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Dummkopf Trumpf will commute her sentence and bleat that Ghislaine Maxwell "served her time" or "cooperated with investigators."

Blotto - I Wanna Be A Lifeguard (1980)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Selling shoes
Another loser working in a shopping mall
9 to 5
A slave driver telling me "Get on the ball!"
A crowded store
I kneel before them
Misery beyond compare
Sweaty socks
A lady boxer
What's she got against fresh air?
I want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion
Take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach

CHORUS
I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (help, help, help, help)
I, I, I wanna guard your life
...



OK, here's a tune with a story behind it ...

Love & Rockets - Haunted When the Minutes Drag (1986)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
The word that would
Best describe this feeling would be, 'haunted'
I touch the clothes you left behind
That still retain your shape and lines, still haunted

I trace the outline of your eyes
Blue in the mirror, hypnotized and haunted
I find a solitary hair gone
And still I reminisce, I'm haunted

Haunted by your soul
Haunted by your hair
Haunted by your clothes
Haunted by your eyes

By your soul, by your hair
By your clothes, by your eyes
By your voice, by your smile
By your mouth, by your soul

By your hair, by your clothes
By your eyes, by your voice
By your smile, by your mouth
By your soul, haunted (haunted)

So this is for when you feel happy
And this is for when you feel sad
And this is for when you feel...
Nothing

Ohh, when the minutes drag
Ohh, when the minutes drag
...


More from the article ...

... The Department of Homeland Security said agents were conducting immigration enforcement operations near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue when an unknown man driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and drove off.

DHS further alleges a group of people also threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol's vehicle. The Chicago Police Department was called in for help and cleared the scene.

CPD said their officers were sent to the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue for reports of shots fired at federal agents. Officers secured the scene and there are no reports of anyone hit by gunfire.

One police officer, however, was accidentally hit by a GMC pickup truck driven by a 20-year-old woman. The officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital in good condition, while the woman was issued two citations, according to CPD.

The suspect who reportedly fired shots at the agents and the Jeep he was driving have not been found.

Those who live in the area, however, are accusing federal agents of being aggressive.
Judges use Laken Riley Act to order detained immigrants' release

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) said he asked agents for warrants and identification after hearing they tried to detain a man in a vehicle.

"When we arrived here, there was an 11-year-old little girl dragged by these masked individuals and the neighbors are trying to surround to make sure that they didn't take her," he said.

Sigcho-Lopez added that witnesses told him agents broke the window of a car. ...


Planet P - Why Me? (Extended Version, 1983)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Sitting up here watching all the lights blink down below
The earth is turning, why does it go so slow?
Thinking about the girl I left behind
Houston can you hear me, or have I lost my mind?
Why me? Why me?

I was waiting on the pad, all systems were go
The man up in the tower was enjoying the show
Then I got this feeling that I never had before
Hey let me out of here, what am I here for?
Why me?

There must be a thousand other guys
Must be some other way to look good in your eyes
Why am I up here? What do they see in me?
Must be one thousand other places to be
Why me? Why Me?

The last man to be here was never heard from again
He won't be back this way till 2010
Now I'm riding on a fountain of fire
With my back to the earth, I go higher and higher
Why me? Why me?
...



@#4

... and ..

Trump signs executive order facilitating TikTok deal (September 25, 2025)
www.nbcnews.com

... The deal will allow for these American investors to control the app's algorithm, Vance said. TikTok's unique algorithm, which curates the type of content users see in their feeds, made the app's For You page famous for its engagement-driven personalization that democratized virality and transformed online culture.

When asked whether he wants to see the new algorithm suggest more MAGA content, Trump told reporters, "I always like MAGA-related."

"If I could make it 100% MAGA, I would, but it's not going to work out that way, unfortunately," Trump said. "No, everyone's going to be treated fairly. Every group, every philosophy, every policy will be treated very fairly." ...




Related ...

Can Trump Turn TikTok MAGA?
prospect.org

... Last week, President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss his interest in a deal to transfer majority ownership of TikTok to U.S.-based corporations. Although China's Commerce Ministry said they would work with the U.S. in resolving issues related to the app, the meeting did not lead to a final pact or provide more clarity about the future of TikTok just yet.

But Trump is keen to attract young Americans to the MAGA banner by positioning himself as the liberator of their beloved app. After he signed Executive Order 14352, "Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security," at the end of September, he posted his own celebratory TikTok: "To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big," Trump said. What does Trump's interest in TikTok mean for the future of the app -- and for young Americans -- if it comes under the sway of the White House?

After making the case that TikTok was a national-security threat, Trump did a 180 in the weeks leading up to his re-election. ...




@#26

I also like ...

Thin White Rope - Hidden Lands (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

https://genius.com/Thin-white-rope-hidden-lands-lyrics

...
Looks like the sun can light
Your features from behind their hidden side
Speaking of an age has yet to come

Without the sun the grass
Would never grow and time would cease to pass
And everyone would stay just the same

Guess it's the sun that shrinks
The houses and the streets of the town
Especially my house which used to have these hidden lands
...




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