M Is FOR MASHUP - August 22nd, 2018
Hot Mashups for August
By DJ Useo
It's super-hot here in Austin this week. The weather forecast says stay in Air Conditioning. Well, if you got'ta stay indoors, the best passtime is mashups. So, here are 6 super-hot blends to help you survive the roasting. Any of them go great with cold drinks.
01 - satis5d - "The Heat Is A Weekend Fire" ( Glenn Frey vs Donna Summer vs Loverboy )
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02 - Grave Danger - "Take It Harder To Da House" ( Daft Punk vs Trick Daddy feat Trina )
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03 - Rui Rudec - "I Wanna Grind With Somebody" ( Stereotronique vs Whitney Houston )
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04 - DRA'man - "Do that Bump" ( Lyrics Born vs Ground Hog )
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05 - SMASH - "Hung Up In Dreamscape" ( DJ Dado, Winn vs Madonna )
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06 - Happy Cat Disco - "We Move Symphonies" ( Clean Bandit vs The Midnight )
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Well, was I right? Are you chilled now? Well, I have so many more mashups than any of you, so I'm literally frozen solid. Lol.
I'll be back next week with more. If we're lucky, there'll be even more guilty verdicts by then. Ciao.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: The G.O.P.'s Climate of Paranoia(NY Times)
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Truth isn't truth.
Paul Waldman: Will President Trump's overconfidence hold down Republican turnout in this year's elections? (Washington Post)
Trump might make some progress in encouraging Republicans to turn out if he used loss aversion - our tendency to fear losing what we have more than we value gaining something we don't - by painting a vivid picture of Democrats ripping his presidency to shreds once they get hold of the House. That would tell his voters not just that they stand a chance of losing but also that it will be catastrophic if they do. But expressing anything other than over-the-top confidence just isn't in this president's nature.
Paul Waldman: The most intense and dangerous period of the Trump presidency is about to begin (Washington Post)
Right now Congress is all but nonexistent as a force in our political life […] But if Democrats have control [after the November election], they'll begin holding hearings and mounting investigations of all the Trump scandals. Russia will be just the beginning; they'll use their subpoena power and ability to create news events to probe the president himself, possible misconduct committed by other members of his administration (of which there is a nearly inexhaustible supply) and various policy outrages. It will be a ceaseless drumbeat of Trump scandal for the next two years.
Jonathan Chait: The Media Keeps Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Collusion (NY Mag)
… a weekend report in Axios confidently asserted that the president maintains a fully innocent state of mind: "Trump himself thought then and thinks now that he personally has nothing to lose because he personally did nothing wrong." How could reporters know what Trump "believes" deep in his heart? They couldn't. (Indeed, Axios since corrected the statement to report that it reflects what Trump "tells associates," rather than claiming definitive insight into his mind.)
Jonathan Chait: Pretending Single Payer Health Care Is Easy to Pass Doesn't Make It Easy (NY Mag)
The American health care system developed, like a deformed tree, around employer-sponsored insurance as its core feature. This has made it extremely hard to build a single, simple universal system, because it would require moving people out of health care they have into something new, and require turning their premium contributions into taxes.
NICK HANAUER: Democrats Must Reclaim the Center … by Moving Hard Left (Politico)
America needs a centrist party that actually represents the economic center, not just zillionaires like me.
Charles Kaiser: "Everything Trump Touches Dies review: a poison dart in the neck of the Republican monster" (The Guardian)
Under this president, the GOP has abandoned "any pretense" that it cares about the national debt. The Democrats could "move votes and donations" by advertising what they have really been for several decades already: the "real party of fiscal sanity, probity and responsibility". After all, Bill Clinton was the only modern president to end his second term with an actual federal budget surplus - something destroyed by George W Bush's tax cuts and then made permanently unimaginable by Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump.
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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
MANAFORT AND COHEN PLEAD GUILTY. LETS HAVE A PARADE!
"EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES"
AND THE BEAT GOES ON.
JACK BOOTED THUGS!
A 'SPIKE' IN THE HEART OF TYRANNY!
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
What a week for all the late night boys, except Conan, to take a vacation.
Rescue Brooklyn Goats
Jon and Tracey Stewart
Comedian Jon Stewart helped rescue two goats whose roam around the New York subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday went viral and sent them to an animal sanctuary in upstate New York.
The pair of Boer goats were wandering subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday morning before they were captured and taken to the Animal Care & Control of Brooklyn. AC&C called the animal protection nonprofit Farm Sanctuary for help, who called the Stewarts.
Stewart joined his wife Tracey, who is on the Farm Sanctuary board of directors, and their daughters in Brooklyn, where they picked up the wayward goats. They drove up the goats part of the way before turning them over to Farm Sanctuary staff.
These young male goats are now being treated for pneumonia at Cornell University, said Susie Coston, national shelter director for Farm Sanctuary.
The Stewarts, who own a farm in Colts Neck, have helped Farm Sanctuary with animal rescues in the past, including the rescue of a bull who busted out of a food market in 2016. The bull, named Frank, was sent to Farm Sanctuary's Watkins Glen, New York, location and has since made a full recovery.
Jon and Tracey Stewart
Bob Dylan's Whiskey
Heaven's Door
Heaven Hill Distillery of Kentucky is taking Bob Dylan's whiskey company to court, claiming trademark infringement involving its logo.
Heaven's Door Spirits is co-owned by the musician and debuted this year.
WDRB-TV reports a Heaven Hill lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to Chicago-based Heaven's Door in April, saying its "stacked" logo is similar to Heaven Hill's. The lawsuit says Heaven's Door attorneys replied that they didn't expect confusion over the logos and didn't plan to change or comply with the demands.
Heaven's Door is a reference to Dylan's song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
The lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Louisville. It said Bardstown-based Heaven Hill has used the trademark for more than 80 years.
Heaven's Door
Apple Lands Project
'Losing Earth'
Apple is continuing its push into original content by landing the rights to Nathaniel Rich's recent New York Times feature on climate change, "Losing Earth," and his subsequent book.
The feature, which was published on Aug. 1, looks back at a small group of American scientists, activists and politicians who, between 1979 and 1989, tried to save the world from the ravages of climate change before it was too late. Produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center, "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change" is based on more than 18 months of original reporting, well over a hundred interviews, and thousands of archival documents, many previously unknown, from government and industry sources.
Anonymous Content will produce with its founder and CEO Steve Golin ("Spotlight") executive producing alongside Rich.
A book based on "Losing Earth," with a significantly expanded narrative and a broader discussion of the current and future state of the climate crisis, will be published by MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2019; a special edition for young readers will follow.
The drama is one of roughly 20 original series Apple has in the pipeline as it aims to break into the content market. Among the big-name talent the tech company has enlisted for upcoming projects are Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey and J.J. Abrams.
'Losing Earth'
Out As James Bond Director
Danny Boyle
Acclaimed British director Danny Boyle has pulled out of the latest James Bond movie due to "creative differences," the producers of the multimillion-dollar film franchise said on Tuesday.
"Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25," said a statement on the official 007 website and Twitter account.
The tweet gave no details of the differences and no information on who would take over from Boyle, or whether production on the 25th film in the MGM spy franchise would be delayed.
Production on the as yet untitled movie was due to start in London in December with a British release date of Oct. 25, 2019, and a U.S. release two weeks later.
Boyle, who guided the 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire" to eight Oscars, was announced in May as the director of the next Bond movie, when producers Broccoli and Wilson described him in a statement as "exceptionally talented."The producers also announced that Craig would play the suave British spy for a fifth time.
Danny Boyle
Sea Ice
Arctic
The thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters north of Greenland that are normally frozen, experts have warned.
