Just Thinking…by Jamie Gray 2020-09-30T15:54:34.000Z

If you think Trump is doing a good job managing the Coronavirus pandemic, how many deaths will it take for you to change your mind? How many months of a suppressed economy are you willing to live with, all because infection levels are STILL too high to reopen safely, due to partisan disputes over mask wearing and social distancing fueled by the president?
Because frankly, we could’ve been back to a new normal months ago, if Trump had listened to the experts at the CDC, WHO and NIH and designed one. THAT was his job, to design and construct a new covid-ready normal and help us get there. He Failed. Miserably.
I am personally sickened by Trump’s absolute ineptitude in managing the crisis and his lack of even basic compassion at the resultant loss of life. Every other country in the world has done better than the USA at things that we are supposed to be among the best at: healthcare and crisis management.
Every American should be ashamed of where we find ourselves now, as the rest of the world is deciding between laughing at our President or crying for the American people.

#pandemic #coronavirus #politics #opinion
Just Thinking ~ Thoughts on music, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…and other less political stuffs.
by Jamie Gray
2020-09-30T15:54:34.000Z

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Crows appear to have type of consciousness ‘only seen in humans and primates’

Crows are not your average bird. I learned long ago not to mess with them…they hold grudges and demand reparations. I’m also fairly sure they conspire together, and co-opt other species into cooperation against humans who have wronged them.
I am saying all this from personal experience. I have since apologized. We get along now.
#crows #jg

The Article ‘Crows appear to have type of consciousness ‘only seen in humans and primates’’ originally appeared on https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/crows-consciousness-humans-primates-study-tubingen-university-germany-b717390.html
Jamie’s comments are his own.

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JPMorgan to pay $920M for manipulating bond, metals markets

Criminals. No question. Confessed and Admitted. But because they are rich, nobody goes to jail.
There are clearly #TwoAmericas and NOTHING about life is fair if you live in one of them.

JPMorgan to pay $920M for manipulating bond, metals markets https://abcn.ws/2Hz11yq #jg

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2020 First Presidential Debate Live Analysis

Watch the debate with Live Analysis…which I’m hoping means actual real-time #FactChecking.

Because #Truth and #Facts are Important.

#TrumpVsBiden #Debate #JG

The Article ‘2020 First Presidential Debate Live Analysis’ originally appeared on https://www.politico.com/2020-election/live-updates-and-analysis/first-biden-trump-debate-2020/
Jamie’s comments are his own.

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Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust

Seriously. What the fuck are we teaching kids in school if they aren’t learning about the most important events in the twentieth century? Do these recently born Americans know there were two world wars? Did they learn about Hitler and his xenophobic crimes in the name of making Germany great again? Because it sure looks like Hitler’s Germany is trying to be born again in America, from the disinformation right down to the concentration camps for ‘illegal’ humans.
We are failing to educate our future leaders, and in doing so we are pushing America towards failure. Conservatives like to claim that America is exceptional, but to be exceptional implies that we are the better than the average, and when it comes to education, only a handful of us get a truly exceptional education. We fail to educate the majority of our population, and in comparison to much of the modernized world, we are FAILING. But not because we can’t do it. We CAN if we choose to, but we choose otherwise. Racism, religion, discrimination and greed stand in our way, and we choose to promote ignorance to keep things as they are, rather than knowledge to embrace positive, intelligent change.
America is failing because we are afraid to succeed. Success requires that we act today with the hope of doing better in the future, not the fear of doing worse than in the past. ~jg

Nearly two-thirds of US adults unaware 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust – study https://bit.ly/2RyAG5i
#education #history #hitler #germany #holocaust #jg

The Article ‘Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust’ originally appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/16/holocaust-us-adults-study
Jamie’s comments are his own.

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30 Years Ago: Bruce Hornsby Plays His First Grateful Dead Show

Seems like yesterday. I think Hornsby brought musical elements back to the Dead that hadn’t really been around since Keith died…and then drove them higher. He was no Pig Pen, but the first time he sat in with the band, he seemed like he belonged there, riding along on the bus to never-everland.

#GratefulDead

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JJ Grey & Mofro Perform ‘Brighter Days’ At Waterfront Blues Festival In 2016: Pro-Shot Video

One of the best free concerts I ever saw…and after the show, J.J. popped out of the bus when we knocked on the door, and posed for pics with the kids ?. Good times…definitely ‘Brighter Days’ than this pandemic hell we now find ourselves in, with alligators up to our asses.JJ Grey & Mofro Perform ‘Brighter Days’ At Waterfront Blues Festival In 2016: Pro-Shot Video https://bit.ly/35C9KKfhttps://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jambase.com%2Farticle%2Fjj-grey-mofro-brighter-days-waterfront-blues-festival-2016-video&h=AT01U3q8FRgLy3-92XJu5av8X4B_35LGJTBC-1dWFNPYQzdRDmgBDyQ6vZeyd2JiJW07kJj2YPsQfFFYfxjbdYFtpwmWhb2kNtusDDGRStFMZ0m0opj4o-SVfr8Wrg&s=1

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Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood’s ‘Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly – Just Strange’

Freeman Vines is an African American luthier who creates what have been called “contemporary art sculptures hidden as guitars” out of old wood, some of it from a tree used for a lynching.

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How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

And I bet you thought that, after you rinsed and separated and carefully ‘recycled’ all those plastic containers, that the plastic would actually be re-used…and not end up in a landfill? Garbage is a dirty game folks…and plastic recycling is the lipstick on that pig. ~jg

Is Plastic Recycling A Lie? Oil Companies Touted Recycling To Sell More Plastic : NPR https://n.pr/3mkr7VK
#jg

The Article ‘How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled’ originally appeared on https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled?t=1599932392400
Jamie’s comments are his own.

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Why Dee Snider Had ‘Trepidation’ in Twisted Sister’s Early Days

Twisted Sister was one of the first 18+ shows I ever saw. It was 1978 or 79 I guess, so I was 16 or 17 at the time, back when IDs were paper and had no photos. Twisted Sister had played Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY before, and been banned from playing there. But…for some reason, the club rescinded the ban and let them play the show. Zebra opened for them I think…though that might’ve been a different show I got really wasted at. Who knows?
Anyway, long story short…I got really wasted and Twisted Sister rocked the bar…and got banned again, (this time I think forever) and then went on to become a household name instead of a NY Area metal band that got kicked out of almost everyplace they played.
Fuck the critics and censors. Live your own music.

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Happy Pig Day.

Happy Pig Day.https://www.facebook.com/JamieGrayMusic/photos/a.10151980289383604/10158417500033604/?type=3 Jamie Gray

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Trump claims environmental progress, but he’s weakened rules

ABC News: Trump claims environmental progress, but he’s weakened rules.

Keep in mind that, to Trump, “The Environment” is something that should be exploited, in order to maximize profits for himself or his friends who run the oil, gas, coal and mining corporations. When he leaves office, they will owe him bigly, and he WILL try to collect.
So in HIS mind, he HAS made progress. ~jg

#Trump #EPA #ThePlanet #ClimateCrisis https://abcn.ws/3ib76OZ #jg

The Article ‘Trump claims environmental progress, but he’s weakened rules’ originally appeared on https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-claims-environmental-progress-weakened-rules-72878809
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