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cardest · 4 years ago

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Arizona & Utah playlist

Imagine if you will going on a road trip, say from Salt Lake City in Utah, down to the Grand Canyon and Arizona, finishing your road adventure in Phoenix. This is that playlist for that experience. You could even head out of Vegas and yes, I have a Las Vegas playlist I will post later. Along your journey you will cross a desert landscape, see Navajo heritage sites, do a Hopi dance, see a deep canyon or two and pass an outlaw on the run perhaps! Oh and Alice Cooper calls Arizona home too. I went to Cooperstown in Phoenix in 2008. I guess it’s not there now.

Are there any songs I forgot to put into this playlist? Let me know!

001 The Night Flight Orchestra - Speedwagon 002 Yello - Desert Inn 003 Chirs LeDoux - Rodeo trails 004 Brian Eno - Crime In the Desert 005 Visigoth - Warrior Queen topless 006 Subrosa - Killing Rapture 007 Metallica - Wherever I may roam 008 Riders in the Sky - Utah Trail 009 Cryogenics - Utah 010 Pere Ubu - Road to Utah 011 Pat Benatar - Outlaw Blues 012 Stan Ridgway - Lonely Town 013 South Park - Joseph Smith 014 Tomahawk - Crow Dance 015 Warren Zevon - Wanted Dead Or Alive 016 Canned Heat - Go To Utah 017 Ute Mountain Ute Tribe - Beardance 018 The Mormon Wankeraters - Utah State Song 019 ORDEN OGAN - Gunman 020 Lindemann - Cowboy 021 The Eagles - Outlaw Man 022 Dr and the Crippens - Ever Been to Utah? 023 Royal Bliss - Hard and Loud 024 Tomahawk - Sun Dance 025 Earth - Left in the Desert 026 Gordon Lightfoot - Somewhere U.S.A. 027 Invdrs - Great Beast 666 028 The Adverts - Gary Gilmores Eyes 029 Cult Leader - I Am Healed 030 THE DITCH AND THE DELTA - TILL BODY QUITS 031 Elton John - Indian Sunset 032 Unsane - Road Trip 033 Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here 034 Subrosa - Wound Of The Warden 035 Billy Thop Robbins - The Red Hills of Utah 036 Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song 037 Dead Can Dance - Desert Song 038 Prince - Mountains 039 Randy Newman - The Beehive State 040 Nelson - You Call That A Mountain? 044 UBIK - John Wayne (Is a Cowboy (And Is on Twitter)) 045 BEach Boys - Salt Lake City 046 The Ding - Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line 047 Marko Robbins - Utah Carol 048 Sympthony Pain - Bleak World 049 Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid 050 Team America OST - America! Fukk yeah! 051 Navajo Early Morning Blessing 052 Dwarves - Salt Lake City 053 The Cult - Indian 054 Bobby Bare - Salt Lake City 055 Peggy Lee - I Left My Sugar (In Salt Lake City) 056 The Vandals - Desert Woman 057 The Escape Club - Wild Wild West 058 Gravecode Nebula - Sempiternal Void 059 The Samples - Dinosaur Bones 060 Pavement - Half a Canyon 061 Ministry - Warp City 062 Pixies - Palace of the Brine 063 Johnny Cash - Lost on the Desert 064 The Electric Prunes - Hey Mr. President 065 Tomahawk - Red Fox 066 Philip Glass - koyaanisqatsi 067 Van Halen - D.O.A. 068 Deep Purple - Mitzi Dupree (The House of Blue Lights) 069 Fu Manchu - Coyote Duster 070 Brandon Fiechter- Tumbleweed Town 071 America - A Horse With No Name 072 David Bowie - Cactus 073 Life and Limb - Snakebite 074 Metallica - I disappear 075 Aerosmith - S.O.S (Too Bad) 076 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Peacock 077 Slayer - Dissident Aggressor 078 MD 45 - The Creed 079 Soulfly - Prophecy 080 Violent Femmes - Cold Canyon 081 The