One meteorologist described the phenomenon - recorded for the first time this year - as "scary".
Scientists said it could prove catastrophic for polar bears and seals, threatening their survival.
The sea off the north coast of Greenland had long been known as "the last ice area" because it was expected to be the last place to remain frozen, given it had the oldest and thickest ice.
But now scientists are warning that the ice has broken up twice this year, due to warm winds and heatwaves in the northern hemisphere.
Arctic
Bust Out Of Their Cages
Barnum's Animals Crackers
After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.
Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum's Animals crackers in response to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in circuses for more than 30 years, wrote a letter to Mondelez in the spring of 2016 calling for a redesign.
Mondelez agreed and started working on a redesign. In the meantime, the crackers' namesake circus - Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey - folded for good. The 146-year-old circus, which had removed elephants from its shows in 2016 because of pressure from PETA and others, closed down in May 2017 due to slow ticket sales.
The redesign of the boxes, now on U.S. store shelves, retains the familiar red and yellow coloring and prominent "Barnum's Animals" lettering. But instead of showing the animals in cages - implying that they're traveling in boxcars for the circus - the new boxes feature a zebra, elephant, lion, giraffe and gorilla wandering side-by-side in a grassland. The outline of acacia trees can be seen in the distance.
Barnum's Animals Crackers
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for August 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.14 million.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 9.86 million.
3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.29 million.
4. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 5.83 million.
5. "Big Brother" (Sunday), CBS, 5.8 million.
6. "Big Brother" (Thursday), CBS, 5.73 million.
7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 5.51 million.
8. "NCIS," CBS, 5.4 million.
9. "World of Dance," NBC, 5.13 million.
10. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 5.08 million.
11. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 4.85 million.
12. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 4.76 million.
13. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 4.6 million.
14. "Bachelor in Paradise" (Monday), ABC, 4.55 million.
15. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 4.54 million.
16. "America's Funniest Home Video," ABC, 4.54 million.
17. "Dateline NBC" (Monday), NBC, 4.38 million.
18. "Bull," CBS, 4.21 million.
19. "Mom," CBS, 4.12 million.
20. "Dateline NBC" (Sunday), NBC, 4.09 million
Ratings
In Memory
Barbara Harris
Barbara Harris, a triple threat actress who made her mark in films like Family Plot, Nashville, and Freaky Friday, has died. She was 83.
Harris made a name for herself as an actress in the 1960s and 70s, earning a 1967 Tony award for her performance in Broadway's The Apple Tree and an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress for her work opposite Dustin Hoffman in 1971's Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Harris was best known to audiences for her work onscreen in films like Nashville, Family Plot, Freaky Friday, and The Seduction of Joe Tynan. In Robert Altman's Nashville, she charmed audiences with as a ditzy country singer performing "It Don't Worry Me" and played against type as a philandering psychic dating Bruce Dern in Alfred Hitchcock's final feature film, Family Plot. Families adored her for role as Jodie Foster's body-swapping mother in the original 1976 Freaky Friday, while she made an impression as Alan Alda's wife in The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979).
The actress left Hollywood for good in 1997 following her final two on-screen performances, nearly a decade apart, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Grosse Pointe Blank.
Barbara Harris was born on July 25, 1935 in Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago and promptly joined the Playwrights Theatre Club, a repertory theatre company there. After a sojourn in England with then-husband Paul Sills, Harris returned to Chicago, where she and Stills founded The Second City in 1959, which included Alan Arkin, Paul Sand, and more as original members.
Finding success onstage, Harris also began to guest star on television shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Naked City. She made her film debut in 1965's A Thousand Clowns opposite Jason Robards. Other notable films included Mixed Company, Plaza Suite, and Peggy Sue Got Married.
She relocated to Scottsdale in 2000 and taught acting for a time before retiring from the profession entirely. She was married to Sills from 1955-58, but never remarried.
Barbara Harris
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