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Kathleen Davies Vindicated Again

By Alby March 5, 20197 Comments

The State News is running a story by AP's Delaware reporter, Randall Chase, that no local news-gathering organization had the staff to cover. The Merit Employee Relations Board voted 2-1…

Song of the Day 3/5: Brewer & Shipley, “One Toke Over the Line” b/w “Oh Mommy (I Ain’t No Commie)”

By Alby March 5, 20194 Comments

This 1971 stoner classic is the answer to the trivia question, "What's the only song covered by both the Grateful Dead and Lawrence Welk?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxA1MkEkyo Folk duo Mike Brewer and…

The Bitter Partisanship of Chris Coons?

By jason330 March 5, 20195 Comments

Chris Coons has worked hard to develop a reputation as being above party politics. But there is one political party that he appears to be beholden to. It is the…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 5, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 5, 20197 Comments

Here's what happened while the General Assembly was in recess: 1. Del-Tech President Mark Brainard's latest attempt to make homeowners pay for deferred maintenance (aka: 'We let things go b/c…

A DL Milestone – 10,000,000 page views

By jason330 March 5, 20194 Comments

An End To Civil Forfeiture? A Decision Kathy Jennings Must Read Right Away THIS POST by El Som recieved our 10 millionth page view on February 20th, 2019. Could this…

Breaking: Clinton Not Running

By jason330 March 4, 201912 Comments

Thank you, Skydad. "I'm not running," the 2016 Democratic White House nominee told News 12 Westchester.

Clintonite Centrist Admits Clintonite Centrism Has Failed

By jason330 March 4, 2019

Only clueless idiots still think that a "centrist" approach to governing is possible. Brad DeLong, an economist at the University of California-Berkeley who served as deputy assistant secretary of the…

T Kline, xyz, and their ilk – useful idiots being played for fools by Fox News & Walmart

By jason330 March 4, 20195 Comments

Fox News has made billions with a simple brand premise: Make idiots angry and keep them angry. Now savvy marketers like Walmart and Cottonelle are cashing in on the pavlovian…

What’s Unique About AOC — It’s Not What You Think

By Alby March 4, 201944 Comments

It's unfair to say Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has unhinged Republicans, both among the base and in elected office -- many of them have been unhinged for years. But her mere existence…

Northern New Castle Country Quarantined

By jason330 March 4, 20195 Comments

Dover, Del. – The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) announced Friday that they are quarantining eleven zip codes in New Castle County to eradicate, control, and prevent the spread of…

Song of the Day 3/4: Bob Rivers, “An Ignorant Man”

By Alby March 4, 20191 Comment

When Donald Trump proclaimed Sunday via Twitter, "I am an innocent man," was I the only one whose mental jukebox immediately jumped to Billy Joel singing that line? But I…

Carper attempts to get the Senate on the record in favor of acting on climate change

By jason330 March 4, 201930 Comments

Tom Carper introduced a 43-word climate change resolution in order to try and get the Senate on the record about climate change in advance of a vote on a Green…

Song of the Day 3/3: Bruce Springsteen, “My City of Ruins”

By Alby March 3, 2019

Springsteen sang this at the 9/11 memorial concert, and its gospel inflections and its message of hope amid the wreckage fit the moment so well that most people thought it…