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  I’m helping to undertake one of the most difficult, painful, irritating, aggravating and downright crappy jobs that I have ever done in my life (and I've had some doozies!) Mrs. Dear Leader and I are tearing apart the results of her long, creative musical life; we are getting rid of the many boxes of cds of her different albums and first we have to take each cd apart individually. Before you ask, it’s because nobody buys cds anymore, actually they haven’t for a long time. As to why we have several boxes of them stored (that is, thousands of cds!) Well, you can’t blame her for her optimism when she had them made. After all, like any entrepreneur – especially someone creative – if you don’t think you have something that people will want, why would you even start in the first place, why wouldn’t you have inventory? Like many, and more than most, the music industry has been disrupted by technology and the internet. It was Lizzy Rain’s bad fortune to produce her music just as it was

  My hope is that our country makes Jan 6 th 2021 another day of remembrance to equal Dec. 7 th and 9/11. Like those dates, today was a day we were again attacked but sadly it was neither a sneak attack nor an attack by an outside enemy. We were attacked by our own citizens bent on destroying essentially everything we profess to believe in. We have lost more than what little was left of our innocence, we have lost a part of our soul. And it ain’t coming back.       Does waving an American flag make you a Patriot? Jan. 6 th is a day that no American ever thought could occur. We are special, we are told. Our leaders are strong and noble and hold the Constitution in the highest esteem, we said. We have been led to believe that despite our differences no one would ever consider overthrowing the government of our fine country like that which last happened in 1861. But today they tried. They didn’t succeed - yet - but the damage has been done. It should be a day of shame for those peo