#Captain Epstein

[quordleona03]

Your favourite rarepair in MAS*H - THE FINAL!

This is so exciting! Trapper John McIntyre and Charles Emerson Winchester III have been eliminated! Not to worry though, I'm sure they'll still both be very happy seeing each other in genteel Boston backroom bars and teahouses after the war. The two rarepairs for the finals are: MARGARET HOUILIHAN and PEG HUNNICUTT! This has NOT occurred to me but oh my oh my. Margaret Houlihan Goes To California. Where is BJ in this scenario? Mending gutters with Carl the handyman? Peg's full name is also Margaret. The two Margarets and their lovely daughter Erin Hunnicutt-Houlihan! WHY HAS NO ONE WRITTEN THIS ALREADY? This is ALMOST enough to wean me off my secret favourite pairing: Father Francis Mulcahy and his meshuga love for the rabbi paratrooper Captain Epstein. The fondness on Francis's face as he recalls Eppy! They went through chaplain school together! Together they rolled their eyes at the enthusiastic Protestants looking to convert people to their faith! They held hands, they gazed into each others eyes, Epstein practiced Latin and Mulcahy practiced Hebrew. Does Epstein have a beard? (Literally or figuratively.) DID THEY KISS? Will they meet up after the war? Is this why Mulcahy wanted to be a captain so badly so that he and Epstein would have the same rank? Will Epstein learn sign language? Can a Conservative rabbi and a Catholic priest live together and pray together? Would Epstein talk Mulcahy into waterskiing? What is Epstein's given name? You have a week to decide!

[ask-the-toy-box]

We are going to keep harping on this, Marvel should make this comic! What heroes would try and stop him? Would any help him? Deadpool would probably help him.

[muzaktomyears]

(...) Epstein flew into a rage and asked where the airline proposed to put us [in Anchorage, Alaska] while we waited for the typhoon to blow itself away. He was not completely reassured by the captain's personally delivered promise that arrangements were in hand to put up our entire party in a downtown Anchorage hotel, probably the Westwood, one of the best in the area and well-known to airline crews. (...) Seeing that Brian was still angry, he returned later to say that he had fixed for John, Paul, George and Ringo to share the hotel's bridal suite and several equally well-appointed adjoining rooms. This caused much amusement among the four boys who instantly began proposing marriage to one another.

John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me: The Real Beatles Story, Tony Barrow (2005)

[petitprincess1]

Wait, so vivzie got in trouble for making a character… that was evil? I mean I understand if she idolized or praised the character, but just for making the character? People love the Marvel Universe and also Captain America movies even though they too have characters like that. At some point every ���bad guy” character that isn’t straight up a representation of a real person was once someone’s oc. And having evil characters doesn’t make you an evil person obviously, so It feels like just another “people have no media literacy nowadays” situation.

This is the first I’m hearing about it though, so I might be misinformed on some parts of this.

Nah, you're pretty much correct. She still gets shit on today for making evil characters evil x3 The amount of ppl that get upset when characters in Hell act like they're supposed to is astounding.

It's funny tho. When you think about other adult cartoons, Helluva and Hazbin are SO TAME in comparison. Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, and many more are so much more offensive than HB or HH. Hell, Family Guy consistently makes fun of SA, but how dare Vivzie have a song where it shows Angel's inner turmoil/dissociation with SA lmao

The closest thing that was offensive was the Dahmer joke in the Hazbin Pilot. Even then, she was quick to stop making jokes like that. The only one that seemed remotely like that was Mayberry talking about the "Epsteins and Hitlers" she's stuck with in Hell. Not that there's anything wrong with saying those types of ppl are in Hell.

