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Today's mix:

In Stereo (1) by Angel Moraes 2001 House / Deep House / Garage House / Progressive House / Tribal House

Pretty neat turn-of-the-millennium house stuff from the tragically late Angel Moraes here. Brooklyn-born-and-raised, Angel was one of those guys whose life was changed the instant he stepped foot inside of Larry Levan's famed Paradise Garage for the first time, so much so, that after being invited up to Montréal to play a set and falling in love with the city and its club scene, he decided to relocate there and opened up his own club in 1998 called STEREO, which he tried to model after the Paradise Garage itself. And that's why this release is called In Stereo. I don't think it was recorded live there, but I'm guessing it's reflective of the varied type of set that Moraes would play there in the early 2000s.

And this CD appears to be the first commercial mix that he released since moving up to Montréal, which made it his first in about five years…at least kinda, because there's actually a different version of this mix that was released the year prior on Bombay Records too; same name, same catalog number, and same cover photo, but different track lists. The 2000 mix has 13 tracks and this 2001 mix has 14, and between the two of them, they share nine selections in common.

Now, I definitely didn't love all of this thing. Credit to Moraes for being a pretty innovative producer himself, but the deeper and progressive path he took throughout much of the second half of this mix really didn't click with me too much. But the beautifully Balearic closer, "Pineapple," by Portugal's Miguel Graça, is definitely one hell of a tremendous send-off—intricately crafted backbeat and then eventually some lovely bits of lead improvisational guitar are gracefully placed on top of it. Total banger 👍.

And here's a really dope connection for ya too: I haven't mentioned it yet, but in addition to being a club owner, a DJ, and a producer, Angel also co-ran a record label in New York called Hot 'N' Spycy, which also moved its HQ to Montréal. And a guy who was tasked with mastering a bunch of Hot 'N' Spycy's own tracks was none other than the disco maven himself, Tom Moulton. Now, if you don't know who Tom Moulton is, he's kinda quietly one of the most important people in the history of modern music as we know it. Here's why: the entire fucking concept of what a dance "remix" even is? That was him. The implementation of the "break down" in a dance tune? That was him too. And you know whose idea it also was to release singles in a 12-inch vinyl format? Tom's! 🤯

And guess what else? He's on this mix too. Somewhat early on, Moraes lays down "The Music," by Florida's Richard Fite, who performs here under the name of Phunkie Souls. This fantastic piece of late 90s filter house, which is one of my favorite selections on this mix, samples Moulton's own "I Don't Need No Music," which was the lead track off of his only album, 1979's TJM, released on Casablanca Records. "The Music" is certainly worthy of being on plenty of mixes itself, but knowing Moraes' own personal linkage to Moulton, you gotta think that his choice to include it here is a little bit of an Easter egg; a clever show of personal gratitude to one of the greatest of all time; a terrific tune sure, but with more meaning than just merely being another "dope selection," you know?

So, all in all, a very solid early 2000s mix with a bunch of different contemporaneous house styles packed within. I really dug a whole lot of the first half, which started out on a seriously nice garage tip, while also fitting in "The Music" and D.J. Spen's wigged-out "Disco Dreams Vol. 2." as well. Wasn't nearly as enthralled by what then came after that, but Angel still managed to finish off wonderfully with "Pineapple" 😊.

Listen to the full mix here.

Highlights:

Kenny Bobien - "You Gave Me Love" Phunkie Souls - "The Music" Angel Moraes - "Ur Luv Is All I Need" Fused - "This Party Sucks (Fire Island Saturday Night Mix)" D.J. Spen - "Disco Dreams Vol. 2" Miguel Graça - "Pineapple"

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ONCE IN ’79: Frantic Elevators - "Voice In The Dark"

ONCE IN ’79: Frantic Elevators – “Voice In The Dark” “June 10, 1979 THE FRANTIC ELEVATORS are the Manchester quartet that centers around the vocals of eighteen-year old Mick Hucknall. His group was one of several signed up by TJM Records recently, and their debut 45 is beginning to appear in the shops. “Voice In The Dark” is flipped with two pop songs, “Passion” and “Every Day I Die.” Sadly,…

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Victim -The Teen Age 7" 1980 Illuminated Records - U.K.

