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It’s all words, it’s all soundbites.
— Donald Trump, Hofstra University, September 26, 2016

And you wonder why he only sleeps 3 hours a night?By the time I started working at Warner Bros Records I had long given up drugs, something I left behind with the 1960s, a dear old friend that was no longer part of my life. "Drugs," for the most part meant marijuana. Smoking weed had been an integral part of my college life and it ended there.

Headphone hoax, a taste of honeypots and watching 'Spectacles' + this day in history w/Cliff Burton and our song of the day by Temples on your Morning Monarchy for September 27, 2016.

Many in the media prepared for today's debate by doing features on how much Trump lies. People who have been paying attention for the last year-- or who have been aware of him outside of the political realm-- have long realized that virtually nothing he says is true. Before tonight, PolitiFact had investigated 259 statements he's made and found just 11 true (4%). 70% of his statements are false (and that leaves out another 15% that are half false).

Samantha Bee wasn't nice to Matt Lauer in her assessment of the pre-debate thing they had a week or so ago. That's cause he sucked. Lester Holt, we're assured, is supposed to be better. We'll see in a few minutes. Ever hear of Pollfish? They're a real-time mobile survey platform and they did a flash poll yesterday (400 Americans) showing that over 30% of Americans are opting to avoid the political drama to enjoy their watching their favorite TV shows or Monday night football.

Up for debate, down to fight and guns in the hood + this day in history w/'Abbey Road' and our song of the day by Beck on your Morning Monarchy for September 26, 2016.

Trump likes to reassure his dumbell fans that he's in the fraternity of top business leaders. But he's a joke in the business world and, as the Wall Street Journal pointed out Friday, not a single Fortune 100 CEO is backing him, or at least not contributing to his campaign.

Liberal lawsuits, master debaters and the Voyager Golden Record + this day in history w/Mozilla Firefox and our song of the day by Merchandise on your Morning Monarchy for September 23, 2016.

This morning the media-- at least the Twitter media-- was plotzing because Gary Johnson, asked on Morning Joe what he would do about Aleppo if he were elected, professed not to know what Aleppo is. I'd bet anything that neither Trumpanzee nor the bulk of the Trumpanzee fan base have any idea what Aleppo is either.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz moves to Chapter Two of professional insiders’ playbook:  defuse pressure for debates by accepting them in principle, while continuing to delay. Now that the July 26 – August 2 distribution of mail-in ballots is safely behind her, and she has secured Joe Biden’s commitment to host an August 5 fundraising event (at which questions about debates can be more-easily deflected), the local newspaper reports: