By Jace, a Trail Mix Contributor
A perfect work for springing ahead. Mozart like we seldom hear him.
Enjoy the music but most of all enjoy your day.
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By Jace, a Trail Mix Contributor
A perfect work for springing ahead. Mozart like we seldom hear him.
Enjoy the music but most of all enjoy your day.
More Posts by Jace
jace! our sunday is sunday once more. we missed you.
perchance, is the organist e. power biggs? but where is that beautiful organ (speaking of physical appearance) located? and beautiful surroundings to drown oneself in the music.
and of course to traditionally ruin the lovely mood, here’s Saturday night live!!!
p.s. this is a real downer so I encourage scrolling past ’til less vulnerable time of day.
and more upbeat than that one….
Jace… my day will be much brighter now that I can listen to your musical selection again… good to have you back!
another good reason for a wall…. that is, the wall between church and state.
this excerpt from a story yesterday in the courier journal titled
“Prayer breakfast at Kentucky Capitol’s topic: ‘righteous’ president has ‘wicked’ opponents”
An invitation to a Friday morning prayer breakfast and Bible study appeared in state lawmakers’ mailboxes, with a listed time, location and topic: “Why the President is righteous and those against him are wicked.”
The invite — which also included a cartoon of a woman asking a man reading the newspaper, “Could I see the fake news section?” — has sparked outrage and disappointment from some lawmakers who call it inappropriate.
“The invitation just increases the vitriolic discord that happens with this president and the people that oppose him,” said Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisville Democrat. “The insinuation is absolutely there — people that oppose Trump are evil and wicked.”
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https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/03/09/kentucky-capitol-prayer-breakfast-invitation-president-righteous/410566002/
I am enjoying my day, thanks to Jace. ?
And second what Rebellious Renee & patd wrote.
Jace!
Just what I needed to wake me up. I may have to listen, again, at what would be 4 a.m. tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off. I can’t. Relieve I’m saying this, but why can’t we be like Florida? It would be great if we’ud just stay sprung ferwerd.
Happy Sunday! There will be naps!
Jace! Thank Goodness, Mozart, Schroeder, and the World’s Great Organ Builders. And our Selector of Serendipitous Music, You.
Oh good, Jace is back and Sunday can go back to being a real Sunday again.
I need something to spring forward thanks Jace. I was dreading coming here today but there you were!
not your sweet home Alabama nor the fragrance of magnolias in the air
the guardian:
‘On a hot day, it’s horrific’: Alabama kicks up a stink over shipments of New York poo
New York City is the beating heart of global finance, a cultural behemoth, and home to more than 8.5 million people who create an enormous amount of poo. Some of this expelled waste has been causing a major stink 900 miles away, in Alabama.
Residents in and near Birmingham have been in uproar over sewage that is transported by train and truck from New York and New Jersey to be dumped in the southern state.
The treated sewage – euphemistically known in the industry as “biosolids” – has plagued residents with a terrible stench, flies and concerns that spilled sludge has leaked into waterways.
“On a hot day, the odor and flies are horrific,” said Charles Nix, mayor of West Jefferson, a town near the landfill that accepts the waste. “It’s better in winter time but if the wind blows in the wrong direction you get the smell. It’s like dead, rotting animals.
“If you get close to the trucks the liquid would blow off on to your windshield and fill your car with a stink. It spilled out on to the road. Some people were saying they just wanted to move away, they were so miserable.”
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Like being in Alabama wasn’t miserable enough already…..
It’s an opportunity–think Milorganite.
abc news: Everything to know about the National School Walkout on March 14
Students, teachers, parents and administrators across the country are invited to take part in a National School Walkout this month in a call on Congress to pass tighter gun control laws.
The ENOUGH National School Walkout will be held on March 14 — exactly one month after the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people and sent shock waves across the nation.
The event will be at 10 a.m. across every time zone and last 17 minutes — one minute for each of the victims gunned down in the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The walkout is organized primarily by young people working with Women’s March Youth Empower. Those behind the Women’s March also ran the anti-Trump Women’s March demonstrations in January 2017.
Women’s March Youth Coordinator Tabitha St. Bernard Jacobs, one of the few adult allies guiding the students in the youth-led movement, told ABC News that while the walkout was sparked by the Florida school shooting, the event is about calling out gun violence.
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Over 2,000 walkout events are registered for March 14.
