#Don Thompson

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BHOC: THOR #280

This was one of the strangest issues of THOR that I bought as a relatively new Marvel reader, and I didn’t completely understand why for several years, until I had learned enough about the history of comics to be able to fully appreciate it. Ever since the end of his Ragnarok storyline, writer/editor Roy Thomas had been stalling the start of his Eternals saga, and this was another stall-tactic,…

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Rediscovering a Jazz Masterpiece: "Jim Hall Live!"

Introduction: Jim Hall’s “Jim Hall Live!” stands as a testament to the art of musical collaboration and improvisation. Recorded in June 1975 at the intimate Bourbon Street jazz club in Toronto, Canada, the album captures a moment in jazz history where artistry, intuition, and interplay converged. With Hall on guitar, Don Thompson on bass, and Terry Clarke on drums, this trio created an enduring…

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“Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.” ― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

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The Woodsmoke Tang of Elegy in the Autumn Air

Jack Gilbert, Nicole Cooley, Bailey White, et al.: 'The Woodsmoke Tang of Elegy in the Autumn Air'

[Image: “Willows at Sunset,” by Vincent Van Gogh. Specifically, these willows are “pollarded” willows. Pollarding is the horticultural practice of trimming the new branches of a tree — willows, crape myrtles, etc. — every few years, which serves several practical purposes (including ornamental). The “pollard” refers to the bulbous knob where the new branches grew...]

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Barrymore family in different decades:

Georgie Drew Barrymore with Ethel, Lionel, and Jack, circa 1890

John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, 1904

Ethel Barrymore, 1901 and 1916

John Barrymore, 1905 and 1914

Lionel Barrymore, 1910 and 1919

John Barrymore with Carmel Myers in Beau Brummel, 1924

John Barrymore in Don Juan, 1926

Lionel Barrymore with Lon Chaney in West of Zanzibar, 1928

Lionel Barrymore with Gloria Swanson in Sadie Thompson, 1928

John Barrymore with Loretta Young in The Man from Blankley's, 1930

Barrymore family, 1932

Lionel Barrymore as Grigori Rasputin in Rasputin and the Empress, 1932

Ethel Barrymore as Czarina Alexandra in Rasputin and the Empress, 1932

Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore in Rasputin and the Empress, 1932

Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore in Rasputin and the Empress, 1932

Ethel Barrymore with John Barrymore in Rasputin and the Empress, 1932

Lionel Barrymore with John Barrymore in Arsène Lupin, 1932

Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond in The Devil-Doll, 1936

Lionel Barrymore with Greta Garbo in Camille, 1936

Lionel Barrymore with Lew Ayres in Calling Dr. Kildare, 1939

John Barrymore with Virginia Bruce in The Invisible Woman, 1940

Ethel Barrymore in None But the Lonely Heart, 1944

Lionel Barrymore with Joseph Cotten in Duel in the Sun, 1946

Lionel Barrymore in Duel in the Sun, 1946

Lionel Barrymore with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Key Largo, 1948

Lionel Barrymore with Clark Gable, 1952

Ethel Barrymore with Doris Day and Frank Sinatra in Young at Heart, 1954

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Re-Examining Spider-Man 11: Class Relations

"Will Success Spoil #SpiderMan?" Re-Ex-SM is Back on Thanksgiving 2024! Looking at the #JohnRomitaSr era and how it connects to the superhero class struggle for love and better housing. Is Peter Parker a gold digger? The answer might surprise you!

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO STEVEN ATTEWELL, IN HOMAGE TO HIS SERIES: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE For as much as Spider-Man is described being a working-class superhero, class is rarely analyzed in these stories. On account of the demands of the genre, the mainstream superhero action-adventure, Peter Parker rarely expresses ‘class consciousness’ in any direct sense. The nature of the…

[mariocki]

Cape Fear (1991)

"Let's get something straight here. I spent fourteen years in an eight by nine cell, surrounded by people who were less than human. My mission in that time was to become more than human. You see? Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church, Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."

