Stand By Me (remake)

Stand By Me
11.30.2010

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

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Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People

Today's Featured Music
#3 on German Charts
11.28.2010

Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People



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Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are [Official Video]

Today's Featured Music: Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [Official Video] #2 hit on German Charts - bit.ly/hwSUFP | {mp3}




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Christmas CD Mix 2010

Billy Gorilly Jingle Bells 2:33
Bob Bennett Brightest And Best 4:07
Frogley And Osmond Joy to Everyone Orch 3:15
Frogley And Osmond Joy to Everyone Studio 4:19
Joel Rakes Joy To The World 4:29
Joel Rakes Once In Royal Davids City 6:57
Kate And After SnowAngel 4:01
Phil Keaggy Best Christmas Morn 4:35
Romeo Spike Christmas Diablo 3:55
Sonflowerz OCome All Ye Faithful 3:46
Wormburner Bells Of St Ignatius 3:25


43:22 run time

GEARING UP FOR CHRISTMAS 2010

Welcome...or welcome back again this year...whatever the case may be! We're proud to once again be presenting the very best free Christmas music downloads, mostly from independent artists. Of course, each artist has their own story...and that's why we provide you with their web site info (as available), and we really do encourage you to visit them, listen to what else they offer, buy an album, or at the very least... leave a comment to let you know that you appreciate what they do! Be sure to subscribe via email or RSS to be updated when new songs are posted. more...


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Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot
Holiday Mix 2010




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Today's Featured Music: "Can You Tell" by Ra Ra Riot

Today's Featured Music: "Can You Tell" by Ra Ra Riot from The Rhumb Line won Best Music Video in the 2009 Finger Lakes Film Festival. Directed by Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalczyk {wikipedia}




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The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

Dear Daily Crux reader,
November 28th. 2010
http://bit.ly/fmiHO7


Today, you'll receive just one email from the Crux team... and it will be a little different from the financial fare we normally feature.

After all, today, most of our readers are far more interested in family, turkey, and taking a break from finance.

Instead of our normal handful of links, we bring you just one. It's written by Richard Maybury, a man we consider to be a national treasure.

Maybury is the author of the most insightful and useful set of history books you'll find anywhere in the world: the Uncle Eric series.

He believes in the ideas that made the founding of America the greatest event in history: liberty, private property, free markets, and personal responsibility. Reading his books is a revelation for many people... and the perfect antidote to the statist brainwashing our children receive these days.

The link we bring you is to Richard's classic piece titled "The Great Thanksgiving Hoax." We guarantee it will teach you some Thanksgiving history you didn't know about.

You can read it here.

Regards,

Brian Hunt
Editor in Chief, Stansberry & Associates

P.S. We receive no compensation from Richard or his company for recommending the Uncle Eric series. We simply believe the more people read and internalize the ideas presented in the books, the better off the world will be. And we can attest the series makes for a fantastic Christmas gift. You can learn more about it here.


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At Google we see 23 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube per minute, and I'm sure that will increase over time. So trying to project what tools will be available over the next 40 years is really daunting. -- Vice President of Engineering at Google.com Vinton Cerf | Smithsonian.com - July | August 2010


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Red Cross Offer Safety Tips for Cold Weather

Red Cross Offer Safety Tips for Cold Weather
American Red Cross
Release Date and Time: 11-22-2010 08:15:00 AM
News Release


SEATTLE, November 22, 2010— Exposure to cold can cause injury or serious illness such as frostbite or hypothermia. The likelihood of injury or illness depends on factors such as physical activity, clothing, wind, humidity, working and living conditions, and a person's age and state of health. The American Red Cross offers these tips to stay safe in the cold weather:

Dress appropriately before going outdoors. The air temperature does not have to be below freezing for someone to experience cold emergencies such as hypothermia and frostbite. Wind speed can create dangerously cold conditions even when the temperature is not that low.

* If possible, avoid being outside in the coldest part of the day, or for extended periods of time in extreme cold weather.

* Dress in layers so you can adjust to changing conditions. Avoid overdressing or overexertion that can lead to illness.

* Most of your body heat is lost through your head so wear a hat, preferably one that covers your ears.

* Mittens provide more warmth to your hands than gloves.

* Wear waterproof, insulated boots to help avoid hypothermia or frostbite by keeping your feet warm and dry and to maintain your footing in ice and snow.

* Take frequent breaks and stay hydrated.

