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El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You: ‘The Toughies’
OK, first some ‘truth in advertising’. Not gonna predict ’em all for you. Not gonna pick all those Wilmington council races, not gonna pick any Kent County Levy Court or Sussex County Council races. There are already enough races where I’m pretty much throwing darts. In fact, my only guarantee this year is that I’ll […]
Song of the Day 9/10: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, “Do You Want to Know a Secret”
Bob Woodward is coming under fire for recording Trump back in March, when he was publicly downplaying COVID-19, saying that the new coronavirus was “deadly” and worse than the flu — and then sitting on the recordings until now, the better to flog his latest tome. If you want to know the rest of the […]
Realtors’ Dark Money PAC Dumps Last-Minute Shit-Tons Of $$’s Into Local Races
Beau Zebley no longer has any plausible deniability when it comes to claiming that his organization is simon-pure when it comes to tilting races at the last minute. According to the 8-day report of the ‘Strengthening Our Community Third Party Advertising Committee’, which is a realtors’ organization specifically created to circumvent the $600 maximum contribution […]
El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You: The ‘Sorta Competitives’
There’s at least a veneer of competitiveness to these races, but I think the outcomes are relatively clear. In other words, although unlikely in my mind, I could be wrong, but I don’t think so: US Representative (R): Lee Murphy over Matthew Morris. We know from experience that ‘Go, Murph, Go!’ is hardly a juggernaut. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Yep. Trump Lied About Covid. Admitted It. Knows He’s Screwed. It’s pointless to mention the inhumanity and hypocrisy of his comments. What’s important is that he can’t change the subject from his criminal mismanagement of this public health crisis. Guess who Fox News blames…Lindsey Graham, for allegedly brokering the interviews. There’s even a kernel of […]
El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You: The ‘Gimmes’
You know, the ones that improve my percentage w/o risk of being wrong: Governor (D): John Carney over David Williams. I will cast a protest vote for Graham. I thank him for running. Insurance Commissioner (D): Trinidad Navarro over Kayode Abegunde. I think Navarro could have been in a competitive race with a more credible […]
Join Marie Pinkney For A Virtual Meet-And-Greet Tonight
From 7 to 8:30. Here is the info: https://www.facebook.com/events/947564869080491/ Since Dave McBride has sidestepped candidate forums with Marie (one by the League of Women Voters and one by the Urban League), this represents the last best chance to see and hear Marie before Tuesday’s primary. This race is gonna be close. Watch her tonight, and […]
Song of the Day 9/9: Randy Newman, “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)”
Randy Newman’s “Good Old Boys,” his controversial 1974 concept album sung from the viewpoint of a Southern everyman named Johnny Cutler, was put together over many months and included a couple of songs that preceded the project. This one, though, was a late addition to the LP, which was released when the first Arab oil […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
How A Small Coterie Of Rethug Lawyers Built The Phony ‘Voter Fraud’ Meme. What’s ‘fake’ is real, and what’s ‘real’ is fake: Lisa Graves, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), said it’s no coincidence that toughened voting requirements and purges tend to fall heaviest on minorities and students, […]
“proven progressive”
Funny how these guys like Viola and Jaques are suddenly revealIng how progressive they are.
Shady is as Shady Does
Get off your goddam high horse Beau and maybe… I don’t know… try playing by the rules?
Song of the Day 9/8: Gary U.S. Bonds, “Out of Work”
For 11.5 million Americans, Labor Day wasn’t a day off — they have no job to go back to. Bruce Springsteen wrote this song for Bonds during the singer’s early-80s comeback, which corresponded with the Reagan Recession. Bonds hadn’t had a hit since 1962 until he hooked up with Springsteen in 1981, when his album […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
RWNJ’s Head To Oregon To Foment Violence. The President has given them every dog whistle imaginable. He wants chaos. How The Trump Campaign Pissed Away Their Billion Dollar Advantage. When you’ve got grifters running the campaign of a grifter, this is the result. That Brad Parscale learned from the feet of his master. Looks Like […]
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