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July 22, 2016
It's playing now after Trump's speech.
From George Harrison's Estate's Facebook page:
Rolling Stones Told Trump Quit Using Our Song Back in May. It's playing now after Trump's speech:
What an asshole move, if nothing about request by them changed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36210829
The Rolling Stones have told Donald Trump to stop playing their songs during his presidential campaign.
The band have issued a statement saying that the US presidential candidate does not have permission to use the band's music.
"The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately."
The candidate has been playing their songs at his rallies for months.
Their 1969 hit You Can't Always Get What You Want has been a particular favourite.
The band have issued a statement saying that the US presidential candidate does not have permission to use the band's music.
"The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately."
The candidate has been playing their songs at his rallies for months.
Their 1969 hit You Can't Always Get What You Want has been a particular favourite.
It's playing now after Trump's speech.
From George Harrison's Estate's Facebook page:
The unauthorized use of #HereComestheSun at the #RNCinCLE is offensive & against the wishes of the George Harrison estate.
If it had been "Beware of Darkness" then we MAY have approved it!
#TrumpYourself
If it had been "Beware of Darkness" then we MAY have approved it!
#TrumpYourself
July 22, 2016
A song about getting laid...??
Republicans never listen to lyrics.
FREE "All Right Now."
July 22, 2016
Trump misleadingly puts black youth unemployment rate at 59 percent
By Warren Fiske on Monday, June 20th, 2016 at 12:00 a.m.
Donald Trump recently told Richmonders that he was amending his campaign theme, "Make America Great Again," to strike an inclusive note.
"I’ve added a couple of things," he said during a June 11 rally at the Richmond Coliseum. "I’m adding ‘Make America Great Again,’ and I’m adding ‘For Everyone,’ because it’s really going to be for everyone. It’s not going to be for a group of people; it’s going to be for everyone.
"If you look at what’s going on in this country, African-American youth is an example: 59 percent unemployment rate; 59 percent," Trump said.
"If you look at what’s going on with Latinos, Hispanics - tremendous unemployment rates. You look at what’s going on with so many groups. We’re going to make it great for everyone. We’re going to bring jobs back to our country."
The 59 percent unemployment rate for black youths caught our attention. We wondered if Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is right.
The latest figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged the unemployment rate for blacks, ages 16 to 19, at 27.1 percent in May.
So where did Trump come up with the eye-popping 59 percent? We can’t say with certainty, because Trump’s campaign, as usual, didn’t respond to our question. But Tara Sinclair, an economist at George Washington University, offered a clue.
Sinclair told us Trump’s percentage probably comes from a Bureau of Labor Statistics statistic called the "employment-population ratio." This is a figure that gauges employed people, age 16 and older, as a percentage of the entire population of adults.
In May, the bureau said the employment-population ratio for blacks ages 16 to 24 was 41.5 percent. Flipped over, that would mean that the unemployment ratio - although such a statistic is not published by the bureau - would be 58.5 percent. That’s pretty close to the 59 percent figure Trump cited, Sinclair noted.
But there are differences between the ratio and the widely used unemployment rate, which Trump used in citing the percentage.
Snopes: 'Trump misleadingly puts black youth unemployment rate at 59%' MOSTLY FALSE
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/jun/20/donald-trump/trump-misleadingly-puts-black-youth-unemployment-r/Trump misleadingly puts black youth unemployment rate at 59 percent
By Warren Fiske on Monday, June 20th, 2016 at 12:00 a.m.
Donald Trump recently told Richmonders that he was amending his campaign theme, "Make America Great Again," to strike an inclusive note.
"I’ve added a couple of things," he said during a June 11 rally at the Richmond Coliseum. "I’m adding ‘Make America Great Again,’ and I’m adding ‘For Everyone,’ because it’s really going to be for everyone. It’s not going to be for a group of people; it’s going to be for everyone.
"If you look at what’s going on in this country, African-American youth is an example: 59 percent unemployment rate; 59 percent," Trump said.
"If you look at what’s going on with Latinos, Hispanics - tremendous unemployment rates. You look at what’s going on with so many groups. We’re going to make it great for everyone. We’re going to bring jobs back to our country."
