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Friday, August 01, 2025

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's bid to cancel deportation protections and work permits for more than 63,000 Nicaraguan, Honduran and Nepali immigrants, saying the decision by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared rooted in racism.


For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public.


Thursday, July 31, 2025

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is deadly in more than a quarter of kids diagnosed with the inflammatory brain disease.


President Donald Trump is now meeting with four-star general nominees personally, a notable departure from past practices that raises ethical concerns about the further mingling of political roles within the military's highest ranks.


U.S. inflation increased in June as tariffs boosted prices for imported goods ... read more


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Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (1997)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[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

[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

[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

[Bridge]
Mohammed Rafi (forty-five)
Lata Mangeshkar (forty-five)
Solid state radio (forty-five)
Ferguson mono (forty-five)
Bon public (forty-five)
Jacques Dutronc and the Bolan Boogies
The Heavy Hitters and the chi chi music
All India radio (forty-five)
Two in ones (forty-five)
Argo records (forty-five)
Trojan records (forty-five)
...


Folk Implosion - Insinuation (1997)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Commit an act of memory
Knuckle down or buckle under
Sing part of the scream, believe
Cut it down in the mouth of drama
...

@#4

And, fwiw ...

Newsweek -- Bias and Credibility
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... Overall, we rate Newsweek Right-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the right.

We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reported rather than high due to having to make corrections on false information after publication. ...


White House Reveals New Tariff Plan: Wat We Know
www.newsweek.com
... President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing tariffs from 10 percent to 41 percent on U.S. imports from dozens of countries and foreign economies.

The tariffs, which will take effect in seven days, include 25 percent on Indian goods entering the U.S., 20 percent on Taiwan's goods and 30 percent for South Africa's.

Two of Asia's poorest countries, Myanmar and Laos, face 40 percent tariffs on their exports to the U.S., while Syria faces the highest rate of 41 percent.

Canada faces tariffs of 35 percent on its exports to the U.S. ...

Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord (1969)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
I have finally found a way to live
Just like I never could before
I know that I don't have much to give
But I can open any door

[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody knows the secret
Everybody knows the score
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus 1]
I have finally found a way to live
In the colour of the Lord
...


Leon Russell - Magic Mirror (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verses 1-6]
I'm standing by the highway
Suitcase by my side
No place I want to go
I just thought I'd catch a ride

Many people look my way
And many pass me by
In moments of reflection
I wonder why

To the thieves I am a bandit, whoa
The mothers think I'm a son
To the preachers I'm a sinner
Lord I'm not the only one

To the sad ones I'm unhappy
To the losers I'm a fool
To the students I'm a teacher
With the teachers I'm unschooled

To the hobos I'm imprisoned
By everything I own
To the soldier I'm just someone else
Who's dying to go home
...


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