"I'm not sure how much wise it is to believe in accidents these days."

Sounds like a direct quote from the upcoming "Police Academy: Nursing Home Patrol" movie.

Iran state media now confirming his death.

Little Miss Muffet eats Kurds and a Mexican for breakfast.

Damn Buddhists.

Wasn't someone arrested for standing during this speech? Talk about trying to have it both ways.

"Oh, and the fact she was a black woman...."

Being half Asian was probably a bigger impediment than either of those qualifiers.

Playing the black victim card doesn't wash post-Obama.
Playing the woman victim card doesn't wash either, when so many other countries have managed to elect female candidates. It's more likely that Harris, like Clinton, was just a crap candidate, rather than assuming your country is one of the worst in the world.

"The US & Japan abused China for decades"

The two aren't even remotely comparable. And Mao's "progressive" policies caused more damage to China than the two put together.

Welcome to China.

You know whose name I haven't heard connected to these files? Kevin Bacon.

That's very peculiar.

The terrorists have been targeting hospitals, airports and chain stores to maximize the fear and chaos.

Be careful what you wish for. Many people assumed Trump would lose in a landslide when he first ran.

This is a huge story. Not sure why it's languishing on the back page.

Just like with Clinton, it probably wasn't just one thing, but a cumulation of poor, wishy-washy decisions. Saying she wouldn't do anything different from Biden pretty much tied her to the incumbent at a time when an anti-incumbency wave was sweeping the world. Stupid stunts like that skit where her VP talked about "White Guy Tacos" and having marketing like "White Dudes for Harris" were also horribly judged unforced errors. Then when she appeared on SNL before the election she came across as desperate and literally pleading for votes rather than confident.

As for the people and who refused to vote for anyone who doesn't chant "Death To Israel", screw them.

It's already been reversed. Probably because of complaints from rich donors.

"Tara Reade. Say Her Name."

Alexandra McCabe, according to her official Russian citizenship documents.

"Democrats voting to fund ICE and DHS should be shot into the sun, imo."

Damned if they do, damned if they don't. You know they'll be painted as supporting the "Defund the Police" nonsense if they vote to defund them. Especially if they don't have enough votes to actually do it.

"Are you his agent, trying to get his name some attention since "the biz" has left him behind?"

Are you referring to Don or George here? :-)

I don't think either of them really need any help from me. I just thought it would be fun to post this article, partly because it brought back old memories, partly because gives a recent update on the two musicians, and partly because the political connection which people on this site usually love to talk about.

Apparently, Lynch has been touring as a special guest with Dokken the past 5 years. I just found that out now.

"Breaking the Chains"

As I'm sure you already know, that was their first album. Almost everyone agrees their peak was the 3 albums around 1984-1989, especially when they wrote "Dream Warriors" for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. There was a lot of tension in the band back then between Dokken and Lynch. Their 1995 album "Dysfunctional" was quite good and underrated. "Shadowlife" was a misfire production-wise, since they were trying to sound alternative/grunge and it didn't work, but they were still giving very solid live performances up until Lynch left the band in late 1997.

Dokken went on to make 6 more albums with different guitarists who were previously in other hair metal bands (Winger, Europe, Warlock).

Lynch has been much more prolific, releasing over 30 albums between solo projects, Lynch Mob, and collaborations with other former Dokken members.

"Dokken is a horrible band name"

I'll agree it's not the catchiest, but it's not horrible. It rhymes with rockin'.

Limp Bizkit, Nickelback, Aborted Hitler ----, The The, Live... now those were horrible band names.

Thanks for letting me live in your head, LegallyMyHead.

You would think that after someone who never should have been elected got elected twice, that people would learn not to "misunderestimate" them, but no. Even goldfish have better memories and thinking skills.

But never mind that, let's talk about the Trump comparison. I know you all want to.

"I frequently see ramshackle Dokken cassettes in the dollar bin at my local Goodwill. Usually they are there for a few weeks before some bewigged, 80s hair metal maven lifts them- or they are just thrown out."

So, just like any other compact cassette tape then.

"Dokken? WTF is this, 1982?"

The article is from less than two weeks ago. Many musicians from the 1980's and even much earlier are still active, so I'm not sure what your point is.