Students from New Jersey to Indiana to California have said they will participate, as well as groups from schools as far as Ireland, Switzerland, Israel and Mexico, according to the event website
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Women’s March Youth EMPOWER is calling for students, teachers, school administrators, parents and allies to take part in a#NationalSchoolWalkout for 17 minutes at 10am across every time zone on March 14, 2018 to protest Congress’ inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods. We need action. Students and allies are organizing the national school walkout to demand Congress pass legislation to keep us safe from gun violence at our schools, on our streets and in our homes and places of worship.
Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on theirway home from school.
Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day.
We are not safe at school. We are not safe in our cities and towns. Congress must take meaningful action to keep us safe and pass federal gun reform legislation that address the public health crisis of gun violence. We want Congress to pay attention and take note: many of us will vote this November and many others will join in 2020.
Join us in saying #ENOUGH!
Add your event to the map or find one near you here: https://www.actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/enough-national-school-walkout
The more attention to the issue the better. The NRA has the most unappealing spokespeople including Miss Trunchbull, that Florida legislator ugh.
I don’t understand why they aren’t doing it on the same day as the March -the 24th
I think the organizers of the women’s events have gotten greedy
I’d like to offer this perspective on the Ted Cruz gunsong. Years ago in a state senate race, the challenger had a very catchy jingle – it later won all kinds of award –even the supporters of the incumbent were singing it — I can still remember the words some 25 years later.. He lost though
Hallelujah! Jace is back…how ya doing?
kgc, the walkout is only for 17 minutes on that day. sort of priming the pump for the big day on the 24th. also everyone can do it without having to take whole days off and to pay for travel to get to a march locale.
Loves me my Mozart. Thanks so much Jace. And I’m particularly glad to see that the rumors of your disappearance were incorrect.
And yes, sturg. Nail, head.
And for those not familiar with West Jefferson – and who would be? – it ain’t exactly the kind of place that you got a lot of people going TO. Going from it – that’s a different issue. It’s a little piece of nowhere between Birmingham & Jasper near a beautiful river ( well, a tributary the Black Warrior River) called the Mulberry Fork where I used to do some white water kayaking.
That’s not clear and there was already organizing on the local level for the 24th —
and there is nothing in the announcements about the later march —
kgc, you spoke of a song for the march. holly near’s song might be one of them for a sing-a-long. it’s been used for other marches and events lately. I agree with you that the march for our lives cries out for a real ear worm, catchy tune and words that catch at the heart.
http://www.marchforourlives.com event on 3/24
http://www.actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/enough-national-school-walkout 3/14
there is no coordination these are competing groups the 3/14 was scheduled after the 3/24 –in my opinion to be first
speaking of campaign songs, came across this one of Lincoln’s and the story behind it. wonder what present day members of Lincoln’s party think of it.
it’s an NRA plot
So happy Jace is back
kgc, certainly they can march and chew gum at the same time. one is to commemorate the date (a month before) and to remember the 17 victims (hence the 17 minutes).
10 days later will be to take action on behalf of those victims and prevent more.
no one is stealing the thunder from anyone…. the thunder is rolling and getting louder
Dream on patd
this is totally about gaining control of a movement and being able to harness it.
If they were working together they would be talking about the activities of each other
as for walking and chewing gum — it’s not the same people these are two distinct groups — one is the organizing committee from the Parkland Shooting the other is the “youth empowerment “committee of the Women’s march….two very different things
Oh yeah it’s one month ..just an excuse to get out ahead —
So apparently it is not weird sex or whatever — she has some texts or something that is not very nice either to or from Trump and others but clearly about some activity he does not want made public
Probably had access as a result of pillow talk
Thanks Jace – beautiful.
Spring Break this week – I believe this is the most popular week for schools. Hard to walk out if you’re not there.
the hill via msn:
Trump lawyers want to stop ’60 Minutes’ from airing Stormy Daniels interview: report
President Trump’s lawyers are looking at options to stop CBS’s “60 Minutes” from airing an interview with adult film star Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006, according to BuzzFeed News.
“We understand from well-placed sources they are preparing to file for a legal injunction to prevent it from airing,” a source told BuzzFeed on Saturday.
Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti shared the Buzzfeed report on Twitter.
Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen referred Buzzfeed’s questions to his own attorney, who did not confirm the report.
The Hill has reached out to the White House and CBS News for comment.
