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Oops, They Did It Again. Delaware Democratic Party Still Sucks

By El Somnambulo August 6, 20262 Comments

They never learn: Last night, the Delaware Democratic Party's State Executive Committee met and made its endorsements for the statewide primary ballot. The Party is united behind a slate that…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 6, 20266 Comments

FINALLY, Police Crack Down On Massage Parlors. Meaning, they're cracking down on human trafficking: When police raided a massage “therapy” spa in suburban Wilmington in July, officers said they found…

Song of the Day 8/6: Fats Waller, “All That Meat and No Pototoes”

By Alby August 6, 2026No Comments

It sounds like the pitch for an SNL skit – RFK Jr. does a cooking show! Except, in the bizarro world we inhabit, it's real. Or, as some critics have…

Song of the Day 8/5: Eliza Hardy Jones, “America the Beautiful”

By Alby August 5, 20262 Comments

The media loves to celebrate round-number anniversaries, even when nobody cares. The American semiquincentennial is a good example. Was anyone jazzed about celebrating it? Not that I could tell. Still,…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 5, 202615 Comments

Delaware Has A Surgeon-General--Or Does It?: Delaware House and Senate leaders are expected to meet Wednesday to decide whether or not they will sign off on using roughly $270,000 in…

Song of the Day 8/4: Brian Wilson with She and Him, “On the Island”

By Alby August 4, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona There might be no better way to spend a lazy summer than on a tropical island where you can sit around filling buckets with sand,…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 4, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 4, 20267 Comments

AIPAC--Tonight's Biggest Loser?: In less than five years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become one of the biggest spenders in American elections, flooding the airwaves in congressional races…

Song of the Day 8/2: Lloyd Price, “Stagger Lee”

By Alby August 3, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona His name was Stagolee or Stack Lee. Could have been Stag-A-Lee, Stackolee or Stag Lee. Maybe it was Stackerlee or Stack-O-Lee. But since Lloyd Price’s…

DL Open Thread: Monday, August 3, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 3, 20269 Comments

Meyer Sets Ethics Standard For Unclaimed Property Board: An executive order recently issued by Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has been raising eyebrows, with some questioning the purpose and others cheering…

Song of the Day 8/2: The American Dream, “I Ain’t Searchin'”

By Alby August 2, 20264 Comments

H/t to Joe Connor, who left a comment a couple of weeks ago mentioning the 1969 Atlantic City Pop Festival. It was the first I ever heard of it, and…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 2, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 2, 20261 Comment

Could Larry Ellison Burst The AI Bubble All By Himself? This is the full-length NYTimes piece. It's really good. For those who prefer a summary, this will do quite nicely:…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 1, 2026

By El Somnambulo August 1, 20262 Comments

Yet Another Lawsuit Against Port Project. Don't know if this one has legs: The Edgemoor Port expansion, a project backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, faces another…

Song of the Day 7/31: Toto, “Africa”

By Alby July 31, 20262 Comments

No matter how incompetent you think Trump's minions are, they're actually worse than that, and his State Department proved it the other day at a global AIDS conference in Brazil.…