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DL Open Thread Thursday, March 4, 2021

By Alby March 4, 20213 Comments

Joe Biden's loose lips are going to cost the Democrats the Neanderthal vote. He blasted the states of the New Confederacy -- white supremacy isn't just for the the South…

Song of the Day 3/3: Mark Chestnutt, “Blame It on Texas”

By Alby March 3, 20214 Comments

Texas' sociopathic leadership has lifted all Covid restrictions, which makes me think they can't secede soon enough -- if it were a foreign country we could impose a travel ban.…

Song of the Day 3/1: Drive-By Truckers, “This Fucking Job”

By Alby March 1, 20211 Comment

The need for a higher minimum wage has been apparent for many years now, and anyone who claims $15 is too much too soon should study the issue a little…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

By Alby February 28, 20213 Comments

Now that The Last Guy™ has been reduced to giving speeches to the clowns and rageaholics at CPAC (it stands for Clowns Playing At Competence), the media's theme for the…

Song of the Day 2/27: Peter Gabriel and Playing for Change, “Biko”

By Alby February 27, 2021

Playing for Change, the music-education non-profit that records musicians around the world playing the same song and edits them into videos, released this Peter Gabriel classic a couple of weeks…

Song of the Day 2/25: Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”

By Alby February 25, 2021

I don't know how I missed it, but until this Zevon classic from 1978's "Excitable Boy" came up on a Spotify playlist last night I never realized it fit The…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021

By Alby February 25, 20216 Comments

You already know this, but the tendency of Republicans and other half-wits to hold super-spreader events appears to be the primary driver in the spread of Covid. Postmaster General Louis…

Song of the Day 2/24: John Prine, “Humidity Built the Snowman”

By Alby February 24, 20211 Comment

It's been just over a year since John Prine's last concert, at Cafe de la Danse in Paris, one my wife was lucky enough to attend. This tune was on…

About 95% of What the News “Reports” Is Bullshit

By Alby February 23, 20212 Comments

This isn't an earth-shattering conclusion, but it's still galling to read -- or, actually, skip over after reading the headline -- most of what shows up in print media or…

Song of the Day 2/22: David Bowie, “Life on Mars?”

By Alby February 22, 2021

Perseverance, NASA's latest Mars rover, landed on the Red Planet last week, and today the space agency unveiled video of its descent from the lander itself. It's looking, of course,…

Song of the Day 2/21: The Go-Go’s, “Vacation”

By Alby February 21, 2021

In one sense I can sympathize with Ted Cruz -- who doesn't want a vacation from the cold and snow? Cruz is such a wuss he vamoosed after a cold…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021

By Alby February 21, 2021

Erik Prince, the mercenary billionaire who's high on the list of Republicans who should swing from the gallows, has violated the UN's arms embargo on Libya by procuring $80 million…

Song of the Day 2/19: The Bangles, “Hazy Shade of Winter”

By Alby February 19, 20218 Comments

The Bangles had been playing this Paul Simon composition in concert for several years when they were approached about contributing a song to the "Less Than Zero" soundtrack (which doesn't…