"Favorite Scars" is probably my favorite Cher song. We're all noting a Cher song we like tonight.
I really like the album CLOSER TO THE TRUTH anyway but my favorite song on it would have to be "Favorite Scars."
I like Cher's singing on the song -- her voice really is gorgeous on this album. And I love the lyrics to the song:
Best jump
Why do we feel we're going nowhere
Unless we're falling
We're not ready to give up until we're crawling
Don't make it easy on ourselves
Why do we feel we're going nowhere
Unless we're falling
We're not ready to give up until we're crawling
Don't make it easy on ourselves
Climbing
Risk it all if you ain't living you're surviving
Tell me why you tip your toes when you could dive in
Don't be scared to hurt yourself
Risk it all if you ain't living you're surviving
Tell me why you tip your toes when you could dive in
Don't be scared to hurt yourself
Take your heart back off the shelf
Love covers you up in a landslide
Love pulls you under like a riptide
Love's when you crash trying to hang glide
Love's when you run and then there's no light
Love pulls you under like a riptide
Love's when you crash trying to hang glide
Love's when you run and then there's no light
Love is a sword when you've got no defense
Love is the rock we throw ourselves against
Love is the healing of a broken heart
The story behind all of my favorite scars
Oh, all of my favorite scars
All of my favorite scars
Oh, all of my favorite scars
Love is the rock we throw ourselves against
Love is the healing of a broken heart
The story behind all of my favorite scars
Oh, all of my favorite scars
All of my favorite scars
Oh, all of my favorite scars
Cher's friend Bette Midler got nominated for an Emmy today -- for NETFLIX's THE CANDIDATE. Bette was great in the second season but I think she was nominated for season one.
Not too impressed with the nominations.
Where was Patti LuPone?
HOLLYWOOD wouldn't have worked without her. I'm glad Dylan McDermott got nominated and he certainly deserved it. Holland Taylor was good in it but that nomination should have gone to Patti LuPone. I'm not a huge Patti fan, by the way. But she blew me away with HOLLYWOOD. She really delivered. Jim Parsons got nominated and, sorry, he didn't deserve it. Other than tossing in curse words, Parsons really just played Sheldon again.
I don't care for most of the nominees. Best drama? I don't give a s**t about any of those shows that were nominated. SCHITT'S CREEK is the only comedy nominee that was deserving. I love that Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy were nominated for acting on that show. I'm glad Tracee Ellis Ross was nominated for BLACKISH.
I'm glad Louis Gossett Jr. got nominated but I hated WATCHMAN. For all the African-Americans actors in the series, it really was a White show and we were the other (we meaning African-Americans).
I'm glad Tracey Ullman got nominated.
But the bulk of it is pure garbage. Look at the nominees for talk 'variety' and grasp that these are hideous shows. It's about politics and who you agree with -- partisans.
They do crap shows and that got nominated.
Jimmy Fallon's the only real host and he didn't get nominated because he doesn't play the nasty games that Samantha, Noah, John, Stephen and Kimmel.
The Emmys have made themselves a joke. There's no reason for anyone to care or watch the ceremony anymore.
Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Tuesday, July 28, 2020. So far this week, 3 protesters have been killed
in Iraq and while the prime minister is making statements they seem
awfully familiar to what's been said before.
In
Baghdad on Sunday, protesters were shot at by security forces with two
ending up dead and many more injured. Those two murders have only
increased the number of protesters. Let's look at ALJAZEERA's report
and see if you can catch where the government is in conflict with
itself.
Did you catch it?
Simona
Foltyn: The military spokesperson of the prime minister has condemned
the violence and has promised an investigation. He also said that
security forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort.
From THIRD's "Editorial: Attacks on protesters continue:"
Samya Kullab (AP) reports, "Iraq’s prime minister said Monday he had ordered an investigation into
the killing of two anti-government protesters, saying security forces
were not authorized to fire 'a single bullet' toward the demonstrators.
Twenty-one protesters were also wounded in the overnight clashes." An investigation?
Doesn't he have investigations already into previous attacks on protesters?
And no one's been punished for those attacks -- attacks carried out by security forces under the command of the prime minister. To be fair, these previous attacks? We're talking about attacks carried out before Mustafa al-Kadhimi became prime minister (May 7th).
