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DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 4, 202316 Comments

The False Equivalency Between 'Hard Right And Hard Left' In Debt Ceiling Debate. Meant to write about this when I saw the WaPo headline about this. It's lazy journalism and…

Song of the Day 6/3: Rufus Thomas, “Do the Funky Chicken”

By Alby June 3, 2023

Being a Republican must be exhausting. You have to be on high alert at all times, sensitive to every threat to Our American Way of Life, plus you have to…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 3, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 3, 20236 Comments

If You're Not Already Watching CNN, You Almost Certainly Won't Watch After Reading This. One of the best long-form pieces of journalism on, um, journalism and journalists I've ever read. …

Magadonia

By jason330 June 2, 20233 Comments

Song of the Day 6/2: Oasis, “Falling Down”

By Alby June 2, 20234 Comments

Joe Biden tripped and fell on stage at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony yesterday, thereby demonstrating, according to the wingnutosphere, his absolute unfitness for the office of the presidency.…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 2, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 2, 20237 Comments

Phoenix Turning Into Ashes? Lack Of Water Will Do That: Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved…

Song of the Day 6/1: The Police, “Wrapped Around Your Finger”

By Alby June 1, 20233 Comments

Remember those Danish documentarians who followed Roger Stone just before and after the 2020 election? They've released their film, "A Storm Foretold," in Denmark, and it's got some bombshell moments…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 1, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20234 Comments

Just a quick TV critique: It was a shame that both Succession and Barry aired their final episodes on the same night. While both, in critical terms, 'stuck the landing', …

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2023

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20232 Comments

Yeahyeahyeah, I know, lots more singer/songwriter, less diversity, than usual. Hey, I can only work with what comes my way. Besides, these are good singer/songwriters, and I've unearthed a RIGHTEOUS…

Song of the Day 5/31: Little Feat, “Fat Man in the Bathtub”

By Alby May 31, 20236 Comments

With Donald Trump in legal quagmire and Ron DeSantis flailing, the GOP's scrubs see opportunity. Only Mike Pompeo has figured out that he has no constituency. The rest -- Nikki…

What Does The Chamber Want?

By El Somnambulo May 31, 202314 Comments

Don't worry, the answer is much clearer than Dr. Freud's query about women. It would be an oversimplification to say that the Chamber wants the bad stuff, and wants to…

DL Open Thread Wednesday May 31 2023

By jason330 May 31, 20237 Comments

According the the Aztec Debt Ceiling Calendar, this was supposed to be the last day prior to the world being consumed by the gods Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl. Oh Well. Onward. …

Song of the Day 5/30: The Zombies, “Care of Cell 44”

By Alby May 30, 2023

It looks like Elizabeth Holmes is finally headed to prison for defrauding investors (who included Rupert Murdoch and Betsy DeVos so, y'know, limited sympathy) with her bogus blood-testing device. Will…