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DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Why Dems Suck: Item Infinity Plus One. Have you ever noticed that, when Dems select someone to respond to a Trump speech, they find someone so inoffensive that nobody could possibly be inspired by what they say? Enter Sen. Elissa Slotkin: And to her credit, Slotkin reminded people that Elon Musk is an unaccountable über-bureaucrat […]
Song of the Day 3/5: Warren Zevon, “Run Straight Down”
As America self-destructs, let’s hear from one of the most self-destructive artists of the rock era, Warren Zevon. He wrote this one for “Transverse City,” a 1989 concept album about the destruction of the environment and the tendency of Americans to retreat into suckling on the boob tube – hence the recitation of various chemicals […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Didn’t watch the speech. If any of you subjected yourselves to that unpaid commercial, please comment. Russia: America Is No Longer The Evil Empire. Gee, wonder what brought about that change…: Almost overnight, it’s Europe — not the United States — that has become the source of instability in the Russian narrative. On his marquee […]
Song of the Day 3/4: Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, “Carnival Time/Mardi Gras Strut”
Hey, gang, it’s Mardi Gras! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either, but the celebration will still go on in New Orleans today, though the weather forced Krewes to move their parades to earlier in the day. Partiers are advised collect all the Mardi Gras throws they can before Trump’s tariffs take effect – […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Dems Suck. Third Way Dems Really Suck. Because they’re not Dems: A group of centrist Democrats is being mocked and criticized for their new strategy to defeat Donald Trump and Republicans. Earlier this month, the centrist think tank Third Way gathered the group, which included Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials, and party leaders, in […]
Song of the Day 3/3: Tears for Fears, “Shout”
This seems to be a preferred response to the Trusk administration. Though Tears for Fears took its name from Arthur Janov’s writings about his primal scream therapy, Roland Orzabal said it’s a general protest song. That could be because after Orzabal and bandmate Curt Smith met Janov they decided he was a self-promoting asshole. The […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 3, 2025
Canceled my Delaware Online subscription, divvied up the monthly cost, and started sending it monthly to Friendship House and Ministry of Caring. My wife’s idea, and a great one. Tried to cancel my Washington Post subscription, only to be told that it won’t expire until January of 2026. I call bullshit, they haven’t heard the […]
Song of the Day 3/2: Rhiannon Giddens and the Resistance Revival Chorus, “All You Fascists Bound to Lose”
Rhiannon Giddens was scheduled to play the Kennedy Center in May, but instead she’s become the latest performer to tell the Trump-controlled venue to shove it up their ass. Not in those words, of course – she was a lot classier about it than I would be. I kept quiet until now because I wanted […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 2, 2025
I’m BACK, be-yotches! Ya miss me? Big props to Al, Our Man In France, for keepin’ youse guys in line during my absence. I’m glad I did Spring Training–once. Especially enjoyed talking to fans of other teams in such a laid-back atmosphere. By the 5th inning, though, the starters have left the game and you […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, March 1, 2024
Elect a professional-wrestling president, you get professional-wrestling kayfabe. Everyone knew the moment Trump was elected that the U.S. would abandon Ukraine. Everything else is Trump’s reality show. Historian Timothy Snyder’s take. The U.S., Russia and Israel are the new Axis of Evil. Discuss. The floor’s yours.
DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 28, 2024
In case you hadn’t heard, you’re supposed to refrain from buying anything today, which supposedly will teach Corporate America a lesson. It’s a nice thought, but I don’t think a single-day action will make much difference – people will just buy what they need tomorrow instead. As a retired person, I buy something maybe two […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2025
Prepared this before my trip to Phillies’ Spring Training. Some late additions turned this into an incredible musical month. About as diverse as it gets, too: OK, just gotta share my fave Mary Chapin Carpenter song of all-time. From the 1980’s, made it onto my “Good Riddance To The Eighties” tape: But, I digress. Back […]
Song of the Day 2/27: Neil Diamond, “America”
I wanted to get this one on the record before the Trusk Administration fuckwads ban it. Don’t laugh – Clear Channel, now iHeart Radio, banned its stations from playing it after the 9/11 attacks, so it’s already on notice. That might not be necessary anymore. The song was released as a single from the soundtrack […]
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