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Majority of White Americans Believe They Face Discrimination
As well as ridicule when telling others of their plight.

Two Glaciers in Antarctica Accelerate Toward Sea, Threaten Catastrophic 4-Foot Rise in Ocean Levels
Trump directs Army Corps of Engineers to develop “really great plan” to protect Mar-a-Lago.

After Complaints, Kellogg's to Replace Corn Pops Boxes Showing Brown Corn Pop as Janitor
New box will depict brown corn pop as ex-president.

Thousands of JFK Assassination Documents Released, Others Withheld at Request of FBI, CIA
Specifically, documents indicating whether or not Oswald acted alone, whether or not CIA, FBI were behind it.

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Accompanying article at NPR Music.

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Poll: Majority of Voters Believe Trump “Not Fit to Serve as President”
Fit to serve as doorman at Trump Tower

Bill O'Reilly Gets Job Back After Settling $32 Million Sexual Harassment Suit
He'll return to his role as America's moral arbiter.

Man Rescued in Pakistan Surprised Trump President, Thought Taliban Captors Joking
Says he's returning to Pakistan.

Trump Says Renoir in Trump Tower Genuine, Despite Art Institute of Chicago's Proof to the Contrary
Experts also dispute Trump's claim Renoir painted it “just for me.”

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Emmylou on the OGWT

Thanks to Sam Spade.

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Bannon: Trump Didn't Know About 25th Amendment
Thought it gave women right to drive

Trump First President to Address Values Voters Summit
First President to share their values of lying, philandering, bullying and narcissism.

Costco Selling One-Year Emergency Food Kits
Enough to keep a family of four alive for one year before having to see what things are like above ground.

Michigan: City Created Just For Self-Driving Vehicles
Only city in America without a Starbucks.

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A great performance of this song by Emmylou and The Nash Ramblers in Stuttgart-Germany in 1994

Thanks to peters332.

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Georgia Proposes Creating “City of Amazon” to Lure Company's New Headquarters
Delaware says, “You can have the whole state.”

Trump Tells FCC He Wants Equal Time to Combat Late-Night Comedians
With his own writers, jovial sidekick, band.

Gen. Kelly Reportedly Unable to Control President, May Be on Way Out
Favorite to replace him: Trump's first wife, Ivana.

Former Google Engineer Developing Artificial Intelligence God
“He doesn't exist, so I have to invent Him,” he explains.

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Published on Oct 6, 2017

Bummer's Ball was an event thrown by Pali Boucher's Rocket Dog Rescue on 10/5/17 at the Armory in San Francisco. It was a gold-rush themed party in an old brick castle featuring food, drink, silent auctions, circus performers, and best of all, some fantastic music.

Emmylou Harris has her own rescue (Bonaparte's Retreat) and has become friends with Pali. She headlined the Bummer's Ball and here is a full clip of her song about one of her own adopted rescue dogs.

Video by Glenn Mar

Thanks to achiappanza.

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Putin: Tillerson Has “Fallen in With a Bad Crowd”
“He should have stuck with us.”

EPA Spending $25,000 on Soundproof Booth for Secretary Pruitt
New “Cone of Silence” deploys automatically if anyone says “global warming“ or ”climate change.”

Many Glued to TV for Ken Burns' Vietnam Documentary
Trump's bone spurs prevent him from watching.

MLB: Record for Home Runs Surpassed With Weeks to Go
Caused by combination of juiced baseballs, corked bats, musclebound hitters, cyber-armed pitchers, and a new, as-yet undetectable performance-enhancing drug.

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Published on Sep 29, 2017

Live Prague 1992, september 19th

Embedding is disabled but it's worth a click.

Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight

Thanks to gdoublee.

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REMINDER
Stand for the anthem, kneel before Trump.

New York Subways Distribute Buttons to Promote Courtesy Towards Pregnant Women, Elderly, Disabled
Other buttons include “Give Up Your Seat, Asshole,” “Don't Stare at Me, Shithead,” and “Get Your Hands Off Me, Scumbag.”

After 50 Years, Rolling Stone Up for Sale
Possible buyer: AARP.

