Yesterday, the radio opera was Puccini’s “Turandot.” It was his last opera – and it’s not a pretty story. It has a happy ebding, in that the tenor and the lead soprano end up in love against all odds. But the road to that ending is covered with blood, and I have trouble with that. The big aria, which all tenors love, and which is often associated with Pavarotti (although every tenor who has ever recorded anything has recorded it – even Sarah Brightman recorded it, replacing “la principessa” with “il principe”) is “Nessun dorma” – None shall sleep – which makes sense in context, though out of context, not so much. Also – I can answer Randy’s quesiion. Congress is completely dominated by Republicans who are so terrified of the Saffron Sauron that they wouldn’t vote their conscience (those who have one) even if the sky fell. Let’s put a Democratic majority into the House and Senate and see what happens. We have a lot of people running who are real fighters, not DINOs, but many still need to win their primaries.<\/p>\n
This from ABC news<\/a> (ours) is on loop, but you will likely\u00a0 need to unmute it. It’s still a work in progress, but, even so far, it’s pretty amazing.<\/p>\n From the Associated Press<\/a> – This is good news for two states. Now we need the same for 48 more, two territories, and one district.<\/p>\n I assume Lona is well aware of this (from Good News Network<\/a>), but thought the rest of us might also like to hear about it.<\/p>\n