Tessanne Chin Channel

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First 50 songs generated by the Pandora algo:

  1. Tessanne Chin -- Everything Reminds Me Of You
  2. Jah Cure -- Before I Leave
  3. Tessanne Chin -- Underneath It All (The Voice Performance)
  4. Beres Hammond -- Rockaway
  5. Sean Paul -- I'm Still In Love With You
  6. Gyptian -- Beautiful Lady
  7. Tessanne Chin -- If I Were Your Woman ( The Voice Performance)
  8. Alaine -- Whine
  9. Collie Buddz -- Mamacita
  10. Sean Paul -- Hold My Hand
  11. Wayne Wonder -- Love And Affection
  12. Morgan Heritage -- Make It Official
  13. Busy Signal -- Come Over (Missing You)
  14. DaVille -- I'm In Love WIth You
  15. Gyptian -- Weak In The Knees
  16. Tessanne Chin -- I Have Nothing (The Voice Performance)
  17. Jah Cure -- True Reflections
  18. Wayne Wonder -- I Still Believe
  19. Beres Hammond -- No Disturb Sign
  20. Tessanne Chin -- Next To Me (The Voice Performance)
  21. Tarrus RIley -- She's Royal
  22. DaVille -- This Time I Promise
  23. Beres Hammond -- Sweet Lies
  24. Gregory Isaacs -- Night Nurse
  25. Beres Hammond -- Not For Sale
  26. June Lodge & Prince Mohammed -- Someone Loves You Honey
  27. Richie Spice -- Brown Skin
  28. Morgan Heritage -- Don't Haffi Dread [not bad]
  29. Tessanne Chin -- Firework
  30. Tarrus Riley -- Start Anew
  31. Da Ville -- Always On My Mind
  32. Morgan Heritage -- Nothing To Smile About [liked it]
  33. Etana -- I Am Not Afraid
  34. Beres Hammond -- I Feel Good
  35. Tarrus Riley -- Human Nature
  36. Richie Spice -- Youth Dem Cold
  37. Busy Signal -- Come Over
  38. Alaine – Deeper
  39. Jah Cure – World Cry
  40. Etana – Warrior Love
  41. Queen Ifrica – Keep It Yourself
  42. Tessanne China -- Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)(The Voice Performance)
  43. Beres Hammond – Body & Soul
  44. Bob Marley – Turn Your Lights Down Low
  45. DaVille – Can’t Get Over You
  46. Beres Hammond – Rock Away
  47. Shontelle – Life Is Not An Easy Road
  48. Gentleman – Unconditional Love
  49. Bob Marley – One Love
  50. Tarrus Riley – Love’s Contagious

Drifting Into Progressively More Adversarial Positions

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A speech by David Lampton from earlier this year, "A Tipping Point in U.S.-China Relations is Upon Us," is worth reading ... he tries to take a balanced approach. 

“Confidence that a growing middle class, exposure to the world, and integration with it would produce growing value and/or interest convergence over time is challenged by the PRC’s perceived domestic political tightening and muscularity abroad ... the hope that economic interdependence would produce tolerable security cooperation increasingly is questioned.”

The China Fantasy is over, right?

I liked this line:

“In the United States, elections put a premium on finding security issues that exert a powerful influence over voter behavior and justify larger military budgets in a constrained fiscal environment. ”

In other words, politicians have to find a new bogeyman that scares the booboisie enough to justify continued support for the military-industrial complex. China a much better hobgoblin than a ragtag bunch of fanatical Islamists. 

Movies Watched -- Killer of Sheep

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This was on Spike Lee's list of must-see movies, and I'd never heard of it, so I checked it out.  Quit (fast-forwarded) after about fifteen minutes, too depressing, and an amateur production.  Poor blacks living in Watts ... father works in a slaughterhouse ... I was most interested in the scenes of lambs being butchered ... some good music, I've screenshot all the music selections below, which may be of interest.

Movies Watched -- Bears

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On my documentary list ... watched 15 minutes then had to turn on mute since the Disney commentary was driving me nuts ... a year in the life of a mother brown bear and her two cubs in Alaska ... amazing footage throughout ... kids should like it since they won't be annoyed by the commentary like an adult would. Under 100 minutes.

Movies Watched -- The Babadook

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A horror movie from Australia ... I watched to the end so it gets a yellow rating at least ... it's scary, kids should never ever see this ... demonic possession ... or maybe just an overwrought widow with small child and failing mental health ... under 100 minutes. If you like horror movies, check it out ... can't give it a blanket recommendation though. 

Movies Watched -- Dear White People

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Quit after 30 minutes ... the life of upper middle class black kids at a name-brand college, maybe? ... didn't grab me or interest me ... aimed at late Gen-Y and Millennials, I guess?  No idea why it's on the Rotten Tomatoes top 100. 

Visa Pop, 1 Minute View

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02:40PM  Visa Said in Talks to Buy Visa Europe for as Much as $20 Billion at Bloomberg

Bloomberg news shows up on the Terminal at least a minute before it hits the web, right? ... would have to dial down on the 14:39 bar to see where entry possible ... assuming a slowpoke entry of $67.94, it would have worked out into the close, but not been great from a risk reward perspective. Any human reader catch this at the time?

Crick to enrarge

The Honourable Woman -- Season One

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Slick production but I don't know if the story made any sense ... starred Maggie Gyllenhaal who has kind of an awkward presence ... she seems gawky, like an overgrown child, and has a baby face ... she is cute but not in a grown woman way ... she has this posh British accent, not sure how real it is, and her pacing and enunciation is just like all the finishing school girls I know (unfortunately many) ... anyway, her father made a fortune manufacturing arms for the Israelis and now she's trying to make amends by building (fiber optic) bridges to Palestine ... she has a baby-faced brother who screws all her plans up (and he's screwing the housekeeper / PLA mole as well) ... there's a kidnapping, a suicide, er, assassination, mumbling and scheming British MI6 agents of both sexes, political machinations, evil Americans with crew cuts, Israeli terrorists, a drone bombing, it all gets confusing. Not sure I can recommend it. May best fall into the slick but dumb category.