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Dear Republicans: This Is Why We Don’t Respect You

By Alby April 3, 202117 Comments

I stumbled across a headline today that quoted some random conservative complaining that "maybe if we canceled sports, then they'd respect us." I hear this all the time: The reason…

Song of the Day 4/3: Little Richard, “I Saw Her Standing There”

By Alby April 3, 20212 Comments

The only difficulty in picking a theme song for Matt Gaetz is that rock 'n' roll, especially the early stuff, is full of songs that traffic in misogyny and ephebophilia,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 3, 2021

By El Somnambulo April 3, 20212 Comments

Alabama Refuses To Lift Yoga Ban. The Reason? Hindu Indoctrination. Having taken acid gives me even more appreciation for a story like this. Hindu indoctrination is a real thing. You…

Song of the Day 4/2: Simon and Garfunkel, “Keep the Customer Satisfied”

By Alby April 2, 2021

Paul Simon has joined the parade of aging songwriters peddling their catalogs for big bucks, selling off his entire output -- over 400 songs from both Simon and Garfunkel and…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 2, 2021

By El Somnambulo April 2, 202110 Comments

Plant That Screwed Up Vaccine Got Huge Grant From Operation Warp Speed. Despite a record of previous mix-ups and violations. Maybe this was part of the reason for the big…

McConnell Kneecaps Coons’ Super Secret BiPartisan Caucus Before it Can Pretend to Be a Player in the Infrastructure Bill

By jason330 April 2, 20211 Comment

Odd strategy. McConnell says no republicans will support Biden infrastructure plan, even before Collins, Coons and Murkowski could do their usual posturing and preening.

Coons’ Prayer Breakfast Russian Spy Contact Sentenced

By jason330 April 2, 2021

Filed under: Tango, It Takes 2 Butina sentence to 18 months, but Coons is still free as a bird.

Song of the Day 4/1: The Bee Gees, “I Started a Joke”

By Alby April 1, 20211 Comment

The joke certainly was on Robin Gibb -- he had the best voice in the group but older brother Barry had the good looks, and their conflicting ideas about who…

DL Open Thread Thursday, April 1, 2021

By Alby April 1, 20213 Comments

Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Vox has a good explainer outlining what it does and how Democrats hope to pass it. Politico notes it has set…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 1, 2021

By El Somnambulo April 1, 20217 Comments

Topics For The General Assembly Easter Break: The House Kop Kabal Must End. Franklin Cooke Must Be Defeated. The Three (Or Four) State Reps (And One Governor) Who Must Be…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2021

By El Somnambulo April 1, 2021

If two of these songs seem kinda 'out-there' even by my standards, no, my tastes haven't changed. It's just that two great songs happened to be 'out there' this month. …

Viva Tio Bernie!

By jason330 April 1, 2021

Bernie is happy about the fact that the Democratic Party has adopted his policies. (FTR - Economists are also happy)

Q: Let’s say I’m someone on the left who supported you in 2020. I’m looking at the American Rescue Plan and I see the $15 minimum wage got dropped, paid family leave got dropped. The child tax credit, which is my favorite part of the bill, it’s only temporary. Convince me that I should be excited about this. Why do you think it’s so significant? Bernie: I don’t have to convince you. We have already convinced 75 percent of the American people that this is a very good piece of legislation. And I think progressives...

Song of the Day 3/31: Steely Dan, “My Old School”

By Alby March 31, 20211 Comment

Only the good die young, they say, which is probably why G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the Watergate break-in, lasted 90 years before he shuffled off this mortal coil Tuesday.…