Song of the Day 7/6: Hem, “Half Acre”
Back in the '00s TV advertisers indulged in a trend I liked. Instead of licensing songs that were already popular -- remember Chevrolet beating Bob Seger's No. 1 hit "Like…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Country's Most Powerful Lobbyists Campaign Both For And AGAINST Climate Reform. Depressing. Like 'centrists', they stand for nothing save enriching themselves: More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working…
This Hilarious Headline is From Politico, Not The Onion
Florida GOP will require DeSantis, Trump to sign loyalty pledge to make primary ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are finding that the price…
Israeli forces fire tear gas inside hospital as raid continues 125 people were injured by the tear gas
Meanwhile, Senator Chris Coons still says... Israel is a democracy with a dynamic, innovative economy, and it shares our values. That is why I support Israel.
Josh Hawley celebrates the 4th by tweeting a bogus quote from Patrick Henry that 30 seconds of googling could have told him was both fake and from a white supremacist magazine, which is probably where he found it
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) marked the Fourth of July by tweeting theocratic propaganda through a fake quote incorrectly attributed to founding father Patrick Henry — and there's a dark implication to why…
Song of the Day 7/5: James Ingram, “I Believe I Can Fly”
Great news for fans of "The Jetsons" -- you can sign up now, for a small deposit, for your flying car. Well, not exactly a car. As the article at…
DL Open Thread Wednesday July 5 2023
As good as Biden has been, he keeps trying to prove his centrist dipshit bona fides. This is by far the most revolting nomination of the Biden administration, something so horrible…
How Sarah McBride Has Impacted National LGBTQI+ Policy By Influencing Joe Biden
The rare really good article from Politico: Speaking before the largest Pride celebration in White House history this month, President Joe Biden looked out at the crowd and marveled at…
Song of the Day 7/4: The Tubes, “Proud to Be an American”
Patriotism, as George Bernard Shaw pointed out, is the conviction that one's country is superior to all others because one was born in it. Ambrose Bierce, in his "Devil's Dictionary,"…
DeSantis’ Horrible, Bumbling Campaign Continues to Bubble Horribly
I had hoped that DeSantis was going to at least take a chunk out of Trump, or even beat him and thereby break the GOP forever - but he is…
Bulletproof vest, multiple magazines, police scanner, AR-style rifle and a handgun – In other words, The “Full Patriot Package”
5 adults killed, 2 children injured in massshooting in Philly; suspect found in bulletproof vest PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Five adults were killed and two children were injured during a mass shooting…
DL Open Thread Tuesday July 4 2023
Happy (?) Age of Enlightenment Day! The enlightenment is always under attack by those more comfortable with blind authority. But for one moment in time, the enlightenment was strong enough…
Song of the Day 7/3: Train, “Meet Virginia”
Jason has already addressed the fallout from Virginia's decision to put the onus of age verification on internet porn suppliers -- Pornhub pulled the plug on the whole state. A…