Archive for September, 2018
Willie Nelson debuts new GOTV song at HUGE Beto O’Rourke rally
When 85-year-old country music legend Willie Nelson joined 46-year-old Texas Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) on stage Saturday night in Austin, they were greeted by more than 50,000 people, according to O’Rourke’s campaign. Other estimates cite roughly 55,000 in attendance. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday those kind of numbers would make it […]
Coons Style Bipartisan Comity is a Flimsy Potemkin Village
Coons has taken his victory lap on TV and in Delaware City and that’s great. Good for you Chris. But’s let’s look at what passes for Coons style bipartisan comity and understand what a bogus pile of bullshit we are looking at. 1) Coons gave a speech about “darn it, I just think we should […]
Sept. 30 Open Thread: America Dances the Limbo
America’s pundits have had a chance to ponder the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process, and they have reached a sort of rough consensus: This is nuts. For those like Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir, it confirmed what they’ve been saying since Trump’s nomination — our political system is in pitiful shape. What struck me on Thursday is that […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: Sept., 2018: Volume Deux
More goodies: Don’t know how I missed this elegiac John Prine song from earlier this year. Missed no more: Lots to love, and some stuff that the hatas might hate. What do you like, and what do you, um, not like?
Song(s) of The Day – Billy Bragg
When I first learned about him through his pop radio friendly “Workers Playtime” album (1988), Billy Bragg had been a pain in Thatcher’s ass for a number of years. The subversive lyrics of many of the songs collected on the album matched with the bouncy/poppy hooks crowded all other thoughts from my head for about […]
Flake’s Version: Yep, It Was Coons
From an article in The Atlantic by Mary Coppins, who asked Jeff Flake if the impassioned lecture he got from a rape survivor spurred his compromise call for a limited FBI investigation (emphasis mine): I don’t know if there was any one thing, but I was just unsettled. You know, when I got back to […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: Sept., 2018: Volume One
Too many intriguing songs for just one music dump this month. I’m gonna continue doing them in alphabetical order by artist’s name. Select your faves: This was Drive-By Truckers before they were Drive-By Truckers. Just now being released: A classic in its infancy: I’m a sucker for great harmonies. When the song also gives me […]
Sept. 29 Open Thread: Biden Lies Low in the Shadow of Anita Hill
For somebody who’s supposedly weighing a presidential run, Joe Biden sure has been quiet during the year’s biggest political drama. Not without reason — Republicans are following his 1991 playbook for the Anita Hill hearing, using things he said to Clarence Thomas as justification for their deference to Brett Kavanaugh. Biden has had a comity […]
Song of the Day – English, 80’s, political, & gay week
The songs I come back to are mostly English/80’s/political/frequently gay. We’ll start today with perhaps the most upbeat and dancebale protest song ever – Free Nelson Mandela by the Specials AKA (1984)
[embed]https://youtu.be/2_G7vzJwcYM[/embed]Did Chris Coons Save the Day? Updated: Now With Video
Sure sounds that way. We’ll probably get more details by morning, but Sen. Chris Coons is getting prominent mention across the media for his role in brokering a deal with Arizona’s Jeff Flake to delay a final Kavanaugh vote for a week while the FBI investigates “credible allegations,” which probably means ix-nay on the angrape-gay. […]
Sept. 28 Open Thread: Kavanaugh’s Guilt, Not the Election, Is the Reason for the Rush
This morning’s committee vote to push Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination through to the full Senate served as a fitting anti-climax to yesterday’s blockbuster hearings. The Common Wisdom on the Republican rush job on Kavanaugh is that they want to boost enthusiasm among the base, but I think that’s a cover story. The most enlightening part of […]
Song of the Day 9/28: “Africa,” Weezer w/ Weird Al Yankovic
If you’re one of those people who hated Toto’s 1982 soft-rock hit “Africa” — and they were pretty easy to find back then — I have some bad news for you. While the rest of us were going on with our lives, the internet developed a taste for the song, to the the point where […]
Sept. 27 Open Thread: Kavanaugh Personifies Class Privilege
The Brett Kavanaugh saga has exposed the ugliest side of America — its upper crust. As Chauncey de Vega notes, Kavanaugh has benefited at every step of his life from the fact that he’s a support network of class privilege. The problem isn’t what Brett Kavanaugh did as a youth, Josh Marshall says. It’s that […]
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