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DL Open Thread: Monday, September 15, 2025
Long-Term Unemployment Is Back: More than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least half a year, new data shows.That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil. In all, more than 1.9 million Americans had been unemployed “long term” in August, meaning […]
Words to Cringe By
Guest post by Nathan Arizona I’ve been putting together a list of fashionable (or recently fashionable) words and phrases that make me cringe. In fact “cringe” is one them. Fine as a verb, but I’ll never forgive Gen Z for deciding something can BE cringe. Maybe some people think saying these words makes them seem […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 14, 2025
How The Progressive Set To Debate Kirk Was Set To Debate Kirk: On September 25, the left-wing Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker was supposed to debate Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. But one hour into an eight-hour stream on Wednesday, Piker’s chat started posting that Kirk got shot. “Oh my God, he […]
Song of the Day 9/13: Spinal Tap, “The Devil’s Just Not Getting Old”
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” arrived in theaters yesterday. The reviews are affectionate but not glowing; it seems age has caught up with not just the actors and their characters, but the entire premise as well. The original film, released in 1984, mocked rockers in their 40s who were trying, and mostly failing, to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Fascism never takes a day off to mourn. The latest: Trump Invades Memphis. You might ask why. Here’s why: The CEO of one of the nation’s most powerful freight railroads met with President Donald Trump this week to make the case for an $85 billion merger that has drawn opposition from labor unions and energy […]
BREAKING: Three Mighty Progressive Challengers Have Filed!!
Volunteers, pick your candidates. Or, better yet, spread the love around. One of the challengers had already made it official, and has been campaigning for some time. However, Shané Darby has now officially filed to take out Nnamdi ‘I’ve Already Retired, Just Haven’t Bothered To Tell Anybody’ Chukwuocha. Oh, we’re just getting started. Dr. Adrianna Bohm […]
Song of the Day 9/12: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, “In the Capital”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona With our nation’s capital under attack by its own government, thoughts automatically turn to a band called Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. You’re right. They don’t. Even if you knew the group has a song called “In the Capital” you’d be going down the wrong path. But the path could be […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 12, 2025
BREAKING: Trump says with a ‘high degree of certainty’ that a suspect is in custody. Time To End The Canonization Of Charlie Kirk. Our commenters unearthed two excellent pieces on this matter: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/tnamp/ https://newrepublic.com/article/200327/charlie-kirk-empathy-trap-democrats The canonization is deliberate. Make him a martyr to justify retribution against any and all who Trump despise: “For years those […]
Charlie Kirk, In His Own Words
Before the canonization proceeds any further, let’s let Oliver Willis set the record straight: In 2023, Kirk said, “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” Kirk said in 2018 that gun violence in Chicago was the fault of “a lack-of-father […]
Song of the Day 9/11: Warren Zevon, “Accidentally Like a Martyr”
Yesterday he was a provocateur. Today he’s a martyr. I’m talking about the guy who said, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that – it does a lot of damage.” The English word actually dates from 1908. You’d think a college student, which is what […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 11, 2025
A Worthy Epitaph?: “It’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” “That is a prudent deal.” Amateur Hour At The FBI. Does Kash have a Klown Kar?: Hopes for the fast capture of the person […]
UPDATE: Republican Activist Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot
He was shot in the neck at an event in Utah: Charlie Kirk, founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump said. Kirk, 31, emerged as one of the most prominent voices on the right, gaining an audience of millions […]
Song of the Day 9/10: Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysées”
You might have heard this song while you were watching the Paris Olympics last year, or Wes Anderson’s “Darjeeling Limited.” It was a huge hit for Joe Dassin in 1969, when it sold 600,000 copies in France alone and made the charts all over Europe. Back then the Champs-Elysées was known for its nightlife, as […]
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