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kurowvie · 3 years ago

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notes:

⋆ the angst part is like... real angsty (esp number 52, it got my eye twitching)

⋆ the angst part has some sensitive topics like being blamed for someone's death and mental illnesses

⋆ it was really hard for me to think of fluff prompts so i got almost all prompts after number 15 from here.

⋆ I don't write smuts (U), yandere(U), mafia(C), agere(C) or poly(C)

U = uncomfortable writing

C = i just can't write these, the final product is usually shit HELP

A N G S T

001. ❝Stay away from me.❞

002. ❝I can't believe you've done this!❞

003. ❝Can I ask you one thing? Could you... Could you please leave me alone right now?❞

004. ❝You're a psycho!❞

005. ❝Revenge is not the answer to everything!❞

006. ❝Do you like hurting people?❞

007. ❝Why are you acting like this?❞

008. ❝Maybe if you weren't being a b*tch.❞

009. ❝You're so annoying.❞

010. ❝F*ck off!❞

011. ❝How can you be so happy?❞

012. ❝You should be sad.❞

013. ❝You broke me first.❞

014. ❝Why are you always so negative?❞

015. ❝I can't handle your *mental illness* anymore. Forgive me.❞

016. ❝You're sick!❞

017. ❝You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me.❞

018. ❝I saved you!❞

019. ❝I was eighteen! I was jobless, I had no family, I couldn't get into a good university! Then came your stupid little heart break, I had to leave everything and come to your house in the middle of the night! I missed my admission test because you wanted me to be there for you! That night I went home and had nothing to eat! Not even a single slice of bread while you had the latest phone, the most comfortable bed, all the food you ever wanted, rich parents who got you into your favourite university but when you cried I came! Why? Because I was your best friend. ❞

020. ❝When your b*tchy girlfriend said shit about me, I said nothing because i knew you would believe her, like you always did. Like you are doing right now. And... God must hate me because I have no single proof that she did that.❞

021. ❝Tsk tsk tsk.❞

022. ❝This is why no one loves you.❞

023. ❝This is why your parents are dead.❞

024. ❝You killed your parents.❞

025. ❝If I had a child like you, I would k/ll myself too.❞

026. ❝You deserve nothing.❞

027. ❝You belong to the streets.❞

028. ❝You could never fit in.❞

029. ❝You're so embarrassing.❞

030. ❝I'm ashamed to be seen in public with you.❞

031. ❝You dress like trash.❞

032. ❝You can never get things done.❞

033. ❝I don't know why I told you to do that when I knew you would mess it up, like you always do.❞

034. ❝Stop thinking about yourself for a moment.❞

035. ❝You're so selfish.❞

036. ❝No this isn't self-love. You're so obsessed with yourself, gosh.❞

037. ❝Do you realize that other people also have feelings.❞

038. ❝Don't you think I loved you too much to be used and discarded?❞

039. ❝Why don't you believe me?❞

040. ❝You out of everyone!?❞

041. ❝I regret loving you.❞

042. ❝All I ever wanted was to be enough for you!❞

043. ❝I was insecure!❞

044. ❝Maybe in another life.❞

045. ❝I can't stay here anymore.❞

046. ❝Gosh, I hate you so much.❞

047. ❝You left me there crying!❞

048. ❝I was just trying to get close to you-❞ ❝You were embarrassing me!❞

049. ❝I... I don't know what to do now.❞

050. ❝Please love me back.❞

051. ❝F*CK THE PATRIARCHY!❞

052. ❝Aw, did i hurt your wittle feelings?❞

F L U F F

001. ❝Let me get that for you.❞

002. ❝Here, hold my hands.❞

003. ❝Would a kiss make you feel better?❞

004. ❝Your hands are so small.❞

005. ❝We fit into each other's arms perfectly! We're meant to be!❞

006. ❝If I could do anything to ease your pain, I would.❞

007. ❝You're so strong and I am so proud of you.❞

008. ❝I told you that you could do it!❞

009. ❝I will be here beside you.❞

010. ❝You are the best thing that happened to me.❞

011. ❝You're the most beautiful person i've ever seen.❞

012. ❝You look cute but you'd look cuter in my clothes.❞

013. ❝Your smile is so pretty.❞

014. ❝You're so good at what you do.❞

015. ❝I wish I could be as talented as you!❞

016. ❝Come cuddle.❞

017. ❝Damn, you look so good.❞

018. ❝You're so good at this!❞

019. ❝And I thought I was the best at this.❞

020. ❝I like the way your hand fits in mine.❞

021. ❝You can't leave without letting me hug you first.❞

022. ❝Your lips are really warm.❞

023. ❝You look so comfy, and cuddle-able.❞

024. ❝Why are you staring at me like that!❞ ❝Oh, don’t mind me. Just enjoying the view.❞

025. ❝Would you mind if I kissed you?❞

026. ❝I remember when you first held my hand. I was blushing for days!❞

027. ❝God, you’re perfect.❞

028. ❝You’re hair is really soft after you wash it.❞

028. ❝I don't mean this in a creepy way but you're so cute when you're half asleep.❞

029. ❝You are my new pillow.❞

030. ❝I think I love you.❞

031. ❝Don’t be silly. You didn't upset me.❞

032. ❝Your bed head is really cute.❞

033. ❝I love your hugs.❞

034. ❝Shush and go back to bed.❞

035. ❝But I want to hear you sing.❞

036. ❝I like it when you pat my head.❞

037. ❝Let me do it for you.❞

038. ❝I think that's enough for today. Go sleep.❞

039. ❝I feel this urge to protect you whenever I'm around you and I know you're tough and badass but... still. So, please let me be there for you and protect you.❞

040. ❝Here, I saved some for you. Try it?❞

041. ❝You. Me. Movie marathon. Get all the snacks you can carry.❞

042. ❝This would look so cute on you!❞

043. ❝Fight me. Pillow fight. And by fight I mean cuddle.❞

044. ❝C'mon, with anyone else this would be too weird.❞

045. ❝That sounds like a bad idea. I’m in.❞

046. ❝I want to kiss you and hold your hand any time I want.❞

047. ❝I am who I am because of you.❞

048. ❝Your eyes are amazing… do you know that?❞

049. ❝Wow - you look… amazing.❞

050. ❝We just met, this is crazy, I’m referencing a song… but call me maybe?❞

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alexandrematiasreal · 5 years ago

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The Filmography 2019 - List Trailers Edition

