Planet P - Why Me, mostly instrumental version (1983)
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Lyrics excerpt

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Why me?

Why Me?

Why Me?

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Macron hit with criticism for attending Celine Dion concert before violent riots broke out
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imo, of course.

obtuse
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from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

adjective Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
adjective Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity.
adjective Not distinctly felt.
adjective Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
adjective Having an obtuse angle.
adjective Botany Having a blunt or rounded tip.
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disingenuous
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from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

adjective Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating.
adjective Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naf.
adjective Usage Problem Unaware or uninformed; naive.
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WaPo Bashed for 'Journalistic Malpractice' After Failing to Report That Voter Who Tangled With El-Sayed Is GOP Operative
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... The Washington Post is facing criticism for an article about a viral video featuring a "young man" questioning Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed but omitting the fact that "Tommy" was a Republican operative.

The incident in question happened during one of El-Sayed's campaign events over the weekend, in which an attendee who identified himself as "Tommy" asked about the Muslim Brotherhood, a talking point pushed by the Republican nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI). ...

Reathel Bean & The Doonesbury Break Crew - Rap Master Ronnie (1984)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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[Intro]
[Voice]
Ready when you are, Mr. President

[Reagan]
Well, okay, everybody ready? Uh, Nancy?

[Nancy]
Ready dear

[Reagan]
Jim, Mike, Cap?

[Men]
Yes

[Reagan]
Okay, right, let's do it

[Voice]:
Ok, Reagan campaign message for minority voters, take 37
Can it off, Mr. President

[Reagan]
5, 6, 7, 8, uh.. 9..
Ah!
Oh yeah, Lord have mercy
Now let me here a little bass now Nancy
So good, So fine
You're cooking now mama

[Nancy]
Thank you dear

[Reagan]
Al. Smokin'
We're in a grove now

[Man]
That's groove sir

[Reagan]
Groove, we're in a groove now
Slip me a little keyboard cap
Al, you're God
Now that be fine

[Verse 1]
Okay people, gotta get down
Brother Ron Reagan has hit the ground
Gotta believe he's the dude of the hour
Got the glory, got the power
Ronny can communicate, the cat can rap
I even let Nancy sit on Mr.T's lap
Loves the needy, loves them dearly
Love to read graffitti if they'd only print it clearly
He can break

[Men]
Huh!

[Reagan]
He be trying to make the big box beat
Trying to get those voters on their feet
Get their consent, all I need is 10 percent

[Hook]
Say we want Ron
The guy's pure sex
He's the man
Who signs your monthly welfare checks
Ha ha ... ha ... ha haha!

[Verse 2]
[Al]
Ronny's the boss, he wears the pants

[Nancy]
But that man of mine sure loves to dance

[Al]
Got an open mind on civil rights
[Reagan]
My youngest son grew up in tights

[Men]
Check him out!

[Reagan]
He's heavy

[Men]
Ronny be a legend. Ronny be unique

[Reagan]
Hard to even function with such mystique
He gets down

[Men]
Huh!

[Reagan]
Loves to take to town those dancing feet
He be getting brothers off the street
Hey! Least I've tried
If only more were qualified

[Reagan]
Uh, Ed
Take it easy, Ed
For Gosh sakes, Ed
Debby Boone gave me that album personally
Ed...

[Men]
Everybody's scratchin'
Scratchin' for a wage
Scratchabacha scratch
From the want ad page
Good time scratching
Ronny got a plan
And if that don't hatch
Catch as catch can

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[Men]
Ronny be a fighter, Ronny will defend

[Reagan]
Lieutenant Bob Goodman is a personal friend

[Men]
Ronny he be tough, Ronny always win

[Reagan]
Don't need cardboard for my shoulder spins

He can freeze

[Men]
Huh!

[Reagan]
He be trying to save those suckers' souls
Trying to get those mothers to the polls
Get their consent. I'll settle for just two percent

[Hook]
Say we, want, Ron
The cat's ok
He's the man
Who's got more juice than Jessie J

Say we, want, Ron
The guy's pure sex
He's the man
Who signs your monthly welfare checks
Ha ha ... ha ... ha ha ha!