The 59 percent unemployment rate for black youths caught our attention. We wondered if Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is right.
The latest figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged the unemployment rate for blacks, ages 16 to 19, at 27.1 percent in May.
So where did Trump come up with the eye-popping 59 percent? We can’t say with certainty, because Trump’s campaign, as usual, didn’t respond to our question. But Tara Sinclair, an economist at George Washington University, offered a clue.
Sinclair told us Trump’s percentage probably comes from a Bureau of Labor Statistics statistic called the "employment-population ratio." This is a figure that gauges employed people, age 16 and older, as a percentage of the entire population of adults.
In May, the bureau said the employment-population ratio for blacks ages 16 to 24 was 41.5 percent. Flipped over, that would mean that the unemployment ratio - although such a statistic is not published by the bureau - would be 58.5 percent. That’s pretty close to the 59 percent figure Trump cited, Sinclair noted.
But there are differences between the ratio and the widely used unemployment rate, which Trump used in citing the percentage.
July 21, 2016
No one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real
BY MARCUS GILMER
3 HOURS AGO
Earlier on Wednesday, the Trump campaign finally offered up its sacrificial lamb for Monday's Melania Trump plagiarism snafu: Meredith McIver.
McIver, who apparently helped Trump write some of his books, released a statement accepting responsibility and taking the fall for the incident. The only problem: people are speculating she's not real at all.
Is she a real person? Probably. But Trump has made up people before (twice, at least!) and given how the campaign has gone over the last year, no one would be surprised if Trump did make up a fake speechwriter to take the blame.
Put on the tin foil hats and get ready, sheeple.
So Sayers the Internet:
What a Clisterf*ck: 'No one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real'
http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/meredith-mciver-speech/#No one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real
BY MARCUS GILMER
3 HOURS AGO
Earlier on Wednesday, the Trump campaign finally offered up its sacrificial lamb for Monday's Melania Trump plagiarism snafu: Meredith McIver.
McIver, who apparently helped Trump write some of his books, released a statement accepting responsibility and taking the fall for the incident. The only problem: people are speculating she's not real at all.
Is she a real person? Probably. But Trump has made up people before (twice, at least!) and given how the campaign has gone over the last year, no one would be surprised if Trump did make up a fake speechwriter to take the blame.
Put on the tin foil hats and get ready, sheeple.
So Sayers the Internet:
July 18, 2016
Pence marriage is off to a rocky start
By Alexandra Petri ComPostOpinionJuly 18 at 3:01 PM
- snip -
And we have read this fairy tale before.
Donald Trump is the man you have to marry to keep your family from ruin. He is loud and mean and cuts you off abruptly when you begin to speak. But he is rumored to be extremely wealthy.
He sent a gilded chariot to pick Pence up from his humble home and Pence’s mother kissed him goodbye on the forehead with tears in her eyes.
“You don’t have to do this,” she said, her voice worried.
“I want to,” he said. “I believe in him. He is a good man.”
MUCH MORE AT LINK
HILARIOUS: "Trump-Pence Marriage is Off to a Rocky Start"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/07/18/trump-pence-marriage-is-off-to-a-rocky-start/Pence marriage is off to a rocky start
By Alexandra Petri ComPostOpinionJuly 18 at 3:01 PM
- snip -
And we have read this fairy tale before.
Donald Trump is the man you have to marry to keep your family from ruin. He is loud and mean and cuts you off abruptly when you begin to speak. But he is rumored to be extremely wealthy.
He sent a gilded chariot to pick Pence up from his humble home and Pence’s mother kissed him goodbye on the forehead with tears in her eyes.
“You don’t have to do this,” she said, her voice worried.
“I want to,” he said. “I believe in him. He is a good man.”
MUCH MORE AT LINK
July 18, 2016
Breaking: Baltimore Police Lt. Found Not Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Freddie Gray Death
Source: NBC News
@BreakingNews: Baltimore police lieutenant found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Freddie Gray death - @HellgrenWJZ
https://t.co/pY4sh24pLd/s/eCxm
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