Some of President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks have stunned even the staunchest Republican lawmakers. From ex-Dem Tulsi Gabbard to the controversial former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the envelope has been pushed to new limits, even for Trump. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a House Ethics Committee report concerning the investigation into Gaetz threatens a squabble between Republicans across congressional chambers. Here's what you may have missed when newsmakers hit the airwaves this Sunday, November 17.
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Dennis McCarthy - Where My Heart Will Take Me (2001)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
(lyrics seems to be unavailable)
This tune seems to have a quite curious backstory...
Faith of the Heart
en.wikipedia.org
... "Faith of the Heart" is a song written by Diane Warren and performed by Rod Stewart, for the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Patch Adams. Stewart's version charted at number 3 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. It was warmly received by critics. The song was later covered in 1999 by Susan Ashton for her album Closer and released as her first single in the country music genre.
It was also recorded by English tenor Russell Watson as "Where My Heart Will Take Me" for use as the opening theme to the 2001 television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...
Notably, at the time, it was the first Star Trek theme song to have lyrics.
And, imo, those lyrics are excellent.
OK, now when I search for lyrics, and include Rod Stewart, the lyrics appear.
Lyrics excerpt ...
Faith of the Heart
genius.com
...
[Verse 1]
It's been a long road
Gettin' from there to here
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can feel the change in the wind right now
Nothing's in my way
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No, they're not gonna hold me down
[Chorus]
'Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm goin' where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anythin'
I've got strength of the soul
No one's going to bend nor break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith (I've got faith)
Faith of the heart
[Verse 2]
It's been a long night
Tryin' to find my way
Been through the darkness
Now I finally have my day
[Pre-Chorus]
And I will see my dream come alive at last
I will touch the sky
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No, they're not gonna change my mind
[Chorus]
'Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm goin' where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anythin'
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's going to bend nor break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith (I've got faith)
Faith of the heart
[Bridge]
I know the wind's so cold
I've seen the darkest days
But now the winds I feel
Are only winds of change
I've been through the fire
And I've been through the rain
But I'll be fine
[Chorus]
'Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm goin' where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anythin'
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's going to bend nor break me
I can reach any star
(I've got, I've got)
I've got faith
Faith of the heart
I'm goin' where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
And no one's going to bend nor break me
I can reach any star
'Cause I've got faith
'Cause I've got faith
Faith of the heart
[Outro]
It's been a long road
...
Wow, Sir Rod Stewart hit it out of the park on this one.
... Some of President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks have stunned even the staunchest Republican lawmakers. ...
Yeah, I agree with that astonishment.
But, what are those lawmakers going to do about it?
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Carnage Mix) (1984)
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fwiw, on the vinyl EP of this song that I have, the title is "Annihilation (Two Tribes).
@#7 ... Wow, Elon has quickly turned Trump into a president-in-name-only ...
That seems to be the case.
Mr Musk's comments seem to outweigh those of Pres-elect Trump.
My question, at this point is ... when will Pres-elect trump tire of Mr Musk's attention grab?
Stated from a different angle, when will Mr Musk leave Mar-A-Lago?
Donald Trump Jokes About Elon Musk: 'I Can't Get Him Out of Here'
www.newsweek.com
@#26 ... I miss listening / watching IMUS.. ...
Back in the day, I used to listen to Mr Imus. Indeed, as I drove on the highways from state to state to visit relatives for the holidays, I used to tune to his broadcasts, from one area AM station to another as I traversed the Country.
Don Imus
en.wikipedia.org
... Imus began his first radio job at KUTY in Palmdale, California in 1968. Three years later, he landed the morning broadcast position at WNBC in New York City.
He was fired from WNBC in 1977, worked for a year at WHK in Cleveland, and was rehired by WNBC in 1979. He remained at WNBC until it left the air in 1988, at which time his show moved to WFAN, which took over WNBC's former frequency of 660 kHz. Howard Stern's success with national syndication led Imus in the Morning to adopt the same model in 1993.
Imus was labeled a "shock jock" in his later career.[2] He was fired by CBS Radio in April 2007 after describing the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos". ...
Then his "shock-jock" apparently became his calling card. And facts seemed to suffer.
btw, the early days of FM radio...
