#Colonel Abrams

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Omar S Presents Colonel Abrams - Who Wrote The Rules Of Love (Shadow Ray-Remix)

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Day 7: a song that reminds me of a certain event—Trapped

30 days of music, but only Boards of Canada, day 7. A song that remind me of a certain event. Tough one. Songs definitely remind me of times and places, but not so much events. Not for music I choose to listen to, anyway.

Ah yes! Trapped.

This is a remix of the brilliant Colonel Abrams song of the same name, released under BoC's lesser-known Hell Interface monicker. (Which was bound to come up at some point: too good.)

Trapped is a brilliant remix of a brilliant song, lending a very different, sinister vibe. It's suggestive of a road-not-travelled where BoC choose to work more with vocalists. They have done that via the medium of remixes from time to time. but an album of actual songs paired with BoC's signature melodies would be a very special thing.

I DJ'd at a few friends' weddings and parties in my youth, but it was the one time I DJ'd at a London club (Ginglik, now closed) that I played some Hell Interface. I actually played The Midas Touch, not Trapped that evening, but anything Hell Interface makes me recall that time, and I've come to love Trapped a little more. Fun evening!

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colonel abrams -- trapped (hell interface remix)

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The claim: The Texas National Guard has deployed tanks to the border with Mexico

A Jan. 27 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a train carrying dozens of military vehicles through a town.

“The Texas National Guard begins transporting armored vehicles to the border with Mexico, the post caption reads in part.

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A similar post spread on X, formerly Twitter, and a Spanish version of the claim was also shared on Facebook.

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Our rating: False

The Texas National Guard said it is not sending tanks to the U.S. southern border. The transportation of military equipment around Fort Cavazos in Texas, where the video was taken, is routine, according to one military expert.

The video was taken in Texas, but it’s not going to the border with Mexico

The video was taken at the intersection of College St. and 761st Tank Battalion Ave. in Killeen, Texas, close to the U.S. Army's Fort Cavazos. Street signs indicating the location are visible in the video.

But there is no evidence the train is carrying tanks from the Texas National Guard to the U.S. southern border. There are no credible news reports about such a development.

“The Texas National Guard is not sending tanks to the border,” a spokesperson for the Texas Military Department in said an email to USA TODAY.

The state of Texas is currently feuding with the federal government over how to control the southern border as it faces a surge of migrants. The state set up razor wire along the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing the border, a move the federal government sees as a step too far. The Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 22 that the federal government can cut and remove the razor wire, but the state continues to set up the wire in certain areas.

The transportation of army equipment around Fort Cavazo is a daily occurrence, according to Eric Rojo, a retired U.S. Army colonel. 

“The movement of armored equipment is constant,” Rojo said. “Fort Cavazos is one of the largest armored infantry bases in the U.S. It's the home to the First Cavalry Division, which includes mechanized infantry, using Bradley Fighting Personnel Carriers, armor units such as M-1 Abram tanks, and other combined arms units. Some of these vehicles are what we see in the video.”

Rojo also said the vehicles on the train are not tanks but Bradley Fighting Vehicles, which blend elements of a tank, an armored personnel carrier and other armored vehicles.

"Many people confuse them," Rojo said.

Fact check: False claim Putin, Russia pledged arms to Texas in dispute with US government

USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

A similar claim about tanks at the Mexico-U.S. border was debunked by Factchequeado.

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you shall become a master of hoof and lance in a world of sloped armour plating and millimeters measured in dozens

you shall be chortled at by the other fat men with graying whiskers, failing to adapt arabians' strategies to abrams

you will be a failure where you were a champion, and i will laugh at you

i lay this curse at your feet, filled with words you cannot understand yet, and know that you will fall to it even despite this warning

and in years to come you will feel a twinge in the heart at every new development: is this the word the prophetess spoke, masked in a more primitive form?

goodbye, colonel. May your scars ache for all your days and your dreams haunt all your nights.

