Musical HIGHLIGHTS and Political lowlights

Music is one of the great blessings in this life: and when it is done right…especially live…it can take you places like nothing else can.  Here are some marvelous live performances for your enjoyment.  Following these highlights, I will hit some of the lowlights that are taking place in the news these days.  Did someone say there was an election coming up?

 

Coldplay’s extraordinary performance/Viva La Vida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvsGmYKhcU

 

Classic Pink Floyd with an immortal guitar solo/Comfortably Numb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWZNAQrkf4

 

Brooks and Dunn…One of the all time great voices in music! /It’s Getting Better All the Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9dEo48ST0

 

Nobody does it better or enjoys it more…Lexington Lab Band covers Boston/Feeling Satisfied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyBnmDJJJco

 

Don Henley…Never got to see him live; will not get that one checked off the bucket list/Boys of Summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoxEcD4PCco

 

Phil Collins…This is how you put on a show! /In the Air Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWP9nbqG9Q

 

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper…Is it just me or is it hot in here? /Shallow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJjwHAIny4

 

AC.DC brings the masses to life…TURN IT UP! /Highway to Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPmA3USJdI

 

Foreigner still doing it great! /I Want to Know What Love Is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-ZsGvUAR4

 

Procol Harum with a great old tune that still sounds good…this one will take you back/A Whiter Shade of Pale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM

 

Heart covers Zepp with tremendous impact…wait for it! /Stairway to Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

 

Casting Crowns delivers a message we can all use/Scars in Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baEQHH4yWQk

 

Adele…my, my…what a voice/Easy on Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcitRgiNDs

 

Imagine Dragons gets in your bones! /Thunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5TGgp8t440

 

Chris Stapleton with a truly bourbon voice/Tennessee Whiskey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBLruNfUqUs

 

Sarah McLachlan…a beautiful lady and a beautiful song…great movie also/Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YQkhDWF4-M

 

Jackson Browne…close your eyes and just lay back/Barricades of Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF2y5SOsd6M

 

Alan Jackson sings the everlasting truth/How Great Thou Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-m_6KN5ISA

 

Great, great stuff….now on to the news of the day….

 

Perhaps it is my hope rather than my head talking, but I get the feeling that every day that goes by, the mask that is covering Kamala Harris slips a bit more…revealing the true emptiness in her mind and soul.  I get the sense that, at least for the time being, the race is shifting to Trump.

 

Anyway…here are All things Harris/Walz/Biden.

 

https://reason.com/2024/09/20/kamala-harris-is-not-an-ideas-candidate/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/19/can-harriss-cynical-run-out-the-clock-campaign-succeed/

 

This is some truly dangerous thinking: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harris-makes-it-clear-the-only-way-to-preserve-the-filibuster-is-to-elect-a-republican-senate/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3159421/the-unprecedented-biden-harris-migrant-invasion/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/25/the-corrupt-economics-of-immigration/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/09/it-only-hurts-when-i-laugh.php

 

https://nypost.com/2024/09/22/opinion/who-exactly-is-running-the-country-certainly-appears-to-be-jill-biden-and-not-joe/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/walz-education-appointee-calls-for-the-overthrow-of-the-u-s/

 

Which state is it that has Walz as governor? https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/09/economic-collapse-in-slow-motion.php

 

All things Election Integrity:

 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/23/trump-hating-colorado-secretary-of-state-loses-another-election-integrity-battle/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/18/when-asked-why-should-i-vote-for-donald-trump-meta-ai-offers-reasons-not-to/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/24/elections-need-transparency/

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democrats-downplay-concerns-over-non-citizen-voting-despite-thousands

 

All things Upcoming Election:

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/19/trump-three-swing-states-election-win-00179648

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/progressives-thrive-on-deceit/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/13/democrats-war-on-america-part-one-what-saving-our-democracy-really-means/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/20/the-democrats-war-on-america-part-two-an-economy-that-serves-nobody-except-those-in-charge/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3165160/pennsylvania-trump-hits-right-places-messages/

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-election-predictions/2024/09/24/id/1181601/

 

All things about the Continuing and Abject Failure of Both National Parties and Their Respective Candidates to Take Principled Stands on Issues of Critical Importance.   May there be a pox on all of their houses.

 

https://reason.com/2024/09/23/congress-fails-the-budget-test-again/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/3161695/why-efforts-stave-off-social-security-exhaustion-fizzled/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/09/trump-should-ditch-salt-deduction-not-bring-it-back/

 

All things Education:

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/18/teacher-pay-myths-reality-and-union-shenanigans/

 

https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2024/09/indianas-worthwhile-academic-experiment/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/25/the-coming-elections-effect-on-education/

 

The Shameful USA Betrayal of Israel continues:

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/19/israel-deserves-unequivocal-support-from-white-house-congress/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/hezbollah-history-lesson/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3158106/oct-7-changed-middle-east-forever/

 

All things SCOTUS:

 

https://tomklingenstein.com/overturning-chevron-is-a-major-victory/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/09/23/the-supreme-crisis-of-chief-justice-john-roberts/#more-223565

 

Beware the Deep State.  It is real; it is Machiavellian; it is corrupt; and it is ninety-nine percent Democrat/Liberal/Progressive.  It might very well be the largest current threat to our government: https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/18/are-the-white-house-and-pentagon-controlled-by-a-shadowy-few/

 

This woman has absolutely No Self-Perception or Shame in her entire body: https://jonathanturley.org/2024/09/18/a-better-deterrence-hillary-clinton-calls-for-the-arrest-of-americans-spreading-disinformation/#more-223622

 

The Future of Retirement lies in this direction: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/22/business/boeing-strike-pensions/index.html

 

The Truly Great Ones only come around every few decades… Secretariat, Jordan, Brady…and now this guy: https://sports.yahoo.com/shohei-ohtani-the-first-to-50-50-dodgers-star-makes-mlb-history-with-one-of-the-greatest-games-ever-225811408.html

 

Life…Is…Precious: https://americanmind.org/salvo/end-abortion-rebrand-babies/