The Filmography 2019

001- GRETA 002- Framing John Delorean 003- Ford v Ferrari 004- Finding Steve McQueen 005- Men in Black International 006- Murder Mystery 007- Jumanji - The Next Level 008- Jexi 009- Sextuplets 010- GRETA 011- Knives Out 012- CATS 013- Blinded By the Light (Spider-Man - Far From Home audio) 014- Spider-Man - Far From Home 015- Playmobil - The Movie 016- LUCE (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood audio) 017- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 018- John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum 019- Men in Black International 020- Knives Out 021- The Art of Self Defense 022- The Kid Who Would Be King (Spider-Man - Far From Home audio) 023- Dead Trigger 024- Spider-Man - Far From Home 025- Hellboy 026- Ford v Ferrari 027- Alita Battle Angel 028- Tyler Perry´s A Madea Family Funeral 029- Angel Has Hallen 030- Hellboy 031- The Kid 032- The King 033- Avengement 034- Dragged Across Concrete 035- Bottom Of The 9th 036- Family 037- Farming 038- Hellboy 039- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 040- FREAKS 041- Good Boys 042- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 043- The Kitchen 044- John Wick Chpater 3 - Parabellum 045- Good Boys 046- Wonder Park 047- Ophelia (Wonder Park audio) 048- Outlawed (Wonder Park audio) 049- ABOMINABLE 050- UglyDolls 051- Charlie´s Angels 052- Aladdin 053- John Wick Chpater 3 - Parabellum 054- Playmobil - The Movi 055- Slaughterhouse Rulez 056- Being Frank 057- A Shaun The Sheep The Movie 058- Tyler Perry´s A Madea Faily Funeral 059- Missing Link 060- The Angry Birds Movie 2 061- The Secret Life Of Pets 2 062- Avengers - Endgame 063- The Hustle 064- The Farewell 065- The Hummingbird Project 066- Aother Shot 067- The Secret Life Of Pets 2 068- Tolkien 069- Triple Threat 070- This is Not Berlin 071- Shadow 072- Tolkien 073- 6 Underground 074- Charlie´s Angels 075- Triple Threat 076- 1917 077- Togo 078- Toy Story 4 079- What Men Want 080- Shazam! 081- Alita Battle Angel 082- Booksmart 083- Captain Marvel 084- Dumbo 085- Frozen 2 086- Gemini Man 087- Frozen 2 088- Aladdin 089- Midway 090- Lucy in the Sky 091- JOKER 092- Fast & Furius Presents Hobs & Shaw 093- Midway 094- Turma da Mônica - Laços 095- Dora and the Lost City of Gold 096- Avengers - Endgame 097- Men in Black International 098- Hellboy 099- Dora ad the Lost City of Gold 100- Wonder Park 101- Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker 102- Noelle 103- Ode to Joy 104- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 105- Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker 106- Men in Black International 107- The Kid Who Be king 108- Avengers - Endgame 109- X-Men - Dark Phoenix 110- Captain Marvel 111- X-Men - Dark Phoenix 112- Daniel Isn´t Real 113- Bacurau (Avengers - Endgame audio) 114- Shazam!(Avengers - Endgame audio) 115- Avengers - Endgame 116- Godzilla - King of Monsters 117- How to Train Your Dragon - The Hidden World 118- The Divine Fury 119- Escape Plan The Extractors 120- X-Men - Dark Phoenix 121- How to Train Your Dragon - The Hidden World 122- The Lion King 123- Godzilla - King of Monsters 124- Fast & Furius Presents Hobs & Shaw 125- Jojo Rabbit 126- Long Shot 127- Miss Bala 128- Maleficent Mistress of Evil 129- Jumanji - The Next Level 130- White Snake 131- Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker 132- Maleficent Mistress of Evil 133- SHAFT 134- Rocketman 135- Spies in Disguise 136- Maleficent Mistress of Evil 137- Playing With Fire 138-Sword of Trust 139- T-34 140- Terminator - Dark Fate 141- Rambo Last Blood 142- Replicas 143- Spider-Man - Far From Home 144- Terminator - Dark Fate 145- Spider-Man - Far From Home 146- Fast & Furius Presents Hobs & Shaw 147- POKEMON - Detective Pikachu 148- Spies in Disguise 149- Stuber 150- Fast & Furius Presents Hobs & Shaw 151- Shazam! 152- IDFA 153- Fronteras 154- The Informer 155- Ip Man 4 156- John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum 157- The Liong King 158- Master Z 159- The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part (Avengers - Endgame audio) 160- The Monkey Prince (Avengers - Endgame audio) 191- Avengers - Endgame 192- SERENITY 193- The Dead Don´t Die 194- Zombieland - Double Tap (TRolls World Tour audio) 195- The Dead Don´t Die 196- Relaxer 197- Late Night 198- The Hustle 199- The Public 200- Red Joan (The Public audio) 201- JOKER (The Public audio) 202- Wild Rose (The Public audio) 203- Divide And Conuer - The Story of roger Ailes 204- Nada a Perder 2 205- Ad Astra 206- Parasite 207- Uncut Gems 208- El Camino A Breaking Bad Movie 209- Lords of Chaos 210- Ladyworld (JOKER audio) 211- A Vigilante (JOKER audio) 212- SKIN (JOKER audio) 213- Dumbo (JOKER audio) 214- JOKER 215- Us 216- Midsommar (Us audio) 217- Never Grow Old 218- The Death of Dick Long 219- The Gangster, the Cop, The Devil (The Art Self Defense audio) 220- Cold Pursuit 221- Gemini Man 222- Glass 223- Captain Marvel 224- SAVAGE 225- Trolls World Tour 226- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Doctor Sleep audio) 227- The Isle (Doctor Sleep audio) 228- The Intruder (Doctor Sleep audio) 229- The Lodge (Doctor Sleep audio) 230- Under the Silver Lake 231- Alita Battle Angel 232- The Strangers - Prey at Night 233- 83rd Street 234- We Have Always Lived in the Castle 235- X-Men - Dark Phoenix 236- Monos 237- Glass 238- SERENITY 239- The Unicorn 240- My Evil Stepdad 241- Saint Maud 242- SERENITY 243- Saint Maud 244- The Mountain 245- The Guilty 246- The Hummingbird Project 247- BOZE CIALO 248- Marighella (Her Smell audio) 249- Her Smell 250- In Fabric 251- King of Thieves 252- Trading Pait 253- Dark Waters (Harriet audio) 254- The Professor and the Madman (Harriet audio) 255- After 256- American Woman 257- Angel Has Fallen 258- Tone-Deaf 259- Toy Story 4 260- The Vanishig 261- Tresspassers 262- The Souvenir 263- The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 264- Into The Ashes 265- BIG SHARK 266- Child´s Play 267- Better Days 268- Accident 269- Child´s Play 270- Dead Water 271- JUDY 272- Don´t Let Go 273- Fighting With My Family 274- Eli 275- Scary Story to Tell in the Dark 276- Knives out 277- JOKER 278- Pet Sematary 279- Look Away 280- The Final Wish (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly vil and Vile audio) 281- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly vil and Vile 282- Queen & Slim 283- Play or Die 284- Polaroid 285- Project Ithaca 286- Replicas 287- the Nightingale (The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part audio) 288- Songbird (The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part audio) 289- The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part 290- Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker 291- Missing Link 292- Shazam! 293- Trolls World Tour 294- The Lighhouse 295- Angel of Mine 296- It Chapter Two 297- Crawl 298- Motherless Brooklyn 299- Godzilla - King of Monsters 300- Happy Death Day 2U 301- It Chapter Two 302- Hotel Mumbai 303- Annabelle Comes Home 304- 3 From Hell (Motherless Brooklyn audio) 305- Black and Blue (Motherless Brooklyn audio) 306- Motherless Brooklyn 307- The Kitche 308- It Chapter Two 309- Doctor Sleep (Jacob´s Ladder audio) 310- Jacob´s Ladder 311- Ready or Not 312- Richard Jewell 313- The Beach Bum 314- The Command 315- Brightburn 316- The Curse of La Llorona 317- Night Hunter 318- Escape Room (Night Hunter audio) 319- Teacher 320- Hagazussa 321- The Haunting of Sharon Tate 322- The Edge of Democracy 323- A Odisseia dos Tontos 324- A Scoreo Settle 325- 21 Bridges 326- Bombshell 327- The Irishman 328- Secrets 329- Out of Blue 330- Rambo Last Blood 331- The Mustang 332- Pain and Glory 333- Light of My Life 334- Avengers - Endgame 335- Yesterday 336- The Death of John F. Donovan 337- Breakthrough (Motherless Brooklyn audio) 338- Lady and the Tramp (Motherless Brooklyn audio) 339- Extremely Wicked,, Shockingly Evil and Vile 340- Ladies in Black 341- Five Feet Apart 342- CATS 343- Astronaut 344- Baristas 345- Head Count 346- Frozen 2 347- POKEMON - Detective Pikachu 348- the Last Tree 349- The sun is Also a Star 350- The Aftermath 351- POKEMON - Detective Pikachu 352- APOLLO 11 353- Ad Astra (The Lion King audio) 354- Lucy in the Sky (The Lion King audio) 355- Harriet (The Lion King audio) 356- Don´t Come Back From The Moon) 357- Penguins 358- The Goldfinch 359- Nada a Perder 2 360- Downton Abbey 361- Ice on Fire 362- The Biggest Little Farm 363- ICEMAN 364- Honeyland (The Peanut Butter Falcon audio) 365- Where´d You Go Bernadette (The Peanut Butter Falcon audio) 367- Midsommar (The Peanut Butter Falcon audio) 368- The Peanut Butter Falcon 369- Marriage Story 370- The Peanut Butter Falcon 371- Father The Flame 372- Toni Morrison the Pieces I Am 373- Spider-Man - Far From Home 374- Fighting With My Family 375- Little Women 376- The Aeronauts 377- Loro 378- Low Tide 379- Nancy Drew and the Hidden 380- Hardball The Girls of Summer 381- Katie Says Goodbye 382- Overcome 383- Paradise Hills 384- The Lion King 385- Minha Mãe é Uma Peça 3 - O Filme 386- The Last Black Man in San Francisco 387- Spider in the Web 388- The Art of Racing in the Rain 389- Drunk Parents 390- Superpower Dogs 391- The Angry Birds Movie 2 392- The Beach Bum 393- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 394- Good Boys 395- Tyrel 396- UglyDolls 397- Under The Eiffel Tower 398- Summer Night 399- JUDY 400- Wine Calling 401- Zombieland - Double Tap 402- A Vida Invisível 403- The Good Liar 404- Dumbo 405- Blinded By the Light 406- Papi Chulo 407- Peel 408- Burn Your Maps 409- Malificent Mistress of Evil 410- Super Size Me 2 411- Catching Faith 2 The Homecoming 412- Chasing The Dragon 2 413- Divaldo - O Mensageiro da Paz 414- Dolemite Is My Name 415- Ms. Purple 416- Ophelia 417- Run the Race 418- Last Christmas 419- BEL-AIR 420- Berlin, I Love You 421- Booksmart 422- A Hidden Life 423- A Beatiful Day In The Neighborhood 424- Antiquities 425- Little 426- Giant Little Ones 427- Gloria Bell 428- Semper Fi 429- The Black Godfather 430- The Bronx, USA 431- The Parting Glass 432- The Pass 433- The Professor 434- The Quiet One 435- Tolkien 436- The Upside 437- Us 438- Waves 439- Queen & Slim 440- The Two Popes 441- Yesterday 442- Vita and Virginia 443- A Dog´s Journey 444- A Dog´s Way Home 445- The Mustang 446- On Becoming a God in Central Florida 447- The Mountain 448- All is True 449- Amazing Grace 450- Con permisito dijo Monchito 451- Charlie´s Angels 452- ABOMINABLE 453- Toy Story 4 454- Aladdin 455- Rocketman 456- Western Stars 457- How To Train Your Dragon Hidden World 458- Shazam!

