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Song of the Day 11/2: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, “Sylvia’s Mother”
Shel Silverstein was a true triple threat. Though most remembered today for his children’s books, he was also a Playboy cartoonist and a songwriter. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was a North Jersey bar band hired to perform Silverstein’s music for a 1971 Dustin Hoffman movie about a pop songwriter, “Who Is Harry Kellerman […]
It’s the GOTV, Stupid.
For 30 years now Republicans work hard to solidify their base and activate some portion of a large pool of non-voters by driving turnout around a narrow set of voter concerns and grievances.
Democrats seek out the 5 “undecided” voters in “the middle” and attempt appeal to them with some watered down approach to addressing narrow set of voter concerns and grievances that the GOP says are very important. This wins over 2 of the 5 “undecided” voters, and de-activates the Democratic base.
I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for so long and this losing strategy is still Democratic Party orthodoxy.
DL Open Thread Wednesday November 2 2022
With its huge new debt burden, Twitter makes less money per year than what it owes its lenders in interest
Sean Hannity says “you can never trust the vote counting” in Nevada, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Fulton and DeKalb counties
Hannity: “I always have my suspicions. I can’t say for sure, but they’re always there”
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): We’re gonna have a tough race in Nevada. You can never trust the vote counting out in Nevada in my view, just like Milwaukee or Philly or some of the other areas of the country. Fulton or DeKalb County, I always have my suspicions. I can’t say for sure, but they’re always there.
At the urging of the colonized, France was getting out of the overseas colony business in 1953. On November of that year Cambodia became a constitutional monarchy and adopted a flag that looked like this one. From 1970 until 1992 it wasn’t a constitutional monarchy. The monarchy was restored in 1993 as was the flag.Together with the flags of Portugal, San Marino and Spain, it is only one of four state flags to feature a building, and the only to feature a temple and not a castle.
8-Day Campaign Finance Report Open Thread
I’ll do my best to share the highlights with you. Please do the same. Shoutout to Spiros Mantzavinos. Maxed out to Russ Huxtable, Kyra Hoffner and DeShanna Neal. I notice an early trend. The Trone family is throwing some $$’s around. They must want some additional legislation for their Total Wines stores. Stephanie Bolden (!) […]
Afternoon Open Thread
“We’re Th3 cHaOs pAr1y”
I never thought much of that as a party rally cry, but it seems to working like gangbusters for the GOP.
Song of the Day 11/1: Louis Armstrong, “When the Saints Go Marching In”
France has an odd relationship with religion. Those cathedrals and basilicas the tourists visit are owned not by the Catholic church but by the state, which nationalized all church property during the revolution and has never given it back. Yet the country’s holiday schedule still revolves around the main holy days of obligation observed by […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October 2022
Surprisingly strong set o’ tunes this month, especially considering that I don’t include any new songs that are on albums that won’t be released until 2023: Could the lead-off song possibly be Nathan Arizona’s Fave Of The Month? A distinct possibility. Wow. This gives me chills. Andrew Bird, Phoebe Bridgers, and Emily Dickinson: Ashley McBryde’s […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday November 1 2022
This would be something:
I just blanked on this today. I’m sure some shit happened whilst we slumbered. Be a flowering and help me fill this shit in.
Song of the Day 10/31: Santana and Peter Green, “Black Magic Woman”
A song in honor of our modern celebration of the Celtic pagan harvest festival Samhain. Peter Green, the founder and original guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, wrote it about his girlfriend. Carlos Santana and his eponymous band made it a classic rock staple. On only one occasion did they play it together. By coincidence, or perhaps […]
This is how our Democracy was lost
Dante Atkins, a progressive communicator, and strategist, and principal at Atkins Strategies, laid out a plausible scenario for an American dictatorship. He wrote it as a New York Times story from 2025. It appeared originally on Twitter. BoingBoing ran it in full with his kind permission.
Lula da Silva wins presidency as Brazil swings left
While the pernicious effects of MAGA extremism echo around the world – VIVA people power in Brazil!
DL Open Thread Monday October 31 2022
FWIW – Here is the annotated transcript from yesterday. Fox News Sunday w/ Chris Coon (sic) Shannon Bream (SB): Joining us now Chris Coon..uh Chris Coons of Delaware. Senator, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Coons: Thanks Shannon. Great to be on with you. [OK. First of all what the fuck is Coons doing […]
Song of the Day 10/30: Rick Wakeman, “Morning Has Broken”
It’s rare for a hymn to become a hit on the pop charts, but that’s what happened with Cat Stevens’ “Morning Has Broken,” which owes much of its popularity to Rick Wakeman’s piano arrangement. Wakeman has performed it in concert for years, but without any vocals. Because there are no lyrics, Wakeman technically isn’t playing […]
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