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Song of the Day 9/22: Tower of Power, “Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)”

By Alby September 22, 2023

Kevin McCarthy's inability to control the Cuckoo Caucus has pundits speculating that he's not long for his gavel, because the cuckoos are all for 86ing him. I don't expect they'd…

DL Open Thread Friday, Sept. 22, 2023

By Alby September 22, 20239 Comments

Republicans are in disarray amid another poo-flinging fight between Team Dumb and Team Dumber. A government shutdown looks all but inevitable. I'm sure it will go as well as it…

Pssst…..they were always worthless.

By jason330 September 21, 20232 Comments

Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles may now be worthless. Are NFTs dead? A recent study looking at the price of thousands of…

Something is rotten in GOP Sussex – Comment Rescue

By jason330 September 21, 202314 Comments

Something is rotten in GOP Sussex. The email below was sent out yesterday. It appears the entire executive committee of the Sussex Republican Party has resigned: Resignation of Sussex County…

Song of the Day 9/21: Stevie Wonder, “He’s Misstra Know-It-All”

By Alby September 21, 2023

Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, embroiled himself in controversy this week – not for the first time – when…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023

By Alby September 21, 20239 Comments

Democrats who base their political decisions on what they think independents and Republicans might do still want to dump Joe Biden, so it probably won't change their minds that Biden…

Isn’t now about when Democrats save Republicans from their own “government shutdown” stupidity?

By jason330 September 20, 20232 Comments

Not this time - Speaker Kevin McCarthy is struggling to pass a bill to fund the government — and the White House isn’t about to throw him a lifeline. With…

Song of the Day 9/20: Jim Croce, “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)”

By Alby September 20, 20234 Comments

Nobody called it the Day the Music Died, but 50 years ago today Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, La., cutting short his career…

DL Open Thread Wednesday September 20 2023

By jason330 September 20, 20235 Comments

Its not like they didn't run on being the party of nonstop national crisis. An out-of-control GOP is the party of nonstop national crisis Stop me if you’ve heard this…

Assassinations & Norms

By jason330 September 19, 20234 Comments

Stories like this one remind me that Trump & GWB exploded so many norms that the rest of the world is just saying "Fuck it!" and doing any shit they…

Song of the Day 9/19: Maren Morris, “Get the Hell Out of Here”

By Alby September 19, 20234 Comments

Country music's instincts have always been reactionary. Back in 1969, when people were realizing Richard Nixon's promise to end the war in Viet Nam was bullshit, Merle Haggard wrote "Okie…

The well established legal precedent of “LOL, Fuck You!”

By jason330 September 19, 20231 Comment

America has always had wealthy people, but I don't think we've ever had a generation of wealthy people absolutly determined to tear down the very American democracy that created all…

DL Open Thread Tuesday September 19 2023

By jason330 September 19, 20236 Comments

GOP - Going Overboard Pandering: Vivek Ramaswamy regrets taking the Covid vaccine. His wife, a surgeon, does not. The presidential candidate has previously spoken about how he and his wife…