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This Veterans Day, we remember a few of the Princetonians who have served in the U.S. military: 1. Col. Abram Zabriskie, Class of 1859, was wounded in action while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War and died in May 1864 at the age of 23.

2. Col. William Libbey, Class of 1877, joined the New Jersey National Guard in 1900. He taught marksmanship as captain of the Princeton Company. After the outbreak of World War I, he was promoted to major in the regular army and continued to teach soldiers how to use their rifles. Ultimately, by war's end, he held the rank of Colonel, and held the curious distinction of becoming a war veteran at 63.

3. Lt. John Winant, Class of 1945, left during his sophomore year to fight in World War II as a pilot. After his plane went down, he was feared dead before word reached the United States that he was being held prisoner. Winant remained in captivity in Southern Bavaria from October 10, 1943 to May 7, 1945.

4. Lt. Lisa Bryant, Class of 1993, was killed on July 10, 1993 by an enlisted soldier at Fort Bragg. She was 21.

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Colonel Abrams - Trapped

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USA BASEBALL ONE SHOT RPF 3: Before Leaving Bucha

(AN: Dedicated to the memory of all the Ukrainian civilians and military personnel who perished in this war, including in the Battle of Bucha, as well as to now retired 2008 bronze medal Olympian Dexter Fowler and new MLB Hall of Famer Scott Rolen.)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022

BUCHA CITY HALL, BUCHA

1740 EEST

As elements of the 1st and 2nd Battalions 78th Brigade Combat Team began to pack up alongside the armored units and the rest of the brigade's formations already in Ukrainian soil, the first battalion commander, LTC Darren Fenster, had started to realize how much the cost in liberating Bucha and the nearby city of Irpin had on the brigade at large, considering they were all involved in the latter and had been here following liberation to begin the hard task of clearing the roads littered with destroyed Russian heavy equipment and vehicles, a task the combat engineer and maintenance battalions had done briefly so that the brigade would begin the long drive to help assist in lifting besiged Chernihiv, as well as any mine detection and clearing work if needed.

But there's another thing that set to begin. The support formations as well as the chaplaincy unit and PAO were starting to see bodies of the Russian dead as well as their Ukrainian counterparts and those civilians either killed by Russia or were caught in the battle. These would be future proof of the war atrocities the Russian people committed to the defiant people of the city. These would be buried in just weeks after the bodies have been identified by representatives of the Ukrainian government, the Kyiv Oblast authorities, and the Bucha City Council, alongside the Criminal Police of the National Police's Bucha units now reconstituted, alongside personnel from national HQ and the Kyiv Oblast branch.

Earlier that day the lieutenant colonel, together with their brigade commander BG Hopkins had led a flag lowering ceremony marking the end of the American commitment to the liberation of the two cities west of Kyiv. Given that the Americans came very late into the battles for these cities with American heavy weaponry assisting the Ukrainian war effort, he thought of how must the 2nd Battalion had lost some of its personnel while the 1st Battalion had injuries, but not any KIA, in the battles. 4th Battalion too suffered light casualty numbers, and the armored battalion and armored cavalry squadron, thankfully, only lost a few tanks due to their late arrival (majority being Abrams and M60s and not those of the light tank company). The anti tank artillery battalion and the brigade's field artillery regiment, thankfuly, suffered no casualties from their ranks, the same for the support formations. Irpin was the baptism of fire once more of the 78th Brigade, which contributed personnel to the theaters of the Second World War, had fought as a whole unit in Korea and Vietnam and Panama and as a battalion in Grenada, yet again as a whole formation in both Gulf Wars and sent a battalion to Somalia and later Bosnia, and fought with other formations of the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq against terrorist groups. Now it was finally fighting with Ukrainian formations and militias against Russian forces in support as well of the International Legion of Territorial Defense's American personnel. Their efforts and the American equipment the brigade had been using have impressed the Ukrainian servicemen they fought with on the final days of the battles for these two cities and the effectiveness of the Western materiel against Russia's war machine have even convinced the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense that Ukraine's future equipment will be mostly Western made.

