When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
Thomas Szasz
NOTE: My ISP had an outage overnight, so I'm backdating this post somewhat.
Tweet of the Day
This is Soft Rock America. Tonight is the final POTUS debate, Trump's last opportunity to reverse his poll slide: https://t.co/dt6K5Q4BvF— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) October 19, 2016
Emerson shows McMullin beating Trump in Utah; Trump's most favorable polls show him sliding into a tie with many polls showing a 3-12 pt def— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) October 19, 2016
DEAD WRONG: Savage CapitalismIt's not just Trump is losing most battleground states, but he is in danger of losing Texas for the GOP for the first time since 1976.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) October 19, 2016
Government and Tools of Accountability
My Favorite Senator Takes On A Self-Serving Congress
Political Cartoon
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| Courtesy of Glenn McCoy via Townhall |
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists
Helen Reddy, "You're My World". I love the US original (Cilla Black) and Reddy's. It's Reddy's final Top 40 hit, and her remake actually improved over the chart performance of Black's 1964 original. I question artists who lapse to remakes (Ronstadt is an exception). It's true you can crank out sales with a devoted fan base, but you risk losing the notoriously fickle, ever-changing pop music audience. Some do it successfully--take Sedaka's slow remake of his bouncy original "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", but I know as a fan I prefer to listen to a performance close to an artist's original. If Springsteen adapted "Born to Run" with a slow, jazzy arrangement, it would be a turn-off. I never liked Clapton's acoustic arrangement of "Layla". You really don't want to alienate your own fan base.