* Get out of wet clothes immediately and warm the core body temperature with a blanket or warm fluids like hot cider or soup. Avoid drinking caffeine or alcohol if you expect you or someone you are trying to help has hypothermia or frostbite.

* Keep a winter storm survival kit in your car. This should include blankets, food, flares, chains, gloves and first aid supplies.

* Prepare your vehicle. Winterize your car by taking it to a trusted mechanic, who will check things like the tires for appropriate pressure and tread, the cooling system, the battery, the wiper blades and washer fluid, etc.

* During the winter months, make sure to keep your gas tank near full to avoid ice in the tank and fuel lines. Keep extra blankets in the trunk in the event that you are stranded and have to wait for help.


For more safety tips or to purchase a disaster kit for your home or vehicle, please visit www.seattleredcross.org or www.redcrosswashington.org.
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The American Red Cross is a non-profit, humanitarian agency dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world. For more information, visit www.seattleredcross.org.

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Google voice

Google voice



Google voice is the last phone number you'll ever need.

It's kinda like your email for life.

;o)


Source;

voice.google.com
bit.ly/Google_voice

Feel The LOVE CD

Feel The LOVE CD
14 songs, 54.9 minutes, 72.3 MB


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The Moody Blues
The Story In Your Eyes
For My Lady
Go Now! - 1965
Nights in White Satin
In Your Wildest Dreams
Question
Fly Me High

Robbie Williams
Feel

Enur Feat Natasja
Calabria 2007

Gorillaz
Feel Good Inc

Nelly
Just A Dream

Residence Deejay feat. Frissco
Lovely Smile (radio edit)

Kesha
We R Who We R

more....

Not available in stores coming... Christmas 2010.


Source;

http://bit.ly/feeltheloveCD
http://bit.ly/feelthelovecd


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Moody Blues: New Horizons

New Horizons ~ Moody Blues



From The Moody Blues Seventh Sojourn album in 1972 by Justin Hayward.

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I've got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...

Where is this place that we have found
Nobody knows where we are bound
I long to hear, I need to see
Cos I've shed tears too many for me

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...

On the wind soaring free
Spread your wings
I'm beginning to see
Out of mind far from view
Beyond the reach of a nightmare come true

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...
Someway...

Category:
Music


Source;

http://bit.ly/mb_newhorizons


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Today's Featured Music: Remembering: Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa
1940 - 1993




mp3 | FZ music

Biography

Frank Vincent Zappa (pronounced /ˈzæpə/; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands—he later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. He wrote the lyrics to all his songs, which—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, autodidacticism and the abolition of censorship.

Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist and he gained widespread critical acclaim. Many of his albums are considered essential in rock and jazz history. He is regarded as one of the most original guitarists and composers of his time. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and for most of his career was able to work as an independent artist. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967 he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa manages the businesses of her late husband under the name the Zappa Family Trust. {wiki}


Source;

http://bit.ly/frank_zappa



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Banned TV ad 'The US National Debt'

11/2/10

A new television ad about the U.S. national debt produced by Citizens Against Government Waste has been deemed “too controversial” by major networks including ABC, A&E and The History Channel and will not be shown on those channels. The commercial is a homage to a 1986 ad that was entitled “The Deficit Trials” that was also banned by the major networks. Apparently telling the truth about the national debt is a little too “hot” for the major networks to handle. But perhaps it is time to tell the American people the truth. In 1986, the U.S. national debt was around 2 trillion dollars. Today, it is rapidly approaching 14 trillion dollars. The American Dream is being ripped apart right in front of our eyes, but apparently some of the major networks don’t want the American people to really understand what is going on.

The truth is that the ad does not even have anything in it that should be offensive. The commercial is set in the year 2030, and the main character is a Chinese professor that is seen lecturing his students on the fall of great empires. As images of the United States are shown on a screen behind him, the Chinese professor tells his students the following about the behavior of great empires: “They all make the same mistakes. Turning their backs on the principles that made them great. America tried to spend and tax itself out of a great recession. Enormous so-called “stimulus” spending, massive changes to health care, government takeover of private industries, and crushing debt.”

Perhaps it is what the Chinese Professor says next that is alarming the big television networks: “Of course, we owned most of their debt, so now they work for us”.

So is this television commercial offensive? Watch it below and decide for yourself….


