So....the Democratic Party must be planning on rigging the election, either by cheating or smearing Trump (can they?) because they're well on their way to nominating the less popular, more hated candidate who does significantly worse head to head with Trump.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_electi...

oh look...Bernie beats Trump by a lot. Not important!

Here's something fascinating that some of you might have seen.

"In shock poll, Sanders leads Trump in Georgia"

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/280345-in-sh...

See, we don't need to win Georgia because all "we" need is 270 electoral votes and if they can be "won" (or stolen) then who cares how we'll do nationwide? Oh, yeah....Bernie is a bum because all he cares about is himself and he doesn't fundraise for downticket Dems. Although Hillary's fundraising seems to be a scam that directs the money back to her. And so what if Bernie would do better everywhere and help downticket Dems with his coattails? He isn't fundraising enough! Another weirdness, right? Those Hillary people have so much focus on money, cash, fundraising, as if that is the objective.

As I was saying, Georgia...

"A Democratic friend called to make sure I saw the great news that likely Democratic Hillary Clinton had pulled to within 4 percentage points of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in Georgia, according to a poll from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. My friend was right. That poll did show Trump with 45 percent and Clinton with 41 percent. It is good news that Clinton could be poised to make a bid to win Georgia's electoral votes.

And then, looking deeper at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, I saw something even more interesting — indeed fascinating and shocking. The poll found Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) defeating Trump outright, with Sanders getting 47 percent and Trump lagging behind with only 42 percent!"

Again we see the Clinton people looking at Hillary and completely dismissing Bernie. Because, as we know, they just don't want him. Elsewhere I speculated that the only way the superdelegates won't vote for Hillary is if she has an "Uncle Don" moment. That Uncle Don thing never happened but you know what I mean. Something worse than Romney's "47%" comment. Like maybe she'll be caught calling Jim Clyburn something she ought not to. That would be swell because we'd see how long it would take Biden to jump in and get those superdelegates to back him.

This is why I want to "drop out". I don't care so much about the "turn on" part but dropping out sounds good.

Moving on, when I was a young fellow there was a big controversy in my hometown. The city council had decided they would have a municipal swimming pool built. The question was where to put it. My town is divided into four wards, cleverly numbered by how rich the people are who live in them. The 1st Ward is where all the richest people live. The 4th Ward was, at the time (maybe still) the black part of town. I remember reading Malcolm X's autobiography where, among other things, he said if you're new in town and want to know where the black folks live, get the telephone book and find Lincoln School. Bingo.

So where to put that swimming pool? The rich bigots wanted it near them except that would mean Negroes would come into the 1st Ward so that was no good. And they certainly didn't want it in the 4th Ward because they didn't want their children to have to go "there". I was a kid so it seemed wildly insane. I thought "just build it and whoever wants to can use it when they want". But it was the most important thing ever! People had opinions!

This mentality exists all the time. The transgender bathroom issue is one of those things. It's super important! and we have to get worked up about it! Except we don't. It's stupid. It's a distraction. It's a squirrel! Look! An issue! Meanwhile we're getting our pockets looted, we're bombing the #$^%& out of countries that have dared to exist in the wrong location. But if we're preoccupied with something else...I mean, I don't think (when you get down to it) even the conservatives care much about the issue. It's just something to get worked up over. The problem, if it even is a problem, could be solved in about 10 minutes if people weren't all thrilled about important issues!

As Mao Tse-Tung once said "feh!"

I've got a few of these CDs from an English label, Charly, called "Club Soul". They spotlight a nightclub that long ago played Northern Soul so the liner notes are all about each club and talk about the kids who went there. They're pretty entertaining. The songs on each CD are supposedly what was played in the clubs but I think it's just an excuse to relive the old days (60s and early 70s) while using the clubs as a framework. My darling wife, shaz, and I like a bunch of music in common and also a lot of music not in common. This stuff works for both of us. Oh yeah, that's why I wanted to talk about this! See, nobody is going to be like you, to think like you, to agree with you on everything. If you like, you can find something wrong with everybody and you can push them away. On the other hand, you can find something to like about everybody...or almost everybody...and sometimes make the mistake of being friendly with the weasel down the street who'll screw you out of refinance fees.

Well, with this Northern Soul thing, shaz and I both think it's great so here's some of it.

Betty Everett had a big hit with "It's in His Kiss". Here she does "I've Got a Claim on You".

Don Covay, "See About Me"

Alvin Robinson, "Let the Good Times Roll"

Jeanette "Baby" Washington, "Let Love Go By"

and the classic Ike and Tina, "A Fool in Love"

lastly, enjoy what you can, while you can. RIP jbou.