Luckily, I was actually able to get home in time last night to hear Phil do his live.

Wow. That was really great, wasn’t it??? Something is really UP out there. But what??? (And if you don’t know the famous Hollywood movie from 1944, Gaslight, you should watch it!!! It’s great.)

Whatever is going on, it sure sounds like all of this is going to be over soon, thank God. (19 days?)

Now that I am sort of forced to watch TV, because almost all of my patients have the TV on constantly, I see the appalling local political commercials that people are subjected to, night & day, and it makes me want to scream. The colossal TON of lies. But I start to find myself sometimes doubting myself, which is what Phil’s live was all about.

For instance, here in Ohio, we have this thing on the ballot, Issue 1. And as far as I knew, I was voting NO on Issue 1, but the unreal, barbaric onslaught of commercials that stress voting YES on Issue 1, were beginning to plague me. Why was I voting NO? I could no longer remember.

Luckily, this came in my inbox last evening, from Convention of States, and I suddenly remembered.

It explained, in part, that if adopted, Issue 1 would:

• Promote gerrymandering and unfair district formation.
• Lead to erratic drawing of legislative districts resulting in disjointed districts that divide communities.
• Result in poor representation of Ohioans in Columbus.
• Give power to special interest groups from outside the state of Ohio.
• Remove accountability to the voters of Ohio by vesting authority in unelected commission members influenced by radical progressives.
• Allow virtually unlimited power to spend Ohio tax dollars with no control by Ohio voters.
• Eliminate voter approved safeguards overwhelmingly passed in 2015 and 2018.

Anyway.

If you missed Phil, the replay is below. Plus it will continue on Saturday night. No time set for it yet, though. Hopefully, 8PM, since that is when I should be home from my evening patient…

Gaslight – October 17th, 2024 (1 hr 45 ins):

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There is not really a lot to post today. Everyone is hunkering down, getting ready for something HUGE — panic out there, anxiety; frustration, exhaustion.

Although, it sounds like Trump was having a great time at the Al Smith Dinner last night. Everyone was posting videos from it.

From Ultra Pepe Lives Matter — click link and scroll:

“Trump went absolutely ham tonight at the Al Smith Dinner. 😂 He was hilarious. Here’s the best highlights:

“I’d like to thank our M.C. this evening, Jim Gaffigan. Most recently, Jim has been playing Tim Walz on Saturday Night Live. That’ll be a very short gig, Jim, but it was fun while it lasted!… Unfortunately, Governor Walz isn’t here himself. But don’t worry, he’ll say that he was.”

“Chuck Schumer is here looking very glum — But look on the bright side, Chuck, considering how woke your party has become, if Kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president.”

“A major issue in this race is childcare, and Kamala has put forward a concept of a plan… The only piece of advice I would have for her in the event she wins would be not to let husband Doug anywhere near the nannies.”

“There’s a group called “White Dudes for Harris”… but I’m not worried about them at all, because their wives and their wives’ lovers are all voting for me.””

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & WARREN THORNTON – FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2024 (27 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – Canadian Hockey player telling his story from 2020 (6 mins):

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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – UK FINANCIAL CRISIS INCOMING ? (30 mins):

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Ross & Jono are back with a new series!!!

Torah Pearls: Introducing EZRA (Season 3 Premiere) (38 mins):

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And in other news —

From Poland the other night:

Nick Cave – “… PUT YOUR F**KING PHONES AWAY! …” Kraków (2 mins):

And Warren Ellis posted this last night — Colin Greenwood, hard at work, signing his name:

And last night, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Prague!! Here are a few photos.

Tonight, they play Munich, but it is sold out. On Sunday, Oct. 20th, they play Milan. Buy tickets here.

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And our new daily feature–

What Would Keith Richards Do?

Okay, I loved this one!! Oddly enough, it came once again from Chapter 5, Daily Affirmations, this one is about LOVE — Chapter 5 is apparently a really long chapter.

When responding to Marianne Faithfull’s assertion that sleeping with Keith was the best night of her life, Keith said:

“I’m a lover. I’ve been trying to tell people this for years.”

Okay!!!! Affirm that, gang, and have a terrific day!!

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And that is it for today.

Something HUGE is definitely going on, gang. And I believe it is something HUGELY good, but I think chaos will still reign for awhile, so hang in there. I, personally, am pretty much losing my mind right now, but I know this is almost over. So.

Enjoy your Friday , wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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The new, remastered, deluxe edition of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark is officially out today! (It was originally released in November of 1982, when I was living in my wildly popular but notorious hellhole apartment on E. 12th Street in NYC’s East Village, and back then I bought it in vinyl.)

The 3-CD collection arrived in my mail yesterday so I was able to play disc 2 during breakfast, dark & early this morning. Here is Tom’s version of a song he wrote that Maria McKee had a big hit with back then, “Ways to Be Wicked”. Enjoy.