Sunday Serendipity

By Jace, a Trail Mix Contributor

A tune you can whistle on this bright and cheerful Sunday morning.

Enjoy the music but most of all enjoy the day.?

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  1. jace, thanks for the lively wake up. 
    here’s a little of what wiki says about that delightful crew:
    The Corrs are an Irish band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings; Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals). They are from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.
     
    The Corrs have released seven studio albums and numerous singles, which have reached Platinum in many countries, and have sold 40 million albums worldwide…….
    [….]
    The Corrs have been actively involved in philanthropic activities. They have performed in numerous charity concerts such as The Prince’s Trust event in 2004 and Live 8 alongside Bono of U2 in 2005. The same year, they were awarded honorary MBEs for their contributions to music and charity…..
     

    and here’s what they say about

    The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, Belfast Hornpipe, feadóg stáin (or simply feadóg) and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. A tin whistle player is called a tin whistler or simply a whistler. The tin whistle is closely associated with Celtic music…..

     

  2. Good start to the day.  Gracias.

    The last week has been a rough one.  But, we do have some encouragement that change is in the wind.  Each time SFB acknowledges the masses joining together to protest the destruction of America we know he is viewing something rather than being ignorant of the events.  He may not understand what is happening, too many have described him as an ignorant and low intelligence bully, and he may not think we are forming to take back America, but he at a minimum know we are more than those who showed up for his swearing in.

  3. Jace, thx as always. Irish toe tapper – don’t have to try and hold an orchestral arrangement in my head this morning.

    Flatus, what sturg said. Thus spake pogathustra.

  4. Happy Canada Day ?

    Little sleep tonight as the fireworks boom boom boom over Fort Erie.

  5. bbronc, hope he doesn’t pay so much attention that he tries to declare or persuade the critters to declare martial law.  wouldn’t put it past that bunch to invoke

    U.S. Constitution – Article 1 Section 9
     

     
    Article 1 – The Legislative BranchSection 9 – Limits on Congress
     

    The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

     

     

  6. lest we forget
    The 1971 May Day Protests were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., in protest against the Vietnam War. These began on May Day of that year, continued with similar intensity into the morning of May 3rd, then rapidly diminished through several following days.
     
    Members of the Nixon administration would come to view the events as damaging, because the government’s response led to mass arrests and were perceived as violating citizens’ civil rights.
     

  7. more from that wiki account:
    While the troops secured the major intersections and bridges, the police roamed through the city making massive arrest sweeps and used tear gas. They arrested anyone who looked like a demonstrator, including construction workers who had come out to support the government. By 8 am 7,000 protesters had been arrested. The city’s prisons did not have the capacity to handle that many people thus an emergency detention center surrounded by an 8-foot-high (2.4 m) fence was set up next to RFK Stadium. No food, water, or sanitary facilities were made available by authorities but sympathetic local residents brought supplies.[6] Skirmishes between protesters and police occurred up until about mid-day. In Georgetown, the police herded the protesters and onlookers through the streets to the Georgetown University campus. The police then engaged in a back and forth with the protesters outside the university’s main gate on O Street, lobbing tear gas over the gate each time they pushed the crowd back. Other forms of gas were used including pepper based and one that induced vomiting. Police helicopters also dropped tear gas on the university’s lower athletic field where protesters had camped the night before. Numerous people were severely injured and treated by volunteers on campus. By afternoon the police had suppressed the disruption efforts and the protesters had mainly dispersed.[7]
     
    Next several days
     
    Smaller protests continued resulting in the arrests of several thousand more, bringing the total to 12,614 people, making this the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.
     

  8. from msn:
    US Rep. Maxine Waters kept up the heat on President Trump at an immigration rally Saturday in Los Angeles.
    “How dare you?” said Waters, a California Democrat and frequent Trump critic. “How dare you take the babies from mothers’ arms? How dare you take the children and send them all across the country into so-called detention centers?”
    […]

    She continued, “You are putting them in cages. You are putting them in jails. And you think we’re going to stand by and allow you to do that? I don’t think so. Donald Trump, you think you can get away with everything, but you have gone too far when you are trying to break up families in the way that you do.”

    […]
    She also had caustic advice for those who have made threats against her, increasingly, she said, since she and Trump have sparred.
    “If you shoot me, you better shoot straight,” Waters said. “There’s nothing like a wounded animal.”
     

