The folks who run the city of Dover have made a successful stand against the 21st century, killing plans to allow food trucks to park on downtown streets at lunchtime. Because nothing works to attract customers like the phrase, “You have no other choice.”
From the Self-Fulfilling Prophecies file, psychiatrists had to cancel a panel discussion about how Trump is inspiring violence because it got so many death threats. The link is included to prove I didn’t make that up, because it sounds exactly like something I would make up.
What worries you most? If you’re the average Delawarean, it’s choking, according to this state-by-state map of what worries us most. We share our overwhelming fear of choking with one other state, Oklahoma. Just be glad you don’t live in Nebraska, where forklifts are not to be trusted.
The Trump Show today features an embarrassing situation for Fox News, which apparently had the story about Trump’s affair with porn star Stormy Danielsbut spiked it shortly before the election. Like most things Trump, this will boost him with his base and hurt him with everybody else.
On a, um, lighter note, the White House had a “doctor” who calls himself Ronny lie about Trump’s health to the nation, claiming the 6’2″ president is actually 6’3″, which had the oh-so-coincidental effect of making the president overweight instead of obese. Dr. Ronny said Trump was in perfect health; the test results made public contradicted that. As TV doctor Dr. Sanjay Gupta pointed out, his blood calcium score indicated heart disease. “It was interesting when I spoke to Dr. Jackson,” Gupta said. “At first he said he passed all the tests with flying colors. When I asked him specifically about that test, he did then concede that, in fact, the president does have heart disease.” They would deny the noses on their faces.
If you’re interested in actual news, the building blue wave has emboldened even Congressional Democrats, who are searching for their vestigial spines when it comes to pushing back against the conservative takeover of the courts.