Devin Townsend Band - Traveller 082 Landmine Marathon - Three Snake Leaves 083 Sacred Reich - Awakening 084 Oxford Coma - Smack & Temporary Enlightenment 085 Meat Puppets - We Don't Exist 086 Clutch - King Of Arizona 087 Kayo Dot - Symmetrical Arizona 088 Atrophy - Violent by Nature 089 Mark Lindsey - Arizona 090 The Eagles - Take It Easy 091 Clark Tenakhongva - Zuni cloud burst 092 Los Lobos - Arizona Skies 093 Cavalera Conspiracy - Lynch Mob 094 Los Straightjackets - Arizona Sunset 095 Johnny Cash - Apache Tears 096 The Cult - American Horse 097 Spider John Koerner - Rattlesnake 098 Tomahawk - Antelope Ceremony 099 Ted Nugent - Geronimo And Me 100 Alice Cooper - Go to Hell 101 The Beatles - Get Back 102 Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand 103 Luiz Bonfa - Apache talk 104 Marty Robbins - Big Iron 105 Megadeth - Five Magics 106 FIGHT - Into the Pit 107 The Eagles - The Last Resort 108 TOOL - Parabola 109 The Doors - Indian Summer 110 Charley Pride - Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone 111 Soulfly - Bleak 112 Glenn Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix 113 Lycia - In Flickers 114 Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers 115 Saxon - Forever Free 116 Sacred Reich - Free 117 The Cult - Ceremony 118 Faith No More - RV 119 The Okee Dokee Brothers - Jackalope 120 The Magnificent Seven Theme song 121 Alice Cooper - Billion dollar babies 122 Faster Pussycat - Arizona Indian Doll 123 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Barefoot Desert 124 Stevie Knicks - Edge of Seventeen 125 Bachman Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway 126 Gatecreeper - Deserted 127 The Obsessed - Tombstone Highway 128 Scorpions - Arizona 129 Desert Sessions - The Gosso King of Crater Lake 130 Flotsam and Jetsam -Metalshock 131 Jimmy Knight Jr - Healing Song - 1 132 Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness 133 Queens Of The Stone Age - The Sky Is Fallin' 134 THE TIME TUNNEL theme song 135 Sacred Reich - One Nation 136 Dan Fogelberg - Tucson, Arizona (Gazette) 137 Cavalera Conspiracy - I, Barbarian 138 REALIZE - Disappear 139 Rick Skaggz - Highway 40 Blues 140 Route 66 - The Rolling Stones 141 TOOL - Vicarious 142 Jimmy Smith - Strut 144 Lee Hazelwood - The Fool 145 MSG - Paradise 146 Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser 147 Chuck Berry - Route 66 148 Alice Cooper - Devil's Food 149 Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s In Love 150 Slayer - Skeletons Of Society 151 Vektor - Charging the Void 152 Holy Fawn - Drag Me Into The Woods 153 Meat Puppets - Mirage 154 Askuali lolomani - (thank you for all the blessings) Hopi Chant 155 Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona 156 Marty Robbins Sings Tumbling Tumbleweeds 157 TUFF - Ruck a Pit Bridge 158 Halford - Made in hell 159 Flotsam and Jetsam-Natural enemies 160 Linda Rondstadt - Nobody's 161 Sam Moore & Lou Reed - Soul Man 162 Puscifer - Apocalyptical 163 Atrophy - Killing machine 164 Sepultura - subtraction 165 Alice Cooper - Teenage Frankenstein 666 The Cult - Wild Hearted Son

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hammeraction07-blog · 6 years ago

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Chuck's Daily Check In - 12.17.18

GAME NIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA CITY

TV: WGN TV: Neil Funk and Stacey King: 7PM CT RADIO: 670 The Score: Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, Steve Kashul. 6:45 pre.

