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@hightor,

"DeSantis had tried to present himself as the alternative to Trump, but he put so little daylight between himself and the former president that he could never get traction."

There is another name for that - fornication!

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@Lash,

I said it was flawed and if the rules based sytem equalled what America wants the Dubya wouldn't have had any problems getting a resolution supporting his illegal invasion of Iraq.

He didn't, and his illegal invasion upturned the rules based agenda which has lead to where we are now.

I remember a dramatisation of the UN vote where the Mexican Ambassador said the famous line, "So far from God, so close to the United States of America."

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Ever feel this way? Don't worry folks, it even happens to seasoned journalists:

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Trump won the New Hampshire primary, as expected, but former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was a close enough second that Trump is now melting down on social media.

At least in part because of that hot mess, I’m sick of politics tonight, and thought I’d wash my hands of it all and take a breather. Guessing I’m not the only one who could use a break.

hcr

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@hightor,

hightor wrote:

Ever feel this way? Don't worry folks, it even happens to seasoned journalists:

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Trump won the New Hampshire primary, as expected, but former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was a close enough second that Trump is now melting down on social media.

At least in part because of that hot mess, I’m sick of politics tonight, and thought I’d wash my hands of it all and take a breather. Guessing I’m not the only one who could use a break.

hcr

I have been an unflagging politics junkie since the early 1960's, Hightor, and last night I felt my first tinge of that kind of thing. It seems to be gone this morning (I've devoured each article in the NY Times and Washington Post)...but it was very apparent last night.

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Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally
The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says ‘consider this **** shut right down right now’ after seeing footage of rally in South Dakota

The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has signalled that he will move to stop Donald Trump’s presidential campaign from using the band’s music at his rallies.

Marr responded on X after a user shared footage of a Trump rally in South Dakota in 2023 in which the Smiths song Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want can be heard playing as the crowd waits for the former president to come on stage.

“Ahh…right…OK,” Marr wrote in reply to the video. “I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this **** shut right down right now.”

The Smiths’ music has reportedly been heard at multiple Trump rallies recently, including at his rally in Laconia, New Hampshire on Monday.

Musicians including Adele, the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Pharrell Williams and the estates of Prince, David Bowie and Tom Petty have objected in the past to Trump and his team playing their music at public events.

Some acts, including the Rolling Stones, have issued cease-and-desist directives to prevent Trump’s campaign playing their music. However, in the case of the Rolling Stones and Prince, Trump’s campaign has, on occasion, continued to use their music after pledging not to.

The Guardian has contacted Marr’s representative to clarify what he may do to stop Trump from playing Smiths music.

Marr co-wrote Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want with Smiths frontman Morrissey in 1984. Where Morrissey has praised Brexit and expressed support for the far-right political party For Britain, Marr has spoken out against rightwing politics and politicians who like the Smiths.

After years of praise from the former UK prime minister David Cameron, who even picked This Charming Man as one of his favourite tracks on BBC’s Desert Island Discs, Marr wrote: “Stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don’t. I forbid you to like it.”

“Anyone who was a fan would know we were against everything he and the Conservative party stood for,” Marr later wrote in his memoir.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/24/johnny-marr-the-smiths-songs-playing-at-donald-trump-rally-rallies<br />

(I saw The Smiths at Glastonbury 84.)

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@izzythepush,

Why do RWers never listen to the lyrics of the songs they embrace?

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@BillW,

Hey, Bill!

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@hightor,

Not sick of politics, sick and tired of RW politics.

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@bobsal u1553115,

bobsal u1553115 wrote:

Why do RWers never listen to the lyrics of the songs they embrace?

Like what songs, for instance?

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@Bogulum,

'Born in the USA' for example. 'Won't Back Down' - pretty much any that most songwriters ask to have taken down.

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@bobsal u1553115,

Musicians who opposed Trump’s use of their music in 2020

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@bobsal u1553115,

I think it's a sense of entitlement.

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@izzythepush,

Having said that I think the Exploited have no problems with Trump using this song.

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@hightor,

I haven't paid much attention to the republican primary, mainly because it's almost entirely a farce. But I have had moments where I've seen enough of a contingent of the population who are so absolutely hellbent on turning the US back the 1920's, or the 1850's, or the 1690's... or who are on an entirely other side of giving up: "lets tear it all down, and who better than a self-involved, **** talking dickhead to do it?".

In these moments I wonder if this would be quicker if we all just step aside and let the babies have their bottle. History can appear to point to a pattern, indicating that things have got to be pretty damned dire in order to drag the country to the left, so let them do their ruinous things quickly, in hopes that it will be quick enough to be fixed.

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@Bogulum,

Bogulum wrote:

bobsal u1553115 wrote:

Why do RWers never listen to the lyrics of the songs they embrace?

Like what songs, for instance?

An all-timer

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More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says.

Texas abortion laws do not offer exceptions for rape or incest.

Houston Chronicle

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The Daily Edge@TheDailyEdge
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Greg Abbott promised to eliminate rape in Texas.

Abbott's claim (from 2022) sort of reminds me of a statement from the Chinese government about 35 years ago. They claimed that China needed no mental health programs because all mental problems were caused by capitalism.

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Over 60,000 Rapes Resulted in Pregnancy in States With Total Abortion Bans Since Roe Was Overturned

Researchers say few, if any, of the victims were able to get in-state abortions legally

Here

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Tucker Carlson is coming to Alberta to give two speeches in the province's two largest cities. Why Alberta? Because it is our version of Texas - far right government and an oil-based economy with strong connections to oil corporations from the US including the Koch family who've been big investors.

So, lucky us.

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