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beliefbled-a-blog · 7 years ago

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Funny Stuff said on a Discord chat the Sentence Meme.

taken from a discord chat that my friends and I are in together and say a lot of weird shit in .

001. no fucc no succ no luck. 002. i hope i die. 003. i’m gay. 004. ahoy bitch 005. larry the cutecumber wink 006. God is Bigger than The Boogie Man 007. eat my sparkly family friendly dick you cockdouche mothershitter 008. what the fuck did I just type 009. stab me mom 010. why are you knifing me mom 011. death awaits me at the gates of hell (jumping onto my pony) Later nyall 012. i'm scared of talking food 013. fam if u wanna be included in the weeding dong pull this shit 014. let weeding dong die 015. nintendo can suck my donkey kongs 016. hey let's read veggietales porn 017. i lay awake at night thinking about hajime 018. i was threatened? 019. I want to die 020. guess i'm a real dick sucker now 021. i’m doing god's work 022. god is so toxic 023. choke on a walnut 024. CHOKE ON A NUT 025. gimm like `0 moints to make coffee 026. i thought discord borked 027. GOD LEFT ME UNFINISHED 028. THE BEE MOVIE IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE 029. im dlirting. disgusted flirtying 030. do you have time to talk about our lord and savior ____ 031. i'm literally disowning all of you 032. buzz buzz 033. i want death 034. hajime is G A Y ; you can quote me on that 035. (with love) Die 036. bork bork 037. they should spend a night in the wendigo cave 038. good christian boy 039. i will personally dropkick you into a pond of geese 040. I AM THE EGG MAN HEAR ME CRACK 041. (stabs self, yolk goes spilling everywhere) oh no! my yolk! 042. AH NO !!! WATERSPORTS 043. SHIT FUCKING GODDAMN asshole 044. i hope u fuc king fuck urself u motherfucker cocktwat aSS FU CKER SHIT SICLE TWAT BAG 045. the fuck the fucking FUCK 046. i should've shoved spongebob up his ass 047. I'M GONNA MCFREAKIN(TM) SHOVE A COCKSICLE IN THE CANNON BALL GERONIMO BEARFUCKER SCHMUCKS!!!!!!! 048. GOD IS DEAD 049. when life gives you lemons take those lemons and shove them so far up the earth's ass everything fucking explodes and we all die so we're finally released frOM OUR MEANINGLESS FUCKING EXISTENCE LMAO LIFE CAN KISS MY ASS I NEVER WANTED THESE LEMONS HONESTLY JUST FUCKING S U C K I T 050. I JSS UT C HCOKED ON A AUFCKCIGN ME ABT BALL VOER THESE 051. everypony run 052. FUCK YOU ME QUOTE 053. wanna meet up in some catacombs? it’ll be sexy i promise 054. every time i breathe i get receiptsd 055. his ahoge is a shooty 056. hajime. cant. shooty. his. gay. 057. ko will take hajimes ahoge and shoot himself 058. im washing my eyes with acid as i type 059. ____ I'M GONNA BORK YOU NOW 060. fUCK OFF YOU EDGY PRICK I WAS JOKIGN 061. um, i have a winter feel, check your seasons. 062. i will murder all of you 063. it's a fuckin fanfiction 064. gay voice: i'm in 065. physically my body is here but mentally I’m in the astral plane beating myself up in the target parking lot 066. jesus don't you know your fucking veggietales lore

#rp meme #rp sentence meme #* .° ✦` ⁞ INBOX ◞ : ` display for me your shining hope.

