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Is it Trump's war on Iran or America's war on the Middle East?

Desolate and without purpose

Radiating from so many septic sources

Forming the fabric of a wayward people

Disappearing as the vestiges of our past

Scratched like tartan into virgin soil

A substrate for progress and disarray

A spreading network of broken dreams

Searching for a thoroughfare to take us away

Just a little tale from the streets of America

Sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria

Trenchant, weary native sons

(Step back) step back and see the damage done

Meander to the horizon

The streets of America

Black, tarred concrete pine for me

Lying dormant for you and your country

Hardened surface, cracked within

Catch the sweat from off of the chin

Of men and women, senior and child

Who look to you and your sterile miles

And in their stares is bald dismay

For what you fucking promised, went and led them astray

Just another tale from the streets of America

Sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria

Trenchant, weary native sons

(Step back) step back and see the damage done

Meander to the horizon

The streets of America

Hard-cracked, daunting, lifeless veins

False hope corridors to greener pastures is all that remains

Say a little prayer for the streets of America

Sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria

Trenchant, weary native sons

(Step back) step back and see the damage done

Shoot straight up to the horizon

The streets of America (shoot straight up to the horizon)

The streets of America

In 1954, the CIA wrote a classified report about Iran and coined a word: blowback. Then they filed the warning in a vault and spent seventy-two years proving it right. This video traces the 72-year paper trail from the 1953 coup against Mossadegh to Operation Epic Fury. How a peace deal was on the table the day the president ordered strikes. Why the Strait of Hormuz broke the global economy. What $20,000 drones do to $4 million missiles. Who made $580 million in oil futures fifteen minutes before a presidential tweet. And what any of us can actually do about it.

From eminem to clavicular, the whiteboy has been on a journey. Today we explore what has happened to the whiteboy.

In this piece from George Carlin's special Life Is Worth Losing, the stand-up comedian covers the downfall of America from our "inheritance" of this beautiful country to consumerism and today's politicians, "It's a big club and you ain't in it."

Is right wing media misleading its donors now that they've failed to convert Gen Z?

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"Bongo Bong" is the first solo single by Manu Chao, from his debut album, Clandestino. It is a remake of "King of Bongo", a track from Manu Chao's previous band, Mano Negra. The title and lyrics are taken from the 1939 jazz song "King of Bongo Bong" by Black American trumpeter Roy Eldridge. It also uses the background music from Black Uhuru's song "Bull ina di Pen", from their 1984 album, Anthem. The song is part of a medley with "Je ne t'aime plus" on Clandestino. Moreover, the music has been reused for other songs, such as "Mr. Bobby", which was first released on this single before being re-recorded for Chao's second album, Próxima Estación: Esperanza, and "Homens", from the same record.

The song is about a bongo player from the Congo.^([2])

Video directed by Enzo Brandner

Bongo Bong - written by Manu Chao
Je ne t'aime plus - written by Manu Chao & Anouk Khelifa
From the album "Clandestino"
Published by Radio Bemba
Produced by Manu Chao & Renaud Letang

Dr.David Qualaalou ‪@geopoliticaltrends‬ is a geopolitical analyst, writer and consultant who worked for the U.S. Government in both the military and executive branches. His main academic research focuses on International Relations, US Foreign Policy, and the Middle East.

In this episode, he analyzes the reasons and the timing of the U.S. - Israel attack on Iran, and how the escalating tensions will change the Middle East region.