[henghost]

Twig Liveblog for Arc 18

what a banger arc let's fucking gooo. so many good infante sections, which is the most important part of any arc. just waltzing around in the plague. he's so cool. it's hard for me to really see him as the "antagonist" because i am always 100% behind him and whatever he wants to do. when he shoved a parasite down lillian's throat i was like, i wish that were me so bad. moans loudly.

good to get some yuri in there too. ugh i love mary/lillian together. i think, through biopunk technology, they need to figure out how to get each other pregnant. the same applies for sy and jessie. this would symbolize the completion of their respective character arcs.

i think my favorite part, though, was the fairy tale experiments. man it really puts so much in perspective. it recalled the sequence in gravity's rainbow wherein captain blicero holds katje and gottfried captive and forces them to act out an obscene sadomasochistic version of hansel and gretel. or the correspondence between the powerful financial executive jes staley and one jeffrey epstein:

there are the omelas ethics of it, of course. the little speech from ferres defending it on the basis of receiving funding in exchange, for instance, was chillingly familiar. but there is also some insight about the function of a ruling class. you will be violently mutilated into the shape of some simplistic archetype so as to become a point of data to research, so as to become a toy for despots. one of the most heartrending moments is when bo peep refuses to undergo surgery to fix the mutilations made by the academy, as though to live with the identity assigned to you by your overlords is simpler, easier, than to deal with the chaos of non-identity. the big bad wolf script--in this case pheromone-scented keywords with the purpose of total control--is some of the best prose wildbow has written imo.

i think betty is (yet another) lillian surrogate. there is something so banal in her cruelty. one of the things i've really admired about twig is how the "coming-of-age" is also a kind of political journey. the revelation that it is not the nobility who is really in power but instead the academy mirrors the movement of the young political person discovering that, despite appearances, it is really the morbidly boring death-cult of liberal technocracy behind all the solipsism and agony. ferres deserved worse lol.

i also enjoyed sy's patrick bateman-style switch to third-person. again, i'm really impressed by the effectiveness of this "fracture." there are some truly haunting scenes, scary nameless children running underfoot--it really got to me in a way that some of wildbow's other "horror imagery" simply doesn't. there's so much to say about the splitting of his SYche... perhaps i'll reserve my thoughts for a longer dedicated post about it...

twig is so good!! it continues to be mature, affecting, ambiguous, insightful. even... experimental. hahahaha. wildbow can write well sometimes wtf??? i don't believe it, frankly.

[joezy27]

Clint Barton in... MARVEL SUPER STORIES - AMAZING ADVENTURES

The second volume in a brand-new middle-grade anthology series with Marvel Comics, edited by John Jennings. Featuring 15 all-new six-page stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics for young readers, this all-star lineup features original stand-alone stories featuring Spider-Man, Captain America, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, the Incredible Hulk, Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, Thor, Moon Knight, Silk, Spider-Man 2099, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Ant-Man, and Hawkeye. This all-star roster takes a fun, fresh look at everyone's favorite Marvel super heroes, delivering delightful stories that will introduce them to first-time fans for a whole new generation of readers.

Stories by Ethan M. Aldridge, Ryan Andrews, Mike Cavallaro, Chan Chau, Gabriela Epstein, Tim Fielder, Brian Fies, Dean Haspiel, John Jennings, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Kat Leyh, Jamar Nicholas, Amber Padilla, Carlisle Robinson and Judd Winick.

- Release date: November 13, 2024

[ingek73]

King Charles looked for heroes to honour – and picked William, Kate and Camilla. Laugh? Cry? You choose

Can we really say Britain has a modernised monarchy when archaic titles are being handed out as if it were 1348, not 2024

Wed 24 Apr 2024 13.11 CESTS

I wonder if I should award myself an honour, something grand-sounding. How about Most Excellent Keeper of the Belfry? It has a nice ring about it, even if I have done nothing to deserve it. That latter consideration is of course no bar to our fossilised royal family who have this week breezily been giving themselves ludicrous sounding honours as if this were 1724, not 2024.

Camilla is now, as of yesterday, the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire. What empire, you might ask? Rockall was Ronnie Barker’s pithy response, and that was about 40 years ago.

Kate is now a Companion of Honour, an award reserved for those who have excelled in the world of the arts, medicines, or science. Is this perhaps for creative doctoring of photographs?