LEADING SCORERS: Bulls: Markkanen: 15 per game. OKC: George: 24 ppg. LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Portis: 8 per game. OKC: Westbrook: 10 per game. LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls: Dunn: 4. OKC: Westbrook: 10 per game.

LAST MEETING: UNITED CENTER - Dec. 7, 2018 Bulls 114 OKC 112. Lauri Markkanen with a terrific spin move on Paul George put the Bulls ahead in the waning moments as the Bulls held their collective breath watching Paul George miss a wide open top side three point field goal as the clock expired lifting the Bulls to victory. Markkanen and Zach LaVine combined for 49 points. Justin Holiday drilled four three pointers. Russell Westbrook with a nasty 24-17-13 game. Steven Adams got it going early and finished with a 21-10 game.

CCI PREVIEW: The final contest of a three game, six day road trip that feel as though it’s been three months due to the amount of time spent in Mexico City. No complaints but the Bulls look forward to returning home but first things first... the Thunder. Zach LaVine will miss tonight’s game with an ankle injury. The Bulls brought toughness and purpose in the second half in San Antonio Kris Dunn was outstanding. Lauri Markkanen loves the big stage and Bobby Portis always brings energy off the bench. One of the best wins by a Bulls team in my eleven years calling radio play by play.

Meantime, OKC is OKC. Westbrook, George, Adams. They are incredibly good. Is OKC good enough to win the West? The playoffs are just over four months away. Will GM Sam Presti make a deal to bolster the roster? The Thunder’s payroll is second highest to Miami in the NBA at 146-million 310 thousand dollars. Not a lot of wiggle room for Presti to maneuver for a possible add on. The Western Conference is up for grabs and it’s great for the NBA. Don’t — I repeat DON'T - hand the title to Golden State... not yet anyway.

CCI NBA NEWS AND NOTES:

Denver 95 Toronto 86. The Nuggets held the road weary Raps to a season low in scoring. Toronto finished four games out west at 2-2 with blowout wins over LAC and Golden State and losing to Portland and Denver.

Washington 128 Los Angeles Lakers 110. A spectacular night for John Wall: These are video game numbers: 40 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 made 3s, 3 steals, 2 blocks. Wall joins Gilbert Arenas as the only players in Washington franchise history with multiple 40+ points 10+ assists games.

Indiana 110 New York 99. The Pacers have won seven straight. Victor Oladipo was magnificent with 26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and a season high 5 steals.

Philadelphia 128 Cleveland 106. Ben Simmons recorded his third double-double of the season: 22-11-14. Jimmy Butler returned after missing two games with a strained groin and scored 19 points.

Brooklyn 144 Atlanta 127. The 144 points are the most scored in a regulation game by the Nets since April 1982. The 144 points given up by the Hawks on the road is the most since November 1970.

Sacramento 120 Dallas 113. The Kings have found their mojo. Sac-Town improves to 16-13. Fox and Hield combined for 56 points.

Miami 102 New Orleans 96. A really good win for the Heat and a really bad loss for the Pelicans. Miami capped off a road trip winning four games in eleven days. Impressive.

Thanks for reading CCI. You can reach out to [email protected] or Twitter @ctsbulls. Always a pleasure.

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/chucks-daily-check-121718

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perfettamentechic · 5 years ago

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27 luglio … ricordiamo …

27 luglio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic #felicementechic #lynda

2017: Sam Shepard, Samuel Shepard Rogers III, drammaturgo, attore e sceneggiatore statunitense. Drammaturgo prolifico, molti dei suoi lavori, a volte da lui stesso diretti e interpretati, sono noti per essere espliciti e spesso assurdi, e per avere un autentico stile e sensibilità del coraggioso e moderno “American West“. Shepard è stato inoltre un apprezzato attore teatrale e cinematografico.…

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unclesamsmisguidedclub · 5 years ago

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Baltimore County Mass Stabbing

Five People were transported to the hospital after a mass stabbing incident at the Hunt Valley Towne Center in Baltimore County on Saturday afternoon. The attacker was killed by police.