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pjstafford · 7 years ago

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Last Saturday night I was at a David Duchovny concert in Vancouver. The concert venue was at the Imperial - a great venue- but in a neighborhood that the Urban Dictionary says is the worst neighborhood in all of Canada and some homeless advocacy groups argue is the poorest neighborhood in all of North America. Many of us at the concert had traveled to Vancouver from across the globe and there was some fear and trepidation which I over heard from other concert goers about this neighborhood. I had worked as a homeless advocate and have been on the board of a homeless shelter in the 90′s in Albuquerque. I want to share my viewpoints of my experience in the worst neighborhood in Canada from an X-File frame of view because what brought me to Vancouver on October 14 was, of course, to see David Duchovny in Vancouver where the X-files was and is being filmed during a week-end which included 1013 Friday. How does homelessness and the X-file find a theme together? That is outlined in the link to the video above.

I guess one way to set the mood is to say that my friend and I were only spending a week-end in Vancouver, but many other David Duchovny fans had been in Vancouver a week and had been to many famous filming sites. My friend and I were staying at a Ramada fairly near the venue. We drove through the area at first looking for parking before deciding that the valet parking at the Ramada was the best choice. As we drove by I said- looking at the homeless and the city streets and remembering the video above- “oh, my God, this is the neighborhood they shot “Home Again” in.” I realize, of course, the complete insensitivity to the plight of homelessness to see it in such focused X-file terms, but it was my frame of mind at the time. My friend and I did in fact look for the filming sites of “Home Again” as we walked around the neighborhood, but because it is from the last season which we have not yet seen hundreds of times (only dozens) we were unable to locate exact locations. We did watch the episode again back in Seattle the night before I flew home.

On Saturday morning we decided to walk to the Ovaltine Restaurant (the filming location of a scene in Jose Chung) and to go by the venue. We found ourselves walking down what I now realize is the area considered the worst two blocks in at least Canada and possibly North America. The poverty was clear- people living in tents on the street a few blocks away from some fine, upscale and beautiful neighborhoods. We then went to the Ovaltine Restaurant, the venue, back to the hotel for an hour of two, back to the venue to stand in line (starting at noon), walked back through the neighborhood to gastown for a bite to eat and back to the venue to stand in line again, before taking a cab back to the hotel after the concert.

I want to state fairly clearly that there was not one time I felt scared or fearful (although I would not walk back to the hotel in the evening because I am not foolish) and the only time I was asked for money was after leaving the venue after the concert. As we walked down the blocks at 9 a.m on a Saturday morning, we were greeted with “Good morning Ladies” and comments that our coffee cups were pink. When our way was blocked and I said “excuse me” people moved out of the way politely. There was nothing unpleasant about that walk except for being confronted with the fact that poverty exists and people (human beings) live in horrific conditions day in and day out.

As we stood in line for 6 hours to see a concert, there was an need on an occasion to use a restroom. The coffee shop sometimes let you and sometimes said that it was just for customers so my friend and I started using the community center on the corner which was truly more of a homeless center. Again, I was greeted, offered water and shown the restroom. My friend found blood in one of the restrooms so we climbed the stairs to use one on the other floor. There were food being served, there were disposable containers for needles, there were signs telling people where to go if they were overdosing. People were being afforded respect and dignity. I was impressed.

Here are some statistics from “Addressing Homelessness in Metro Vancouver” a white paper published in February 2017.

An estimated 80% of homeless people suffer a chronic health issue (45% suffer two or more health conditions concurrently)15 b. 44% of sheltered and 55% of unsheltered homeless have an addiction (2014)16 c. 33% of sheltered and 36% of unsheltered homeless suffer mental illness (2014)10 d. 30% of sheltered and 27% of unsheltered homeless have a physical disability (2014)1

As we stood in line several neighborhood people talked to us. We actually had sandwiches we did not want to eat, but couldn’t find any person that wanted the sandwiches. Again most neighborhood people were polite, courteous and curious about why so many of us were waiting in line in front of a concert venue 6 hours before the doors opened. I laughed on and off for hours at a woman who said “what are you protesting?” I told my friend that we were the laziest protesters ever - no signs, no marching, no chanting- worst protest ever. At one point a women who appeared to be suffering from withdrawal of some time fell. Other people in line offered her assistance but she could not focus on them enough to accept their help. She was in her own world. After a few minutes when I witnessed her getting her shaking under control and her checking her legs to see if she was hurt, i went up to her. From her perspective I was a big brown blob walking up to her and I startled her. I told her that when she was ready I was willing to help and she desperately reached for my hands. I helped her up and she grasped a tree until she was ready to stand and walk on her own. I offered her food. She did not want it. She never asked for money. Never threatened me.

The next morning I woke up thinking of that episode “Home again” and the point of the episode. I wondered how many of us X-Files fans might have thought back to that episode that night having experienced these and other moments. The point - people are not trash. They are not disposable. They are not to be discarded. I can walk away from that neighborhood and I can avoid the similar downtown areas in Albuquerque, but the people and the problem still exist. From my experience in Albuquerque I know the underlying issues of homelessness - mental health issues, substance abuse, traumatic brain injuries, lack of literacy, lack of job skills, disenfranchisement from society, family and friends having giving up on them. I know that veterans make up a large percentage of our homeless population in America, I know that senior citizen homeless numbers rose drastically in 2008 and subsequent years when retirement savings were loss and, like Vancouver, native people are a higher percentage in the homeless population than in the general population. We can look to our educational systems, our prisons systems, our health care services (especially for the mentally ill), our foster care systems and juvenile care systems and to our economy. The reality is a whole lot of us who go through our lives as hard working, normal citizens are closer to homelessness than we would like to admit. In the past year I had to borrow money from friends and move into a friends home because of unemployment and I actually consider myself a fairly successful human. We are all just humans doing the best we can in our life with what we have. Nothing could remind us more of that than having spent so much time in that area around people who despite their issues were polite and courteous to us.

I know our fan groups are a socially conscious and caring group of people who donate to all kinds of causes - let David Duchovny issue a post asking people to donate to charities on his birthday and beautiful things happen. The proceeds from this concert went to hurricane victim. This is a fan group which organizes volunteer and donation events for charities in honor of Gillian Anderson’s and Scully’s birthday. The holiday season is ahead of us . I am especially asking something of every one who attended that concert and interacted that night with a person who lives on the street in the worst neighborhood of North America. If you fall into this category, than this holiday season in honor of “Home Again” and the X-files they do something in your communities to alleviate the effects of homelessness, reduce the possibility of someone becoming homeless or end some of the underlying causes of homelessness - take blankets or socks to a shelter, donate to a literacy program, call your legislators and demand better services for addiction treatment. Buy subways cards and pass them out whenever you see someone with a sign saying hungry.

