Free Republic

Justin Bieber has sold all his peaches. The 28 year old pop star becomes the youngest of all music performers to sell the entire rights to his songs. The buyer is Hipgnosis, the very hot firm that has bought out catalogs of much older stars for more money and with more material. Universal Music Group will own Bieber’s master recordings. But all the songs like “Peaches” and “”Love Yourself” will be owned by Hipgnosis, including parts of songs he wrote with other people. The price is $200 million, which after taxes and paying all the lawyers involved, and maintaining Bieber’s...

telling insight into yesterday's speculation-igniting, closed-door meeting between Donald Trump and top officials at the Republican National Committee -- via the New York Times: (GRAPHIC-AT-LINK) It's almost as if surrounding yourself with unsuccessful people actually isn't a wise way to run a presidential campaign, a realization that may belatedly be dawning on Trump. Turning to a new Politico report, is the Republican frontrunner aware of these realities? The math is difficult as it is -- particularly if he loses Wisconsin and especially if his South Carolina delegate haul is actually in some danger. And as we've discussed previously, Team Trump...

Obama's ten day India Trip, to the sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas:" On the first day of vacation my taxpayers sent to me:the coconuts removed from the treesOn the second day of vacation my taxpayers sent to me:forty big jets and the coconuts removed from the trees On the third day of vacation my taxpayers sent to me:6 armoured cars34 warships and the coconuts removed from the trees On the fourth day of vacation my taxpayers sent to me:1 aircraft carrier500 agentspersonal chefs and the coconuts removed from the trees On the fifth day of...

Worth reading. Looks like we stand a fighting chance in the money department.

22 days to get to $200 million, should make $300 million before it closes out in late March/early April. If you haven't seen it go watch it and my 4 1/2 year old watched it with her mom today and had no problems, she loved it.