The Trump administration has vowed to go after anyone who got lower mortgage rates by claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. President Donald Trump has used it as a justification to target political foes, including a governor on the Federal Reserve Board, a Democratic U.S. senator and a state attorney general. read more
OK, there are a few minutes left in this evening, and I have the ability to post one more link before tomorrow occurs. So here it is. Weekend Tunes.
What songs are observations of what might be happening now?
Or... whatever might be on your playlist at the moment.
Stated differently, what music floats yer boat? Let's have some fun...
One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather.
President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that his trade policies would trigger an "exodus" of manufacturing from China back to the U.S. But so far, many American companies that operate there are staying put. read more
Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris's defeat last November -- and grappling with the implications of President Trump's second term. For the moment, they are essentially a leaderless party. But that will change in due course. The 2028 presidential field looks wide open from this distance.
You oughta know ... uncensored ...
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
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Yeah, you don't hear that version on the radio ...
Unless you listen to college radio stations ...
@#2
Found this, that seems to be more along the lines of what I hear when I play the CD ...
What I Got By Sublime (HQ & HD Explicit with Lyrics)
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Sublime - What I Got (1996)
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Yea, some censoring in that official video, it differs from the CD version of the tune I have ...
@#2
Well, there's this ...
Chimps drinking a lager a day in ripe fruit, study finds
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... Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say.
They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste for alcohol from common primate ancestors who relied on fermented fruit - a source of sugar and alcohol - for food.
"Human attraction to alcohol probably arose from this dietary heritage of our common ancestor with chimpanzees," said study researcher Aleksey Maro of the University of California, Berkeley.
Chimps, like many other animals, have been spotted feeding on ripe fruit lying on the forest floor, but this is the first study to make clear how much alcohol they might be consuming.
The research team measured the amount of ethanol, or pure alcohol, in fruits such as figs and plums eaten in large quantities by wild chimps in Cte d'Ivoire and Uganda.
Based on the amount of fruit they normally eat, the chimps were ingesting around 14 grams of ethanol -- equivalent to nearly two UK units, or roughly one 330ml bottle of lager. ...
@#2 ... What I know is that ticket prices have become far too expensive ...
Yeah.
For years, it has seemed to be known that a band cannot make money unless it can fill up a large arena.
Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows: It's "Almost Impossible" to Make Money Touring Right Now
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So, what might that lead to?
@#295 ... News that doesn't glorify Donald Trump is always Fake News. ...
So... I'm not the only person to observe that?
Jefferson Airplane - Today (1967)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com
...
[Verse 1]
Today, I feel like pleasing you more than before
Today, I know what I wanna do, but I don't know what for
To be living for you is all I want to do
To be loving you it'll all be there when my dreams come true
[Verse 2]
Today you'll make me say that I somehow have changed
Today you look into my eyes, I'm just not the same
To be any more than all I am would be a lie
I'm so full of love I could burst apart and start to cry
[Verse 3]
Today, everything you want I swear it all will come true
Today, I realize how much I'm in love with you
...
OK, a song from more than a half-century ago.
But the lyrics seem to describe AG Bondi's relationship with Pres Trump, and why she seems to endeavor to please him at every turn.
Trump says he won't call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would waste time' (June 2025)
apnews.com
... President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would "waste time."
A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump "would be a President for all Americans."
One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and his wife sustained serious injuries in the shootings early Saturday. A suspect surrendered to police on Sunday.
The Republican president spoke to reporters early Tuesday aboard Air Force One as he flew back to Washington after abruptly leaving an international summit in Canada because of rising tensions in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. Asked if he had called Walz yet, Trump said the Democratic governor is "slick" and "whacked out" and, "I'm not calling him."
Presidents often reach out to governors, mayors and other elected officials at times of tragedy, such as after mass killings or natural disasters, to offer condolences and, if needed, federal assistance.
On the plane, Trump sounded uninterested in having such contact with Walz, who was the vice presidential running mate for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump. During the campaign, Walz often branded Trump and other Republican politicians as "just weird." ...
OpEd - PERSPECTIVE: The Real Threat to Democracy Isn't One Act of Violence. It's Our Reaction
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... The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a jarring, deeply painful moment for the country"no matter where you fall on the political spectrum. Tragedy invites emotion. That's human.
But history warns us: the greater threat to our democracy often isn't the act of one individual -- it's how the rest of us respond.
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln knew that America's undoing wouldn't come at the hands of a foreign army -- it would come from within. From division. From fury masquerading as justice. From mobs who believe their cause is righteous enough to burn the rules down.
"There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law."
-- Lincoln again
In the days of Lincoln, a mob meant fire in the streets.
Today, it can mean fire online"viral outrage that moves faster than facts, punishes with no due process, and multiplies the worst instincts of the crowd.
The digital mob doesn't need torches. A trending hashtag can destroy reputations, fuel conspiracy theories, or incite real-world violence in a matter of hours.
In many ways, it's more dangerous than a mob in the square"because it feels bloodless, distant, and justified.
The Founders saw this coming in their own way.
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire ... "
-- James Madison, Federalist No. 10
They knew that freedom would naturally give rise to conflict"and that's not a flaw, it's the design. But when factionalism is fed by unchecked emotion and echo chambers, it turns combustible. The purpose of our Constitution was to contain those flames"not fan them.
Even George Washington, in his Farewell Address, warned that the endless back-and-forth domination of opposing factions could rot a republic from the inside. He called it what it was: a "frightful despotism."
This is not a moment for escalation, for vengeance, or for gleeful tribal score-settling.
That's not justice. That's collapse. ...
Tonic - If You Could Only See (1996)
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