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DL Open Thread 9/18
Anyone who thinks Donald Trump is everything the quisling GOP wants in a president must reckon with the fact that he won’t go to war in the Middle East on the slightest provocation. Most of the GOP Senate is a bunch of bloodthirsty chicken hawks (a few even served), but even the pleading of presidential […]
Song of the Day 9/17: Luna Lee, “La Grange”
Her name is Luna Lee, and she’s playing a traditional Korean stringed instrument called a gayageum. She has a whole YouTube channel devoted to her covers of classic rock songs, everything from Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana. I picked this one because 1) I love this song and 2) her solo pays a nice tribute to […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday 9/17
Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Russian codebreakers reportedly hacked into the FBI’s comm systems and interfered with the agency’s tracking ability. Nearly 50,000 General Motors workers are out on a strike that pundits say neither side can really afford, which probably means each side will wait endlessly for the other to cave. House […]
Song of the Day 9/16: The Cars, “You Might Think”
Ric Ocasek, who died in New York at age 75 over the weekend, is a good example of never giving up. The Cars weren’t his first band, or his second, or his third. He and Benjamin Orr had bands in Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Mich., before moving to Boston and hooking up with local […]
DL Open Thread Monday 9/16
Democrats, especially those running for president or re-election, are demanding impeachment — not of Trump, but of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, based on his lies to the Senate about his sexual escapades at Yale. Border Patrol officers are battling low morale because people call them “baby killers” and worse. Who’d have thunk it? Extreme […]
Song of the Day 9/15: Mavis Staples, “Wrote a Song for Everyone”
Mavis Staples can make any song sound like gospel music. This John Fogerty song was an under-appreciated deep track from CCR’s 1969 “Green River” LP until Mavis recorded it for her 2010 “You Are Not Alone” album. The only nod to anything religious is a line in the second verse, “If you see the answer, […]
DL Open Thread Sunday 9/15
The New York Times published a long story about Deborah Ramirez’ experience with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s during his time at Yale and found that yes, actually, it was the talk of the freshman class and his literal dick-swinging happened on at least one other occasion. Liberals, however, care less about that than they […]
Song of the Day 9/14: Eddie Money, “I Think I’m in Love”
Eddie Money, the classic-rock hitmaker from the ’70s and ’80s, died yesterday in Los Angeles, age 70. Born Edward Mahoney in Brooklyn, he ditched a would-be career as a New York cop and moved to California, where he came under the wing of legendary promoted Bill Graham and hit the big time with the self-penned […]
DL Open Thread for Sept. 14
Democratic dithering over their sort-of impeachment inquiry is being used against them by the Trump Department of Justice, which is arguing Congress doesn’t deserve to see grand jury testimony from the Mueller probe because it’s not really an impeachment inquiry. A New Castle County drug dealer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling […]
The Brewing Biden-Trump Bum Fight
At this point my problems with Joe Biden’s policy preferences are taking a back seat to worries about his slipping mental acuity. I’m starting to think a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is going to play out like a bumfight. Everything could hinge on which one can pass the dementia test — moderators […]
DL Open Thread Friday the 13th Edition
Beto O’Rourke caused a stir at the Democratic debate by saying “Hell yes, we’re gonna take your AR-15” in describing his call for a buy-back program. A Republican state lawmaker in Texas responded by tweet,“my AR is ready for you, Robert Francis.” O’Rourke’s response: “This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly, you shouldn’t own an […]
Song of the Day 9/13: The Decemberists, “Valerie Plame”
Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent who was controversially outed by the Bush administration in 2003, left Washington for New Mexico a few years back and is now running for Congress. She released an attention-grabbing campaign ad this week that set the internet abuzz. She’s a long way from her goal — the primary in […]
Song of the Day 9/12: Fountains of Wayne, “California Sex Lawyer”
Nobody’s heard much from Michael Avenatti lately, but I thought of him again when I was listening to FOW’s “Out-of-State Plates,” its collection of B-sides from 2005. In fact, the only way you can tell this song isn’t about Avenatti is that it was originally released in 2000 on the International Pop Overthrow Vol. 3 […]
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