At the very least, the next time you are in a situation where you are going to interact with homeless individuals (perhaps because of a David Duchovny concert), please treat people with respect and kindness. People are not trash. They are not disposable. I was reminded of this last Saturday.

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ulezak · 7 years ago

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Putiferio (poltergeist serenade) - chapter 1 (don’t feed the animals)

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a satanic (aural) comedy courageously mixed/blended & recorded live by maux (aka mauxuam) during the 20/21/22/23 august 2017 at the Ormus Lounge in Frank Zappa Stra��e, Marzahn.DDR/Berlin.EU. calling the ghosts: Daevid Allen / Negativeland / Alan Vega / Leonard Cohen / Prince / Lucio Battisti / Fabrizio De Andrè / Frank Zappa / Kim Fowley / Snakefinger / Muslimgauze juiced, cut & baked with trust at Sandokan Bay studio incidentally dislocated in Frank Zappa Straße Marzahn.DDR on the early days of september 2017 during the full moon phase .. while desperatly skint sinking too close to the bone .. dedicated to my ghost … forever longing for the Pearl of Labuan.

total play time: 6 hours 13 minutes 34 seconds

TRACKsLISTing: 001 - Johanna M. Beyer : Music Of The Spheres [An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music vol.2 - 1938] 002 - Vincente Price : How To See Ghosts or Surely Bring Them To You [A Hornbook For Witches, Stories and Poems For Halloween - Caedmon Rec. 1976 - LA]003 - Sun Ra : There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You of) [Lanquidity - 1978]004 - Franco Battiato : Il Silenzio del Rumore [Pollution - 1972 - Sicilia]005 - Lucio Battisti : La Collina dei Ciliegi [Il Nostro Caro Angelo - 1973 - Roma]006 - Mono Pause : Come Into The Future [America The Beautiful - Reccomended Rec 1994]007 - Throbbing Gristle : Convincing People [20 Jazz Funk Greats - Industrial Rec. 1979 - London]008 - The Residents : We Are An Happy Family [Commercial Album - Ralph Rec. 1980 - SF]008 - Vampire Rodents : Bosch Erotique [America The Beautiful - Reccomended Rec 1994]010 - Kim Fowley : 1983 - Don't Feed The Animals [Snake Document Masquerade - Island Rec. 1979]011 - Kevin Ayers : Song From The Bottom Of A Well [Whatevershebringswesing - 1974 - UK]012 - Van Der Graaf Generator : Necromancer [The Aerosol Grey Machine - 1969 - London]013 - W. Biggers : Underdog [Television's Greatest Hits vol.2: More From The 50’s & 60'Ss - ? - Hollywood]014 - Wiseblood : Grease Nipples [PTTM - 1991 - NY]015 - The Swingle Singers : Country Dances [The Swingle Singers - Stax Rec. 1973 - Chicago]016 - The Flying Lizards : Mandelay Song [The Flying Lizards - Virgin Rec. 1979 - London]017 - Tuxedomoon : Ninotchka [Divine - Crammed Rec 1982 - SF/Bruxelles]018 - Tomita : Golliwog's Cakewalk [The Newest Sound of Debussy: Snowflakes Are Dancing - 1974 - Japan]019 - Gershon Kingsley & Leonid Hambro : Summertime [Switched-On Gershwin - 1970 - France]020 - The Pointer Sisters : That's How I Feel [The Pointer Sisters - 1973 - ]021 - Frank Zappa : Let Me Take You To The Beach [Studio Tan - 1978]022 - Laibach : Take Me To Heaven [We Come In Peace - Mute Rec 2012 - Lubjana]023 - Bud Tutmarc : My Beautiful King of Kings [Sacred Hawaiian Melodies - ? - Hawaii]024 - Kostas Bezos Hawaiian Orchestra : Ta Aspra Sta Vouna / The White Bird In The Mountains [1930 - Rembetika - Greece/Hawaii]025 - Wilmoth Houdini : Blow Wind Blow [I Dont Feel At Home In This World Anymore 1927—1948 - ?]026 - Leader Cleveland : Babylon Is Falling Down [God Give Me Light 1927-1931 - Missisipi]027 - John Lurie & Tom Waits : World of Adventure [Fishing With John - 1998]028 - Max Steiner : King Kong March [King Kong OST - 1933 - Hollywood]029 - Material feat. Killah Priest : Temple of The Mental [Intonarumori - Axiom 1999 - NY]030 - Lesego Rampolokeng & The Kalahari Surfers : End Beginnings [End Beginnnings - Reccomended Rec 1993 - Soweto]031 - Allen Ginsberg & Hal Wilner : Ode To Failure [The Lion For Real - ? ]032 - Bee Gees : Lay It On Me [Mythology - ? ]033 - Iceberg Slim : Broadway Sam [Reflections - 1994]034 - Douglas Adams : Life Is Terribly Unfair [The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - BBC ? - London]035 - Snakefinger : There Is No Justice In Life [Night of Desirable Objects - Ralph Rec. 1992 - SF]036 - VVV (aka Alan Vega) : Resurrection River [Resurrection River - ? - NY]037 - Tino Contreras : Santo [Astonishing Stuff! - 1966]038 - Zelwer : Evviva l'amore [The Gods Are Angry / Made to Measure vol.36 - Crammed Discs ? - Bruxelles]039 - Tin Hat Trio : Width of The World [Helium - 2000]040 - Lindsay Cooper : Stitch Goes The Needle [Rags - 1980]041 - Exuma : Seance In The Sixth Fret [Exuma - 1970 - Bahamas/NY]042 - Nurse With Wound : Black Teeth [Huffin' Rag Blues - 2008]043 - Wiseblood : Hey Bop A Ree Bop [PTTM - 1991 - NY]044 - The Church Universal and Triumphant : Invocation for judgement against and destruction of rock music [The Sounds of American Doomsday Cults - 1984 - US]045 - Snog : The New Cocksucker Blues [Babes In Consumerland - 2013 - Australia]046 - Black Flag : Family Man [Family Man - 1984 - US]047 - Banta : Banta Trance Speech 1948 [Okkulte Stimmen - Mediale Musik: Recordings Of Unseen Intelligences 1905-2007 - Ubuweb 2016 - Germany]048 - Amanda Lear : It's a Better Life [Diamonds For Breakfast - 1980 - Italia]049 - Diana Ross : No One Gets The Prize [The Boss - 1979 - US]050 - Adriano Celentano : Happy To Be Dancing With You [Geppo Il Folle - 1978 - Italia/Milano]051 - Defunkt : We All Dance Togheter [Defunkt - 1980 - NY]052 - Earth, Wind and Fire : Moment Of Truth [Earth, Wind and Fire - 1971]053 - Prince : Family Name [The Rainbow Children - Parsley Park 2001 - US]054 - James Chance & The Contortions : Dish It Out [No New York - 1978 - NY]055 - The Pop Group : We Are All Prostitutes [We Are All Prostitutes - Rough Trade 1979 - London]056 - Rip Rig & Panic : It's Always Tit For Tac You Foolish Brats [Storm The Reality Asylum - Virgin 1982 - London]057 - Kim Fowley Jr. : Fred Loves Betty [Son of Frankenstein - ]058 - Geza X and The Mommymen : We Need More Power [You Goddam Kids! - 2002 - LA]059 - Germs : What We Do Is Secret [G - 1980 - LA]060 - Bad Brains : Pay To Cum [Bad Brains - 1982 - NY]061 - King Krimson : Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With [The Power To Believe - 2003 - London]062 - Butthole Surfers : The Lord Is A Monkey [Electriclarryland - 1996 - Seattle]063 - Frank Zappa : I'm So Cute [Sheik Yerbouti - 1979 - US]064 - Captain Beefheart : Floppy Boot Stomp [Bat Chain Puller - 1976 - US]065 - Pere Ubu : Rhapsody in Pink [The Art of Walking - 1980 - NY]066 - Snakefinger : The Picture Makers vs. Children Of The Sea [Greener Postures - Ralph Rec. 1980 - SF]067 - Superspirit : We Belong To The Cosmos [Permission To Come Aboard - Tummy Touch 2009 - NY]068 - Rip Rig & Panic : Leave Your Spittle In The Pot [Storm The Reality Asylum - Virgin 1982 - London]069 - David Thrussell : Turn Muzak On It's Head [The Voices of Reason - 2001 - Australia]070 - Robert Ashley : The Bar (side B) [Perfect Lives (The Bar) - Lovely Music 1980 - NY]071 - Harry Hoogstraten : The Do-Dah [K7 Baobab Magazine issue #1 - 1978 - Italia/ ]072 - The Residents : The Moles Are Coming [Intermission - Ralph Rec. 1981 - SF]073 - Akira Mitake : Can't Touch, Even Watch [Out Of Reach - 1983 - Tokyo]074 - Eddy Detroit : Seed of The Oyster [Jungle Captive - 1997]075 - Roger Ruskin Spear : Drop Out [Trouser Freak - 1972]076 - Kim Fowley : Bubble Gum [Bubble Gum - 1967 - US]077 - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper : This Land Is For Everyone [ - US]078 - Violent Femmes : I'm Not Done [We Can Do Anything - 2016 - US]079 - Tom Waits : Step Right Up [Small Change - 1976 - US]080 - Damon : The Road of Life [Song of A Gypsy - 2009]081 - Charles Manson : Spaceman [Commemoration - 1995 - US]082 - Danielle Dax : When I Was Young [Dark Adapted Eye - 1988 - NL]083 - Edith Piaf : Non, Je Ne Rgrette Rien [Je Ne Rgrette Rien - 2011 - France]084 - Fabrizio De Andrè : Il Gorilla [Volume 3 - 1970 - Genova]085 - Donna salentina : E Mujerima Pe La Musica Pazza Pazza [Musiche Tradizionali del Salento - - Salento/Italia]086 - Carrettiere del Salento : Canto del Carrettiere [Musiche Tradizionali del Salento - - Salento/Italia]087 - Men's Group From Vlore : What Have Ianina's Eyes Seen ? [Albanie: Vocal And Instrumental Polyphony - 1988 - Albania]088 - Francois Muduya : Chant Avec Cithare [Burundi : Musiques Traditionnelles Recorded by Michel Vuylsteke - 1970 - Burundi]089 - Diamanda Galas : I Put A Spell On You [ - Ellakis]090 - Nurse With Wound : Devil Is This The Night [Dark Fat - 2016 - US]091 - X-TG feat. Antony : Janitor of Lunacy [Desertshore / The Final Report - 2012 - London]092 - Lindsay Cooper : The Chartist Anthem [Rags - 1980]093 - Leonard Cohen : First We Take Manhattan [I'm Your Man - 1988 - Canada]094 - Fred Frith : Too Much Too Little [Cheap At Half The Price - Reccomended Rec 1983]095 - Brion Gysin : From Here To Go [10%: File Under Burroughs - 1996 - NY]096 - Queen : Flash [Flash Gordon OST - - London]097 - Art Bears : Freedom [The World As It Is Today - Reccomended Rec 1981]098 - Robert Wyatt : At Last I Am Free [Wanna Buy A Bridge? - Rough Trade 1980 - UK]099 - Rufus Zuphall : I'm On My Way [Phallobst - 1971 - Germany]100 - Kingdom Come Arthur Brown : Simple Man [Galactic Zoo Dossier - 1971 - US]101 - Edith Perrin : When I Die [1941 - somewhere]

