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Montana: Men Who Pretended To Be Veterans Must Wear “I AM A LIAR” Signs
Trump cancels trip to Montana.

Trump's USDA Issues New Diet Guidelines
Calls for more salt, sugar, red meat, processed foods and Roundup.

Study: Possible Link Between Air Pollution and Psychiatric Disorders
If true, provides great argument for clean energy as cure for gun violence.

Trump Reveals Classified Information in Tweet
“There's plenty more where that came from,” he boasts.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

At the Polar Music Prize ceremony 9 June 2015 First Aid Kit performed "Red Dirt Girl" to honor the Polar Music Prize Laureate Emmylou Harris.

Thanks to Polar Music Prize.

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Los Angeles to Build World's Largest Wildlife Bridge Across 101 Freeway
With a diamond lane for skunks.

Trump Tells Vets He Wanted to Give Himself Medal of Honor
Since he can't give himself an Emmy.

Trump Calls on Social Media Platforms to Detect Potential Mass Shooters
They do, and his name keeps popping up.

Mormon Church Reaffirms Ban on Coffee
“Not what I wanted to hear,” says owner of Salt Lake City's only Starbucks.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to Nor'west Arch.

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Special Edition: Trump Presidency Part 2

JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2018

Trump's Lawyers Argue He's Too Busy to Answer Mueller's Questions
Golf, enraging presidents of friendly countries, colluding with enemies to fix elections, arranging hush money payments for sex scandals, lying, cheating, stealing, monetizing his presidency all very time-consuming.

Trump's Immigration Plan Keeps Whites in Majority 5 More Years Than Projected
Time needed by Republicans to finish transferring all the nation's wealth to six privileged families.

OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2018

Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results to Make Him Look Bad
Wants them re-rigged to make him look good.

APRIL - JUNE, 2019

Trump Would Have Been Charged With Obstruction Were He Not President, Say Hundreds of Former Federal Prosecutors
“Woulda coulda shoulda,” tweets Trump.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Recorded for German television 1980; Roses in the snow album

Thanks to Geert VL.

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Special Edition: Trump Presidency Part 1

APRIL - JUNE, 2017

Trump Meets With Saudis, Considers Them Important Allies
In the fight against Western Civilization.

JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2017

Latest Polls Show Trump Losing Support of His Base
Less than 50% of angry, ignorant, drunk white men now think he's doing a good job.

JANUARY - MARCH, 2018

Report: Hate Groups Increased by 4% in First Year of Trump's Presidency
Not including groups who hate Trump.

Trump Fires Cabinet Member Who Called Him “Fucking Moron”
Not the one who called him “dumber-than-dirt douchebag” or the one who called him “shit-for-brains asswipe.”

Part 2 next week

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to John wesson.

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Saudi Arabia: Women Can Now Travel Without Male Guardian's Approval
Move draws harsh criticism from several Republican congressmen.

DOJ Says It May Add Antifa to List of Terrorist Organizations
And remove pro-fascist organizations.

Study: Marijuana as Effective as Prescription Painkillers
Ask your budtender if an indica dominant hybrid is right for you.

Trump's Golf Costs Over $110 Million, More Than All of Obama's Travel in 8 Years
And he cheats.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to Pat Gollop.

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MUELLER APPEARANCE A TOTAL DUD
He could only confirm the President lied, told others to lie, accepted and encouraged help from a foreign adversary to win an election, obstructed justice on numerous occasions and didn't answer Mueller's written questions truthfully.

UK's Own “Stable Genius” Boris Johnson Takes Over as Prime Minister
Monster Raving Loony Party declares victory, disbands.

Trump Moves to Kick 3 Million People Off Food Stamps
More food for him.

Trump: Article II Says "I Have The Right to Do Whatever I Want as President"
Article I grants him the right to spout such nonsense.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to billbilladaadaa a.

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U.S. Renewables Top Coal for First Time
Despite administration's best efforts.

