#George M. Dallas

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

lil ultimate boys for the dgrp au, but it’s just me drawin this for fun there’s no actual story about them yet x

[deadpresidents]

"The President has been weighed down by the vast load he carries; his sagacity, firmness, and patriotism have given way under the appalling condition of the country and the violence in his Cabinet. He argues too much, becomes inconsistent, and does vastly more harm than good. His propositions of compromise, as stated, he must know to be impracticable."

-- Former Vice President George Mifflin Dallas, then serving as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, on President James Buchanan's disastrous final months in office as the country slid towards Civil War, diary entry, December 19, 1860.

[lil-als]

I want to learn more about George M. Dallas. I’m surprised how little I know as a fan of Polk and the vice presidents. I’ve been subconsciously calling him George Muffins Dallas. Or just Muffins

[jloisse]

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[falcemartello]

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Quarant'anni anni fa l'opinione pubblica era formata esclusivamente dai Media ufficiali.

La grande finanza massonica che li controllava poteva far credere alla gente qualsiasi cosa. La proprietà di TV e grandi quotidiani era essenziale per fare politica.

In Italia si diceva che "chi si avvicina al Corriere della sera muore". E in effetti coloro che tentarono di prenderne il controllo finirono in galera o in rovina, e qualcuno al cimitero.

Oggi non lo legge più nessuno.

In America il podcast indipendente di Joe Rogan ha milioni di ascoltatori. Ha potuto permettersi di criticare i vaccini e perfino Israele, accusandolo di genocidio, e guadagna lo stesso.

Tucker Carlson è stato silurato da Fox News per le sue idee di libertà e democrazia, ma ora qui su X intervista Putin e ha dieci volte più spettatori di prima.

L'astro nascente della destra repubblicana Candace Owens @RealCandaceO (quella che sostiene che George Floyd è morto di overdose e non soffocato da un poliziotto, e che Brigitte Macron è un uomo) è stata licenziata dalla famosa agenzia Daily Wire perché accusata di antisemitismo da un potente rabbino.

In realtà ha soltanto criticato Israele per i crimini contro i Palestinesi, e si è vantata di essere nera e cristiana.

Ora, però, è molto più seguita di prima, sia nel suo programma TV, sia qui su X. Perfino Elliot Resnick, ex capo redattore di Jewish Press, ha scritto su Israel National News che non si può accusare chiunque non la pensi come il governo di Israele di essere "antisemita" per metterlo a tacere. Non è giusto e, soprattutto, non funziona più!

israelnationalnews.com/news/387587

Pian piano questo nuovo modo di fare politica sta arrivando anche da noi. Ed un'ottima cosa, che dà speranza.

Spesso mi chiedo se ha più potere (e responsabilità) un senatore, che deve seguire decisioni già prese altrove per non farsi espellere dal partito, o un influencer serio, che ospita opinioni diverse e non fa tifoseria, dice chiaramente quello che pensa e dialoga onestamente con tutti, come la Owens.

Alla fine la differenza è soltanto che il senatore ha l'immunità parlamentare.

Il mondo cambia, fin troppo rapidamente, nel male ma, per fortuna, anche nel bene, solo che non ce ne accorgiamo. Più i Media tradizionali perdono fiducia e lettori, e più voci si potranno esprimere liberamente qui su X, più la civiltà avrà speranza di progredire.

Quindi scriviamo, leggiamo e discutiamo, senza paura❗

Massimo Montanari

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Suggerisco inoltre questa lettera:

https://www.frasicelebri.it/frase/noam-chomsky-le-dieci-regole-della-manipolazione-m/

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #316 - The Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, 1992

La musica rock americana a fine anni ’80 è un calderone emozionante di vibrazioni che ribolle in continuazione. In quegli anni ci sarà una straordinaria concentrazione di visioni musicali, che a seconda della zona dell’immensa nazione prende dal passato per proiettarsi nel futuro. Se per esempio a Seattle la tradizione viene usata per fare a pezzi il vecchio e diventare occasione per buttare fuori tutta l’ansia del periodo, nel profondo Sud è il trampolino di lancio per catapultare nella contemporaneità il rock “classico”. La storia di oggi ci porta in Georgia, ad Atlanta, dove i fratelli Robinson crescono in una famiglia nella quale, nei decenni precedenti, la musica ha regalato qualche soddisfazione: infatti il padre, Dan, arrivò addirittura in classifica con un singolo, Boom-A-Dip-Dip, nel 1959. I fratelli Robinson, Chris alla voce e Rich alla chitarra, prima si avvicinano al punk, ma ben presto trovano molto più stimolante il rock anni ’60, sia quello tipico delle loro parti, il southern rock dal suono caldo e coinvolgente, sia il rock blues anni ’60 portato negli Stati Uniti dai gruppi inglesi. La prima formazione si chiama Mrs. Black Crowe’s Garden, ma nel 1988 cambiano nome in The Black Crowes: diventano localmente richiestissimi nei club di Atlanta e dintorni, dove li nota un emissario della A&M che fa registrare al gruppo dei demo. Non se ne fa nulla, ma una sera a sentirli suonati c’è George Drakoulias, famoso produttore e talent scout, che li segnala alla persona che in quel momento è il produttore più interessante del paese: Rick Rubin. Sebbene non suonino metal, la specialità della Def American di Rubin, i ragazzi suonano meravigliosamente nel loro mix di vecchio e nuovo, un rock solido e arricchito di soul, gospel e passione, e vengono messi sotto contratto. Tutta questa passione si percepisce già dalla copertina del loro primo disco, Shake Your Money Maker (1990): prodotto da George Drakoulias, si rifà nella grafica del titolo e nella foto a quelle mitiche dei gruppi british blues di 30 anni prima, fa pensare ai Faces e ai primi Rolling Stone, e il dubbio scompare sentendo con che voce si presenta Chris Robinson: un mix selvaggio di Rod Steward e di Mick Jagger, il suono potente e solido di brani come She Talks To Angels, Twice As Hard o la superlativa cover di Hard To Handle di Otis Redding. Il successo arriva quasi inaspettato: milioni di copie vendute e una fama crescente, frutto anche delle stupende esibizioni live, pirotecniche e imperdibili, che convincono pure gli spettatori delle band metal della Def American a cui sono chiamati ad aprire i concerti.

