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Song of the Day 2/12: Chick Corea, “Hymn of the 7th Galaxy”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There were few more polarizing figures in jazz than Chick Corea, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. But there was never any doubt that he was one of the best keyboard players in the business. He’s best known as the main force behind electrified jazz-rock fusion in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 12, 2021
Rethugs Prepare Voter Suppression Legislation. There are two major parties: The Democratic Party and the anti-democratic party: That notion that lawmakers can simply disregard the will of the people is an affront to the very idea of representative democracy. And yet Republicans no longer seem to be exerting so much effort trying to disguise their […]
Song of the Day 2/11: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down”
Prompted by the fact that Bruce Springsteen is having perhaps the roughest week of his public life. First he filmed a commercial for the first time — for Jeep, of all corporation-people — that was panned by people across the political spectrum. That dust hadn’t settled when news of a DUI arrest last November hit […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
The takeaway from the second day of “Impeachment 2: Impeach Harder” seems to be that Trump deliberately riled up his mob to target VP Mike Pence. Lots of people were shocked at how close rioters came to getting their hands on lawmakers. You knew this already, but now there’s evidence in the form of memos: […]
The Dumbfuck Uprising
Facing financial ruin, did these dumbfucks ever say “Wow, capitalism really is bullshit.” Nope. They said, “I’ll fight for Trump. He cares about regular people like me.” It is really tough to feel sympathy for people this eager to be duped. More than 200 people are facing federal criminal charges for their alleged roles in […]
Making What’s Left of Trump’s Life Miserable
Trump impeachment “defense” lawyer Bruce Castor says ‘don’t impeach, just go to Mara Lago arrest him.’
I say impeach AND go arrest him.
ATLANTA — Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including a phone call he made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Mr. Trump pressured him to “find” enough votes to help him reverse his loss.
On Wednesday, Fani Willis, the recently elected Democratic prosecutor in Fulton County, sent a letter to numerous officials in state government, including Mr. Raffensperger, requesting that they preserve documents related to Mr. Trump’s call, according to a state official with knowledge of the letter. The letter explicitly stated that the request was part of a criminal investigation, said the official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters.
Song of the Day 2/10: Frank Zappa, “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”
Snow has persisted on the ground for more than a week now, something that’s noticeable is you walk a dog every day. Hence this tune, an example of Frank Zappa’s good advice for the masses. On his 1974 LP Apostrophe(‘), the best-selling album of Zappa’s career, “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” was the first part […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Trump’s impeachment trial begins with stunning riot video
Coons & Biden Prepped to Stab the Middle-Class in the Back
This is terrible. Coons’ famous bipartisanship shows up just in time to stab middle class Americans in the back.
Biden along with some Democratic lawmakers are open to limiting the $1,400 direct payment to individuals earning under $50,000, with $2,800 going to married couples who earn under $100,000, the Post reported.
Biden told Democrat leaders in the House and Senate Wednesday in a private meeting that he would consider using a lower income level to target direct payments to the people who need them most.
“Maybe we can — I think we can better target that number,” Biden said, according to a source at the meeting who spoke to The New York Times on the condition of anonymity. “I’m OK with that.”
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, confirmed to reporters Wednesday that a conversation about a more targeted payment had taken place. “We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure they’re targeted,” Coons said.
Song of the Day 2/9: Mary Wilson, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”
Mary Wilson, the Supreme who stuck it out until the end, died yesterday at 76. In the group’s early days, all three Supremes took turns singing lead. Wilson’s deeper, grittier voice lent itself to soul numbers, but it didn’t fit the band’s Holland-Dozier-Hollard material particularly well, so she didn’t feature on any of their run […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
Tax filings as a requirement for political candidates: § 5502 Persons eligible to Run for Office (a) No person shall qualify to appear on the general election ballot of this State as a candidate unless and until such person files three most recent year tax returns with the office of the State Election Commissioner. This […]
Seriously – What’s with Silicon Valley’s Hard On for Self-Driving Cars?
Elon Musk keeps promising that the fully autonomous car is just days weeks months years away. Now Apple wants to build a fully autonomous electric car by 2024.
I mean, is there some research somewhere that says Americans are clamoring for self-driving cars? Am I just being an old fart and all the kids want self driving cars so they can take their Tik-Tok selfies and play Call of Duty while eating their avocado toast and drinking their soy bubble tea?
DL Open Thread – Monday Feb 8th 2021
oops… I was supposed to put up an open thread this morning and flat out forgot. I’ll just drop this Cape Gazette letter to the editor here and add to it between now and noon. What are you thinking, Sen. Lopez? Gerald Cohen February 4, 2021 It’s time to rip the masks off politicians like […]
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