Some Friday Reads

 You know things are bad for the GOP when key players in the party have decided to jump ship and support the Democrats instead when it comes to the presidency.


It didn't surprise me all that much Liz Cheney came out in support for Kamala Harris for president, but it was a bit of a shock to read that her dad, former VP Dick Cheney, also plans to vote for her. 

I expect Bush II to come out in a similar fashion.

Trump is the great uniter, indeed.

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Obituary:  Noted Brazilian music figure Sergio Mendes, 83, who had hits in the United States back in the 1960s, has died after having suffered from "long COVID."  

Snip:

Mendes was born in the city of Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro state. When the military dictatorship began in Brazil in 1964, he decided to escape and settle in the United States — a decision that would change his style as well, giving it an international twist. He invited two American singers to join the band he had formed, renaming it Brasil ’66. Their first record, helmed by Alpert, produced “Mas Que Nada,” a modern Brazilian classic and Mendes’ best-known song (though it was originally composerd by another Brazilian icon, Jorge Ben Jor). In 2006, a new version of the song recorded by The Black Eyed Peas in collaboration with Mendes revived the hit — and Mendes’ fame — for new generations.

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