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Song of the Day 12/4: The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”

By Alby December 4, 2021

H/t puck. I don't have to be asked twice to play the Clash. Mick Jones didn't write this song on 1982's "Combat Rock" about emigration*, but it's not quite clear…

Song of the Day 12/1: Oasis, “Some Might Say”

By Alby December 1, 20212 Comments

Some might say that being snowed in at a remote Yorkshire pub over a long weekend with an Oasis tribute band would be an over-enthusiastic illustration of Sarte's hell. Indeed,…

Song of the Day 11/30: Josephine Baker, “J’ai Deux Amours”

By Alby November 30, 20216 Comments

Though you'll find no mention of it in American media, a famous American-born entertainer today received one of the highest honors France can bestow -- Josephine Baker was interred at…

Song of the Day 11/16: Wings, “Give Ireland Back to the Irish”

By Alby November 16, 20212 Comments

Today's Open Thread notes the completely foreseeable problem Northern Ireland is posing to the feeble, delusional brains behind Brexit. The solution to the problem is simple: Give Ireland back to…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021

By Alby September 12, 20216 Comments

Thank whatever you believe in that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed with as little flag-waving horseshit as it did, but Jesus Christ on a tandem bike, can we stop…

DL Open Thread Thursday, August 19, 2021

By Alby August 19, 20213 Comments

Why would a guy, a Florida governor let's say, dissuade people from getting vaccines or wearing masks, but go all-out on a treatment for people once they come down with…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 8, 2021

By Alby August 8, 20218 Comments

Alexander Pope was right: A little learning is a dangerous thing. He put it more poetically, but his observation was spot on. People who know a lot usually know how…

DL Open Thread Sunday, July 25, 2021

By Alby July 25, 20217 Comments

Is anyone under the impression that the Democratic Party has moved to the left? If so, please take a look at the vote to increase Pentagon spending by $25 billion,…

DL Open Thread Thursday, July 15, 2021

By Alby July 15, 202113 Comments

Nobody wants to hear it, but the pandemic is not over. Global cases rose last week for the first time in 10 weeks. We're shaping up to have a truly…

DL Open Thread Sunday, July 4, 2021

By Alby July 4, 20212 Comments

Today is worthy of celebration -- it's been a full week since Chris Coons last sold out his constituents. It's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the Jan. 6…

DL Open Thread Thursday, June 17, 2021

By Alby June 17, 20218 Comments

The Intercept got ahold of a Zoom call between West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a centrist money-dispensing outfit called No Labels -- founded by ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman -- in…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 30, 2021

By Alby May 30, 20212 Comments

Another day, another reason to worry that Chris Coons is going to fuck us up like the no-so-secret Republican he is. David Dayen the American Prospect reports that Coons is…

DL Open Thread Thursday, May 27, 2021

By Alby May 27, 20218 Comments

Whenever someone has suggested that the Covid-19 virus might have escaped from a Chinese lab, authorities have been quick to bat it down (see what I did there?) That's probably…