The Duchess of Gloucester – there’s a household name – has been made a Member of the Order of the Garter, an Order created by the king in 1348 to reward his court favourites (while, incidentally, beyond the palace walls, much of the population was dying from the Black Death).

William has not missed out either (even if Harry has). The Prince of Wales is now Great Master of the Order of the Bath. Well it won’t wash.

The honours in themselves are absurd, and make the mythical Ruritania look like a beacon of modernity. So much for the spin from the palace that the monarchy was going to be modernised under Charles. Perhaps the latest medals are to be made from recycled precious metals?

Even more absurd, if that is possible, is the notion that the royal family can with a straight face award medals to themselves.

Take the Royal Family Order. This is awarded to female members of the royal family simply for being female. And for being a member of the royal family. Not a terribly high bar if you happen to be female and are born or marry into the family.

Then there are the military honours and decorations. Charles himself has accumulated dozens of medals, enough almost to sink one of the battleships under his command as a five star admiral. Oh, and he is also a five star general in the army and a five star air chief marshal in the RAF.

What stupendous military service or acts of bravery have led to this avalanche of medals? Well, he did captain a coastal minesweeper several decades ago for a short period. And he has only crashed a plane once.

The royals in fact have amassed between them over 100 military medals and decorations, and for what? Prince Edward, the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, has never seen active service and even dropped out of his Royal Marines course because he couldn’t hack it.

Prince Andrew, to be fair, did merit his South Atlantic medal for service in the Falklands War. But did anyone stop to question whether it was a good idea, in 2011, when he was mired in accusations relating to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and serious questions were being asked about his self-serving activities as the UK’s trade ambassador, that he should be awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, a highly prestigious award in the archaic hierarchy of these things.

This latest set of nepotistic awards makes the royal family look ridiculous, arrogant and breezily self-serving. It also illustrates graphically how our monarchy is still an imperial one, wedded to a distant past and totally out of touch with modern Britain.

Moreover, giving themselves high honours like loose change when they have done nothing to deserve them serves to cheapen the value of the honours received by those who do deserve them. What is your one medal for outstanding bravery worth when Charles can pin dozens to his chest?

The whole honours system, started in 1348, has been about patronage. This easy corruption of the ideal of merit so graphically and repeatedly shown by the royals in their own favour is consequently mirrored further down the ladder, as prime ministers hand out life peerages and knighthoods to their mates, and to those who have given their party large amounts of money.

A proper honours system which allows society to recognise outstanding achievement is very worthwhile. But we don’t have it. Those who deserve and receive honours are lost in the trivial, the corrupt and the absurd.

I am reminded of an old television advert whose punchline was: “Award yourself the CDM – Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.”

Norman Baker was the Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes from 1997 to 2015

[bangpop91]

9-1-1 8x01 reaction

I'll keep my reactions and thoughts below the cut for anyone avoiding spoilers. But I also use 911 abc, 911 spoilers, and lauren watches for tagging if you'd like to black list them.

I love that they are setting up the airplane arc right away. But the pilot is kind of a douche

I have a shitty meme that I made to hold up as a sign every time Gerrard is a human rights violation. The episode tally will be with my shitty meme at the bottom of the post

BTW, I want to smack the shit out of Gerrard fuck that guy

Don't know how I feel about them doing the "Epstein List" plot line with Athena and Dennis Jenkins.

Oof. The beginnings of the cracks between Hen and chim

Chimney and his movie references. Love that running character trait

The hot shots arc is actually really fun.

The bee allergy emergency is terrifying tbh

Gerrard is actually pretty terrible at his job... also, don't yell at Josh, Gerrard, you human hemroid

The fucking bees in thie second drivers mouth. shudders it's like something out of American Horror Story

The mom and daughter both being allergic and getting stung 😭😭😭

"Why do I taste honey?" 💀💀💀 this show is a comedy

Buck showing his competence? I love to see it?

Okay but that little girl is being so brave! I love to see it.

Gerrard being incapable of accepting that anyone could possibly be smarter than him. Color me shocked.

I can't wait to see more comedic house hunting for Bathena

But I do love this interaction between them. It's perfect.

