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None of the five GOP candidates for Governor of Minnesota think Biden won the election
Jesus Fucking Christ. MARK FRAUENFELDER 9:36 AM FRI DEC 17, 2021 The moderator of Wednesday night’s debate between the five GOP candidates for Governor of Minnesota asked a clear and straightforward question: “In your opinion, did President Biden win a constitutional majority of the Electoral College? If yes, how definitive is your conclusion, and if […]
Song of the Day 12/18: Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell, “Silver Bells”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona This song was almost called “Tinkle Bells” until the wife of one of the writers explained that “tinkle” has certain connotations. So they changed it to “Silver Bells” and found themselves with what would be one of our most popular Christmas standards. Jay Livingston and Ray Evans wrote the song […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 15 2021
Delaware is going to have a big sad today. (Expect maudlin tributes from all the usual suspects.) The Dolles sign is coming down. Capitalism has spoken, or whatever. I can’t get very worked up about a sign for a company that makes taffy, an old-timey candy that nobody eats. And yet I guess the word […]
Depends® To Sponsor Dave McBride Nostalgia Tour?
Rumor has it that McBride is getting the geriatric gang together to give himself something, other than seeking to become a normal human being and connecting with his family, to occupy his time. Cue Dick Vitale: “He’s a Diaper Dandy, he’s a P-T-Pee-er!” He’s allegedly made all the necessary contacts. Talked to Dave Swayze and […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday December 14 2021
A host of Fox News personalities watched the attempted Jan 6th coup with horror. In a flurry of text messages, they begged Mark Meadows to beg Trump to call off the coup, and not kill Mike Pence. They have all since revised their position on insurrection and the merits of murdering Mike Pence.
The Democratic Party has a serious problem – the moderates who have won control of the party are addicted to alienating working and middle class voters.
The NYT recently published an op-ed by Jamelle Bouie who implores moderates like Coons, Manchin and Sinema to stop whining about progressives, to stop blaming liberals for your failures and get down to business.
The Bottom Five Worst Christmas Songs
This is a companion post to my definitive list of the best Christmas songs and the best versions of those song. In this list I don’t bother with versions because these songs are so execrable that figuring out degrees of awfulness doesn’t interest me. To get on the list, the songs must be from the modern era (not traditional), truly bad and yet, somehow still widely played along with the rest of the holiday canon.
5) The Little Drummer Boy
4) Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
3) Last Christmas I gave You My Heart
2) Santa Baby
1) Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
If you are a really glutton for punishment, check out this Esquire list of horrible holiday music that (thankfully) isn’t widely played. [The Christina Aguilera version of ‘Oh Holy Night’ gets my vote for “The Worst Song Ever”, if anyone ever has the nerve to compile that list. ]
DL Open Thread Monday December 13 2021
Chris Wallace, who some regard as a legitimate journalist, is leaving Fox so there is officially no need to go on pretending that Fox is a legitimate news station. Of course Chris Coons will continue going on, and they will still get credentials for shit. The jolly game will continue apace. It is all […]
Top Ten Best Christmas Songs & Best Versions of Them
I’m treading on Alby’s territory here but I’m a few beers in so here is the definitive list of the “Top Ten Best Christmas Songs & Best Versions of Them ”
10) Hallelujah – Pentatonix ‘Christmas Time Is Here’ – A Charlie Brown Christma
9) Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
8) It’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2
7) Father Christmas – The Kinks
6) All I want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
5) Happy Xmas (war is Over) – John Lennon
4) Baby Its Cold Outside – Glee Cast
3) Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen
2) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Judy Garland
1) The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
DEGOP In Exile Comes Out of Hiding to Support a Celebrity Fraud
Check out the losers and has-beens sponsoring this $1,000 per plate fundraiser for the New Jersey celebrity running for Senate in PA. I mean Mike Castle… Mike Castle for fuck sake.
Flag of the Day – North Dakota
I don’t know much about the the flag of North Dakota other than the fact that the design is an almost exact copy of the unit banner carried by the state’s troop contingent in the Philippine–American War. (per wikipedia)
I only put it here to trick you into listening to this week’s Highlands Bunker, which deals with a film called Welcome to Leith
Song of the Day 12/10: Stevie Wonder, “One Little Christmas Tree”
I feel bad breaking my rule about 12 days of Christmas music, and ONLY 12 days of Christmas music*, but the “personalities” of Fox News are having such a meltdown over an arsonist destroying the Christmas tree outside their studios — slow-witted Brian Kilmeade said it was a “hate crime” — I felt I had […]
Slow Motion General Strike Continues Nationally
Job openings in the U.S. approached record levels in October while the number of people quitting eased off its record pace but remained historically high, the Labor Department reported.
If you want a low paying, de-humanizing grind – you are in LUCK!
Coons to Deploy His Patented Bipartisan Savoir Faire on Manchin & Sinema – We are Fucked
Biden’s “Build Back Better” has been trimmed to the bone in part because Coons signaled a willingness to give up half of the projected $400 billion plan prior to day one.
Now, with Senate action scheduled in the coming weeks Machine and Sinema are threatening additional cuts. But don’t worry. This WaPO article is here to let you know that Chris Coon is on it.
“Relationships, understanding where another senator is coming from and being respectful of their frame and their concerns is the best way to be persuasive with any senator,” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)
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