{"id":3780,"date":"2015-12-02T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2015-12-02T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:55:00","slug":"come-see-the-devil-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/02\/come-see-the-devil-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Come See the Devil Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lI7_t-uam8\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mark Knopfler at the Edison Awards, 2003<\/p>\n<p><em>The freaks&#8217;ll stay together,\u00a0They&#8217;re a tight old crew<br \/>\nYou look at them,\u00a0And they look at you&#8230;.<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Devil Baby,<\/span>\u00a0by Mark Knopfler<\/p>\n<p>This is a song about a freak show. \u00a0And why not?<\/p>\n<p>Today I turned on the TV\u00a0and found not one, but two &#8220;active shooter&#8221; situations going on in California. \u00a0<em><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> One hour after I wrote this, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/03\/us\/san-bernardino-shooting.html?emc=edit_na_20151202&amp;nlid=69718180&amp;ref=cta\" target=\"_blank\">a news conference in San Bernardino<\/a>, scene of the first of these shooting events, reported 14 people dead and 14 wounded, \u00a0by &#8220;as many as three gunmen.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before that was Colorado and the viciousness and cruelty of targeting Planned Parenthood &#8212; and women. \u00a0Before that was Paris. \u00a0 And the Russian plane. \u00a0And always &#8212; Isis\/Isil\/DAESH\/BokoHaram. \u00a0 And of course, Donald Trump. \u00a0SO.<\/p>\n<p>This is a song about a freak show. And that&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO we all know I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markknopfler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Knopfler<\/a> so there&#8217;s that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mark Knopfler at the Edison Awards, 2003 The freaks&#8217;ll stay together,\u00a0They&#8217;re a tight old crew You look at them,\u00a0And they look at you&#8230;. Devil Baby,\u00a0by Mark Knopfler This is a song about a freak show. \u00a0And why not? 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