Trump Urges Tractor Makers to Cut Costs as Vexed Farmers Get Aid
finance.yahoo.com

... President Donald Trump pressured farm-equipment manufacturers to drop prices for tractors as he announced $12 billion in farmer relief, his latest efforts to address Americans' concerns about shaky economic conditions under his leadership.

Trump said Monday that his administration would give companies such as Deere & Co. permission to "take off a lot of the environmental restrictions that they have on machinery," blaming them for driving up costs for farmers.

The long-awaited farmer relief is a tacit acknowledgment that the president's sweeping global tariffs have burdened some American businesses, including farmers, by contributing to price pressures and shrinking export markets. ...

Sen. Cotton says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed two survivors
www.pbs.org

... A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows "nothing remarkable," the Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, and he would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon were to declassify it.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who backs President Donald Trump's campaign against suspected drug smugglers, is partially aligning himself with Trump and top Democrats in favor of releasing the video of the Sept. 2 attack. ...

Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
www.scrippsnews.com

... President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba, said Monday she is resigning as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, giving up her fight to stay in the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully.

In a statement posted on social media, Habba assailed the court's ruling as political, but said she was resigning "to protect the stability and integrity" of her office.

"But do not mistake compliance for surrender," she said, adding that the administration would continue its appeal. "This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me."

Habba said she would remain with the Justice Department as a senior advisor to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. ...

Japan and Australia urge calm after Chinese radar locks onto Japanese jets
www.abc.net.au

... In short:

The defence ministers of Japan and Australia have expressed concern during their scheduled talks in Tokyo on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets.

The incident occurred a month after the Japanese leader's recent remarks on Taiwan that stirred tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

What's next?

Australia and Japan have agreed to bolster military ties to lead the region's multilateral defence cooperation. ...

Relations between Japan and China have worsened after Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in early November that its military could get involved if China were to take action against Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own.

Australia and Japan, whose defence ministers held their scheduled talks in Tokyo on Sunday, expressed worry over the development.
Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi, left, and Australian counterpart Richard Marles

"We are deeply concerned by the actions of China in the last 24 hours," Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles told a joint news conference Sunday after holding talks with Mr Koizumi.

"We expect those interactions to be safe and professional."

Australia does "not want to see any change to the status quo across the Taiwan Straits," Mr Marles said, adding that China is his country's largest trade partner and he wants to have productive relations with Beijing. ...

Chinese jets point radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says
www.reuters.com

...
- - - China says Japanese aircraft were disrupting Chinese drills

- - - Most serious China-Japan military confrontations in years

- - - Radar illuminations considered a threatening act

- - - Australian minister 'deeply concerned' about China's action

- - - China-Japan relations soured over Japan PM's Taiwan comments

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, meeting with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles in Tokyo, said Japan would respond "resolutely and calmly" to China's conduct in order to maintain regional peace and stability.

But a Chinese navy spokesperson, Colonel Wang Xuemeng, said Japanese aircraft had repeatedly approached and disrupted the Chinese navy as it was conducting previously announced carrier-based flight training east of the Miyako Strait.

CHINA-JAPAN TIES STRAINED OVER TAIWAN ...

P (band)
en.wikipedia.org(band)

... P was an American alternative rock band formed in early 1993 by -------- Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes (vocals), actor Johnny Depp (guitar/bass), actor Sal Jenco (percussion), and songwriter Bill Carter (guitar/bass).[1] ...

Wait, what? Johnny Depp?

P - Michael Stipe (1995)
www.youtube.com

An interesting tune about a leading member of R.E.M.

P is a remnant of the group -------- Surfers.

-------- Surfers - Pepper (1996)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Cherese
She was sharing Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a racist
They were all in love with dyin', they were doing it in Texas
Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain
And then he lost his leg in Dallas, he was dancing with a train
They were all in love with dyin', they were drinking from a fountain
That was pouring like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

[Chorus]
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes

[Verse 2]
Some will die in hot pursuit in fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit while sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

[Chorus]
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how you look
Through other people's eyes
...

Heavy stuff.

Everlast - What It's Like (1998)
www.youtube.com

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (1997)
www.youtube.com

(that's the longer-length album version...)

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
This song, a tribute to Indian composer and singer Asha Bhosle ...

[Intro]
"Mai Keha Sadi Asha Jhinah Sadian Sukh Sabelian Nu Din Raat Nu Aoondian Hain, Kimarh Karke"

[Verse 1]
There's dancing, behind movie scenes
Behind the movie scenes - Sadi Rani
She's the one that keeps the dream alive
From the morning, past the evening
Till the end of the light

[Chorus]
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five

[Verse 2]
And dancing, behind movie scenes
Behind those movie screens - Asha Bhosle
She's the one that keeps the dream alive
From the morning, past the evening
Till the end of the light

[Chorus]
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five

[Verse 3]
And singing, illuminate the main streets and the cinema aisles
We don't care about no government warning
About that promotion of the simple life
And the dams they're building

...

[Post Chorus]
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Mine's on the forty-five
...

Len - Steal My Sunshine (1999)
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That video was filmed in Daytona Beach, FL., with a budget of $100k, from what I've read.