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1inawesomewonder · 7 years ago

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It has been brought to my attention recently that I am not a parent. Not a good parent, or a bad parent, just that I have not been counted as a parent at all.

Webster’s gives one definition as this: “a person who brings up and cares for another”

Dictionary.com gives this as an option: “a protector or guardian”

The Bible checks in on this subject with no shades of grey…

Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 29:15 – The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 1:8-9 – My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Whether or not you consider the Bible a source of learning, or training, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that we all learn bad habits, just as we learn good ones. We all start from the same place; birth. From there, we learn. We are born imperfect. We are born sinners who make mistakes. Period.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 – For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:10 – As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

So, I point this out because we are born flawed. We make mistakes. We make bad choices. We do things that are wrong. We are far from perfect, and I have proved that all by myself more times than anyone could ever count. We grow, we learn; and right, wrong, or indifferent, it becomes who we are, and how we are. Then at some point in life, as who we are and how we are, we become parents.

Ha! Parents! I don’t care how ready you think you are or how one thinks that this time is better than that time to become a parent. We all start as parents very similar to how we came into this world. We learn as we go. Yes, we have ideas passed down to us. Yes, we can ask, and we can read, and use all kinds of resources to help define this new role of parenting. Then all the while, every passing second, the rubber is meeting the road, and this person we now care for as a parent is growing, learning, and sometimes shaping us more than we are them.

Jumping ahead, us adults, as brilliant as we are, sit in circles complaining about this kid or that kid, and those kids learned that behavior somewhere, sarcastically implying that that people in the role of parents are the cause. Then we go home and act the way we act within our four walls, and that is better than the rest? Maybe. Maybe not.

Certainly there are parents who are better at getting desired results in the behaviors and attitudes of their children than others. But I remind you that not one of us is any more perfect than another. If that isn’t a stark, bare bones, reminder that race and equality are rights gained simply by being born, than I don’t know what else is. Need we look any further than the toddlers gathering, in virtually any setting, where they come together, instantly consider themselves new friends, and see nothing more than another kid, no better, no worse, no different, no tensions, no stereotypes, no more entitled, no less deprived. They see themselves and they see someone to share this passage of time with, on a level that is comfortable for them.

Okay, now to why I started this post in the first place. My time, my prayers, my devotion, my sacrifice, my yearning, my pride, my love, my care, and my concern have been deemed as not real, or not existing; so as I move forward through this piece just humor me and pretend that you are in fact reading thoughts and words as written by another parent.

First, I come from a place of imperfection. I am humbled by the lack of my own ability to avoid mistakes, sins, and bad choices, without the help from others and discussions with a God Who has to be growing impatient with my personal learning curve. I am so thankful for my wife, for friends, for my family, especially my Lord and Savior, and the amount of patience and understanding that I am afforded.

