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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Riches . . .

(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/10/if-youre-bothered-by-bernies-millionaire-status-vote-him/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0288e5d08a8a)

". . . So Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made more than 1 million dollars, much thanks to his best-selling book. Rarely is turning such a profit in an industry as dicey as publishing better news for your enemies than you, but so it goes: Sanders’s critics are thrilled. . . there is something to say in defense of Sanders as a consistent politician and an honest broker, which is really what his detractors are out to dispute. . .Sanders’s complaint isn’t that millionaires exist per se. After all, if America’s household wealth were distributed evenly across the population, then every family of four would have a net worth of $1.2 million. Sanders’s critique is that the United States’ super-rich are symptomatic of a system that churns out a small class of extremely wealthy people who rule over the vast remainder. . . (whose) largesse allows them to wield disproportionate, anti-democratic political power by funding campaigns and lobbying politicians . . . (none of this) compromises the final integrity of Sanders’s politics nor implies he’s insufficiently serious about them, especially after so many decades pushing the same policies with no best-selling books or millions to show for it. . ."

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Friday, April 12, 2019

OHO Music . . .

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Beginning . . .

(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-house-wants-to-reform-democracy-its-not-a-panacea--but-its-a-start/2019/01/03/54a0cb54-0fa0-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a48043b81dd1)

". . . THE NEW Democratic majority House gaveled in [in January] with reform on its agenda — not so much of policy but of democracy itself. Admirably, the majority aims both to repair House rules and to improve the functioning of democratic institutions more broadly. Given the coarsening discourse and widening polarization, the challenge is immense. . . [H.R. 1 addresses] campaign financing, voting rights, election cybersecurity and more. . . [and] mandate[s] that political action committees report their donors. It would mend the big hole that the Supreme Court ripped in the Voting Rights Act, which had guaranteed access to the voting booth to generations of minority Americans. It would help states replace old election equipment, curb extreme partisan gerrymandering and encourage small-dollar campaign donations. . . None of this is a panacea. H.R. 1 will be dead on arrival in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Senate. . . But all are worthwhile first steps — toward persuading the Senate to accept some of the House’s ideas, tightening ethics standards and encouraging bipartisan groups to exert more pressure when House leaders suppress majority bills. Especially measured against the last House’s early drive to destroy Obamacare and recklessly cut taxes, this is a welcome beginning. . . "

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Long . . .

. . . list, and growing . . .

(from http://projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-fact-check/index.html)
Donald Trump has said 4755 false things as U.S. president
By Daniel Dale, Washington Bureau Chief

The Star is keeping track of every false claim U.S. President Donald Trump has made since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Why? Historians say there has never been such a constant liar in the Oval Office. We think dishonesty should be challenged. We think inaccurate information should be corrected. And we think the sheer frequency of Trump’s inaccuracy is a central story of his presidency.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Working . . .

. . . and "Re-working". . .

Foreclosing on widows homes
Is one thing I’ve not done
But if truth be told
That’s only one
The life that I led before
Left nothing to be desired
High on the hog until
I was undone

Otherwise blameless
Upstanding citizen true

So exemplary am I
How upright I stand
One lie here
There one little fraud
I’m just a man

Lying; tampering; a plea deal
Polling; disinformation; spike heel

Recommended sentencing
Was max one score plus five
Thanks though to judge Friend-of-Mine
I’ll soon revive

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Clarity . . .

Ray Jozwiak rayjozwiak1@gmail.com

Mar 13, 2019, 10:09 AM (13 days ago)

to artists

I am in the process of reviewing your contract.

Can you kindly explain the following clause:

Joining the XXXXXXX LICENSING service requires: (1) the prior publication by the

Artist of at least one (1) Work on XXXXXXX.COM.

and how I can accomplish this?

artists

Mar 25, 2019, 9:42 AM (21 hours ago)

to me

Hello Ray,

As long as BMI didn't give you the go by email you won't be able to access XXXXXXX.

The first step is to write to BMI and wait for their answer, like we explained in our last email.

Cheers,

The Music Team

at XXXXXXX.com

From: Ray Jozwiak <rayjozwiak1@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:09 PM

Ray Jozwiak rayjozwiak1@gmail.com

7:24 AM (3 minutes ago)

to artists

Thank you very much. I did understand that item from your previous email.

I am currently reviewing your contract and requested an explanation of the clause,

"Joining the XXXXXXX LICENSING service requires: (1) the prior publication by the

Artist of at least one (1) Work on XXXXXXX .COM"

This reminds me of the dilemma, 'I can't be hired without experience while I have no experience

because no one will hire me'

Can you kindly clarify how I get (1) prior publication of at least one (1) work on XXXXXXX .com, if I

cannot register with XXXXXXX without (1) prior publication of at least one (1) work on XXXXXXX .com?

Thanks in advance.

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Sunday, April 7, 2019

Nothing . . .

. . . new

(from Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood)
". . . since the Middle Ages the people had struggled to wrest their rights from the twin tyrannies of power - monarchs and the church. For centuries the great had exploited the ignorance and timidity of ordinary people in order to dominate and oppress them. When government was properly restrained by respect for the people's rights, it could be a useful force for good. "But when such restraints are taken off, it becomes an incroaching (sic), grasping, restless and ungovernable power.". . . "

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