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12 AUG 2026.

Were I POTUS this would be my Secretary of State. That simple.

Political scientist John Mearsheimer says Trump knows the US cannot sustain a prolonged Iran war as sophisticated weapons stocks dwindle

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Lindsay Lou and Kyle Tuttle turn Kate Wolf’s “Like a River” into something devotional. Performed at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in 2025, it is spare, intimate and beautifully controlled. Lou’s voice carries that old Appalachian ache while Tuttle’s banjo moves underneath with remarkable restraint. No theatrics. No excess. Just two formidable musicians serving a magnificent song exactly as it deserves.

Lindsay Lou with special guest Kyle Tuttle performs Kate Wolf’s “Like a River” at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2025. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions. Audio by Bill K.

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11 AUG 2026.

The level of fraud evinced by this character is off the charts.

DEVELOPING: Cambridge University just hired Jason Arday and celebrated him as the youngest Black professor in the school’s history. He claimed to have run 30 marathons in 35 days on a broken leg, run 600 miles in 6 days on a treadmill, raised over 5.5 million pounds for… pic.twitter.com/12J9fdm7q1

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Eva Gevorgyan attacks Chopin’s Prelude No. 16 in B-flat minor, Op. 28, with astonishing precision, velocity and controlled fury. This is Chopin at his most turbulent: a breathtaking torrent of notes demanding enormous technical command without sacrificing musical shape. Gevorgyan makes the virtuosity serve the drama, maintaining clarity amid the storm. The result is less a delicate piano miniature than a musical thunderbolt: urgent, relentless and exhilarating, demonstrating why this brief prelude remains among Chopin’s most formidable creations.

Konzerthaus Berlin 16.10.2025 Film by Sören L. Schirmer

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10  AUG 2026.

There may be no more combustible combination in modern public discourse than the availability heuristic, groupthink and the Dunning-Kruger effect operating simultaneously.

The availability heuristic is our tendency to judge what is true, common or important according to whatever examples come most readily to mind. See something repeatedly on television or social media and suddenly it feels ubiquitous. Repetition begins masquerading as evidence.

Then comes groupthink. Once enough people within your social, political or professional tribe accept a proposition, questioning it becomes increasingly uncomfortable. Consensus becomes confused with proof. People begin policing themselves because nobody wants to be the heretic at the dinner table, newsroom, faculty lounge or online community.

Now introduce the Dunning-Kruger effect, the tendency associated with limited competence sometimes producing inflated confidence because the person lacks enough knowledge to recognize the limits of his own understanding.

And behold the modern internet.

A person encounters the same proposition repeatedly. Availability tells him it must be important. Everyone around him agrees. Groupthink tells him it must be correct. He possesses enough superficial information to feel knowledgeable but perhaps not enough to appreciate the complexity of the subject. Confidence consequently outruns competence.

The result can be astonishing.

People become absolutely certain about subjects they began studying fifteen minutes ago. They repeat conclusions because everyone they follow repeats them. Contradictory evidence becomes threatening rather than interesting. Questions themselves become suspicious.

This is why intellectual discipline matters more than ever.

Ask: How do I know this? What evidence would prove me wrong? Am I repeating something because I investigated it or because I keep hearing it?

The dangerous mind is not necessarily the uninformed mind.

It is the uninformed mind convinced that further inquiry is unnecessary.

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Merle Haggard’s “Big City” is pure working-man country, a declaration of independence from the grind, bureaucracy and suffocating machinery of modern life. Released in 1981, Haggard sings for anyone who has ever wanted to collect what he’s earned, leave the concrete behind and disappear into open country. “Big City” captures something timeless in the American character: self-reliance, freedom, wide-open spaces and the stubborn conviction that a man ought to be able to live life on his own terms.

classic country

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09 AUG 2026.

Have you any idea what just happened?

