Mr President go smoke a blunt and chill out

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Mr. Smooth

Mr. Smooth

“From notable styles and a stunning stage presence, Mr. Smooth’s music is standing out as an entity all its own. The quality of art, music, and dedication put forth by the industrious artist has definitely made a mark and impact on the music community. It won’t be long before you hear Mr. Smooth’s music nationwide and internationally. Major moves are being made by this amazing talent.”

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The newest Pop Artist from San Jose, CA. Shawn Stewart aka. Mr. Smooth is bringing back that 90’s style Hip Hop flavor. From notable styles & a stunning stage presence along with hot beats, & sexy seductive lyrics Mr. Smooth’s music is standing out as an entity all its own.

The quality of art, music, and dedication put forth by the industrious artist has definitely made a mark and impact on the music community already. His debut release October 2016 From Where It All Started "The Rebirth of Mr. Smooth" a preview demo including "I Ain’t Lit, I’m Plugged In Mon” featuring Fashion of Raleigh NC., a 420 themed track that’s a fusion of Pop & Reggae has been getting extremely positive reviews.

Mr. Smooth is all about putting that Sexy back in music & is expected to release his first 6 track EP titled "Imma Wax That Ass" The Mr. Smooth Grown & Sexy E.P. Summer 2017. Under his musical resume he is known as a successful local Booking Agent and Manager working with such organizations as Bay Area Musicians Marketing Network & Radio X Network to provide entertainment in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 10 years.

Also to his musical credit he has experience working as an A&R for the Legendary North Carolina Music Label Hazardous Records. Transitioning from the Lead Vocalist of the Blues Rock cover band Blues Stew to a Solo Artist, Mr. Smooth is looking for great things moving forward as he begins his Pop Solo career.

Basic Band Info
Band Name: Mr. Smooth
Album Name: Mr.Smooth-I Ain't Lit, I'm Plugged In Mon feat. Fashion
Year Released: 2016
Email Address: mr.smoothofficial@gmail.
: www.soundcloud.com/mr-smooth
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Music Style: Pop/HipHop
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 Label Affiliation: Unsigned
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Hometown: San Jose
Country:United States
Touring your Region?: No
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Shawn Stewart aka is a Pop Artist from San Jose, CA.

President Death takes the stage with Hell beside him

WEST SACRAMENTO CA (IFS) --  President Bannon and his sidekick Reince Priebus looks as they should get a room.  Is Mr. Bannon an alcoholic?  Why is his nose so red?  Or is he very ill and barely holing on?

Body language experts dissect moment Trump strategist Steve Bannon intimately pats Reince Priebus.  Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon got a bit touchy-feely with chief of staff Reince Priebus during an interview on Thursday — and body language experts have conflicting takes on what the intimate moment might reveal about the powerful men.
Several recent reports have described a rocky relationship between the two Trump administration officials, who personify the newfound polar opposites of the Republican Party: Bannon's right-wing populism and Priebus' establishment conservatism.

When they sat down for a joint interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., on Thursday night, that divide appeared to take the form of bodily cues — particularly during the very final moments of the back-and-forth.

Mexico Plans Corn Ban of US import

WEST SACRAMENTO CA (IFS)  --  After the envoys to Mexico from the Trump Administration, it appears that the visit there was not enough to curve the ban on American imported corn to Mexico.   After the initial treaty during the Clinton years, the importation of corn by US farmers drove the small Mexican farmer to its knees, as the price of imported corn was far more cheaper than the locals could grow it, and causing the Mercian government to ends subsidiary to its people.

Mexico's retaliation against the Trump Government is growing by leaps and bounds.  It all has to do with respect and the reported "dumping" of illegals from other countries into Mexico by the United States.

Mexico is considering the introduction of a ban on US corn imports as a way to increase its leverage in trade negotiations with its neighbor, but such a measure would be both difficult to implement and harmful to the economy.