Among those officers and NCOs present were the commander of the operational forces in Ukraine of the 46th Command, Brigadier General Mark DeRosa and the commanders of the 3rd NY Infantry and the 1st Minnesota Infantry, COL Aaron Boone and COL Rocco Baldelli, as well as now BG Joe Girardi, commandant of the 83rd Philadelphia. The battalions of their regiments, as well as of the 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine and the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade, both of these involved in the Bucha and Irpin battles, were all present, as well as those of the 58th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Battalion of the Toronto Rifles, all of them Canadian residents within the Toronto area that joined the war effort once their regiment was given the OK from Ottawa to join their American comrades with an added provision of helping to transport willing Canadian veterans who plan to join the International Legion, awaiting the arrival of the multi-national personnel from the 1st Battalion. And joining them were their Ukrainian hosts, the men and women of the Ukrainian Ground Forces' Operational Command North, MINDEF and the Armed Forces General Staff who were all proud of the multi-national effort made to liberate those areas near the capital.

Following the address by the commander of the 4th Brigade, the US officers offically handed over the Bucha city flag to the representatives of the city council, officially declaring as concluded the operations to liberate these two cities given the accomplishment of the objectives of these. The last US officer to be given the city flag before the handover to a Ukrainian Ground Forces serviceman of the 58th Brigade, who will first be handing over the flag to representatives of the Ukrainian forces stationed there before being presented to the city council representative was Captain Todd Frazier of A Company of the 78th's 1st Battalion, their commanding officer. It was his efforts and that of his fellow servicemen, together with their Ukrainian counterparts, that ensured the victory of the join US-Canadian-Ukrainian force that dealt a heavy loss to 3 regiments of the Russian Airborne Forces and the Russian Ground Forces' 35th and 36th Armies, thru two brigade combat teams. It was a tough time for the 78th and the American and Canadian formations that joined them in assisting Ukraine with the recapture of two cities west of Kyiv.

At that ceremony, the American officers of the units that helped Ukraine liberate Bucha expressed not just condolences to the fallen servicemen and the civilians who died, but also cited the courage and amazing determination and teammwork they and the Canadians as well as their Ukrainian brothers shown in the past days. No less than BG DeRosa addressed that formation with remarks of what he put in his words as the "bravery and fierceness" of the boys of the 78th that helped win the victory for Ukraine in Bucha and earlier in Irpin. Similar messages were stated by the other unit commanders. LTC Fenster of the 1st Battalion addressed the personnel of the unit of their amazing work that have helped Ukraine win the twin battles and the fact that there were no fatalities among its personnel was also applauded given their late arrival in the operation.

The few Ukrainians who spoke that day were not just proud of the Ukrainians who liberated Bucha but also of the American and Canadian formations who helped them get the win and push Russia out of the capital's western suburbs. They were indeed eternally full of gratitude not just to the people of the world who helped to continue showing support to the nation in their time of need but also to the personnel of the International Legion and the 169th Corps who were the first reservists to be deployed to Ukraine and were the first to help fight for a common cause.

As the 78th Brigade's band played the State Anthem of Ukraine preceded by O Canada and The Star Splangled Banner, the forces gathered on Energetskiy Street saluted as the flags were lowered and in their place the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag was hoisted, signifying Bucha now having returned to Ukraine. Fighting may be going on north in Hostomel, but it is a sign of the capital's surroundings being slowly cleared of the Russian aggressor. Soon the 3rd and 87th regiments are to move north, while the 78th Brigade will be moving directly to reinforce the forces fighting Russians in the Chernihiv Oblast area.

