M Is FOR MASHUP - April 19th, 2017
Big BRG Broadcast on Radio!
From DJ Useo
Only five days till the Big BRG Broadcast!
( Beatles Remixers Group
http://beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/ )
6 bootleggers doing six sets in six hours! Mark your calendar.
Only the finest Beatles boots will be heard!
Set 01 - AtoZ - 2100 GMT
Set 02 - MP3J - 2200 GMT
Set 03 - Budtheweiser - 2300 GMT
Set 04 - Sgt Mash - 2400 GMT
Set 05 - DJ Petrushka - 2500 GMT
Set 06 - DJ Useo - 2600 GMT
Starts April 21st 2100 GMT ( Around 2-3 pm Stateside )
All sets broadcast from here
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Yep! 6 Hours of Beatles bootlegs! Turn your friends on to the show!
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from Bruce
Stephen Crowley: Dad Photoshops Daughter In Dangerous Situations to Scare Grandma (Sad and Useless)
I've been photoshopping my kid into marginally dangerous situations. Nothing unbelievable, but enough to make people think "Wait, did he…?"
Lucy Mangan: "I am woman, hear me roar!" Lucy Mangan on why it pays to blow your fuse (Stylist)
There's not much to be said for moving house. There is a reason it remains third on the list of the most stressful experiences you can have in life, after bereavement and divorce (and may in fact lead to one of the other two after the latest bitter row about which mugs/rugs/cat you are keeping). It is an emotionally and financially draining hellscape and if I never do it again in my whole life it will be too soon.
Deborah Orr: Here's how to civilise Uber, and make the other 'death stars' work for us too (The Guardian)
If we want the tech behemoths to start behaving themselves we must tear our transfixed gaze from their exploits, and start using our brains instead.
Suzanne Moore: The lesson of Prince Harry's grief? We need mental health services for all (The Guardian)
Prince Harry has revealed that bottling up his grief after Diana died led to chronic mental health problems. He got help - but ordinary people still struggle.
Jonathan Jones: "Jeff Koons' Louis Vuitton bags: a joyous art history lesson" (The Guardian)
In championing the likes of Fragonard, Rubens and Titian, Jeff Koons' line of Louis Vuitton accessories brings high art to the high street - and shows off his sincere passion for painting.
Kirsten Salyer: It's a Mean, Sometimes Sad World - But Reading Can Help (Time)
As much as we may want to shield children from all the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things in life, too often we don't get a choice. Some parents may be facing that fact in the aftermath of the U.S. election, with increased reports of bullying at schools and children expressing anxiety and fear. Of course, there are many other problems life hurls at us, including family drama, personal trauma, grief. And kids have neither the benefit of experience nor the maturity of intellect to process all these difficulties.
ERIKA KINETZ AND ANNE D'INNOCENZIO: Ivanka Trump Cleared Hurdle For Chinese Trademarks Same Day She Dined With Xi Jinping
SHANGHAI (AP) - On April 6, Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world's second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
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took the day off.
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Home Repairs
David
Thanks, Dave!
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Teacher of the Year
See that woman in the lower left corner? That's the Maryland State Teacher of the Year. That's Sia Kyriakakos, she's one of the four finalists for National Teacher of the Year. She's also my daughter-in-law and mother of my two beautiful, talented granddaughters. I think she's gonna win.
Peace
--Joe
Thanks, Joe!
Good luck, Sia!
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Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp
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Current Events
Had to share these two priceless files that Janet sent
Janet shared the attached--would LOVE to see the Queen do this.
This makes me want to hurl (or maybe that's just the migraine I've had the last two days):
Kellyanne Conway's shameless commercial for Ivanka actually worked.
BLOTUS--Biggest Liar Of The US:
The armada Trump sent to North Korea wasn't actually there.
Can he barely write too?
We know Lumpy doesn't read (and probably can't read from evidence we've seen), but looking at him sign yet another executive order today--he signs the things, displays his signature so proudly, and then looks fiercely at the paper--as if to say "Yes! I did it! I wrote my name in big letters again!" Is it really that difficult for him to write?
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
Thanks, Linda (& Janet)!
So, I kinda like looking at graphology stuff - and found this one of Lumpy's signature kinda interesting.
Back in 64, he was fairly self-centered, but could pass for arrogantly normal.
