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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 18, 2024
The Big Story: State Rep. Sophie Phillips is my new legislative hero. In her first term, she’s already demonstrated her willingness to take on challenging, but essential, battles. She has empathy and humanity, and she puts in the work. If she remains in politics, she could well become a true difference-maker. Not gonna be easy, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Lest We Forget…Israel Attacked Iran: Israel was mere moments away from an airstrike on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders at Iran’s embassy complex in Syria when it told the United States what was about to happen. Israel’s closest ally had just been caught off guard. The Israelis had badly miscalculated, thinking that […]
Song of the Day 4/17: Doris Troy, “Just One Look”
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman made the news for claiming that Donald Trump, once he woke up, subjected her to his mighty stare as retribution for reporting that Don Snorleone had nodded off. lShe lived to tell the tale, but for how long? Doris Troy was a songwriter and backup singer for Atlantic Records […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Jury selection continues in Trump’s criminal trial in New York. It could take forever to find 12 sentient beings who live, breathe and haven’t concluded that Trump is a piece of shit. You think it’s been a wet spring in Delaware? Yesterday in Dubai 5 inches of rain – more than the desert city averages […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 17, 2024
OK, I lied. And/or was misinformed. Turns out that House committees don’t have to consider bills within 12 legislative days of being assigned to committee. I don’t know whether this is a change in House rules or whether it has ever been thus. Allow me to quote from the House rules (HR 5): (b) All […]
Song of the Day 4/16: Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)”
John Oates, who’s headlining this year’s newly resumed Philadelphia Folk Festival, is widely perceived as the junior partner in Hall & Oates because Daryl Hall sang lead on most of their ’80s hits. But it wasn’t always that way. In the duo’s early years in the ’70s, they split vocals and songwriting pretty much equally. […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 16, 2024
And so the torch is passed. Just days after O.J. Simpson, defendant in last century’s Trial of the Century, hurdled off this mortal coil, Donald J. Trump donned the mantle of rich womanizing defendant for what the infotainment industry hopes will be a similar ratings bonanza. The big story on Day 1: Trump fell asleep. […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Two Big Stories To Kick Off This Post-Easter Session: 1. Will the General Assembly Stop Windfalls For Retired Legislators, And Potentially Themselves, Down The Line? 2. The General Assembly Has Completely Tuned Out John Carney. Yes, the two are inter-related. Bryan Townsend said it on the record: Delaware Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend said lawmakers […]
Song of the Day 4/15: Cheap Trick, “Taxman, Mr. Thief”
Today’s the deadline for mailing their 2023 federal tax return for most people. If you live in Massachusetts or Maine you get a break because of the Patriot’s Day holiday, and if you live in a disaster area you get until June, because you have bigger problems. “Taxman, Mr. Thief” appeared on Cheap Trick’s 1977 […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 15, 2024
Couple of idle thoughts to start the week: Israel’s vow to rescue the hostages was only slightly more sincere than OJ’s vow to find the real killers. America invested more energy in the courtship of the Golden Bachelor than the subsequently-wedded couple spent on their own marriage. Oh, for those of you utilizing cunning linguistics […]
Song of the Day 4/14: The Byrds, “Eight Miles High”
In popular consciousness, “Eight Miles High” is a drug song. Radio stations certainly thought so when it was released in 1966 – many refused to play it, so it only reached No. 14 on the Hot 100. But it’s considered by many critics and historians to be the first psychedelic rock song. The musical inspirations […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Pretty Much All You Need To Know About Iran’s Attack On Israel. Looks like everybody, except perhaps Israel, wants to de-escalate the situation. I honestly don’t understand why Israel struck the Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria. Here’s hoping this ends the back-and-forth for now. Looks like Biden has told Netanyahu to ‘take the win’: President […]
Song of the Day 4/13: Paula Cole, “I Don’t Want to Wait”
Yet another Trump stunt to delay his hush-money trial got rejected yesterday, so it’s almost certain to start Monday. Almost certain. The title of this song sums up my feelings on the matter. Paula Cole burned briefly but brightly in 1997, when two singles from “This Fire,” her self-produced second album, scaled the Billboard charts. […]
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