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DL Open Thread Sunday, April 11, 2021

By Alby April 11, 20212 Comments

We all know that Matt Gaetz like to fuck 17-year-olds, but did you know that his real job is fucking the public? It seems the sex scandal is somehow related…

Song of the Day 4/10: Billy Joel, “Captain Jack”

By Alby April 10, 20211 Comment

A song for the Delaware Republican Party, which, like the protagonist of this song, has been reduced to just jacking off. In a way, Philadelphia -- in particular this live…

Song of the Day 4/8: The 1910 Fruitgum Company, “Indian Giver”

By Alby April 8, 2021

Baseball is back, which seems to be a mixed blessing in Georgia, where the GOP's existential panic over its suckitude cost Atlanta the annual all-star game. I suppose Braves fans…

DL Open Thread Thursday, April 8, 2021

By Alby April 8, 20215 Comments

Delaware Republicans are shitting themselves over the inability of ammosexuals to intimidate lawmakers with the General Assembly meeting via Zoom, so they're demanding a return to in-person sessions. Rep. Tim…

Song of the Day 4/7: Winger, “Seventeen”

By Alby April 7, 20211 Comment

H/t Foster McKenzie for this one, which I had never heard. He's right, this should be Matt Gaetz' rally music, not just for the apt lyrics but for its general…

Song of the Day 4/6: They Might Be Giants, “Minimum Wage”

By Alby April 6, 20211 Comment

In keeping with today's theme. Though they more recently gained attention for kids' records like "Here Come the ABCs," 30 years ago They Might Be Giants -- basically the duo…

Song of the Day 4/5: Temple of the Dog, “Hunger Strike”

By Alby April 5, 2021

Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption Putin opponent who has been jailed for being an anti-corruption Putin opponent, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike he undertook to protest his…

DL Open Thread Sunday, April 4, 2021

By Alby April 4, 20212 Comments

It's one thing to share a country with dead-end losers who have turned a political party into a death cult. It's something else entirely when that death cult insists on…

Dear Republicans: This Is Why We Don’t Respect You

By Alby April 3, 202117 Comments

I stumbled across a headline today that quoted some random conservative complaining that "maybe if we canceled sports, then they'd respect us." I hear this all the time: The reason…

Song of the Day 4/3: Little Richard, “I Saw Her Standing There”

By Alby April 3, 20212 Comments

The only difficulty in picking a theme song for Matt Gaetz is that rock 'n' roll, especially the early stuff, is full of songs that traffic in misogyny and ephebophilia,…

Song of the Day 4/2: Simon and Garfunkel, “Keep the Customer Satisfied”

By Alby April 2, 2021

Paul Simon has joined the parade of aging songwriters peddling their catalogs for big bucks, selling off his entire output -- over 400 songs from both Simon and Garfunkel and…

Song of the Day 4/1: The Bee Gees, “I Started a Joke”

By Alby April 1, 20211 Comment

The joke certainly was on Robin Gibb -- he had the best voice in the group but older brother Barry had the good looks, and their conflicting ideas about who…

DL Open Thread Thursday, April 1, 2021

By Alby April 1, 20213 Comments

Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Vox has a good explainer outlining what it does and how Democrats hope to pass it. Politico notes it has set…