[Outro]
That's my [?]
Trust me though
[?]

[Voice]
One more time Mr. President
Bring it on home, sir

[Reagan]
Okay
Light my fire black people, light my fire
Give me your sweet jelly roll
Turn on your love life
Papa got a new safety net for you
Yeah, Fritz, Jelly beans
[?]

That be all
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White House slams Trump's dinner with Nick Fuentes, saying bigotry and hate have 'no place in America' (2022)
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... Trump has said Fuentes came with Ye and that he does not know who he is ...

Wow, so Pres Trump's security team allowed someone into the White House to dine with Pres Trump without any knowledge of who that person might be?

BrainDead
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... BrainDead is an American political satire science fiction[1][2][3] comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King.[4] The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for her brother Luke (Danny Pino), a U.S. Senator, after the funding for her latest film falls through.

Assigned as his new constituency caseworker, she discovers that Washington, D.C. has been invaded by extraterrestrial insects which are eating the brains and taking control of people, including members of Congress and their staffers.

Much of the internal comedy of the series was that, in the altered reality of Washington, D.C. politics, only a few people noticed. ...

One quite interesting aspects of that series was that the speeches of then 2015/2016 candidate Trump were often playing on TVs in the background of the main action.

So, BrainDead... a premonition?

Media Downplays Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's Ties to Hasan Piker as Michigan Senate Race Heads to General Election (August 2026)
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... Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the newly minted Democratic nominee for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat, is drawing intensifying scrutiny over his repeated campaign appearances with far-left Twitch streamer and podcaster Hasan Piker -- a figure who once declared that "America deserved 9/11" and has publicly praised Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong.

Critics argue that broadcast media has largely glossed over the extent and significance of that relationship as the race now moves toward the November general election against Republican nominee Mike Rogers. ...

Riots grip France as Marine Le Pen gains ground ahead of 2027 election
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... We are living through a profound crisis of trust, of authority that poses a threat to democracy, said Marine Le Pen'

In a major update, France is facing renewed unrest as riots grip parts of the country while polling gains traction for Marine Le Pen ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Marine Le Pen, frontrunner for the 2027 presidency censured the upheaval as a failure of governance while her polling jumped to 31-37% in first-round intentions even leading a potential runoff against Jean-Luc Melenchon 69-31%.

Her allies demanded President Macron's resignation and she conceded that Islam aligns with the state on the condition that Sharia is rejected. The chaos exposes the severe polarization in France six months ahead of the April election with international voices like Elon Musk calling it the nation's last chance.

Marine Le Pen on her social platform X, stated, "You saw yesterday our cities, our streets, our country, battered, mistreated, ransacked."

"We are living through a profound crisis of trust, of authority that poses a threat to democracy. This observation must alert us: our country is caught in a vise, or even taken hostage, between violence and powerlessness." ...

How France's worst rioting in years erupted and how the government responded
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... Rioters clashed with police, set cars on fire, stormed public buildings and engulfed a historic city hall in flames in France's worst civil unrest in years as violence and looting swept through major cities during nationwide protests.

About 2,400 people were arrested over the weekend, and authorities said thousands of businesses were damaged or looted. The rioting overshadowed demonstrations against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools in which hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully.

President Emmanuel Macron denounced "unrestrained violence" by "insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals."

More protests could be in store. High school and university student organizations called for more demonstrations Thursday and Saturday. The National High School Student Coordination group urged young people to "take to the streets" and backed continued blockades and demonstrations.

A group of activists seeking to revive the 2018 "yellow vest" movement against perceived social injustices also announced nationwide demonstrations planned for Saturday under the slogan "Macron must go." ...

JD Vance blindsided at NC rally by Epstein heckler standing right behind him
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... A protester standing directly behind Vice President JD Vance confronted him at a North Carolina rally, shouting, "Release the Epstein files!"

