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Highlands Bunker Podcast – Legislative Precap (w/ Tizzy Lockman, Bryan Townsend)
Ed Note: I have not listened yet, so for now I am voting “present”
Senate Majority Whip and Leader Tizzy Lockman and Bryan Townsend join Rob in the bunker to talk about the priorities of the upcoming legislative session and some of the barriers that stand in the way.
Song of the Day 1/5: The Eagles, “Witchy Woman”
Christine O’Donnell was merely ahead of her time. An alleged Republican witch, one Anna Paulina Luna, has been elected to Congress from Florida. Like O’Donnell, she denies it. This all came out via lawsuit. Seems a MAGAt who chickened out of primarying her claimed he was told — by someone from Hispanics for Trump — […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 5, 2022
McCarthy Gives Away Everything. Will It Net Him The Speakership?: During late-hour negotiations Wednesday, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made fresh concessions to a group of 20 lawmakers in hopes of ending their blockade of his speakership ahead of votes Thursday, according to four people familiar with the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
Song of the Day 1/4: Lit, “My Own Worst Enemy”
This one’s for Kevin McCarthy, whose capacity for self-embarrassment appears limitless. Like McCarthy, Lit hails from California, though from Orange County, not Bakersfield. This track, a single from their 1999 sophomore LP “A Place in the Sun,” took months to rise to No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart, but it’s had a long afterlife. […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday January 4 2023
Dems Blowing a Great Opportunity to Fuck With the GOP
Just imagine the (even more) chaotic shitmess that would ensue in the Republican Party if Democrats offered to help “save” McCarthy.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries mentioned to CNN that he would release 10 Democratic votes to McCarthy to settle the “nonsense and ridiculousness” that the GOP is putting itself through.
I happen to love the idea.
It will never happen.
Also today – Southwest ads insult to injury.
Song of the Day 1/3: R.E.M., “Radio Free Europe”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of alternative rock reaching the mainstream, via R.E.M.’s debut LP, “Murmur,” and this, its leadoff song, became the band’s first single — and the first to reach the Billboard charts. OK, so it only reached No. 78, but it indicated the growing audience for music that didn’t fit the […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday Jan 3 2023
By the year 2023 man will be living in colonies on the MOOON!! Or they will be living in underground shelters to escape from the radiation and other humans – or in undersea hotels complete with cocktail bars. That’s how a lot of 1950’/60’s science fiction started when I was a kid back in 1970.
None of that shit came true. Oh well. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld you go to blog with the future you have, not the future you might want or wish to have at a later time.
In that spirit, I’m back to start out 2023 with this resolution – Quality over Quantity. I’m not sure what I mean but that but it sounds like a worthy goal and one which lets me off the hook in terms of quantity.
Anyway…on to the news.
‘Kinder Gentler’ Pete Revealed As The Same Old Lying Asshole
Isn’t today an official State Holiday? Doesn’t matter. Speaker Pete chose today to release the committee assignments. They are, um, horrible. You’ll need to click on the PDF link in the article to see all of them. Lowlights abound. Bottom line–only two committees have what could be considered progressive chairs: Rep. Lynn for Judiciary, Rep. […]
Speaker Pete & Our PAL Val: A Kinder & Gentler Toxic Twosome?
Spoiler Alert: No, of course not. But the two serial fabulists made that promise to the House D Caucus during November’s ‘Airing Of The Grievances’ Caucus. The very same caucus that believed the Toxic Twosome’s assurances that they were running against each other for leadership, only to be tricked into finding out that the two […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 2, 2023
Will Donald Trump be brought to justice in 2023? If so, on which grounds? Would it be for his treasonous role in the Jan. 6 failed coup? His many apparent tax crimes? Michael Smerconish, the reasonable-conservative pundit, says indictment is most likely in the stolen-documents case because special counsel Jack Smith is a bulldog whose […]
Song of the Day 1/1: Siedah Garrett, “Man in the Mirror”
The older you get, the less likely you are to make New Year’s resolutions, I’m guessing because we geezers realize how resistant we are to change. But almost 40% of US adults make them, and linking the holiday to the desire for self-improvement — the three most popular resolutions involve diet and exercise — appears […]
DL Open Thread: January 1, 2023
Let’s see–went to bed at halftime of the Ohio State-Georgia game. So, I’m only a little hung over, and I’ve had my first dose of morning caffeine. I’ll try to rustle you up some interesting stuff to start the year. Oopsies–CNN Misses NYE Countdown While Host Don Lemon Shakes His Butt To “Back That Azz […]
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