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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 26, 20219 Comments

Yet another truncated session (wash, rinse, repeat) featuring (not highlighted by) Gov. Carney's State Of The State Address. For reasons I can't explain, most of Delaware's recent governors deliver these…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

By jason330 January 26, 20212 Comments

Most commenters seem to think that Trump is just floating this MAGA Patriot Party to keep Senate jurors in line. That makes sense. I only hope the MAGA idiots who…

Supreme Court dismisses emoluments cases against Trump

By jason330 January 26, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court today tossed a lawsuit claiming that former president Trump violated the constitutional prohibition against him receiving "emoluments"—profiting from a foreign governments. The court instructed the lower…

Song of the Day 1/25: Gene Clark, “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”

By Alby January 25, 20211 Comment

Editor’s note: I’ve been under the weather — a kidney stone hailstorm — so Nathan Arizona has agreed to handle the Song of the Day for a spell. Gene Clark…

DL Open Thread: Monday, January 25, 2021

By jason330 January 25, 202112 Comments

How does inflation work? I think we all know the answer to that question because we've internalized Monetary Theory as babies internalize breast milk. "Too many dollars chasing too few…

Cleaning Up After The Elephants: Volume 2-‘You’re FIRED!’

By El Somnambulo January 24, 20211 Comment

“Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.”–Chief-Of-Staff Donald Regan after a typical Reagan screw-up. I know it's like removing ticks…

Song of the Day 1/24: The Vaccines, “If You Wanna”

By Alby January 24, 2021

Editor’s note: I’ve been under the weather — a kidney stone hailstorm — so Nathan Arizona has agreed to handle the Song of the Day for a spell. The vaccine…

DL Open Thread Sunday 1/24/21

By Alby January 24, 20217 Comments

Delawareans who tried to get a dose of Covid vaccine on Saturday spent up to seven hours waiting in line, and many gave up before getting a shot. Republicans, like…

Song of the Day 1/23: Peter Cooper, “715 (For Hank Aaron)”

By Alby January 23, 20211 Comment

Editor's note: I've been under the weather -- a kidney stone hailstorm -- so Nathan Arizona has agreed to handle the Song of the Day for a spell. The great…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 23, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 23, 20217 Comments

Trump Tried To Engineer Coup At DOJ In Order To Flip Georgia. This stuff is so much more enjoyable now that he's out of office. This just has to be--criminal,…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 22, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 22, 20217 Comments

Biden Issues Sweeping Pandemic Orders. Yes, you need a subscription to see it all. It doesn't hurt to subscribe to invaluable news sources, of which the NYTimes is one. In…

This is cool

By jason330 January 21, 20214 Comments

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 21, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 21, 20212 Comments

Is Val Longhurst the least ethical member of the Delaware General Assembly? Well, let's see, she parlayed her office into getting a job as the Executive Director of the Delaware…