Primera edición del tercer y último single de este fantástico combo de Irlanda del norte. A parte del hit que es the teen age, nos ofrecen Junior criminals y para cerrar un acelerado cover en directo del Hang On To Yourself de Bowie. Otro de esos combos que merecieron mucho más, tres singles en 3 grandes sellos independientes el mitico, Good Vibrations, TJM de Manchester e inauguraron el londinense Illumination records. #victim #theteenage #7" #45rpm #powerpop #newwave #punkrock #punk #vinylcollection #punkNorthernIreland #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords #vinylcollectionpost #recordcover #recordcollection #record #recordcollector #artwork #design #music #rock #Illuminatedrecords

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TEARDROPS - Seeing Double 7" (1979/UK)

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private sector - just wanna stay free [TJM8/SMP087]

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Friday-Wednesday, 2-7 July

Friday, 2 July

I had to go back into town this morning to do a few things, including putting a little more pressure on TJM concerning our trailer hitch – and Heather did a huge array of cooking. She converted many of yesterday’s purchases into delectable meals and all three freezers are now chock-full of ready to ‘heat and eat’ food. I was the chief taster for all of them and can guarantee that we will enjoy every one of them. We have enough prepared meals to last us for almost 4 weeks if we never turn the cooktop on again.

The rest of the day was spent lazing around the van, just hanging out with no pressure to tick anything off or achieve anything less than pure enjoyment.

But…. After dark, I went outside to deliver our accumulated rubbish to the bin just past the next caravan. We had our outside light on and so did the next van and I reached the bin without incident, walking between their car and the front of their van. But coming back, they switched off their light at the ‘psychological moment’ (as my Mum would say) and with our light in my eyes, I was temporarily blinded and crashed over the next van’s drawbar. I went A over T with my hands on the ground on the far side of the drawbar and my legs waving frantically - and me gasping for air with their brake handle in my belly. I lay there for a minute or more before I could collect my senses and by then, the guy from the other van was out asking what had happened and was I OK? I said I was fine and managed to stand up and stagger the last 6-7 metres to our van and lay gasping inside, trying to explain Heather what had happened. I have a big lump on my thigh and was really not up to much for the rest of the evening – but at least it got me out of doing the dishes. Heather ordered me to sit and after rubbing some emollients on my injuries sent me to bed while she did all the dishes on her own. I was pretty sorry for myself, but to compound matters, soon after we turned the light out, I got an extremely painful cramp in the calf of the same leg and was hobbling around with both upper and lower leg in pain.

Saturday, 3 July

Surprisingly, although I expected to wake up unable to walk at all, I was pretty sore all day, but not seriously incapacitated by it all. I even went birding along the side of the nearby road for a couple of hours in the afternoon. (Nine days later, it is still quite sore to touch, but it is no longer inhibiting my movement.)

I read a bit more of my book and Heather spent most of the day on her photos and blog, but there was not a lot of significance to record for the rest of the day.

Sunday, 4 July

We did a couple of loads of washing in the morning and I went birding in the afternoon. I had read about a local birder who said he often saw the Kalkadoon Grasswren on a rocky hill on the edge of town so I went to explore. Alas, they must all have been on holiday (or perhaps in Covid lockdown) because I didn’t see any. I saw quite a few other birds and spent a couple of hours scrambling around the hill, dodging (not very successfully) the spinifex, and slipping and sliding on the loose rocks chasing little flashes of colour that disappeared by the time I raised my eyes from the precarious ground to try to find them.

I tried at a few other places, one along a dry creek-bed not far from the rubbish tip. (I couldn’t go into the tip because entry is exclusively by pre-booked appointment.) I also spent some time along another creek and saw quite a few birds, but nothing exceptional. It was a fun afternoon for me, albeit a pretty hot one and it was nice to cool off under the shower before dinner.

