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December 29, 2006
"Bring it On" (cont.)
Even when George W. Bush leaves the office of US President, he is likely to be the most expensive ex-president the US has ever had.
Congress recently approved 16.5 million dollars to begin training Secret Service agents to protect Mr. Bush when he leaves office.
"He is the only president that invaded a country without provocation and without it being started by the other side. I think he has gained a lot of enmity. ... There are a lot of people who resent this president, both externally and internally, some of whom have lost sons and daughters and had people injured in the war in Iraq."Chuck Vance, former Secret Service agent and former son-in-law of ex-President Gerald Ford.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 18 December, 2006; page A7; 'Bush gives little thought to life after White House But Secret Service protection for him will be very high'
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December 25, 2006
Christmas mourning (funk-no-more)
He’s gone.
The mighty, Mr.James Brown has died.
The Godfather of Soul (and funk, and rap, and hip-hop, . . . and rock-n-roll) passed on in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
As a tiny tribute to the hardest working man in show business, the staff of KIW’s music department decided to come to work this Christmas morning to make sure that the world gets to hear this 1973 James Brown gem titled “You Can Have Watergate (Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll be Straight).”
The band on this recording (an iteration of James Brown’s band, The ‘JBs) includes Mr. Bootsy Collins on bass.
Free James Brown!. . .
You Can Have Watergate (But Gimme some bucks and I'll be straight).mp3
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 26 December, 2006; page A4; 'James Brown, 1933-2006: 'Godfather of Soul' made us all feel good'
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 29 December, 2006; page J6; 'Royal day in Harlem for Brown's fans'
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December 21, 2006
we knew we were missing something
We meant to post this yesterday, but one staffer took it home to show his girlfriend . . .
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 20 December, 2006; page A16; ‘Premarital sex has been norm for decades, study says, Government’s abstinence emphasis questioned’
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December 20, 2006
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmed Ertegun was the teenage son of the Turkish ambassador to the United States in the mid-1930s when he fell in love with American jazz.
He befriended the mostly black musicians who frequented the music clubs in Washington DC and eventually started his own record label.
Atlantic Records grew into a billion dollar industry while bringing the music of American blacks to the world.
Ertegun, at age 83, fell and hit his head at a Rolling Stones concert in Manhattan on October 29, 2006. He died of that injury seven weeks later.
Seattle Times; 17 December, 2006; page B5; 'Atlantic Records founder shaped U.S. music scene'
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December 15, 2006
Big Brother's little helper
A writer named Kevin Haggerty makes a convincing (and unsettling) case that, before long, we’ll all be implanted with microchips.
Toronto Star; 10 December, 2006; page D1; ‘A generation is all they need’
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