April 7, 2017 Open Thread

April 7, 2017 Open Thread

Barclays to close Ogletown site; relocate 300 employees; Police: Girl, 4, abducted in Pike Creek, later found; Wilmington gives $43,000 raise to incoming police chief; Wilmington City Council censures Councilman Sam Guy over comments made to other council members and staff
April 6, 2017 Open Thread

April 6, 2017 Open Thread

Thursday power line vote could cost Delaware for years; Possible double shooting in Wilmington investigated; Conflicting testimony: A blow-by-blow of testimony vs. evidence in the Amy Joyner-Francis trial so far; Auto insurance companies block new regulations in Dover
April 5, 2017 Open Thread

April 5, 2017 Open Thread

Wilmington program could breed jobs; 500-plus residences eyed for Brandywine Country Club; Rehoboth named top family beach town by TripAdvisor; Federal funding cuts to DHSS would affect thousands of Delawareans

Occasional Words From The Resistance…

...from the desk of RE Vanella THIS MONOPHONIC MICROGROOVE RECORDING IS PLAYABLE ON MONOPHONIC AND STEREO PHOTOGRAPHS. IT CANNOT BECOME OBSOLETE. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF OUTSTANDING SOUND REPRODUCTION, PROVIDING THE FINEST MONOPHONIC PERFORMANCE FROM ANY PHOTOGRAPH. --Endorsement on Rubber Soul, The Beatles, Capitol Records, Inc. 1965. I wanted to share something today as a celebration of sorts. We won yesterday. Coons held his nerve. The fact that his remarks were politically measured is irrelevant. Let me be perfectly clear, I fully expect Neil Gorsuch to be the next Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. That’s also irrelevant. We showed some spirit. That’s promising because we’re going to need to do that about every two weeks into the foreseeable future. As you may have noticed yesterday, in this space but buried deep in the Third Circle of the comments section, I’m already onto Carney re: HB 110. Fuck it, I say every Democrat and Independent in the US Congress run a total blockade until they pass Medicaid for all. We’re going lose all these, but we’re going to show some bloody pride. Real pride. Not for Twitter or TV. So, anyway, last week I submitted an Op-Ed that didn’t get published (aka., rejected without comment) in support of this last little scrap. I’ll share it with you all. Be a glutton for punishment. Revel in it. It’s character building.
April 4, 2017 Open Thread

April 4, 2017 Open Thread

24-year-old shot in Wilmington Monday; Colonial takes another shot at referendum, warns of cuts; As Joyner-Francis trial opens, emotions laid bare; Newark City Council names interim city manager, but no other details; U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary visits with First State veterans, shares priorities; Dover PAL making major impact with youth