Franchot
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Concerned citizen, Husband, Father, friend. Talker, walker, thankful. I listen to old vinyl LOUD.
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Hejira is the eighth studio album By Joni Mitchell released 49 years ago on November 21st, 1976.
It’s material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road.
It’s material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road.
Hejira
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell - Topic
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November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hejira is the eighth studio album By Joni Mitchell released 49 years ago on November 21st, 1976.
It’s material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road.
It’s material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road.
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BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history.
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
May 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history.
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
April 28, 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot by Italian partisans. The figurehead of a puppet goverment tried to cross the Swiss border disguised. In a convoy near Lake Como, guards recognized them, they were shot, taken to Milan, hung, displayed publicly.
April 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
April 28, 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot by Italian partisans. The figurehead of a puppet goverment tried to cross the Swiss border disguised. In a convoy near Lake Como, guards recognized them, they were shot, taken to Milan, hung, displayed publicly.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
Happy Cosmic birthday to Johnny Griffin (4/24/28– 7/25/08), my favorite jazz saxophonist. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, saxophonist, John Coltrane. This from '59 The Little Giant
Johnny Griffin - The Message
YouTube video by UKMikey
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April 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy Cosmic birthday to Johnny Griffin (4/24/28– 7/25/08), my favorite jazz saxophonist. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, saxophonist, John Coltrane. This from '59 The Little Giant
"More rock and roll", is one of most the quintessential Jazz Fusion albums I have ever experienced. Virtuoso musicians, creatively scored works, and a mixed contrast of complex melodies and softer simpler passages.
Brand X's second LP, Moroccan Roll, was released 48 years ago.
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"More rock and roll", is one of most the quintessential Jazz Fusion albums I have ever experienced. Virtuoso musicians, creatively scored works, and a mixed contrast of complex melodies and softer simpler passages.
Hopefully the party will bottom out before the Country does.
March 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Hopefully the party will bottom out before the Country does.
It’s referred to as the Pentagon‘s internal think tank.
Pete Hegseth shutters Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars
Hegseth shutters Pentagon office that helped leaders plan for possible future wars
The office is often referred to as the Pentagon’s internal think tank and strategizes for possible future conflicts
www.independent.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s referred to as the Pentagon‘s internal think tank.
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Maddow tryna factcheck him.
a man is standing on a beach near the ocean holding a broom .
ALT: a man is standing on a beach near the ocean holding a broom .
media.tenor.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Maddow tryna factcheck him.
Thanks for the update, Clay.
UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed #cdapress
UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed
A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from th...
cdapress.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thanks for the update, Clay.
"It was a normal day"
Bob Dylan - Talkin' World War III Blues (LIVE FOOTAGE 1964)
YouTube video by Swingin’ Pig
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February 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"It was a normal day"
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Wow. This is stupid.
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
The Trump administration is shutting down EV chargers at all federal government buildings and is also expected to sell off the General Services Administration‘s (GSA) newly bought EVs.
more…
electrek.co
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wow. This is stupid.
Got laws? It's the wild wild west out there with money instead of guns...
Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...
DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions
Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.
www.wired.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Got laws? It's the wild wild west out there with money instead of guns...
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Microsoft said it created a new phase of physical existence that is not a liquid, solid or gas, a development many experts didn’t think possible.
Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Microsoft said it created a new phase of physical existence that is not a liquid, solid or gas, a development many experts didn’t think possible.
The researchers also found the tiny particles in liver and kidney samples.
Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The researchers also found the tiny particles in liver and kidney samples.
As of today. thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
2025 Doomsday Clock Statement - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It is 89 seconds to midnight.
thebulletin.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As of today. thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
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On social media, several Navajo Nation tribal members say they have had their nationality questioned. The accounts are not verified but Navajos who live off the reservation say they are concerned about being swept up in raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Navajo Nation President responds after concern tribal members could be detained by ICE
Some Indigenous people fear racial profiling and a lack of adequate IDs could lead to confusion during possible raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.knau.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
On social media, several Navajo Nation tribal members say they have had their nationality questioned. The accounts are not verified but Navajos who live off the reservation say they are concerned about being swept up in raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Biden put conditions, limits on weapons, and sanctions on WB settlers
He forced BiBi to provide humanitarian aid and evidence on strikes.
He supported a 2 state solution.
Wake up and stop repeating Russian bot propaganda
He forced BiBi to provide humanitarian aid and evidence on strikes.
He supported a 2 state solution.
Wake up and stop repeating Russian bot propaganda
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Biden put conditions, limits on weapons, and sanctions on WB settlers
He forced BiBi to provide humanitarian aid and evidence on strikes.
He supported a 2 state solution.
Wake up and stop repeating Russian bot propaganda
He forced BiBi to provide humanitarian aid and evidence on strikes.
He supported a 2 state solution.
Wake up and stop repeating Russian bot propaganda
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BREAKING: President Petro of Colombia has just retweeted this quote from Abraham Lincoln:
“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
— Abraham Lincoln
January 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: President Petro of Colombia has just retweeted this quote from Abraham Lincoln:
“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
After President Trump hit Colombia with tariffs, President Gustavo Petro said his government will "raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%"
Columbia hits back at Trump by moving to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products
The U.S. is Colombia's largest trade and investment partner, per the State Department.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
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Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
January 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
The flyers show a cartoon of Uncle Sam kicking at a family of five, including a baby and two young children."This hateful garbage has been turning up in other cities as well,” the police department in Ludlow, Kentucky, said in a statement on FB. The phone # listed not in service on Wednesday AM.
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The flyers show a cartoon of Uncle Sam kicking at a family of five, including a baby and two young children."This hateful garbage has been turning up in other cities as well,” the police department in Ludlow, Kentucky, said in a statement on FB. The phone # listed not in service on Wednesday AM.