Nel 1992, in un paio di settimane, registrano il loro secondo album, chiamati all’arditissimo compito di replicare il successo del primo: ma sin dalle prime note, The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, che prende il nome dal titolo di un inno di William Walker, un pastore battista dell’800, non delude le aspettative e sarà un disco epocale per bellezza e successo. È sempre la copertina che rivela la nuova strategia della band: i musicisti sono fotografati in bianco e nero facendo intuire che stavolta più che il rock blues inglese è la tradizione del southern rock alla Allman Brothers Band e Lynyrd Skynyrd ad essere di ispirazione. Con l’innesto di Marc Ford alla seconda chitarra (il resto vedeva Johnny Colt al basso, Steve Gorman alla batteria e Eddie Harsch alle tastiere), il suono diventa più pieno e pastoso, l’aggiunta di cori femminile rimanda alla grande tradizione Soul, l’affiatamento generale e le doti da cantante di Chris Robinson, davvero convincente, ne fanno un disco che schizza in vetta alle classifiche, con 4 singoli numero uno nella classifica di Billboard, record rimasto per anni imbattuto. La travolgente Sting Me apre il disco, seguita da Remedy dove si innalza il piano di Eddie Harsch a cadenzarne la ritmica . Thorn In My Pride, un super blues, come No Speak No Slave, ha echi zeppeliani (amore mai nascosto, dopo anni la band registrerà un live nientemeno che con Jimmy Page in persona). Bad Luck Blue Eyes, Goodbye è una ballatona ariosa e stupenda, come Sometimes Salvation, dove Robinson canta alla maniera straziante di Janis Joplin. Hotel Illness è il brano più immediato, come la bellissima My Morning Song. Chiude un omaggio a Bob Marley, Time Will Tell, che sigilla con una struggente natura gospel un disco che si ascolta tutto d’un fiato. Dopo l’ennesimo tour a mille e pieno di soddisfazioni, cambiano produttore e pubblicano nel 1994 Amorica: però più che per le canzoni è ricordato per con la famosa copertina, anche censurata, di un primo piano di un succinto slip a stelle a strisce che appena copre un pube di una donna nera. La band, dopo vari avvicendamenti (il più famoso fu l’allontanamento di Marc Ford come secondo chitarrista, per i gravi problemi di dipendenza da droghe di quest’ultimo) pubblicherà un altro grande disco, By Your Side del 1999, e continuerà una strepitosa carriera live nei più grandi festival e con collaborazioni prestigiose (oltre al già citato Page, anche i mitici Dead) ma i dissidi tra i fratelli, anche economici, porteranno ad una serie di liti e reunion, intramezzati anche da un ottimo disco, Warpaint del 2008, fino allo scioglimento del 2015.

Nel 2019 però l’inattesa svolta: prima l’annuncio di un tour celebrativo di Shake Your Money Maker, poi lo stop per la pandemia Covid-19, ma dal 2022 nuove date e addirittura un nuovo, inatteso disco, che uscirà la settimana prossima, il 15 Marzo 2024, dal titolo che è un programma: Happiness Bastards. Quando uscì, oltre 30 anni fa, Shake Your Money Maker (che è il titolo di un classico blues di Elmore James) la band era considerata la next big thing del rock a stelle e strisce, persino all’esordio musicale band dell’anno 1990 per la rivista Rolling Stone. A distanza di anni si può dire che in parte hanno disatteso quella speranza, ma hanno lasciato degli esempi di musica genuina e viscerale che sembra quasi stridere con tutto quello che in quegli anni diventerà preponderante.

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

GEORGE M DALLAS WE LOVE U SUNBEAM

obligatory Dallas post as I am annexed by Polk. I think I made him too sunshine. but compared to Polk anyone is 300% sunshine.

why he always look like he got a W(h)ig on

[bibliotecasanvalentino]

Ed eccoci di nuovo qui con la rubrica a cadenza mensile e precisamente l'ultimo giorno di ogni mese, curata dalla nostra utente e amica @valentina_lettrice_compulsiva

Questa rubrica nasce anche e soprattutto da una riflessione che ci accompagna da un po' di tempo: per una "piccola" biblioteca di un piccolo paese non è sempre facile stare al passo con le richieste, i suggerimenti, le necessità degli utenti e non. Per questo motivo, con l'aiuto di Valentina scopriremo nuovi autori e nuove letture, consigli e spunti di riflessione, insieme a curiosità e notizie sui nostri cari libri. E allora, diamo il benvenuto a questo nuovo spazio culturale dove si viaggerà alla scoperta delle case editrici indipendenti: ʟᴇᴛᴛᴜʀᴇɪɴᴅɪᴇ.

La casa editrice di questo mese è: @pelledocaeditore

Buona lettura a tutti!