Today's signature screams somebody created it for him, to suit the personality he's trying to project.
When I was at Disney, got kinda familiar with Walt's signature, but it turned out what was used as his signature was stylized by the art department because he liked the way it looked, and projected a better image.
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Patriot Act
Selected Readings
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CARROTS AND STICKS.
THE NEW UNITED STATES SECRET WEAPON!
MISSILE PORN!
SHOOTING DOWN A REPUG!
"STORM THE HEAVENS"
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM CHEAT 'EM.
"AND WHO DECIDES WHAT'S THINKABLE NOW, WHO'S DOING THE THINKING?"
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Last Night
Overcast and rather dreary.
RERUN
FRESH
Kicks Off Cross-Country Tour
Bernie Sanders
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders gained roars of approval from a friendly crowd on Monday as he called for a radical transformation of the Democratic Party into a grassroots movement founded on the tenets of his unsuccessful Democratic presidential campaign: fighting against the billionaire class and rigged economic and political systems.
Sanders, of Vermont, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, who faced some boos as he spoke, launched a cross-country tour together in Maine, where Sanders won the Democratic presidential caucuses. The tour will take them from Maine to eight other states, including Florida, Arizona, Montana and Nevada.
Sanders, who ran as a Democrat against Hillary Clintonbut returned to the Senate as an independent, said the Democratic Party must stop ignoring half the nation's states and take on corporate greed on behalf of the working class. Perez urged attendees to resist Republican President Donald Trump by winning seats in Congress, statehouses and school boards.
A crowd of roughly 1,200 filled the State Theatre, with the loudest cheers for Sanders and jeers at mentions of the "1 percent" and Trump's executive orders and proposed budget cuts.
"Our vision for the future of this country is a very different vision than yours," Sanders said, as he called for living wages, protecting Planned Parenthood and fighting income inequality.
Bernie Sanders
Rupert News Poised to Drop
O'Really
'Fox News Channel is poised to end the 21-year tenure of Bill O'Reilly (R-Loofah) on the news cabler amid a cascade of sexual harassment allegations.
O'Reilly's exit from the network he has been with almost since its inception is expected to be official later this week. The Murdoch clan that controls Fox News had originally backed the top-rated host of "The O'Reilly Factor," but the drumbeat of allegations of harassment from multiple women during the past three weeks has proven untenable for parent company 21st Century Fox.
Like the ouster last summer of Fox News chairman-CEO Roger Ailes (R-Horn Dog), O'Reilly's apparent downfall is a milestone for the industry and a signal of the second-generation Murdoch leadership now steering Fox. It's a dizzying turn of events for a TV veteran who has long banked on a loyal following and his stature as an influential voice in national politics.
Fox News declined to comment on a report by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday evening that it was preparing to cut its ties to O'Reilly. A source close to O'Reilly on Tuesday afternoon said there were no exit negotiations underway, but the tide appeared to shift just a few hours later.
The groundswell of pressure on O'Reilly and the leaders of 21st Century Fox started April 1 when the New York Times published a detailed report of $13 million in settlements that O'Reilly and Fox News had paid out to five women. The report sparked advertiser defections and public pressure campaigns by organizations such as UltraViolet and Color of Change.
O'Really
Volcanic Island May Hold Key To Coral Survival
Japan
The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.
The seabed of Shikine island is a "living laboratory" for researchers aboard the schooner Tara, a French-led scientific expedition, who are looking for clues to help protect coral from the damaging effects of climate change.
While coral reefs cover less than 0.2 percent of the ocean surface globally, they host some 30 percent of marine animal and plant species, serving as a source of food and offering protection from predators.
Shikine's unique conditions -- created by underwater volcanoes that flood some of its coves with CO2 and make it less alkaline -- mimic what scientists say will be the impact of unchecked carbon emissions on the world's oceans by 2100.
Researchers say the waters in parts of Shikine, located 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Tokyo, offer a glimpse of how marine life -- including corals -- can fare in less alkaline water.
Japan
Discovers 3,000-Year-Old Tomb
Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a nobleman from more than 3,000 years ago, the latest in a series of major discoveries of ancient relics that Egypt hopes will revive a tourist business that has been hit by political instability.
