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Electronic - Vivid (2000)
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[Verse 1]
My imagination wants to see
The vivid colours of reality
There's a place out there beyond my grasp
A revolution in a looking glass
I've got to get this problem off my chest
I'm sick and tired of being second best
I'll rearrange my credibility
A fundraiser for a restless sea
[Bridge]
Don't ever doubt me
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Too Much Joy - The Kids Don't Understand (1996)
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Well they flash
Those half-knowing smiles
As they pass
Heroic profiles
Like they're in some book by Ayn Rand
Always working, always tanned
So satisfied but the kids don't understand
You kiss her
Don't even love you
It's a blur
She's getting on top of you
Sometimes you see stuff nobody planned
Stick your head back in the sand
Oh, don't worry cause the kids don't understand
Stuck your hands in the wet cement
In the soft spot of my skull
Well it stings
Lick your wounds if I could
No such thing
As a normal childhood
Give em paper, scissors and crayons
Give all those concerned a big hand
Maybe they deserve it, but the kids don't understand
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Gigolo Aunts - Everyone Can Fly (1999)
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Turn off your mind
And go back with me to a better time
Do you see the same moon I do
When I'm thinking of you
Well that's ok
We can try again another day
Do you feel the same breeze I feel
Lifting you up
Lifting me up
Lifting us up
'Cause everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
You just have to try
Turn off the lights
And don't be afraid of another night
Do the promises you couldn't keep
Make it hard for you to sleep
Well that's ok
Everybody makes the same mistakes
As the stars shine the night away
Let them lift you up
Let them lift you up
Let them lift you up
Cause everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
You just have to try
Did you ever stop and think when you were twenty '
You'd be where you are today
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Judge denies DOJ bid to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records
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... In his ruling, Engelmayer said that the government's submissions failed to prove its claim that the grand jury materials "contained undisclosed information of significant historical or public interest." He said that "with only very minor exceptions," the evidence from the Maxwell grand juries is "a matter of public record."
Engelmayer even pointed to the Trump administration's admission that much of the material "was made publicly available at [Maxwell's] trial or has otherwise been publicly reported through the public statements of victims and witnesses."
Thus, a member of the public familiar with the Maxwell trial who reviewed the grand jury materials that the DOJ proposed to unseal "would thus learn next to nothing new," the judge said. ...
@#4 ... "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that it was "unfortunate" that a federal has denied the Department of Justice's request to unseal grand jury transcript ...
Did she say why the Judge has denied the request?
Of course not.
Judge won't release grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend's Ghislaine Maxwell case
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... The decision was a blow to President Donald Trump, who had called for the release of transcripts as he seeks to dispel rumors and quell criticism about his long ago involvement with Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019. Trump campaigned on a promise to release files related to Epstein, but was met with criticism -- including from many of his own supporters -- when the small number of records released by his Justice Department lacked any real bombshells. ...
In his ruling, Engelmayer wrote that after privately reviewing the grand jury transcripts, anyone familiar with the evidence from Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking trial would "learn next to nothing new" and "would come away feeling disappointed and misled." ..
If you can believe it, the Judge's opinion gets more critical after that. ...
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... The best argument to release the transcripts might be that "doing so would expose as disingenuous the Government's public explanations for moving to unseal," Engelmayer wrote.
"A member of the public, appreciating that the Maxwell grand jury materials do not contribute anything to public knowledge, might conclude that the Government's motion for their unsealing was aimed not at transparency' but at diversion--" aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such," he said. ...
Clarence Thomas's Most Terrifying Wish Is About to Come True
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... Staver's argument alluded to Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in Dobbs, which overturned the nationwide right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
In his 2022 opinion, Thomas argued that the court "should reconsider" its substantive due process precedents, including contraception, same-sex marriage, and even same-sex relationships. ...
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