GHOST STORIES – M. R. JAMES

È la notte di Halloween, quale modo migliore di trascorrerla se non leggendo le storie di fantasmi dello scrittore e medievalista britannico Montague Rhodes James?

La casa editrice Pelledoca, specializzata in narrativa per ragazzi, ha pubblicato un graphic novel che raccoglie i cinque racconti più famosi dell’autore, nell’adattamento di Leah Moore e John Reppion, in cui vengono trattati: il tema della vendetta, del ritorno dal regno dei morti, della curiosità che spinge l’uomo a superare limiti invalicabili.

I protagonisti di queste storie sono studiosi impegnati in misteriose e insidiose ricerche in archivi polverosi o in dimore infestate, che si trovano ad affrontare esperienze al di là dell’umana comprensione.

"LA MEZZATINTA", in assoluto il mio racconto preferito di James, racconta di un dipinto che, notte dopo notte, prende vita per ricordare in eterno la terribile vendetta di un nobile decaduto.

"IL FRASSINO", invece, narra la storia di un albero che nasconde un terribile segreto, legato alla morte di una donna giustiziata per stregoneria

"LA NUMERO 13" racconta di una stanza d’albergo che appare e scompare.

"IL CONTE MAGNUS" è ambientato in un mausoleo misterioso nel quale sarebbe meglio non entrare.

“FISCHIA E IO VERRÒ DA TE” narra di un fischietto capace di evocare mostri e demoni.

Le splendide illustrazioni di Fouad Mezher, Alisdair Wood, George Kambadais, Abigail Larson e Al Davison costituiscono il valore aggiunto del volume.

COSA MI È PIACIUTO

Adoro la letteratura gotica e, in particolare, le storie di fantasmi. Quelle di M. R. James mi hanno sempre affascinata per le ambientazioni cupe e le vicende oscure che le caratterizzano.

COSA NON MI È PIACIUTO

Purtroppo l’età avanza e ho avuto un po’ di difficoltà a leggere le vignette di alcune tavole.

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L’AUTORE

M. R. James (1862-1936) è stato uno scrittore e studioso medievale, ricordato soprattutto per le sue storie di fantasmi che sono considerate tra le migliori del genere. I racconti di M. R. James continuano ad influenzare molti dei grandi scrittori di oggi, tra cui Stephen King  (che discute di James nel libro di saggistica del Danse Macabre, 1981) e Ramsey Campbell.

LA CASA EDITRICE

I libri di Pelledoca editore vogliono raccontare storie belle, forti e particolari. Storie da brivido, capaci di tenere il lettore con il fiato sospeso e gli occhi incollati alla pagina. La casa editrice ha fatto una scelta precisa, decidendo di occuparsi solo di thriller, noir e mistero. Chi scrive per Pelledoca accompagna i lettori, soprattutto i più giovani, in un mondo narrativo di intrighi in cui si muovono personaggi equivoci, vittime e carnefici, ma anche astuti eroi.

[dhr-ao3]

BLOODY SLUTTY AND PATHETIC | Traduzione in Italiano

BLOODY, SLUTTY, AND PATHETIC | Traduzione in Italiano https://ift.tt/07DYHjA by Lunaa_slytherin Secondo il mio modesto parere, ci sono solo tre cose che gli uomini dovrebbero essere: sanguinari, puttane e patetici. E, nei giorni migliori, Draco Malfoy può essere tutte e tre le cose. Quando l'eroina di guerra Hermione Granger e il criminale di guerra tatuato ad Azkaban Draco Malfoy sono costretti a sposarsi come parte della controversa Legge di Riconciliazione di Shacklebolt, combattono apertamente la partita e l'un l'altro - le loro risse pubbliche sono riportate senza fiato dalla stampa. In segreto, un Draco profondamente traumatizzato si gode le attenzioni di Hermione e desidera un vero matrimonio con lei, anche se la vicinanza forzata alla magia della famiglia Black irrita la cicatrice maledetta che Bellatrix le ha lasciato sul braccio, ricordandole perché non potrà mai fidarsi veramente di lui o perdonarlo. Poi Hermione scopre che il sangue di Draco lenisce la cicatrice... e Draco è disposto a scambiare il suo sangue per il suo corpo. Words: 6385, Chapters: 1/21, Language: Italiano Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Susan Bones, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, George Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Cho Chang, Marcus Flint, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Original Characters Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom/Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott/Everyone Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, marriage law, Forced Marriage, Post-War, Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Pining Draco Malfoy, Morally Grey Draco Malfoy, Jealous Draco Malfoy, Possessive Draco Malfoy, Morally Grey Hermione Granger, BAMF Neville Longbottom, Tattooed Draco Malfoy, Therapy Made Me Worse So I Started Writing Fanfic, Azkaban Tattooed Draco Malfoy via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/H8PGazl June 18, 2024 at 04:43PM

[rothjuje]

Justin is about to leave for 10 days. This is the longest he’s ever been away. Ugh.

His work trip is in Dallas. I’m insanely jealous. He gets to see our friends and old neighbors, and he gets to eat at our favorite spots. He wanted us to join, I just thought it would be too much with G&G, who don’t sleep in hotels or travel well. But dang, we should have gone just for the weekend. Regrets.

So many changes are taking place. The school year is wrapping up, Alyssa’s Celebration of Growth is tomorrow. The weather is heating up. I’m hanging out more with my kindergarten mom squad friends. I don’t know. I have big feelings about our first real summer here. Maybe I have some mild PTSD from last summer? I don’t know. The stress of it still makes me nauseous when I think about it. Ha! Maybe the move will be a traumaversary in my life now. Is that possible? Maybe, since the move from CA to TX broke my heart into a million little pieces and MA, while a definite upgrade, was still a small echo of that. Leaving friends and loved ones and places that felt like home and venturing into the great unknown. Sigh. It’s been crazy and fun and exciting and new and great but there have been times where I’ve felt alone, like I’ll never truly fit in here. But there are a bunch of transplants in my kindergarten mom squad and that has helped.

