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It’s gonna be hot today. Hell, it’s already<\/em><\/strong> hot – 76 degrees before 5:00 this morning – and it’s gonna be in the upper 80s. Might even hit 90. This, of course, is too damn hot. The good news is that it won’t last long, as a cold front it supposed to come through and make for a nice cool day tomorrow (good day for playing with the tractor). The bad news is that a cold front means thunderstorms (and very unhappy doggies) tonight. Good thing I don’t sleep much these days anyway.<\/p>\n

Eddie Fisher died. He was only 82. I say “only” because, while I certainly know his name (and that he was married to Debbie Reynolds – begetting daughter Carrie – Liz Taylor, and Connie Stevens – with whom he begot daughter Joely), I don’t actually remembering him being anything other than somebody who “used” to be famous. I guess at the time I was becoming aware of music – say, around 1964-65 or so – for me, it was the Beatles and the Stones, and the Kinks, and the Animals, et al. Oh, and Hermann’s Hermits, of course. <\/p>\n

But Eddie Fisher? Not so much. I mean, he was no Perry Como (or even Andy Williams).<\/p>\n

Polls are starting to show an unbelievably tight race here in NY for US Senate<\/a>. They show Kirsten Gillibrand up by either only six points or – worse – just one, over Joe DioGuardi. I find this very hard to believe, because, as a person who likes to consider himself relatively aware of politics and current events, until I looked at this story, I couldn’t even have told you the name of the person running against her. I haven’t seen a single ad for this yo-yo on the teevee (I suppose that’s ‘cuz it’s early yet, and Gillibrand can afford to hit the airwaves, because she has a boatload of money), and I really hope this isn’t true. One of the few things to be proud about NY these days is that it’s at least solidly in the “blue” column. <\/p>\n

Frankly, I put the blame quite squarely on Barack Obama and his Milquetoast presidencyand his Chamberlainesque handling of both the Republicans and the Blue Dog DINOs who have manipulated him (I’d have said “masterfully manipulated,” but I don’t think they’ve<\/em><\/strong> been masterful – I think he’s<\/em><\/strong> been pathetic). <\/p>\n

Both Gillibrand and Andy Cuomo (in the NY Governor’s race) lead quite comfortably in polls of “registered” voters, but among self-described “likely” voters, their leads all but evaporate. This is because wingnuts and teabaggers are moist with anticipation, whereas Democrats are so pissed off and disappointed with Democrats – and the failed Obama presidency – that lots of them are apparently not interested in voting. This is bad news, ‘cuz while Obama and the Democrats might suck, we’re all really<\/em><\/strong> gonna suffer with these corrupt thugs back running the show. <\/p>\n

I mean, WTF? It hasn’t been that long since they were screwing things up. Have you people forgotten already? Or are you just Bill Murray’s Arthur Denton to Steve Martin’s Orin Scrivello (or, if you want to go old-school, Jack Nicholson’s Wilbur Force to John Herman Shaner’s Phoebus Farb)? <\/p>\n

Wake up, America! I can’t afford to move to Canada anymore, and when Republicans “take back” America, we’re<\/em><\/strong> the ones they’re taking it back from! Not that we actually ever had posession of it in the first place, but you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

Oh well, time to get this week over with. Hard to believe it’s only three days ’til Monday.<\/p>\n

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