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WWE for all of us!

I have never been a fan of the WWE or whatever it is called now. Never watched it, never paid attention to it. But, despite that, I knew that Trump used to 'run' it, in a way, and I inadvertently caught some of the things he would do, all the grandstanding, the fake conflicts, the stupid outrage, the, what seemed to me, lies. Couldn't not hear them or read those things even if just skirting by the magazine in the checkout line, or listening to the radio on the way home from distributing CSA shares and so on.

So, in politics and the world today, we have the strikes on the nuke sites in Iran, and then Iran's retaliatory strike on our base in Qatar. At least the Iranian strikes included the 'enemy' giving the US forewarning, and I think (if I remember rightly) the US strikes on Iran did the same, so both were basically orchestrated... very WWE, isn't it?

In another example we have the BBC calling Trump the disruptor - very WWE, isn't it?

As-salamu alaykum in Islamic culture
is a common greeting. This translates literally to "Peace be upon you"
In Arabic it is written as ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ.

I can only bare a few seconds of Western controlled media before turning the tube off. It truly is an echo chamber with the same sentence construction and bullet points. Entire paragraphs cut and pasted right into their mouths.

Report: Last Night’s Attack on Iran Was Planned under the Biden Administration

(Headline USA) The Pentagon’s surprise attack on three of Iranian nuclear sites Saturday nights had apparently been in the works for about a year, with the U.S. and Israel having practiced the operation during the Biden administration.

Trump the warmonger lifts his ugly head and illegally bombs Iran following Israel's lead.

President Trump addressed the nation at 2200ET and said that with “massive precision strikes”, Iran’s nuclear facilities have “been completely and totally obliterated” in a “spectacular military success.” He warned Iran (“the bully of the Middle East”) that if they do not come to peace then there are many other targets: “There will be either peace; or tragedy for Iran worse than the likes of which we have seen over the last eight days.” “If peace does not come quickly,” we will go after the rest of the nation with “speed and skill. ” He ended the speech by saying “God bless The Middle East, Gold bless Israel, and God bless The United States.”

Afternoon folks!

There's a buncha blues for you this week. Starting out is an album from a fellow who should be better known having performed and made records with Otis Redding and Duane Allman (among others) - that would be Johnny Jenkins. After that is another not well-known blues guy, Zuzu Bollin from Texas. Following that is a later career album from Kansas City's Big Joe Turner. After that we've got some more or less acoustic blues from Ron Thompson and some uptown, sophisticated blues from Leon Redbone. Finishing up in the diversity department is some fine fiddlin' from Vassar Clements and friends.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!