Today can't be the day everything goes to hell, it's Halloween!

□ [“American Airlines Cancels Another 634 Flights Sunday – 1,500 Total Flights Canceled Since Friday"]

I remember the days after 9/11 when planes were shut down.  Isn't this only the second period of time when they've been shut down so much since, well, the beginning of flight?  I still remember walking to work one morning and being startled by hearing an aircraft above me.  I've always assumed it was a government helicopter, I was walking right next to the state capital at the time, but that was shocking to suddenly hear that again after what we'd been through.

And now we're having similar problems but in this case it's the government forcing pilots to do things pilots really don't want to do.  The government likes doing that, they want to do it to everybody.  I'm expecting a crash any day now, not just a plane but of everything.

Spend what money you can on back-up supplies.  Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.  Food, medical supplies, electrical supplies, weapons if you're into that.

□ [“Democrat Terry McAuliffe Trashes Parents in Closing Argument: Our School Boards Were Fine Until 'THESE PEOPLE Started Showing Up'" (VIDEO)]

Ok, this is proof that the election is totally stolen.  He couldn't possibly be stupid enough to say such an idiotic thing and even if he was, the people around him couldn't be that stupid.

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In other news, as usual there's nothing else to talk about but Guns'n'Roses.  I've seen a recent discussion on one of their message boards about Axl's singing problems.  I'm not an expert in the field and haven't paid close attention all these years, but what little I've heard from recent years sounds horrible.  Reportedly his earliest works were fairly normal.  I've heard a few recordings from Rapidfire, his first band in LA, and he sounds like a generic mid-80s wanna-be hard rocker.

I guess I actually understood this but I'd never really thought it out, but Axl's known singing style is very memorable and very difficult to keep up.  I'd have to look up where I read it but basically his singing style is something that is not easy to do and really shouldn't be done without serious training or else you'll damage your voice as we can hear from Axl.

I think I've even mentioned this problem before, who can keep track?  But anyway, he must be aware of the problems but he's been surrounded by sycophants for decades who aren't remotely going to push any restraint or self-control.  There's the damage he did after starting out and becoming megafamous, there's the damage his servants did by not getting him real help.  Wouldn't surprise me if the doctors he's gone to over the years have been Hollywood-type fakers which wouldn't help.

This would definitely explain why he can't record anything new and could explain why he has no choice but to be tied to Slash and Duff.  At least they're nice enough to go along with him for a big paycheck and it's conceivable they might have been given a share of the band itself like they used to have.  They've even made an effort in the last few months to do stuff with recordings he did many years ago, more than had come out of Axl for over 12 years before then.

This is actually believable, at some level he must know that he can't sing anything people would want to hear, especially compared to what he's known for after decades.  His employees had to get tired of being expected to do more music, it's possible that this is the reason (or at least one reason) he doesn't make public statements any more and hasn't for a long time.  He'd just look foolish with what happened to his voice.

I do think there's more reasons than that but it is interesting to realize that someone known as a singer has totally ruined his ability and never worked on acquiring any other.