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DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 9, 2024

By Alby July 9, 20246 Comments

The media's feeding frenzy for forcing Biden out of the race continues but seems to be slackening a bit because the public isn't climbing on board. Like a pug on…

DL Open Thread Monday, July 8, 2024

By Alby July 8, 202420 Comments

The "Fascism on the Worldwide March" storyline took a major hit the past few days. First voters in England rejected the Tories. Now France's far-right party, Marine LePen's National Rally,…

Song of the Day 7/7: Mötley Crüe, “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”

By Alby July 7, 2024

The punditry consensus says Joe Must Go, but if you check the comments at liberal web sites it seems a lot of their readers aren't sold on the idea. You…

Song of the Day 7/6: Ella Fitzgerald, “Too Darn Hot”

By Alby July 6, 20241 Comment

Just walking to the mailbox the past couple of days brought to mind this little rhyme I think I first heard in junior high school: When the weather's hot and…

Song of the Day 7/5: The Ramones, “The Job That Ate My Brain”

By Alby July 5, 2024

Joe Biden's fight for survival wasn't helped by telling his staff he needs an early bedtime, and he's clearly made an enemy of the New York Times. So we've got…

Song of the Day 7/4: Trey Parker, “America, Fuck Yeah!”

By Alby July 4, 20243 Comments

The South Park team's marionette movie, "Team America: World Police," was released 20 years ago, during the Iraq War, when patriotism was running high and Hollywood action movies pandered to…

Song of the Day 7/3: Neil Sedaka, “Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do”

By Alby July 3, 20242 Comments

A song for Joe Biden, sung by a guy who's even older than he is. Sedaka was an established star as both a performer and songwriter with several Top 10…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 3, 2024

By Alby July 3, 202415 Comments

Democrats, faced with adversity, are doing what they do best: Panicking and looking weak. A group of about two dozen House Democrats are planning to call on Biden to drop…

Song of the Day 7/2: The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me”

By Alby July 2, 20242 Comments

They can play this one at the Democratic National Convention, no matter who the nominee turns out to be. I like to bust on record executives who don't recognize a…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 2, 2024

By Alby July 2, 202424 Comments

All you people who were freaking out over Joe Biden's stumblebum debate performance now have something bigger to freak out about, as the nation's corrupt Supreme Court just made Richard…

Song of the Day 7/1: Tom Lehrer, “I Wanna Go Back to Dixie”

By Alby July 1, 2024

First Kinky Friedman, then Martin Mull. It could be one of Friedman's mysteries, about someone bumping off the musical satirists of the '70s. In that scenario we should maybe worry…

DL Open Thread Monday, July 1, 2024

By Alby July 1, 202420 Comments

Joe Biden's terrible debate performance set off several days of Democratic soul searching, but sadly, the search has been fruitless. They still haven't found one. Frankly, the widespread panic embodies…

Song of the Day 6/30: Martin Mull, “Ukelele Blues”

By Alby June 30, 2024

Martin Mull, who died last week at age 80, is mostly remembered for his long career as a comic actor, which began in 1976 when producer Norman Lear tapped him…