DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 7, 2025
Has Elon Musk Gotten Bored With Making Cars?: Elon Musk still makes some of America’s best electric cars. Earlier this summer, I rented a brand-new, updated Tesla Model Y, the…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 6, 2025
'He's A Walking Disaster, He's A Demolition Man'--Trump's plan to turn the White House into a casino continues apace: President Donald Trump needs to build his gold-plated monstrosity of a…
Song of the Day 9/5: Lee Moses, “Bad Girl”
There are so many awful women in Trump's inner circle it's impossible to decide which one to dedicate this song to. We don't know who Lee Moses was singing about,…
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 5, 2025
We're Officially At 'War' Now: Even weirder than you might think: President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new name: the…
Mars Needs Electric Cars
Guest Post From Gary Mullinax, The Minister Of Culture When Elon Musk starts up his self-sustaining Martian colony — he will because he says he will — he can use…
Song of the Day 9/4: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
Some great, classic songs by great, classic artists were released as singles in 1969. "Get Back" by the Beatles. "Honky Tonk Women" by the Stones. Sly's "Everyday People," Creedence's "Proud…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Florida Chooses Disease. Perhaps it's just me, but killing off your citizens hardly seems the way to expand your electoral dominance. But who am I to judge?: Florida plans to…
Song of the Day 9/3: Ndlovu Youth Choir, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Most people who've heard of the Ndlovu Youth Choir encountered them back in 2019, when they reached the final round of "America's Got Talent," despite hailing from Limpopo, South Africa.…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
It All Ends At The Supreme Court: A federal appeals court late Tuesday blocked President Trump from using an 18th-century wartime law to quickly deport a group of Venezuelans, rejecting…
Song of the Day 9/2: Bryan Ferry, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Donald Trump has finally found a way to get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files: Let them think he's dying. His bruised hands and cankles and lack of…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025
Why Democrats Suck--Infinity Squared. While Democrats remain largely mute about the ongoing Fascist takeover of America, this terrifies them: Zohran Mamdani’s front-running campaign to lead the nation’s largest city is…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August 2025
We arrived at a real good musical month in uncharacteristic fashion. Had some songs I liked, had about three borderline songs, and not all that many songs. Then, in the…
Song of the Day 9/1: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “The Working Man”
Happy Labor Day, I suppose, though I don't see much to celebrate under a president who makes Reagan seem like a friend of the working man. This song from the…