MUSIC VIDEO: Foggy Mountain Breakdown: Floyd Central Highlanders

Ed. here. I told you a few days ago that Walt would be taking some time off, but then the policial news heated up, and I couldn't keep him away from the keyboard. He's like an old firehorse; when he hears the bell, he starts running... the bell being an alarm over some stupid political move made by some stupid politician. 

Anyhow... we've wrapped Walt in a wet sheet until he stops frothing at the mouth. (Can you believe he actually got banned from commenting on Breitbart News?) So let us lighten up a bit and have some good music. No, it's not Tuba Skinny again. We do like other authentic folk music... music of the people... and a friend recommended this bluegrass group to us. 

Actually when he said "FCTV", we heard "SCTV" and thought immediatelyh of the famously funny Canadian sketch comedy series. But no, it's FCTV, featuring the Floyd Central Highlanders, five girls from Floyd Central High School, in Floyds Knobs, an unincorporated area in Floyd County IN. Here's their very nice rendition of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown".

 

That's real American folk music, folks... from the real America!

You call this journalism? - Fox 59, Indianapolis

The previous post, about the kirpan fight at the Sikh gurdwara in Greenwood IN, came from the Fox 59 website. Fox 59 covers Indiana like the dew, and its "reporters" are paragons of American journalism, as she is practised these days. Browsing the site, Ed. found the following story, which we republish in its entirety, exactly as written by the Fox newshounds.

Victim identified in fatal shooting at Indianapolis strip club

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A man died after a shooting at an Indianapolis strip club early Wednesday.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan police, officers were dispatched in response to a disturbance at Senate and Morris around 3 a.m. They arrived to find a man dead from a gunshot wound in a parking lot near Lenny’s Gentlemen’s Club at 255 W. Morris St.

Employees said a number of people were involved and the disturbance spilled outside. A 43-year-old man fired a shot and was detained for questioning, police said.

The victim was identified by the Marion County Coroner’s office as John T. Doe, 21.

Investigators are trying to piece together what led to the shooting and were interviewing several witnesses about the case. IMPD said the crime scene was contained to the business.

IMPD said the case is currently classified as a death investigation.

Mass stabbing at Indiana Sikh temple

For those who don't know much about Sikhism -- an offshoot of Hinduism -- is that it has strict dress requirements, particularly for the male members. All observant Sikhs are required to wear turbans, which is why Sikhs don't play hockey. They also wear special underpants, but we need not concern ourselves with that.

The requirement which you should know about, if you find yourself in the company of Sikhs, is that they must carry a kirpan -- a ceremonial dagger such as that being shown off by the young man in the picture.

That's something that you should bear in mind if you live in the Greater Toronto or Vancouver areas of Canada, or any part of North America which has a sizeable Sikh community. Like, for instance, Greenwood, Indiana. As in any place inhabited by a colony of Sikhs, Greenwood boasts a Sikh gurdwara, or temple. The one on South Graham Road in Greenwood is called the Gurdwara Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji Sikh Temple.

The gurdwara is the site of many activities, including the occasional knife fight -- make that kirpan fight -- between various groups of Singhs. (All Sikhs are Singhs, but not all Singhs are Sikhs [like cognac and brandy. Ed.]) According to Fox 59 News, one such took place this afternoon, when some 150 worshippers were involved in which local police described as a "brawl", which apparently broke out during a "transition of power ceremony".

The Greenwood Mayor's Office reported that six to twelve people were stabbed, but the number actually injured seems to have been no more than three or four. Police investigations into the extent of damage suffered by victims, and who exactly was involved in the attacks, have been stymied by the fact that all of the victims as well as their assailants were named "Singh". Local sherlocks have, however, figured out that the cause of the brawl was that those in power did not wish to step down.