The interview with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is set to air at an unspecified date in the future. On Thursday, a source familiar with the program told The Hill that StormyDaniels will be on 60Minutes on a future date but won’t be on this Sunday.
The interview was announced by Avenatti through Twitter.
Cohen reportedly attempted to stop Daniels from telling additional details of the alleged affair by obtaining a temporary restraining order last week. Daniels filed a lawsuit last week in an effort to void a nondisclosure agreement between herself and Trump.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a briefing last week that, to the best of her knowledge, Trump was unaware of Cohen’s reported $130,000 payment to Daniels in October 2016, a month before the presidential election.
If Saccone (sp?) loses – the mid terms may be a blue tsunami
Just because establishment Democrats endorse a candidate in a primary contest it doesn’t mean the primary is fixed. But entering a primary losing and then running as a third party candidate or whatever — is deserving of contempt
excerpt from story by Buzzfeed: Trump Lawyers Are Considering A Challenge To Stop “60 Minutes” From Airing A Stormy Daniels Interview
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Buzz Feed News has learned that CBS plans to air the 60 Minutes interview with Clifford next Sunday, March 18.
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Cooper is a correspondent for CBS News’ 60 Minutes in addition to his CNN anchor job, and CNN later reported that Cooper had taped an interview with Clifford for 60 Minutes.
Asked for comment, Rosen — Cohen’s lawyer — wrote, “We represent EC, LLC in connection with the arbitration pending in California, in which a TRO against Ms. Clifford was previously obtained.” He made no specific comment regarding the possibility of seeking an injunction to stop the 60 Minutes interview from airing.
Cohen reportedly intervened previously, in 2011, to stop In Touch Weekly magazine from publishing an interview with Clifford in which she detailed the alleged relationship. Four former employees of the magazine told the Associated Press that Cohen had threatened to “aggressively pursue legal action” in connection with the planned story. The magazine, which then held back the story, published the full interview in February, following the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on the 2016 payment.
Any litigation aimed at stopping CBS News from airing Cooper’s interview likely would be an uphill battle, given protections for press freedom against prior restraints — most famously laid out in the Pentagon Papers case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the New York Times and the Washington Post could publish, over the objections of the Nixon administration, classified documents that detailed the history of US decision-making on Vietnam.
Complicating any effort to stop the airing of Clifford’s interview would be the fact that 60 Minutes is not a party to Clifford’s 2016 settlement.
The Supreme Court has a long history of opposing efforts to stop publication in advance, ruling in 1931 that prior restraint was an inappropriate way to deal with alleged press abuses: “Subsequent punishment for such abuses as may exist is the appropriate remedy, consistent with constitutional privilege.” In other words, lawsuits — for defamation, for example — can follow publication.
Spokespeople for CBS News did not respond to requests for comment over the weekend.
“Why so many steps to keep the American people from learning the truth?” Avenatti wrote in an email Sunday morning. “And to think that all this time we all thought this was a democracy where we actually valued free speech…”
sooo who’s to keep Anderson cooper from blabbing about the interview that’s already taken place and is in the can, especially the outtakes and off-the-cuff remarks in conversations off camera? as the article above said “Complicating any effort to stop the airing of Clifford’s interview would be the fact that 60 Minutes is not a party to Clifford’s 2016 settlement.” neither is Anderson as an individual.
There is plenty of room for folks to march against the NRA. Yes, the groups are jockeying for position (which is sad), but there are plenty of folks to fill those events.
Maybe a punk version of “Gently, Angry People” would be more fitting; scream the lyrics. Otherwise, it just something nds like gentle, powerless people. If not, it’s a nice opening/closing song. If the band would allow it to be used, “We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore” is something more have heard and it will stick.
And for politician(s) telling the students that adults make the laws, not teenagers…they will be adults very soon & your sorry butts will be out of office.
He might blab more after the air date of the interview
guess Anderson and others who know too much now are a wee concerned about what’s happened in uk:
from cnn:
Customers at a restaurant and pub in Salisbury, southern England, were urged to wash their clothes Sunday after traces of the nerve agent used on a former Russian spy and his daughter were detected.
Customers who visited Italian restaurant Zizzi or The Mill pub from 1:30 p.m. March 4 to the evening of March 5 were advised to clean their clothes and any possessions they had with them at the time.
