Archive for December, 2020
Song of the Day 12/27: Incubus, “Pardon Me”
This one’s for all the criminals, creeps and Republicans — but I repeat myself — who want a last-minute pardon from Donnie Two Scoops. This is the song that exposed Incubus to a wide audience. The version on the “Make Yourself” LP, released in 1999, is an alt-metal squall of sound that hammers home the […]
The goddam grain of truth
Trump always wraps his disgusting lies around a grain of truth.
NAFTA did suck – and it was the Dems fault.
The $600 stimulus check was a disgusting joke and the Dems voted for it.
He was right about those two things.
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 27, 2020
Unemployment Benefits Expire While Trump Sulks, Golfs, Tweets. Wasn’t Mnuchin negotiating on behalf of the President? Everybody thought so. Is it too late to employ the 25th Amendment? Pence can sign the bill and pardon the President all at once. Cali Auditor Reports $200 Mill In Missing Funds, Gets Fired For Her Efforts. A whole […]
Song of the Day 12/26: The Pretenders, “2000 Miles”
No, I am not extending the Christmas music season with this tune because, contrary to popular belief and usage, it isn’t a Christmas song, or wasn’t intended as one. Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde wrote it in 1983 during the recording of the band’s third LP, “Learning to Crawl,” their first after the deaths of bassist […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 26, 2020
A Very Strange Bombing In Nashville. Warnings from the SUV alerted people, looks like infrastructure (AT&T?) may have been the target. Guaranteed: A Lapse In Unemployment Benefits. Aid withers while Trump dithers: Treasury Department officials, expecting that the president would sign the bill this week, had been planning to work through the Christmas holiday period […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2020: #’s 50-41
As we move through the list, you’ll note that the events of 2020 influenced this list quite a bit. Terrible times often yield remarkable artistic achievement. I think my list reflects that this year. I will include a complete Spotify list of tunes as soon as I finish the countdown. Enjoy! 50. 49. 48. 47. […]
Song of the Day 12/25: Philadelphia Orchestra, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“The Glorious Sound of Christmas,” recorded in 1962 by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Normandy, remains the best-selling classical holiday album ever — it sold 1 million copies before Christmas 1963, and has continued to sell well in every recording medium since invented. Why? I think it’s because it’s the rare classical album that doesn’t […]
DL Open Thread Friday, December 25, 2020
A large explosion in downtown Nashville this morning was apparently was deliberately set, according to authorities. No major injuries reported. The Croda chemical plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge was briefly restarted for testing, and it failed. Equipment is emitting four times the amount of ethylene oxide it’s permitted for, putting its future in doubt. […]
Song of the Day 12/24: Darlene Love, “Christmastime for the Jews”
Speaking of Jewish songwriters composing so many great Christmas songs, there’s one Christmas song that’s not only written by a Jew, Robert Smigel, the comic genius behind SNL’s “TV Funhouse” and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog — it was written specifically for the Jews. “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it,” Smigel said. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 24, 2020
Trump Vetoes Defense Bill. In last-ditch effort to save the names of those Confederates on government installations. None (Rethug variety) dare call it insanity. Trump Pardons More Miscreants. Virtually all of whom have some ties to Trump: Of the 65 pardons and commutations that Mr. Trump had granted before Wednesday, 60 have gone to petitioners […]
Trending – Trump to Quit and Receive Pardon from President Pence
People who have – “Trump will not last a full term” will win their office pool.
Trump’s recent tsunami of pardons of hardcore scumbags, traitors and losers makes it more likely that Trump will step down in order to receive a pardon from Pence.
Maybe he will try to pardon himself? I’m sure he’d prefer that route, but if a pardon from Pence is the one that Trump thinks will stick – he’ll take a pardon from Pence.
Predictions: Wednesday, January 20 Inauguration of Joe Biden 2021 – Tuessday, January 19 President Pence takes oath of office on 3:45pmm Issues Pardon of Trump by 4:00pm
Friedman’s NYT Editorial is Pure Bullshit and he Knows it
Friedman spends a entire column suggesting that Trump will “Force Principled Conservatives to Start Their Own Party” but acknowledges that there are no principled conservatives. As the Trump presidency heads into the sunset, kicking and screaming, one of the most important questions that will shape American politics at the local, state and national levels is […]
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