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My quick take on Joe’s speech
Joe turned the GOP into the anti-jobs, anti-family, pro-China, pro-mass murder caucus tonight.
Holy Bleep Part Deux!!: Bill Freeborn Indicted On Felony Charges
Now, that’s what I call bipartisanship. Indict both a D and an R for violating the public trust. From WDEL: Separately, the former executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Executive Director was also indicted Tuesday. Bill Freeborn, a former Republican City Councilman in the nineties and prior Director of the Division of […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
I’m still processing this Rebecca Walker story. Here’s the context for our current General Assembly: There really is a Cop Cabal. They do things, and refuse to do things, once the cops make their position known to them. Then-Rep. Walker did kill the ban on the death penalty bill in the House Judiciary Committee. Pete […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday April 28th 2021
A so-called audit of the 2020 election in Arizona is, predictably, bonkers.
Does it feel like some Delaware stores are just ignoring the plastic bag ban?
As a steam train runs on boiling water, the right wing bonkers machine runs of the rage of old white people. In today’s boiler, a New York Post reporter just flat out made up a story about Kamala Harris. And Fox News is outraged….OUTRAGED that they are the only news outlet covering the latest John Kerry scandal.
But first, Smyrna goes full 2nd Amendment Freedom Town.
Holy Bleep!! Former State Rep. Rebecca Walker Indicted For Falsifying Employment Records
You remember Rebecca Walker. She got herself a golden parachute job created just for her in the Office Of Forensic Science, formerly the Medical Examiner’s Office. Conveniently, the newly-created office ended up under the supervision of, wait for it, the police, essentially guaranteeing that incriminating evidence against cops would never see the light of day. […]
Song of the Day 4/27: Alan Price, “O Lucky Man”
We have entered a world where British tabloids now print the truth in order to dispel internet rumors. Take the case just this week of British musician Alan Price — don’t say “Alan who?” I’ll tell you in a moment — whose death briefly became a swiftly-spreading rumor on social media across the pond. He […]
Who Should We Endorse In School Board Elections?
Actually, not just ‘Who Should We Endorse?’ But ‘Who Should We Oppose Because They Would Be Dangerous If Elected’? Oh, fuck. The first name that I see is Richard Forsten in Appo, an attorney/Rethug political hack. Seriously, nobody else filed? Pathetic. Here’s a link to the entire list: https://elections.delaware.gov/information/elections/school.shtml Click on your local districts, then […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
OK, Democratic legislators. You have the impetus for your reelection campaigns firmly in your grasp. Take it. The $15 minimum wage bill is very popular. You have but to pass it in the House, and send it to the Governor, who wouldn’t dare veto it. Speaker Pete: You can announce as early as today a […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday April 27th 2021
Today’s open thread includes my pick to run against Kevin Hensley in the 9th. (Hint: rhymes with Jave Jarter.) That Arizona is “auditing” the election which Joe Biden won is some fucking punk-ass, sore loser bullshit. On the bright side, at least they are doing a terrible job and the whole thing will become a festering boil that will never heal.
In the “well this sucks” file, New York state came just 89 residents short of maintaining all of its congressional districts. It also lost an electoral college vote.
Buy a house in Italy for one measly euro. But first – the most Coonsian headline and nonsensical lede paragraph ever!
Song of the Day 4/26: The Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”
I should have posted this yesterday in advance of the Academy Awards, though the Hollywood Ray Davies was singing about — most of the stars he names were dead or retired when the song came out on “Everybody’s in Show-Biz” in 1972 — bears scant resemblance to today’s film industry. I doubt one person in […]
DL Open Thread – Monday April 26th 2021
Two viruses continue to dominate the news. The new coronavirus wave hitting India is a real horror show. Closer to home, we our epidemic of viral stupidity is still raging. But first, I-95 in Wilmington. Cap that shit.
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 25, 2021
How did America’s police forces react to the Derek Chauvin verdict? They shot and killed six people in various jurisdictions. Hey, when all you have is a gun, everything looks like a target. Why do police escalate to fatal force so quikcly? It’s the training, stupid. Quick, show me another profession that allows union members […]
Song of the Day 4/24: Digital Underground, “The Humpty Dance”
Old school rap lost an influential figure this week. Greg Jacobs, better known as Shock G, the rapper who fronted the Oakland rap collective Digital Underground, was found dead in his Tampa hotel room Thursday at age 57. Though he went by Shock G, he also took on various alter-egos, the most famous being Humpty […]
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