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January 12, 2019

Funny Cats Hate Bad Singing!! (hilarious)

P.S. My cats are oblivious to my bad singing

January 9, 2019

What Ken Burns replied when asked if he'd make a documentary about dumdum

https://variety.com/video/ken-burns-on-why-he-would-make-a-trump-documentary/

Burns is so articulate and so intelligent, yet he's totally down-to-earth and approachable.

I heard him speak last night and was blown away-- best speaker I ever heard!!! Wish we could clone him

January 1, 2019

I learned of that only recently-- absolutely staggering, isn't it?

They were not schooled in music theory nor did they ever even take music lessons, yet they instinctively knew everything they needed to create the songs they wanted. They didn't know the technical words or concepts yet they utilized them constantly. How is this possible? Pure instinct? Really, I think they actually were "geniuses"-- I hate to use that over-used word but how else to explain it?

Here's an excerpt from Jonathan Gould's book, in which he writes about the song, A Hard Day's Night:

It begins with a musical wake-up call: the harsh clang of a solitary guitar chord that hangs in the air for an elongated moment, its densely-packed notes swimming into focus like eyes adjusting to the light. (Though the song is in the key of G, this opening chord is a D minor 11th, as if a C-major triad were being played over a D-minor triad.) Two bars later, reality rushes in, as John's vocal pickup ("It's been a..." ) is swept up and carried along by a swift current of guitars, bass, drums...The momentum builds through another verse until, with a shout, the singers seem to leap out of the path of Harrison's twelve-string electric guitar and George Martin's piano as they combine on a deep, bluesy run that resolves in a delighted little jig-step of sixteen notes.The singing returns, the middle repeats, and finally, a full three minutes after it began, the song heads wearily for home, the band slowing imperceptibly, until the rhythm falls out and George's twelve-string explodes into the chord that opened the song--arpeggiated this time, its notes distinct and shimmering like stars against the sky.

Wow

July 28, 2018

I smelled a rat from Day One

And I know nearly everyone on DU did as well

I have friends who say, "yes, but the electoral college says he won..."

I don't buy it

I never will

This has been an absolute NIGHTMARE

July 19, 2018

From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election.

The evidence included texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation.

Mr. Trump sounded grudgingly convinced, according to several people who attended the intelligence briefing. But ever since, Mr. Trump has tried to cloud the very clear findings that he received on Jan. 6, 2017, which his own intelligence leaders have unanimously endorsed.

The shifting narrative underscores the degree to which Mr. Trump regularly picks and chooses intelligence to suit his political purposes. That has never been more clear than this week.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html

June 30, 2018

I especially LOVE the one of the cat running away from the TV!!!!

June 13, 2018

Anchors can't stop laughing uncontrollably

I know things are pretty grim these days but I wanted to show you a clip of two anchors with a serious case of the giggles. Lightens my heart to hear the laughter. God knows we need it.