The find near the Nile city of Luxor, is the tomb of Userhat, a judge from the New Kingdom. It consists of an open court leading into a rectangular hall, a corridor and inner chamber, the Ministry of Antiquities said on Tuesday.
In one of the rooms in the tomb, archaeologists found a collection of figurines, wooden masks and a handle of a sarcophagus lid. Excavation is continuing in a second chamber.
Earlier this year, Swedish archaeologists discovered 12 ancient Egyptian cemeteries near the southern city of Aswan that date back almost 3,500 years.
Egypt
Lawsuit Over Foreign Payments Expands
T-rump
A nonprofit watchdog expanded a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump (R-Grifter) of violating the Constitution by letting his hotels and restaurants accept payments from foreign governments.
The amended complaint filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan adds a restaurant trade group, whose members include nationally known chefs Tom Colicchio and Alice Waters, and a hotel events booker in Washington, D.C. as plaintiffs.
It is intended to address concern over whether the watchdog, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, was itself harmed by Trump and had standing to sue at all.
The amended complaint said Trump violates the Constitution's "emoluments" clause, which bars him from accepting various gifts from foreign governments without congressional approval, by maintaining ownership over his business empire despite ceding day-to-day control to his sons, Eric and Donald Jr.
It said members of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United Inc, which represents more than 200 restaurants and nearly 25,000 workers, have improperly lost business, wages and tips to Trump's competing businesses.
T-rump
Twitter Time
T-rump
Donald Trump (R-Fabulist) on Tuesday blamed -- without proof -- his predecessor Barack Obama for allowing the MS-13 criminal gang to take root in US cities.
The MS-13, also known as the Mara Salvatrucha, is one of the criminal groups behind a wave of violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The gang was formed in Los Angeles by Salvadoran immigrants fleeing civil war in the 1980s. The gang, however, remains active in the United States.
The FBI formed a special task force in 2004 -- before Obama took office -- focused on investigating and prosecuting MS-13 members.
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
T-rump
Paris Climate Deal Postponed
White House
A White House meeting that was to help determine whether the United States should withdraw from the Paris climate accord has been postponed, an administration official said on Tuesday.
Some of Donald Trump's (R-Crooked) top advisers, including Energy Secretary Rick Perry (R-Gov. Good Hair) and Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt (R-Oil Industry), were scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss how Trump should handle the 2015 climate deal.
The meeting was canceled because "some of the principals are traveling today," the White House official said.
The meeting will be rescheduled, but no date has been set, the official said.
The accord, agreed on by nearly 200 countries in Paris in 2015 and ratified in 2016, aims to limit planetary warming in part by slashing carbon dioxide and other emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Under the pact, the United States committed to reducing its emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.
White House
Expands Program
Sessions
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R-Atavistic Racist) moved Tuesday to expand an Obama administration initiative to allow more tribal authorities access to federal anti-crime databases - an action long sought by tribes from the Metlakatla of Alaska to the Oneida of New York.
The attorney general's announcement was part of a broader package to improve the sometimes-strained relationship between federal authorities and Native America.
Complex historical, cultural and legal relationships between tribes and the U.S. government have complicated that effort in the past.
As part of the program, the Justice Department will hold a series of "listening sessions" with tribal leaders and law enforcement officials to better understand the challenges Indian reservations face in addressing crime.
The department also said it established a working group, comprised of federal officials from 12 agencies, to increase collaboration between U.S. authorities and those in sovereign Indian nations.
Sessions
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 11.89 million.
2. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 10.31 million.
2. "Stayin' Alive: Grammy Salute to the Bee Gees," CBS, 10.31 million.
4. "The Voice" (Monday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 9.88 million.
5. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 9.43 million.
6. "NCIS," CBS, 9.06 million.
7. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 8.49 million.
8. "Survivor," CBS, 8.32 million.
9. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.16 million.
10. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 7.76 million.
11. "Bull," CBS, 7.42 million.
12. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 7.19 million.
13. "Mom," CBS, 6.84 million.
14. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 6.61 million.
15. "Empire," Fox, 6.59 million.
16. "MacGyver," CBS, 6.57 million.
17. "Scorpion," CBS, 6.41 million.
18. "Chicago Med," NBC, 6.36 million.
19. "The Great Indoors," CBS, 6.11 million.
20. "Kevin Can Wait," CBS, 6.05 million.
Ratings
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