Archive for November, 2017
Song Of The Day: Nov. 28, 2017
Relegated to Motown’s lowest priority imprint, the VIP label, this group consistently outperformed their second-class status. Perhaps the fact that they were not from Detroit, but Kalamazoo, hindered their notoriety. But there’s no denying what a great song this is. Later turned into a hit by Bananarama. I much prefer this version:
The Scorpion Stings Itself
In today’s media world, it’s not enough to publish stories. News organizations must be prepared to defend them, and themselves, as well. The Washington Post showed how to do it this afternoon, turning the tables on James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. A woman approached reporters the day after its original Roy Moore blockbuster ran, purporting to […]
Doofus Donald Does It Again
My face spends so much time in my palms I’m forgetting what the sky looks like, and I long for the days when we could mock a politician for months for misspelling “potato.” Trump was holding a ceremony today to honor Native American Code Talkers, whose language constituted a “code” enemies could not break in […]
Let’s Talk About How We Want the Media to Talk About Nazis
The New York Times infuriated many of its readers this weekend by profiling a white nationalist — otherwise known as a “Nazi,” certainly by liberals — in a manner that struck those readers as accommodating, even supportive, of what the paper termed this “Nazi next door.” Maybe it’s my years in the media, but I […]
Open Thread Nov. 27: Pressure Gonna Drop on You, GOP
Democrats have one thing saving them in Washington: Their opponents are Republicans, and hence not very bright. Politico says the White House screwed up again by having billionaires like Steve “I Can’t Write” Mnuchin and Gary Cohn try to sell this as a cut for the middle class. One more thing Democrats have in their […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 27, 2017
We’re gonna do a week of what I call ‘Underground Motown’. I’ll highlight songs that you may not have known were from Motown, and I will also feature under-rated gems. Today we start with a song that didn’t even chart back in 1964, but was later turned into a monster hit by Mitch Ryder and […]
Holiday Weekend Wrapup
The ever-worsening GOP tax bill has nothing to recommend it, but that doesn’t stop the GOP vandals in the Washington from trying. Now it’s a jobs bill, albeit the worst jobs bill in history. So how do they keep suckering non-rich people into voting for them? As you’d expect, it’s mostly a sales job, using […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 26, 2017
Yo, Mikey D: It is Sunday now. For Richard Julian, it’s Sunday Morning In Saturday’s Shoes:
Open Thread Nov. 25: Trump Golfs as Mueller Closes In
Long read for a long weekend: Bill Moyers and retired lawyer Steven Harper put together a timeline of known Trump campaign contacts with Russians, resulting in a (relatively) easy-to-follow version of what we know so far. Short version: It’s a three-pronged pincer movement. Sen. Al Franken’s hand problems continue, with Franken issuing an apology on […]
The Mighty Flynn
A big development in the Trump-Russia story came to light on Thanksgiving: Lawyers for Mike Flynn stopped sharing information with lawyers for others under investigation, widely taken as a sign that Flynn could be cooperating with Robert Mueller. The media turned to former federal prosecutors for analysis. This one explains how that could make Trump […]
Biden Only Outside Democrat to Campaign for Jones in Alabama
This HuffPo story is about how the Doug Jones campaign is going it without outside party help, a nod to the reality that nationalizing this race would stimulate Republican turnout. It’s notable for Delawareans because the only exception to this has been none other than Joe Biden. The official explanation is his decades-long friendship with […]
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