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Song of the Day 9/16: Tom Jones w/ CSN&Y, “Long Time Gone”
I confess that teenage me was not into watching “This Is Tom Jones,” the variety show the Welsh belter hosted from 1969 to 1971. I was too young to realize that though he found fame and fortune singing what came to be called Adult Contemporary, Jones was a helluva soul singer. Just listen to what […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021
You know how to tell your precious American democracy is already dead? When the guy who has to save it turns out to be Dan Quayle. Yes, that Dan Quayle. If you guessed that some House Democrats are balking at a $3.5 trillion spending bill because they’re in toss-up districts, Johnny will tell you all […]
Song of the Day 9/15: Billy Joe Shaver, “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)” Plus the Best Norm MacDonald Clip
Comedian Norm MacDonald, that self-identified Old Chunk of Coal, was sick with cancer for almost a decade before he died the other day, and told almost nobody. He started referring to himself as “just an old chunk of coal” seven or eight years ago, and this, apparently his favorite country song, is where the phrase […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday September 15th 2021
How uninterested is the GOP in actually governing? They really could care less about the actual work of government. By all outward appearances, they are only interested in fucking shit up and being dicks. It is really astonishing to think about. I mean I’m thinking about it in terms of this California recall, but so […]
Can someone check in on Rick Jensen?
COVID is coming for MAGAfuckhead radio hosts like it is Colin Bonini being called to supper. I have’t listened to Jensen for years, but I have to think that he is still watching Sean Hannity every night and parroting everything he hears over the airwaves everyday. (The easiest job in radio, provided you have no scruples.) Which means he is debating the undebatable science around vaccinations, and generally passing along wingnut anti-vax nonsense under the dishonest ruse of “just asking the question.”
So…should someone check in on Jensen?
In recent weeks, several popular conservative talk radio hosts — including Phil Valentine of Nashville, Tennessee, and Marc Bernier of Daytona Beach, Florida, both longtime fixtures in their communities — died from Covid-19 after vocally opposing vaccination or questioning its value.
DL Open Thread Tuesday September 14th 2021
Distinction Without a Difference Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, long-groomed for the role by conservative groups, picked by Donald Trump, then rammed into the chair by the GOP House Leader in the final days of Trump’s administration, said in a lecture Sunday that she is concerned that the public may increasingly see the court […]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton Is My New Hero
She is literally the only member of the House Of Representatives who acted in an honorable fashion in seeking to hold Rep. Gerald Brady accountable for his actions. She filed the ethics complaint that precipitated the so-called ‘investigation’ into Brady’s sexist and racist remarks. No other House member stepped forward. Her complaint cited two violations […]
The Brady Exoneration
Here’s the report of the House Ethics Committee on the complaint against Rep. Gerald Brady: Committee Vote: Complaint fails to allege facts which constitute a violation of the Rules of Legislative Conduct and no further action will be taken by the House Ethics Committee; 5-0 Committee Findings: The Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives […]
Song of the Day 9/13: Iggy Pop, “Mask”
What is it with MAGAnuts and their hatred of masks? Have you seen videos of these disturbed people, frothing at the mouth over the fact that their kids have to wear facemasks in school? Not only is wearing a mask a crucial step in public health, I have to agree with Iggy here — you […]
DL Open Thread Monday September 13 2021
I’m sure Chris Coons could find some middle-ground here. Maybe republicans can consider poisoning only half of the well?
Republican candidate Larry Elder, who has the best chance of unseating Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in California’s gubernatorial recall election, is already preparing to dispute the results with escalating talks of “voter fraud” in the days leading up to election day.
Why is Manchin described as a “moderate” in this story?
Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat standing in the way of Joe Biden’s signature $3.5tn spending bill, insisted again on Sunday he would not support the package, declaring the price tag too high and White House efforts to speed its passage too hasty.
Song of the Day 9/12: Bill Withers, “Ain’t No Sunshine”
This one gets my vote for the most effective I-miss-my-woman song ever written. Bill Withers’ breakthrough hit was inspired by one of the great parting scenes in cinema — no, not “Casablanca,” but a film we don’t hear much about anymore despite its outstanding reputation, “Days of Wine and Roses,” starring Jack Lemmon and Lee […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
Thank whatever you believe in that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed with as little flag-waving horseshit as it did, but Jesus Christ on a tandem bike, can we stop mourning the loss of national unity? You know what unites people? Grief. It wasn’t patriotism, or feeling for our fellow Americans. It was heartsick sadness. […]
How are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for schools & workplaces being covered on Fox News?
Here is a roundup via Media Matters. Basically, Biden is Josef Mengele, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler rolled into one. Fully vaxed-up anti-laxer, Sean Hannity warns “you will be canceled” and the government will target “your loved ones” if you don’t get vaccinated. (I hope nobody tells him about the real consequences.) Fox’s Will Cain compares vaccine […]
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