Vanity, Prince’s protegée, dies in hospital aged 57 after years of ill health | Daily Mail Online

Eighties pop star Vanity, who was best known as Prince’s protegée, has died at the age of 57.The former singer, whose real name was Denise Matthews, had been battling severe kidney complications for more than two decades after a near-fatal overdose in 1994.On Monday, her family confirmed her death in Fremont, California, as a result of a small intestine infection. Scroll down for video +6Eighties pop star Vanity (pictured in 1982) was best known as Prince’s protegée. She has died at the age of 57, two decades after a near-fatal crack cocaine overdose in 1994 left her with severe kidney complications+6The pop power couple posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine together in April 1983. Prince paid tribute to Matthews on Tuesday at a gig in Melbourne, Australia, saying ‘her and I used to love each other deeply”WE USED TO LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY’: PRINCE SINGS TRIBUTE TO VANITY ON AUSTRALIA TOUROn Tuesday, Prince paid tribute to Matthews during a solo performance in Melbourne, Australia.The 57-year-old told the sold-out crowd at the city’s State Theatre on Tuesday that he had just heard the news of her death. In tribute, he dedicated a medley of Little Red Corvette and Dirty Mind to the late singer.’Someone dear to us has passed away, I’m gonna dedicate this song to her,’ The Herald Sun reported.He also changed the lyrics to The Ladder to describe his relationship with Vanity and, for an encore, replaced the final words of The Beautiful Ones, ‘my knees’, with ‘Denise’. ‘Her and I used to love each other deeply,’ he said after the song tribute.’She loved me for the artist I was, I loved her for the artist she was trying to be.’In her 1997 book, Blame It On Vanity, Denise claimed that Prince was the only man she ever truly loved. Canada-born Matthews was a B movie actress and occasional model in 1982 when she was handpicked by Prince to front Vanity 6 a year after he formed the girl band.Initially the R&B-funk group was called The Hookers, fronted by his then-girlfriend Susan Moonsie, along with two of his friends Jamie Shoup and Brenda Bennett.But on meeting Matthews, Prince was dazzled. He recruited her as the lead, renamed her Vanity, renamed the band Vanity 6, and dropped Jamie Shoup.The two went on to date as Prince mentored the band into the charts with the song Nasty Girl. In her 1997 book, Blame It On Vanity, Denise claimed that Prince was the only man she ever truly loved, Jet Magazine reported. They first met at the 1980 American Music Awards and Prince later asked her to be the lead singer of Vanity 6, a band known for their sexually explicit lyrics. The pop power couple later famously posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine together in April 1983.But 18 months later, after supporting Prince’s 1999 tour in 1982-1983, Matthews quit the band.She signed with Motown records and dabbled with a new career as an actress with leading roles in The Last Dragon and Action Jackson.In 1994, she suffered a near-fatal overdose on crack cocaine that left her kidneys so damaged she required regular dialysis for the rest of her life.That year, she became a born-again Christian – and even denounced her years as a performer, saying that she wasn’t happy at the time.Last year she issued a plea on a GoFundMe page asking for help paying her medical bills.’Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh,’ she said, ‘but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places in my heart as I go through this time of pain.’On Tuesday, Prince paid tribute to Matthews during a solo performance in Melbourne, Australia.The 57-year-old told the sold-out crowd at the city’s State Theatre on Tuesday that he had just heard the news of her death. In tribute, he dedicated a medley of Little Red Corvette and Dirty Mind to the late singer.RELATED ARTICLESPrevious1NextColdplay to make music history as they are confirmed as the…’We used to love each other deeply’: Prince dedicates songs…SHARE THIS ARTICLEShare’Someone dear to us has passed away, I’m gonna dedicate this song to her,’ The Herald Sun reported.He also changed the lyrics to The Ladder to describe his relationship with Vanity and, for an encore, replaced the final words of The Beautiful Ones, ‘my knees’, with ‘Denise’. ‘Her and I used to love each other deeply,’ he said after the song tribute.’She loved me for the artist I was, I loved her for the artist she was trying to be.’In the couple’s raunchy Rolling Stone photo shoot in April 1983, Denise could be seen reaching for Prince’s crotch and sliding a finger seductively below his waistband.The front page headline boldly stated: ‘Prince’s Hot Rock’.Besides Prince, Denise was romantically linked to punk rockers Adam Ant, 61, and Billy Idol, 60.She later dated Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and told reporters in 1987 they were engaged. They never married.  