As the sun began to set in the Bucha hills, LTC Fenster knew it would be long before the boys of his battalion would be on the move north but having to skip Brovary as the Russians are fighting Ukrainians there on the road to Chernihiv, but now as they begin to leave for the journey, the 1st Battalion's CO talked to the boys of A Company that set the tone for the liberation to happen, in particular the 1st platoon made up of those who were in Tokyo more than half a year prior.

"Captain Todd, officers and men of Able Company," spoke the battalion commander, " Ukraine is very much grateful to all you have contributed since we arrived. We cannot help but remember not the the fallen from the rest of the brigade, but the fact that the ENTIRE 1st Battalion made it all the way without any single fatality despite injuries - well done to all of you, especially to you guys at A Company who led the way in Irpin first and then Bucha and aiding the Ukrainians in the liberation of these cities and the country at large. I am damn proud of all of you, and I will never forget helping you achieve the impossible. Ukraine is thankful for the work you all did fighting Russians west of the capital, and one day it will reward us all greatly. As we and the whole of our battalion leave Bucha, while recalling the fallen and the dead and the sacrifices made to liberate it and Irpin, we are proud to have helped Ukraine fight the invader determined to wipe this nation off the map. Understood?"

"Sir yes sir!"

Todd replied, "Lieutenant colonel sir, it was my company's hard work and cooperation with the Ukrainians that led to this point. I am damn proud of my men and all my fellow infantrymen of the battalion, and of all of you in battalion command that helped make it possible."

"Same for me and Baker Company," Captain Jake Arrietta replied.

"Ditto, colonel," added CPT Kylee Lahners, the C Company commander. The other company commanders said the same. It was indeed a great effort by everyone that made those twin victories possible.

Bucha will soon rebuild, but the mark left by the forces of liberation will remain for generations, LTC Fenster thought, knowing that soon they will be back to prepare for the victory parade in iconic Maidan Nezalezhnosti alongside their Ukrainian partners and the many who will be fighting with them together under a singular cause of assisting Ukraine in its struggle against the Russian occupier, no matter what.