Vance was speaking Monday when the man stood up in the crowd behind the stage, according to a video FactPost shared on X.

Trump 47 Committee Inc., a political action committee aligned with President Donald Trump, hosted the event at Hyder Warehouse in Hendersonville, WBTV reported.

Vance was there to boost Republican Jennifer Balkcom in North Carolina's competitive 11th Congressional District race two weeks before the midterm elections, according to WLOS.

The FactPost video shows Vance, one hand on the podium, turning around to face the man as he yelled.

" ... a protester directly behind Vance gets up and yells release the Epstein files!'" independent journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X.

"Vance suggest[s] he's an illegal immigrant," Rupar added in the same post. ...

"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening." (2010)
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... On his Fox News program on Jan. 29, 2010, Glenn Beck was providing a history lesson on progressives in U.S. politics when he made the point that the difference between progressives and the Founding Fathers is that the founders thought the United States "should be Switzerland. We should stay out of everybody's business, be friends with everybody."

"I mean, if you're going to mess with us, we're going to pound you," Beck said. "Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening, right?" ...

The Marine Corps annually marks its birthday on Nov. 10, to commemorate the day in 1775 that the Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution founding the Continental Marines, Neimeyer said. During the Revolutionary War, Marines fought with distinction. On March 3, 1776, 200 Marines spearheaded the first American landing on foreign soil, an assault in the Bahamas.

So that's why, if you go the Marine Corps' History Web site, you'll see the banner, "Since 1775, the Marine Corps has been winning battles and defending our nation."

Obviously, that predates Thomas Jefferson's presidency.

It also happens to predate the United States of America. ...

Stranglers - Skin Deep (1984)
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Is Abdul El-Sayed a doctor? Fact-checking Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
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... If your time is short

Abdul El-Sayed has a doctor of medicine degree, commonly known as MD, from Columbia University in New York and a doctorate in public health from Oxford University in England.

He did not do a residency after medical school, which is typically the next step in becoming a practicing physician, instead focusing on a career in public health. He's never been licensed to practice medicine or treat patients.

Michigan law and federal law define a physician as someone licensed to practice. But major medical professional organizations don't have that requirement.
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Sen. Slotkin urges Dems to use prosecution to make young people afraid to serve in Trump admin
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... "I want young people coming out of school to say, Should I go work for the Trump administration? That sounds fun, I might get an opportunity,'" Slotkin mused at a University of Chicago event last week that has since gone viral.

"I want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems I don't want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'" the senator went on. "I want that deterrence message sent." ...

So she seems to want the message sent that working within the Trump admin may expose yourself to problems down the road.

She seems to be quite correct in that assessment.

Russian GRU Offered $200K Bounties' for Every Dead American: Report (2025)
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... Russia reportedly paid fighters linked to the Taliban $200,000 for every Western coalition soldier they killed in Afghanistan.

An investigation by the independent Russian news outlet The Insider and German newspaper Der Spiegel sheds light on alleged collaboration between Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, and the Taliban.

American soldiers, as well as troops from coalition and Afghan military forces, were also targeted, the investigation said. ...

Trump offers long-promised pardons to some 1,500 January 6 rioters (January 20, 2025)
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... President Trump issued pardons for some 1,500 defendants who participated in the siege on the U.S. Capitol four years ago, including the leader of a far-right group, fulfilling a campaign promise to exercise executive clemency on behalf of people he's called "patriots" and "hostages."

"We hope they come out tonight," he said in a signing ceremony at the Oval Office on Monday evening.

The order would grant "a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." That means a pardon for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, who had been sentenced to 22 years in the federal penitentiary.

The proclamation posted on the White House website also included commutations for 14 people, including Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group. The move paves the way for the release of Rhodes and Tarrio, who were both convicted of the rarely used charge of seditious conspiracy.

Trump also directed the Justice Department to dismiss scores of pending cases that stem from the attack on the Capitol.

Rhodes had been sentenced to spend 18 years in prison after a judge said he presented "an ongoing threat and peril to this country ... and to the very fabric of our democracy." ...