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

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

When we show up, we win.

In after Baud. Damn.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

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

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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  5. 5.

    schrodinger's cat

    By the way, I’m not feeling the politics thing today, so bear with me.

    Only if we get a Tunch update.

  6. 6.

    amorphous

    We need a “Scientists among us” thread where we can just nerd it up for a while. Then real scientists will shame my lowly engineer scientists brain away.

  8. 8.

    binzinerator

    @Incertus:

    I like the music, but who’s the guy dancing like ReRun from What’s Happening in the front row?

    That’s John.

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    cmorenc

    This band’s not doing anything that Sly and the Family Stone, or more originally, the late James Brown didn’t do far better and more authentically many years ago. By this I don’t mean at all that they’re bad at what they do (they’re decently ok)…if “unoriginal” was any disqualification, we could quit listening to 90% of blues artists, bluegrass artists, or rock bands.

    However, if I am to judge just by this one song, these guys are light-years from being anything original, or from being anywhere close to the best at this type of genere. Others have done similar stuff before, much better.

    The great thing about music is that (at least so long as you don’t blast your taste in music out in a public place where involuntary, often unwilling listeners aboud)…the ONLY qualification that matters is whether you like it and it sets off your own personal music orgasm sensors. So, enjoy, and don’t let me spoil your enjoyment. You won’t like half of what I like either.

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    green1010

    Nice — a DAG shout out? A bunch of white boys playing funk, and owners of the best song title of all time:

    “Our Love Would Be Much Better (If I Gave a Damn About You)”

  11. 11.

    Ivan Ivanovich Renko

    If a bunch of bearded-ass white guy-ass white guys can get the funk– and if the funk can redeem a wingnut* (that would be you, Monsieur Cole)… maybe there’s hope for this country after all.

    (“funk can not only move, it can ree-move, dig?”)

  14. 14.

    Dom Phenom

    wow!

    thanks for posting, it was pretty amazing to do my post-lunch internet surf and see my band’s video up there.

    from a bearded ass white guy who humbly tries to shake booties on dance floors, thanks for the comments and critique.

    you can check out more tunes at our myspace, and if you’re in Portland OR, our CD release show is May 23 at the Fez (sorry for the shameless self promotion)

    Excellent Gentlemen Myspace

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    Ivan Ivanovich Renko

    As a total side-ways-ass (see, I told ya– I can’t help it) question– how in the hayll did your wingnut friends react to your affinity for P-funk and the Godfather, Mr. Cole?

    I bet that made for some really interesting conversations.

  17. 17.

    cmorenc

    Here’s some OTHER REALLY GREAT MUSIC

    If that link doesn’t work for some reason, here’s the same clip on YouTube Same Really Great Music …but IMHO the sound quality is a bit better from the first link.

    Just try to not start swaying, tapping, and either singing along with this, or else keep from hanging your mouth open in amazement. Best version of this song I’ve ever heard, even a notch better than the fabulous original many years back.

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    galactasaurus

    Nice music – not at all like James Brown, though I suppose there is some similarity to some of Sly and the Family Stone. I think they are more influenced by George Clinton and Parliament, but any way you look at it they did a great live song. The guy dancing is basically doing a combination of locking and popping, two foundational funk style dances.

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    Don Buie

    @cmorenc
    Agreed. White people should not play any music that has not been cleared by other White people. Moreover, that rule should extend to Black people as well. In fact, I make it a point not to listen to anything outside of Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Rush. We don’t need anything else, and I stay in compliance.

  21. 21.

    Von VanHammer

    @Don Buie
    @cmorenc
    In our post racial society I try to be “cool” by listening to DMB whenever possible. This stuff is really funky but it kinda makes me uncomfortable. I’m not a very good dancer.

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