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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 13, 2024
I’ve been told I overthink things. However, I don’t think I can overthink the magnitude of the unanimous passage of HB 281 yesterday. Which is why it’s today’s Story Of The Day. Here’s why: 1. This officially makes John Carney the lamest of lame ducks. Carney’s transition began with his recognition that he wasn’t gonna […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 13, 2024
I don’t know why this is surprising anymore, but it seems Robert Hur, the Trump-aligned special counsel who said Joe Biden’s brain was scrambled eggs, stretched the truth out of shape in his official report. Transcripts of the interview showed Biden was lucid, if occasionally confused about timelines. Democrats used Hur’s appearance before a House […]
Song of the Day 3/12: Raspberries, “Go All the Way”
Eric Carmen, the frontman of seminal early ’70s power pop band the Raspberries, died over the weekend at age 74. He gained greater fame in the ’80s after he left for a solo career, and in recent years some infamy for outspoken right-wing political stances, but his concept of a band that combined Beatles melodies, […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The backlash against the police reforms that came after the George Floyd protests has been fierce, led by the police themselves. That’s led to many jurisdictions undoing those reforms in the face of reports of rising crime – which, if you bother to look at the numbers, is the opposite of the truth. Gee, I […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
In the Friday Open Thread, former state Rep. John Kowalko wrote the following: Please alert your readers to the fact that Rep. Baumbach’s amendment to his own HB 281 effectively guts the bill and is against the interests of retirees current and future. The bill removes Medicare Advantage (privatization of health care insurance) as an […]
Song of the Day 3/11: Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain”
People are still talking about Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s disastrous State of the Union response, which seems to test the theory that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I seem to remember Bobby Jindal had already disproved it back in 2009, when he was considered the GOP’s young, fresh, not-a-white-male face. All most people […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 11, 2024
I realize that most opposition to immigration stems from tribalism and protectionism, but something anti-immigration warriors rarely appreciate is simple economics: More people equals more economic activity. That’s why the Congressional Budget Office estimates increased immigration will add $7 trillion, with a T, to the U.S. economy over the next decade. Trump’s vow to deport […]
Song of the Day 3/10: The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
You can discover anything on the internet, just about. That’s why the online world’s inability to discover the name of this song or the musicians who recorded it makes it The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. This much is known with 99% certainty: The synth-pop tune was recorded in 1984 by a young teen […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Elon Musk’s Largest (Only?) Charitable Beneficiary? You have to ask?: At the same time, (Musk) runs a charity with billions of dollars, the kind of resources that could make a global impact. But unlike Bill Gates, who has deployed his fortune in an effort to improve health care across Africa, or Walmart’s Walton family, which […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 1-7, 2024
OK, so I’m a day late with this. What are you gonna do, cancel your subscription?? 1. Some Guy Named Eric Hansen Files To Run For US Senate As An R. Allegedly ‘quitting the corporate world’ to run for office. The corporate world, in this case, meaning Walmart: Eric started his career working at well-known […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Leftover thought from yesterday’s column, courtesy of Dorothy Parker: Katie Britt’s performance ran the gamut of emotions from A to B. Oh, that rape story she told? It’s false: Britt continued: “The cartels put her on a mattress in a shoebox of a room, and they sent men through that door, over and over again, […]
Song of the Day 3/8: Elton John, “I’m Still Standing”
Joe Biden is yet another day older, but this is the rare day when that’s not the lead story about him. Even the mainstream media had to concede that the guy who delivered the State of the Union speech didn’t look or sound like the guy they’ve been describing for months. Elton John is five […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 8, 2024
He Gave The Speech He Needed To Give. A ‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry’ speech, with a dose of ‘You think I’m too old, let’s see Trump do this’ thrown in for good measure: President Joe Biden’s fourth and possibly last speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night was the feistiest and most […]
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