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Johnny Maestro, Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst That Could Happen."

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Killer choreography and matching wigs, except for the trumpeter.

Johnny's scar reminds me of Chinatown.

Also Johnny Maestro, early integrated band.

"16 Candles":

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@#1 ... "The multi-model median for the event's peak currently stands at 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record of 2.75C set in 2015-16," he said. ...

Brits forced to sleep in kitchens to cope with hot weather in heat trap' homes
www.independent.co.uk

... One in six Britons are taking "drastic action" to cope with heatwaves, including sleeping in kitchens, missing work, or booking hotels, Citizens Advice has found.

These measures extend to sleeping in gardens or on balconies, taking sick days or unpaid leave, and paying for hotels.

Extreme heatwaves this summer have put lives at risk, sparked wildfires and forced millions into hosepipe bans.

July, with temperatures above 34C, was the driest month on record for England and Wales, the Met Office confirmed.

The charity warns millions across the UK are "trapped in homes they can't cool", with almost half (44%) feeling powerless to prevent their houses overheating. ...



www.reuters.com

... Details of the household survey from which the unemployment rate is derived were mostly weak. Household employment dropped 87,000 and the number of people working part-time for economic reasons increased 123,000 to 4.804 million.

The median duration of unemployment fell to a still-elevated 10.5 weeks from 11.0 weeks in June.

The participation rate, or the proportion of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one, has declined in six of the past seven months. ...


Trump nominee Todd Blanche clears major hurdle in bid to become attorney general
www.reuters.com

... Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said on Friday he would back Todd Blanche for attorney general, clearing a path for Donald Trump's nominee after weeks of scrutiny over the Justice Department's independence from the White House.

Cassidy emerged as the likely deciding vote after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she would oppose Blanche for the top U.S. law enforcement job, leaving the nomination on the brink. ...


Hellbent on putting Fauci in jail, Rand Paul wants to skip a Senate vote
www.politico.com

... Rand Paul wants to fast-track prosecution of former Covid czar Anthony Fauci.

The legal process will be fraught.

After the Kentucky Republican pushed a contempt of Congress resolution through his Senate committee on party lines Thursday morning " saying Fauci had impeded his investigation of the pandemic by refusing to answer questions last week " Democrats demanded he take it to the full Senate for a vote they could filibuster. Paul said he's going to instead take it straight to the attorney general.

For Fauci, the difference is massive. A failed Senate vote to hold him in contempt would show he's still got defenders after Republicans released a diary showing his enthusiasm for fame and then grilled him while he took the Fifth. A referral to the attorney general puts a decision on prosecution in the hands of a Trump Justice Department that has shown it's willing to play politics.

"Maybe he should" be prosecuted, President Donald Trump told reporters about Fauci on Thursday, referencing the contempt prosecutions of two of his allies, Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, that began when Democrats controlled Congress. "What he did is far more serious than a lot of crimes."

After his committee voted, Paul said he's sick of waiting to hold his pandemic nemesis accountable. "This way we don't sit a month waiting to determine whether or not to bring it to the Senate floor," he told reporters. "It will immediately be referred over, and I think it's important for them to look at." ...


Great voices:

Fred Neil, "Little Bit of Rain":

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Iconic album cover. I've been at that exact point more times than I can count. The little restaurant in the back under the liquor sign is Monte's, a perfect old-school NYC Italian joint that I hope is still there. Used to eat in there with my father on Sundays back in the 70s. Bookies lined up at the bar, keeping tabs on the games.

Chris Cornell?

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not all time, but some time

Aretha Franklin

"Nessun Dorma" LIVE 1998

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Or/And

Alexi Sayle - Ullo John Gotta New Motor

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Another view ...

www.newsnationnow.com

... "We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now," the majority wrote.

The panel split along ideological lines. The majority comprised U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett, an appointee of former President Obama, and U.S. Circuit Judge Brad Garcia, an appointee of former President Biden.

In dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, said the preservationist group that is challenging Trump in court had no right to sue and the project was likely within the president's authority.

"The district court seized supervision of construction at the White House, and my colleagues affirm this judicial overreach," Rao wrote. "Because the injunction is beyond the proper province of the federal courts, construction should be allowed to continue." ...


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