ZeroHedge – On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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Nahuel Pennisi joins the extraordinary Luis Salinas for a deeply moving interpretation of “Nada” on El Arranque with Luis Tarantino. Pennisi’s unmistakable voice brings tenderness and emotional weight to this classic, while Salinas answers with guitar playing that is elegant, expressive and effortlessly conversational. Two remarkable Argentine musicians listening to each other in real time, allowing melody, silence and feeling to do the work. A beautiful reminder that great music never needs excess.

Nahuel Pennisi junto a Luis Salinas interpretan el tango “Nada” de José Dames y Horacio Sanguinetti en vivo en “El Arranque” Escuchá a Luis Tarantino en “El Arranque” Lunes a viernes de 9 a 12 h.

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08 AUG 2026.

There is a point where coincidence becomes worthy of scrutiny and the ever-expanding list of deaths surrounding Jeffrey Epstein has certainly reached that point. That does not mean every death was murder. It means serious people should stop pretending that noticing the pattern is somehow irrational.

The latest case involves Daniel Siad, a 69-year-old modeling scout whose name reportedly appears nearly 2,000 times in released Epstein-related material. French authorities were investigating allegations involving rape and human trafficking, which Siad denied. Before investigators reportedly questioned him, he was found dead at his home outside Paris.

And Siad joins quite a roster.

Palm Beach detective Joe Recarey, who aggressively pursued Epstein, died at 50 after a brief illness. Banker Thomas Bowers reportedly died by suicide. Hollywood producer Steve Bing died after falling from his 27th-floor apartment. Epstein’s former cellmate Efrain Reyes later died after contracting COVID. French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, accused of rape and trafficking and awaiting proceedings, was found hanged in his prison cell. Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg was later found dead in his apartment. Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, whose name surfaced in Epstein-related litigation and who denied wrongdoing, died in 2023.

None of this proves some coordinated elimination operation. That distinction matters.

But “coincidence” should not become a magic word used to terminate curiosity.

In Siad’s case, authorities reportedly found no immediate evidence of recent violence. An autopsy did not initially establish a definitive cause of death and additional toxicology and pathology examinations were ordered.

So don’t manufacture conclusions.

Ask questions.

Who knew what? Who was preparing to testify? Who possessed documents, photographs, names or communications? What evidence survives these people after they are gone?

And why does practically every road through the Epstein story seem to produce yet another unanswered question?

A growing number of those connected to the disgraced financier died, fuelling persistent speculation surrounding the case.

“Clair de Lune” takes on an entirely different life through the unmistakable spirit of Django Reinhardt and the extraordinary musicianship of Biréli Lagrène, Samuel Strouk and Jérémie Arranger. Debussy’s timeless masterpiece becomes something intimate, sophisticated and almost otherworldly as classical impressionism meets the freedom of jazz and gypsy swing. Every phrase breathes. Every pause matters. This is not merely a reinterpretation but a conversation across generations and musical traditions. Close your eyes and listen carefully. This is what happens when genius meets genius and a familiar melody becomes completely new again.

LOCO CELLO Feat. Bireli Lagrene Album Release Concert – Paris Special Guest Bireli Lagrene – Guitar Samuel Strouk – Guitar Jéremie Arranger – double bass Images Pol Pébé © ℗ Well Done Simone Productions

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07 AUG 2026.

President Donald Trump erupted after Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, immediately framing the result as a warning sign for November. El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in a closely watched contest that exposed the growing divide between the Democratic establishment and its increasingly aggressive progressive wing.

Trump responded by calling El-Sayed a communist and attacking Wayne County’s election system as corrupt and unreliable. He warned that questionable voting practices and late-arriving mail ballots could again become part of the general-election controversy. Trump urged Republicans to unite behind GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers and make the margin too large for any alleged irregularities to matter.

Politically, El-Sayed’s victory is important because he represents a sharp ideological break from the more conventional Democratic candidates who usually perform well in statewide Michigan races. He has backed Medicare for All, major campaign-finance reform and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. Stevens, by contrast, ran more as a traditional Democrat focused on manufacturing, economic policy and electability.

