Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Fight them, without becoming them!

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

People are complicated. Love is not.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Good lord, these people are nuts.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

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  1. 1.

    Brian J.

    So you’ve been spared Kid Rock’s version of “Feel Like Making Love” or the awful remake of an awful song “Drift Away” or whatever the title of Dobie Gray’s song is?

    What about the heartwrenching remake of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown” last year?

    Heaven help me, I am old enough to remember and appreciate the songs those damn kids are corrupting–and they’re playing too loud!

  3. 3.

    Don McLean

    Why did Madonna kill American Pie;
    Well, it’s tragic but my classic has been hung out to dry;
    It feels like she stuck a sharp stick in my eye;
    She’s making all the neighbor’s dogs cry.

  4. 4.

    Slartibartfast

    This just makes me feel that much more smug and superior for never tuning in to local radio.

    I have a hunch that if I heard anyone mangle Behind Blue Eyes as badly as I’m imagining Limp Bizkit did, I’d have to hunt them down and do something awful to them. The original neither wanted nor needed any other interpretations.

  5. 5.

    roger

    Maybe it’s just me, but the last thing I want to hear is band try to sound EXACTLY like the original. If you’re not going to add your own touch to it, why bother doing it at all?

    Frankly, while I think Limp Bizkit sucks in a BIG way, I have no problem with them covering a great tune by a great band like Bad Company. I haven’t heard it, and maybe it sounds as bad as Winger’s version of Jimi’s “Purple Haze”, but the fact they’ve chosen to do it at all is a tribute to the greatness of the original.

    A lot of new bands tend to forget those who opened doors for them in the past, and a tribute to them, in one’s own style, is appropriate on occasion.

  6. 6.

    sean

    “I have no problem with them covering a great tune by a great band like Bad Company.”

    and what song would that be??

  8. 8.

    roger

    sorry…

    Got my thoughts crossed between the Limp Bizkit cover and Kid Rock’s attempt at a great Bad Co. song, which was referenced in the first comment.

    Still haven’t heard Limp Bizkit’s version, and don’t really want to. They suck badly, but I think their attempt at a Who tune is at least a nice tribute.

    A good cover doesn’t necessarily improve the original (a rule which doesn’t apply for many Dylan covers), but rather offers a fresh look at the material.

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