Who is Vernon Jordan?

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Vernon Jordan is many things but, according to Robin Morgan, quite a few aren't praiseworthy:



When I was in my 50s and moving down a distinguished receiving line at an elegant fundraiser for a progressive cause, I was stunned to find a second tongue in my mouth. During a handshake, I’d been suddenly yanked forward into the embrace of a man who acted as if I were an old friend and who was evidently unable to keep a civil tongue in his mouth. This man is a former civil-rights leader, an investment banker, a member of the board of directors of multiple corporations, was counselor to President Bill Clinton and adviser to Senator John Kerry, former president of The Urban League, and is the only black person to attend more than a few meetings of the Bilderberg Conference (annual private meetings of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite). Only later did I learn from Washington women friends that the powerful Vernon Jordan is notorious, as they euphemistically described it, "for giving the wettest French kisses in town."




That's Vernon Jordan!

Tweet of the Week

Nate Silver‏Verified account @NateSilver538

Nate Silver Retweeted Norman Ornstein

I think Al Franken should resign from the Senate. I think Roy Moore should resign from the Senate race and (if the allegations are true) be thrown in jail for many years.

Nate Silver added,

Norman OrnsteinVerified account @NormOrnstein

Replying to @NormOrnstein

If you demand reaignation for these actions, what are you going to suggest for the really horrible acts of people like Moore or Trump, or allegedly Conyers? What about an Ensign, who paid off the husband of the woman he was having an affair with?

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CRAPAPDEIA -- Barbra Streisand version

Remember, kids, it's CRAPAPEDIA.

At WIKIPEDIA, you will find the following lies in the Barbra Streisand entry:


She has achieved five No. 1 singles in the US, the most for a female singer in the 1970s, and sang lead on a No. 1 hit single at least once every year from 1977 to 1980 in the US, a period of 4 consecutive years and the first female performer to achieve it. Streisand also was one of the elite acts with top 10s in four different decades. In 1974, "The Way We Were" became the first original single by a female artist to achieve the No. 1 song of the year in US.^[10]



So many lies.

First off, five number one singles in the 1970s?

1980 is not the 1970s.

So it's four number one singles in the 1970s that Barbra had plus "Woman In Love" in 1980.

Females?

Diana Ross also achieved four number ones in the seventies -- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Do You Know Where You're Going To?," "Touch Me In the Morning" and "Love Hangover."

If you want to include the lie that 1980 is the 1970s?

Then you have to include Diana Ross' number one hit "Upside Down."

However you count it -- with 1980 being part of the 1970s or not -- Diana Ross had the same number of number ones as Barbra Streisand in the seventies or 'seventies.'

If we're counting the actual 70s?  Along with Diana having four number ones to Barbra's four number ones, there's also Donna Summer ("McArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and the duet with Barbra "Enough Is Enough").

So Barbra does not have "the most for a female singer in the 1970s."

If you count the actual 70s, she, Diana Ross and Donna Summer have four number ones on the US pop charts.  If you include 1980 as part of the '70s,' she and Diana Ross both have five number ones on the US pop charts.


As for "The Way We Were" being the first original single by a female artist to achieve the No. 1 song of the year in the US"?


What is it about Babs that creates fans who refuse to give African-American women their due?

Roberta Flack?

In 1972, the number one song of the year was Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

And, in 1967, the number one song for the year was Lulu's "To Sir With Love."

Oh, and 1954's number one song?  Kitty Kallen's "Little Things Mean A Lot."


So she was not the first female artist to have the number one song of the year in the US -- before her there was Kitty Kallen, Lulu and Roberta Flack.


Crap from CRAPAPEDIA, remember that, kids.

Column to read this week

Justin Raimondo's "Is #TheResistance a CIA Front?" (ANTIWAR.COM).

Susan Sarandon

When they attack Susan Sarandon, remember that they never showed the bravery she did.

Esha  🌹 🖖‏ @eshaLegal 2h2 hours ago

Things @SusanSarandon did: - Superb Acting in Thelma and Louise. - Protest the Iraq war. -Carry the Olympic Flag in Turn Things she did not do: - Force Hillary not to campaign in Wisconsin - Force Hillary to fundraise at the Hamptons -Force Hillary to push TPP

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This edition's playlist

1) Diana Ross' DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION.


2) Taylor Swift's REPUTATION.


3) Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL.



4) Tori Amos' NATIVE INVADERS.

5) Alicia Keys' HERE.

6)  Aretha Franklin's ARETHA SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS.

7) Janet Jackson's UNBREAKABLE.

8) Sam Smith's IN THE LONELY HOUR DROWNING SHADOW EDITION.


9) Janet Jackson's THE VELVET ROPE.


10) Ben Harper's BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN.

Video: The ruling class is censoring the Internet

From WSWS:

View and share today’s social media video on the moves of the ruling class to censor the Internet, using the pretext of a campaign against Russian-backed “fake news.” The Democrats can’t stop talking about Russia, but what they’re really afraid of is domestic social opposition. See also: Google announces moves to censor RT and Sputnik US brands RT a “foreign agent:” A chilling move against free speech Sincerely, The World Socialist Web Site Share Tweet Forward World Socialist Web Site | wsws.org Articles: Copyright © 2017 wsws.org, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list

Patty Murray introduces legislation to help Veterans with Newborn Babies Needing Emergency Transportation

Senator Patty Murray's office issued the following earlier this month:

After Troubling Coverage Gap Discovered in VA Care, Senator Murray Introduces Fix to Better Serve Veterans with Newborn Babies Needing Emergency Transportation

Nov 16 2017

VA says it currently lacks authority to cover emergency transportation services for newborns; Murray’s bill would make coverage certain

Senator Murray: “We must ensure no veteran ever faces a surprise bill like this, especially new moms dealing with an emergency situation”

(Washington, D.C.) –  U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to make clear the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has the authority to cover the costs of medically-necessary emergency transportation services for newborn babies of certain women veterans. Senator Murray took action after multiple reports of new mothers being stuck with thousands of dollars in bills because of a narrow interpretation of current law by VA.  

“The idea that emergency transportation to get newborn infants into emergency care would not be covered by VA is a shocking and needless gap in care,” said Senator Murray. “We must ensure no veteran ever faces a surprise bill like this, especially new moms dealing with an emergency situation.”

In addition to ensuring that VA has the authority to cover medically-necessary emergency transportation, the legislation would:

• Close a loophole on delivery location requirements that would potentially nullify an otherwise qualified newborn’s access to VA covered medical care
• Expand the seven days of VA provided newborn medical care (through a waiver process) for a medically necessary extension
• Remove unnecessary burdens on the veteran during the billing process
• Waive any outstanding debts associated with medically-necessary emergency transportation services for a newborn incurred by the veteran

In 2008, Senator Murray introduced S. 2799, the Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008 which, when ultimately enacted into law as part of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, originally gave VA authority to provide care for newborn babies born to women veterans. 

Read the text of the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act here.

More background:

Women are one of the fastest-growing population of veterans, making up 10 percent of today’s veteran population, according to the most recent figures. Sen. Murray has been fighting to ensure VA is equipped to handle the needs of women veterans through legislation such as the bipartisan Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 and the Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2017.