Monday, 5 July

We did some cleaning and packing up in the morning and ate an early lunch before connecting up the caravan to have the air conditioner fixed. Rather than disconnect the van overnight and reconnect it in the morning, I asked the manager of the caravan park if we could use a drive-through and stay connected overnight when we came back from the air conditioner people. She said that was fine and allocated us site 46 in the bottom part of the park. I wandered down there to see how flat it was and found another caravan just finishing its set-up on that site. I went back to the office and told her and she said she had just given them the site because the guy had complained about the one he was originally allocated – and she had forgotten to record that we were moving there later in the day. She allocated us site 86 lnstead so I went to look at that one – and it was clear that we would struggle to even get onto the site. It was very narrow, with a tree on one side, and had an extremely steep approach that would make access almost impossible. By the time I got back to the van, the woman had phoned Heather to say that site was really only for campervans, not caravans, so she allocated yet another site – and that was fine and we enjoyed it for the night – a little separate from the rest of the caravans with nobody outside our door. I just drove in forward and reversed out next morning. All very easy!

Our appointment to have the air conditioner repaired was at 1pm and we arrived just a few minutes early. It took them almost 4 hours to fix the problem – a cracked refrigerant gas pipe – and then we needed a few things from the supermarket so it was almost six by the time we got back to the caravan park.

Tuesday, 6 July

We were on the road again, heading initially east for Cloncurry, and then north to the Burke and Wills Roadhouse where we camped overnight. We bought pies and pasties for lunch in Cloncurry and then visited the Information Centre where Heather wanted to get some information about amethyst fossicking in the area. We purchased a Queensland Fossicking Permit and got the required information about where to go and how to get there, but it will be a couple of weeks before we actually do any fossicking.

The drive up to the Roadhouse was uneventful and on arrival, they told us to drive around the powered part of the van parking area to see if we could fit in somewhere – or else we would have to go into an unpowered area with no facilities somewhere nearby. We managed to find a narrow spot and the people in the van next to us rolled up their mat and moved some of their gear so we could squeeze in. The whole area was like a giant jigsaw puzzle except that none of the pieces actually fitted. The way some people had wedged themselves in meant that they had to move out next day before other people could even get their vehicles close enough to hook up to their vans. It was a nightmare, but it didn’t bother us. Many people seem to try to get on the road soon after 6am to race everyone else to their next camp so they get the pick of the sites. Our approach is different – we aim to enjoy our trip and leave around 10 am (or so) and take whatever is available, if anything, when we arrive. After all, we are only looking for a place to sleep, hopefully with power and water, although even they aren’t essential because we have our own if necessary. (And the Roadhouse had no water anyway.)

Wednesday, 7 July

I think we were the last ones to leave next morning and only had a bit over 200 kilometres to go to Burketown with two days to get there. But about 65 kilometres along the road, we had a flat tyre! The car started sounding really strange so we stopped and the right rear tyre was half flat and we could hear air leaking from it. It took us two hours to change the wheel. I managed to pull off the edge of the road, but it was on a curve and there was quite a steep bank so I was only a foot or so off the bitumen. We had to unpack most of the back part of the car to get our trolley jack out and finding a place to position the jack was a challenge. In due course, I jacked the car up to the absolute limit of the jack and the wheel was still firmly on the road. Heather suggested we use the caravan jack to raise the back of the car because the tow-ball is locked to the van and raising the front of the van raises the back of the car. That worked fine until the van jack was also at its maximum height – and the trolley jack was simply sinking into the road verge. More unpacking to find our original little bottle jack – and find a place to position it – and we used that to hold the car up while we let the van jack down again and positioned a couple of blocks of wood under it to allow it to raise the car even further. That let us put a block under the trolley jack and eventually, using all three jacks, we got the wheel off and replaced it with one of our spares and we were eventually in business again. Amid all the drama, dozens of cars and vans hurtled past without even slowing so we had to keep a sharp eye out and scramble out of the way as they all raced by. After we were finished and were repacking the car, two cars stopped to see if we needed help – pity they didn’t come an hour or two earlier!

The whole process nearly killed me. It was hot and I kept getting really dizzy and felt awful. I drank at least 2 litres of water during drama and remained thirsty all day. And a weird thing happened once we were driving again. I started getting cramps in my hands – initially just my 3rd and 4th fingers on my left hand, but then the same two fingers on my right hand, then my thumb and index finger on my right hand, then those two on my left hand. As soon as I relieved one cramp another would start and it kept up for at least 2-3 hours – but I have been fine ever since.

