“So Deep In Love,” written and recorded by Eddy Giles, 1969.
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“Sea of Heartbreak,” written by Paul Hampton, with lyrics by Hal David, recorded by Larry Stephenson, 1981. Larry Stephenson (mandolin, vocals), Billy Wheeler (banjo), Gene Elders (fiddle), David Parmley (guitar, harmony vocals), Don Parmley (harmony vocals), Ed Ferris (bass).
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“Captains Outrageous,” a 1952 UPA theatrical cartoon featuring Mr. Magoo, directed by Pete Burness, written by Bill Scott, with music by George Bruns. Voice actors: Jim Backus and Jerry Hausner. A spoof of the 1937 film Captains Courageous. Note: In the 20th century, mocking people with disabilities was considered hilarious.
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What do CBS late night host Stephen Colbert, CNN reporter Erin Burnett, New York State Attorney Letitia James, DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Joe Scarborough, Rachel Maddow, Jimmy Kimmel, Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd, Seth Meyers, Brian Williams, Norm Eisen, Rep. Glenn Ivey, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have in common? They’re all people Donald Trump considers enemies, so Trump ally Vladimir Putin put them on the Russia sanctions list. Sadly, they won’t be able to travel to war-mobilized Moscow any time soon.
More:
“Russia’s Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies,” Peter Baker, New York Times
“Putin uses sanctions to target Trump’s perceived U.S. foes,” Steve Benen, MSNBC
“Moscow bans ‘500 Americans’ from Russia including CNN journalists,” Jonny Hallam and Tara John, CNN
Related:
“‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy,” David Smith, The Guardian
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Remember those cartons of federal documents that the defeated Donald Trump stole when he slunk out of the White House back in January 2021? Turns out he actively tried to hide them from the FBI.
It now appears two of Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago employees moved document boxes the day before an early June visit by FBI agents and a prosecutor. Even before recieving a subpoena in May, they had a “dress rehearsal” for moving sensitive papers.
Legal experts think this can be seen as clear evidence of Donald Trump’s criminal intent to defraud the government and retain illegal possession of government documents. Ya Think?
More:
“Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before FBI came for documents,” Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Spencer S. Hsu and Perry Stein, Washington Post
Update:
“Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House,” Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Kaitlan Collins, CNN
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“River Deep, Mountain High,” written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector, recorded in 1966. Ike Turner is lurking in the background of this promo clip, but the song is gloriously Tina Turner, the Wrecking Crew, and the Wall of Sound.
More:
“Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83,” William Grimes, New York Times
“‘Queen of rock ‘n’ roll’ Tina Turner dies at 83,” By Mike Davidson, Reuters
“Tina Turner, ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ whose triumphant career made her world-famous, dies at 83,” Hillel Italie, Associated Press
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The House GOP has been holding America hostage over federal borrowing, and the kidnappers have no problem killing their captives. Congressional Republicans raised US borrowing limits three times during the Trump administration, but now they’re threatening to send the nation into default, demanding draconian spending cuts before they let the US pay it’s debts. In fact, 25 percent of that debt was accumulated during the Trump presidency.
The borrowing cap has been raised 78 times since 1960, 49 times under Republican presidents, 29 under Democratic chief executives. Don’t believe the “running government like a business” hype; corporate securities are borrowed money. And running the country like a household? US household debt (mortgages, car loans, college loans, credit cards) is currently $17 trillion. If you default on your household loans, you’ll take down your family. If the GOP forces a federal government default, it will take down everybody.
The real problem isn’t federal spending, it’s federal revenue. Republicans have consistently reduced taxes on the rich and corporations, most recently under G.W. Bush and Trump. Now they say there isn’t enough money. Wow, wonder how that happened.
Apparently one of the cuts the GOP got in the recent compromise with the White House will reduce the IRS budget in hopes of reducung chances that tax-cheating rich Republican donors (and their corporations) will be made to pay the paltry sums the current rigged tax code requires. Not to be outdone, Ron DeSantis wants to abolish the IRS.
More:
“IRS faces $20B cut from modernization fund under debt ceiling agreement,” Jory Heckman, Federal News Network
“Debt Deal Cuts $21 Billion Of IRS $80 Billion, 87,000 New IRS Agents Stay,” Robert W. Wood, Forbes
“A Republican Win on IRS Funding May Be a Complicated One,” Fatma Khaled, Time
“Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio,” Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a holiday once known as Decoration Day, the time to remember those who fell in defense of our country. Memorial Day is now officially observed on a Monday to form a three-day holiday weekend, and the original significance has been distilled down to a 60-second Moment of Remembrance.
But there are 259,199 more minutes to a three-day weekend, and human nature abhors a semantic vacuum, so the holiday has acquired meanings in other realms:
Ceremony: Solemn ritual processions.
Ritual garb: White footwear.
Nutrition: Ceremonial meals.
Transportation: The Brickyard.
Economics: Door-Busters.
Calendar: Memorial Day is the official Unofficial Start of Summer.
The National Moment of Remembrance is at 3:00 PM to 3:01 PM (local time in each time zone) on Monday, May 30, 2022. U.S. Code, Title 36,114, Stat. 3078, Sec.(2)(7): “… reclaim Memorial Day as the sacred and noble event that that day is intended to be.”
For more about the origins of Memorial Day, see Burying the Dead but Not the Past by Dr. Caroline Janney.
Related:
“The forgotten history of Memorial Day,” Richard Gardiner, Quartz
“Why Memorial Day is often confused with Veterans Day (but shouldn’t be),” Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
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“Ghost Writer,,” written and recorded by Garland Jeffreys, 1977.
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“Got To Get Me A Job,” written by Don Alford, recorded by the Greyboy Allstars, 2022. Originally recorded by Ann Alford in 1971.
Karl Denson (vocal, sax), Elgin Park (guitar), Aaron Redfield (drums), Chris Stillwell (bass). Robert Walter (keyboards).
Greyboy Allstars website
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