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Lewes missing replica cannon ball story has the most Lewes ending imaginable
Bombshell report: Lewes cannonball found! The cannonball from the Lewes Maritime Museum at the Cannonball House along Front Street has been returned. The disappearance grabbed the attention of the First Town in the First State, prompting a slew of amateur detectives to take up the case both online and at the site itself. “The case […]
Will the economics of future wars make war less profitable?
Leaving aside the fact that our planet is burning to a crisp and the most murderous countries are just going to try and grab the most promising looking ash piles – war seems less and less worth it. I mean, I’m no economist, but if it costs eleventy billion dollars to produce and man an […]
Song of the Day 2/23: The Business, “Drinking and Driving”
Would-be politician Scott Walker, the guy who runs for office by setting up home-painted campaign signs along Delaware roads, has never come close to being elected, but his odd behavior makes it obvious that isn’t his goal. Like the guy who fell into a lens grinding machine, he’s making a spectacle of himself. He’s in […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
Does Water Have An Expiration Date? Bottled water? Trump Ice water, to be precise?: Former President Donald Trump heads out of the East Palestine Fire Department next to his son, Donald Trump, Jr., as he visits the area in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. […]
Song of the Day 2/22: Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Say What!”
Marjorie Taylor Greene has caught on to how to become MAGAWorld famous — say outrageous shit and count on the mainstream media to play it up under the category “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.” Of course, she has to fight for space in that lane with a gaggle of unsavory dripdicks, and given that she’s […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
The Shroud Of Plankton: ‘God’, in the form of a massive seaweed blob, is coming to exact His/Her/Their revenge on Florida. It’ll Be Good Vs. Evil In Wisconsin Supreme Court Run-Off. We’ve got six weeks. You might want to start here. If Judge Protasiewicz wins, it’s a huge victory for justice, as the Wisconsin Supreme […]
Song of the Day 2/21: 10cc, “Art for Art’s Sake”
Is this the nightmare of every art gallery visitor? At a VIP art fair in Miami last weekend, a woman knocked over a glass sculpture by Jeff Koons, destroying it instantly. The story at the link included this sentence: “The shiny blue sculpture, one of Koons’ famous ‘balloon dog’ series, was valued at $42,000″. That […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday February 21 2023
Republican racist/xenphobic performance art in Texas is really going off the rails. Chinese community in Texas are incensed over a proposal to ban them from buying property in the state “I have never seen the Chinese community this active and this motivated in my entire adult life. The community is inflamed right now. They are […]
Poll Results 2/20/23 – DeSantis Nickname and Carney’s Replacement
“Meatball Ron” was a clear favorite (89%) for a nickname for Ron Desantis among the nicknames Trump was beta-testing. I happen to like “Mini Me” as it is both derisive and by including the word “Me” allows Trump to keep the focus on his favorite topic. I also really liked “Bootsie” as it keeps […]
Song of the Day 2/20: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Mach 5”
As is traditional on Presidents Day, today’s song is by the Presidents of the United States of America, the three-piece Seattle band that scored a triple-platinum debut album in the mid-90s on the strength of the singles “Lump” and “Peaches.” They were notable at the time because they were the only Seattle band of the […]
Defeat These Three Candidates For School Board
There will no doubt be others who join the fray before the filing deadline, which is Friday, March 4. In at least one race, there had better be. For now, these three will suffice. We have two ‘parental rights’ anti-vaxxers/maskers running in Milford: Ashlee Connell is running for an At-Large seat in Milford. If you […]
DL Open Thread Monday February 20 2023
If you vote for Republicans you are a bad credit risk (in addition to being a dumb-fuck). Republicanism Linked to Poor Financial Decision Making The region’s poor credit means Southerners are paying more to borrow money, assuming they can qualify for loans at all. That sets them back in everything from car and home purchases […]
Song of the Day 2/19: Radiohead, “Paranoid Android”
The Media Freakout of the Week is … drum roll, please … no, not spy balloons, that was last week … Chatbots! (cymbal crash) A lot of tech journalists have interacted with Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing search engine, powered by ChatbotGPT, and have reported that we should be afraid, very afraid, of the coming Chatbot […]
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