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And he leaves singing….

‘This is a man’s world.’….

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On Phillip…..

Jennifer …..excited about his grove

Randy….He’s anew Springstreet…..

Jimmy…Orignal…But NO show stealer…..

Randy wanted a Bigger look…

Steven ….It’s about the passion …on We’ve got tonight (Last night was better for him)….

The Gun during the hug?

Jessica…..

Joshua…..

Phillip….

Randy ….they ALL have Good Careers ahead of them…

Jennifer…..Big for the show to 3 such BIG talents…

Steven….They have the curate to have a dream….

Jessica gets announced first then….Joshua gets the hook…..

Phillip gets over from Yeasterdays performance ..

NOT tonights….

acesshollywood.com….

Five and a half months on the countdown to the US Presidential Election, All of the House and Senate Elections…..

The President looks like he’ll hold his edge….

Except for the Rasmussen polling….

He’s about tied out there with the voters who have to listen to stuff about Romney being a bully in his youth…

Obama being too cool, or getting advice from HIS teenaged daughters on how to come down on Same-Sex Marriage…

Yea…Okay…

Gas Prices are dopping out there….

Jobless numbers inching down …

And a few guys over at JP Morgan-Chase lose what could be $3 BILLIOON + ……

More on Hillary auditioning for Obama’s spot after he retires…

And the whispering I hear in the hustlings around New York isn’t as positive as the Cuomo numbers in the polls…

Basketball fans get your seats for the Lebron Championship run…

Again…..

And American Idol seems have last a whole lot of fans when  Skylar got the hook….

What’s with that?

Oh, Yea…

The Wisconsin Governor Walker recall contest is around the corner….

And Scott Brown seems to be the good graces of the ‘moderate’ GOP nominee…

Who it seems ain’t gonna get NO LOVE from Rick Santorum…..

Countdown to Election Day: 172 days ( as of 5/18/12)

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Okay…

I had to work late and I didn’t get a chance to see the show…

So here’s the story from Eonline…..

Tomorrow, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet will find out who’s going to compete in the American Idol finale.

And tonight, they had one more shot to get there.

Wednesday’s show was the annual triple threat, when the top three perform three songs apiece, chosen by the judges, themselves and, lastly, mentor Jimmy Iovine.

What sort of combinations did they come up with? And who gave the best performance of the night?

READ: Sources: Jennifer Lopez Is Leaving American Idol!

First up, the judges’ picks. Randy Jackson unsurprisingly went old-school soul for Joshua, tasking the preacher’s son with Etta James‘ “I’d Rather Go Blind”—which he promptly killed.

Jessica didn’t hit every note on Mariah Carey‘s “My All,” picked for her by the on-her-way-out Jennifer Lopez, but the 16-year-old gave it her all and she certainly didn’t lose any fans.

Phillip, however, may have managed to attract anyone who wasn’t already on the bandwagon with the Four Seasons‘ (and redone by Madcon) “Beggin’,” a rather inspired selection on Steven Tyler‘s part.

But the ball was back in Joshua’s court when he picked John Lennon‘s “Imagine” for himself and gave one of the best-ever Idol performances, let alone just a great rendition of that song.

“Another thank-you-God moment with you,” Steven said. Aside from that Tylerism, we actually felt the judges’ praise—while affectionate and sincere—was a little reserved…..

There’s More!…..

Photo’s….MTV.Com

Those two states have joined the move to strip workers of collective barginning rights…

Both have GOP Governors also …..

You’ll notice hiring has picked up in labor intensive states where immigrant population and minority population’s have climbed…

Nebraska and North Dakota have had low jobless numbers throughout the recent recession ….

But you’ll notice they DO NOT LEAD in employment….

They are small population states…

Payrolls increased in 32 states in April, while the unemployment rate dropped in 37, indicating the labor market improved across much of the U.S.

Indiana led the nation with a 17,100 gain in payrolls, followed by Texas with 13,200 more jobs. The jobless rate dropped the most in Arizona and Oklahoma from the prior month.

