DL Open Thread – Monday July 5th 2021
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No, the song doesn't have anything to do with the holiday, but it is one of Bruce Springsteen's most personal songs, the one that most directly addresses the tension with…
DL Open Thread Sunday, July 4, 2021
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Today is worthy of celebration -- it's been a full week since Chris Coons last sold out his constituents. It's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the Jan. 6…
Song of the Day 7/3: The Doors, “Break On Through (to the Other Side)”
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Fifty years ago today, Jim Morrison's common-law wife found him dead in the bathtub of their Paris apartment, bringing to a close the singer's years-long campaign of self-destruction and pretty…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 3, 2021
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Southern Pastors Give Up On Vaccinating The Flock. Mostly in white rural congregations: Polls have consistently shown that white evangelicals are among the groups most hardened against vaccination. The most…
Song of the Day 7/2: Chicago Transit Authority, “Poem 58”
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For the past 40 years, people have thought of Chicago as an easy-listening band that played lots of mushy ballads, because that's how they wasted the bulk of their existence…
Sham Marijuana Legalization Has Failed – Long Live REAL Marijuana Legalization
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Lacking social equity provisions, sham weed legalization failed in Delaware. Good. Next time bring back a real legalization bill by cutting the corrupt Delaware way out altogether.
As of today, it is legal to grow marijuana plants in your home or yard in New Mexico: up to six of them each, according to a law passed in a special session of the state legislature, with a cap of 12 plants per household. People 21 or older may possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana, and the smell of marijuana is no longer probable cause for cops wanting to search property, including vehicles.New Mexico is the new model. Cut out the cops and fucking capitalist ghouls and let's demand actual legalization. Not some bogus bullshit legalization.
Why Trump is Running
Trump says he has made a decision but based on Alby's open thread - I think the 5th District of NY has made the decision for him. He must run…
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 2, 2021
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Supreme Court: You Don't Have The Right To Vote. Justice Alito finally gets his crane shot. A political decision masquerading as a constitutional one. Elena Kagan's blistering dissent. All 6…
Song of the Day 7/1: Counting Crows, “Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)”
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Before Counting Crows became famous, the band circulated a demo tape that set off a bidding war among record companies. Most of the songs were rerecorded with T-Bone Burnett at…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2021
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Yet another diverse set of divertissements, featuring a couple of songs I'd missed from earlier this year. Enjoy! If you're gonna cover a Leonard Cohen song, might as well make…
House Leadership Flat-Out Lied To Senate On Gun Control Package
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The deal was cut months ago. There would be a four-bill package of gun control bills that would be worked and passed this year. Two bills would start in the…
DL Open Thread Thursday, July 1, 2021
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The Biden presidency has been a crisis for the media -- without a daily Fresh New Hell, ratings and readership are in the tank. Everybody's web traffic is down, but…