But I’m a creep; I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doing reading about the BUSINESS side of music?
A few things that might spark conversation (if only this weren’t a Friday):
- Nikki Haley says she’ll help Obama find the money to keep Guantanamo open — Just call her NIMBY Haley from now on. This cockiness about helping POTUS find money comes from the woman who thinks we should finance roads by either a) cutting another tax by a larger amount than that needed for roads or b) taking it from other programs even though roads have their own dedicated funding source, one that hasn’t been raised for 29 years.
- GOP elites are now resigned to Trump as their nominee — This is very, very, extremely, awful, horrible news, if you are an American, or the resident of any other country affected by U.S. policy, which is to say, if you are an earthling.
- Cruz’s latest fights with fellow Republicans are a reminder: Many simply don’t like him — And see, this is why we’re in the horrible situation described in the previous item: Two things characterize Cruz: Tout le monde sees him as the only guy to stop Trump, and he is a guy who causes normal Republicans to say such things as what the former speaker of the House said — that he “never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” If only there were a sane option out there that leading Republicans didn’t hate… someone like… I don’t know… KASICH?
- Radiohead’s corporate empire: inside the band’s dollars and cents — Disregard! I was hoping this would be about Radiohead’s upcoming new album or something, but it turns out the headline was accurate: It really was about business and money. Bleh. I’d just as soon watch “Vinyl” as read about that…
- Pentagon Disciplines 16 for Errors Tied to Afghan Hospital Bombing — This is the one back in October, not the latest one. The latest one wasn’t us.
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Yeah, I know the “Nimby Haley” item is kind of old. I actually started this Open Thread late yesterday, but had to stop and didn’t get back to it until this morning… and I still wanted to comment on that…
We should detain them at the Charleston brig.
What exactly is the problem?
NIMBY.
And yes, we SHOULD keep them in the brig. That’s what brigs are for.
If the proposal was to seat them at tables at 82 Queen or 39 Rue de Jean, I might have a problem. But this is what brigs are for…
And also because it’s against Obama.
This is a national defense issue; not the place for petty politics.
Not sure WHY the Feds would need a state’s approval anyway. Wasn’t a choice about Savannah River Site; not about Chas Navy base closure. Etc. Or even what happens at Ft Jackson…
“Pentagon Disciplines 16 for Errors Tied to Afghan Hospital Bombing”
Always release bad P.R. news on Friday afternoon. Good marketing strategy there.
Actually, I didn’t see that as bad news. It was bad news when it happened; this was about holding people accountable for it.
But since you mention it… It’s weird how people ignore news at this time of the week.
I’ve always thought it really irrational that the Sunday paper had better readership than Saturday. Saturday generally has WAY more news.
So much news used to happen on Friday afternoons that it really frustrated me when I was the news editor of The Jackson Sun in Tennessee.
In those days, we were an afternoon paper Monday-Friday, meaning our last edition went to bed at 1:30 p.m. But we had no paper on Saturday, and a morning paper on Sunday. So, back long before the Web, we had this long, dead time when we couldn’t tell the readers what was going on.
Maddening… I used to think, If only we published on Saturday, I could put out an awesome paper that day…
But maybe I would have felt better back then if I knew what I now know from blogging, which is that readers just check out on Fridays and stop paying attention.
I don’t know why. Is it that they’re just so eager to get away and do whatever it is they do on weekends?
I view Hillary and Bernie as being much worse situations for the country than Trump. At least other countries respect The Donald, which can’t be said for who’s held the office the past 8 years.
Say WHAT?
Other countries WHAT The Donald?…
I’m guessing you had similar reactions about Reagan.
No. Reagan had been the governor of our largest state, and had not embarrassed himself in that office.
I didn’t like Reagan, and I really hated to see him beat Jimmy Carter, who I had always liked.
But there’s no comparison between him and Trump. Trump is so completely unqualified, so clueless, so beyond the pale, that we’re talking about someone in a completely different category from anything I have ever seen.
