AZJonnie
AZJonnie's JournalA smattering of great songs for your Friday afternoon, friends!
Even if you've not heard of some (or even none) of these artists, give 'em a try!
Trust me, it's all the kind of music us old-timers like, 'cept none of these tracks are that old 
Happy Friday 
Bonus track, from the erstwhile KFOG KaBoom 2009
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Raise your hand if ever went to KaBoom?!?
I miss KFOG!
Wall St ends sharply lower as Iran war intensifies, crude price soars
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, as Iranian strikes on two oil tankers sent crude prices surging toward $100 per barrel, further exacerbating inflation fears and sending investors fleeing equity markets.
All three major U.S. stock indexes slid more than 1.5% in a broad selloff, with everything but energy and some defensive stocks suffering steep percentage losses. The S&P 500 notched its biggest three-day percentage drop in a month.
Front month WTI crude futures settled up 9.7% on the day, while Brent settled up 9.2%, touching $100 per barrel.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has told U.S. oil companies and shippers to prepare for a possible waiver of the century-old Jones Act, which governs domestic shipping, in an effort to mitigate rising fuel prices, according to sources familiar with the discussion.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/wall-st-ends-sharply-lower-as-iran-war-intensifies-crude-price-soars/ar-AA1YwnVF
https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2026/03/12/jones-act-waiver-us-fuel-shipping/
Waiving the rule temporarily would allow foreign ships to carry fuel between U.S. ports, potentially lowering shipping costs and speeding deliveries
The United States has issued Jones Act waivers in the past only sparingly, typically in response to major supply disruptions. The most recent waivers came after hurricanes such as Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria in 2017. At the time, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security temporarily allowed foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel between U.S. ports to ease shortages and speed deliveries to affected regions.
When I think Cui Bono with regards to the Iranian War, the first group I think of are: US Frackers/LNG producers
You know, outfits who contributed majorly to IQ47 and teh GQP being in charge of the country?
Considering the fact that Gulf-produced oil suddenly has a major hard time getting out of the Gulf, but US frackers and LNG producers have NO such problems, yet they're set to be the beneficiaries of massive global oil price spikes?
I know it's tempting to think that the spiking oil prices are an unintended consequences of the regimes stupidity, but honestly, I'm far from certain that is the reality, personally.
Woot! Senator Ed Markey KILLING IT at The People's SOTU
The lady from California before him was also AMAZING!!!
The show keeps getting better friends!
With the new "Hospital Ship" missive, I'm calling it: We're closing in on a "Berlin Basement" situation at this point
Mango Mussolini's FTD and pathological NPD have finally spiraled into an uncontrolled tornado. He's in the Oval barking at staffers on loan from Miller and Lutnick cause they drew the short end of stick on the babysitting duties tonight, manically babbling about moving metaphoric armored divisions (ones that were wiped out a month ago) from one front to another, hopped up on addy lines and Diet Cokes, sweating profusely.
"Sir, Yes Sir! We'll release an official notice about sending a Hospital Ship to Greenland right away, Sir!" chant the sycophants, knowing full well it's past time to start kissing up to JD!
"Call and tell the Louisiana governor he's going to be on it, whatever his name is! And tell ELON I need a cool AI pic of a BIG hospital ship, big as you've ever seen! Tell him to use his grok and make it look STRONG! He'll know what that means!"
"Governor Landry, sir, and yes sir!"
(snickering) *omfg this guy is so gone*
Not saying it'll have the same final outcome as Berlin, but I am saying maybe he's that far gone 
Thanks for the hearts, friends who thought enough of my words to grant me one
Much appreciation, this place is the best
OMFG ENOUGH!!!!
ENOUGH with the pathological lying
ENOUGH with the pathological narcissism
ENOUGH with the childish demands that everything be named after him otherwise blue states can't have any infrastructure money that was already allocated to them by Congress
ENOUGH with the pathetic groveling for completely UNEARNED recognition
ENOUGH with the wanton destruction of institutions and buildings cherished by The People
ENOUGH with the 1930's-KKK-level RACISM
ENOUGH with the corrupt self-enrichment, leveraging the power of his office to line his (and families) pockets with OUR tax dollars
ENOUGH with the coddling of the worlds worst dictators
ENOUGH with the murdering of innocent fisherman trying to earn a living
ENOUGH with his unchecked armed and masked thugs murdering citizens in the streets just for exercising their 1A rights
ENOUGH with the tariffs (and deportation of needed workers) that are making everything more expensive,
ENOUGH with tax cuts for billionaires while rural hospitals close and insurance premiums skyrocket.
ENOUGH with putting his sycophantic morons in charge of every agency of the government who do nothing but impoverish and endanger the safety and security of our citizens.
ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH!!!
This rapidly sundowning 34-count convicted felon and Epstein best buddy NEEDS TO be 25A'd, NOW!!! He should've been in fucking JAIL on January 7th, 2021, and still be there NOW, FFS 
FUCK YOU YOU PATHETIC LYING FUCKING FUCK!!!
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/06/politics/mariam-ibrahim-release-trump-fact-check
You ever have DU jury duty and the person being reported on is saying something you just DO NOT agree with
And then you read the Rule, hoping you can find some reason you can ding the poster for their terrible take?
But you can't, and then you end up going "darn it, it doesn't quite break the rule, so FINE, it stays" (also, humbug!)
I don't, I mean, that never happens to me, I just thought maybe sometimes other people might have that happen
"Then it turned out I was innocent."
Trump's line today is particularly telling if you think about it.
When you're innocent, you don't say "then it turned out I was innocent". This is not the way that somebody who KNOWS they are innocent expresses that idea. When you know you're innocent, you say "because I AM fucking INNOCENT" when you've been accused of horrible crimes.
HIS words are those of somebody who did not KNOW the outcome. Someone who was HOPING that Bondi lets nothing slip through the cracks accidentally, incriminating him.
I'll say as I've said many times, I don't necessarily proclaim that this means Trump molested kids (I only suspect it). But I also have to consider that the orange fuckhead engages in every type of financial crime known to man (including extortion and blackmail), and Epstein KNEW Donald was laundering the dirty rubles of sanctioned oligarchs, at a bare minimum.
But he is definitely guilty of CRIMES, and the FULL Epstein files would show what they are, sexual and/or otherwise
You read YT comment section for this band & it's all "I'm (50,60,70 yo) and I'm SO HAPPY bands like this still exist!!!"
Like I've said in the past, I will only post music in The Lounge when I'm sure a lot of my fellow DU'ers will appreciate the tunes and artists, and it's not just the same stuff you've listened to for 30, 40, 50+ years 
So stating that with a fair bit of certainly, I present a collection of (mostly) live, organic, without autotune, songs by the New Orleans musical collective, The Revivalists. These songs range from 13 years ago to 2 years ago. In another (better) era, these guys would MONSTROUS stars.
If you're the sort that likes to start with "something you know", the fourth song here is a cover of To Love Somebody by the Bee Gees
They've been around for over 15 years now and and still making excellent albums (though we're OVERDUE, c'mon David and Zach!!!)
Morning everyone, Happy Friday!
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