That being said, I was nowhere near ready for parenting, according to my own definition and understanding, when my first born was conceived in October of 1991. I had no idea how much my life would change in every month of every year since. No idea. Oh man, have I made mistakes. Too many to count. Too many to not be embarrassed while looking in the mirror and discussing my track record. But, I will say that nothing has been a bigger blessing and more than two and a half decades of pure joy, than raising children. I often think that I am not worthy of the moments I have shared, watched, enjoyed, and look forward to, as a result of being responsible for the upbringing of children.

It’s 2017, and we are so smart. So much technology and instant gratification, but somehow, I have largely spent the last 25+ years going to bed at night saying, “Today didn’t go anything like I thought it was going to”. Why? Because having kids is life changing, not just once, but for all time. That’s okay. Actually, it’s perfect. Because we are not the same. While apples don’t really fall very far from the tree, they are different shapes and sizes, similar perhaps, but not the same. When I think of it, who really needs another exact replica of me anyways.

There have been times in my life that maybe nobody should have seen. Times when even in my own memories they are dark and drab. Yes, I was, er uh, I am not perfect, as I said. I almost ran away completely. I tried to run away in my mind, but knew I couldn’t. God kept my feet to the fire, and there for a little while I was impervious. Or at least that was the front I wore. Those times were not a result of anyone or anything else, but my own selfishness and stubbornness. I almost single-handedly put myself into that state of mind. Every single person close to me during those times suffered in some way or another, including me. I take responsibility for all times, dark or otherwise. I have prayed about these. I have apologized. I have changed behaviors. I have loved when I wanted to hate. I have given when I wanted to take. I have under promised and over delivered. I have asked for help for the children I have been blessed with, to overcome the weaknesses where I have failed. I am human. I am flawed. I have questioned a lifetime of doing my best, because there’s always more to do. As far as I know, I am a parent, and that role will last longer than me.

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I only know one way to do this parenting thing, and that is to be inclusive, hands on, and just go about life with the energy and passion that I would regardless of how many come with me. My parents taught me right from wrong, they taught me to love, to give, to care, to pray, to be kind, to listen, to work hard, to get the job done, how to respect, and whether they knew it or not, they gave me distraction-free space to learn how to be comfortable in my own skin, among a million other things that could probably be listed.

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I don’t know if God placed 6 children in my care because He knew that I was a slow learner, or because He believed in me more than I ever would. But, I reiterate that nothing has brought more joy and personal development than half a lifetime (at this point) of time spent among the children I have been entrusted with.

So…to the children whom God gave me time to share…in my words…

For all of the moments when my heart leapt, and others when I searched for answers and wept.

For the times when I tried to be the driving force, but also the times when I pushed to change your course.

When your derring-do hinted of immortality, it might have been me that set a tone and introduced formality.

For the hours spent just to watch you sleep, and the prayers I whispered, holding back the years, your soul to keep.

For the hours and miles we covered pursuing this thing or that place, it was all worth it, to see a smile on your face.

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Thankful for the strength to hold you hour after hour, and to watch you bloom like the most beautiful flower.

Watching you grow, play, perform, or just you being you, might possibly be the greatest thing I ever do.

A smile too big to conceal, and a chest puffed with pride, seeing you achieve is far too much for me to keep inside.

Of all the greatest things that I ever did, watching you grow, learn and succeed, has been the best; that’s my kid!

All the questions answered and the mysteries solved, lessons shared, and the questions I posed, my way to be involved.

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Exploring we did, rivers, lakes, mountains, and woods, all walking in God’s creation we shared that which is good.

We talked about God, right, wrong, and certainly respect, to be ready and so you would know what to expect.

When you love someone enough not to be their friend, to prepare you better for the rest of life you will spend.

It pains my heart to know that children I held so near, go their own way, yet I will always revere.

As you go, one by one, adults on their own quest, I hope you look back and know that all I did, was try my best.

Parent, or not; It is, it will be, and has been my pleasure.

Can I Have Your Attention Please? It has been brought to my attention recently that I am not a parent. Not a good parent, or a bad parent, just that I have not been counted as a parent at all.

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newssplashy · 6 years ago

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Former Arizona Senator John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday. In it McCain slammed President Donald Trump's policies without mentioning him.

Senator John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday.

The statement slammed President Donald Trump's policies without mentioning his name.

Meanwhile, Trump led a confused White House response to a self-inflicted controversy caused by the White House not keeping flags at half mast for the customary period of time.

Trump eventually re-lowered flags and made a statement saying he respected McCain.

McCain let his final feelings towards Trump be known by not inviting him to his funeral.

Sen. John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday. In it he slammed President Donald Trump's policies as the president became mired in controversy over his apparent disrespect for the former Arizona senator.

McCain, the GOP's 2008 presidential candidate and longtime party leadership figure, and Trump — a political neophyte whose now wide grip on the party dates back less than two years— had long been rivals.

McCain, who survived North Vietnamese forces shooting down his plane, a failed ejection that shattered three of his limbs, a savage beating by the waiting enemy, and a stint as a prisoner of war wherein he refused early release to favor other US captives, has repeatedly had his status as a war hero questioned by Trump.

The two frequently sparred on issues of decorum. McCain also dealt a death blow to Trump's American Health Care Act, severely setting back the president's legislative agenda.

But in dying, McCain made clear his true feelings for Trump by asking him not to attend his funeral and rebuking him in his final words to the country.

From McCain's farewell:

"We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been."

Trump's controversial response to McCain's death

Since McCain's death, Trump has come under fire for a confused and possibly disrespectful response to the passing of an American who served his country for sixty years.

Initially, Trump made no statement on McCain himself, only wishing his family well in wake of his death. Later, Trump's White House bucked the long-established trend of flying flags at half mast from the time of a Senator's death to his burial.

The White House and Pentagon, buildings under control of the executive branch, raised their flags shortly after McCain's death, while Congress continued to keep theirs low.

"I doubt you could find a comparable situation where the president doesn't order the flag flown at half-mast until the funeral," said John Lawrence, history professor at the University of California's Washington Center to Reuters.

"The disparity between the Congress and White House policy is obviously noticeable and somewhat shocking."

On Monday, the flags returned to half staff along with a statement from Trump that struck a more conciliatory note after hours of pressure from veteran's groups.

"Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain's service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment," the statement said.

In his death, McCain left a hole in Congress and the fabric of American public life, as well as a vision of how the country can recover from political divisiveness.

From McCain:

"We are three hundred and twenty five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do."

Read McCain's full farewell below:

"My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans.

"Thank you for the privilege of serving you and for the rewarding life that service in uniform and in public office has allowed me to lead. I have tried to serve our country honorably. I have made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them.

"I have often observed that I am the luckiest person on earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. I have loved my life, all of it. I have had experiences, adventures and friendships enough for ten satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anyone else’s.

"I owe that satisfaction to the love of my family. No man ever had a more loving wife or children he was prouder of than I am of mine. And I owe it to America. To be connected to America’s causes – liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people – brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Our identities and sense of worth are not circumscribed but enlarged by serving good causes bigger than ourselves.

