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You Believe What You Want to Believe
Commenter Eric Blair took me to task the other day for being too old to realize that fake videos can fool people. Here’s a story that demonstrates age isn’t the determining factor for gullibility. MAGA Men Humiliated After Being Duped by AI Foot Fetish Model The account, “jessicaa.foster,” has amassed 1 million followers on Instagram, […]
33.09% of Delaware Voters Have Only Themselves to Blame
You might well be one of them. That’s the percentage of voters, as of March 6, who are registered as Unaffiliated. I have just one question: Why? I bring this up because Mike Smith – the original one, the Republican House member who represents Pike Creek, not the johnny-come-lately who’s running for state treasurer as […]
Song of the Day 3/14: The Bee Gees, “Jive Talkin'”
It’s difficult if not impossible to determine which of Trump’s clown-shoed cabinet members is furthest out of his depth, but Pete Hegseth’s constant thumping of his Nazi-tattooed chest makes him most likely to get the bends. It’s been widely noted that his macho boasting consists mostly of lines lifted from action movies, but he outdid […]
Song of the Day 3/13: Laufey, “Misty”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Some veteran jazz fans don’t listen to Laufey because they think she’s not a jazz singer. Gen Z listens to her because they think she is. To be fair, veteran jazz fans might not know enough about the young Icelander to make a judgment. Not if they think TikTok is […]
Song of the Day 3/12: Dean Martin, “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head”
The absurd story about Donald Trump giving his bootlicking cabinet Florsheim dress shoes that they’re all afraid to not wear has a perfect follow-up: The company that makes them is suing his administration for a refund of his arbitrarily imposed tariffs. After the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal, Thomas Florsheim Jr., CEO of Weyco, […]
Democratic Skunks in the Middle of the Road Not Dead Yet
Anybody who wants to see progressive government should realize that Republicans, who hate all Democrats, are not the people working hardest to block the path to progress. That distinction goes to the so-called “moderate” Democrats, who are nothing but pro-business shills who lack the sadistic streak necessary to win GOP primaries. This has been obvious […]
Song of the Day 3/11: Franz Ferdinand, “Take Me Out”
It seems the Trump administration isn’t alone in pissing off musicians by using their music without asking for permission. The ironically named Israeli Defense Forces set social media video of their unprovoked attack on Iran to “Take Me Out,” the 2003 breakthrough hit for the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand. Frontman Alex Kapranos expressed their displeasure. […]
Song of the Day 3/10: Travis, “New Shoes”
If you had asked me whether this story was real or something that ran in the Onion, I’d have guessed the Onion, but no, it’s real. It seems Donald Trump is in the habit of giving his aides a rather odd gift: $145 Florsheim men’s dress shoes. I’ll quote the Raw Story report, and tell […]
Song of the Day 3/9: Country Joe and the Fish, “The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag”
With talk of committing ground troops to Trump’s War on Iran, it would be a good time to break out this iconic Vietnam-era protest song, even if Joseph Allen “Country Joe” McDonald hadn’t died Saturday to bring it renewed attention. People too young to remember San Francisco’s psychedelic era and the protests over the Vietnam […]
Important Lessons From Recent Elections
You might think the successful primary campaigns of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico are as different as, well, New York City and Texas. Mamdani is a Muslim democratic socialist, Talarico a Christian populist. But Michael Lange contends they both triumphed with similar strategies. The Texas Senate Primary, pitting […]
Song of the Day 3/8: Psychedelic Furs, “Pretty in Pink”
Hey, Millennials, wanna feel old? The classic John Hughes Brat Pack movie, “Pretty in Pink,” was the No. 1 box office film 40 years ago last week. You’re welcome. As everyone knows, the Psychedelic Furs song was the inspiration for the film. And as any fan of the song knows, Hughes totally misinterpreted it. Psy […]
Song of the Day 3/6: The Prisonaires, “Just Walkin’ in the Rain”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona In 1953 a young doo-wop group entered Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio in Memphis to make its first recording. They were hardly the only young black men looking to escape a tough life through music and maybe find a little fame. But these guys arrived in leg irons. Guards with […]
Song of the Day 3/5: James and Bobby Purify, “I’m Your Puppet”
Among their many desperate justifications for starting a war on Iran, Trump and Marco Rubio have slipped in the one that’s almost certainly true: Netanyahu made them do it. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces. And we knew that […]
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