M Is FOR MASHUP - May 30th, 2018
Mashup Videos For May
By DJ Useo
Hosting can be a bit of a bother for mashup videos, still, there's some people who are allowed. Here's a wonderful batch of vids you will find incredibly appealing. Please enjoy.
01 - Jesus Cadena -
John Newman ( Love Me Again ) vs (do ya think im sexy ) Rod Stewart
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgLvtxmJfQA )
02 - Xam -
Camila Cabello vs Deorro and Chris Brown - Five more Havanas
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7DVJbOorDA )
03 - SMASH -
Don't Go Slow (Yazoo vs. Kylie Minogue)
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX7MwEMTDOo )
04 - AtoZ -
Born to Remember It Still ( Portugal The Man vs Bruce Springsteen vs Harry Nilsson )
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0vwZo1Rz80 )
05 - DJ Earworm -
One Direction Mashup
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLEIdOXvq6g )
There you go. A little something for everybody. & make sure to check out the earworm 'One Direction' mix. It wonderfully elevates all.
Back next week with the highly anticipated Audioboots' 90s Mashed all-new comp.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Trump's Manchurian Trade Policy (NY Times Column)
Using phony national security arguments against allies, ignoring real threats from dictatorships.
David Leonhardt: Democrats Are Running a Smart, Populist Campaign (NY Times)
Stacey Abrams and Conor Lamb are supposed to represent opposite poles of the Trump-era Democratic Party. […] But when you spend a little time listening to both Abrams and Lamb, you notice something that doesn't fit the storyline: They sound a lot alike. They emphasize the same issues, and talk about them in similar ways. […] They come across as ideological soul mates, both upbeat populists who focus on health care, education, upward mobility and the dignity of work. […] the Democrats are defying the clichés about their division and disarray. They're giving themselves a good chance to win.
Matthew Yglesias: "NFL owners are stifling speech, but it's not called 'no-platforming' when you're rich and own the platform" (Vox)
An old quip by Anatole France notes that "the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." By the same token, the rich and the poor alike have the right to buy a chain of local television news stations or NFL franchises, but in practice, only the rich actually can control the flow of information.
GABRIEL WINANT: "Mind Control: Barbara Ehrenreich's radical critique of wellness and self-improvement" (New Republic)
Without opposing reasonable, routine maintenance, Ehrenreich observes that the care of the self has become a coercive and exploitative obligation: a string of endless medical tests, drugs, wellness practices, and exercise fads that threaten to become the point of life rather than its sustenance. Someone, obviously, is profiting from all this.
Benjamin Sachs: The NFL's "take a knee" ban is flatly illegal (Vox)
This partial strike rule may mean that players who refuse to comply only with the anthem rule, but otherwise fulfill their obligations to the league, can be disciplined for doing so. The rule is perverse because any player who decided to protest the anthem rule by fully striking - not playing at all - would be protected. In a perfect world, we would get rid of this silly doctrine, but until that happens, if the owners chose to enforce the partial strike rule, they might just be prodding the protesting players toward a complete strike.
Alissa Wilkinson: Rotten Tomatoes, explained (Vox)
Does a movie's Rotten Tomatoes score affect its box office returns? And six other questions, answered.
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from Marc Perkel
Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer
So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.
Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.
I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.
The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.
So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?
I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.
Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
FORGET ABOUT IT.
"YOU FIRST."
THE AMAZING THEORY OF ALMOST EVERYTHING.
KILLING THE MESSENGER!
WHEN LYING BECOMES A TACTIC.
JESUS NEEDS A JET PLANE!
SNAKES IN THE GRASS!
GOOD RIDDANCE YOU DUMB BITCH!
FROM THE CROOKS THAT RUN THE COUNTRY: 'MURDER OUR SCHOOLS!'
WHERE THE BLUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Thin marine layer cleared out before noon, but a big, thick juicy one rolled in mid-afternoon.
