They can conquer who believe they can.
Virgil
Tweet of the Day
Trump is doing his vision of bipartisanship and bringing people together. Recall Sen Hillary Clinton on flag burning https://t.co/VtA0uScIur— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
@seangrandillo Making pseudo-science, scientific fraud, and notoriously unreliable climate models a religion for Statists.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
Having "double-jointed" thumbs: my thumbs bend back at 90-degree angles. An impressive parlor trick. #OddThingsToBeProudAbout— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
The Hill has an interesting piece on the Dem blame game over Clinton's upset loss. The Clinton argument on the Sanders candidacy has merit.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
There is little doubt that Clinton had to flip publicly on multiple issues (e.g., TPP) to co-opt Sanders' attacks on her left flank.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
McCain in 2008 had a similar dilemma when he had to embrace a highly unpopular Bush to win the nomination which cost him in the gen election— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
Clinton also had a problem distancing herself from Obama, who is personally very popular but whose policies are not.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
Clinton also ran a highly predictable, formulaic campaign against one of the most unorthodox candidacies in US history.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
But let's disabuse Dems of the notion that Clinton lost because she wasn't leftist enough. A lot of people voted for Trump despite issues.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
A lot of people are turned off by business as usual in DC. The harbinger for this was Jeb Bush's futile campaign against Trump.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
On paper, Jeb Bush was the ideal GOP candidate: a popular two-term conservative purple state governor, more appeal to growing Latino base.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
But all Trump had to do was remind Republican voters how another Bush had lost control of Congress and muddled his way into Iraq.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
I'm not here to advise the Dems how to reform their party. But a hint: less reliance on the State, a more constructive tone, updated agenda— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 4, 2016
Pedal Pubs vs Local Ordinances
IL House Speaker Madigan Has Been in Power Since 1983: Time For Term Limits?
The Remix of a Hit Song
I referenced this remix of the former top-charting ballad from about 1982 recently in my software blog. (I had stumbled across it while listening to Amazon Prime Music.) I'm not crazy about artists remixing their old hits (e.g., Sedaka and Clapton's acoustic version of the rock anthem 'Layla'). This version just knocks me out; as much as I like the original, I prefer this interpretation, which omits the spoken bridge, has nuanced inflections on the vocals and more harmony. I was surprised to read in video comments how many people hate the song. Apparently (I didn't know this) an earlier version was released (in 1977) and proved to be controversial. E.g., she sings about wondering how it would have been like to have children, and some felt it implied that she regretted aborting an unborn child. I never read that into the song, and I'm pro-life. I always felt, given the biological clock of fertility, she regretted losing the opportunity to have children as she frittered those years away making other choices, and she didn't want young women to repeat those same mistakes.
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Musical Interlude: Christmas Favorites
Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone, "Baby It's Cold Outside"
