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Depeche Mode - People Are People (1984)
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[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
So we're different colours and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what could I have done?
[Pre-Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
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Middle East: US withdraws embassy staff amid Iran tensions
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... US President Donald Trump said the move was being made because "it could be a dangerous place" as nuclear talks with Iran falter. Meanwhile, a US-backed group in Gaza said Hamas attacked its workers. DW has more. ...
Donald Trump's Odds of Winning Nobel Prize Climb (May 15, 2025)
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... President Donald Trump has the best odds of winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to new data released by a large oddsmaker.
Why It Matters
On March 5, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced that 338 candidates have been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, including 244 individuals and 94 organizations -- a drastic increase from the 286 nominees in 2024.
Four U.S. presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt (1906), Woodrow Wilson (1919), Jimmy Carter (2002) and Barack Obama (2009).
What To Know
Trump has been nominated multiple times for the prize over the years, including by U.S. and Ukrainian lawmakers as well as members of Norwegian and Finnish parliaments -- all previously crediting the first Trump administration's Abraham Accords treaty in September 2020 that normalized Middle East relations and was signed by Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. ...
Shriekback - Nemesis (1985)
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"...Quoting directly from Shriekback's blog:
The seed idea was simply the notion that one could make a deliberate moral choice to do evil rather than good..."
[Verse]
In a jungle of the senses
Tinkerbell and Jack the Ripper
Love has no meaning, not where they come from
But we know pleasure is not that simple
Very little fruit is forbidden
Sometimes we wobble, sometimes we're strong
But you know evil is an exact science
Being carefully, correctly wrong
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US pork processing: preparations underway for mass deportations of illegal workers (Dec 27, 2024)
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... The US meat processing sector relies on the use of illegal workers and is therefore scrambling for solutions in the face of President-Elect Trump's plans for mass deportation of illegal migrants. Trump has stated that he will begin, after his inauguration 20 January, with criminal illegals and then deport others.
According to Wired Magazine, "around 23% of workers in the meatpacking industry are undocumented." Comments from packers such as Christensen Farms (owner of two of the largest pork processing plants in the US, Seaboard Foods in Oklahoma and Triumph Foods in Missouri), JBS and Tyson have been scarce on this issue. ...
An update ...
Photos show accuser in NYC crypto kidnapping leaving house freely, defense lawyers say
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... A man who says he was kidnapped by two crypto investors for his Bitcoin was seen in photos and videos "laughing and smiling" and moving about Manhattan freely during the days he claimed he was tortured in captivity, lawyers for the two suspects said in court Wednesday.
William Duplessie, 32, and John Woeltz, 37, pleaded not guilty and were ordered held in custody until their next court date on July 15. Prosecutors argue the man was clearly in distress because he ran barefoot and bloodied to the nearest police officer after escaping 17 days in captivity.
However, Duplessie's lawyer said Wednesday that videos show the accuser participating in group sex and smoking crack cocaine while "laughing and smiling the whole time." In other photos, Sam Talkin said, the accuser is seen visiting an eyeglass store with one of the defendants and could have fled or sought help at any time.
"The story that he is selling doesn't make sense," Talkin said in Manhattan criminal court as the defendants were formally arraigned. ...
A story on the news here ...
A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in an NYC apartment for weeks (May 25, 2025)
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... A cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a man and keeping him locked up for weeks in an upscale Manhattan apartment, where authorities say he was beaten, shocked and led to believe that his family was in danger if he didn't give up his Bitcoin password.
John Woeltz, 37, was arrested Friday night after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom town house and flagged down a traffic officer on the street for help, according to prosecutors. ...
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