We reached the Leichardt River late in the afternoon and decided not to park there – in fact, we didn’t even stop. We have been there before and it is quite a nice area with a spectacular waterfall, but there were people camped everywhere – just scattered willy-nilly all around the places we might have wanted to walk if we had stopped. It looked quite gross and we decided not to augment the grossness of it and drove on another 60-odd clicks and parked off the side of the road and enjoyed some solitude. We had our Happy Hour in the shade of the van and I wandered around some trees and spotted a few more birds, but I was pretty tired after the trauma of the morning so we had a delicious sausage casserole and collapsed into bed and slept the sleep of the dead.

Wednesday, 7 July

It was a short run for the last 21 kilometres in to Burketown, but with at least 3 opportunities to get killed by maniacs on the road. I think the road from the Roadhouse to Burketown is the most frightening road I have ever driven. As we were leaving the Roadhouse, we were on a sharpish curve when a car and van hurtled past us on the wrong side of the double white lines with absolutely no way of knowing what was ahead of him. He immediately slowed down and drove for at least 50 kilometres with me often driving at less than 60 kph to avoid overtaking him. The way cars and vans roared past us while we were struggling with our flat tyre was horrific – but from the Leichardt River to Burketown (about 90 kilometres) was nothing short of suicidal (or is that homicidal?). We were approaching a one-lane bridge at about 60-70 kph and had the right of way when a car and trailer roared down on us from the other direction (at 130-140 kph at a guess) and I had to lock up all car and van wheels into a skidding stop because there was no way he was going to stop. A few minutes later, still on a single lane road, two more cars and trailers and a car and van, all travelling together, passed us at break-neck speed and forced us off the road again. They just had to be in front of us but almost straight away, we all had to stop at a roadworks red-light – and they were less than 100 metres in front of us pulling into the servo as we arrived in Burketown – potential suicide to gain perhaps 15 seconds over 20 kilometres. I reckon this sort of thing happened 8-10 times in that 90 kilometres – it was frankly terrifying.

We arrived at the caravan park just before 10am but there was a sign saying ‘no check-ins before 11am’ so we sat outside and checked our messages and emails until we could enter. We were soon set up and went out to get a new tyre and one of our gas bottles filled. We had to leave the tyre there and come back in a couple of hours so we explored the town a little, found the historic hot-spring bore, and visited the dump point that is well outside town – such an adventure (not!).

In the afternoon, I went for a long walk alongside the wetlands created by the bore and saw quite a few birds, including several to add to our trip list. The bore itself is quite interesting having been erupting more than 800,000 litres of water full of various salts every day for 124 years (so far), creating a solid mound of salts close to 2 metres high and a wetland that runs for almost 5 kilometres and spreads for hundreds of meters across. There were lots of birds around and I identified 24 species in an hour or so. And wallabies – many hundreds of them, right across the wetland and surrounding areas. (You can see about a dozen of them in the video above if you have a strong enough magnifying glass.)

I tried to cross the wetland to walk around the opposite side back to the road, but found myself cut off and had to retrace my steps. By the time I got back, I was very hot and exhausted so returned to the caravan and cooled off for an hour or so until the day’s Happy Hour was officially launched.

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What do you think about all the tapes Helga had of Arnold in TJM? There was footage that no one (fans) ever knew she recorded. It was hilarious, but also takes her stalking to a whole new level. And told everyone that helped make the entry video that she was completely in love and obsessed with Arnold. No one seemed to be weirded out by all of it. Only Gerald made a couple of comments but mostly was amazed. Considering the desperate lengths she went through before, it was a bit surprising right?

Hmmm. I think that ultimately the videos were a hilarious plot device. It was a wonderful way to nod back at the old adventures that everyone familiar with Hey Arnold will remember, and the only feasible way to have footage of any of those events was through Helga’s stalking haha But yes, it does take what we knew about her obsession to a different level. Yet I think it was less of a character development decision, and more of a funny way to fill in plot holes. So I wouldn’t take it too seriously.

I don’t think that anyone besides Gerald and Phoebe knew where the footage came from, and Phoebe has known for a while what “ice cream” really means. It’s clear to me that Gerald also knew that Helga loved Arnold before The Jungle Movie even started. Just the way that Arnold and Gerald smirk at Helga in this whole scene makes me think that they’re seeing right through Helga’s whole charade by now:

Now, whether Gerald figured it out for himself or Arnold confided in him about it is anybody’s guess.