Police received a call at around 1:43 p.m. on Saturday about a suspect who was being aggressive with customers and demanding money. They were told he had a “boxcutter.” As police were enroute, they received…

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crank11news-blog · 6 years ago

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'Hue and Cry' Events

‘Hue and Cry’ Events

Enjoy Hue and Cry Live

Enjoy Hue and Cry live at one of the peformances listed below.

With hits like Looking for Linda, Labour of Love and Labour Of Love – Edit Hue and Cry made a mark in the industry.

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ustribunenews-blog · 6 years ago

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An Event Out With Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry Concert List

Hue and Cry is on the road and will be performing at multiple venues (see below for a full list).

With hits like Looking for Linda, Labour of Love and Labour Of Love – Edit Hue and Cry made an impact in the industry.

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lyrics-code · 7 years ago

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This River Is Wild Lyrics – The Killers

Leaves are falling down On the beautiful ground I heard a story from the man in red He said the leaves are falling down Such a beautiful sound Son, I think you better go ahead But you always hold your head up high Cause it’s a long, long, long way down This town was meant for passing through But it ain’t nothing new Now go and show them That the world stayed round But it’s a long, long, long way…

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newssplashy · 6 years ago

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"It's been quite a ride," McCain wrote in his memoir.

Republican Sen. John McCain, 81, has died after a long battle with brain cancer.

The Arizona senator was diagnosed with an aggressive form of glioblastoma and began treatment for the disease in July 2017.

McCain appeared to be undeterred for several months after his diagnosis was made public.

He was seen back at work on Capitol Hill last fall and weighed in on major legislative policies, including the annual defense authorization bill and efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

"I don't mean to be repetitious, but to my Democrat friends and some of my Republican friends: I'm coming back," McCain said during a Facebook Live event in August last year.

McCain made headlines upon his return — including when he dramatically voted no on the Republican version of a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

His career as a public servant spanned decades of honorable service, and despite some challenges along the way, McCain established himself as a key figurehead of the Republican Party. Few lawmakers on Capitol Hill will match the legacy he leaves behind.

Here's a look back at John McCain's incredible life:

McCain graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1958 and served as a pilot.

Early in his career in naval aviation, McCain's flying ability and judgment were questioned after he crashed three planes. His commanders were said to have sarcastically called him "Ace McCain" because of his record.

"John was what you called a push-the-envelope guy," Sam Hawkins, who flew in McCain's squadron in the 1960s, told the Los Angeles Times. "There are some naval aviators who are on the cautious side. They don't get out on the edges, but the edges are where you get the maximum out of yourself and out of your plane. That's where John operated."

On October 26, 1967, during the Vietnam War, McCain was flying over Hanoi when a surface-to-air missile hit his plane's wing, forcing him to eject.

"Some North Vietnamese swam out and pulled me to the side of the lake and immediately started stripping me, which is their standard procedure," McCain wrote in USA Today.

"Of course, this being in the center of town, a huge crowd of people gathered, and they were all hollering and screaming and cursing and spitting and kicking at me."

McCain broke both of his arms and his right knee. He had lost consciousness until he hit the water after ejecting from the plane.

McCain was held as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) for five and a half years. He was subjected to torture and solitary confinement in a Vietnamese prison nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton."

Upon learning that McCain's father was an admiral in the Navy, who would eventually command all US forces in the Pacific, NVA forces provided medical care to McCain. Doctors performed surgery on his leg, according to McCain, but made incorrect incisions on one side and cut all the ligaments.

McCain would spend the rest of his life walking with a noticeable limp.

McCain was released on March 14, 1973.

The North Vietnamese Army had previously offered McCain his freedom, but he refused, thinking that it would bring shame and demoralize his fellow POWs.

Carol, McCain's first wife, raised three children while he was gone, and was reportedly recovering from a devastating car crash that left her impaired for months.

McCain made several trips back to Vietnam to bridge relations with the US.