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Books of 2023

Book 18 of 2023

Title: Meeting Steve Canyon: ...And Flying With the CIA in Laos Authors: Karl L. Polifka ISBN: 9781490979854 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly, AC-119K Stinger, AUS Australia, AUS RAAF No 35 Sqd - Wallaby, AUS RAAF Royal Australian Air Force, AUS Sydney, B-57 Canberra, Boeing 707, C-7 Caribou, CHN China, CHN Hong Kong, CHN Kowloon, EC-121 Warning Star, EC-130 Commando Solo, F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, FAC, Fast-FAC, FRA France, FRA SDECE GCMA Mixed Airborne Commando Group, FRA SDECE Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, HH-53 Jolly Greens, HKG Hong Kong, LAO Ban Ban Valley, LAO Ban Moung Ngan, LAO Boung Lam, LAO Fishes Mouth Region, LAO Forward Air Guide RAINBOW (Laotian Civil War), LAO Hmong Meo Tribesmen, LAO Houi Hok, LAO ICC Internationl Control Commission, LAO Khang Khai, LAO Lima Site 108 - Moung Soui (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 15 - Phong Saly (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 184 - Houei Tong Kho (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 198 - Houi Hok (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20 - Sam Thong (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20A - Long Tieng (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 236 - Ban Moung Ngan (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 32 - Boung Lam (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 36 - Na Khang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 46 - Seno (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 54 - Luang Prabang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Long Tieng, LAO Luang Prabang, LAO Moung Soi, LAO MR Military Region (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR2 (Laotian Civil War), LAO Na Khang, LAO Nong Het, LAO Operation About Face / Kou Kiet (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Barrel Roll (1964-1973) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Palace Dog (1966-1973) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Shining Brass / Prairie Fire / Phu Dong (1965-1975) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Snare Drum (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Stranglehold (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Phnom Nam Lyr, LAO Phong Saly, LAO Phu Na Kok, LAO Plain of Jars / Plaine des Jarres, LAO RLA General Vang Pao, LAO RLA RT Hotplate (Laotian Civil War), LAO RLA SGU Special Guerrilla Units, LAO RLAF Lt Colonel Lee Lue, LAO RLAF Royal Lao Air Force, LAO Route 13, LAO Route 4, LAO Route 7, LAO Sam Nuea, LAO Sam Thong, LAO Seno, LAO USAF Project 404 (Laotian Civil War), LAO USAF Steve Canyon Program - Ravens FAC (Laotian Civil War), LAO Vientiane, LAO Xieng Khoung, O-1 Bird Dog, O-2 Skymaster, PsyOps, SpecOps, T-28 Trojan, THA RTAFB Korat Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Nakon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Takhli Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, THA USAF ISC Infiltration Surveillance Center - Nakhon Phanom, THA USN NGSD Camp Ramasun Station, U-17 Skywagon, UK Force 136 (SOE), UK Special Operations Executive (SOE), US COA CASI Continental Air Services International, US COA Continental Airlines, US Father Lucien Bouchard (Catholic Priest), US PAA Pan American World Airlines, US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA Green Berets, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USAF 12th Air Commando Sqd - Hades, US USAF 12th Special Operations Sqd - Hades, US USAF 20th TASS - Covey, US USAF 21st TASS - Walt FAC, US USAF 22nd Special Operations Sqd - Zorro, US USAF 23rd TASS - NAIL, US USAF 34th TFS - Hatchet, US USAF 354th TFS - Newark, US USAF 355th TFW - Vegas, US USAF 388th TFW - Scuba, US USAF 388th TFW - Tiger, US USAF 416th TFW, US USAF 416th TFW - Det 1 - Misty, US USAF 432nd TRW - Laredo, US USAF 433rd TFS - Machete, US USAF 497th TFSq - Agile, US USAF 504th TASG, US USAF 505th Tactical Control Group, US USAF 555th TFS, US USAF 557th TFS - Sharkbait, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing - Det 1, US USAF 602nd Special Operations Sqd - Firefly, US USAF 609th Air Commando Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 609th Special Operations Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 612th TFS - Tide, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Alley Cat, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Cricket, US USAF 7th/13th Air Force, US USAF ANG Air National Guard, US USAF General George S. Brown, US USAF TACP Tactical Air Control party, US USN NSGD Naval Security Group Detachment, US USN United States Navy, VNM AUS RAAF RTFV Royal Transport Flight Vietnam - Wallaby (Vietnam War), VNM Ban Me Thout, VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM CIA Phung Hoang / Phoenix Program (1965-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Dak Lak, VNM DRV NVA 312th Division, VNM DRV NVA 316th Division, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Duc Lap, VNM Duc Xuyen, VNM Gia Nghia, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Montagnard, VNM Operation Banana Ditch (1969), VNM Operation Combat Skyspot (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Igloo White (1968-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang, VNM Pleiku, VNM Quang Duc Province, VNM Route 13, VNM Route 8, VNM RVN ARVN 22th ID, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN RVNP CSDB PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Units (Vietnam War), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force - Jackpot, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Camp Alpha (Vietnam War), VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Team 32 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG (1964-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NAF Naval Air Facility Cam Ranh (Vietnam War), VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War), VNM USAF DASC Direct Air Support Center (Vietnam War), VNM USAF II Corps DASC / 505th TCG - Carbon Outlaw (Vietnam War), VNM USAF TACC Tactical Air Control Center - BLUE CHIP (Vietnam War) Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.USAF.FAC, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War.Ravens

Description: A personal account of a USAF Forward Air Controller in a remote highland province in South Vietnam in 1969 and how he met "Steve Canyon" and transitioned to the "secret" war in Laos, living with the CIA and the Hmong clans and having near-complete control over the use of US airpower. This account has many illustrations of the grinding stress of intense combat in Laos, and the periodic clashes with the distant headquarters that had little knowledge of an extremely complex combat environment and was more focused on control rather than results.