I was actually surprised the whole movie by how Helga seemed to hide her secret less, and took a more direct approach in approaching Arnold than she had in the past. She seemed more confident in her chances with him in the movie than she had been in previous episodes to me. There was a year time skip, so that may be the reason.

So yeah, I think at this point Helga knows Gerald isn’t going to be fooled by her excuses anymore, so she doesn’t have much to lose and a lot to gain. And Helga needed to make sure Arnold won the contest because the ultimate prize was up on the table. 

“Aha! If I help Arnold win that trip to that crazy San Lorenzo, and help him uncover the mystery of his long lost parents–maybe even find the lost losers–then Arnold will be eternally grateful! And might even return my love! What a great plan!”

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The Dow has now erased all the gains made since the GOP tax cuts were signed into law in December

Dow Drops More Than 1,100 Points in Stock-Market Rout

Blue chips post biggest one-session point decline on record as indexes around the world give up 2018 gains

Dow industrials post largest-ever point decline

Stock indexes around the world erase 2018 gains

Traders describe a sense of anxiety as Dow tumbled

The long-running global stock rally turned into a rout Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest-ever, single-day point decline and major indexes in the U.S., Europe and Asia gave up their gains for the year.

Traders described a growing sense of anxiety throughout the day and the Dow briefly dropped nearly 1,600 points. Although it quickly pared losses, the blue-chip index closed down 1,175.21 points, or 4.6%, to 24345.75, its largest one-day percentage decline since August 2011.

“This is the first time in a while I’d say it feels like borderline panic-type selling,” said Tim Anderson, managing director at brokerage TJM Investments, as yelling broke out on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when the stock declines accelerated.

Combined with steep falls Friday, the index has lost 7% in just two days, marking a break in the tranquility that has characterized financial markets for much of the past two years. The selloff also signaled a potential shift in sentiment and investors sought safety in U.S. Treasurys, pushing yields lower.

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ONCE IN ’79: Teardrops - "Colours" from "Identity Parade" compilation, 1979

ONCE IN ’79: Teardrops – “Colours” from “Identity Parade” compilation, 1979 “May 20, 1979 IDENTITY PARADE is the name applied to the package tour that’s making the rounds in UK’s Northlands. It’s a gathering together of the bands that are signed to Manchester based TJM Records (The Sound Of Tomorrow, Made For Today).  Included in the traveling show are the Frantic Elevators, Distractions,…

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Slaughter And The Dogs - It's Alright Maxi-Single 1979 (1976) TJM Records -U.K.. T.J.M sello del Manchester local del combo lanzaba este Maxi con la primera demo de la banda grabada en Mayo de 1976 con 4 temas que estaban inéditos en las grabaciones de estudio de la banda.

#slaughterandthedogs #itsalright #rocknroll #punk #punkrock #glam #maxisingle #45rpm #album #instavinyl #vinylcollection #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords album #dogs #classialbum #glamrock #hismastersvoice #vinylcollectionpost #rock #recordcover #recordcollection #recordcollector #artwork #design #classicrock

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VA - IDENTITY PARADE LP (1979/UK)

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News, articles and action you can take on UK US trade deals

Exclusive: UK trade minister reverses decision to remove think tank meetings from public register

By William James, Andy Bruce  09/03/2020

LONDON (Reuters) – British trade minister Liz Truss has reversed a decision to remove meetings she held with an influential free-market think tank from the public record, a move the opposition Labour Party said raised questions about lobbying in government. Two meetings and a dinner with the Institute of Economic Affairs will be added back to government transparency data after the department deleted them in August, arguing at the time that they were held in a personal capacity, not in her role as trade minister.

Labour has accused Truss of trying to hide the meetings and described the latest u-turn as “shambolic farce”, saying she appeared to have been caught trying to circumvent rules designed to stop “secret lobbying” of ministers. On Thursday, one of Truss’s junior ministers wrote to Labour to say that the meetings would now be reinstated on the public record, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.

“The Secretary of State (Truss) was not immediately aware of these changes made at the end of August, and has now carefully considered the appropriate Cabinet Office guidelines,” Graham Stuart wrote in the letter.“Sometimes it is not entirely clear-cut whether an event is ‘political’ or is independent of a Minister’s official responsibilities. However, in the interests of full transparency, she has asked that these entries are to be reinstated as per the original departmental publication.” Stuart said senior Labour figures had not published transparency information about their meetings with the media since 2016.

