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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2024

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Today’s Big Story:  House To Consider Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Provide Greater Access To Voting. I think it will pass.  Why?  Because it’s the first leg of an amendment that must be passed in two consecutive General Assembly sessions.  Making this one a free vote. Also because the Rethugs did this before. Passed a similar […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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Trump’s lawyers whined that nobody will accept his real estate as collateral for the half-a-billion-dollar bond he has to post by Monday. Letitia James said Trump’s assets could be seized if he can’t pay, but it seems more likely that the state would go after his bank accounts than his real estate holdings. Remember Paul […]

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What Should Letitia James Claim First?

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To me, it”s obvious:

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A Two-Way D Primary For Governor?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 18, 2024 41 Comments

Going against the Conventional Wisdom, I think it’s possible. The two candidates?  Matt Meyer and Collin O’Mara. Now hear me out. I write this not only because both Meyer and O’Mara appeared at the dinner that our 7th RD cooked for the Arden Dinner Gild, and not only because they made positive impressions on the […]

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Song of the Day 3/18: Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)”

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For all the similarities between the music markets in the U.S. and Britain, some acts just never cross over. For every David Bowie, embraced as a taste-setter in America, there’s a Steve Harley – someone who scored lots of hits in the UK but never made a dent on this side of the pond. If […]

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Faith And Liberty Discovery Center Cuts Its Umbiblical Cord

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G-d decided it was time to close Philly’s Bible Museum: The museum created by the American Bible Society in July 2021 said it will be open to visitors until March 28. The Christian ministry nonprofit that translates Bibles and sends them around the world has recently been besieged with challenges including layoffs, funding troubles, and […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, March 18, 2024

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Donald Trump continued his Dotard America tour over the weekend, promising a “bloodbath” if he’s not elected. Supporters are trying to pretend that he was talking about the auto industry, but everybody knows what he actually meant. He isn’t arrested for inciting violence because the country is run by a bunch of cowards who are […]

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Song of the Day 3/17: Thin Lizzy, “Whiskey in the Jar”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 17, 2024 1 Comment

Popular Irish songs might sound ancient, but many aren’t very old. “The Fields of Atheny,” for example, is about the potato famine, but it was written in the 1970s. “Ragland Road,” the poem, dates to 1946, but it was set to music in 1971. Every war and rebellion in Irish history, and there are a […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 17, 2024

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Trump: ‘Bloodbath’ Coming If He Loses.  Prediction or promise?  As in a call for yet another insurrection?: The dark view resurfaced throughout his speech. While discussing the U.S. economy and its auto industry, Mr. Trump promised to place tariffs on cars manufactured abroad if he won in November. He added: “Now, if I don’t get […]

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Song of the Day 3/16: The Ink Spots, “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 16, 2024 0 Comments

A theme song for the gubernatorial race. No editorial comment intended. The Ink Spots, among the country’s most popular vocal groups in the 1930s and ’40s, had tremendous influence on the generation of musicians who started doo-wop and rock ‘n’ roll. They formed in the early ’30s, but soared in popularity after high tenor Bill […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 16, 2024

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How Delay Tactics Have Worked For Trump For Decades. When facing legal woes, as he has for decades in civil courts, Mr. Trump seeks to manipulate the schedule. Whether or not the facts are in his favor, he plays a game of calendar calculus to pit one case against the other, in hopes of pushing […]

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Song of the Day 3/15: The Ides of March, “Vehicle”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 15, 2024 1 Comment

An old anecdote tells of the student who went to see “Hamlet” and complained, “It’s just a bunch of cliches strung together.” Indeed, absent the Bard, would anyone refer to today as the Ides of March? This much is certain: Without him, this 1970 hit would be by the Shon-Dels. That was the name a […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, March 15, 2024

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FIRE MERRICK GARLAND TODAY!! I’m gonna try to keep this rant profanity-free.  Because I’m so fluffing angry that I either exercise restraint, or be placed in restraints: Federal prosecutors have started to produce tens of thousands of documents in response to a subpoena from Donald Trump in the New York state hush money case, threatening […]

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