DL Open Thread: Sat., April 4, 2020
Florida Rethuglican Party May Have Blowed Itself Up Real Good. And, no, it's not what you think. An absolute must-read. Schadenfreude you can enjoy w/o guilt. The Rethugs set up…
American Journalism Fucking Sucks
Trump said "we have tests" but health experts said "we don't have tests." Trump said, "We inherited obsolete broken tests from Obama admin. Now we have good tests." Experts said, "That is not accurate."Trump said "X" but experts said "Y". American journalism puts lies on equal footing with the truth. American journalists have no stomach for calling lies what they are. That's bad news for America.
Vote for Democrats. We are slightly less bad!
The problem with the Democratic Party strategy expressed above is that as Republicans get worse and worse, elected Dems simply adjust accordingly.
Song of the Day 4/3: Bill Withers, “Lean on Me”
Amid the COVID-19 catastrophe, deaths from other causes continue apace. Bill Withers, 81, died Monday in Los Angeles of heart failure, apparently unrelated to the coronavirus. Withers was a working…
DL Open Thread: Fri., April 3, 2020
'Jared Kushner Is Going To Get Us All Killed'. Explain to me again how this guy is in charge of, and has failed at, everything. This, if anything, has been…
Song of the Day 4/2: Adam Schlesinger and Mike Viola, “That Thing You Do”
To properly honor Adam Schlesinger, the most prolific pop tunesmith of his generation, would take a month or two of Songs of the Day. He wrote dozens for his best-known…
DL Open Thread: Thurs., April 2, 2020
America's 'Wartime' President Brags He's #1 On Facebook, Threatens Military Action Against Iran, And Touts Drug Interdiction Operation--During Coronavirus Briefing. Oh, and tells lie after lie. Hey, if they're gonna…
Song of the Day 4/1: The Arrows, “I Love Rock and Roll”
If it weren't for Joan Jett, Alan Merrill and the Arrows would be unknown in America instead of just obscure. But they were so big in Britain in the mid-'70s…
DL Open Thread: Weds., April 1, 2020
Sorry, not in the mood for April Fool's Jokes. There's no fool like an orange fool, and there's nothing funny about him. UN: Pandemic Worst Crisis Since WW II. FDR…
Don’t let Democrats off the Hook
Not much more can be said about the abject fuck-up that is Donald Trump. The temporary morgues outside of hospitals speak loudly on that topic. But don't let the relative horror that is Republicanism allow you to dismiss the role that the Democratic Party has played in getting ...