Review: This book is one of the rare 5 stars for me. There were parts of the book that were absolutely incredible and make this book a must read! While it’s not a perfect book, those parts really showcase how this genre should be written. Instead of just saying “I flew here... I did this” ... he actually walks you through the mission, the steps, where he put his hands, how he got into the aircraft, what he saw, what he thought, what he felt. There is always more to the story than just what someone did... it’s important to make the tale multidimensional and also explain why in a big and small picture way. This author really did that well. At times the book slogs and gets more into the I flew 10 sorties that day, went to the bar, woke up the next day. He also talks a lot about the failures of the whole war and how it was run, which occupied too much space of the book. And yet, even with those criticisms, the book is really excellent! 

You get to see a side of the vietnam war in II corps, as well as the Laotian civil war, and the command and control issues with both, and the success and failure in both. 

Definitely a great read about a forward air controller during that time!

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Iran executes 29 day after protester's hanging: rights group

New Post has been published on https://sa7ab.info/2024/08/11/iran-executes-29-day-after-protesters-hanging-rights-group-2/

Iran executes 29 day after protester's hanging: rights group

Iran on Wednesday hanged at least 29 convicts in a single day, including 26 in a group execution in one prison, a rights group said, a day after facing international condemnation for executing a man in connection with 2022 protests.

Norway-based Iran Human Rights said 26 men were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj outside Tehran, while three other men were executed in Karaj’s city prison.

Those executed, who included two Afghan nationals, had been convicted of murder, drug-related and rape charges.

Other rights groups, including the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), also confirmed the execution of at least two dozen people in Karaj.

Human rights groups have repeatedly accused Iran, which they say executes more people annually than any nation other than China, of making use of the death penalty on all charges to instil fear in society in the wake of the 2022 protests.

“Without an immediate response from the international community, hundreds of individuals could become victims of the Islamic Republic’s killing machine in the coming months,” said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.

IHR emphasised that a group execution on this scale was unprecedented in recent years in Iran, with the last comparable example dating back to 2009.

‘Abhorrent arbitrary execution’

Human rights groups also condemned Iran’s execution of a man convicted of killing a Revolutionary Guard in 2022 protests, with activists saying his confession had been obtained by torture.

Gholamreza Rasaei, in his mid-thirties, was the 10th man executed by Iran in connection with the months-long protests that erupted in September 2022 after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, had been arrested for an alleged breach of the country’s strict dress code for women.

Rasaei was hanged in prison in the western city of Kermanshah on Tuesday after being convicted of killing the Guards colonel, according to the Mizan Online website of the Iranian judiciary.

Rasaei, a member of the Kurdish ethnic minority and follower of the Yarsan faith, was executed in secret with neither his family nor his lawyer given prior notice, and his family was then forced to bury his body in a remote area far from his home, Amnesty International said.

“Iranian authorities have carried out the abhorrent arbitrary execution in secret of a young man who was subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in detention… and then sentenced to death after a sham trial,” said Amnesty’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Diana Eltahawy.

She said the execution was another instance of Iran using the death penalty as a “tool of political repression to instil fear among the population”.

Amnesty said his death sentence was handed out in October 2023 “after a grossly unfair trial that relied on his forced ‘confessions’ obtained under torture and other ill-treatment, including beatings, electric shocks, suffocation and sexual violence”.

‘Unfair and inhumane’

France’s foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned Rasaei’s execution and reiterated its “unchanging opposition to the death penalty in all places and circumstances”, calling it an “unfair and inhumane punishment”.

The office of the US deputy special envoy for Iran, Abram Paley, accused Iran of subjecting protesters to “sham trials and forced confessions”.

IHR said Rasaei had stated in court that the confessions had been obtained under torture, but this was ignored by the judge, who also dismissed two expert testimonies, including a forensics report, that argued he could not have been behind the killing.