Trigonometry Detected in 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Tablet
Translation reveals constantly recurring phrase, “I hate trigonometry.”

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Thanks to tabakjewentele.

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Trump's Portrait Still Not Displayed at Any Government Agencies
Lone exception: Office of Special Counsel evidence room.

Trump Nominates Climate Change Denier to Head NASA
However, he does believe in gravity, a NASA requirement.

“Million Juggalo March” Draws Millions of Creepy Juggalos to Nation's Capital
Police, however, consider them harmless, since they're mostly white.

Nearly 4 In 10 Americans Can’t Name Any First Amendment Rights
In fact, they were speechless.

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From Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson comes this sensitive, beautiful song "Gulf Coast Highway" written by Nanci Griffith, Danny Flowers, and James Hooker. It appeared on Emmylou's Duets album released by Reprise on July 24, 1990 and available on CD.

Thanks to catman916.

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Trump Finding Himself More Isolated in White House
Whenever he takes a shower, all the toilets get flushed.

Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn Tells Magazine, “Only Morons Pay the Estate Tax”
1%: “Only a total moron would tell the press that.”

Report: President Furious Emir of Kuwait's Plane Larger Than Air Force One
Doesn't like that his harem is bigger either.

The Sun Just Fired Off a Massive Flare, and It's Headed Toward Earth Right Now
Wear your tin foil hat until further notice.

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Published on Apr 6, 2017

This is a recently discovered television appearance of the magnificent Emmylou Harris in January of 1970. Her 1st album Gliding Bird had just been released in late 1969 to very little acclaim and she had yet to make any impact at all on the national music scene. The first song "Lady Of The Rose" remains unrecorded. "The Fugue For the Ox" is a track off Gliding Bird. In this footage she is 22 years old and 7 months pregnant with her first daughter. At this time her career consisted of playing in coffeehouses in Greenwich Village and it would be more than a year before she'd meet Gram Parsons, which changed her life and career forever.

Thanks to ReelinInTheYears66.

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PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH HURRICANE RECOVERY
“We sold a lot of hats,” he says.

Burning Man Draws Thousands of Artists, Seekers, Mystics, Romantics
But mainly hedge fund managers.

Man Who Fled New Orleans During Katrina Forced to Flee Houston During Harvey
Says he's moving back to New Jersey, which he fled during Sandy.

Wells Fargo Reveals Even More Fake Accounts
They just arrived by stagecoach.

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Thanks to follow.me.you.wont.be.sorry.

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NYT: In Private, McConnell Thinks Trump's Presidency in Trouble
And, in private thoughts not shared with the New York Times, thinks Trump's a jackass and could get us all killed.

Kansas: Decommissioned Missile Silo Now $3 Million “Survival Condos”
Come for the survival, stay for the lifestyle.

Japan: Company Leasing Robot Buddhist Priests to Perform Funerals
Available soon in Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and most Protestant denominations.

Macy's Announces Change in Thanksgiving Parade
The Sheriff Joe Arpaio balloon has been dropped.

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( written byEmmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle &Anna McGarrigle)

Thanks to susannaevelyn.

In my imagination
You are my dear companion
And l'm the one you cling to
And your voice still calls my name
Before your heart began to wander
And mine was torn asunder
Before the fairer and the younger
Before the cryin' game
All those girls with their long dark tresses
Waltzing out in their Sunday dresses
All their sweet soft warm caresses
Cannot hold you like l do
And though you say you do notlove me
And your dreams are never of me
I will dream my dream of you
In my dreams you are the swallow
Coming back to Capistrano
And l'm the sound of the bells you follow
But in this world dreams don't come true
Still when you're lost out in the desert
When your fire's a dying ember
The last light you remember
Will be the light l shed for you
Mine is no ordinary star love
I see exactly where you are love
And no one else could shine that far love
To bring you safely through
And though you say you do not want me
And made no promises to haunt me
I will dream my dream of you
The sorrows flow down like a fountain
Over the miles beyond our countin'
More than the flowers of the mountain
Or the raindrops in the sea
But if Heaven?s just a dreaming
Surely my love will be redeeming
And you will dream your dream of me