VP JD Vance and Gen. Dan Caine raised concerns about munitions stockpiles and civilian casualties during a Friday White House meeting on Iran.
An automotive journalist is sharing his pulse-pounding story of being boxed in and temporarily detained by police in Minnesota after Flock cameras mistakenly flagged the license plate of his vehicle as stolen. read more
A possible ecological catastrophe could be fueled by stalled ships as conflict over the Strait of Hormuz continues to block traffic on the passageway, scientists say. read more
The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement explain why it has purchased commercial spyware capable of covertly taking control of phones as well as collecting messages, photographs, location information and other personal data. read more
It took eight trips in three vehicles over nine hours in sweltering heat before the 800 cow-calf pairs finally had enough water to make it through to the next day -- maybe two. read more
David Bromberg - Mr. Bojangles (1977)
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My fav version of this tune.
Lyrics excerpt ...
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genius.com
[
Spoken by David Bromberg, "This is really a true story, ya know. A lot of people had heard the song. And well, at least Jerry Jeff has told me it was a true story.
I played guitar with Jerry Jeff Walker for about two years and we did this song every night for two years. And I never got tired of it. Jerry got a little tired of it.
At night after the clubs closed we would do horrible things to it.
It was a true story, he, this guy, Bojangles was a, he was a street dancer in New Orleans. What he do was go from bar to bar, and ah, he put-a, put money in the jukebox or get someone else to do it. And then he would either dance or pantomime the tune, right.
And for that people would buy him drinks, get him pretty drunk, and then he would go onto the next bar and, the next one until it was closing time.
And then he would do it the next night.
And after a few night of this, he would end up on the corner and the cops would pick him up and take him to the drunk-tank; which is where Jerry Jeff met him.
Ah, Jerry Jeff wasn't there on a research project, I... I mean the way I got that story, I, I may have that wrong, but the way I got that was he propositioned the right woman, at the right time, in the wrong place.
And her husband, the bartender... ah, called the cops and they, ah, they took Jerry, ah, to the parish jail. And he, he and this guy just talked for three days in the cell about, you know about what he does."
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From the More soundtrack ...
Pink Floyd - Cirrus Minor
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Pink Floyd - Cymbaline
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Pink Floyd - The Nile Song
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Pink Floyd - Green Is The Colour
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etc ...
Enjoy!
From Obscured by Clouds ...
Pink Floyd - Childhood's End
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(a quiet, slow, fade-in starter, so be patient ...)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
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... Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album, and second soundtrack album, by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 2 June 1972 by Harvest and Capitol Records. It serves as the soundtrack for the French film La Valle, by Barbet Schroeder. It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring, and produced by the band.
The album's only single was "Free Four". Obscured by Clouds has been seen as a stopgap for the band, who had started work on their next album, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The album reached number six in the United Kingdom and number 46 in the United States; retrospective opinions from both fans and critics have been mixed, some critics noting the similarities to their later material. ...
More (soundtrack)
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... More is the first soundtrack album and third studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 13 June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on 9 August 1969 in the United States by Tower Records.[3] The soundtrack is for the film of the same title, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza and was the directorial debut of Barbet Schroeder. It was the band's first album in which their former frontman and principal songwriter Syd Barrett had no involvement.
The album was a top ten hit in the UK, but received mixed reviews. Several songs were performed in Pink Floyd concerts over the following years. ...
Back in the day, before pink floyd became PINK FLOYD!!!
They were a soundtrack band.
OK, the songs are too numerous to mention individually, but let me note the movies and, if available, the soundtracks ...
Zabriskie Point (film) (1970)
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... The soundtrack to Zabriskie Point includes music from Pink Floyd, The Youngbloods, Kaleidoscope, Jerry Garcia, Patti Page, Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, and John Fahey. Roy Orbison wrote and sang the theme song, over the credits, called "So Young (Love Theme from Zabriskie Point)".