Trump Could Win 5 Million Fewer Votes Than His Opponent And Still Win Second Term
According to Internet Research Agency of Saint Petersburg.

Millions Plan to Storm Area 51 on September 20th
Many claiming to be relatives of extraterrestrials held there.

With Number of Applicants Dwindling, U.S. Armed Forces Consider 16-Year-Olds
Works for terrorist groups.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

I have no info on this but it's different. Here's a twofer.

Thanks to Ron Newcomer.

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Pentagon May Ban Pizza, Beer in Switch to Lean, High Performance Diet
May also need to bring back the draft.

Miami: Poor Pressured to Move to Areas More Likely To Flood as Wealthy Abandon Coastline
Opportunistic developers seen passing out “Move to lower ground” leaflets in English and Spanish.

Study: No Evidence of Added Benefit in Most New Drugs
Just a mind-boggling list of additional side effects.

Florida Strip Club Cancels Golf Tournament at Trump Resort
Fortunately, a Palm Beach massage parlor steps in and will stage its tournament there.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on Jul 6, 2019

Dolly, Linda and Emmylou's careers took off in the 1970s with very distinct takes on country music. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris ended up uniting and eventually collaborated on 1987's four-million-selling debut album, Trio.

In the 60s, country music was viewed by most of America as blue collar and Dolly was country through and through. Linda Ronstadt's take on classic country helped make her the biggest female star in mid-70s USA.

Folk singer Emmylou learned about country from mentor Gram Parsons. After his death in 1973, she became a bandleader in her own right. It was Emmylou and Linda - the two west coast folk rockers - who voiced their mutual appreciation of Dolly, the mountain girl singer from Tennessee, when they became early students of her work. The artists talk about uniting as harmony singing sisters and eventually collaborating on their debut country album, Trio. The album helped launch the mountain music revival that would peak with the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou.

In 2012 Linda Ronstadt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease which left her unable to sing, but 2016 sees unreleased songs from their sessions to create a third Trio album. This is the story of how their alliance made them pioneers in bringing different music worlds together and raising the game for women in the country tradition.

Contributors:
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Rodney Crowell, George Lucas, Peter Asher, Chris Hillman, Laura Cantrell, Robert K Oermann, John Boylan, Phil Kaufman, David Lindley, Albert Lee, Herb Pedersen, Allison Krause, George Massenberg & Applewood Road.

Songs heard in the complete, hour-long music biography include After The Gold Rush, Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Those Memories Of You, 9 To 5, Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, Bury Me Beneath The Willow, Wildflowers, Boulder To Birmingham, I've Got A Crush On You, So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star, Blue Bayou, You're No Good, To Know Him Is To Love Him, I Fall To Pieces, Okie From Muskogee, and much more.

Thanks to Cal Vid.

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Trump Facebook Campaign Ads Use Stock Photo Actors to Portray Actual Supporters
You wouldn't want to see actual supporters.

Current Rolling Stones Tour Sponsored by Firm Selling Annuities
Concession stands offer reverse mortgages, cemetery plots.

Study: Planting One Trillion Trees Could Capture Huge Amount of Carbon Dioxide
Enough to let us drive Hummers again.

Trump Campaign Ad About Small Business Features Store in Tokyo
Sharp-eyed viewers notice “Fresh Whale Meat” sign in window.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Something a little different.

Thanks to RockN2Country.

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Quote of the Week:
“There is room for debate about whether he is a scoundrel or mere rogue, but not much about his moral bankruptcy, rooted in a contempt for truth.” (Max Hastings, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, describing either Boris Johnson or Donald Trump.)

Billionaires Write Letter to Presidential Candidates Imploring Them to Raise Their Taxes
Despite the public's apparent desire to make the rich richer and hope some of it trickles down to them.

Study: Expertise Falling Out Of Favor at Work
Experienced, knowledgeable employees deemed less likely to follow orders.

Survey: Half of Doctors Consider Leaving Medicine Because of Health Insurance Headaches
Then reconsider when they find out how hard it is to get health insurance.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to Jon White.