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Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk is a delegate from Prince George’s County Maryland who recently voted in favor of driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the Maryland House. She said the following after admitting that it was an amnesty “[voting for the…
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Maryland has continued to be the one state on the east coast that continues to give illegal aliens driver’s licenses and if it is up to the Maryland House it will remain that way. They passed a bill last night…
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Washington Post and CNN media critic Howard Kurtz dedicated an entire segment of this past Sunday’s Reliable Sources cable program to a gratuitous pie fight between two players involved in Nadya “Octomom” Suleman’s never-ending nationally televised freak show. But a little over a month ago, Kurtz decried the media for exploiting the octuplet mother for ratings and for doing so under the false pretense that concern for her babies’ well being drove their round-the-clock coverage.

What a difference a few weeks make.

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The results of last week’s Name Those Bands contest are in. In first place we have … a disqualification, sorta. Our friend Ubertramp logged in with an impressive 47 of 53. Seriously, that’s pretty damned good. But he has disqualified himself because I’m the one who turned him onto most of these outstanding artists and he felt like he might as well be cheating under the circumstances.

Wow - sportsmanship. What a concept.

So our next highest scorer, and the official winner, is … (more…)

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Tarab is a state of ecstasy and surrender one enters while listening, with Body and Soul, to music. Whether it’s the dancing strings of the oud, the weeping melody of the violin, the mystical call of the nay or the pulsating rhythm of the drums…

A few years ago I decided to try my hand at learning some of the folkloric dances of the Middle East. I had no idea what a fascinating journey lay ahead. As much as I study the dance steps, they are incomplete without appreciating the music. So to help me share this wonderful music with you I asked local musician Erik Brown to join us for an on-line interview. Erik plays the Tablah (drum) for the Seattle based group House of Tarab.

Dawn: Erik, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on Arabic music. Tell us a little about the House of Tarab.

Erik: The House of Tarab, or H.O.T. for short, was officially formed in 2006. The six members are Stephen Elaimy, Jane Hall, David Mcgrath, Sallah Ali, Andy Zadrozny and myself. Members of this group have been playing traditional Arabic music together for more than a decade.

The House of Tarab is considered to be a “takht,” or orchestra. Takht also refers generally to the arrangement of instruments and to some degree the style of music performed. In a very broad sense a takht usually perform classical Arabic music or Muwashahat (lyric poetry).

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New Jersey is about to pass two bills, one in the House and one in the Senate, that would give illegal aliens in-state tuition. This is a clear violation of the 1996 Federal Immigration Nationality Act of 1996. In the…
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Sometimes it’s good to go back and see who had it right.  Poor Peter Schiff came out again and again on Fox to sound the alarm bell that we borrowed too much to sink into shoddy morgages - and was laughed off every time. If only the nation listened to him 2-3 years ago. Click here to view the embedded video.

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