Sure, I worried about Reagan’s competence in foreign affairs, just because I worried about the way he oversimplified things. But the things that he oversimplified were by and large things I broadly agreed with, in terms of America’s role in the world.
In those days — in fact, up until this moment in our history — there was a consensus with regard to the world, and there was just disagreement about methods and nuances about what we emphasized.
Trump is a guy who does not understand ANY of it. He is so wrong about things that it’s hard to know where to start in explaining why he’s wrong. Because if people don’t get that he’s wrong, there’s a long of very fundamental things that they are not getting. It’s almost like he and his supporters speak a whole other language, and it’s hard to translate certain concepts into that language…
Gov Haley has done a few things well, but I’m not convinced she has done anything better than any good governor would have in the same circumstances. She does one thing especially well – grandstanding. It’s the politician’s favorite currency.
This is quite a list, it’s maybe best to put the Clinton’s on your enemy list… this is what happens to their friends:
Just a quick refresher course ‘lest we forget’ what has happened to many “friends” of the Clintons.
1- James McDougal – Clintons convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.
2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown .. The murder happened just after she was togo public w:th her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
3 – Vince Foster – Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruleda suicide.
4 – Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the air Traffic controller commited suicide.
5 – C. Victor Raiser, II – Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.
6 – Paul Tulley – Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotelroom in Little Rock , September 1992. Described by Clinton as a “dear friend and trusted advisor”.
7 – Ed Willey – Clinton fundraiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.
8 – Jerry Parks – Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock .. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
9 – James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas
10 – James Wilson – Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater..
11 – Kathy Ferguson – Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
12 – Bill Shelton – Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.
13 – Gandy Baugh – Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
14 – Florence Martin – Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal, Mena, Arkansas, airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds.
15 – Suzanne Coleman – Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.
16 – Paula Grober – Clinton’s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
17 – Danny Casolaro – Investigative reporter. Investigating MenaAirport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.
18 – Paul Wilcher – Attorney investigating corruption at MenaAirport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993, in his WashingtonDC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.
19 – Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington , Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.
20 – Barbara Wise – Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.
21 – Charles Meissner – Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.
22 – Dr. Stanley Heard – Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton ‘s advisory council personally treated Clinton’s mother, stepfather and brother.
23 – Barry Seal – Drug running TWA pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.
24 – Johnny Lawhorn, Jr. – Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.
25 – Stanley Huggins – Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.
26 – Hershell Friday – Attorney and Clinton fundraiser died March 1, 1994, when his plane exploded.
27 – Kevin Ives & Don Henry – Known as “The boys on the track” case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:
28 – Keith Coney – Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88.
29 – Keith McMaskle – Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988
30 – Gregory Collins – Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.
31 – Jeff Rhodes – He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
32 – James Milan – Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to natural causes”.
33 – Jordan Kettleson – Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.
34 – Richard Winters – A suspect in the Ives/Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.
THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD
35 – Major William S. Barkley, Jr.
36 – Captain Scott J . Reynolds
37 – Sgt. Brian Hanley
38 – Sgt. Tim Sabel
39 – Major General William Robertson
40 – Col. William Densberger
41 – Col. Robert Kelly
42 – Spec. Gary Rhodes
43 – Steve Willis
44 – Robert Williams
45 – Conway LeBleu
46 – Todd McKeehan
And here, for anyone impressed by that list, is the Snopes entry debunking it, item by item…
Moral of the Clinton List. Avoid being friends with the Clintons at all costs. The mortality rate of friends, acquaintances, casual friends, and even the 7 degrees of separation variety is very high even though they can all be explained with facts supporting the actual cause for each one’s demise. Just like some of the murder mystery shows when the main character shows up, someone dies. I asked my wife one night long ago when she was watching one of the shows why the main character wasn’t investigated because everywhere she went, boom!, a dead body showed up within 5 to 10 minutes.
Just like the conspiracy theories that abound about GWB being in on the 9/11 attacks and actually supporting them. Total tin foil hat conspiracy BS!