♫ I left my home in Norfolk, VirginiaCalifornia on my mind ♫— This Mother’s Day, get them a gift you know they can use. Send them a Drinking Gourd. Your overly credentialed Weekend Politics Thread host wrote his undergraduate U.S. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Pleads the 13th

♪ Dog police (bow wow), where are you coming from?Dog police, nobody knows who you are ♪— Mr. State Trooper of the Highway Patrol, please put down your radar gun. Never go with a U.S. Constitution originalist to a second … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Lays Down the Law

♬ She left me for JesusAnd that just ain’t fairShe says that he’s perfect.How could I compare?She says I should find himAnd I’ll know peace at lastBut if I ever find JesusI’m kickin’ his ass ♬— This Fourth of July, … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Expands Its Vocabulary

♪ It’s been the same for all the yearsThrough all your trials and your tearsHow long ’til it breaks?How long will it take?How long can it wait?How long will it take someone to reach you? ♪— Peter Case asked elsewhere … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Opines on Opinions Opinionatedly

++++ ♪ ’Cause I don’t believe youI don’t believe you ♪— Polarizing, yet attractive Prevaricating police putrefy public policy. Examples of body camera footage, bystander recordings and eyewitness accounts directly contradicting official reports and court testimony extend to infinity. Two … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Obeys the Rule of Three

♫ Stick your hand in the fireAnd say you don’t feel the painBut pick your teeth out to feed the flamesYeah, they’ll give you your moneyBut it’s never quite enough ♫’Cause sometimes money just costs too much ♫— Downed lines? … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Comes to the Fore

♫ When she looks at me in that tone of voiceShe don’t need to make a noiseI can read her thoughts in capital letters ♫— Throwing things never helps when someone asks, “What gives, my son?” Like a pullulation of … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Rhapsodizes Similar as a Simile

♪ History repeats the old conceitsThe glib replies, the same defeats ♪— Drawing connections leads to drawing the line. A book Uvular will never read written by an author he knows nothing about features the following narrative verse: “This / … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Tells One Story

♪ And we’d sit together in DoubleHistory twice a weekAnd some days, we’d walk the same way homeAnd it’s surprising how quickA little rain can clear the streetsWe dreamed of her and compared our dreamsBut that was all that I … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes ‘Em to School

♫ All the people gather, fly to carry each his burden ♫— Who else believes that Little America deserves some pretty persuasion as wolves lower at a carnival, of sorts? Find those books of stamps, Politicados. Uvular has mailed in … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Feels Young Despite the Years

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♪ The night wind blows the window closedIt shatters and leaves quite a viewBut no kind of lie could ever justifyWhat you put me throughI’m not used to thisTo be the fool by your sideIs this my fate?Well, honey, that’s … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Plays the Long Game

♪ I don’t like golfingI don’t like tennisI don’t like anythingJust football ♪— We like sportz, but we love American football. Your tuned-in Weekend Politics Thread host keeps his ear to the ground and his finger on the pulse. He … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Pets Its Peeve

♬ Release me from moral assumptionTotal rejection total destructionNihilistic feelings are moving if I try real hardI’ll see right through them ♬— Take warning from knowledge about the crowd. As Passover, Ramadan and Holy Week coincide, what better time for … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread States What Matters

♫ Look at the damage,The fortunes came for the richer men.While we’re left with gallows,Waiting for us liars to come down and hang ♫— Will Future Islands have need of a Snow Patrol? Another Gaslight Anthem lyric runs, “I came … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Sees Four Lights

♪ I’ve got Elaine on the brainShooting through my weather vane ♪— ABBA recorded a very strange song titled “Elaine.” Ernest Tubb recorded a very nice song about a Blue Eyed Elaine. Pick your ear poison, DJ Hamlet. Unable to … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has Had It Both Ways

♫ I got it, the Holy Ghost powerDo you want it, the Holy Ghost powerI need it, the Holy Ghost powerGo back to the altarDown on your kneesStay there ’til you get the Holy Ghost power ♫— Who possesses that … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes It on Faith

♪ What do I do to make you smileYou’ve been hurting for a whileWhat can I do to make you laughGet St. Peter’s autograph ♪— The best Americana songwriter under 50 does sometimes comes with the funny. Let no one … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes Beyond Punderdome

♫ It’s happy hour againI think I might be happy if I wasn’t out with themAnd they’re happy it’s a lovely place to beHappy that the fire is real the barman is a she ♫— Have a drink on me. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gimmicks Up a Gimcrack

♩ And people will greet with a smile and nod, to anyone close to closerBut its guns are ready to stun and blaze at anyone north of the border ♩— Conspiracy theories about people from other cultures abound everywhere. “Karam” … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Sees a Lot of Karen and too Little Karam