  9. A beautiful morning glory to the trail.  Happy Canada Day (thanks, SJ) to our good neighbors to the north and happy election day to our good neighbors to the south in Mexico!  No, they are not going to pay for a border wall.

    Flatus…as a sun worshiper, please avoid the heat of the day and for goodness sake?  Get rid of the toxic round-up.
    Organic ways to control weeds.

    Mulching. Covering your garden soil with a layer of organic matter can smother and inhibit weeds, as well as prevent new seeds from germinating. …
    Crowding. …
    Limit Tilling and Digging. …
    Solarizing. …
    Fertilize and Irrigate Carefully. …
    Boiling Water. …
    Vodka or Rubbing Alcohol. …
    Vinegar.

  10. How ya doing, Jace?  Thank you as always, for a musical break ‘brake’ from the madness.

  14. fake potus begs saudis to boost oil production to save his failing economy before midterms while WH walks back claim.  Tax cuts raise debt, interest rates and inflation on citizens while the cost of gas stymies the little people.  The stock market gains…wiped-out this year.   As low hanging fruit on the economic tree…barely holding on here as many citizens never recouped major economic losses from the grand recession…the last time the uber wealthy blew a trillion dollar hole in our economy…mostly coming from the litttle people’ wealth.

  17. Binks…….you mentioned having all the National Lampoons…..are you familiar with one of their articles called The King of Sandusky ?

    id like to read that one again, can’t find it on the googler machine…..

  18. Jeff Greenfield takes responsibility for what many believe to be their most famous cover……”Buy this magazine or we’ll shoot this dog”

    may have been derived from Jackie Cooper’s story about how the famous director (Preminger?) got him to cry in a movie by telling him that they had killed his dog…..

  20. Jace…   very rousing!

    Flatus…  take care of yourself….  thus spoketh RebelliousRenee

  21. Thanks all. Glad you enjoyed the tune.

    Patd, if ever I start a company you are in charge of research.?

  24. Lengthy read on Confronting the cost of corruption to American Families.

    Most notable quote from the article?  From Mr. Mueller.
    As then-FBI Director Robert Mueller noted20 more than seven years ago when discussing the cost of corruption in the context of public officials colluding with organized crime:
    You might pay more for a gallon of gas. You might pay more for a luxury car from overseas. You will pay more for health care, mortgages, clothes, and food. Yet we are concerned with more than just the financial impact. These groups may infiltrate our businesses. They may provide logistical support to hostile foreign powers. They may try to manipulate those at the highest levels of government. Indeed, these so-called ‘iron triangles’ of organized criminals, corrupt government officials, and business leaders pose a significant national security threat.

    Go Bobby Three Sticks!!!

    (this article was written before the revelation of kennedy-trump corruption concerns.)

  25. from the guardian

     

    “Is Trump really winning? The truth about the president’s popularity ”
    [….]

    The national polls in 2016 were actually fairly accurate: Hillary Clinton was supposed to win the popular vote by about three points and she ended up winning by two.
     
    But election models portraying Clinton as a sure thing left her supporters feeling betrayed when, thanks to the electoral college, the presidency fell to Donald Trump. For those voters today, mistrust of surveys can take on an almost spiritual vehemence.
     
    Yet while Americans who feel that Trump is harming the country can be leery of any survey that seems like good news for their side, the same voters might be too quick to believe numbers that look good for Trump but which upon closer scrutiny exaggerate the strength of the president’s political position.
     
    When Trump hit a personal best 45% overall approval rating last week in Gallup’s weekly tracking poll, boosted by a 90% approval rating among Republicans, a chorus of anxious Trump detractors asked: “How can this be?”
     
    Easy come, easy poll: on Monday, Gallup had Trump back down at 41%, as Americans learned more about his policy of separating migrant families at the US border. In fact, Trump’s approval rating during his first term has been “incredibly stable” within a band from about 36% to 43%, polling analyst Harry Enten and others have pointed out.
    Under normal circumstances, an overall approval rating much under 50% would spell doom for an incumbent president, ruling out re-election. And 90% in-party support is not unusual in recent presidential cycles.
     
