For the title link I chose some earlier Pink Floyd. After their soundtrack excursions of the late 60's and very early 70's ..
... Any Colour You Like / Video taken from Set The Control For The Heart Of The Sun and Careful With That Axe, Eugene at Brighton Live at Brighton Dome, 29-06-1972 ...So ... what tunes are popping up on your playlists this evening?
Nearly two-thirds of Americans feel "dissatisfied" or "upset" with President Donald Trump's projects remaking the look of Washington, according to a new poll from The Washington Post released on Thursday. read more
Donald Trump is reportedly in 'revenge mode' concerning Iran, believing that military force is the only way to deal with its leadership, as the US military continues its 13th consecutive day of strikes. A senior administration official indicated that the US president is losing patience and sees few good options beyond continuing military action against Iran.
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows has a previously unknown Global Device ID (GDID), a permanent, unique digital identifier assigned to Windows devices that can tie a user's actions to their device.
The FDA hasn't said where the cases are or how they're linked. read more
@#20 ... The uber-wealthy have purchased our government ...
Along those lines ...
Elon Musk likely broke the law by promising voters $1 million payouts, Wisconsin board says
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Next stop, Trump Station? Administration wants to rename New York's Penn Station
apnews.com
... Will President Donald Trump's name grace one of the most famous -- and sometimes maligned -- landmarks in his hometown of New York City?
The Republican administration this week urged leading U.S. Senators to rename Penn Station as it undertakes a projected $8 billion redesign of the dreary, underground Manhattan transit hub that also happens to be the busiest in the western hemisphere. ...
@#6 .. It's meaningless and has no impact. Trump still carries a big stick ...
Oh, I agree that the polls showing Pres Trump's historic disapproval ratings may have little current impact.
Emphasis on "current."
They are not going to affect Pres Trump's big stick.
But the purpose of the polls is more forward-looking than the here and now of "current.".
The polls show that voters may want a change ...
Here's one ...
Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent
www.foxnews.com
... Several findings in the latest Fox News Poll show voters are unhappy and want major change, which bodes well for Democrats in November: President Donald Trump's job approval remains near a record low, more Democrats are motivated to vote, Republicans join Democrats and independents in rating the economy negatively, and 4 in 10 voters want "dramatic" or "revolutionary" change. Plus, more view the GOP as tied to elites than the Democratic Party.
Voters say Democrats can better handle income inequality (+22 points), healthcare (+21), inflation (+10), the economy (+9), and foreign policy (+7). Republicans hold the advantage on crime (+7 points), while government spending (Democrats +3) and national security (R +2) are more evenly divided. On immigration, the GOP had an 8-point edge in April. Now, Democrats are preferred by one point. ...
But how all that view change affects the outcome in November is, well, subject to the gerrymandering that Pres Trump has ordered to occur.
@#6 ... You can reject most if not all of what the GOP is doing but still stay far from socialism. ...
While I may not have a disagreement with that comment, I also note what the GOP seems currently to be doing to our Democracy.
For starters, trying to suppress the votes of those who do not usually vote for Republicans.
U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law (2016)
www.npr.org
...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."[emphasis mine]
The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."
The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....
Georgia's GOP House Speaker says vote-by-mail system would be 'devastating to Republicans' (April 2020)
thehill.com
..."... a multitude of reasons why vote by mail in my view is not acceptable," [Georgia state House Speaker David] Ralston went on, before adding "the president said it best, this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." ...
"The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to, you would never have a Republican elected in this country again," Pres Trump said...
Related ...
Trump Is Losing Patience Over the Iran War
politicalwire.com
... "President Trump was fed up," the Wall Street Journal reports.
"During a recent meeting in the Oval Office, he launched into a tirade against Iranian leaders, calling them scumbags and lunatics, and unleashing a series of expletives, according to a person who heard the comments."
"As the war in Iran enters its fifth month, Trump is increasingly frustrated that a conflict he once thought would be over in a matter of weeks has dragged on with no end in sight, administration officials and others close to the president said." ...
Yeah, speaking of Pink Floyd live....
Back in the day there used to be music released under the name of Screaming Abdabs. From what I understand of Brit slang, screaming abdabs is roughly the same as our American heebie-jeebies.
In any case, there's this live version of Echoes that I found ...
Pink Floyd (Screaming Abdabs) - Echoes
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