And in breaking news ...

New Zealand authorities have deployed Barry Manilow against protesters at its parliament, playing his greatest hits at hundreds camped out over coronavirus restrictions."

The parliament speaker, Trevor Mallard, on Saturday said he had authorised the use of a sound system to blast out vaccine messages, decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s earworm hit Macarena on a repeat loop.

Protesters responded by playing their own tunes, including Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It.

There are unconfirmed reports of the NZ government being taken to the UN over human rights abuses, quoting the forced listening to of Mr Manilow constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

[quote]The U.S. military invaded Panama in hot pursuit of the country's dictator, Manuel Noriega, in December 1989. As he rapidly ran out of options, Noriega took refuge at the Vatican Embassy in Panama City.

In deference to diplomatic protocol, U.S. forces did not enter the embassy. But they did concoct a plan to smoke out Noriega, who died . . . at the age of 83. The plan involved music, mostly heavy metal and rock, with a few ballads thrown in. It was blasted on loud speakers, at deafening volumes, around the clock.[/quote]

As I recall, one of the songs they played was [i]I Fought The Law, And The Law Won[/i]. The great irony, of course, was that Noriega was wanted for operating a drug cartel. But his partner had been the CIA as part of the Iran/Contra effort to illegally finance the contras in their battle against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.