Remember the mice narrators from Babe, introducing the segment with “A Tragic Day”? That surely fits with yesterday’s election results.

But I take heart – in a weird sort of way – from the fact that the Republicans will not get any more done in the next two years than they have in the past six. The party of “No” is about to become the party of “We tried, but couldn’t because THEY stood in the way”. But 2016 will be another story. They will win the White House, and have unfettered access to legislating and getting their stuff through. And what will their ‘stuff’ look like?

Anti: immigrant/hispanic/female/black/Muslim/poor/rational/anything ‘he’ (Barry O) likes

Pro: prevarication/business/Koch brothers/more prevarication (that means lying)/anything ‘he’ doesn’t like

I think about leaving the country more and more. But where to go? Canada and northern Europe are too cold; central America is too unstable and dangerous. I think – just to confirm everyone’s belief that I’m a pinko commie, I’ll move to Cuba before the embargo is lifted and enjoy the good life that my social security dollars will bring. I wonder if that’s possible? Think I’ll check it out.
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Carol Anne: They’re here.

Tangina: …Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother’s voice. Now hold on to yourselves… There’s one more thing. A terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal, I’ve never sensed anything like it. I don’t know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It LIES to her, it tells her things only a child could understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply IS another child. To us, it is the BEAST. Now, let’s go get your daughter.