"'Fellow Americans' – that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud American. We are citizens of the world’s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history. We have acquired great wealth and power in the process.

"Ten years ago, I had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with the heartfelt faith in Americans that I felt so powerfully that evening.

"I feel it powerfully still.

"Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.

"Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America."

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sjohnson24 · 7 years ago

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A Spiritual History of Vegetarians

I started my journey to become a vegetarian when I was 15 years old. That is when I had the chance to be around another vegetarian at the dinner table and I realized that it was ok to not eat meat. I had always picked at that food, imagining the life that used to be within the flesh. Maybe it took so long because I had spent the time in hunting crazed places such as Montana that I never had a chance to meet a real vegetarian but when I finally became who I was supposed to be, I became much happier. This choice that I made seemed to affect everyone around me, which was not something that I truly expected. I was never one to try to control other people with my beliefs, after all I was born with pagan ways and that polytheistic belief system has never left me. By just simply being who I am, and honest about it, I made other people angry. It was very surprising, I never expected this. People feel deeply about this. Most of the fear that they showed from my choice was from ignorance of this situation. Many people thought that I was trying to lose weight, it wasn’t being cooked properly, I couldn’t survive properly and other fantasies like that. I actually get quite sick eating or being around fish for consumption, and so to me it seemed the natural choice.

I was uncomfortable with eating meat and I wasn’t going to do it any longer. My parents told me they felt that I should eat animals because they do in the bible yet it says in the bible that animals have spirits and I believe that. I do not want to be a part of suffering for anyone.

From then on, we were purchasing veggie burgers. My friends and their families that really love me also would purchase me veggie burgers for their barbecues and that meant a lot to me. I was also happy to see more vegetables around, because you need vegetables to have a healthy body.

When people attack me for my beliefs, I simply stand up for myself peacefully. I can be friends with people who eat meat and not feel the need to attack their beliefs but for some reason I experienced a lot of bullying when it came to my choice, which I can also compare to being polytheistic. All it takes sometimes at a dinner table with other people is for me to order a veggie meal, for a debate to break out. I admit it is tiring, but no matter what, I can’t suddenly become somebody else that I was never meant to be.

I believe they are more upset at the myths around it and not at me. It seems to come from a place of fear more than anything else. I have been dealing with this for years, and we have to be prepared for this when we speak the truth. Fear turns into hateful and harmful actions sometimes which make my stomach turn.

Practice Compassion Many religious people throughout the ages, such as various Buddhists, practice compassion to all life, not just humankind. This is a choice to eat animal. Vegetarianism and veganism is statistically low for an American’s diet, last time I looked it was something like 10% or less.

In other places, such as Asia, the choice to leave meat off of your place is a healthier and happier choice than to live knowing of suffering of animals and contributing into it.

Vegetarianism originated in India originally from separate religions, such as Jainism which requires that no members eat meat. This religion also requires a path of non-violence and self-control among its members.

In this religion, even an insect must be escorted outside, not harmed. Throughout the ages, many who believed in achieving a higher sense of being on the Earth, have chosen to abstain from eating meat, and it is not a hard choice once you truly develop compassion for these beautiful beings. I have compassion for people who eat meat as well because I know that they do so out of respect for their culture and families, and so I do not judge you as a terrible person, even if you get angry at me.

We are all born as royalty in this life, whether or not we see it. Our choices are made in life and we can make decisions for animals, who are enslaved to humankind and they do so peacefully and graciously, as if it is God’s will. You will never hear the cries of these spirits when you sit down to enjoy a meal but just know, the animal did suffer to bring you sustenance and it should be honored and respected, not ignored. All animals are sacred.

Feed the soul, starve the flesh and be yourself.

More information on a meat free lifestyle; http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/nutshell.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_and_religion http://www.vrg.org/ http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/dietary_needs/vegetarianism.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/in-india-the-world-039-s-first-vegetarian-city/india-palitana-food-meat-fish-gujarat/c3s17132/

By; Deanna Jaxine Stinson, Vegetarian Halo Paranormal Investigations – HPI International https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/HPIinternational/

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Politics: McCain wins the final round of his rivalry with Trump in his farewell to the American people

Senator John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday.

The statement slammed President Donald Trump's policies without mentioning his name.

Meanwhile, Trump led a confused White House response to a self-inflicted controversy caused by the White House not keeping flags at half mast for the customary period of time.

Trump eventually re-lowered flags and made a statement saying he respected McCain.

McCain let his final feelings towards Trump be known by not inviting him to his funeral.

The two frequently sparred on issues of decorum. McCain also dealt a death blow to Trump's American Health Care Act, severely setting back the president's legislative agenda.

But in dying, McCain made clear his true feelings for Trump by asking him not to attend his funeral and rebuking him in his final words to the country.

From McCain's farewell:

Trump's controversial response to McCain's death

Since McCain's death, Trump has come under fire for a confused and possibly disrespectful response to the passing of an American who served his country for sixty years.

The White House and Pentagon, buildings under control of the executive branch, raised their flags shortly after McCain's death, while Congress continued to keep theirs low.

"The disparity between the Congress and White House policy is obviously noticeable and somewhat shocking."

On Monday, the flags returned to half staff along with a statement from Trump that struck a more conciliatory note after hours of pressure from veteran's groups.

In his death, McCain left a hole in Congress and the fabric of American public life, as well as a vision of how the country can recover from political divisiveness.

From McCain:

Read McCain's full farewell below:

"My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans.

"Ten years ago, I had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with the heartfelt faith in Americans that I felt so powerfully that evening.

"I feel it powerfully still.

"Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America."

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/politics-mccain-wins-final-round-of-his_28.html

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Senator John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday.

The statement slammed President Donald Trump's policies without mentioning his name.

Meanwhile, Trump led a confused White House response to a self-inflicted controversy caused by the White House not keeping flags at half mast for the customary period of time.

Trump eventually re-lowered flags and made a statement saying he respected McCain.

McCain let his final feelings towards Trump be known by not inviting him to his funeral.

The two frequently sparred on issues of decorum. McCain also dealt a death blow to Trump's American Health Care Act, severely setting back the president's legislative agenda.

But in dying, McCain made clear his true feelings for Trump by asking him not to attend his funeral and rebuking him in his final words to the country.

From McCain's farewell:

Trump's controversial response to McCain's death

Since McCain's death, Trump has come under fire for a confused and possibly disrespectful response to the passing of an American who served his country for sixty years.

The White House and Pentagon, buildings under control of the executive branch, raised their flags shortly after McCain's death, while Congress continued to keep theirs low.

"The disparity between the Congress and White House policy is obviously noticeable and somewhat shocking."

On Monday, the flags returned to half staff along with a statement from Trump that struck a more conciliatory note after hours of pressure from veteran's groups.

In his death, McCain left a hole in Congress and the fabric of American public life, as well as a vision of how the country can recover from political divisiveness.

From McCain:

Read McCain's full farewell below:

"My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans.

"Ten years ago, I had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with the heartfelt faith in Americans that I felt so powerfully that evening.

"I feel it powerfully still.

"Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America."

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