IHR said Iran has now executed at least 345 people this year alone, adding the latest executions showed there was no let-up in its use of the death penalty since reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in last week.

Amiry-Moghaddam said that Iran was “exploiting” global focus on the tensions between Iran and arch-enemy Israel by “mass killing prisoners and intensifying the suppression in Iran.”

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Mike Stock stated that the Colonel Abrams hit "Trapped" (1985) was a big influence on "Never Gonna Give You Up", saying: "For Rick Astley's song I didn't want it to sound like Kylie or Bananarama so I looked at the Colonel Abrams track 'Trapped' and recreated that syncopated bassline in a way that suited our song." (x)

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A-T-4 034 Whose House?

Proto House, Garage House from legends Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford, Yvonne Turner, Winston Jones, Paul Simpson, Colonel Abrams, and some Hugh Masekela with his long time producer the incredible Stewart Levine

Tony Cook and the Party People - On the Floor (Rock It) 

This one is mixed by Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford

Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer (Dub Version)

Produced by Yvonne Turner and Winston Jones

Serious Intention - You Don't Know (Limited Edition Special Remix)

Written by Paul Simpson and Anthony Malloy, produced and mixed by Paul Simpson

Hugh Masekela – Don't Go Lose It Baby (Stretch Mix)

Circuit - Release The Tension (Dub)

Another from Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford

Colonel Abrams - Release The Tension

This is Colonel Abrams version of the above again produced by Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford

Pushé - Don't Take Your Love Away 

Written by Paul Simpson and Winston Jones, arranged by Arthur Baker & Fred Zarr, and remixed by FK

As you might expect it's has an electro vein to it

John Rocca - Once Upon A Time (Once Upon A Dub)

Written with Andy Stennett (also of Freeeze) and released in the US on Arthur Baker's Streetwise record label. Jeff Mills used to play it

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#MixOfDay #Podcast #Radioshow #LiveDjset Ep138 - Jay Kay & The Funk Assassin - Disco Waltons Sunday Service (7th Jan 2024) Happy New Year everyone. Our first show of 2024 is coming to you at it's normal time of 9pm on NDC radio. First up our beautiful & talented Disco Walton Jay-kay is on hosting duties. She's had a fantastic year in 2023 & I'm sure she'll surpass that that this year. From watching & learning from her beloved husband DJ BK she quickly learnt how to mix. She then exploded on to the scene with guest mixes then her own radio shows. Her musical taste is exquisite & her mixing effortless. We're thrilled to have her kick start our 2024 schedule. Up next is our very special guest DJ & radio host of The word is love show- The Funk Assassin. He is regularly producing quality disco, funk & house mixes and he has a whopping 7.5K followers on Soundcloud. We're super excited to have him join us on the show. Jay_Kay's Playlist : - 1. Sade - Color Of Love (Inache Remix) 2. Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Ghosts Of Venice Extended Mix) 3. Level 42 - Lessons In Love (Never Mind Edit) 4. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Lasso’s East End Edit) 5. Off - Electrica Salsa (Coyote Salsa Edit) 6. Colonel Abrams - Trapped (Pippin Willie HOUSE Before House Redux) 7. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - Joy & Pain (Dr Packer Remix - Extended) 8. Grandmaster Flash & Melli Mel - White Lines (Dr Packer Rework) 9. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Quantized Edit) 10. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain’t Nobody (Dr Packer Remix - Extended) 11. Curtis Hairston, John Morales - I Want Your Lovin’ (M+M Vocal Club Mix) 12. Raze - Break 4 Love (Michael Gray Extended Rework) The Funk Assassin's Playlist : - 1. Change, Luther Vandross - Searching (12" a Jim Burgess Mix) 2. Linda Lewis - Class / Style (I've Got It) (Groove Mix) 3. The Salsoul Orchestra, Loleatta Holloway - Seconds feat. Loleatta Holloway (Dr. Packer Rework) 4. Firefly - Love Is Gonna Be On Your Side (Ben Liebrand Love Extended Remix) 5. Key Tronics Ensemble - House of Calypso (The Reflex Edit) 6. Laura Branigan - Self Control (The Funk Assassin's Out Of Control Edit) 7. Paul Simpson Connection - Treat Her Sweeter (Dr Packer Remix) 8. Firefly - Love Is Gonna Be On Your Side (Michael Gray Dub Mix) 9. Adri Block, Paul Parsons - This Must Be Love 10. WAHM (FR) - Another Star 11. Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling (Even Funkier Edit) Listen to the show exclusively to NDC radio ndcradio.co.uk House, 80s, Funk, boogie, Soul, Nudisco www.priokskfm.online https://ift.tt/y6pcaQO

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Today's compilation:

Acid Jazz: Collection Two 1991 Acid Jazz / R&B

Ending this little acid jazz foray of mine today with this second installment from Scotti Bros. Records' own Acid Jazz: Collection series that was put out in '91. Scotti Bros. was a very eclectic label in California who were responsible for launching a bunch of successful music careers, including those of Leif Garrett, Survivor, and even "Weird Al" Yankovic. And James Brown signed a record contract with them at some point as well.

But Scotti Bros. also appears to have had some kind of close relationship with the acid jazz genre's premier label too, a London outfit that was simply known as...well...Acid Jazz 😅. In fact, a peek at the liner notes for both this album and its preceding Collection One appear to reveal that Scotti Bros. and Acid Jazz actually shared the same US address in Santa Monica 🤔.

So, not to be deliberately confusing here, but it looks like while this series was trying to present itself as a representation of acid jazz as a genre, what it was really doing was just repackaging a bunch of songs from the Acid Jazz catalogue, even though some of these tracks originally appeared as exclusives within this Acid Jazz: Collection series, before being featured on other Acid Jazz releases. And while Acid Jazz was undoubtedly the top label for...acid jazz...this series sure as hell still doesn't fully encompass what the genre had to offer at the time.

And while Collection One had a couple pretty recognizable names on it, like A Man Called Adam and D'Influence, this one manages to stay pretty obscure throughout, with its most famous acid jazz act probably being Snowboy, who would later find a home at Ubiquity Records, a great underground label in San Francisco that showed appreciation for jazz, funk, Latin, and rare groove, while releasing electronic and hip hop stuff as well.

But unlike the prior volume in this series, which saw some of its far more obscure acts being the ones who supplied the album's real heat, it's Snowboy and The Latin Section who really deliver the ultimate goods here, with "Where's the One," a highly hand-percussive and intense bit of Latin acid jazz that comes with a couple unpredictable leads on it from Gary Plumley on sax and Chris Kibble on piano, while Snowboy himself seems to be responsible for *all* of its drums.

And The Vibrophonics' "I See You" is a good one too, which is led by, yep, you guessed it, a vibraphone. This group split a 12-inch back in 1991 with A Man Called Adam, and this sweet, extended instrumental of theirs, which seems to be one of the first songs that they ever released, took up its A-side. A spacious groove with a drum break-driven, house-type of backbeat to go along with its delightfully ringing vibes. Who doesn't love the naturally chilly tones of a malletophone, huh?

So, just like with Collection One, I've definitely heard much better acid jazz comps than this one—the Acid Jazz label's own This Is Acid Jazz, Volume One and the three volumes in the London-based Dorado label's A Compilation series immediately come to mind—but this one has a handful of quality tunes on it too, and its lowest points aren't nearly as low as the ones on its preceding volume.

Highlights:

Colonel Abrams - "I Don't Know" Greg Franks with The Quiet Boys - "Inside Your Mind" Snowboy and The Latin Section - "Where's the One" The Vibrophonics - "I See You"