Takes A Mighty Swing
Dictionary.com
Well played, Dictionary.com.
The online dictionary got in the game after fans lustily booed Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, at the Yankees game Monday.
The announcer wished the 74-year-old former New York City mayor a happy birthday, touching off the kind of reception often reserved for the home team's opponents at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
So Dictionary.com posted the definition of a "Bronx cheer" on Twitter, attaching an article about the jeers showered on Giuliani.
That's a home run blast of shade.
Dictionary.com
Private Island Retreat Up For Auction
Prince
Ever since Prince died, the executors of his estate have done a whole lot to monetize all the things that Prince did in his life. That's chipped into the semi-reclusive star's sense of mystery, but it also means that we've gotten to hear things we might've never otherwise heard, like the unreleased outtake "Electric Intercourse" or the original studio version of "Nothing Compares 2 U." It also means that, if you're sufficiently rich, you can buy Prince's island getaway.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Premiere Estates Auction Company, a New York-based auction house, is going to take bids on Prince's private island getaway compound, located in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Prince bought the property for $10.5 million in 2011 and promptly had the driveway painted purple. It includes several buildings, two private beaches, and a marina, all on 5.74 acres. It's surrounded by water on three sides. You can see pictures here , and it looks ridiculously pretty. On the downside, if you buy it, you are guaranteed to be nowhere near as cool as the previous owner. I guess you're going to have to live with that.
You have to put down a $100,000 deposit on the sealed-bid action to even get a chance to bid. The auction ends 7/12. Right now, it's available for rental, for $150,000 a week.
Prince
Baby News
Sebastian Piers Williams
The sisterhood has a new member: America Ferrera's baby boy.
The actress and activist welcomed her first child, with husband Ryan Piers Williams, named Sebastian Piers Williams, who will go by Baz. The couple announced the birth on Tuesday with a photo of the newborn's tiny foot.
"When 2 become 3...Welcome Sebastian Piers Williams - aka Baz! Mom, Dad, and Baby are happy, healthy and totally in love! ," Ferrera wrote in the caption.
Ferrera and Williams, who have been married since 2011, announced on New Year's Eve that they were expecting their first child, posing with a photo of an adorable onesie.
With Baz's birth, all four of the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" lead actresses - Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively and Amber Tamblyn - are now mothers. They recently reunited, and Ferrera posted a photo of all of them placing a hand on her stomach.
Sebastian Piers Williams
Don't Roast Over Volcano Vents
Marshmallows
If you are near an active volcano, don't consider making s'mores, the U.S. Geological Survey warns.
As Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava and toxic gas, the USGS has been sharing information and updates on Twitter on the activity as well as answering user questions. Twitter user @jayfurr recently asked if it was safe to roast a marshmallow near a volcano vent.
That's a bad idea, USGS replied. "Erm...we're going to have to say no, that's not safe," wrote the USGS on its verified Twitter account focused on volcanoes, also urging users not to do this.
For starters, USGS notes if the vents were emitting hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide, then the marshmallows would taste awful. The agency also said if you add sulfuric acid to sugar, "you get a pretty spectacular reaction."
As of publishing, there have been no documented reports of people trying to roast a marshmallow - or any other food - near a volcano vent.
Marshmallows
Gain Influence
Conservative Christian Attorneys
Lawyers who espouse a conservative Christian agenda have found plenty of opportunities in Texas, suing on behalf of Bible-quoting cheerleaders and defending a third-grader who wanted to hand out Christmas cards that read in part "Jesus is the Christ!"
But for the First Liberty law firm, the last few years have been especially rewarding: Their attorneys have moved into powerful taxpayer-funded jobs at the Texas attorney general's office and advised President Donald Trump, who nominated a current and a former First Liberty lawyer to lifetime appointments on federal courts. Another attorney went to the Department of Health and Human Services as a senior adviser on religious freedom.
