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Re: Black Sabbath “inventing” Heavy Metal. The term was coined by Steppenwolf in their song “Born to be Wild,” and one could argue that the band’s hard-rockin’ material presaged “metal.”

The Who’s “Live At Leeds” album captured the ferocity of their “heavy” live sound, and Roger Daltrey was arguably the first rock vocalist to scream for his supper. Thee inspired bands such as Cream (”Tales of Brave Ulysses”), Led Zeppelin (”Heartbreaker”), Deep Purple (”Smoke On the Water”), Cactus (”Parchman Farm”, Mountain (”Mississippi Queen”).

Judas Priest probably was the first band to put all the elements of industrial-strength Heavy Metal together (testosterone-infused music, S&M-inspired leather and studs attire, banshee vocals).

I can’t imagine how the kidnapping of my daughter would have affected me as a husband and a father. And then, upon her return, to learn what her perverse hell kidnappers had put her through, physically and emotionally. I think I surely would have gone at least temporarily insane.

Perhaps the need for so long to remain strong for his wife and family postponed that day of reckoning, and an emotional breakdown and mental illness finally caught up with Mr. Smart.

I don’t mean to characterize homosexuality as a mental illness, per se, but the fact that Mr. Smart felt it necessary to make “news” with what could (and I think SHOULD) have remained a private family matter suggests there is a lot more going on here than is any of our damn business. Mr. Smart clearly is a very tortured soul. I pray he will seek and find the clinical help he so clearly needs before he becomes irretrievably lost.

The strongest, most compassionate and ADULT family member in this whole sad affair remains Elizabeth Smart herself. She hardly needed to have this burden added to those with which she already must live for the rest of her life. I wish her all the best.

Harrumph! Real RUSH fans bought every album from the debut in 1974 on, and saw them on every tour that came within 500 miles. I missed the first few tours, but from 1978 on I never missed one, right up until the R40 Tour.

Our kids were RUSH fans from the womb, and accompanied dad and mom to concerts on every tour from the time they could talk. Son Brian learned the names of every RUSH album, and the songs on each one, before he went to kindergarten.

If you only saw them in 1981, I grieve for all you missed.

Oh Brother! Commie China, the Paper Tiger bleeding money from every orifice thanks to Pres Trump’s trade sanctions, are pouring what’s left into the coffers of the Demonic Rats and their wholly owned Enemediatainment Complex in their pathetic effort to take out Donald Trump.

To the Disloyal Opposition, everything is about Sex and Race. And the public has figured it out. It’s so TRANSPARENT.

It’s a fact: Folks from shithole countries such as the one from which Rep. Tlaib’s folks fled tend to treat their dogs a whole lot worse than native-born folks who look like me.

“Progressive” Marxists and the Enemediatainment Complex want to get their’s by ELIMINATING people who look like me, plain and simple. It is THEY who are fomenting RACE WAR in this nation, not we. They started it: WE will end it, unconditionally.

If an offender offends again, and the crimes for which he is arrested and charged occured separately from, and subsequent to, those for which he had been convicted and sentenced, it is NOT “double jeopardy” for that offender to be prosecuted again. Happens all the time.

Otherwise, it would be like issuing every ex-con sex offender a “Get-Out-of-Jail-Free” card.

“Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on me.”

God does not expect us to be perfect. He accepts us as we are, and uses us according to HIS will. I like this list :

Abraham lied.
Sarah laughed at God’s promises.
Moses stuttered.
David’s armor didn’t fit.
John Mark was rejected by Paul.
Timothy had ulcers.
Hosea’s wife was a prostitute.
Amos’ only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.
Jacob was a liar.
David had an affair.
Solomon was too rich.
Jesus was too poor.
Abraham was to old.
David was too young.
Peter was afraid of death.
Lazarus was dead.
John was self-righteous.
Naomi was a widow.
Paul was a murderer.
So was Moses.
Jonah ran from God.
Miriam was a gossip.
Gideon and Thomas both doubted.
Jeremiah was depressed and suicidal.
Elijah was burned out.
John the Baptist was a loudmouth.
Martha was a worry-wort.
Mary may have been lazy.
Samson had long hair.
Noah got drunk.
Did I mention Moses had a short fuse?
So did Peter, Paul and lots of folks.

Go. See it!

Those who avoid seeing it are like the disciples who ran and hid rather than be there at Golgotha to witness the crucifixion.

“Were you there, when they crucified my Lord?”

“Uh, no, I didn’t want to see it because it would have put a pit in my stomach.”

So, when Christ appears to the disciples in their hiding place, what could they say? I would have been too ashamed to face him.

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand’s office released it. She was the one who went out and found Dr. Ford. She isn’t on the Judiciary Committee (which gives her plausible deniability), but she was all over the enemedia outlets all but claiming credit for the scheme.

