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DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 16, 2023

By Alby October 16, 20237 Comments

Whatever you think about the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you have to admit that U.S. media picks and chooses its obsessions, and that dwelling on those stories stirs the deranged to…

Song of the Day 10/12: Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

By Alby October 12, 20231 Comment

I saw a story last week by a mom whose tweenage daughter told her the term "preppy" equates to “people who wear Nirvana shirts.” It seems that what the youngster…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023

By Alby October 11, 202317 Comments

Whether you're rooting for Israel or Hamas, the media has plenty of atrocity stories to stoke your righteous ire. I'm not linking to any of them because I don't think…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, October 10, 2023

By Alby October 10, 202313 Comments

I'm not following the Hamas-Israeli conflict, but as sportswriter Hugh Keough (not Damon Runyan) observed, “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but…

DL Open Thread Monday, October 9, 2023

By Alby October 9, 20235 Comments

Do House Republicans hand out Speaker of the House bonus points for being a kiddie diddler? Dennis Hastert, former high school wrestling coach, served in the office. Now America's drooling…

Song of the Day 10/6: The Sex Pistols, “Pretty Vacant”

By Alby October 6, 20232 Comments

They would never admit it, even to themselves, but the Freedom Caucus apparently is in favor of anarchy in the U.S. House, which makes the Sex Pistols the perfect soundtrack…

Song of the Day 10/5: The Kinks, “Situation Vacant”

By Alby October 5, 2023

With a tip o' the sombrero to El Som. Yoohoo, anybody home? House Republicans are demonstrating that maybe men do too think about the Roman Empire too much, and no…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023

By Alby October 4, 202311 Comments

Chris Coons must be having the mother of all sads today. After Kave-in McCarthy was ousted as House speaker, a GOP member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN…

BREAKING: McCarthy Loses Speakership

By El Somnambulo October 3, 20232 Comments

216-210. 8 R's voted to remove McCarthy, no D's voted for McCarthy. Circular firing squad. Rethugs are livid at the renegades. But, hey, McCarthy cut the deal that made this…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023

By Alby October 3, 202321 Comments

Matt Gaetz – am I the only one who thinks he looks like a low-quality AI rendering of a young Jack Nicholson? – has pulled the trigger on his threat…

DL Open Thread Monday Oct. 2, 2023

By Alby October 2, 20234 Comments

It takes a lot of dysfunction for the media to notice the GOP is in disarray, but that tipping point has been reached. Matt Gaetz says he'll try to oust…

Song of the Day 9/30: “Flipper” Theme

By Alby September 30, 20232 Comments

Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall pled guilty to five criminal counts and must testify against co-defendants, notably former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, his contact in the plot. He's the…

Meanwhile, in New Jersey…

By Alby September 30, 20232 Comments

Indicted Sen. "Gold Bar Bob" Menendez refuses to resign, but nobody expects him to survive a primary for his seat. Yet so far only one office-holder, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim,…