DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 30, 2024
OK, guys, it's Small Business Saturday. What small local businesses do you plan to visit today? Confused By The Syrian Insurgency? This will clarify everything and/or make it more confusing…
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 29, 2024
One More Reason To Hate Notre Dame. The football team/school, not the Cathedral: The (Supreme) court’s conservative justices are increasingly hiring the law school’s graduates and faculty to work in…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 28, 2024
We hope you and your families and friends have a very happy Thanksgiving. We're so happy that we're no longer hosting. We've passed that tradition along to our oldest daughter…
Song of the Day 11/28: John Lennon and Elton John, “Whatever Gets You Through the Night”
50 years ago today marked John Lennon's last public concert appearance, with Elton John at New York's Madison Square Garden – to honor a lost bet. "Whatever Gets You Through…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Safe travels, everybody, if you're traveling. We're traveling the less than a mile to our daughter's house in Kingsridge, where I'll plop myself on a couch and start drinking. Moderately,…
Song of the Day 11/26: The Rivingtons, “The Bird’s the Word”
Gotta make it quick today due to Thanksgiving prep, including picking up the bird and getting it brined, which made me think of "Surfin' Bird," the 1963 No. Billboard 4…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Smith Folds. He had to, you can't try a sitting President. The villain amongst all the villains in the piece: Merrick Garland: A judge dismissed the federal election-obstruction charges against…
Song of the Day 11/25: Boz Scaggs feat. Bonnie Raitt, “Hell to Pay”
Americans love horror stories, and Trump's selection of a cabinet designed mainly to trigger the libs provides the media with plenty of them. As Boz Scaggs related in this blues…
DL Open Thread: Monday, November 25, 2024
Nancy Mace Has Done Us All A Favor--Inadvertently, Of Course. She has given Sarah McBride a platform to introduce herself and her message to the nation. We all know how…
Song of the Day 11/24: John Mellencamp, “American Fool”
"American Fool" is the name of John Mellencamp's breakthrough 1982 album, the one that led off with "Hurts So Good" and "Jack and Diane," the two biggest hits of his…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 24, 2024
Will 'Prosecutors Be Prosecuted' Under Trump? As good a test as to whether the Republic can hold as any: Again and again, when Donald Trump has faced scandal and scrutiny,…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Hospital Lobbyists Try To Kill Diamond State Cost Review Board. Carney said he supports it--but will he appoint the members?: With about two months until a new executive administration takes…
Song of the Day 11/22: Was (Not Was), “11 MPH (Abe Zapp Ruder Version)”
A lot of music has been written about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In the immediate aftermath songs expressed the shock and grief that enveloped the nation, but within…