That sets up a stark general-election contrast. Republicans will almost certainly portray El-Sayed as far outside the mainstream and use his progressive positions to define the race. Democrats will argue that he represents generational change and a more populist economic agenda.

The bigger issue is whether Michigan voters see El-Sayed as a fresh outsider or as a candidate too ideological for a battleground state. Trump clearly intends to make that question central.

This is now more than a Senate race. Michigan is becoming a national test of progressive Democratic politics, Trump-era populism and the continuing battle over election integrity, trust and political legitimacy.

Trump’s tirade came moments after El-Sayed’s campaign announced that Stevens had called to concede the state’s closely watched Democratic primary.

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Yul Brynner brings extraordinary presence to “Two Guitars” on The Ed Sullivan Show, revealing a musical side audiences may not associate with the legendary actor. With his unmistakable voice, commanding rhythm and magnetic stage presence, Brynner transforms the traditional Russian-Romani song into something theatrical, intimate and hypnotic. It is a fascinating television moment, capturing an entertainer whose charisma extended far beyond the screen and reminding us how wonderfully unpredictable classic variety television could be.

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04 AUG 2026.

Everything is changing. Look who’s losing their clout.

An Indian parliamentary panel has demanded a personal apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video

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The Allman Brothers Band’s appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in August 1990 and October 1991 captured the group during its powerful comeback era. Reenergized with Warren Haynes and Allen Woody alongside Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe, the band sounded muscular, disciplined and unmistakably Southern. These performances showed why the Allmans were never simply a nostalgia act. The guitar interplay, blues foundation and improvisational confidence proved the band could still summon its classic fire.

Allman Brothers- Johnny Carson Show Aug, 1990/ Oct, 1991

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02 AUG 2026.

It seems beyond the realm of reason that the world could be this crazy, this catastrophically nuts, this completely detached from common sense in virtually every direction at once. Politics is insane. Media is insane. War is treated like entertainment. Government routinely tells us things that contradict what we can see with our own eyes. Institutions that once demanded respect now seem determined to destroy whatever credibility they have left. Men and women argue about realities that previous generations regarded as self-evident. Technology races forward faster than our ability to understand its consequences. Artificial intelligence is rewriting work, education, warfare, communication and even the definition of truth itself. Social media has turned millions of people into unpaid propagandists fighting strangers over manufactured controversies. Everyone is screaming. Nobody is listening. Everything is urgent. Nothing is resolved.

And perhaps the strangest part is how quickly insanity becomes normal.

Something happens today that would have shocked the country ten years ago. By tomorrow it is a meme. By Friday everyone has moved on to the next catastrophe.

You almost begin wondering whether the chaos itself is the point. Keep everyone distracted, frightened, furious and exhausted long enough and eventually people stop asking the most important question of all.

What the hell happened to us?

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Astrud Gilberto’s 1987 North Sea Jazz Festival performance captures everything that made her unique. Her voice is understated, intimate and almost conversational, floating effortlessly over bossa nova rhythms. Backed by a superb quartet, including drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and her son Marcello Gilberto on bass, she revisits classics including “The Girl from Ipanema,” “One Note Samba” and “Água de Beber.” Elegant, relaxed and unmistakably Brazilian, it is Astrud at her most natural.

Astrud Gilberto (born March 30, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She is best known for her performance of the song “The Girl from Ipanema”.

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02 AUG 2026.

Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson represent something increasingly rare in modern political media: enormous audiences, institutional independence and a willingness to ask questions that respectable gatekeepers would rather leave untouched. That is precisely why any confrontation involving Erika Kirk and Laura Loomer could become politically combustible. Candace does not merely disagree. She dissects. She revisits timelines, statements, inconsistencies and unanswered questions, then keeps pressing long after conventional media has moved on. Tucker operates differently but just as effectively. His weapon is the deceptively simple question, the one everyone supposedly knows the answer to until somebody is actually required to explain it.

That combination is formidable.

Erika and Loomer may therefore face a problem larger than another social media feud. They are confronting two broadcasters capable of moving millions of people outside traditional Republican media structures. Candace has demonstrated that attacks often enlarge rather than diminish her audience. Tucker, meanwhile, possesses enough reach and independence that establishment denunciations have increasingly little effect on him.

