DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Pence Team Tests Positive. Won't stop Pence's campaign schedule, though. WH tried to keep it hush-hush. Dems Target Georgia. Biden is heading there on Tuesday, Kamala and Jill have already…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Trump Signs Executive Order To Destroy Civil Service. While nobody was looking. Pure evil. Biden had better have his transition team prepare about a thousand Executive Orders for him to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…