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Perhaps, this may be how Pres Trump views Ms Harp ...

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (1994)
www.youtube.com


Lyrics excerpt ...

www.azlyrics.com

...
I've never known a girl like you before
Now, just like in a song from days of yore

Here you come a-knocking, knocking on my door
And I've never met a girl like you before

You give me just a taste so I want more
Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw

'Cause now you got me crawling, crawling on the floor
And I've never known a girl like you before

You made me acknowledge the devil in me
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically

Hope that I'm talking allegorically
Know that I'm talking 'bout the way I feel
And I've never known a girl like you before

Never, never, never, never
Never known a girl like you before
...


"Hey, Bibi, thanks for showing me the double-tap technique you use on the defenseless Palestinians in Gaza. Works like a charm on the Ukrainians!"

"No sweat, Vlad. Thanks for trying to sell me stolen Ukrainian grains last April."

"Well, I tried Bibi. You're the type of Jew I can do business with, unlike that %@#^&* Volodomir Zelensky in Kiev."

"Zelensky's Jewish?"


The ICC indicted and issued international arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin (17 Mar 2023) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (21 Nov 2024) for alleged war crimes against the people of Ukraine and Gaza.

These indictments are merely allegations. To ensure a fair trial for both international fugitives, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu must both be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal to be held for them at the Hague at a future date.

"FUNNY"

As I cited in another thread ...

Gen Z turns against capitalism as DSA takes off
thehill.com

... Only 9 percent of Americans younger than 30 have a "very positive" view of capitalism, according to a new CBS/YouGov poll.

That shows a stark generation between Generation Z and older generations.

Thirty-three percent of people older than 65, or those in the baby boomer generation, said they have a very positive view of capitalism, while 23 percent of people aged 45-64, a group that includes Generation Xers and older millennials, view capitalism very positively.

Millennials in the 30-44 age range were closer to Gen Z, with just 15 percent saying they had a very positive view of capitalism.

Forty-one percent of respondents younger than 30 had a very negative or somewhat negative view of capitalism. That compares with 27 percent of those 65 and older, 32 percent of those aged 45-64 and 37 percent of those aged 30-44.

The data arrives amid a surge in democratic socialist victories across the U.S. -- and not just in progressive corners of the country. Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon (D) on Tuesday beat out the more moderate Alex Vindman (D) in the Democratic Senate primary in Florida, a state known for its sunshine, not socialism. ...



Ugly Americans - Boom Boom Baby (1998)
www.youtube.com

This seems to be the uncensored NSFW version. So I will defer the posting of lyrics.


Good-for-nothing Muslim-hating US Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) pleading for money to stop -- now get this -- Sharia Law from taking over "the land of the free and the home of the brave."

"It's up to us to end the chaos right now before these Islamists change 'In God We Trust' to 'In Allah We Trust.' Not over my dead body.

"The Democrats are doing it right under our noses. They're letting Sharia Law take root on American soil. Right Now. This is the red line.

"We BAN Sharia Law today, or our children will live under it tomorrow."

"Please send me money."

~snip~

Are Americans still falling for this phonus-bolonus malarkey from AIPAC?


"FUNNY"

...

... and then there are the negotiations between Iran and Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz ...

Oman, Iran seek deal to safeguard shipping through Hormuz Strait
www.dailysabah.com

So, the US is not involved in that deal?

Indeed, Pres Trump has threatened to bomb Oman.

Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal
www.bbc.com


Wow.

Oman"United States relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman%E2%80%93United_States_relations

... The United States relationship with Oman dates back 200 years, with American merchant ships making port calls in Oman as early as 1790. Oman was the first nation from the Arabian Peninsula to recognize the United States, sending an envoy in 1841.[1] ...


Bombing a long-term ally in the Middle East.


Secretary of War Crimes Pete Kegsbreath: Underqualified. Incompetent. Alcoholic. Vainglorious baboon. OPSEC failure. Misogynist. Walking Poison Ivy plant. Racist. Anti-LGBTQ. Career destroyer. Phony Christian. Sycophant. Former second-rate Faux News TV tumor. Blasphemer. Lothario. Witchhunter-General. Blunderer. Profligate money waster. Russophile.

"FUNNY"

From out in left field (but, what do you expect from King Missile?)...

King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool (1990)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Jesus was way cool
Everybody liked Jesus
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did

He turned water into wine
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into marijuana
Or sugar into cocaine
Or vitamin pills into amphetamines

He walked on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool

If you were blind or lame
You just went to Jesus
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool

He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Baryshnikov

Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Jesus was way cool

He told people to eat his body and drink his blood
That's so cool

Jesus was so cool

But then some people got jealous of how cool he was

So they killed him

But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went up to heaven
I mean, that's so cool
Jesus was way cool

No wonder there are so many Christians
...



Tom Waits - "Warm Beer And Cold Women"
www.youtube.com

Taj Mahal ~ ain't nobody's business
www.youtube.com

MUDDY WATERS -- BIG LEGGED WOMAN.
www.youtube.com

Champagne & Reefer
www.youtube.com

Patrick Sky
Child Molesting Blues
www.youtube.com

Betsy Legg "In The Early Morning Rain" 1971 US Private female Psych Folk

www.youtube.com

"According to the liner notes it was recorded at KINTEL Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

The "band" was pretty minimal, with Betsy performing acoustic guitar and singing alongside Pam Rose (lead guitar), and Laymon Jackson (bass).

The songs were written by Tim Hardin, Bob Dylan (two songs), Leonard Cohen (two songs), John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and Ian Tyson."

this appears to be the full album:

www.youtube.com

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#50 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 09:48 PM
And all your current alias seems to have in reply is deflection.
So, allow me to ask once again ...
How many ships per day pass through the Strait now? Yer up ...
What does your current alias see?

So either your "current alias" didn't read my post or your "current alias" now pretends it didn't read it - let me repost, it was at the end:

|------- Besides that, there are verified reports of US Navy escorting some tankers through (similar to Operation Earnest Will in 1987-88), near the coast of Oman - depending on source, anywhere from 3M to 8M barrels are flowing out... though both numbers are far less than ~ 20M pre-closure and the insurance on these is much higher, thus still affecting the price of oil futures. -------|

So, again, your "current alias" keeps ignoring the answer and now deflected a second time by trying to change the subject and move the goal posts from inane "The Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz may be a more potent force to face the world than Iran possessing a nuclear bomb" by asking non sequitur question about the flow of oil through the Straight of Hormuz.

And your "current alias" has not addressed at all the issue of "Trump has taught them that", which they obviously knew and tried using many times since 1980, as we [hopefully, now] know from history (see link in my first post) - if anything, the question is whether he understood what he was getting into, because knowledge or understanding of history (or much else) is not his strong suit.

Maybe you should retire your "current alias" shtick - it has an "arrogant, not too smart" look and doesn't serve you well.
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Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People (1975)
www.youtube.com


Lyrics excerpt ...

www.azlyrics.com

...
Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
...


Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970)
Beat-Club

www.youtube.com

What happens when you have too many psychedelics before your guitar intro:

www.youtube.com

(fortunately, your singer bails you out big time!)

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