The IEA is widely regarded as one of Britain’s most influential right-leaning think tanks. It promotes free-markets and its research has argued for a clean break from the European Union since the 2016 Brexit referendum.The trade department originally said the IEA’s meetings with Truss were included on the transparency register due to an administrative error. The subsequent removal was the first in the department’s history. The department did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Labour’s trade policy chief Emily Thornberry said there were further questions to be answered about the meetings, including who Truss met and what was discussed.

Book on the US trade deal. You can get a free copy (or just read it online) here: https://tradesecrets.globaljustice.org.uk/

Launch event here:   www.globaljustice.org.uk/events/book-launch-trade-secrets-truth-about-us-trade-deal

  July 15th:From Politico this morning

Biden and the British farmers: Any post-Brexit U.S.-U.K. trade deal — either with Donald Trump or with a potential Joe Biden administration — is going to have to include “agriculture liberalisation” and the government should embrace it, albeit “sensitively,” says a report out today from the Policy Exchange think tank. “Improving market access for U.S. agriculture exports is a bipartisan interest,” in Washington, the report makes clear. In other words anyone thinking a Democrat president might do U.K. farmers a favor has another thing coming. The report suggests either phasing in new import rules or only dropping tariffs on food produced to high welfare standards. But you can be sure farmers won’t like the sound of this one bit.

https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-art-of-a-US-UK-trade-deal.pdf

A good piece by Baskut Tuncak, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics on the risks of a trade deal with the US and weakened pesticide safety standards:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-us-trade-talks-trump-food-standards-pesticides-eu-a9556581.html

The UK should not let its pesticide standards slip during US trade talks – they will not be relinquished without consequences | The Independent

The UK is teetering on the brink of two very different futures as it negotiates new trade deals with the EU and US. The outcome of these negotiations will have a profound impact on UK food standards.

www.independent.co.uk

The new House of Lords sub-committee on International Agreements is seeking evidence on the UK-US trade deal. The deadline is Friday 26 June, though they will accept later submissions.

More details here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-international-agreements/news/uk-us-trade-negotiations-inquiry/

You can also submit evidence to the Trade Bill’s Public Bill Committee, if you have not done so already. More details here: https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/Scrutiny/Trade_PBC%20call%20for%20evidence.pdf

Trump Promised the U.K. a Lucrative U.S. Trade Deal. But Britons Don’t Believe Him and Many Want to Prioritize the E.U.  https://www.newsweek.com/trump-trade-brexit-poll-uk-us-deal-1503646

IPPR poll 2018 shows UK public prepared to sacrifice US trade deal to keep high food (safety) standards.

https://www.ippr.org/news-and-media/press-releases/public-willing-to-sacrifice-us-trade-deal-to-protect-food-safety

There was some recent polling about extending the Brexit transition showing people are against the UK leaving with no deal. (Eg moving to trade under WTO terms)

https://www.bestforbritain.org/new-poll-public-expect-to-avoid-no-deal

NEW POLL: Public expect Brexit transition period to be extended to avoid no-deal – Best for Britain

Three-quarters of the public want a trade deal with the EU, with a majority of people now expecting the transition period to be extended in order to secure one, a new Best for Britain poll has found.

www.bestforbritain.org

See More from Jean Blaylock

  Welcome to this months Trade Justice Briefing, linking the top stories in trade to their real-life impacts. As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK has begun trade negotiations with the US, the EU and Japan. Meanwhile, the Trade Bill returns to Parliament, raising concerns about Parliamentary scrutiny and the impact of trade deals on food standards and the NHS.

US-UK trade talks continue despite coronavirus

US-UK trade talks began last month and both administrations say there has been ‘progress’. However, the talks face a number of hurdles. (1) the US Presidential election in November means it is unlikely that any serious deal will be agreed this year. (2) there are a number of sticking points: for the UK, there is backlash from farmers, NGOs and even the Daily Mail on food import standards and animal welfare. for the US, Trump wants the UK to align with its foreign policy objectives, particularly on China, and abandon plans for a Digital Services Tax. (3) the deal needs to be approved by Congress, which has concerns about a No Deal Brexit and how this could impact the Good Friday Agreement.

