Two from the WSJ today: First, Peggy Noonan: The Year of the Reticent Voter What we are seeing this year is not that unusual. I’ve seen it in the local level, too, especially with property tax overrides in Massachusetts; no one wants to say how they will vote for fear of what their neighbors think … Read more

Oh, this isn’t “Law & Order SVU”? No, it’s not. That’s a former Representative to Congress: EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Special Victims Unit launches investigation into Anthony Weiner after DailyMail.com reveals he had an on-line sexting relationship with 15-year-old girl And this, too: Anthony Weiner Reaches New Low With 15-Year-Old Girl Sexting Scandal Reported By Daily Mail

Cheap Trick will be performing Sunday morning at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Here are the details. Pixies: Tony’s Theme Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me (live) Cheap Trick: Ain’t That a Shame (live) Cheap Trick: Down on the Bay (live) Emily C. Smith: Don’t Leave Me Alone Graveyard Club: Blue Angel Phia: … Read more

Check out the accompanying chart to see how bad things are in the music industry. I mean, we all know it; but this is crazy. At the same time, no one wants to pay for anything and everything should be “free” so … Music Industry Sees Growth in Concert Revenue

When Information Storage Gets Under Your Skin PHOTO CREDIT: HENRIK ANDREE/TELEFÓNICA BASECAMP/DIGIWELL.COM

Here’s what I played this week: The Jesus & Mary Chain: Taste the Floor Emily C. Smith: I Have No Use for You Graveyard Club: Diamond City Phia: End of the Day Louise Eliott: All the Things We Should Have Done Blondfire: Pleasure The Velvet Underground: Foggy Notion Steely Dan: FM Blur: Fool The Rolling … Read more

Doing what you think is right … Turn Black Flag up really loud right now! http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/charges-to-be-filed-against-presidential-candidate/article_1c8c56e7-5fca-5cff-b039-d8a5061bc27a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user

This graphic is making the rounds again. To be accurate, this graphic shows that the policies of both Democrats and Republicans currently in power don’t work. Obama and the Democrats controlled the White House, Senate, and House for two years between 2009-2011; Obama and the Democrats controlled the White House and Senate – but not … Read more

A Colin Van Ostern door-knocker came to the house today. Ayotte had someone up here three weeks ago. Post-FITN, that has been it, so far. As I’ve said previously, campaign people rarely visit us, for whatever reason. Mailers? Only four — Van Ostern, an anti-Trump from PPNNE, local Dem Reps/Senate, and Save the Children for … Read more