Job seekers fill out applications at the Job USA fair in Robstown, Texas. Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg

The U.S. added the fewest number of workers in April, while the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to a three-year low of 8.1 percent as people left the labor force, data showed this month. The world’s largest economy needs faster hiring to spurconsumer spending and to help reduce unemployment, which Federal Reserve policy makers have said remains elevated.

“There has been improvement in the labor market,” Millan Mulraine, senior U.S. strategist at TD Securities Inc. in New York, said before the report. “Employment is increasing.”

Nevada remained the state with the highest jobless rate even after it dropped to 11.7 percent, its lowest level since June 2009, from 12 percent in March. Unemployment in Rhode Island climbed to 11.2 percent from 11.1 percent, putting it in second place, followed by California at 10.9 percent.

North Dakota had the lowest unemployment in the nation, holding at 3 percent, followed by Nebraska, where it fell to 3.9 percent from 4 percent….

More….

The House leadership want to steal the Laws best parts and relabel it….

Some of the right leaning House and others…….

DON’T…..

The behind-the-scenes fight among Republicans richly illustrates why House GOP leadership is so cautious, sensitive and calculating when it comes to dealing with the conservative right. POLITICO obtained the email chain, the contents of which show that health care reform remains just as emotional an issue as ever.

Wesley Denton, an aide to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), questioned whether the “GOP now against full repeal?”

“Should we change the name of this [listserv] to ‘partialrepealcoalition’ or ‘someofobamacareisprettygood’?” Denton wrote to the group.

(Also on POLITICO: GOP preps plan for health law ruling)

Brian Worth, a GOP leadership staffer responsible for coordinating with outside groups, shot back that “the House has already passed a full repeal bill.”

“Has the Senate passed that bill yet?” Worth asked Denton, in the email chain.

Russ Vought, a former House Republican staffer who is now at Heritage Action for America, bluntly said, “that has absolutely nothing to do with it.” The “House GOP is going to cave after winning an election on full repeal … and before winning the next election to finish the job.”

“Unreal,” he said……

More….

Photo….johnboehner.house.gov

The Heat REALLY where NOT in this game in the last quarter….

Null and void…..

Dwayne Wade couldn’t buy a basket for a while…

In the end of the game the two franchise players where sitting….

Not Playing…

Yea..

It WAS THAT bad…..

foxsports…..

Dwyane Wade was ice cold and LeBron James looks like he ran out of gas as the Indiana Pacers blew out the Miami Heat 94-75 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Thursday.

Wade finished with just five points on 2-of-13 shooting for the Heat, who seem to be missing forward Chris Bosh, out because of a strained abdominal muscle and not expected to return for this series.

LeBron James finished with 22 points, but 16 came in the first half.

Roy Hibbert had 19 points and 18 rebounds, George Hill scored 20 and Danny Granger 17 for the Indiana Pacers, showing more balance, toughness and togetherness than Miami.

Game 4 is Sunday at raucous Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

More…

Indiana outscored Miami 51-32 in the second half, when the Pacers could do no wrong…..

More…

Cuts?????

What Cuts?

thinkprogress.com….House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

The House Appropriations Committee passed a Defense bill Thursday that provides $3 billion more for defense than President Obama’s proposed budget.

The $608 billion Defense bill passed out of the full committee on a voice vote, setting up a showdown with the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is expected to move a budget that’s funded at the level requested by the Obama administration.

The same budget fight is expected for the Defense authorization bill, which sets defense policy and is being debated on the House floor Thursday.

The fight over top-line spending stems from last year’s Budget Control Act, which set spending caps for defense spending that led the Pentagon to propose cuts of $487 billion over the next decade.

House Republicans have pushed back against those cuts and propose higher spending levels for the Pentagon.
The bill includes the restoration of several programs that the Pentagon wanted to cut, including $278 million for the Global Hawk Block 30 drone and $850 million to “pause” cuts in the National Guard and Reserves.

On Thursday, the committee also approved an amendment that failed last year, which targeted the military’s sponsorship of NASCAR and other sporting events….

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From the comments to the Hill piece…

This polling list is from Realclearpolitics…..