Séamas Aloysius
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What's one of your favorite Pat Benatar songs? 🎶 After releasing her debut album in 1979, Pat Benatar released Crimes of Passion, her 2nd album on August 5, 1980. It first showed up on the US Billboard 200 at the end of August & went on to hold the #2 spot for 5 weeks in January 1981. 👇
Primary Elections Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Race in Michigan www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Michigan Election Results Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Race in Michigan
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a bitter campaign dominated by the politics of Israel.
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With the album title named after a chapter in "The Wind In The Willows" Pink Floyd's 1st LP "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was released today in 1967. (August 5) Here's an alternate picture from Vic Singh's photo session for the cover...
'New Riders of the Purple Sage' is the self-titled debut album by the New Riders of the Purple Sage, released in August 1971. It reached #39 on the Billboard Top 200 LPs chart. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New Riders Of The Purple Sage (1971) - YouTube
New Riders of the Purple Sage Formed in Marin County, California circa 1969. Country influenced Rock n Roll, led by John Dawson, David Nelson and Dave Torber...
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Remembering George Duke 💙💖 (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013)
"Revolver" is the 7th studio album by The Beatles in the UK, released on August 5, 1966 (August 8, 1966, in the US). It reached #1 on the UK Albums chart and stayed at the top spot for seven weeks. youtu.be/TN-Imp3N3dM?...
The Beatles - Revolver (Full Album) [1966]
YouTube video by isobello
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5 Aug 1978, The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Miss You' the group's eighth US No.1. The song was written by Mick Jagger after jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for forthcoming club dates the Stones were playing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-...
The Rolling Stones - Miss You - OFFICIAL PROMO
YouTube video by The Rolling Stones
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Exclusive pictures of the SpaceX rocket hitting the moon have just been released.
Countries that signed the letter against Spain 22 of 27 EU governments signed the letter after the Ceuta crisis; France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal did not
So great to see another successful Reading Opens the World event with the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers this past weekend, where volunteers from the union and local churches and community orgs handed out 5,000 books to more than 1,200 children and families ahead of the new school year.
He really needs a new crisis management team. No one is buying it. He is not only destroying CBS with alleged promises to Trump to make “changes”at CNN but he is pushing through a thoroughly illegal merger at the cost of Paramounts brand. The film makers are not goint to want to work with them.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 23h agoDavid Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
People are scared, exhausted, and angry. ICE is using American tax dollars to fund mistreatment and abuse at detention centers across our country. Republicans and this president are ok with us being a country that implements this kind of cruelty, but we cannot be. This is not ok.
Also in Michigan is a crowded gubernatorial race. The key swing state has served as a pipeline for women leaders and control of the governor’s office has switched between Democratic and Republican over the last 40 years.
Michigan governor’s race could break barriers — and party lines
2026 races to watch: The race to replace Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is crowded on both sides in the key swing state, where control of the office has switched between Democratic and Republican over the last...
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APPLEBAUM: Kushner and Witkoff didn’t understand Putin. They don’t really know the geography of Ukraine. They were seen by Russians, and really by everybody, as incompetents who were bumbling along. Russians thought, "Well, we can rip these people off, and win the war that way."
Using National Guard soldiers as props in authoritarian theater is pricey. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion
The estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term.
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POLITICO: “ @justinjpearson.bsky.social , a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout… Pearson is taking on Musk’s A.I. empire…” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
If you have a telescope, you might get to see Musk's boondoggle crash and burn. www.space.com/astronomy/mo...
A 9,000-pound SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon tonight. Will you be able to see it?
While the impact itself probably won't be visible from Earth, observers may have a chance to spot a plume of debris rising above the lunar surface.
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