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSQozWP-rM


Source;

http://bit.ly/bannedTVad
http://america20xy.com/blog6/?feed=rss2


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Building What? TV ad campaign

11/2/10

NEW YORK CITY — The NYC Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN) is launching a television ad campaign on Election Day in New York City calling for an investigation into the destruction of World Trade Center Building 7, the third building to collapse on 9-11. Building 7 came down at 5:20 in the afternoon although it had not been hit by an aircraft.

The ad, which is entitled “BuildingWhat?” and can be viewed at BuildingWhat.org, will air 350+ times from November 2 through November 10 and is estimated to be seen by millions of viewers in the New York Metropolitan Area, reaching core target audiences multiple times. The ad will appear on thirteen channels including MSNBC, CNN, Comedy Central, HGTV, Logo TV, Bio TV, Versus TV, MSG, Sports NY, VH1, HLN, CNBC and Bravo.

NYC CAN’s goal is to generate public pressure on the New York City Council to open an investigation into the destruction of Building 7, which until 9-11 housed the City’s Emergency Operations Center, also known as “Mayor Giuliani’s bunker.”

“We’ve been educating the City Council about Building 7 and the need for a new investigation for the past six months,” said Bob McIlvaine, father of Bobby McIlvaine and one of the 9/11 family members who appear in the ad. “We are asking them now to do something about it.”

Patricia Perry, mother of NYPD officer John Perry, opens the ad saying, “Most people don’t know that a third tower fell on September 11th.” Footage of Building 7’s destruction begins to play while other 9/11 family members explain that 1,200 architects and engineers have examined the evidence and disagree with the official report issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which concluded that office fires brought down Building 7. This would mark the first and only time in history that fire has caused a steel-framed skyscraper to collapse. The ad closes by asking viewers to go to BuildingWhat.org to learn more.



The “BuildingWhat?” campaign is also being sponsored by the group of architects and engineers referred to in the ad. According to their website, www.AE911Truth.org, they now number 1,346 verified architectural and engineering professionals who have put their professional reputations on the line to publicly voice their disagreement with NIST’s findings.

“The most irrefutable evidence is the free fall descent of the building,” said Anthony Szamboti, a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry. “You can’t go from zero movement to free fall acceleration instantaneously without an external force simultaneously removing all of the columns in the lower part of the building. If the upper structure has to do any work crushing what’s below it, it’s going to slow down.” According to Mr. Szamboti, NIST acknowledges in its report that the building underwent free fall, but it does not explain how.

For more information and to view the TV ad, go to: www.BuildingWhat.org


Source;

http://bit.ly/buildingwhat
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Classic: Porter Stansberry: Detroit's socialist nightmare is America's future

Crux Classic: Porter Stansberry: Detroit's socialist nightmare is America's future
Monday, November 01, 2010

From Porter Stansberry in the S&A Digest:

One of the most important things to remember about socialism – or coercion of any kind – is it fails eventually because human beings have an innate desire for liberty and a strong need for personal property rights. In fact, the origins of government lie in the need of agricultural communities to protect themselves from violence and theft. So it is particularly ironic that in more recent times, it is government itself that has more frequently played the role of bandit. When you start taxing people at extreme rates to pay for socialist "benefits," when you start telling them which schools their children must attend, when you start giving jobs away to people based on race instead of ability... you quash human freedom, which bogs down productivity... and if continued for long enough, leads to social collapse.

I find it perplexing that only 20 years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the West continues to implement laws that mimic all of the failed policies of our former "communist" foes. In fact, our current president won the election by promising to "spread the wealth around." But... truth be told... we don't have to look to Eastern Europe or the Soviet Union to find a society destroyed by coercion, socialism, and the overreaching power of the State. We could just look at Detroit...

In 1961, the last Republican mayor of Detroit lost his re-election bid to a young, intelligent Democrat, with the overwhelming support of newly organized black voters. His name was Jerome Cavanagh. The incumbent was widely considered to be corrupt (and later served 10 years in prison for tax evasion). Cavanagh, a white man, pandered to poor underclass black voters. He marched with Martin Luther King down the streets of Detroit in 1963. (Of course, marching with King was the right thing to do... It's just Cavanagh's motives were political not moral.) He instated aggressive affirmative action policies at City Hall. And most critically, he greatly expanded the role of the government in Detroit, taking advantage of President Lyndon Johnson's "Model Cities Program" – the first great experiment in centralized urban planning.

