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Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1999)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
This is about the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of people from around the world who volunteered to be part of the International Brigade fighting Franco's fascist army.

[Verse 1]
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next

[Verse 2]
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain?
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent
...


OK, my first question is along the lines of ...

Last June, Pres Trump said that we had obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.

Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated -- and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News (June 2025)
www.whitehouse.gov

Yet, one of the main reasons for Pres Trump's current unprovoked war against Iran is to eliminate the very nuclear capability that he said had been obliterated.

OK, working with that premise ...

When Pres Trump says the US obliterated every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, should we take that statement with a grain of salt, because Pres Trump lies?

@#19 ... It's worse than that.

No quarter is refusing to accept the surrender of non-combatants. ...

OK, that led me to explore ...

No quarter ...

Analysts say US threat of 'no quarter' for Iran violates international law
www.aljazeera.com

... Rights groups have slammed United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for saying that "no quarter" will be shown to Iran, as the US and Israel continue their military campaign against the country.

"We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies," Hegseth told reporters on Friday.

Under the Hague Convention and other international treaties, it is illegal to threaten that no quarter will be given.

Domestic laws, such as the 1996 War Crimes Act, also prohibit such policies. US military manuals likewise warn that threats of "no quarter" are illegal.

Brian Finucane, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, a think tank, said Hegseth's comments appear to run afoul of those standards.

"These comments are very striking," Finucane told Al Jazeera over a phone call. "It raises questions about whether this belligerent, lawless rhetoric is being translated into how the war is being conducted on the battlefield."

But Hegseth has publicly dismissed concerns about international law, claiming he would abide no "stupid rules of engagement" and no "politically correct wars". ...


It's been a couple three weeks since I have posted these stats ...

President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com

...
RCP Average 2/21 - 3/12
Approve: 42.9
Disapprove: 55.4
Spread: -11.5

President Trump Approval - Economy
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/8
Approve: 41.3
Disapprove: 55.3
Spread: -14.0

President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/9 - 3/9
Approve: 39.8
Disapprove: 59.1
Spread: -17.3

President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/16 - 3/9
Approve: 36.
Disapprove: 61.1
Spread: -25.1

President Trump Approval - Crime
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/13 - 3/3
Approve: 45.5
Disapprove: 49.7
Spread: -4.2




imo, a powerful tune ...

Call - I Don't Wanna (1987)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
I ain't here to hold you when you cry
I ain't here to hold your shaky hand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
Or beg for you to understand

I ain't gonna walk you thru your dreams
Walk you thru this life that we all know
I ain't here to listen while you speak
I ain't here to heal your broken soul
Am I here at all?

I ain't here to tell you what you need
I ain't gonna take a noble stand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
Or beg for you to understand

I can only tell you what I've seen
I can only tell you how it felt
When my heart was crushed so bad inside
Till I felt the hatred slowly melt
I don't wanna

I ain't gonna watch your every move
I ain't gonna dog your every step
I ain't here to shape your every mood
I ain't here to keep your secrets kept

Oh, but if I held you in my arms
If I could squeeze you till we cry
I don't wanna lose this love I feel
I don't wanna lose this fight tonight
I ain't gonna

I ain't here to hold you when you cry
I ain't here to hold your shaky hand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
I don't want you under my command
...


www.teaandcoffee.net

"the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) on 17 June, reveals that 64% of 25"59-year-olds drank specialty coffee in the past week,"

Yeah ... ..really sacrificing.

@#7 ... refuse to burn undergrowth ...

In California, Controlled Fires Can Save Homes. Why Aren't More Happening? (September 2024)
www.nytimes.com

... Mr. Koller, 34, said there was no way to know for sure if the intentional burns, which occurred periodically in the years before the fire, including two in March, had made the difference. "But prescribed fire was part of that puzzle," he said.

Federal and state agencies, as well as other groups that work with them, including private citizens and businesses, are setting fires that burn the dry grasses, small trees and other vegetation that could otherwise fuel an intense wildfire. Research has shown that these burns reduce wildfire risk, potentially saving lives and property.

While the state is increasing its use of beneficial fire, as the method is called, officials and experts alike say it is far from enough to meet the threat posed by catastrophic wildfires. ...

Land managers in the state, including the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and federal agencies have set a target of intentionally burning 400,000 acres annually by next year, an amount of land that when combined would be larger than the city of Los Angeles. The goal is to chip away at the 10 million to 30 million acres that officials estimate would benefit from some form of fuel reduction treatment. In 2022, the most recent year for which there is data publicly available, about 96,000 acres were burned by these land managers.

"The state is struggling to get anywhere close to the targets they have for prescribed fire," said Chris Field, a climate scientist at Stanford who has studied controlled burns. "It's clear that there would be real profound benefits of reaching the target and ultimately going beyond it." ...


Americans cutting back on all expenses to pay for healthcare
www.upi.com

... People in the United States are killing budgets, skipping meals, stretching prescriptions and driving less as they struggle to keep up with healthcare expenses, a survey shows.

Gallup found in a survey that more than one-third of Americans find themselves making "at least" one trade-off in daily expenses to make sure they can afford access to healthcare and pay its associated bills.

With the cost of health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs continuing to rise, and with the expiration of some Affordable Care Act subsidies and changes to Medicare and Medicaid, Gallup reported that people are cutting back on day-to-day requirements, borrowing money and putting off major decisions and long-term planning.

"Collectively, these shifts could leave millions of Americans without health insurance at a time when financial stress is already running high," the survey organization said in a press release. ...


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