Wednesday, May 08, 2019

MARIANNE COMES OUT AS A WITCH

It is astonishing to consider that Marianne Faithfull has been making music for over 50 years. From releasing hit single 'As Tears Go By' at the age of 16, her ...
MARIANNE COMES OUT AS A WITCH

Marianne Faithfull - The Gypsy Faerie Queen feat. Nick Cave (Official Video) 

FROM HER NEW ALBUM NEGATIVE CAPABILITY 


SHE HAS REDONE THIS GREAT PAGAN SONG AS WELL 
FROM HER FIRST ALBUM BROKEN ENGLISH 



THE ORIGINAL VERSION





Nov 5, 2018 - Marianne Faithfull feels out of sorts. “I have a cold, the weather's been terribly hard here in Paris and, what else … well, the usual,” she says on ...
Oct 23, 2018 - If you're looking for a study in contrasts, you could do worse than compare the two albums released this autumn with Marianne Faithfull's name ...
Sep 22, 2018 - Marianne Faithfull's deeply personal new album finds her still at glorious odds with the world.

Marianne Faithfull's brand new album Negative Capability is out now. Click here to buy: https://MarianneFaithfull.lnk.to/NegativeCapabilityID.


SOME OF MY OTHER FAVORITES BY MARIANNE FAITHFULL

France Asks a Devastating Question: What Role Did Telecom Executives Play in 35 Employee Suicides?

In 2008 and 2009, dozens of employees of France Telecom took their own lives or attempted suicide amid a massive restructuring at the company. A 52-year-old technician who killed 




CRIMINAL CAPITALISM
SNC-Lavalin forms special committee to consider options
Canadian engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc said on Wednesday its board has formed a special committee to consider options to increase shareholder value. The company is facing fraud and corruption charges related to allegations that former executives paid bribes to win contracts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Shares of the company have fallen 40 percent so far this year.
The company is facing fraud and corruption charges related to allegations that former executives paid bribes to win contracts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Shares of the company have fallen 40 percent so far this year. The Globe and Mail reported https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-snc-lavalin-weighs-breakup-amid-stock-slide on Tuesday that the company might spin out some of its businesses before a criminal case against the company ever gets to trial, a move that could include carving out British unit WS Atkins.
New research by the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group finds that Americans are more optimistic than they were in December 2016, right after Trump won the election. The portion saying their family is better off financially than it was a year ago rose from 17% to 24%. Those saying the economy is getting better rose from 24% to 33%. Most of the nearly 7,000 respondents participated in prior surveys, allowing comparisons over time among a similar group of voters.
The improvements in sentiment since Trump got elected might seem small, but they should contribute to an improvement in Trump’s overall approval rating. Yet they don’t. In the Voter Study Group surveys, Trump’s favorability rating rose from 43% in December 2016 to just 44% in the latest survey. And his unfavorability rating remained at 55%. Those numbers suggest voters feel better off, but they’re not giving Trump credit for that.
Weakness in key electoral states
The breakdown by party is unsurprising. Trump remains extremely popular among Republicans and extremely unpopular among Democrats. The biggest change in the Voter Study Group data comes among people who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and Trump in 2016. Approval for Trump among these Obama-Trump voters fell from 85% in 2016 to 66% in 2019. “Even small movement among these voters may prove significant heading into the 2020 presidential election,” the latest Voter Study Group analysis says.
Trump’s weak approval in key electoral states seems to be an opportunity for Democrats to take him down in 2020, despite a strong economy. Trump’s approval in Pennsylvania, for instance, has fallen 17 points since he took office, according to Morning Consult. His approval has fallen 18 points in Ohio and Michigan, 19 points in Wisconsin and 24 points in Florida. Trump won all of those states in 2016, putting him over the top.
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CRIMINAL CAPITALISM
Hackers have stolen more than $40 million worth of bitcoin from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.
PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
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Hackers have stolen more than $40 million worth of bitcoin from one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, officials said.

Nearly 80% of South Africa’s 9- or 10-year-olds cannot read and understand sentences in any language
Government and conservation groups are in a tug of war over sage grouse protection.
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
(Broken English, Marianne Faithfull)



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Four years after the United States hailed reduced threats to the greater sage grouse in the West as the largest land conservation effort in U.S. history, government and conservation groups are in a tug of war.


DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TELL THEM THAT BUDDHISM HAS NO BELIEF IN GOD
A national trend to introduce "mindfulness" into school curriculum is being challenged by a conservative legal group that contends the practice is based on Buddhism and forces children to participate in meditation.
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A national trend to introduce "mindfulness" into school curriculum is being challenged by a conservative legal group that contends the practice is based on Buddhism and forces children to participate in meditation.

While water levels will fluctuate, flooding is likely to continue along a portion of the Mississippi River and perhaps others over the central United States into June as rounds of excessive rain continue.
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While water levels will fluctuate, flooding is likely to continue along a portion of the Mississippi River and perhaps others over the central United States into June as rounds of excessive rain continue.

Researchers have found a way to measure the carbon released into Arctic rivers by thawing permafrost.
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Researchers have found a way to measure the carbon released into Arctic rivers by thawing permafrost.

More than 34,000 people in Europe have been infected with measles during the first two months of this year.
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More than 34,000 people in Europe have been infected with measles during the first two months of this year and the outbreak will persist if authorities don't implement measures to vaccinate vulnerable populations, the Wo

Scientists have found a highly-mobile gene that helps superbugs resist colistin, one of the most effective last-resort antibiotics.
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Scientists have found a highly-mobile gene that helps superbugs resist colistin, one of the most effective last-resort antibiotics.