Mayor Cavanagh was the only elected official to serve on Johnson's task force. And Detroit received widespread acclaim for its leadership in the program, which attempted to turn a nine-square-mile section of the city (with 134,000 inhabitants) into a "model city." More than $400 million was spent trying to turn inner cities into shining new monuments to government planning. In short, the feds and Democratic city mayors were soon telling people where to live, what to build, and what businesses to open or close. In return, the people received cash, training, education, and health care.

The Model Cities program was a disaster for Detroit. But it did accomplish its real goal: The creation of a state-supported, Democratic political power base. The program also resulted in much higher taxes – which were easy to pitch to poor voters who didn't have to pay them. Cavanagh pushed a new income tax through the state legislature and a "commuter tax" on city workers.

Unfortunately, as with all socialist programs, lots of folks simply don't like being told what to do. Lots of folks don't like being plundered by the government. They don't like losing their jobs because of their race.

In Detroit, they didn't like paying new, large taxes to fund a largely black and Democratic political hegemony. And so, in 1966, more than 22,000 middle- and upper-class residents moved out of the city.

But what about the poor? As my friend Doug Casey likes to say, in the War on Poverty, the poor lost the most. In July 1967, police attempted to break up a late-night party in the middle of the new "Model City." The scene turned into the worst race riot of the 1960s. The violence killed more than 40 people and left more than 5,000 people homeless. One of the first stores to be looted was the black-owned pharmacy. The largest black-owned clothing store in the city was also burned to the ground. Cavanagh did nothing to stop the riots, fearing a large police presence would make matters worse. Five days later, Johnson sent in two divisions of paratroopers to put down the insurrection. Over the next 18 months, an additional 140,000 upper- and middle-class residents – almost all of them white – left the city.

And so, you might rightfully ask... after five years of centralized planning, higher taxes, and a fleeing population, what did the government decide to do with its grand experiment, its "Model City"? You'll never guess....

Seeing it had accomplished nothing but failure, the government endeavored to do still more. The Model City program was expanded and enlarged by 1974's Community Development Block Grant Program. Here again, politicians would decide which groups (and even individuals) would receive state funds for various "renewal" schemes. Later, Big Business was brought into the fold. In exchange for various concessions, the Big Three automakers "gave" $488 million to the city for use in still more redevelopment schemes in the mid-1990s.

What happened? Even with all of their power and all of the money, centralized planners couldn't succeed with any of their plans. Nearly all of the upper and middle class left Detroit. The poor fled, too. The Model City area lost 63% of its population and 45% of its housing units from the inception of the program through 1990.

Even today, the crisis continues. At a recent auction of nearly 9,000 seized homes and lots, less than one-fifth of the available properties sold, even with bidding starting at $500. You literally can't give away most of the "Model City" areas today. The properties put up for sale last week represented an area the size of New York's Central Park. Total vacant land in Detroit now occupies an area the size of Boston – Detroit properties in foreclosure have more than tripled since 2007.

Every single mayor of Detroit since 1961 has been a Democrat. Every single mayor of Detroit since 1974 has been black. Detroit has been a major recipient of every major social program since the early 1960s and has received hundreds of billions of dollars in government grants, loans, and programs. We now have a black, Democrat president, who is promising to do to America as a whole what his political mentors have done to Detroit.

Those of you with a Democratic political affiliation may think what I've written above is biased or false. You may think what you like. But there is no way to argue that what the government has done to Detroit is anything but a horrendous crime. You may think what I've written above is merely a political analysis. Perhaps so, but politicians drive macroeconomic policy. And macroeconomic policy determines key financial metrics, like the trade-weighted value of a currency and key interest rates.

The likelihood America will become a giant Detroit is growing – rapidly. Politicians now control the banking sector, most of the manufacturing sector (including autos), a large amount of media, and are threatening to take over health care and the production of electricity (via cap and trade rules). These are the biggest threats to wealth in the history of our country. And these threats are causing the world's most accomplished and wealthy investors to actively short sell the United States – something that is unprecedented in my experience.

(Update: Read the follow-up to a subscriber comment here.)

Crux Note: The S&A Digest comes free with a subscription to Porter's Stansberry Investment Advisory. Porter's on a heck of a roll this year. He's made money on 10 of 11 recommendations so far... And if his latest trade goes as expected, it could be his biggest winner of all time. He says it's the "best hedge against a money crisis" you can buy, period. To learn more, click here...

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http://www.thedailycrux.com/content/6156/Government_Stupidity/eml



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