Unused music
Richard Wright of Pink Floyd wrote a song called "The Violent Sequence" for inclusion in the film.[15] Antonioni rejected the song because it was too subdued and instead synchronized a re-recording of the band's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", retitled "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up", with the film's violent ending scene. Roger Waters states in Classic Albums " Pink Floyd " Making The Dark Side of the Moon that while he loved the song, Antonioni said it was "too sad" and that it reminded him of church. Eventually it was reworked into a new song known as "Us and Them", which was released on their album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. "The Violent Sequence" remained unreleased until it was included on a 2011 boxed set of Dark Side of the Moon, where it was named "Us and Them (Richard Wright Demo)".[15]
Other discarded pieces recorded for the film by Pink Floyd were released on a bonus disc with the 1997 CD re-release of the soundtrack album, along with pieces by Jerry Garcia.[15] ...
fwiw, Richard Wright in the PBS special, "The Making of Dark Side of the Moon" acknowledges that early versions of "Us and Them" were in that soundtrack.
Another ...
The Death Zone': How Russia Is Luring Africans to Ukraine (May 2026)
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... A growing number of men across the continent say they are being promised jobs in Russia, only to be forced into the war. Some go as mercenaries, but many more are drawn unwittingly. ...
Also, I've been seeing reporting along these lines ...
Lured by Russia, African soldiers end up on deadly front lines of Ukraine war
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... Investigations and testimonies describe how African recruits were promised jobs or support roles, then were sent -- often unknowingly and with language barriers -- to the front lines fighting for Russia in Ukraine, with very high casualty rates reported. ...
... This time, Trump's fictional story was about wind energy. He has for years railed against it, tried to thwart it and made false claims about it " including a phony anecdote about how, in places where wind power is used, people can't turn on their TVs when the wind isn't blowing. ...
Pres Trump dislikes wind turbines (the correct name for what he calls "wind mills") because he apparently does not like to see them on the horizon.
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee (2012)
www.parliament.scot
... The witnesses may begin by making a brief opening statement of two or three minutes.
Mr Trump, would you like to start?
Donald Trump Sr (Trump Organization)
Thank you. I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak. We are addressing a very serious problem. In my opinion, it is one of the most serious problems that Scotland will have or has had.
I am all for renewable energy -- I believe in wave technology and tide technology, and I believe that you have great opportunities for other forms of energy, such as hydro -- but wind turbines, made in China, will lead to the almost total destruction of Scotland's tourism industry.
Recently, a very unattractive wind turbine was put up right on the course at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. The club did not know about it and the members are going absolutely crazy. I said, "And you haven't seen the worst. Wait till they turn it on and you hear all the noise." They do not know what to do. They did not know that it was going to happen; they were blindsided.
The fact is that I have built what I said I was going to build, except that it came out even beyond what I said. Everybody agrees with that, and I have brought some magazines that feature the course. I have spent a tremendous amount of money"the project is debt free; there is no debt on the property"building what many already consider to be the greatest golf course anywhere in the world. I do not want to see it destroyed by having 11 monstrosities built that loom over it, literally 1 mile away. The development is land based, not sea based, because when it is 1 mile away, we are talking about a land-based development. We do not want it to happen. ...
Chic Brodie
My question is this: where is the clinical evidence, not an opinion? I want an empirical assessment. Who has produced it? Will you share it with the committee?
Donald Trump
First of all, I am the evidence. You know what? I think that I am a lot more of an expert than the people who you would like me to hire, who are doing it to make a paycheck. I am considered a world-class expert in tourism. When you ask, "Where is the expert and where is the evidence?" I say: I am the evidence. ...
Flock cameras go up in flames as cops hunt suspected firebugs
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... Dougherty County Police Department (DCPD) near Albany, Georgia, is appealing for help from the local community after someone set two Flock Safety cameras on fire.
Police initially investigated whether the automated license plate readers (ALPRs) had malfunctioned. After examining evidence from both scenes, however, officers reclassified the incidents as criminal damage to property.
In an update communicated to journalists, reported by Fox 5 Atlanta, DCPD revealed nothing about what caused the fires at the 2400 block of Radium Springs Road near the intersection of Williamsburg Drive, nor did it offer any details about potential suspects that might help generate tips.
The locations provided by police closely correspond to two reported ALPR locations mapped on the deflock.org platform, a community-driven project to map these cameras across the US. ...
Speaking of screwworms...
U.S. lifts ban on cattle imports from Mexico
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... The Department of Agriculture on Friday lifted a ban on cattle imports from Mexico that had been in place to contain the spread of a parasite threatening U.S. livestock.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said Douglas, Ariz., would be the first port of entry to be open on Aug. 24.
All cattle imports from Mexico were halted by the Biden administration in November 2024, when the first cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm were detected in the south of the country. ...
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