US must keep control of migrants sent to South Sudan in case removals were unlawful, judge rules
apnews.com

... A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts issued the ruling after an emergency hearing, after attorneys for immigrants said the Trump administration appears to have begun deporting people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan -- despite a court order restricting removals to other countries.

Murphy said the government must "maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful." ...

AOC's Chances of Beating Chuck Schumer in New York
www.newsweek.com

Yeah, the Democrats need to take a step back and evaluate their strategy for 2026.

BR5-49 -- Me "N" Opie (Down By The Duck Pond)
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Wow, genius.com has the lyrics. Color me surprised ....

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Spoken Intro]
Well, it looks like it's twelve-midnight, ladies and gentlemen. Is that right? Y'all know what that means: it's time to tell you the true story, all about the lost episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

It's a particularly heinous story about drug abuse and sexual deviance. Looks like it's right up your alley.

[Chorus]
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
They will come a-lookin' for Opie and me
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
Me and Opie down by the duck pond

[Verse 1]
I went [?] some homegrown [?]
Me up the side the head, I never felt that way
Aunt Bee said we'd be in dutch
If the sheriff ever caught us smokin' that stuff

...

[Verse 2]
I heard a little holler down in the woods
Sounded like someone saying, 'Mm mm good!"
I move a little closer, sneaking just like a squirrel
Otis was slurpin' up his favorite girl
...

Intaferon - Get Out of London (1983)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Hold tight

Monday morning, wake up yawning
Break an egg, bust my head, maybe it's a warning
Ring on the bell, says it's half-past eight
Keys on the TV, hey, I'm gonna be late

I'm walking on the pavement, skipping all the lines
So the bears don't eat me, send me to the salt mines
Get on the bus, but the bus don't stop
My feet are sitting downstairs, my head on the top
I can't see out the window 'cause there ain't no sun
I think somebody's tellin' me to g-g-g-g-g-g-g-get out of London

My feets keep movin', and I don't wear any socks
Can't stop singing, head ting-a-lingin'
Left my house, now I hang out in a phone box
Making coffins out of bits of old wood
Sell 'em cheap to the council, though I know it's not good
To be a traitor, collaborator
Still, I'd rather be a snitch than a cocktail waiter
Commit my crime now, pay my penalty later
Okay, all right, I know I'm doin' wrong
But save it till tomorrow I got to g-g-g-g-g-g-get out of London

Last night I lost my purity, it started with a kiss
I settled in to revel in a night of bedded bliss
I had a bee in my bonnet, a tiger in my tank
I was on my maiden voyage, but my liner just sank
They call me Jack of Hearts, some would say a knave
My mother was the Queen of Tarts, my baby was a sex slave
Pa's selling weapons to the Red Army Faction
I burn myself in public just to get a reaction
Tattoo my face, so my race is run
My car is on fire, got to g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-get out of London

Don't wear a suit, don't wear a smile
Don't wear my spikes out on the golden mile
Keep my hand on my gun, I keep my eye on my mines
I keep my heart on the beat when I'm running through the front lines
Chain gang chasin' me, but I'm quick as a fox
An' I rock my body to the sound of the box

The louder you scream, the faster we go
.../blockquote>

Didn't Zelensky impose a ban on talks with Putin? Not really (May 2025)
kyivindependent.com

... President Volodymyr Zelensky's willingness to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in Istanbul sparked a question over whether such a move contradicts his earlier decree.

In the fall of 2022, Zelensky signed a decree that "stated the impossibility of holding negotiations with Russian President Putin," as a response to Russia's illegal annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, parts of which Moscow didn't even control.

"He (Putin) does not know what dignity and honesty are. We are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but with a different president of Russia," Zelensky said at the time.

Moscow has cited Zelensky's decree as a ban on talks with Putin and used it as an excuse for avoiding direct talks with Kyiv. Putin has also falsely claimed that Zelensky lacks legitimacy and can't represent Ukraine.

Putin said that such talks would be considered "illegitimate" and therefore "their outcomes could also be declared illegitimate." Now, Putin himself said that he's open to direct talks with Ukraine.

According to a source in Ukraine's president's office, the decree was a "signal to those in Ukraine who wanted to speak (to Russians) bypassing the central government."

"Back then we stated the impossibility, now we can state the possibility, the president as the head of state determines this," the source added.

"There is no ban as such, the Russians twisted it."

What is the decree about?

The decree concerning negotiations with Putin was a response to the five decisions approved by the National Security and Defense Council adopted on Sept. 30, 2022. Days later, the document was signed by Zelensky.

Although the decree does not explicitly mention a ban on holding talks, many have seen it as a de facto ban on direct talks with Putin. ...

Minibar - Holiday From Myself (2001)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
If I was a friend of mine
I would surely be concerned
I'd recommend I take some time
Away from me

I think I need a holiday from myself
I need some time away from being me
I'm worried about my health
And I seem to be bad company

I need time
To be careless with my mouth
Not worry what I think about
'Cos it's all fine

I need the dawn
I never get to bed before
I don't sleep naked anymore
And I can't lie in

Imagine I could take a package deal
A SAGA tour of ancient Rhodes
A weekend break in Galashiels
Or circumnavigate the globe

I think I need
Two weeks in a caravan
To get away from who I am
And where I've been

So book me up
An all expenses pleasure cruise
Away from thinking about you
All the time

It's a bad sign
I need to kick back in the sun
I need to masquerade as someone else
I need to get myself some fun

I think I need a holiday from myself
...

Missing Persons - Destination Unknown (1982)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
Life is so strange when you don't know
How can you tell where you're going to?
You can't be sure of any situation
Something could change, and then you won't know

[Verse 2]
You ask yourself
"Where do we go from here?
It seems so all too near
Just as far beyond as I can see
I still don't know what this all means to me"

[Verse 3]
So you tell yourself
"I have nowhere to go
I don't know what to do
And I don't even know the time of day
I guess it doesn't matter anyway"

[Chorus]
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don't know
Your destination
And something could change
It's unknown
And then you won't know
Destination unknown
...

What is Israeli's destination?

Trump selects $175 billion Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader
www.reuters.com

... President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175-billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia. ...

Wait, what?

Pres Trump selected the design?

What leaks in that design has Pres Trump put in place to allow for Pres Putin to ~tap in?~

Like Pres Trump apparently decided the security needs of the documents he took to Mar-A-Lago?

Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says missile defence system
www.cbc.ca

... Donald Trump says Canada has asked to join the missile-defence program his administration is building, adding a new chapter to a long-running cross-border saga.

The U.S. president dropped that news in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he unveiled the initial plans for a three-year, $175 billion US project to build a multi-purpose missile shield he's calling the Golden Dome.

"Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it," Trump said. "They want to hook in and they want to be a part of it."

Canada will pay its "fair share," he added. "We'll work with them on pricing."

Ottawa confirmed it's talking to the U.S. about this.

In a statement, the federal government cast missile-defence discussions as part of the overall trade and security negotiations Prime Minister Mark Carney is having with Trump.

What this means is still extremely murky.

It's unclear what, exactly, Canada would contribute; what its responsibilities would include; what it would pay; and how different this arrangement would be from what Canada already does under the Canada-U.S. NORAD system. ...