The low voter turnout took me by surprise but shouldn't have, considering the low approval ratings of both candidates. 55 percent voted, but that's only counting the registered voters, isn't it? There are about seventy million people who are eligible to vote that haven't registered, which is more than the vote totals of either candidate. I can understand not voting because the candidates suck but I can't understand the reason for not registering. Could it simply be the fear of being called for jury duty? Potential jurors used to be selected from the pool of registered voters but, in Illinois at least, that pool has been expanded to include people that have a driver's license.
But I'm not going to blame any non-voters for this election's results. It's all on the Democrats and it will be interesting to see how they accept the responsibility for screwing the pooch, and if they can recover, lest we end up with a one-party system.
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Sadly, there were no hot babes in Duke's Place, fringed or otherwise. All the ladies were with their significant others, but it was a week night so maybe things heated up on the weekends. I liked the place, and the bartender was from Chicago, or spent time here, or read about it. Anyhow, when it was time to close they locked the door, but I was able to enjoy another round or three before I made my way back to the motel; still had a lot of riding to do the next few days. I suppose Duke's Place is long gone, but not forgotten.
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Mr. Beagles asked what was so terrible about Hillary, so here is a little something I found amusing, if a bit one-sided: https://reason.com/archives/2016/11/20/america-called-bullshit-on-saint-hillary
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