The US-Mexico trade spat keeps escalating: after President Donald Trump suggested imposing a 20% import tariff on all the goods coming in through the US’ southern border, the latest blow has come from Mexico. Last week, senator Armando Rios Piter announced that he is planning to introduce legislation banning corn imports from the US, and replacing them with corn produced in Brazil and Argentina.

While it is understandable that Mexico is considering countermeasures against Trump’s repeated attacks on Mexican trade, such a ban is easier said than done: in 2016, Mexico imported around 13 million tonnes of yellow corn, almost 100% from the US.

Brazil and Argentina have the capacity to make up for US corn imports, but switching providers would be costly. “We don’t think it would be convenient because of logistics, storage and transportation costs. Switching from the US to South America would make [corn] imports 10 to 15% more costly. Given this increase, the Mexican government would have to subsidise these imports, and it’s not a low subsidy – around US$20 to US$30 per tonne of corn imports,” explains Arnulfo Rodriguez, senior economist at BBVA Bancomer in Mexico City.

Agricultural exports are one area where there’s a certain scope to mitigate the deficit the US has on the non-agricultural components of trade, so initiating a food war is not the best idea at this time. Jaya Jha, AAEA

If the goal is to hurt the US economy – even if it costs Mexico US$390mn a year – the ban would be successful: corn represents around 10% of US agricultural exports in terms of value, and Mexico is its largest buyer, at around 24%, followed by Japan at 20.1%.

“Assuming Mexico imposes corn tariffs or even a total ban, to corn farmers in the US it’s a significant blow, because it means they lose [almost] 25% of their market share,” Jaya Jha, an economist and member of the Milwaukee-based Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), tells GTR.

Agricultural trade is the area where Mexico has the most leverage against the US. Jha explains that Mexico is in the top five buyers of almost 26 agricultural commodities sold by the US. Moreover, it is one of the only sectors where the US exhibits a trade surplus, something the government would be unwilling to change.

“Agricultural exports are one area where there’s a certain scope to mitigate the deficit the US has on the non-agricultural components of trade, so initiating a food war is not the best idea at this time,” Jha adds.

But this is still a dangerous game for Mexico to play, where agriculture is a much bigger part of the export mix. “This ban is highly debatable,” says Rodriguez. “We don’t want the US to introduce countermeasures. For example, 50% of Mexico’s tomato production goes into the US, so Mexico is very dependent on the US market. If there was a US ban on tomato imports from Mexico, Mexican producers would be hurt and it would not be easy to send the tomato surplus to Europe or Asia because in the case of tomatoes, shipping times are crucial.”

“Both countries have a lot to lose. It is in both their interests to avoid a trade war, whether in agriculture or manufacturing,” he concludes.

Tags: Agribusiness, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Armando Rios Piter, Arnulfo Rodriguez, BBVA Bancomer, Donald Trump, Jaya Jha, Mexico, United States (US)

VX Nerve Agent Chemical used to kill Kim Jong Un

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AP News in Brief for Feb 24 - 2017

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The Catholic Girls

The Catholic Girls were born when schoolgirls Gail Petersen and Roxy Andersen put their guitars together to form the first all-female band with Doreen Holmes on drums. After giging relentesly in the New Jersey area and sending out tapes to major recored labels they would eventualy be signed to a recording contract with MCA Records. The Catholic Girls released an album on MCA both in the USA and Australia as well as a special Armed Forces Edition. They then embarked on 2 national tours, received widespread commercial airplay and debuted on MTV to the music of their new wave anthem, Boys Can Cry. Interesting fact; the band was scheduled to appear on Saturday Night Live, but then were cancelled as they were deemed, at that time, “too controversial” simply because they wore parochial school uniforms on stage and rosary beads as necklaces!

In 1999, the original album was revived and released in CD format, and fans from the 80s were thrilled to have the girls in plaid back, as were many new fans they were making along the way. In 2002, the band released Make Me Believe as their first indie CD, embarked on a tri-state tour (NY/NJ/PA), opened for acts like Dave Davies of the Kinks, Gene Loves Jezebel and performed at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood and at The International Pop Overthrow Festival. The Asbury Park Music Awards nominated them for Top Rock Band of the Year and their video, Make Me Believe, reached the charts in Billboard.

