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Local Democrats say they are "deeply troubled" by a video showing a Republican candidate for the Tolland Board of Education berating and threatening a 21-year-old in his garage during an apparent road rage incident last year. But the leader of the local Republicans says the party is not going to ask Judy Knoob to drop out of the race.
Jay Jones, Virginia's Democratic nominee for attorney general, mused about shooting then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert in text messages from 2022.
Ohio farmer Chris Gibbs believes the state of play for America's agriculturalists has been negatively affected by President Donald Trump's tariffs. Gibbs said farmers are taking major losses on top of U.S. commodities -- like corn, soybeans and wheat -- and it is putting them in a "hell of a mess." "Farmers don't have the working capital they need, or the cash flow they need to continue to pay the high expenses that we're experiencing," Gibbs said on "Morning in America with Hena Doba."
Lounge Lizards - Harlem Nocturne (1981)
www.youtube.com
No lyrics, it is an instrumental tune.
Enjoy.
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized (1983)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
...
Sometimes I try to do things and it just don't turn out the way I want it to
And I get real frustrated and it's like, I take my time and I try real hard
But no matter what I do, no matter what I try it never works out
It's like I concentrate on it real hard but it never works out
It's like, I need some time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going
"Hey, Mike, you know, we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems, lately, you know"
"And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better"
And I go, "No, it's okay, I'm having some problems, I'll figure it out myself"
"Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out"
And they go, "Why don't you talk about it? You'll feel a lot better"
And I go, "No, I don't want to. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out myself"
And they keep on bugging me
And it builds up inside, it builds up inside
...
@#9 ... Trump lied? ...
Well, yeah. What else does he have beside his lies?
GOP blames government shutdown on health care for undocumented people. That's false
www.npr.org
... The White House and congressional Republicans say that Democratic lawmakers caused the federal government shutdown as part of an effort to extend health care benefits to undocumented immigrants. However, as several independent experts interviewed by NPR note, that claim is false.
At the center of the standoff is the Trump administration's Working Families Tax Cut Act, also known as President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," signed into law in July.
Democrats say it amounts to tax breaks for billionaires and pays for them with deep Medicaid cuts. The White House insists the law protects taxpayers by preventing undocumented immigrants from getting government health benefits -- but such individuals were already barred from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, exchanges.
"It's a complete distortion," says Leighton Ku, the director of George Washington University's Center for Health Policy Research. It is "simply wrong in the details," he says. ...
@#116 ... Who is not placing blame is social Security recipients and military retirees as their monies continue to arrive on time. ...
"Essential"
What else yer got?
Maybe talk about ...
Do military members still get paid during a government shutdown?
thehill.com
... With some exceptions, most federal workers will not be paid during the government shutdown, including those that haven't been furloughed and continue to work, like TSA officers or air traffic controllers.
But what about members of the military? Are active-duty personnel still getting paid for performing essential defense services?
No, they're not. At least not immediately...
fwiw, and yet another thank-you to MSGT for showing me the media bias website...
RealClearPolling -- Bias and Credibility
mediabiasfactcheck.com
... Overall, we rate RealClearPolling as least biased based on minimal editorializing of content. We also rate them as High for factual reporting due to directly publishing polling data without commentary. ...
President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com
...
RCP Average 9/15 - 10/2
Approve: 45.3
Disapprove: 52.6
Spread: -7.3
President Trump Approval - Economy
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 9/29
Approve: 41.7
Disapprove: 55.3
Spread: -13.6
President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 9/29
Approve: 46.8
Disapprove: 50.1
Spread: -3.3
President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 7/16 - 9/29
Approve: 38.0
Disapprove: 60.2
Spread: -22.2
Diana Krall - Temptation (2004) (Tom Waits cover)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
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Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams
Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means
[Chorus]
Temptation
Temptation
Temptation
I can't resist
...
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease (1985)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
I'm not going down on my knees, begging you to adore me
Can't you see it's misery and torture for me?
When I'm misunderstood
Try as hard as you can, I've tried as hard as I could
To make you see
How important it is for me
...
@#10 ... We conquered measles. It came into America from overseas, when the borders where opened. That's not coincidence. ...
The coincidence in this is the lower vaccination rates of Americans.
If Americans were vaccinated, would this be something we are discussing?
My answer is, no.
But there has been an anti-vax movement in the United States that has caused an unwarranted susceptibility to measles.
Whether the cause of an outbreak is from our southern border, from someone returing from a trip to Europe or wherever.
The results are the same.
Person infected with measles visits 2 public places near New Albany, officials say
www.yahoo.com
Colorado announces another measles case linked to Turkish Airlines flight (june 2025)
www.cidrap.umn.edu
Passenger may have spread measles at 2 Newark Airport terminals in July (August 2025)
www.northjersey.com
Found this ...
YouTube Restrictions on Belarus and Russia Strengthen Minsk's Propaganda
jamestown.org
fwiw, I make zero effort to monetize my youtube channel. I just post (mostly music) videos, and let the copyright holders get their due money.