Archive for October, 2020
Song of the Day 10/23: The Spencer Davis Group, “Gimme Some Lovin'”
Note: This is a guest post by Nathan Arizona. Spencer Davis, who died this week at 81, was one of the most important pioneers of British electric blues-rock and the whole British Invasion. He’s not one of the most famous, but maybe he should be. Davis led the Spencer Davis Group, formed in Birmingham in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 23, 2020
Trump Campaign Spying On Philly Drop Boxes. It’s voter intimidation, pure and simple. I cannot overstate the degree of voter suppression going on this year. Court Rules That Uber And Lyft Drivers Must Be Classified As Employees. Something tells me that the Supreme Court will get hold of this issue, and the results won’t be […]
DL Open Debate Thread: Oct. 22, 2020
I predict that Trump loses it even more than in the first debate. Might even walk off. We’ll get a chance to find out soon….
Best Pro Rasslin’ Segment In ForEVER!
As many of you know, my El Somnambulo monicker comes from my fictitious lucha libre background, featuring my legendary but totally made-up feud with the dastardly Teletubbymundo. I love pro rasslin’s zaniness, which WWE has excised from its product as Vince McMahon falls deeper into senility. Fortunately, a new alternative, AEW (All Elite Wrestling), premiered […]
Song of the Day 10/22: Audience, “Indian Summer”
This week might have been too damp to qualify as actual “Indian summer” weather, but I’m not going to let that stop me from resurrecting the only charting single ever released by the British band Audience during its five-year original existence from 1969 to 1973. Though usually lumped in with the progressive-rock movement, Audience’s blend […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Pope Francis Expresses Support For Same-Sex Unions. I can only hope that he has seeded the College Of Cardinals with like-minded individuals. Two Weeks Inside The Trump Campaign Bubble. Wonder if Ryan Lizza has access to any of Hunter S. Thompson’s stash. Would come in handy. Demographics As Destiny? How Trump’s base is sinking, inexorably […]
Song of the Day 10/21: Gen X, “Dancing With Myself”
The jokes about Jeffrey Toobin, the CNN pundit and New Yorker writer who was suspended for exposing himself during a Zoom meeting, pretty much write themselves, but that hasn’t stopped people from taking their shots — I particularly liked the wag who declared that Toobin shouldn’t resign, he should stick it out. Far be it […]
How long have you waited in line to vote? 10 Minutes? 20 Minutes?
I’ve never waited in line longer than longer 15 minutes to vote. That’s because I’m white.
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Trump Paid Taxes–In China. We should have known. He accused the Biden ‘crime family’ of hoovering up money from China. Meaning, it was the real crime family that had its tentacles in China. DeJoy Weaponizes Post Office To Promote Voter Suppression. Eliminates Postal Police. Bars Congress From Postal Facilities. If Biden wins, he will have […]
Song of the Day 10/20: Jeff Bridges, “Maybe I Missed the Point”
Actor Jeff Bridges tweeted out some news yesterday by quoting his most iconic movie character: “As the Dude would say, new shit has come to light.” That was his way of announcing that he’s been diagnosed with lymphoma. Though “The Big Lebowski” might be his best-remembered role, it’s not the one that earned him his […]
Big Pharma Front Group Touts Carper’s Loyal Service to the Industry
The beleaguered US Postal Service brought me a mailer yesterday from something billing itself the American Life Sciences Innovation Council announcing that Sen. Tom Carper has received “the 2020 Champion of Health Care Innovation Award.” I found this puzzling, given that Carper just won re-election in 2018, and wondered what this outfit was and why […]
How Cathy Cloutier Sold Her ‘Independent Voice’ To Her Senate RWNJ Colleagues For A Few Extra Bucks
Chris Kenny and Cathy Cloutier are trying for a political makeover. They are portraying Cloutier as an ‘Independent Voice for Brandywine Hundred’ and even, wait for it, a ‘progressive’. As is always the case with Cathy Cloutier, the ‘nice lady who can’t stop lying’, the truth is the diametric opposite. FACT: Cathy Cloutier is the […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Trump Loses It Over Fauci. That bleeping Fauci. Doesn’t he realize that people are sick of the coronavirus? Supreme Court Permits Counting Pa. Mail-In Ballots Received After Election Day. 4-4 vote allowed lower court ruling to stand. A soon-to-be-rare victory. Krugman: Biden Must Spend Big. Deficits be damned. The Ad Race Is Over. Trump Lost. […]
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