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nina :

"OPENING NIGHT AKA ZOEY NIGHT ⭐️ i could cry im so proud of this girl right here. @zoeydeutch shines brighter than the goddamn sun in @ourtownbroadway !! don’t walk, RUN to see her beautiful, heartbreaking and inspiring performance on broadway baby!!!! and bring tissues.. it’s a tear jerker. love you ZD 🤍🤍"

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Top 10 Politicians 2024

DISCLAIMER: This list is for 'politicians I'd like to fuck' and is purely based on appearance, not politics. If you don't agree with my selection, either scroll onwards, post your own idea of a PILF, or try another blog. People are tired of hearing weak minded, mentally broken people wine about reality.

#10. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

An American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. Of course I’ve got my senate bottom bitch, Sen. Graham here. I kinda understand all the political hate, but I think he’s a mature southern gentleman from my state and I’d love to beat his ass like he stole something from me. And when I’m done with him, I’ll send him over to the next guy as I know I’m not the only one who’d fuck him.

#9. Rick Pate (R-AL)

An American politician serving as the 30th Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in Alabama. He just looks like a guy I could spend a weekend with… fucking like rabbits.

#8. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

An American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. Honestly, Ted’s here and this high only to piss off liberal, super political fuckers who can’t separate looks from politics. Now that doesn’t mean I don’t want him naked in my bed with my jizz all over his face.

#7. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA 15th District) 

An American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district since 2019. Nice and manly, he looks like he would be a champion in bed.

#6. Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D-IL)

An American businessman, philanthropist, attorney, venture capitalist, and politician serving as the 43rd governor of Illinois since 2019. J. B. seems like the type that could be had. Nothing to base that on other than he has a look of a guy that if you get him in the right situation, cock will be in that mouth and ass. Plus, he’s rich. I’m not saying that’s a reason to date him. Just a nice side benefit.

#5. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE 2nd District) 

An American politician and retired military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district since 2017. Handsome, nice tits and body. This man is husband material. Better yet, trophy husband material. The type of guy you can walk into a room with him on your arm, telling everyone “Yeah… I’m fucking this.”

#4. Michael G. Strain (R-LA)

Mike is a short chub with nice tits and a body that was made for bottoming. How could I not be in lust.

#3. Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R-MO)

An American politician serving as the 48th lieutenant governor of Missouri, having been in office since June 18, 2018. Mike embodies all-American masculinity and has many male fans here on tumblr who'd happily follow the Lt Gov. into any seedy roadside motel for oral service and a nice tight ass to breed.

#2. Rep. Michael (R-IL 12th District) 

An American politician. This man is almost perfect. The only thing wrong with him is that he isn’t in my bed. Nice build, nice dresser and a very handsome face.

#1. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)

An American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Montana, in office since 2007. If you didn’t know that Jon would be my #1, you must be a new follower.

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Don Moynihan at Can We Still Govern?: At the Democratic National Convention, speaker after speaker sought to remind viewers of Project 2025. Jim Clyburn referred to it as “Jim Crow 2.0.” Cory Booker mocked it was “Project 1825” and “Project 1925.” Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow was one of many speakers who brought an enlarged version of the Mandate for Leadership document published by the Heritage Foundation that serves as the backbone to Project 2025. Trump’s campaign has falsely claimed that Project 2025 is dead, and in mailers to voters he has doubled down on his efforts to distance himself from it. (Note to Forbes and other media outlets who confuse repeating Trump’s lies with reporting: this is what you get — becoming a tool in his disinformation efforts).

Of course, Project 2025 very much remains alive and the most relevant way to understand how Trump would govern. At the convention, Tim Walz invoked Project 2025 when he said that “when somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re going to use it.” The comedian Kenan Thompson gave one of best summaries of the relationship between Trump and Project 2025:

[You know how when you download an app and there are hundreds of pages there that you don’t read. Its just the terms and conditions. And you just click agree, right? Well, these are the terms and conditions of a second Trump Presidency. You vote for him, you vote for all of this.]

Trump dislikes Project 2025 as a brand because it lays out a series of specifics about right wing policy goals, which, it turns out, are unpopular. There has been some schadenfreude in how Project 2025 has become baggage for the Trump campaign, and has in some ways backfired for the Heritage Foundation, who went from energetically promoting their ties to Trump to gingerly defending their efforts from Trump’s own campaign.

