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My father watched as we defeated the Naziโ€™s.

Now we elected one as President.

And the media cheered him on.

Please do not underestimate thr power of the Press. The Founding Fathers KNEW it was powerful and called it the Fourth Estare for a reason.

Ben Franklin KNEW the power of the press and smuggled on into France to print pro-US literature.

We would call that โ€œpropagandaโ€ today.

Anyone who says the press didnโ€™t affect the election is a liar and needs to read some history.

Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on November 7, 1955 (d. 2022).

Eikhard's version of Christine McVie's "Say You Love Me" (1975):

youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0xvQ2rFW

Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on November 7, 1955 (d. 2022).

This song of hers became a hit for Bonnie Raitt in 1991.

Shirley Eikhard - "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) (July 2009, SongStudio Songwriting Workshop presented by Blair Packham and Rik Emmett)

youtube.com/watch?v=FCcBc2Oesg

Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter, lead singer of the rock band Texas, was born on Nov. 7th.

"The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon) (2010, from her album "The Movie Songbook")

youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1sfeB_iQ

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7th.

Almost 28 minutes long, but interesting bits in the conversation and a couple of performances from that time:

Joni Mitchell - 30 years of Joni's Music on CBS This Morning Show (1-3-1996)

youtube.com/watch?v=18Kpy9ZXWW

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7th.

Joni Mitchell - "Coyote" (Joni Mitchell) (1975, Gordon Lightfoot's Home with Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn)

youtube.com/watch?v=zeaO5UZ5Oc

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7th.

"I am on a lonely road and I am traveling / Traveling, traveling, traveling / Looking for something, what can it be?"

Joni Mitchell - "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) (1971)

youtube.com/watch?v=r6NZ_2TuLf

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7th.

"And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round / And the painted ponies go up and down / We're captive on the carousel of time / We can't return, we can only look / Behind from where we came / And go 'round and 'round and 'round / In the circle game"

Joni Mitchell - "The Circle Game" (Joni Mitchell) (1970)

youtube.com/watch?v=5NEkJhBHh5

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, called by Rolling Stone "one of the greatest songwriters ever" (via Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 7th.

One of the great songs, with lyrics deceptively simple but with much emotional depth, which she really wrings out in this rendition.

Joni Mitchell - "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) (2000)

youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLT

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, called by Rolling Stone "one of the greatest songwriters ever" (via Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 7th.

Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi", "Both Sides Now" (both by Joni Mitchell) (1969, BBC)

youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-d-8_bv


I'm feeling out of sorts also because of this:

Scientific American @sciam
(10:31 PM ยท Nov 6, 2024):
"This year wonโ€™t just be the hottest on recordโ€”it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord Bar chart shows annual global temperature anomalies from 1940 to 2024 compared with the baseline period of 1850 to 1900."
scientificamerican.com/article

Previously-unbelievable headline:

Convicted Felon Is Elected to the Presidency Again, Despite Being an Incompetent Buffoon.

Instead of education toward empathy, compassion and science-based decision-making, there will now be full-fledged indoctrination away from those.

@feloneouscat I may be similar or close.๐Ÿ˜ข

This leaves the country open to even more of a real mess-up from which there is no going back. The incompetent handling of the COVID-19 pandemic may pale in comparison.

@Horrrflmlvr There was at the time, according to the PBS and Bloomberg pages, but I did not look at the details (leads, etc.).

The rest of us in the world will find the global challenges - climate crisis mitigation, aggressive attacks on the international order - more difficult to handle.

A missed opportunity for a course correction. The experiment is in jeopardy.

At least, the states have control over much; people's lives and health will depend on what state they're in.

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