McCain would eventually retire from the Navy in 1981 as a captain. His awards include a Silver Star and a Distinguished Flying Cross.

"I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty ... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more," McCain said to the Naval Academy's graduating class in 1993. "All these things and more, I have seen. And so will you. My time is slipping by. Yours is fast approaching. You will know where your duty lies. You will know."

Source: Stars and Stripes

Some areas of the prison where McCain was held were converted into a museum, dedicated to the historic link between his service and the Vietnam War.

Source: Reuters

During a visit to the infamous prison, McCain said he could not forgive the jailers who mistreated and killed fellow POWs.

Source: Reuters

McCain married Cindy Hensley in 1980 and had a daughter, two sons, and adopted another daughter from Bangladesh.

Source: Los Angeles Times

After serving as a Navy liaison in the Senate, McCain took the leap into politics and was elected to serve Arizona's 1st Congressional District from 1982 to 1984.

McCain's political opponents criticized him early on, pointing to what they called his lack of connection to Arizona. He eventually hit back during a debate:

"Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the first district of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi."

"Looking back, I think the race was effectively over right then," McCain recalled in his autobiography. "But I didn't know that then. I was just mad and had taken a swing."

Source: New York Times, AZ Central

After his two terms in the House, McCain sought Arizona's Senate seat and won a landslide victory in 1986.

As a senator, McCain was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He would eventually become the chairman of the committee, weighing in on a variety of matters involving the US military, such as funding and mission scope.

Source: AZ Central

Sen. McCain hit a bump in the road in 1989.

McCain was one of the "Keating Five" — five senators accused of trying to persuade federal regulators to ease up on Charles Keating, a major campaign donor who became financially compromised during the 1980s savings-and-loan crisis.

McCain, who emerged relatively unscathed after the Senate Ethics Committee's investigation, was found to have exercised "poor judgment." While the other four senators retired in the 1990s, McCain soldiered on.

"Despite my recovery, the Keating Five experience was not one that I have walked away from as easily as I have other bad times," McCain said in his memoir.

"Twelve years after its conclusion, I still wince thinking about it and find that if I do not repress the memory, its recollection still provokes a vague but real feeling that I had lost something very important, something that was sacrificed in the pursuit of gratifying ambitions, my own and others."

Following the scandal, McCain soon earned the moniker of "Maverick," a term his colleagues from both sides of the political aisle gave him as he advocated for campaign finance reform and sought to end government waste.

In the 1990s, McCain took on special-interest groups like the tobacco industry, and pushed for raising cigarette taxes to pay for anti-smoking campaigns. But McCain's anti-tobacco bill ultimately fell short after the tobacco industry launched a $40 million PR effort of its own.

"The losers are the children of America," McCain said.

Regardless of the outcome for some of his ambitious reforms, McCain's was easily reelected in 1992 and 1998.

Source: AZ Central

McCain would soon became a household name in politics. He set his sights higher and announced in 1999 that he would run for president in the 2000 election.

After losing several states in the primaries to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, McCain withdrew from the race and endorsed Bush.

One of McCain's crowning achievements in the Senate was the McCain-Feingold Act in 2002.

McCain, along with Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold of Winsonsin, helped enact the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, one of the first major amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act.

The legislation was designed to regulate financing for political organizations and curb the influx of soft money.

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, McCain supported the US-led coalition war in Afghanistan.

McCain explained his support for Operation Enduring Freedom in a Wall Street Journal opinion column published in October 2001.

"There is no avoiding the war we are in today, any more than we could have avoided world war after our fleet was bombed at Pearl Harbor," McCain wrote. "America is under attack by a depraved, malevolent force that opposes our every interest and hates every value we hold dear."

"War is a miserable business. Let's get on with it."

McCain also supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and claimed Saddam Hussein was "turning Iraq into a weapons assembly line for al-Qaida's network."

Although McCain continued to voice his support for US military options in Iraq, McCain later admitted it was a mistake.