I’ve also met several moms with autistic kiddos. It’s nice to have a support system of people who get it. I used to have so much anxiety about his milestones and meeting kids older than him who eventually developed meaningful speech has been so nice. George has started to say some more meaningful words and phrases (“cracker” for Graham cracker, he refers to himself as “Georgie”, and he tells us “no” now when he doesn’t want to do something). He still says tickle and peekaboo when he wants to play and cheese when you take his picture. He’s getting there. He’ll get there. He’s the cuddliest, sweetest guy with the best disposition out of every kid I’ve ever met. I wouldn’t change him for one second, I just hope I get to hear about his interests some day.

Alyssa still wants to be both JoJo Siwa and a chef. Her favorite songs are Party in the USA and Shake it Off, she dances to them on repeat. I bet she would love Hannah Montana. She has poses now that she practices in the mirror and I honestly think she is perfect in every way. And very entertaining.

Gen is Gen. She is The Boss. Preschool two days a week next year will do her some good I think. The FCC classes are so great but they require parent participation and she rather be with me than her classmates, so her participation level is low. It will be so good for her to be with peers when mom isn’t there. She is so smart, she watches everything and everyone. She talks so much, and most of it sounds like a little grownup, she is very articulate. She is also fascinated by babies and batteries.

That’s pretty much it. Girls will do swim lessons, gardening class, and gymnastics this summer. George will have his IEP program for 3 hours M-Th. We’ll pack a picnic lunch, pick him up from school, and either head to the lake or playground for the afternoon. I’d love to wear them out every day and have early bedtimes. And it’s so much easier to parent outdoors. Weather is perfect here, TX you could really only enjoy the outdoors in the morning or evening, it will be nice to have all day to be outside.

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

【Antebellum/AMV】Psycho Killer

Happy Independence Day guys!! Hope you all enjoy this!

Like I've said the theme of this amv is probably: humorously(?) compressed simple antebellum history (1812-1861) group portraits into 4 minutes. So most scenes are basically related to historical facts, and the numbers there are the years of the events. However I'm historically illiterate in antebellum era, and this was something I decided to make before I even understood antebellum people lol. I hope there aren't any big mistakes x

While playing this song on repeat it suddenly struck me that everyone in the antebellum era was a god damned Psycho Killer, hence the idea for this group portrait. It's kinda sad that some of the characters I didn't get a chance to draw or that I didn't know enough about them.

If you like this, please tell me your favourite scene and feel free to share any thoughts!!! I want comments so badly😭😭😭I will probably make an explanation of timeline later!!!

BGM: Psycho Killer-Talking Heads

[deadpresidents]

Have any Vice Presidents later run for Governor or other office besides President after their terms?

Yes. Not counting those who served as President or ran for President following their time as Vice President, or the seven Vice Presidents who died in office (George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry, William R. King, Henry Wilson, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret Hobart, and James S. Sherman), here are the VPs who sought other offices post-Vice Presidency:

•Aaron Burr (1801-1805): Lost race for Governor of New York in 1804 during his Vice Presidency. •Daniel D. Tompkins (1817-1825): Lost race for Governor of New York in 1820 during his Vice Presidency. •John C. Calhoun (1825-1832): Resigned the Vice Presidency to join in the U.S. Senate from South Carolina (1832-1843); Served as Secretary of State (1844-1845) in the last stretch of the Tyler Administration; Elected again to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina (1845-1850) after serving as Secretary of State.

•Richard M. Johnson (1837-1841): Lost race for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky in 1842; Served two separate terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives (1841-1843; 1850) after his Vice Presidency. Died two weeks into his second post-Vice Presidential term in the state legislature.

•John Tyler (1841): After serving as Vice President and President, and following Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, Tyler was elected as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress. Tyler was also elected to a full term in the Confederate House of Representatives but died just before taking his seat in February 1862.

•George M. Dallas (1845-1849): Appointed U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1856-1861) by President Pierce and served under Presidents Pierce and Buchanan before being replaced early in the Lincoln Administration.

•John C. Breckinridge (1857-1861): Elected to a U.S. Senate seat from Kentucky while still Vice President. After administering the oath of office to his successor as Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin, Breckinridge was immediately sworn into the Senate by Hamlin. Although Kentucky remained neutral during the Civil War, Breckinridge supported the Confederacy and joined the Confederate military while still a sitting Senator, resulting in treason charges in November 1861 and, a month later, unanimous expulsion from the Senate. Breckinridge became a general in the Confederate Army and served as Confederate President Jefferson Davis's final Secretary of War.

•Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865): Briefly served as Collector of the Port of Boston (1865-1866) after being appointed by President Andrew Johnson. Elected U.S. Senator from Maine (1869-1881). Served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1881-1882) under Presidents Garfield and Arthur.

•Andrew Johnson (1865): After his brief Vice Presidency and nearly four years as President, Johnson lost races for the U.S. Senate (1869) and U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee. Elected as U.S. Senator from Tennessee in 1875 and died in office.

•William A. Wheeler (1877-1881): Wheeler was considered as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York on several occasions following his Vice Presidency but never made a serious bid for election.

•Levi P. Morton (1889-1893): Served as Governor of New York (1895-1896).

•Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-1897): Lost race for Governor of Illinois in 1908.

•Charles W. Fairbanks (1905-1909): Fairbanks was the Republican nominee for Vice President on a ticket alongside Presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 but they lost to incumbent President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

•Charles G. Dawes (1925-1929): Served as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain (1929-1931), appointed by President Hoover.

•Henry A. Wallace (1941-1945): After being dumped as Vice President in favor of Harry Truman when Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for a fourth term in 1944, FDR appointed Wallace Secretary of Commerce where he served from 1945-1946 under Roosevelt and Truman

•Alben W. Barkley (1949-1953): Elected to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky after his Vice Presidency and served from 1955 until dying in office in 1956.

•Richard Nixon (1953-1961): After losing his first bid for the White House in 1960, Nixon also lost a race for Governor of California in 1962 after leaving the Vice Presidency before making a remarkable comeback to win the Presidency in 1968.

•Hubert H. Humphrey (1965-1969): Elected to his former seat in the U.S. Senate from Minnesota and served until dying in office (1971-1978).

•Walter Mondale (1977-1981): U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1993-1996), appointed by President Clinton. In 2002, Mondale lost a race for U.S. Senate from Minnesota when he was the last-minute replacement on the ballot after Senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash.

[joker1315]

All the actors you can find on this blog

Use the following link and insert the tag you want to see:

a: adam croasdell - aiden turner - aimee garcia - alan rickman - alan tudyk - alex kingston - alison sudol - allen leech - amanda abbington - amir wilson - amita suman - anatol yusef - andreas pietschmann - andrew garfield - andrew scott - aneurin barnard - annette badland  - anthony hopkins - anthony mackie - antony starr - anya chalotra - august wittgenstein

b: barry bostwick - bellamy young - ben barnes - ben mckenzie - benedict cumberbatch - benicio del toro - bernard cribbins - bill nighy - billie piper - billy boyd - brendan gleeson - brent spiner - brianna hildebrand

c: calahan skogman - cameron monaghan - candice bergen - carla gugino - caroline dhavernas - cate blanchett - catherine e coulson - catherine tate - catinca untaru - chadwick boseman - charlie chaplin - chris addison - chris cooper - chris evans - chris hemsworth - chris malcom - chris pine - christian bale - christian clemenson - christian tramitz - christiane paul - christina ricci - christopher eccleston - christopher lee - christopher lloyd - cillian murphy - colin firth - colin odonoghue - colin woodell - corey johnson - cory michael smith - craig parker

d: dakota fanning - daniel brühl - daniel craig - daniel radcliffe - daniel sträβer - danielle galligan- david bowie - david dastmalchian - david duchovny - david morrissey - david tennant - david thewlis - david wenham - deforest kelley - diego luna - dietrich hollinderbäumer - dominic cooper - dominic monaghan - dominic west

e: eddie karanja - elijah wood - elizabeth olsen - elton john - emilie de ravin - emily beecham - emma thompson - emma watson - ethan hawke - eve myles - ewan mcgregor

f: ferdinand kingsley - frankie adams - freddy carter - freema agyeman

g: gareth david lloyd - gary oldman - geoffrey rush - george eads - george takei - georgia tennant - georgina haig - gillian anderson - ginnifer goodwin - gwendoline christie - gwyneth paltrow

h: hadley fraser - harrison ford - harvey keitel - hayley atwell - heath ledger - helen mccrory - helena bonham carter - henry cavill - hugh dancy - hugh jackman - hugh laurie - hugh skinner - hugo weaving

i: ian mckellen - imelda staunton - inbar lavi

j: jack davenport - jack wolfe - jackie earle haley - jake gyllenhaal - james mcavoy - james spader - jamie lee curtis - jared padalecki - jason isaacs - javier bardem - jayne brook - jeff goldblum - jenna coleman - jennifer connelly - jennifer lawrence - jennifer morrison - jensen ackles - jeremy renner - jim beaver - jodie foster - joel rush - joey batey - john barrowman - john boyega - john hurt - john larroquette - john rhys davies - john simm - johnny depp - jonathan frakes - jose pimentao - joseph gilgun - josh dallas - jude law - julia stiles - julianne moore - julie covington - juliette binoche

k: kacey rohl - karen fukuhara - karen gillan - karl urban - kat dennings - kate capshaw - kathryn hahn - keira knightley - kevin alejandro - kit young - krysten ritter - kyle maclachlan - kyra sedgwick

l: lana parrilla - lara pulver - lars mikkelsen - laura allen - laura dern - laura fraser - lauren german - laurence fishburne - laurie kynaston - laz alonso - lee arenberg - lee pace - leonard nimoy - lesley ann brandt - lesley sharp - lindsay duncan - lisa vicari - liv tyler - lizzy caplan - louise hofmann - lucas till - luke evans

m: mads mikkelsen - maggie gyllenhaal - majel barrett - margo martindale - marion cotillard - mark gatiss - mark pellegrino - mark ruffalo - mark sheppard - mark strong - mark waschke - martin freeman - matt smith - max schimmelpfenning - may calamawy - meat loaf - megan boone - mel gibson - melinda clarke - melissanthi mahut - meret becker - mia wasikowska - michael benyaer - michael bully herbig - michael cumpsty - michael des barres - michael fassbender - michael gambon - michael raymond james - michael sheen - michelle gomez - mikael persbrandt - miranda otto - misha collins

n: natalie portman - ncuti gatwa - neil patrick harris - nell campbell - nichelle nichols - nicolas cage - nicole kidman