It's a remarkable rise for a modest-sized law firm near Dallas with 46 employees, and it mirrors the climb of similar firms that have quietly shifted from trying to influence government to becoming part of it. The ascent of the firms has helped propel a wave of anti-LGBT legislation and so-called religious-freedom laws in statehouses nationwide.
"First Liberty just struck gold with a Republican president and the Texas attorney general. It's pretty incredible and definitely unusual," said Daniel Bennett, a professor at John Brown University in Arkansas and author of a book on the conservative Christian legal movement.
Since 2015, First Liberty and a conservative Christian law firm, the Alliance Defending Freedom, have moved prominent lawyers to top jobs in attorney general's offices in Texas and elsewhere. In the process, they have shifted from outsiders suing government to insiders pushing religious-freedom issues. Their influence is widening under the Trump administration as it attempts to deliver on his pledges to evangelicals and other religious supporters.
Conservative Christian Attorneys
Leads To School Shootings
Porn
Does anyone know what kind of porn Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is watching?
Whatever it is, the 67-year-old Black, who is running for governor of Tennessee, said it's a "big part" of what is driving the spike in school shootings.
During a meeting last week with local pastors, Black raised the issue of gun violence in schools and why it keeps happening.
"Pornography," she said.
Black didn't clarify what it is about porn that she thinks is leading to school massacres. Her congressional spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Porn
Video Game
Active Shooter
A video game that would allow users to control an active shooter has sparked outrage online from politicians and those directly impacted by the recent mass high school shootings in Florida and Texas.
The game, which is called Active Shooter, is described online as a "Dynamic Swat simulator" that lets players choose to work as a Swat team member responding to a shooting, or as the shooter themselves. A screenshot of the game appears to show a kill count - with separate tallies for civilians and police killed - for those who choose to emulate a mass murderer.
A video also appears to show a shooter firing at civilians as they try to get away. Some screen shots suggest that the shootings can take place in schools.
Active Shooter is scheduled to launch on June 6, according to a web page on digital video game marketplace Steam.
At least two parents of students killed during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting have spoken out to criticise the video game, saying that it is one of the worst things they have heard or seen since the February shooting that took their children.
Active Shooter
Complicated To Poop In Space
Astronaut
Spending a few months aboard the International Space Station is a privilege that only a tiny fraction of people will ever experience. We can only imagine how thrilling it must be to spend your days falling around the Earth while performing groundbreaking research and playing games in space. But being an astronaut also comes with some serious compromises, and one of the most dramatic relates to bathroom habits.
In an interview with Business Insider, NASA's Peggy Whitson offers a few unpleasant details regarding the bathroom situation onboard the ISS, and it sounds downright awful. If you're eating something right now, go ahead and put it down for a couple of minutes.
"Urinating's relatively easy," Whitson explained. "Number two is more challenging because you're trying to hit a pretty small target."
The toilet doesn't look like anything you'd probably ever want to sit on, but it's a high-tech piece of equipment. A metallic base unit provides suction for excrement, which is then sealed in airtight bags and tossed along with the other trash that the crew inevitably creates during their stay.
Unfortunately, the zero-gravity environment makes poop placement more difficult than anyone would like. "After it starts getting full you have to put a rubber glove on and pack it down," Whitson noted. If the process isn't handled with the utmost care, it can result in airborne turds drifting around the room which have to be gathered and put back where they belong. Fun!
Astronaut
Giant Flying Rock Slab
Pompeii
The skeleton of a Roman man who was decapitated by a giant slab of rock has been discovered by archeologists in Pompeii.
They believe the man, aged in his thirties, was attempting to flee the eruption of Mt Vesuvius when the 300kg rock slammed into him, beheading him and killing him instantly.
He had struggled to escape the doomed city because he had an infection in his leg.
Archeologists found the rock sticking out of the ground at an angle, with the remains of the man protruding and intact from the chest down.
The skeleton was uncovered in an area of new excavations, close to a newly-discovered alleyway of houses with balconies.
Pompeii
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