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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

By Alby January 17, 20249 Comments

What is Israel doing? Is it genocide? Ethnic cleansing? Forced migration? A crime against humanity? Such distinctions don't matter. Even those who support Israel are in agreement: It's wrong. But…

Song of the Day 1/16: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Waiting in Vain”

By Alby January 16, 20241 Comment

H/t to Anon, who noted that we will wait in vain for any of the Republicans who are opposing Donald Trump to point out that he wants to be a…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

By Alby January 16, 202413 Comments

I mentioned this the other day: The media is more interested in narrative than facts. The Iowa caucuses provide a perfect example. Donald Trump won. That's news, but of the…

Song of the Day 1/15: Elvis Presley, “If I Can Dream”

By Alby January 15, 2024

Many songs have been written in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., all of them heartfelt, many of them touching. But no other calls forth King's message with the passion…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

By Alby January 15, 20249 Comments

As the seige of Gaza reached 100 days over the weekend, Netanyahu said, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else."…

Song of the Day 1/14: John Lennon, “Instant Karma!”

By Alby January 14, 2024

Remember Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News blowhard? You probably haven't thought about him in a long time – Fox News 86'd him back in 2017 over his long history of…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024

By Alby January 14, 20247 Comments

For most people the record-breaking heat of 2023 wasn't surprising – only Republicans pretend not to know about global warming – but it was to scientists, because the increase was greater…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024

By Alby January 13, 20243 Comments

It appears the Biden administration is hellbent on implementing the Saudi-Israeli agreements forged under the Trump administration through the efforts of one Brett McGurk (yes, I'm well aware that sounds…

Song of the Day 1/12: The J.B.’s, “Pass the Peas”

By Alby January 12, 20241 Comment

Okay, I get why Southern states want to starve their schoolchildren over the summer months, when school's out of session and they can't get free lunch. Those states are governed…

Song of the Day 1/11: Billy Pilgrim, “Insomniac”

By Alby January 11, 2024

Folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim formed in Atlanta in the early '90s, when R.E.M. was breaking indie music into the mainstream. Because both Kristian Bush and Andrew Hyra wrote songs, played…

Song of the Day 1/10: Wheatus, “Teenage Dirtbag”

By Alby January 10, 20242 Comments

Wheatus is a one-hit wonder whose big hit is more than 20 years old, but it's become a classic because it's been revived so many times over the years. Brendan…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024

By Alby January 10, 20246 Comments

The Israeli attempt to wipe out Hamas has brought widespread condemnation, but since calls on conscience are doing nothing to dissuade Netanyahu from his murderous course. So the focus of…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024

By Alby January 9, 202411 Comments

Some of the aides who flipped on Trumpo gave Jack Smith damning evidence about the traitor's behavior as the attack on the Capitol unfolded on Jan. 6. True to form,…