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Obama Picks Staci Michelle Yandle, Black Lesbian Judge, For Federal Judgeship

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama prides himself on the diversity of his judicial picks. But on Thursday, he charted new territory by nominating Staci Michelle Yandle, who, if confirmed, would become the second-ever out black lesbian federal judge.Obama picked Yandle, who has been in private practice for 20 years and runs an Illinois firm, for a slot on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. She would fill a seat being vacated by Judge John Phil Gilbert, who is taking senior status on March 15.“I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench,” Obama said of Yandle and a handful of other nominees he put forward Thursday. “I am confident they will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”Yandle’s nomination puts her on track to become the second openly lesbian African-American federal judge in the country. Judge Deborah Batts, nominated by President Bill Clinton, was sworn in as a federal judge in Manhattan in June 1994. Batts took senior status in April 2012.Yandle said in a July 2012 interview that the judicial world needs to be more accepting of the LGBT community.”When I first started practicing, for a while I did not feel comfortable acknowledging my sexual orientation because I didn’t want it to cost me my job,” she said. “I wanted to be judged on my merit and my merit alone. Many members of the LGBT community still have that fear. We are a traditional profession that is conservative in many ways.”HuffPost reached out to both of Yandle’s home state senators for comment on her nomination. A spokesman for Sen. Mark Kirk (R) did not respond, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D) said he plans to work with Kirk to get her confirmed.“Staci Yandle is an excellent candidate for the federal bench in Southern Illinois,” Durbin said in a statement. “She will bring a wealth of knowledge and litigation experience to the position. I am pleased that President Obama has nominated her today. I will be working with Senator Kirk to see her nomination approved by the Senate.”

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“We discovered judge Scalia in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled,” said Poindexter.

MARFA — A first-time guest to the Cibolo Creek Creek Ranch, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was animated and engaged during dinner Friday night, as one of three dozen invitees to an event that had nothing to do with law or politics, according to the ranch owner.
Just hours later, he would be found dead of apparent natural causes, which media outlets were reporting Sunday was a heart attack.

“We discovered judge Scalia in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled,” said Poindexter.

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Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions

By Rowan Scarborough – The Washington Times – Sunday, February 7, 2016

The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.

A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show “resilience” and beat back the threat based on “actionable science.”

The Pentagon defines resilience to climate change as: “Ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.”

To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: “Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.”

The directive, “Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,” is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it. Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change. Supporters of this viewpoint label as “deniers” any scientists who disagree.

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China Just Purchased This MAJOR U.S. Finance Center… Trump Was Right All Along

GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump has long stated that China is out to crush the United States financially and that our government isn’t doing enough to stop this.

Bloomberg recently reported that a Chinese-led group is poised to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange. This would be the first acquisition of a U.S stock exchange by the Chinese.

Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group has already signed the deal to acquire the stock exchange. The transaction will be finalized in the second half of this year, assuming it receives regulatory approval.

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OBAMA IN A DELEMA SO AS TO PROTECT HILORY PRESIDENTIAL RUN, DROPS FUTHER PUNISHMENT FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS- FOLKS YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUF UP- POLITICS MODE IN FULL OPERATION- TRUTH, SECURITY, JUSTICE DOSN’T STAND A CHANCE…

January 30, 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has decided not to take any further action against David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander and CIA director who pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The short letter was sent by Stephen Hedger, the assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs, and the decision is in line with an Army review.

It was addressed to Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Senator John McCain and Senator Jack Reed, who had recently asked Carter not to take further action.

The Pentagon could have potentially sought to further reprimand Petraeus under military law.

In April, the retired four-star general was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine but was spared prison time after pleading guilty to mishandling classified information.

Petraeus, a counter-insurgency expert with a Princeton University doctorate, served stints as the top U.S. commander in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and was once considered a possible vice presidential or presidential candidate.

He resigned from the CIA in 2012 after it was revealed that he was having an affair with his biographer, Army Reserve officer Paula Broadwell.

The Pentagon declined to comment.

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Armed man arrested at Disneyland Paris

A man who tried to bring two handguns into a hotel at Disneyland Paris has been detained along with his female partner, authorities say.

No one was hurt in the incident, and the park – Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction – remained open after the arrests on Thursday.

The man, 28, was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, according to a police official who wasn’t authorised to be publicly named. He was also found to have a Koran. The man’s motives for trying to enter the hotel with arms were unclear.

‘During a routine security screening checkpoint at one of our hotels, weapons were discovered in a guest’s luggage through our X-ray machine. The police were immediately notified,’ Disneyland Paris communications chief Francois Banon said.

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Michael Moore’s home town- the water (spirit) has been polluted.


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If you were God, living outside time and space (the physical dimension) how would you communicate with humans?

Michael Moore was dropped by Disney because of the law suits because Michael Moore lies to create a controversy so as to become a millionaire from those films that twist a truth into a lie.

Problem is it pollutes the water (spirit) or attitude of the uneducated masses.

Hmmm… is God speaking directly to Michael here?

For him who has eyes to see and ears to hear…

Random Events, Free Will, Pre-destiny or Something Darker ?