FM Radio Reception Comes to US Cars in 1958
www.nutsvolts.com
... Radio technology was developed by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in 1895. However, this technology was not officially implemented in vehicles until the 1930s with the Motorola: the first-ever car radio.
The AM radio was first seen in American cars in the 1920s. Early car radios used the AM frequency, allowing drivers to listen to classics like Louis Armstrong's jazz or popular "Crooners" everywhere they went.
It started to become popular in the 1930s when most of the manufacturers of automobiles began to offer a built-in auto radio that was nicely integrated into the dashboard of the vehicle.
A circa-1930 brochure advertises a Motorola car radio. Courtesy of https://www.theglobeandmail.com.
Other suppliers offered less expensive ways to obtain an auto radio with alternatives to those sold by the car manufacturers. They offered both custom radios that fit into the dashboard like a factory radio and ones to mount under the dash that were more universal, less specialized, and frequently less expensive. Motorola became a big company by making excellent aftermarket automobile radios starting in the 1930s.
The first factory-supplied FM radio by a US automobile manufacturer was offered by the Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company in 1957 for their 1958 Lincolns. Ford sold the FM tuner for other Ford products except for the Thunderbird because the dash extended to a center console that covered the transmission hump. ...
@#11 ... This should have happened in 2014 when Barrack Obama watched Russians invade Crimea in violation of the Buddaphest Treaty signed in 1992 ...
I agree. But I do note, it is the Budapest Memorandum
en.wikipedia.org
... According to the three memoranda,[6] Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively removing all Soviet nuclear weapons from their soil, and that they agreed to the following:[emphasis mine]
Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act).[7]
...
But your comment also raises another question ...
There seems to be a push of late to get Russia and Ukraine to agree to a peace treaty to "end the war."
The war, btw, is actually Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country.
But I'll go with "the war" for the nonce.
OK, so let's say such a peace treaty is signed by Russia and Ukraine.
What has history told us about how well Russia sticks to the peace treaties it sign?
Your comment seems to indicate a certain, I'll say, question.
@#2 ... I can think of 1/2 dozen more pressing concerns regarding RFK Jr.'s nomination. ...
Yeah, there do seem to be major concerns.
He has no, zero, medical experience.
His anti-vax stance
He's a critic of the CDC
Dumping dead animals in Central Park, NYC
apnews.com
Decapitating a whale
... Kennedy's daughter recalled the whale incident in a 2012 interview with Town and Country magazine, which recently resurfaced and was shared extensively on social media. Kathleen Kennedy said when she was 6 years old, her dad got word that a dead whale had washed ashore. He got a chainsaw, cut off the whale's head and strapped it to the roof of their minivan for a five-hour drive home.
"Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet," Kathleen Kennedy recalls. "We all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out, and people on the highway were giving us the finger, but that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us." ...
I could go on, but I will say, this person is weird, even by Trump ~standards.~
@#6 ... The skateboard concept ...
First time I have heard that phrase.
Is this a correct citation for it?
Skateboard (automotive platform)
en.wikipedia.org(automotive_platform)
... A skateboard is a type of configuration for automotive chassis, used for automotive platforms of battery electric vehicles. The skateboard chassis includes a base structure or a platform, which houses the batteries, electric motors and other electronic components fundamental to an electric vehicle.
A skateboard chassis cuts down the cost and complexity of manufacturing and production of electric vehicles, as it is a self-contained platform, with all the necessary driving and electronic components integrated into it, and which can be mounted with a variety of bodies after scaling them into various sizes. The skateboard allows an automaker to design and manufacture vehicles in several vehicle categories and body segments without engineering each one independently. ...
@#2 ... How is that even constitutional? ...
There seems to be a prevailing opinion among the far-right that allegiance to a cult supersedes the sworn oath of allegiance to the Constitution.
Hitler Oath
en.wikipedia.org
... The Hitler Oath ... refers to the oaths of allegiance sworn by officers and soldiers of the Wehrmacht and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945.
The oath pledged personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler rather than loyalty to the constitution of the country. ...
@#7 ... Lawrence O'Donnell had an interesting reminder that Trump fires people after a few months. ...
Yeah, but that may have been more likely because of his first term when he hired more capable people instead of adulators.
The Pres-elect Trump team seems more concerned this time around to be vetting his nominees for loyalty to the MAGA-cult as opposed to loyalty to the Constitution.