o: olivia colman - orlando bloom - oscar isaac - owen wilson

p: paddy ohagan - patricia quinn - patrick stewart - paul bettany - paul chahidi - paul lux - paul mescal - pedro pascal - penelope wilton - peter capaldi - peter falk - peter hinwood - philip glenister - phoebe waller bridge - pierce brosnan - pip torrens

q: qorianka kilcher - quentin tarantino

r: rachael harris - rachel weisz - rafi gavron - ralph fiennes - rayner bourton - reece shearsmith - rene russo - rhona mitra - richard armitage - richard obrien - rob benedict - robbie kay - robert carlyle - robert downey jr - robin lord taylor - robin williams - ronald guttman - rose mciver - rupert graves - rupert grint - russell crowe - ruth negga - ryan gosling - ryan reynolds

s: sam neill - samantha smith - samuel l jackson - scarlett estevez - scarlett johansson - sean astin - sean bean - sebastian stan - sherilyn fenn - shohreh aghdashloo - sky du mont - sophia di martino - stanley tucci - stellan skarsgard - steven strait - susan sarandon

t: tan caglar - taron egerton - tilda swinton - tim curry - tim roth - toby maguire - tom conti - tom ellis - tom felton - tom hiddleston - tom holland - tom payne - tom sturridge - tomer capone - tony curran - tony curtis - tricia helfer - troy garity

u: una stubbs

v: val kilmer - vanesu samunyai - viggo mortensen - vivienne acheampong - vladimir burlakov

w: walter koenig - william shatner

y: yasmin finney

z: zachary quinto

[ulmo80]

📚Books I've read in 2023📚

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. The Quiet Gentleman, Georgette Heyer

3. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

4. The Book of Magic, Alice Hoffman

5. Abaddon's Gate, James S. A. Corey

6. The Blue Castle, L. M. Montgomery

7. Cibola Burn, James S. A. Corey

8. The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi

9. The Foundling, Georgette Heyer

10. Hamlet, William Shakespeare

11. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

12. Dangerous Women, Anthology Edited by George R. R. Martin

13. Artemis, Andy Weir

14. The Miserable Mill, Lemony Snicket

15. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

16. The Last Olympian, Rick Riordian

17. Gerald's Game, Stephen King

18. Mirror in the Mirror: A Labyrinth, Michael Ende

19. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

20. Nemesis Games, James S. A. Corey

21. Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

22. The Austere Academy, Lemony Snicket

23. Rogues, Anthology Edited by George R. R. Martin

24. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

25. Babylon's Ashes, James S. A. Corey

26. Arabella, Georgette Heyers

27. The Ersatz Elevator, Lemony Snicket

28. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

29. Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

30. The Vile Village, Lemony Snicket

31. The Hostile Hospital, Lemony Snicket

32. Fire and Blood, George R.R. Martin

33. Anne of Ingleside, L. M. Montgomery

34. Rainbow Valley, L. m. Montgomery

35. The Carnivorous Carnival, Lemony Snicket

36. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams

37. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen

38. The Slippery Slope, Lemony Snicket

39. The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann

40. The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket

41. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

42. A Civil Contract, Georgette Heyer

43. The Penultimate Peril, Lemony Snicket

44. The End, Lemony Snicket

45. The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr

46. Y colocín, colorado... Tú, David Safier

47. The Hitchshiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

48. The Chestnut Man, Søren Sveistrup

49. El Juego del Ángel (The Angel's Game), Carlos Ruiz Zafón

50. The Prison of Freedom, Michael Ende

51. Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, Chrétien de Troyes and Godefroi de Leigni

52. A Room with a View, E. M. Foster

53. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole

54. La Cocinera de Castamar (The Cook of Castamar), Fernando J. Núñez

55. Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King & Owen King

56. Love Among the Chickens, P. G. Wodehouse

57. The King's Man, Elizabeth Kingston

58. 1984, George Orwell

59. My family and other animals, Gerald Durrell

60. The Princess Bride, William Goldman

61. Birds, Beasts and Relatives, Gerald Durrrell

62. The Garden of the Gods, Gerald Durrell

63. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris

64. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris

65. Club Dead, Charlaine Harris

66. Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch

67. Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris

68. Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris

69. Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris

70. All Together Dead, Charlaine Harris

71. From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris

72. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris

73. Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch

74. Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris

75. A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris

76. Kiki's Delivery Service, Eiko Kadono

77. Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch

78. The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse

79. Persepolis Rising, James S. A. Corey

80. Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell

81. El Silencio del Asesino, Concha López Narváez. I read it because one of my students asked me. She had to read it for school (she's in 9nth grade), and want for me to explain her the end because she got confussed and doubted her reading comprhension. It's a murder mystery withouth the mystery, omniscient narrator that's a jumping POV, and the cheapest plot twists at the end. It was painful, a mess. Poor girl, of course she was confussed.

