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[SlowwHand]

[-Jrabbit]

They say justice delayed is justice denied, but after several decades, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revivial finally has ownership of his own music.

Capping one of the longest and nastiest legal battles in music business history, John Fogerty has gained worldwide control of the publishing rights to his Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, more than 50 years after the songs were first released.

Fogerty has acquired a majority interest in the global publishing rights to his song catalog with the group, which includes “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Up Around the Bend,” “Have You Ever Seen Rain” and others from Concord for an undisclosed amount, a rep for the company confirmed

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/john-fogerty-acquires-rights-to-creedence-clearwater-revival-songs-1235487289/

[pchang]

Apparently, they answered Yes and then No.

[BeBMan]

They should use lottery to get a new speaker after x attempts of unsuccessful votes

[Uncle Sparky]

[PLATO]

makes you wonder how on earth did the republicans take the house from the dems.

Choice between "Do you hate democracy" or "Do you hate being poor?" ?????????????

[My Wife Hates CIV]

makes you wonder how on earth did the republicans take the house from the dems.

[BeBMan]

Lol...who knew it would be so difficult to become the new Satan

[Uncle Sparky]

Tee Hee

[Broken_Erika]

Why this congressman is using Superman comic for swearing-in


Incoming US congressman Robert Garcia will be sworn in using the US Constitution - and a Superman comic.

In a tweet on Tuesday, he said it is one of three items he will use that "mean a lot to me personally".

The other two are a photo of his parents, who he said were lost to Covid-19, and his citizenship certificate.

Mr Garcia is still waiting to take the oath of office, however, after Republicans failed to elect a speaker.

A Democrat from Long Beach, California, and the city's former mayor before being elected to the House of Representatives, he has a record of sharing his graphic novel fandom on Twitter.

"Anyone who understands comics knows that comics are an essential part of American fiction," he tweeted in November. "And the lessons learned are invaluable."

Mr Garcia - who will take the oath using a vintage Superman comic from 1939 - cites lessons that are distinctive to his upbringing as both an immigrant and a member of the LGBT community.

The congressman-elect was brought to the US from Peru by his mother when he was five years old. He is openly gay and married.

In 2021, after DC Comics announced the new Superman would be bisexual, Mr Garcia tweeted: "I became a Superman fan as a kid because I related to him. An immigrant, a sense of justice, and a secret identity."

Although using the Superman comic may be a bit unorthodox when taking the oath of office, technically it's not illegal, per Article IV of the US Constitution. The Article states, in part, that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States".

As a result, "there is no required text upon which an incoming officeholder must take their oath", said Jane Campbell, president of the United States Capitol Historical Society.

Throughout history, Ms Campbell said, newly elected members of Congress have used different texts, including Hebrew Scripture, Jewish religious texts, copies of the Quran and the Bhagavad Gita (the Hindu sacred text).

In 2007, Democrat Keith Ellison from Minnesota, the first Muslim elected to Congress, took the oath using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

Many of the mementos, like Jefferson's Quran and the Superman comic, are loaned by the Library of Congress for this occasion. Other props loaned by the Library for a ceremonial swearing-in include Rosa Park's pocket Bible and the Biblia Hebraica, the first complete Hebrew Bible published in America.

But no comic books, yet.

As the vote for speaker of the House concludes its sixth fruitless round, the world may have to wait a little longer before Superman and Mr Garcia can break the congressional record books.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64167015

[SlowwHand]

[Broken_Erika]

'We've got a two-legged fox on the lawn'

'We've got a two-legged fox on the lawn'

A family were stunned to find a fox with just two legs in their garden.
Phil and Jane Carter, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, often get visited by foxes and this one stayed for about 45 minutes.
Mr Carter said: "My wife shouted, 'quick, grab your phone, we've got a two-legged fox on the lawn'.
"We had about five minutes of it going around the lawn smelling and picking up some meat and then off it went like a rocket."
A spokesperson for Derbyshire Wildlife Trust said: "We've never seen anything like this in the wild before but the animal looks relatively healthy and appears to have adapted to life on two legs."

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-64165953

[Uncle Sparky]

Without the backing of the NRA, would the GOP be able to repeatedly shoot itself in the foot?

[BeBMan]

I found out that 2022 is soon replaced with 2023?!?

[Uncle Sparky]

Could be the best headline of 2022: