"No" is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor from her second major-label studio album Thank You (2016). Ricky Reed (pictured) produced the song and wrote it with Trainor and Jacob Kasher Hindlin; Epic Records released it as the album's lead single on March 4, 2016. A dance-pop song inspired by 1990s music and R&B;, "No" has lyrics about sexual consent and women's empowerment which encourage them to reject unwanted advances from men. Critics praised "No" as a showcase of her confident and mature side, and an improvement from the lyrics on her earlier songs. Charting in the top 10 in various countries, including at number 3 in the U.S., it earned multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, and Poland. Critics compared its music video, which features Trainor dancing in a warehouse, to those of 1990s female artists and praised her evolution. She performed "No" on her 2016 concert tour and television shows such as the iHeartRadio Music Awards and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1927:
Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Rhodes
1942:
The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treblinka_extermination_camp
1982:
A helicopter crashed during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, killing three people and leading to new safety standards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident
1995:
Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
last chance saloon: 1. (chiefly Western US, historical) A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town. 2. (chiefly Britain, figuratively) A place that one is said to inhabit when facing an imminent disaster with diminishing or limited remaining opportunities to avoid it; a last chance to take action. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/last_chance_saloon
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Donald Trump wasn’t looking for the right answer legally or the right answer factually. He was looking for a way to remain in office. … In our hearing tonight, you saw an American president faced with a stark, unmistakable choice between right and wrong. There was no ambiguity, no nuance. Donald Trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our Constitutional order. There is no way to excuse that behavior. It was indefensible. And every American must consider this: Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of January 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? --Liz Cheney https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney
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