82. Drive, James S. A. Corey

83. The Churn, James S. A. Corey

84. The Butcher of Anderson Station, James S. A. Corey

85. The Last Flight of the Cassandra, James S. A Corey

86. Tiamat's Wrath, James S. A. Corey

87. Gods of Risk, James S. A. Corey

88. The Vital Abyss, James S. A. Corey

89. Strange Dogs, James S. A. Corey

90. Auberon, James S. A. Corey

91. Cotillion, Georgette Heyer

92. The Great Gastby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

[wholnewworldandall]

WINTER 1923

MLB ERWEITERUNG

das high comitte gibt bekannt, dass unter bestimmten bedingungen zwei weitere klubs in die mlb aufgenommen werden können. der erfolg der western league und die schnelle akklimatisierung der indianapolis champions haben gezeigt, dass das ein gangbarer weg sei.

drei bedingungen seien dafür zu erfüllen

die westliche grenze ist der missouri river, die reisestrapazen sind ansonsten zu gross

der klub muss in seiner liga sportlichen und finanziellen erfolg haben

der markt des klubes muss mindestens dem der untersten 20% der bisherigen mlb klubs entsprechen.

punkt 1 & 3 erfüllen lt. dem comitte folgende städte, punkt 2 muss demnach in den kommenden saisons bewiesen werden.

minneapolis/ st. paul

toronto

montreal

buffalo

baltimore

milwaukee

kansas city MO/ kansas city KA

folgende städte erachtet das comitte unter aktuellen umständen als prinzipiell nicht geeignet

dallas / fort worth

louisville

atlanta

denver

los angeles

san francisco / oakland

seattle

new orleans

portland

newark / new jersey

omaha

dallas

vancouver bc

houston

san antonio

oklahoma city

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October 4 - The value of the German mark continued its fall and dropped to less than 1/20th of an American penny

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October 12 - A press conference announcing the firing of Connie Mack has been set for today by the Philadelphia Athletics.

The dismissal of Mack, the face of Philadelphia's great dynasty, is a shock and a turning point for the Athletics. The old glory days are now finally over.

When pressed for reasons behind the decision to fire Mack, Philadelphia GM Davis said, "Unfortunately, his philosophy was no longer working"

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Oktober 19 - carlton club meeting - die liberal-konservative koalition von david lloyd george wird gestützt. die one-nation-konservativen unter bonar law kommen in grossbritannien an die macht.

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Oktober 21 - Juan Bautista Vicini wird provisorischer Präsidenten der Dominikanischen Republik. Sein Hauptziel ist die Evakuierung der in der Dominikanischen Republik stationierten US-Truppen. Die Dominikanische Republik ist seit 1916 von amerikanischen Truppen besetzt.

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Oktober 25 - marsch auf rom. benito mussolini und die faschisten übernehmen die macht in italien. der könig lässt es nicht auf eine konfrontation ankommen und gibt klein bei.

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November 7 - Die Demokratische Partei erzielte bei den US-Zwischenwahlen zum Kongress große Zugewinne sowohl im US-Repräsentantenhaus als auch im Senat.

Die Wahl war ein Sieg für Hardings progressive Gegner in der Republikanischen Partei und trug zu den Teapot-Dome-Untersuchungen und der Kandidatur von Robert M. La Follette für eine dritte Partei im Jahr 1924 bei.

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December 8 - Appearing in person at a meeting of both houses of Congress, U.S. President Warren G. Harding delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. "It is four years since the World War ended", Harding said, "but the inevitable readjustment of the social and economic order is not more than barely begun." Harding spoke at length about the country's recent labor strife and recommended the creation of a non-partisan tribunal to replace the current Labor Board. On the matter of Prohibition he said, "The day is unlikely to come when the Eighteenth Amendment will be repealed. The fact may as well be recognized and our course adapted accordingly."

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December 20 - At a press conference in Chicago, structural engineer Joseph Strauss unveiled his plans for what would be the world's longest bridge, a span over the "Golden Gate", the strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. "If and when erected," The New York Times noted, "the structure will be the greatest in point of magnitude and span in the world." Construction would begin ten years later and the bridge would open in 1937.

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Januar 9 - Die interalliierte Reparationskommission behauptet, die Weimarer Republik halte absichtlich Lieferungen zurück.

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Januar 11 - Im Konflikt um die deutschen Reparationsleistungen beginnen französische und belgische Truppen mit der Besetzung des Ruhrgebiets. Die Besetzung löst einen Aufschrei nationaler Empörung aus. Die Reichsregierung unter dem parteilosen Kanzler Wilhelm Cuno ruft die Bevölkerung am 13. Januar zum „passiven Widerstand“ auf.

An Frankreich und Belgien werden keine Reparationen mehr gezahlt, Industrie, Verwaltung und Verkehr werden durch Generalstreiks und Sabotageakte teilweise lahmgelegt.

Betriebe und Behörden leisten den Anordnungen der Besatzer nicht Folge. Die Beamten und Arbeiter der Deutschen Reichsbahn verweigern den Dienst und verlassen ihre Dienstposten, oft unter Mitnahme aller dienstlichen Unterlagen und Informationen.

In vielen Bahnhöfen und Stellwerken werden die Beschriftungen demontiert, Lokomotiven und Wagen in unbesetztes Gebiet abgefahren. Die Besatzungstruppen reagieren darauf mit der Übernahme des Betriebs in den Regiebetrieb durch die sogenannte Régie des Chemins de fer des Territoires occupés.

Dies erfordert in erheblichem Umfang den Einsatz französischer und belgischer Eisenbahner. Aufgrund der vielfach fehlenden technischen Dokumentationen sowie der von französischen und belgischen Normen deutlich abweichenden Fahrzeug- und Sicherungstechnik der Reichsbahn führt dies zunächst zu erheblichen Problemen durch Unfälle sowie einer deutlich reduzierten Leistungsfähigkeit des Eisenbahnnetzes. Die Besatzungstruppen reagieren auf den passiven Widerstand mit 150.000 verhängten Strafen, die neben Gefängnisstrafen vor allem bei Eisenbahnern die Ausweisung aus dem besetzten Gebiet bedeuten. Eine weitere Folge des Widerstands ist eine Hyperinflation der Papiermark

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March 18 - It was learned today that Colton June, the owner of Pittsburgh Pirates, had passed away. No cause of death was announced. The elder June has been suffering health problems for the last few years and had already turned over much of the team operation to his son, Caleb June.