There were only two degrees of separation between Gillibrand and Ford: Nicholas Grant, wo served as a Congressional Fellow in Gillibrand’s office 2016-17, attended Palo Alto University, where Ford teaches, and received the PAU 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand’s office released it. She was the one who went out and found Dr. Ford. She isn’t on the Judiciary Committee (which gives her plausible deniability), but she was all over the enemedia outlets all but claiming credit for the scheme.

There were only two degrees of separation between Gillibrand and Ford: Nicholas Grant, wo served as a Congressional Fellow in Gillibrand’s office 2016-17, attended Palo Alto University, where Ford teaches, and received the PAU 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Clinton’s “hands-on” intern program seems to have attracted only the creme de la creme: Monica Lewinsky and Lisa Page are exhibits “A” and “B,” not necessarily in that order. Wonder whether one picked up the slack where the other left off?

“He’s Gonna Make You Bleed!”

“Stormbringer” Deep Purple (1975) https://youtu.be/Kc0nOzTBo08

Coming out of nowhere
Driving like rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
Because it’s coming your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He’s got nothing you need
He’s gonna make you bleed
And you know he’s gonna get you

Rainbow shaker
On a stallion twister
Bareback rider
On the eye of the sky
Stormbringer coming down
Meaning to stay
Thunder and lightning
Heading your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He’s got nothing you need
He’s gonna make you bleed

Coming out of nowhere
Driving like rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
Because it’s coming your way

“Hair of the Dog” Nazareth (1975) https://youtu.be/hspKRItt8x4

Talkin’ jivey, poison ivy,
You ain’t gonna cling to me.
Mantaker,
Born Faker,
I ain’t so blind I can’t see.
Red Hot Mama,
Velvet Charmer,
The time’s come to pay your dues.

Now you’re messin’ with
A son of bitch!
Now you’re messin’ with a son of bitch!

“Too Much Monkey Business” Chuck Berry-penned single (1959) was a huge R&B hit that crossed over to the Pop Charts. ‘Nuff said. People have no clue what they’re saying most of the time.

Simple: President Trump will veto the bill.

This is OLD NEWS. Don’t you remember? Who could possibly forget.

President Trump tweeted about it.
The WH press office released a now-famous photo of President Trump in the situation room, surrounded by the joint chiefs of staff and the enitre cabinet, taken at the precise moment of impact.
Every newspaper in the World ran with that photo, and the story, on the front page above the fold.
It was the lead story on every cable news channel for the next 48 hours straight.
Headlines hailed President Trump as “The Man Who Got Ibrahim al-Asiri”

Aftab Pureval (half American Indian, half Tibetan). And two halves make an ass whole.

This is the second World Socialist Web Site column I’ve seen published which takes the purveyors of the “Trump-Russia” narrative to task. I must credit the Leftist columnists for “getting it.”

If these folks, along with those who have chosen to #walkaway, recognize that the edifice created by the Global Elites is built on sand, I say Hallelujah, brothers. Once we defeat the common enemy, perhaps we can have a real and honest debate about the future of our Republic.

“It’s not acceptable for four men to take a woman into a room, lock the door, and tell her that she cannot leave. The moment I said I would like to leave and they said I can’t go, it became false imprisonment.”

Memo to All Human Resource Managers: Henceforth, all employee terminations for cause must conform to the Omarosa Protocol.

Upon presentation of evidence sufficient to meet the probable cause standard, any employee suspected having engaged in illegal conduct during the performance of their official duties shall be terminated immediately.

The terminated employee retains a right to remain silent, but not the right to privacy as to the manner in which the termination is conducted. To avoid even the appearance that the employer intimidated and/or falsely imprisoned the employee in any way, the termination shall be effected in full view, and with the full understanding, of the employee’s co-workers.

Security personnel shall hand the employee a written notice of termination, signed by the employee’s immediate supervisor and HRM. The employee shall be required to sign the document, indicating that they have received and read it. The employee shall keep the original, and a copy shall be retained for the HR file.

The terminated employee will surrender to security personnel any and all digital devices that may have been issued and entrusted to them by their employer and reveal any and all passwords necessary to operate such devices and access data. The employee also shall surrender keys to the premises he/she may have been issued.

Security personnel shall permit the employee to gather PERSONAL PROPERTY ONLY from their designated workspace and/or locker on the premises. Security personnel shall then escort the employee to the employee’s private vehicle (if any) as may be parked on the premises, and thence to the legal boundary of the premises by the most direct route and means possible.

Having probable cause to believe the terminated employee engaged in illegal conduct during the performance of their official duties, the employer has a legal obligation to provide evidence of same to appropriate law enforcement, who then may elect to take the terminated employee into custody at that time.

The incomparable Aretha! A National Treasure. Prayers for a peaceful painless passage into God’s loving arms. She has earned it.