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DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Ukraine Offensive: Blip Or New Reality?: As the advancing Ukrainian troops regained lost territory with shocking speed, liberating the town of Balakliya and raising their blue-and-yellow flag over the city of Izyum, jubilant Ukrainians and officials in Kyiv and Western capitals indulged in a daring hope: maybe the grinding, stalemated war was swinging their way. […]
Song of the Day 9/11: Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name”
This will be debated by future historians, but for my money the United States’ embrace of fascism can be traced to Sept. 11, 2001. Fascistic movements thrive on defense of blood and soil, and in that regard the attack by Middle Eastern extremists operated like the Reichstag Fire. Consider: In the immediate aftermath, polls recorded […]
Song of the Day 9/10: The Three Degrees, “Givin’ Up, Givin’ In”
King Charles might be new to the throne, but he’s been living under Fleet Street’s microscope for a long time, and seldom given much respect. At best he’s treated as an eccentric, the kind of guy who embraced crackpot causes like sustainable farming, global warming and classical architecture back when doing so made one a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 10, 2022
I Finally Cut The Cord! No, not cable, not yet, although that’s coming soon. I finally unsubscribed from the Team LBR e-mail list that, come to think of it, I’d never subscribed to in the first place. I figured that, as a District committee person, I should give the incessant begging the benefit of the […]
Violent Anti-Trans Nuts Agree – Violent Rhetoric Directed at Hospitals Such as Nemours Children’s Hospital Not Causing Bomb Threats
In the same segment, an anti-trans Steve Bannon guest said that “Justice can’t come soon enough” against children’s hospitals for providing gender affirming care. And claimed that bomb threats at Directed at Hospitals like Nemours Children’s Hospital are being made up by the hospitals. “My default assumption is they’re making up a narrative,” says Christian Post […]
Highlands Bunker E205 – It All Comes Down to Turnout
REV and the Gang Pick ‘Em All for You (provided you are a subscriber). I will be listening in the car soon and will report here on the travesty.
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 9, 2022
Isn’t Charles The Guy Nobody Likes? Oh well, I’ll always have that commemorative bottle opener. You know the one that reads, ‘Drink Up, Chuck and Di’. Say it three times fast. Could Be A Blue Wave In Michigan. ‘Right To Abortion’ will be on the ballot: The Michigan Supreme Courton Thursday ordereda proposal enshrining the […]
Song of the Day 9/9: Chumbawamba, “Her Majesty”
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is guaranteed to reignite debates about the future of the British monarchy. Not right away, of course. Lots of people who hate the institution loved, or at least respected, a sovereign who earned her popularity by taking her ceremonial job seriously, so critics will hold their fire for 10 […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Steve Bannon: A Case Study In Conservative Grift: The outsize role of grift in American conservatism is a story that goes back at least a half century. But Trump glommed on to those tendencies while also exacerbating them in his own ugly ways, and the Bannon saga is a particularly grotesque example of that. Bannon […]
Song of the Day 9/8: The B-52’s, “Deadbeat Club”
Some bands go on forever, the Rolling Stones being rock’s premier example. Others keep a name alive even after all the original members have departed. But most call it quits at some point. If they’re popular enough, they stage a farewell tour as a last hurrah. That’s what the B-52s are doing. The ultimate ’80s […]
El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em (Almost) All For You
Not gonna waste precious e-space on Kent and Suxco Levy Court, County Council or row offices. Need to save room for all the snark I can muster. Auditor Of Accounts D Primary. Some people say I overthink too much. Well, I think I’ve overthought this one. (Am I still overthinking it? What if I’m underthinking […]
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