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With Our Media, Republicans Would Be Dumb To Stop Constantly Lying
The Benefits of Lying – with a Compliant Press by Josh Marshall We have a new Quinnipiac poll out today. No big surprises. About where the rest of recent polls have been: Biden 47%, Trump 46%. But it’s this paragraph down in the poll release that has my attention. Half of voters think Joe Biden was […]
DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #4: RD 22
You can prioritize any of our remaining four races in any order you want. Just, if you can, prioritize working on at least one of the four campaigns. Four great candidates, each a huge upgrade over the incumbent. The incumbent in RD 22 is a case in point. He has established that his sole purpose […]
Song of the Day 9/13: Old and in the Way, “Wild Horses”
Joe Biden – you might have heard about this – is old. He’s been old for quite some time now, having been born in 1942, but the media has just noticed this, probably because Republicans won’t shut up about it while they prepare to challenge him with some fat tub of goo who wasn’t born […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday September 13 2023
Social Media Reports Escapee in Delaware Headed down 52 towards Trolly Square. According to my friend’s sister’s hairdresser. Floods in eastern Libya: 2,000 people feared dead after weekend storm Floods caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel wrecked neighbourhoods and homes in Lybia’s multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As nearly […]
Song of the Day 9/12: R. Dean Taylor, “Indiana Wants Me”
So much for a good guy with a gun. Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante broke into a house in rural Chester County and stole a .22-caliber rifle despite the homeowner firing seven shots at him. Unexplained: How Cavalcante got his hands on the weapon. I can understand wanting access to a handgun for self-protection, but a […]
House Rethugs To Impeach Biden Over–Something
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whose hold on his office depends on the most extreme MAGAts in his Caucus, has given in to one of their demands: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus […]
Primary Campaign Season Has Officially Started
The Democratic Primary Campaign season is officially underway, so I’m going to keep a running list of candidates how have been in touch with me & how. (Which is a good measure of…I don’t know…Money? Proximity? Small state happenstance shit?) Anyway, here is the list as of Day 1: Lt Gov Candidate Debbie Harrington – […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday September 12 2023
Shawn “Chickenshit” Garvin approves chickenshit “recycling”
Construction can proceed to build anaerobic digesters to recycle poultry wasteBioenergy Devco has the permits to construct a poultry waste recycling plant using four anaerobic digesters (four tanks shown) to produce natural gas and enriched soil for composting at the Seaford-area facility. After several years of review and hearings, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn Garvin has approved permits associated with the expansion of Bioenergy Devco LLC’s Seaford facility. The expansion will enable the company to produce biogas at the company’s organic waste composting operation and begin recycling poultry waste.
Yeah, whatever happend to that crazy fucking guy who bragged about having the tallest building in Manhattan on the evening of the 9/11 attacks?
He must be in some kind of institution by now. He said: “40 Wall Street actually was the second tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest. And then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second tallest. And now it’s […]
Song of the Day 9/11: Shawn Colvin, “Viva Las Vegas”
Today marks a memorable anniversary. I speak, of course, of Sept. 11, 1991, the date The Dude writes a 69-cent check to pay for a quart of half-and-half at Ralph’s in “The Big Lewbowski.” Music is integral to many of the Coen brothers’ films, especially “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Inside Llewyn Davis,” but […]
DL Open Thread Monday September 11 2023
The weakest infrastructure week
A couple of places Trump and his defenders are saying Trump didn’t get any infrastructure done because Democrats were mean to him.
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Escapee, Danelo Cavalcante, now owes Longwood Gardens $315 for a “Gardens Preferred” Level Membership
If he stays another six days he’ll be on the hook for a $575 “Garden Premium” membership.
As the search for a Pennsylvania convicted killer enters its ninth day, Delaware State Police stand at the ready should Danelo Cavalcante cross state lines.
“We are currently maintaining communication with (Pennsylvania State Police) in order to remain informed and up-to-date on relevant developments,” Delaware Police spokesperson India Sturgis said. “We are staying vigilant and have established a comprehensive strategy in the event Cavalcante enters Delaware.”
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For Some Reason Penn State Played Delaware in Football
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Army Played Delaware State for some reason.
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If the outcomes on guns, on the environment, on social justice are always the same no matter who is in power..if the same people always win and the same people always lose, whats the point of caring?
Fighting hard and losing is one thing, it hurts but people can understand the justice in that. But fighting hard and “winning” to only lose in the end in far worse. Because then you are not only a loser but a loser who is also a sucker.
Happy Monday, Suckers.
Song of the Day 9/10: Sunny War, “Whole”
Venice Beach-based singer-songwriter Sunny War got a big media push when her latest album, “Anarchist Gospel,” dropped back in February, but the song that WXPN picked up didn’t catch my ear the way this one did when it popped up on a Spotify list the other day. Sydney Lyndella Ward’s bluesy folk has won her […]
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