The HAN-WILSON FAMILY!!!

Did we need the Harry Potter reference 🙄

BUCKTOMMY!!!!!! They are so damn cute i love them.

Eddie coming in clutch with the dad jokes

Oof. This hurts. Eddie trying, and Chris not being ready yet. Chris thriving in Texas and Eddie trying to hide how much it hurts. They couldn't even let him watch them sing happy birthday?!?!?

This might be the absolute dumbest influencer. Hosting a massive flower filled garden/launch party during bee-nado.

Poor Sheila

Gerrard telling Buck to let the grownups handle it. As if Buck isn't the one making his dinosaur ass look good to the captain

FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE!!!! Top music choices were made.

Eddie being chased by a woman of bees

Hen and Chim really truly are amazing paramedics! I love that we get to see parts of Eli teaching Chim that being a paramedic is about improve

Hen calling out Gerrard without calling out Gerrard. I love her.

This flashback is painful but also great to remind the GA who Dennis Jenkins is

It's interesting seeing Athena in the position of Amir last season.

I love how much competence everyone is showing this episode!

Prince Andrew ordering a hit! Less likely than you think! For legal reasons, this is a joke

This actor having a weird bro crush on Bobby. Trying to method act as Bobby.

Fucking Gerrard

Buck's face 😭😭😭

Looping around to the plane emergency!

Held up my sign : 15 times

At the end of the Gerrard arc, I will let you know the grand total of how many times I held up my sign.

Final thoughts: I loved it! I can see why Oliver was giving it such high praise. It was action packed, funny, while also hitting the more painful emotional beats. It had so many lovely character moments to set up the different character arcs of 8A. Also, I loved the Bee- Herring.

[goblincow]

In the spirit of the season, I would like to give a special gift to the someone who needs it most this Christmas, and that's why I'm announcing that the winner of the award for Most Chronically Divorced Man of the Year goes to:

You hate him, he hates himself and we just love to see it, folks let's give it up for Elon Musk! 👏👏👏

Now, you might think he doesn't need such a prestigious gift from all of us, but I beg to differ. I think with just a little bit of support he can finally find it in himself to do a quick power kneel and Epstein himself off the face of the earth.

You may think that's a bit too generous, but consider the following:

Twitter is sinking fast and a true captain goes down with the ship

He can pay respects to his good buddy Jeff by following in his footsteps

That would make it the second time it's happened and that's two thirds of the way to a trend baby

What better gift could you get for the man who has everything

Personally I think it would be funny

It's the season of giving and I think he owes us all a little treat

🙏 xoxo praying for a christmas miracle 🎅

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Making a mid-1800s wool skirt.

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Everything the creator of Our Flag Means Death has said about a season 2

Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

By Zosha Millman on April 18, 2022 6:15 pm

Photo: Aaron Epstein/HBO Max

Our Flag Means Death still doesn’t have a second season. What gives?

It’s a surprising decision given the outpouring of love the show has been steadily receiving on social media and the increasing popularity among other HBO Max content. Even Our Flag Means Death creator David Jenkins says he’s not sure what the holdup is.

“It’s a rough one to not pick up on after what happened at the end of it,” Jenkins told The Los Angeles Times in early April. “I hope they figure it out. I hope they want to do more. I know everyone on the show wants to.”

In the same interview, Taika Waititi (who stars as Blackbeard and executive produces the series, in addition to directing the pilot): “I don’t know anything. I just think that they should because it makes sense. Also, I need to know what happens next. [Laughs]”

While the wait is certain to be agonizing, Jenkins and crew have alluded to things they’d like to see from the breakout show, were it to be renewed. Here’s everything we know about season 2 of Our Flag Means Death so far.

[Ed. note: As one might expect, this post gets into some spoilers for the end of season 1. Ye be warned.]

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This man boy.

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[quordleona03]

Your favourite rarepair in MAS*H - elimination round four

I am sorry, but we say goodbye to Bigelow and Kelly here - they got only four votes out of the 20 voted. But this means we are down to the last two rounds, so each poll will not last a week.