“We have now learned that there has been some trace contamination by the nerve agent in both The Mill pub and Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury,” England’s chief medical officer, Sally Davies, told reporters Sunday.
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Damn the torpedoes, my daughter and her entire class is taking a reflective 17-minute break.
The women’s march organizing committee is cruisin’ for a bruisin’
just sayin’
more from that cnn story on poisoning:
Police previously said they know what nerve agent was used in the attack, but have declined to name it or how they suspect it was administered.
Identifying the source of the nerve agent continues to be central to the investigation, but Rudd has so far declined to name any potential culprits.
Western intelligence services consider Russia a leading suspect based on previous attacks that used a similar substance and method, a Western intelligence official told CNN. The official cautioned the investigation was still in its early stages.
If a Moscow link were proved, it would plunge relations between the West and Russia to a new low.
bet they won’t be passing any info they do find on to us since the twit will certainly clue in his best bud vlad before they want it publically known
Maybe they can write a report saying the first assumption about the nerve agent is that it’s (fill in something bogus) and see if Put-ey ends up with it. Then, we can directly charge Trump with treason.
and speaking of things Russian in the same breath as lethal chemicals
excerpt from military times: Pentagon chief warns Syrian forces on use of chemical weapons https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2018/03/11/pentagon-chief-warns-syrian-forces-on-use-of-chemical-weapons/
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Mattis said Russia, which intervened militarily in Syria to support the Assad government, could be complicit in the civilian casualties.
“Either Russia is incompetent or in cahoots with Assad,” Mattis said. “There’s an awful lot of reports about chlorine gas use or about symptoms that could be resulting from chlorine gas.”
Added Pompeo: “The president asks me nearly every day what it is the intelligence community knows about the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons and who else — the Russians or the Iranians — who might be responsible for them.”
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“Either Russia is incompetent or in cahoots…”
why can’t russia be both?
from san diego free press:
The Stoneman Douglas High school drama club performs “Shine,” a song they wrote in the wake of the shooting at their Parkland, Florida, school.
Since our platform is about expressing ideas and ideals instead of cash flow, clicks, or fundraising, we have the freedom to include a wide range of topics and formats that might not work elsewhere. We don’t need or want paid content, promotional materials, or story lines designed to please donors.
So the idea here is to present videos one or more of the editors feel speaks to them. Sometimes it will be news. Sometimes it will be history. And a lot of the time it will be culture. You can not and should not separate these things: it is diversity and intersectionality that makes our movement strong.
an excerpt from a moving and motivating article in today’s guardian:
Fred Guttenberg will not sit down: Florida father demands gun reform
In the short time since his daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland shooting, one dad has devoted himself to change
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Guttenberg carries around a screenshot of the latest ad from National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch, where she warned the NRA’s opponents, some of them by name, “Your time is running out.”
“If this was put out by a terrorist organization, we would be raising the terror threat level in this country. Why are we letting this lobby having anything to do with DC? I don’t understand it,” Guttenberg told Democratic senators at Wednesday’s hearing, his voice breaking with frustration.
Before the hearing, in the hallway outside the conference room, Guttenberg had been even blunter. “All our legislators who stand with the NRA, they’re standing with a terrorist group,” he said.
When you live by the sun, time doesn’t change.
But if you should have to go to the DMV you get an extra hour to do it.
I’m hearing the word “standing” echoing in my brain when I read the first couple pages of the lawsuit against FL. The NRA is not a Florida corporation, can’t purchase a firearm, does not sell firearms, does not attend or teach in schools and is not burdened by an age restriction or waiting period to purchase a firearm. How can it show it has standing to sue?
Mr. Gutenberg has given the NRA the brand marketing they deserve: home-grown terrorists.
I would add that many elected Critterz are their sympathizers, enablers, water boys…
The trip to NK (if it happens) also a way to avoid the horrendous banking bill that will allow the 1% to behave even more irresponsibly.
He is literally finding out that you really can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
Pog…….how does the ACLU do it?
Sturg they sue on behalf of an individual or seek class action certification- again with an individual or individuals as the named plaintiffs. They find and/or provide lawyers to pursue their cases.
Part of the problem with the 3/24 Women’s March is that the organizers initially invited Bernie Sanders to be the keynote speaker on the opening night. All hell broke loose and eventually the organizers apologized and Bernie backed out.
The Controversy
Betsy deVos yuck worse than you thought
Evil
and faux earnest