We got a glimpse about the scale and nature of these plans when some British undercover journalists performed a sting operation of Russ Vought. Vought is touted as a potential Chief of Staff in a second Trump administration. As a Trump official, he helped to cover up Trump’s withholding of arms to Ukraine, and aggressively pushed Trump’s plan to fire career civil servants. Out of office, he then complains about the weaponization of federal agencies without a trace of irony.

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The Heritage Foundation been portrayed as the central player in Project 2025, deservedly so. But its role reflects a certain continuity of effort — it has been publishing Mandate for Leadership guides since Reagan — that understates the dramatic nature of the change that has taken place on the right. The Conservative Partnership Institute, which has played a less visible role in Project 2025, is more emblematic of the MAGAification of the conservative movement. A recent profile of CPI by Jonathan Blitzer in the New Yorker is eye-opening. CPI was created in 2017 by Jim DeMint, the Heritage Foundation leader who was pushed out for trashing Heritage’s reputation for credible research by making it more partisan and less serious. DeMint also aligned early with Trump, which some Heritage board members never forgave him for. CPI operates less like a think tank, where former Trump officials hang their hat, and more like a venture capital firm providing seed funding for MAGA-aligned organizations, as well as connections to other donors, and physical space to get a foothold in DC. These include:

Russ Vought’s Center for Renewing America

Stephen Miller’s America First Legal

The American Accountability Foundation, which ran attack campaigns against Biden nominees, and is currently compiling an enemies list of career civil servants

Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network. CPI had been deeply involved in election denial. It helped to organize efforts to disrupt the vote to confirm Biden’s election on January 6th. Mitchell a Secretary of CPI, was the lawyer who helped Trump with his call to Georgia officials asking them to fine more votes. She is organizing a network of legal challenges to block legitimate election outcomes this year.

The State Freedom Caucus Network, whose goal is to embed state versions of the House Freedom Caucus in every state

An API official said that in a speech at Mar-A-Lago: “Trump complained about his personnel. He said he had these bad generals, bad Cabinet secretaries. That was a big signal to the people there.” This is why there is such an intense focus on Schedule F, to fire civil servants, and building a pipeline of dedicated Trumpists as political appointees. Part of the function of CPI was to alter the incentives for Trump officials. A previous generation of conservative lawyers or other appointees might worry about their long-term career prospects for engaging in a little light treason. CPI has created an ecosystem existed to defend them (they have funded legal defenses for John Eastman, Peter Navarro, Mark Meadows and Jeffery Clark), to and to find them new roles after wrongdoing.

@Don Moynihan nails it: The “next phase” of Project 2025 contains plans we don’t even know about.

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Ed Bickert: The Quiet Virtuoso of Jazz Guitar

Introduction: When it comes to the greats of jazz guitar, names like Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, and Pat Metheny often spring to mind. Yet, nestled in this pantheon of innovators is Ed Bickert, a Canadian musician whose understated brilliance has left an indelible mark on the world of jazz. Known for his harmonic sophistication, warm tone, and impeccable taste, Bickert’s legacy is one of quiet…

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Most Underrated Actress 2014

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Scarlett Johansson – Don Jon

Sophie Nélisse - The Book Thief

Aubrey Plaza - The To Do List

Chloë Grace Moretz  - Carrie

Brit Marling - The East

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watching x-twitter and r*ddit try to stir up ~dissent against brevoort because he isn’t effusive over the same pet characters who’ve been front and center at the expense of everyone else not just all krakoa but since the early 2000s

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On the turntable today...

Rockin' Into The Night by 38 Special (1979)

33 1/3 by Power Station (1985)

All Four One by The Motels (1982)

Dream A Little Dream Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1989)

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin (1975)

#38special #RockinIntoTheNIght #autographed #jeffcarlisi #donbarnes #powerstation #33and1third #andytaylor #johntaylor #tonythompson #RIPTonyThompson #bernardedwards #ripbernardedwards #robertpalmer #riprobertpalmer #marswilliams #ripmarswilliams #duranduran #themotels #marthadavis #allfourone #dreamalittledream #ledzeppelin #physicalgraffiti #robertplant #jimmypage #johnpauljones #johnbonham #ripjohnbonham #70s #80s #records #album #LP #vinyl #vinylrecords

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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Romanian Lobby Card. 1972