The critical issue is credibility.

If Erika Kirk or Laura Loomer believes Candace is wrong, answer her evidence point by point. If Tucker’s questions are unfair, demonstrate why. But denunciations, personal attacks and demands that audiences simply stop listening will accomplish the opposite. They transform disagreement into curiosity.

And curiosity is dangerous when unanswered questions already exist.

Candace and Tucker do not have to prove some grand conspiracy to prevail in this fight. They merely have to keep asking questions their opponents cannot answer convincingly.

That is the strategic miscalculation.

The harder critics try to marginalize them, the more audiences wonder what they are afraid of. And if Candace produces documentary evidence while Tucker provides the national platform, Erika Kirk and Laura Loomer could discover that attacking these two did not end the controversy.

It amplified it.

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Ten unforgettable jazz records turned 60 in 2026, each born in 1966, one of the most adventurous years in modern music. Behind these albums were restless geniuses, changing clubs, new politics, fearless improvisation and musicians pushing beyond hard bop into modal, avant-garde and electric frontiers. These are not merely classic records. They are snapshots of jazz reinventing itself in real time.

1966 was the year jazz split down the middle – between artists chasing the pop charts and artists tearing up the rulebook entirely. In this documentary countdown, Sax Appeal traces ten pivotal recordings from that single year, from John Coltrane’s controversial “Ascension” to Nina Simone’s banned civil rights anthem “Four Women,” uncovering the personal risk, grief, and reinvention behind every one of them.

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01 AUG 2026.

Draft fears are exploding for a reason. The Selective Service is modernizing right now. Automatic registration for every man 18 to 26 kicks in this December. They’re running digital mobilization simulations and quietly boosting their budget while the White House refuses to take the draft “off the table.”

At the same time, Trump is weighing fresh strikes on Iran. Iran is answering by promising to hit American energy assets across the Middle East and Israeli infrastructure if attacked. They called the whole idea “a kind of madness.” Meanwhile, cyberattacks on U.S. water systems have hit at least seven states. Officials say the fingerprints look Iranian. No ransom. Just disruption of the systems that push clean water into American homes.

This is not an existential threat to the United States. Iran cannot invade us. It cannot occupy us. The only reason American cities, gas prices, and young men are being put at risk is our entanglement with Israel. Remove that and this conflict barely registers as a U.S. national interest.

We already lived through a draft. Vietnam tore the country apart. Middle-class parents woke up when their own sons started coming home in boxes. The political system nearly cracked. That same pressure is being reloaded today—only with modern tracking that makes the old system look primitive.

This is already splitting the MAGA right. America First people who meant it are colliding with those who never really left the neoconservative playbook. The old left-right lines are blurring because large parts of both sides see the same thing: a war that has nothing to do with securing the American people and everything to do with someone else’s security concerns.

War with Iran is pure insanity. It brings cyber probes on our water, threats to the energy that runs our economy, and the real possibility that your sons get the letter. Have we learned nothing?

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Eliane Elias brings effortless Brazilian sophistication to “Eu Sambo Mesmo” live at SFJAZZ, blending samba pulse, jazz harmony and her unmistakably elegant touch. At the piano, she is both rhythmic and lyrical, driving the band while leaving space for the music to breathe. Her phrasing feels conversational, playful and deeply rooted in Brazilian tradition. The performance is polished without becoming precious, virtuosic without losing warmth. It is a masterclass in swing, restraint and musical confidence from a truly original artist.

Watch Eliane Elias perform Eu Sambo Mesmo, live at SFJAZZ, from her upcoming album ‘Ao Vivo’, out May 22. Order / Listen: https://ElianeElias.lnk.to/aovivoYO Captured in its entirety during a singular night at the SFJAZZ Center’s Miner Auditorium, AO VIVO is an intimate and vibrant portrait of multi-GRAMMY® winner Eliane Elias in her element.

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