Look out for TJM’s comprehensive briefing on a US-UK deal, which will be published later this month!

5/18/2020 Reuters.Britain, U.S. hopeful trade talks can proceed at pace: London

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-britain/britain-u-s-hopeful-trade-talks-can-proceed-at-pace-london-idUSKBN22U123

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the United States are hopeful that negotiations for a trade agreement can proceed at an accelerated pace, Britain’s department for trade said on Monday in an update on the talks after the first round concluded last week.  “Both sides are hopeful that negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement can proceed at an accelerated pace,” British trade minister Liz Truss said in a statement.   “Ambassador (Robert) Lighthizer and I agreed that a second virtual round will take place in the weeks of 15 and 26 June, and that in advance of that negotiating teams will continue their work and meet virtually on a rolling basis, with meetings continuing throughout this week and beyond.”   Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Kate Holton

  Stop Press: Second Reading of the Trade Bill will be on Wednesday 20 May.

  UK plan to cut US farming tariffs sparks ministerial spat – https://www.ft.com/content/e583b8a2-4074-4fa9-9c43-08a9979e0bee

Politico Pro   3rd May 2020

U.K. trade talks with U.S. begin Tuesday   By Emilio Casalicchio and Doug Palmer

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2020/05/uk-trade-talks-with-us-begin-tuesday-3980070

LONDON — The U.K. and U.S. will launch talks on a free-trade agreement on Tuesday.

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will hold an initial video call with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, with around 100 officials listening in from both sides.

Truss pledged to drive a “hard bargain” with Washington and insisted a trade deal was “essential” to ease the economic burden of the coronavirus.

The first round of talks is set to take two weeks, with further rounds roughly every six weeks. Britain hopes to win lower goods tariffs on its exports to the U.S. on things like cars and ceramics, as well as a package on services, among other things.

Ministers hope negotiations with Washington will pile pressure on the EU in the Brexit trade talks, where the two sides are at an impasse over key sticking points such as fisheries and level playing field rules to limit competition.

Truss said: “As we kick off trade negotiations this week, we will drive a hard bargain that benefits every part of the U.K. and works for the small businesses who are suffering most in this difficult period.”

Jeff Emerson, a spokesperson for the U.S. trade representative, added: “I can confirm the talks start Tuesday by video-conference.”

On the U.K. side, the talks will be led by negotiator Oliver Griffiths and overseen by Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser Crawford Falconer. The talks will be held remotely until travel becomes possible.

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  April 9th 2020

USTR: ‘Active’ trade talks with the UK to begin in the near future

The U.S. and the United Kingdom will begin talks on a potential trade deal in the “near future,” a USTR official told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday, adding that the countries are “rightfully focused” today on curtailing the spread of COVID-19.

The U.S. released its negotiating objectives for a deal with the UK in February 2019, and the UK followed suitlast month. The two countries have since shifted much of their energy to fighting the pandemic.

“Both the United States and the United Kingdom are committed to starting trade negotiations as soon as possible,” a USTR official said. “At the present time, both our governments are rightfully focused on stemming the spread of the coronavirus, protecting the health and safety of our citizens, and finding innovative solutions to combat this outbreak. Therefore, we will begin active trade negotiations at an appropriate time in the near future.”

Both countries “remain in regular contact on when to proceed with the negotiations,” the spokesperson continued.

Formal talks were slated to begin the week of March 23, the UK Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday. USTR did not confirm the reported date.

The Telegraph also reported that talks were on hold indefinitely, and that videoconference talks were being considered.

USTR, in its negotiating objectives document, included the same 24 chapters that were included in its objectives for a deal with the European Union, though it included more expansive language on intellectual property and softer provisions on anti-corruption issues.

In addition to those areas, U.S. lawmakers and business groups have called for more U.S. exports of beef and poultry, among other agricultural products, as well as for negotiators to address some sanitary and phytosanitary barriers. Several senators and technology groups have also urged USTR to address the UK’s potential implementation of a 2 percent digital services tax.

In its 2020 National Trade Estimate report, released last week, USTR noted that final legislation needed to implement the tax, which was expected last month, was delayed.

“Nevertheless, the United Kingdom has reaffirmed its intention to implement the tax,” the report states.

