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DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 23, 2021
In today’s Open thread 34 JOBS coming to Delaware!, a cool little helicopter, Aukland sex work now less awkward, and Joe’s reefer madness. But first up – another white guy had a bad day.
Song of the Day 3/22: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath”
The other day I saw a list of LPs released in 1971, and the phrase “embarrassment of riches” barely scratches the surface. None of them got spun as often among my high school friends as “Aqualung,” the album that ought to have made them a shoo-in for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 22, 2021
Coons’ Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus has rebranded.
A bipartisan gang wants to nix one of the Senate’s defining features:its dysfunction
In plain English: Susan Collins is gearing to pretend that she will break with the GOP and Coons is setting the stage to compromise his mother fucking ass off.
New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media — but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Neighbors have described [generic white guy name] as [another word for “quiet”], and [list of glowing attributes that make you seriously question their judgment] who they could not have imagined would be capable of [atrocious racially and/or sexually motivated crime people with his exact profile commit at alarming rates].
The Covid “Long Haul” is no joke.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kent Taylor, the founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has died. He was 65. His family and the company said he took his own life Thursday after suffering from symptoms related to COVID-19, including severe tinnitus.
Bourbon Bummed Over Trump’s Duty DooDoo
American whiskey has become collateral damage in Trump-era tariff disputes with Europe, and the business for distillers could become even more painful unless their entanglement in the trans-Atlantic trade fight is resolved soon.
The EU imposed tariffs on American whiskey and other U.S. products in mid-2018 in response to Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on European steel and aluminum.
DL Open Thread Sunday, March 21, 2021
Vladimir Putin is demonstrating that he’s just like the fake president he installed in the U.S. — a big baby incapable of running a country on anything but the thuggist terms of a crime boss. Because Joe Biden pointed out that he’s a murderous thug, he’s recalled the Russian ambassador for urgent talks. What’s he […]
Rep Sean Lynn on Being the Target of the DeGOP’s Unhinged Hate Campaign
I don’t even know where to begin with this post, but given the sheer number of calls, texts and emails I’ve gotten today, I feel like I have to address it. Sometimes, being in elected office is just not fun. Today, unfortunately, is one of those days. For most of the last year I and […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 20, 2021
Know Your Violent Insurrectionists: Christopher John Worrell. Jennifer Marie Heinl. Jeffrey McKellop. I’m really enjoying these profiles by PvtJarHead in Daily Kos. TN Rethugs Rally To Save Bust Of Notorious KKK Racist. Tell me this Party isn’t dying. Biden And Afghanistan. It’s–complicated. I’m with Freda Payne on this one: Department Of Education Cancels $1 […]
‘Legislative Ethics’ Doesn’t Have To Be An Oxymoron
Let’s face it: Only a few legislators habitually behave in an unethical manner. Recent examples include Trey Paradee/Darius Brown (pushing legislation for his development lawyer brother/openly soliciting contributions from Minquadale garbage dump lobbyists respectively). Longtime ethical scofflaws include Nicole ‘No Longer’ Poore, Our PAL Val Longhurst and, of course, Mike Ramone. Since the ethics of […]
Fighting Delaware Corruption – REV Speak with Jack Guerin, John Flaherty, El Somnambulo
Activist Jack Guerin, DE Coalition for Open Government director John Flaherty, and Delaware Liberal blogger Steve Tanzer join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the rampant corruption in Delaware government and how we can fight it.
Show Notes:
Song of the Day 3/19: The Undisputed Truth, “Smiling Faces Sometimes”
The worst part of the story about the Biden White House firing staffers who admitted to past marijuana use is the fact that they were told such admissions would not be held against them. This Motown classic, the only hit for this psychedelic-soul trio, reached No. 3 in 1971. Written by Motown songwriting team of […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 19, 2021
A New Rethug Election-Stealing Trick. Find someone with a similar name to the D, prop ’em up with dark money, steal election. Rethugs Sue B/C…They Can’t Use State Stimulus Funds For, Wait For It, Tax Cuts. I’m no attorney, but it seems to me that the Federal government has every right to require that Federal […]
Song of the Day 3/18: Graham Nash and David Crosby, “Immigration Man”
When a U.S. Customs official detained then-Brit Graham Nash as he tried to enter the country, he wrote “Immigration Man.” Nash was ticked off because he wasn’t given a reason for the hold-up, which ended after people started asking Nash for his autograph. The song was the first single from on their first LP and […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, March 18, 2021
The “crisis” on the southern border isn’t a crisis, it’s a logistics problem, as demonstrated by the administration’s vacillation about reopening the child migrant shelter in Homestead, Fla.. Other that bleating “crisis,” Republicans have no ideas on how to handle the influx of unaccompanied minors, currently running about 500 people a day. They do hope […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Today is $15 Minimum Wage Day in the Senate. SB 15 (Walsh) cleared the Senate Labor Committee yesterday, and is the first item on today’s Senate Agenda. I predict 14-7, maybe Lopez goes ‘not voting’. Can we talk for a minute over Our PAL Val Longhurst and her continued ineptitude in running gun control bills? […]
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