
DL Open Thread Monday, July 11, 2022
Why must we amend the Constitution to ban religion's exalted place among non-rational belief sytems: The lobbying outfit called the Family Research Council is now considered a religion by the…
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 11
Did what I usually do--scoured all the local news sources for Pete sightings. None reported. So, here's where that leaves us: On July 1, 2022 State Auditor Kathy McGuiness is…
Song of the Day 7/10: The Heimatdamisch, “Highway to Hell”
It's not showing up on the GPS, but I'm pretty sure we're rolling down the highway to hell, which gets us there a lot faster than that old ferry boat…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 10, 2022
14 Days To Craft A Response To Roe v Wade--Which He Delivers On A Friday. The new 'Let Biden Be Biden': To many increasingly frustrated Democrats, Biden’s slow-footed response on…
Joe Biden sure hired some first rate assholes
How do I know this? For one thing they are shitty at their jobs. For another, they are all leaking to the New York Times that they are "concerned" that…