Will it be Father Mulcahy and his lovely Jewish paratrooper rabbi?

"Well, there's Captain Epstein. He's a very fine Jewish chaplain. We went through indoctrination together. Lovely fellow, Eppy. Water-skier, paratrooper. A bit meshuga, actually."

Will it be the two Boston boys, meeting either at or after the 4077th - two big tall men from different sides of the tracks, united by a love for Hawkeye Pierce and for surgery?

Will it be the exasperated professional and regular military officer Margaret Houlihan and the single-mother-for-two-years and in dire need of The Feminine Mystique, Margaret-known-to-her-husband-as-Peg Hunnicutt? How will you decide? Reblog with your theories in tags.

[docreaper-leatherneck]

This POS was my Commanding Officer (he was a Captain then) and he was at Epstein Island, I'd like to be responsible for his demise, keep your young boys away from him

[muzaktomyears]

okay so I asked my bff about Beatles and Star Trek (she is a Trekkie but only knows Beatles via me) and this is what she came up with:

Ringo is a Klingon who doesn't know he's a Klingon and doesn't know who Klingons are. He's a engineer - specifically of the Warp Core.

George is a human brought up on Betazed and lets people assume that he is Betazoid (telepathetic and an empath) but he is not! He is also an engineer (in charge of the electrical systems of the ship). He thinks he should be on the Bridge, but he is not and resents being in Engineering instead.

Paul is Betazoid that grew up on Earth thinking everyone else was a telepathic empath. He and George shared a room at the Academy. He's the Communications Officer.

John is the Andorian First Officer.

Brian Epstein is the gay human Captain à la Picard.

George Martin is the hot Vulcan Science Officer.

Magic Alex is Q.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"BULLETS. MORTAR FIRE, ARTILLERY, HEAVY SALVOS, BAD LUCK, TERMINAL SYPHILIS. THE USUAL THINGS..." -- THE EASTERN FRONT, c. 1943.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the 2017 (40th anniversary) Japanese (J B5 Chirashi) re-release movie poster for the 1977 action/anti-war film "Cross of Iron," directed by Sam Peckinpah.

CAPTAIN STRANSKY: "What of your platoon?"

SARGEANT STEINER: "Two killed, one missing."

STRANSKY: "Two killed, how?"

STEINER: "Bullets. Mortar fire, artillery, heavy salvos, bad luck, terminal syphilis. The usual things, Captain."

-- Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Walter Kelley, James Hamilton, & Willi Heinrich, based on the 1956 novel by Willi Heinrich, "The Willing Flesh"

Source: https://posteritati.com/poster/48416/cross-of-iron-original-r2017-japanese-b5-chirashi-handbill.

[laresearchette]

Monday, September 23, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW (CityTV) 4:00pm 9-1-1: LONE STAR (CTV) 8:00pm THE GOLDEN BACHELORETTE (CityTV) 8:00pm THE VOICE (CTV2) 8:00pm BRILLIANT MINDS (CityTV) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: CROSSROADS: A CONVERSATION WITH AMERICA (PBS Feed) THE WRANGLERS (CW Feed)

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 6:30pm: Red Sox vs. Jays (SN Now) 6:30pm: Cubs vs. Phillies (SN1) 8:00pm: Mariners vs. Astros

RESCUE: HI-SURF (CTV) 7:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Captain Sonny Jennings and his core team of lifeguards monitor the dangerous Hawaiian waters; new lifeguard recruits compete to join Sonny's district; Sonny and his family grieve after the loss of his nephew; Em reveals a romantic past with Will. ****Episode Two airs at 9:00pm

THE KNOWING (documentary) 7:00pm/8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Tanya makes an unexpected discovery: two of her great uncles died at Shingwauk Indian Residential School; Tanya joins an indigenous delegation to Rome, looking for an elusive apology from Pope Francis. In Episode Two, Tanya's journey concludes with a shocking revelation of where Annie Carpenter's final resting place is, and the realization that her story could represent those of many other families.