"The principal reason for invading Iraq, that Saddam had [weapons of mass destruction], was wrong," McCain wrote in his memoir.

"The war, with its cost in lives and treasure and security, can't be judged as anything other than a mistake, a very serious one, and I have to accept my share of the blame for it."

Source: USA Today

McCain announced his second presidential bid for the 2008 election.

McCain gracefully spars with then-Sen. Barack Obama.

McCain secured the Republican nomination in the primaries and faced off against then-Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the general election.

As McCain trailed behind polls, Obama's critics sought to discredit him by promoting false theories about his heritage and religion. During a campaign rally in 2008, one of McCain's supporters explained why she said she did not trust Obama.

"I have read about him, and he's not, he's not — he's an Arab," the woman said, incorrectly.

McCain quickly grabbed the microphone, shook his head and set the record straight.

"No ma'am," McCain said, calling Obama "a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's what this campaign is all about."

McCain selects Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate.

McCain later said he regretted the decision and wished he selected Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic senator from Connecticut, and his longtime friend, as his running mate.

"It was sound advice that I could reason for myself," McCain said in his memoir. "But my gut told me to ignore it and I wish I had."

McCain concedes to Obama in November 2008: "This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight."

On November 5, 2008, McCain formally conceded the election and congratulated President-elect Obama on his victory.

"A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him," McCain said. "To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love."

"This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight," McCain added.

"I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too."

As the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, McCain provided legislative oversight of the military and became a leading voice on veterans issues.

But as the chairman of the legislative body of military affairs, McCain also had to account for the military's failures.

For the most part, McCain maintained friendly ties with other lawmakers, regardless of their political party.

In July 2017, McCain announced he was diagnosed with brain cancer.

McCain received broad support for his recovery from both sides of the political aisle.

"I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support - unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I'll be back soon, so stand-by!" McCain said on Twitter.

McCain feuded with President Donald Trump.

Prior to making a move to politics, real-estate tycoon Donald Trump threw jabs at McCain by throwing cold water on his military service.

Trump said the former naval aviator "was captured," and expressed doubt on whether he should be hailed as a hero.

"He's not a war hero," Trump said at a leadership summit in 2015. "He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."

"I think John McCain's done very little for the veterans," Trump later said. "I'm very disappointed in John McCain."

Trump would continue to echo the remarks throughout his presidency.

McCain remained critical of Trump's presidency and did not shy from letting his feelings known. On Trump's controversial performance at his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July, McCain described it as "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory."

McCain also denounced Trump's repeated attacks on the press: "Trump continues his unrelenting attacks on the integrity of American journalists and news outlets," McCain wrote in an op-ed. "This has provided cover for repressive regimes to follow suit."

The decisive healthcare vote.

A few weeks after being diagnosed with brain cancer, McCain returned to the Senate floor and cast his stunning "no" vote and scuttled Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's healthcare bill on a 51-49 vote.

"Watch the show," McCain said to reporters as he walked into the chamber before the vote.

The Republican-led "skinny repeal" would have repealed major portions of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, and McCain's vote was crucial in derailing that effort.

McCain's vote has been a source of ire from Trump, who frequently disparages McCain's decision in his numerous campaign rallies.

McCain also had a gruff, but affectionate relationship with journalists.

McCain discontinues his brain cancer treatment.

On August 24, McCain announced he would discontinue his cancer treatment.

"In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival," McCain's family said in a statement. "But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment."

In a passage from his memoir, which was published in May, McCain writes:

"I don't know how much longer I'll be here. Maybe I'll have another five years. Maybe, with the advances in oncology, they'll find new treatments for my cancer that will extend my life. Maybe I'll be gone before you read this. My predicament is, well, rather unpredictable."

"I have some things I'd like to take care of first, some work that needs finishing, and some people I need to see. And I want to talk to my fellow Americans a little more if I may."

"It's been quite a ride."

"It's been quite a ride," McCain continued in his memoir. "I made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times."

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