But he made promises. As AL KHALEEJ TODAY reminds, "Prior to joining office Mr Al Kadhimi vowed to meet protester demands by holding early elections and investigating protester deaths. Yet the new prime minister has had to deal with a catastrophic economic crisis triggered by a decline in oil prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic."
Are any of these promises going to be kept?
Oh, he's dealing with an economic crisis? Wow. Poor baby. All the leaders of countries are dealing with economic crisis in one form or another -- with or without oil being factored in.
Yes, AP, Mustafa did Tweet:
Yesterday's protest by young Iraqis are a legitimate right, and the security forces do not have permission to fire a single bullet towards our protestors.
What does that have to do with his failure to keep promises?
Doesn't he have investigations already into previous attacks on protesters?
And no one's been punished for those attacks -- attacks carried out by security forces under the command of the prime minister. To be fair, these previous attacks? We're talking about attacks carried out before Mustafa al-Kadhimi became prime minister (May 7th).
But he made promises. As AL KHALEEJ TODAY reminds, "Prior to joining office Mr Al Kadhimi vowed to meet protester demands by holding early elections and investigating protester deaths. Yet the new prime minister has had to deal with a catastrophic economic crisis triggered by a decline in oil prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic."
Are any of these promises going to be kept?
Oh, he's dealing with an economic crisis? Wow. Poor baby. All the leaders of countries are dealing with economic crisis in one form or another -- with or without oil being factored in.
Yes, AP, Mustafa did Tweet:
Yesterday's protest by young Iraqis are a legitimate right, and the security forces do not have permission to fire a single bullet towards our protestors.
What does that have to do with his failure to keep promises?
His
spokesperson is stating that the security forces are only allowed to
fire on the people as a last resort; however, Mustafa himself Tweeted
that they "do not have permission to fire a single bullet towards our
protestors."
Which is it? Those are two different things. Is Mustafa telling the truth or is his spokesperson?
ALJAZEERA also offers a photo essay.
On that essay and the two videos above, let's note women and girls are
participating in the protests. We have to note that now. When the
protests started in October, the western media refused to acknowledge
the presence of women and girls. To read the western coverage, no
females were participating. Not only were they participating from the
start, their numbers steadily grew -- so much so that their
participation became one of the key stories and Shi'ite cleric and
one-time movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr would attempt to prevent
females from protesting and issue an edict that males should not protest
with females. The response to that? Even more females showed up for
the protests. The Tweet below uses two photos from the ALJAZEERA essay:
Demonstrations Continue In Baghdad As A 3rd Person Was Killed Overnight On Tuesday,This Comes After Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi Instructed Security Forces Not To "Fire A Single Bullet" On Monday #IraqProtests #Iraq #Baghdad
7:26 AM · Jul 28, 2020
The
western media is already bungling key details about the protests so
let's stress that females are participating before they run (again) with
their lie that it's only Iraqi males.
Discontent in Iraq is not new, and neither is the suffering of Iraqis
from unemployment, lack of security, corruption and a crippled health
system trying to fight Covid-19. However, tensions are escalating.
Rocket attacks on military bases or in the vicinity of the International
Zone of Baghdad, commonly known as the Green Zone, are near-daily
occurrences, and security incidents such as kidnappings and
assassinations are on the rise.
Armed groups within the country, some with political parties backing them and others with Iranian backing, know that Mr Al Kadhimi has them within his sights and are lashing back. With temperatures exceeding 50 degrees, frequent electricity cuts and a general public malaise setting in, Mr Al Kadhimi is heading towards a crisis.
The Prime Minister’s first foreign trip abroad since he came to office was slated earlier this month to be to Saudi Arabia. It was meant to bring news of economic opportunities and entering a new era in relations in the region. However, the trip was cancelled as King Salman bin Abdul Aziz was taken to hospital. Consequently, Mr Al Kadhimi’s first foreign trip was to Iran. It became a staging ground for Iranian leaders to push their own anti-US agenda, at which point Mr Al Kadhimi had to push back defensively on the need for ‘non-interference’ in relations.