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN4) 7:30pm: Jaguars vs. Bills (TSN3/TSN5) 8:15: Commanders vs. Bengals

SECRETS OF PRINCE ANDREW (CBC) 8:00pm: How Jeffery Epstein's death prompts Prince Andrew to take part in a BBC interview so disastrous he's stripped of his royal titles.

WILD ROSE VETS (APTN) 8:00pm: Dr. Emma sets off on a road trip to Siksika Nation to help stray dogs get healthy and find their forever homes; in Saskatoon, Dr. Allison examines a worrying lump on an older dog with a big personality.

HORSE WARRIORS (APTN) 8:30pm: River Cree is testing out a new rider, while Old Sun's rider, Justin Maguire is trampled by a horse; the River Cree and Old Sun teams find themselves in the same heat on the final day of a big money race.

PARIS HAS FALLEN (CTV Drama) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack; they suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy threatening Paris.

NWSL SOCCER (TSN2) 10:00pm: Angel City vs. Portland Thorns

THE TRAITORS CANADA (CTV) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Twenty cunning contestants, some of whom are already well known to reality TV devotees, gather at a large manor in the Montréal area for the ultimate murder-mystery game.

INSOMNIA (CTV Drama) 10:00pm: Emma Averill fears that she is losing her mind as her hard-won lifelong dream begins to turn into a nightmare, forcing her to do everything she can to prevent it from collapsing around her.

[astralfrontier]

US politics ahead, skip this post if that's not your bag.

The different ways that different entities cover this year's presidential election is really interesting. I've been consuming news from different sources and I thought it would be fun to sum up what I'm seeing.

Independent Left-Leaning Media (e.g. Meidas Touch): every day a new YouTube video titled something like "Donald Trump FUCKS UP, Campaign SLIDES INTO THE OCEANIC ABYSS", and it's just that fucking guy having another glitch on stage or disrespecting soldiers or whatever.

Mixed in with this are legal analysis videos that make it clear America has nine kings on the Supreme Court, six of them are solidly in the tank for an orange fascist, and we've trusted the courts for far too long.

"Mainstream" Media (e.g. anything that's not Fox News, OANN, or Newsmax): Very Serious People doing Very Serious Interviews whose takeaways are things like "can Kamala Harris overcome the tremendous burden of being an intelligent woman trying to run a normal presidential campaign?" or "why, after we've repeatedly tried to set up a profit-driven media narrative about the election, aren't Democrats answering our bullshit questions?"

Right-wing Corporate Media (Fox, OANN, Newsmax): just a straight-up redistribution of Trump campaign talking points, plus fluffy interviews where either Trump or Vance still manage to go so far off the rails that you can see the interviewer start sweating. It's fascinating to watch what they will and won't cut away from, and whether what they cut away from is related to a lawsuit facing the network in question.

Right-wing Podcasters (e.g. Infowars): the ones who aren't actually in jail right now are bouncing between "when can we get another civil war already", "why are we letting THOSE PEOPLE vote again", and setting up their alibis for the seemingly inevitable MAGA loss and/or criminal case coming their way. The ones not screaming spittle at a mic are trying to be the new Jordan Peterson and lay an intellectual veneer over bigotry and fascism. It's like someone skinned WIlliam F. Buckley and is wearing his skin like a suit.

Left-wing Social Media: "we put our five rings of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Being Judgmental together, why couldn't we summon Captain Perfect Flawless Candidate?"

Right-wing Social Media: "this shitty meme proves liberals are filthy pagan commie pedos. What do you mean, Trump was on Epstein's plane? That's inconvenient to my bigotry, so I'm choosing not to believe you."

If you are American, please check your voter registration and vote. Your vote matters.

Elected officials don't come out of the gate perfect and flawless. They're like sticks or stones that you find in your walks and have potential. It's on you and your activism to polish them, whittle them, and turn them into what you want. That takes time and effort, and success is not guaranteed. But that's how it is, electing a handful of people to represent millions. The alternative - someone getting into power who only cares about their own interests - is demonstrably worse.