Speaking for the family, the Pittsburgh general manager said that Caleb would assume the club presidency and handle day-to-day operations.

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March -28 As speculation mounted into the morning, rumors over a final agreement between Tarzan Tinapay and San Francisco became a reality, with the star opting for a $111,000 deal over 8 years.

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March 29 - New York fans celebrated as word of a signing became reality. Cliff Heathcote won't be pulling up stakes anytime soon, as he has signed a 8-year extension at a pay rate of $14,800 per annum. With this he is one of the highest paid players of the league.

Since he is widely seen as an integral part of the club, New York officials had to keep Heathcote from jumping ship.

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[ramrodd]

An Evening with General David H. Petraeus

COMMENTARY: Here's a couple of things about Petraeus congruent with the Oliver Stone version of Vietnam,  It isn't wrong, per se. It's just not the entire picture, First of all, I am an Army brat and when I was grrowing up, Counter-Insurgency was the sexy career path of West Point graduates, in particular the exploits of the Green Berets. Patraeus's re-issiue of the COIN manual, and all the things he specified should have been don in Iraw from the get-go, was stuff we were doing in Vietnam as part of the Nation Building mission until the Diem brothers were assassinated 19 days before JFK, Food on him, but what occuured in the interval is largely a consequence of the influsence of the Harvard  MBA programs and Bill Buckley's Conservative nazification agenda from 1960, That isn't Petraesu's fault, but he is a product of the All Volunteer Army that was weaned on the mytho that  draftees fucked up Vietnam,  In addition, he and McChrystal were still at West Point when Ayn Rand presented her Philosophy: WHo Needs it? adress from the sae podium MacArthur delivered his Vlaedictory in May 1962, In this address, Rand introduced the libertarian logic of the Virtue of Selfishness into the stoic ethos of that DEI cultue, 2 years later, 80 cadets were separated for Honor's violations, You can intuit vibrations of Rand's Ojbectivism throughout his career. And this conversation, In JFK, Oliver Stone depicted generals agitating for sustaining the Vietnam presence to support their sponsors in the Military Industrial Complex in opposition to the myth that FFK was getting ready to withdraaw.  As an Army brat, this has always been offensive to me because it is only half true, Between 1954 and 1962, the mission of Military Assisatance Grop - Vietnam was exactly thesame nation builkding mission as the Korea - Military Assistance Group's continuing mission, In 1982, Norah O'Donnell was an Army brat with her father in Korea. In 1962, I had freinds who wer stationed in Saigon when the godless commie cocksuckers in Hanoi declared their intent to conquer the Republic of Vientam by tossing hand grenades into Saigon theaters. The Army evacuated the dependents in 24 hours. Between then and November 3, 1963, there was a vigorous debate in the Pentagon between officers dedicated to continuing the Nation Building doctrine of Geore Marshal versus Robert MacNamara's Harvard educated Whiz Kinds, which included Les Aspin, who wanted to conduct a European battlefield featuring strategic air power, They were backed up by right wing generals like Curis Leman and the darling of the Dallas John Birch Society, Edwin Walker, The Harvard Whiz Kids won the debate when agents of the John Birch Society in State and Bay of Pigs cowboys from the CIA engeineered the assassination of the Diem brothers. As Ken Burns pointed out in Vietnam, they had blind-sided Kennedy with a proposal to replace the Saigon government with American puppets in a proposal that was mis-characterized as a finding and Kennedy, on vacation, initialed it. From then until patraesu re issued the COIL FM for the Surge, COIC was sheved and the war proceeded as reported/ One other thing Patraeus got wrong was that Vietnam was a battle of attrition with North Vietnam, By 1965, the Army's stategy was a battle of attrition with the Soviet economy by proxy in the larger Cold war,We lost the battelr of Vietnam when the Diem borthers were assassinated, We betryaed out essential ideaals, The BIG IDea was George Marshall’s Nation Building which we abandoned for a replay of WWII that General Giap defeated in 1954, By 1970, as a consequence of the success of this strategy and Apollo  11, both Breshnev and Mao concluded that Marxism is untenable and joined with Nixon in a global aspiration to transform the Military Industrial Complex into the Aerospace-Entrepreneurial Martrix necessary to sustain a lunar colony for 100 years in a campaign to realized Wernher von Braun's vision in Das Marsprojekt,' Elon Musk's father named him for the heor of that novel. Apollo 11 was Stage 1 of that process. Affirmative Action is Stage 2, If Carter had been reelected, we would have been to Mars in the last 40 years. The nazification agenda of the Supply Side Marxism of what has become Project 2025 has prevented that from happening and everyhting Elon Musk and his Muskrats at DOGE are doing is blowing up the socio-economi Matrix we need to get to Mars. That's not Patraeus's fault,, but the military has been perfectly content to allow the agents of Bill Buckley's Conservative nazification agenda pull them around by their collective peckers since 1975 becaus of the Democrat's refusal to extend military support to Saigon after Watergate. Westmoreland was not the problem: he was perfectly subordinate to his poltical masters. The problem was the Harvard educate Whiz Kids,  who became useful idiots to the nazification agenda of the John Birch Society, In the fian analysis, Vietnam was aontext between Marxism and the Harvard MBA program and Marxism won, ' And Bill Buckley's Conservaive nazification agenda just elected a clone of Joe McCarhy for POTUS.