All this comes as the Iraqi government is facing an economic crisis
that can only be resolved by external investment. Foreign direct
investment or private sector investment at a time when the global
economy is facing a recession and global pandemic will not be easy and
will require hard work.
Armed groups within the country, some with political parties backing them and others with Iranian backing, know that Mr Al Kadhimi has them within his sights and are lashing back. With temperatures exceeding 50 degrees, frequent electricity cuts and a general public malaise setting in, Mr Al Kadhimi is heading towards a crisis.
The Prime Minister’s first foreign trip abroad since he came to office was slated earlier this month to be to Saudi Arabia. It was meant to bring news of economic opportunities and entering a new era in relations in the region. However, the trip was cancelled as King Salman bin Abdul Aziz was taken to hospital. Consequently, Mr Al Kadhimi’s first foreign trip was to Iran. It became a staging ground for Iranian leaders to push their own anti-US agenda, at which point Mr Al Kadhimi had to push back defensively on the need for ‘non-interference’ in relations.
AFP quotes two protesters:
“We had no guns, no knives, just our chants,” said Ahmad Jabbar, a male protester in the square.
“We (clashed) with them for six hours. They wouldn’t even let the ambulances come get the wounded,” he said. More rallies have been called for Monday night, with activists demanding the release of fellow protesters arrested the previous evening.
“If our guys aren’t freed, we’re going to ramp up our efforts. We’re staying in our tents, and we’re not afraid,” said protester Maytham al-Darraji.
“We (clashed) with them for six hours. They wouldn’t even let the ambulances come get the wounded,” he said. More rallies have been called for Monday night, with activists demanding the release of fellow protesters arrested the previous evening.
“If our guys aren’t freed, we’re going to ramp up our efforts. We’re staying in our tents, and we’re not afraid,” said protester Maytham al-Darraji.
The number of protesters killed in the last three days is three. RUDAW's Lawk Ghafun Tweets:
Latest from #Iraq
- IHCHR confirms 3 protesters died & 21 others wounded since Sunday in #Baghdad
- PMF repelled an #ISIS attack on SYR-IQ border
- Latest: Outlawed armed groups ‘seeking chaos’ at Baghdad protests: interior min
#IraqProtests #العراق
And now a second has been named:
His name was Sajad Haidar Hassan
He was killed overnight at Tahrir Square Baghdad iraq
#IraqProtests
At RUDAW, Ghafuri quotes activist Mohammed al-Tamimi:
Iraqi activist Mohammed al-Tamimi told Rudaw on Monday that he sees
parallels to Sunday night's violence against demonstrators with that of
previous administrations.
“What we witnessed yesterday in Tahrir Square by Kadhimi’s government was similar to what we used to face during the government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi,” he said from Tahrir Square, referring to Kadhimi's predecessor who resigned as PM late last year.
“What we witnessed yesterday in Tahrir Square by Kadhimi’s government was similar to what we used to face during the government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi,” he said from Tahrir Square, referring to Kadhimi's predecessor who resigned as PM late last year.
Watch: Highlights of PM
’s address to the Iraqi people in which he outlined the
approach to electricity outages, events surrounding recent protests and reiterated his commitment to holding early, free and fair elections.
’s address to the Iraqi people in which he outlined the
approach to electricity outages, events surrounding recent protests and reiterated his commitment to holding early, free and fair elections.
7:12 AM · Jul 28, 2020
In the video, a highlight, not the full speech, he states:
It
pains me to see my fellow Iraqis suffer in this hot weather because of
the mismanagement of the electricity sector. Our approach is for Iraq to
produce its own gas to operate our gas-fired power plants. Successive
governments have imported gas-powered plants but they did not develop
Iraq's gas production capacity. The protests by young people are a
legitimate right and the security forces do not have the permission to
fire a single bullet towards our protesters. We started an
investigation into the circumstances of what happened yesterday in
Tahrir Square and I asked for the facts to be presented to me within 72
hours. I said on my first day of assuming office that I wasn't seeking
to hold onto any position and that government will prepare for early
elections. I remain committed to holding early elections.
In response to Mustafa announcing an investigation, Hayder Tweets:
Feels like we heard this before. #IraqProtests
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