    “Don’t listen to the polls,” cautioned a 55-year-old army veteran and Clinton supporter from central Florida who tweets @politicalppatty and who did not want to give her name for fear of losing her Veterans Administration benefits.
     
    “Even if they say Trump is going down, that he’s going to be impeached – don’t listen. Democrats don’t get out the vote. We do not band together. We don’t have a playbook like them [Republicans]. So don’t listen to the polls. Unless we show up, we’ll lose.”
    […continues….]

  26. BW. Thanks for the abundance of materials and cautions/warnings. The only practical alternative to a spray-type weed killer would be a high-pressure steam applied by someone else. I think the chance of that happening is nil.

    The technique I employ is a highly directed spray on the cracks in the curb/pavement interface through which these pervasive weeds gain their foothold then proceed to travel across the pavement. Being in the sun, self destruction of the active chemical is rapid.

  27. Jace, I was midway through the very frenetic selection when daughter Sue showed up. The last thing I wanted was for her to start her Sunday chores with the beat of that music in her ears; I turned it off immediately and my kitchen is still in one piece. She has returned home allowing me to finish the Corrs’ Chorus—Well done!

  28. The weather seems about what it was like yesterday, hot 99, and humid 93%. The HI shows an unbelievable 158-deg. I must do some research. I am still alive and kicking; thanks for all your good wishes
    -Flatus

  29. The computation of the Heat Index comports with the formula provided by the NHS. We have had occasional drizzle today, are immediately next to Kumcho’s Forest and are really hot. I’ll be a good boy and try to stay inside.

  30. o Canada, how lucky you are not to have the twit to rain on your parades today and tomorrow. Je suis jaloux

    cnn:

    July 1 is technically Canada Day. However, because that date falls on a Sunday this year, the holiday will be observed the next day, Monday, July 2, so most Canadians can enjoy a day off. However, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia will celebrate on Sunday.

  32. Franklin Graham should head up the new Space Force……he’s already out there, might as well put his dumb ass to work……

  33. bbronc,  that “are country” tweeter’s  anthem goes like this:

     

    are country isn’t free
    ‘cept for my bros ‘n me
    of that I’m sure.
    land where folks have died
    ’cause they hurt are pride, 
    tweren’t on are side
    and less than pure!

  34. patd – quite the rendition!  One of my long ago coworkers explained how complicated her husband’s family is by telling me the story of one of the teens weekend in jail.  When he was released he told his uncle his opinion of the jail, ‘. . . you are right, the XXXX county jail is so much better than the TTTTT city jail’.

  35. excerpt from a heart wrenching story in wapo of what it’s like “After ICE raid, a 12-year-old U.S. citizen is living without parents”

    [….]

    One of the things that had confused him during the past few weeks was the shock he sometimes saw reflected back at him in strangers’ faces — the volunteers who toured the trailer park in utter disbelief, or the TV anchors who broke down in the middle of their live broadcasts from the U.S. border. They said separating a parent from a child was cruel and un-American. They said the United States was in the midst of a singular humanitarian crisis. They said these were the actions of a country they no longer recognized. But, to Alex, the act of family separation seemed quintessentially American. It was the cornerstone of his American experience.

    [….continues…]

  36. Sturgeonesays:
    July 1, 2018 at 2:07 pm

    Franklin Graham should head up the new Space Force……he’s already out there, might as well put his dumb ass to work……
    I think he saw Space Balls on late night tv and thought I can do that

  37. They’re not supporting the general welfare…….they’re supporting the rich guy welfare and all the fools in town are on their side.

  38. I think that at some crucial point, the goobers are all going to start asking at the same time…….Hey….what the hell do WE get out of all this?

    Critical mass.

  39. Hey, shaddup……you get to crawl back down in the mines and dig us out some coal…..

    And by the way……No More fuckin Canaries…….we ain’t running a bird ranch around here…..

  40. Something’s wrong with my computer—it keeps saying July.

    For y’all out West, a wonderfully interesting 60-minutes tonight.

     

  41. Me in front of The Round Barn, home of the Pakataken Farmers Market in Halcottsville, NY. Catskills.

  43. I sprayed  pavement weeds w/bleach. It never failed, and only cost me about 5% of the cost of roundup. a couple days later the weeds were grey, brittle, and crumbly.

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