In 2004, their CD single, Summer Vacation/Rock’n America (a tribute to Joey Ramone) was released nationally followed by a full length CD, Meet the Catholic Girls. Both gained momentum with college and Web airplay and glowing reviews. Meanwhile, the band made history in the 1/06/06 issue of Goldmine Magazine when their first 45 single, Boys Can Cry was selected by readers to be part of The Ultimate Rock'n Roll Jukebox (The Top 200 songs ever that must be included on any jukebox)! They were in good company on that list, which included The Beatles, The Stones, The Ramones and Blondie!

Then, Little Steven saw them play live one night and instantly converted. Rock’n America was now played on a regular basis on his internationally syndicated radio show, The Underground Garage. It was later included on his Coolest Songs in the World, Vol. 7 CD. Bill Kelly, a long-time altar boy was also broadcasting the single on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and Genya Ravan (SiriusXM Radio), featured CG songs on her shows, Goldie’s Garage and Chicks and Broads. Both songs additionally got airplay on hundreds of college, internet, and commercial radio such as WRAT, WNTI, WFMU, WPRB, WTSR, WDIY, Cyberstorm Radio, BlowUpRadio, iHeart Radio, Time Machine (with Michael McCartney) and This is Rock'n Roll Radio.

In 2012 the band released THE CATHOLIC GIRLS—EXPOSED with 13 tracks that included something for everyone: rock, pop, garage, blues and a ballad inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film Rebecca. The CD was played by all their favorite stations including WFDU, Genya Ravan's show on SiriusXM Radio, Home Grown Radio and several stations in the UK and Australia.

KISS ME ONE MORE TIME was released in 2015 and received glowing reviews in The Aquarian (Shoreworld—John Pfeiffer), Punk Globe Magazine, Steel Notes and more. With songs like the title track, Kiss Me One More Time, a blues rocker to the pop-flavored, Where’s the Logic(a tribute to Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock) and a girl-band anthem, Breaking All the Rules, the band once again received widespread airplay. They performed live at various clubs and festivals in NY, NJ and PA including an all acoustic show for the world-renowned Melanie Safka. That acoustic-only performance by the girls, along with continuous requests from fans, was partially responsible for what happened next.

NEXT… AND NOW

The Catholic Girls have just released a brand new CD — SOMEBODY BETTER GET A ROOM. It includes four recent studio recorded tunes. Don’t Cry is the explosive, rocking next chapter of Boys Can Cry (single from first major label album) complete with distorted guitar riffs plus the distinctive CG’s clean 8ths driving it forward about a “born again broken heart” who decides “I won’t cry, don’t you”. Somebody Better Get a Room is a catchy pop rock song with a Beatlesque opening and ending and beautiful vocal harmonies. It’s about physical attraction, the urgent drive toward what could be love – and the possible end of the world if the need is not fulfilled. Without a Country is a heart-wrenching ballad for our time and for all the ages. It revolves on multi-levels touching on the themes of true homelessness, the feeling of being a lost stranger in a strange, changing world, and the universal desire to find, or return to, where there is “no place like” — home. Plus, Gone, the pounding guitar and powerful vocal-driven rocker that explores the eternal question – Is it true that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, especially when it comes to love? It features a Vocal Only opening, an orchestral lead break and a dramatic closing crescendo “I’m going, going… gone.” These four are followed by five songs that were recorded in Bordentown, NJ when the band performed the above mentioned in a rare “all acoustic” show with nothing more elaborate than a simple camera for a recording device. All these tunes are from previous albums complete with adlibs, a few missteps, some insider intros, a fabulous audience and absolutely NO post production alterations to the real, live, absolutely unedited performances.

There was a time when The Catholic Girls set out to prove they could play with the boys—and this is now undisputed (in fact, they now even include a boy in the band). The Catholic Girls have proven conclusively with sheer power, unforgettable music, tenacity and iron-willed longevity, that again and again, they can break all the rules and rock the house with anyone, in any venue, any time, any place, anywhere!