Meanwhile, the UK has been pushing for a repeal of U.S. tariffs on British products that were imposed after the World Trade Organization authorized retaliation on up to $7.5 billion worth of trade against the European Union. The authorization followed a WTO ruling that the EU was providing illegal subsidies to Airbus.

UK Secretary of International Trade Liz Truss said she raised the issue with Lighthizer during a conversation in February.

The UK, as outlined in its negotiating document, plans to push for high-standard digital trade and services provisions as well as a reduction of trade barriers in talks with the U.S. The country also restated its refusal to compromise food safety or animal welfare standards and said it would like to achieve “access that goes beyond the level set in the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.”

U.S. agricultural standards were a contentious issue during Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks. UK civil society groups argued that TTIP would reduce food safety and animal welfare standards by forcing the country to accept so-called “chlorinated chicken” and “hormone beef.” But Lighthizer last month said he did not believe such issues would torpedo the talks.

Government procurement was also a highly contentious issue in the TTIP negotiations, with both sides contending they had the more open market and demanding more access from the other.

The UK’s exit from the EU in January freed the country to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S., but the scope of any deal will depend on the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with Brussels. The UK and the EU have set a December deadline for their own talks.

EU officials, in a letter obtained by the German news outlet Der Spiegel this week, called the chances that the EU and UK might reach a trade agreement by December a “fantasy.” The letter cites issues related to the pandemic in suggesting trade talks might be put on ice. — Isabelle Icso (iicso@iwpnews.com)

We are a signatory to this letter:

Letter to PM and SoS for International Trade on US talks and Covid-19 epidemic

26 March 2020

Dear Prime Minister and Secretary of State for International Trade,

The United States Trade Representative announced on 23 March 2020 that “both the United States and the United Kingdom are committed to starting trade negotiations as soon as possible”, and the UK government has similarly signaled its desire to begin and conclude negotiations soon. This is despite the Covid-19 pandemic which has created a public health crisis and associated government response in both the UK and the US.... For more

  In response to the publication of the UK government’s negotiating objectives, Global Justice Now is launching a new e-action and briefing on the implications to the NHS.  GJN is asking people to ask their MPs to write to Liz Truss about the key threats to the NHS.  Do promote on your social media channels if you can.

Action: https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/protect-our-nhs-trade-deal-trump

Briefing: https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/resources/us-uk-trade-deal-threats-nhs-and-drug-pricing

Blogpost: https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2020/mar/4/dont-be-fooled-governments-pledge-keep-nhs-out-trump-trade-deal-these-are-just-empty

Tweet: https://twitter.com/GlobalJusticeUK/status/1235170592825004033

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globaljusticeuk/posts/10157520656567034

  Useful articles on UK US trade deals by the Trade Justice Movement and Global Justice Now

The Guardian: It’s not just chlorinated chicken: five foods a US trade deal could bring to the UK

The Independent:  US-UK trade deal: Four things you might have missed

The SUN:  ‘Supermarkets could be stocked with genetically modified food under future UK-US trade deal‘

New Statesman: The government is too timid to strike a proper US-UK trade deal

News, articles and action you can take on UK US trade deals was originally published on Baby Milk Action

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Okay when I see this design sheet of Rhonda for TJM, all I can see on the backside is that her hair became a record.

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The Juan Maclean: “Can You Ever Really Know Somebody” (DFA)

Released back in March, this is the first of allegedly four new singles from The Juan Maclean that will precede their forthcoming fourth studio album, due out in 2018. I missed this one when it was released, and it finds the duo continuing to perfect and hone their sound. I’ll admit that I was unconvinced by Nancy Whang as a vocalist on early DFA records, but she’s really come into her own and is a real draw to their music for me by now. They’ve since followed this one with another single, “The Brighter The Light,” and it’s also solid. Between these cuts and various remixes by Octo Octa, LA-4A, DJ Tennis and more, it looks to continue a good run for DFA and TJM.

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She simultaneously opposed legislation that would require her office to independently investigate police shootings. Kamala is not for black people. She even defended the 3 strikes law, in which Black people are incarcerated at a rate 12 times higher than whites. Kamala Harris has demonstrated through her actions that she does not value Black lives, but rather supports our death via the carceral state.

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