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Open Thread for Thursday, November 2, 2017

By Alby November 2, 20173 Comments

Oh, that pesky tax reform plan, always getting yelled at. Now some Republicans are upset because -- brace yourself -- they're worried it will be portrayed as helping the rich…

Opponents Play Rope-A-Dope On Marijuana Legalization

By El Somnambulo November 2, 20177 Comments

Cutting red tape for business only extends to providing get-out-of-jail-free cards to serial polluters, not to assisting proponents of creating a new revenue source. Gee, who didn't see this coming?…

Song Of The Day: Nov. 2, 2017

By El Somnambulo November 2, 20172 Comments

One taste of Richard Thompson leads to another taste of Richard Thompson. With another of my heroes, Bonnie Raitt. Together they turn this song into transcendent bliss:

Open Thread for Wednesday, November 1, 2017

By Alby November 1, 20174 Comments

Remember that GOP tax plan that was going to be released today? Whoops. They're still fighting over the details, so now it will be unveiled tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow. James Fallows…

Criminals, Communists, Crackheads and Weirdos: Which Are You?

By Alby November 1, 20175 Comments

According to Corey Stewart, who narrowly lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Ed Gillespie and is now running for US Senate, all Democrats fall into one of the four categories…

Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October, 2017

By El Somnambulo November 1, 2017

Just when I thought the year was winding down, just when I'd begun to shift my attention to my Best Of The Year list, along comes a month filled with…

Delaware Facilitates Money Laundering To Balance Its Budget

By El Somnambulo November 1, 20179 Comments

First, go read the News Journal article on how Paul Manafort used Delaware's LLC and corporate law to launder tens of millions of dollars from the Ukraine. Yep, we balance…

Song Of The Day: Nov. 1, 2017

By El Somnambulo November 1, 2017

I told you this was gonna be free-association. When Paul mentioned Pink Floyd's 'Grantchester Meadows' yesterday, I immediately thought of one of my fave British folk rock songs of all…

Won’t Someone Think of the Children?

By Alby October 31, 201711 Comments

Wilmington City Council has been a backwater of favoritism and incompetence for so long that most of us ignore it, so it was easy to think it would molder out…

The Lost Cause Is a Lost Cause

By Alby October 31, 201714 Comments

The Civil War is back in the news, and it reminds us of what TrumpMerica's counter-reformation is all about: Rewriting history. Yes, I know that's a loaded phrase, because it's…

Open Thread for Tuesday, October 31, 2017

By Alby October 31, 20173 Comments

How bad are things for Donald Trump? So bad that this morning he tried to use the GOP tax plan as a distraction from his bigger problems. As is common…

RIP: Roger A. Martin

By El Somnambulo October 31, 20174 Comments

Noted author/historian and perhaps less-noted State Senator Roger A. Martin passed away last Thursday. He has been hailed as an historian who traced the history of Delaware through the succession…

Song Of The Day: Oct. 31, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 31, 20173 Comments

So, I'm listening to the vaguely ominous jamming, perhaps while under the influence of Jamaican herb, barely paying attention, when...well, you either know, or don't know, what comes next. A…