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DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 24, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 24, 202310 Comments

"This Is Evil. We Condemn It In The Name Of Christ." This kind of push-back by religious leaders is all too rare. Let's celebrate it when it happens: (RNS)…

News Journal’s Pro-Cop Bias Is Showing

By Alby February 23, 20233 Comments

Meredith Newman didn't just bury the lede in her story about Delaware's highest-paid employees, she left it out entirely. The story, based on data from 2021, focuses on the high…

Lewes missing replica cannon ball story has the most Lewes ending imaginable

By jason330 February 23, 20233 Comments

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…

Will the economics of future wars make war less profitable?

By jason330 February 23, 2023

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 …

Song of the Day 2/23: The Business, “Drinking and Driving”

By Alby February 23, 2023

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…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 23, 202312 Comments

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,…

Song of the Day 2/22: Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Say What!”

By Alby February 22, 20232 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 22, 20237 Comments

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…

Song of the Day 2/21: 10cc, “Art for Art’s Sake”

By Alby February 21, 20234 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread Tuesday February 21 2023

By jason330 February 21, 202313 Comments

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…

Poll Results 2/20/23 – DeSantis Nickname and Carney’s Replacement

By jason330 February 20, 202319 Comments

"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…

Song of the Day 2/20: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Mach 5”

By Alby February 20, 20231 Comment

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…

Defeat These Three Candidates For School Board

By El Somnambulo February 20, 202332 Comments

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,…