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Once Upon a Lamp - list of characters

In honor of Once Upon a Studio turning one year old

EXT. THE STEVE JOBS BUILDING - EARLY EVENING

The Adventures of André and Wally B.

André

Wally B.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Sr.

Red’s Dream

Lumpy

Red

Tin Toy

Tinny

Gumbo

Flip ‘n Beth

Ace

Clocky

Spot

Zoo Train

Chrome Dome

Rallye Guy

Fire Hydrant

Helicopter Sheep

Toypot

Frodo

Bouncy

Eben’s Car

Les

RenderMan

Knick Knack

Knick

Sunny Miami

Sunny Florida

Sunny Egypt

Sunny Jamaica

Sunny Palm Springs

Sunny Israel

Surf Death Valley

Sunny Atlantis

Toy Story (Toys)

Woody

Buzz Lightyear

Jessie

Mr. Potato Head

Slinky Dog

Rex

Hamm

Bo Peep

Mrs. Potato Head

Bullseye

Mr. Pricklepants

Dolly

Trixie

Buttercup

Chuckles

Stinky Pete

Barbie

Ken

Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear

Big Baby

Twitch

Stretch

Chunk

Sparks

Chatter Telephone

Bookworm

Peas-in-a-Pod

Forky

Giggle McDimples

Ducky

Bunny

Duke Caboom

Gabby Gabby

The Dummies

Billy, Goat, and Gruff

Toy Story (Human side)

Andy Davis

Mrs. Davis

Molly Davis

Sid Phillips

Hannah Phillips

Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie’s Mom

Bonnie’s Dad

Buster

Scud

Geri’s Game

Geri

A Bug’s Life

Flik

Hopper

Princess Atta

Princess Dot

The Queen

Molt

Slim

Heimlich

Francis

Manny

Gypsy

Rosie

Tuck

Roll

P.T. Flea

Dim

Mr. Soil

Dr. Flora

Thorny

Cornelius

Thumper

Aphie

For the Birds

Bluebird Flock

Gawky Bird

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Commander Nebula

Mira Nova

XR

Booster Sinclair Munchapper

Warp Darkmatter

Gravitina

N0S-4-A2

XL

Monsters, Inc.

James P. Sullivan

Mike Wazowski

Boo

Celia Mae

Randall Boggs

Henry J. Waternoose

Johnny Worthington

Scott “Squishy” Squibbles

Don Carlton

Terri and Terry Perry

Art

Tylor Tuskman

Val Little

Fritz

Katherine “Cutter” Sterns

Duncan P. Anderson

Roz

Yeti

Jeff Fungus

Banana Bread

Roger Rogers

Suzy “Sunny” Sunshine

Finding Nemo

Marlin

Dory

Nemo

Hank

Boundin’

Jackalope

Lamb

The Incredibles

Bob Parr

Helen Parr

Violet Parr

Dashiell Parr

Jack-Jack Parr

Lucius Best

Edna Mode (E)

Buddy Pine

Winston Deavor

Evelyn Deavor

Mirage

Rick Dicker

Voyd

One Man Band

Bass

Treble

Tippy

THX

Tex

Cars

Lightning McQueen

Tow Mater

Cruz Ramirez

Lifted

Stu

Mr. B

Ratatouille

Remy

Alfredo Linguini

Chef Skinner

Colette Tatou

Django

Emile

Anton Ego

Presto

Presto DiGiotagione

Alec Azam

WALL-E

WALL-E

EVE

Captain B. McCrea

John

Mary

M-O

GO-4

The Reject Robots

Hal the Cockroach

Partly Cloudy

Gus

Peck

Up

Carl Fredricksen

Russell

Dug

Charles Muntz

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Kevin

Kevin’s Babies

Day & Night

Day

Night

La Luna

Bambino

Papà

Nonno

Brave

Merida

Elinor

Fergus

Hamish

Hupert

Harris

Fergus’ Dogs

Angus

The Witch

Maudie

Lord MacGuffin

Lord Macintosh

Lord Dingwall

Young MacGuffin

Young Macintosh

Wee Dingwall

The Witch’s Crow

Conan the Clan Dingwall Hunk

The Blue Umbrella

Blue

Red

Lava

Uku

Lele

Inside Out (Mindscape)

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Fear

Disgust

Anxiety

Envy

Ennui

Embarrassment

Nostalgia

Paula Persimmon

Xeni

Jean Dewberry

Janelle Johnson

Teen Riley

Rainbow Unicorn

Melatonin

Inside Out (Humans)

Riley Andersen

Jill Andersen

Bill Andersen

Grace Hsieh

Bree Young

Valentina Ortiz

Dani

Ally

Sofia

Nour

Coach Roberts

Sanjay’s Super Team

Sanjay

Sanjay’s Father

Hanuman

Durga

Vishnu

The Good Dinosaur

Arlo

Spot

Henry

Ida

Buck

Libby

Nash

Ramsey

Butch

Thunderclap

Downpour

Coldfront

Frostbite

Windgust

Bubbha

Lurleane

Pervis

Earl

Forrest Woodbush

Fury

Destructor

Dream Crusher

Debbie

Piper

Piper

Lou

Lou

J.J.

Coco (Land of the Living)

Miguel Rivera

Dante

Abuelita Elena Rivera

Enrique Rivera (Papá)

Luisa Rivera (Mamá)

Tío Berto Rivera

Tía Carmen Rivera

Tía Gloria Rivera

Abuelito Franco Rivera

Abel Rivera

Rosa Rivera

Socorro Rivera

Benny Rivera

Manny Rivera

Coco (Land of the Dead)

Papá Héctor Rivera

Ernesto de la Cruz

Mamá Imelda Rivera

Pepita

Mamá Coco Rivera

Papá Julio Rivera

Tía Rosita Rivera

Tía Victoria Rivera

Tío Óscar Rivera

Tío Felipe Rivera

Bao

Mom

Son

Dad

Cindy

Purl

Purl

Lacy

Office Bros.

Office Ladies

Kitbull

Kitbull

Dog

Smash and Grab

Smash

Grab

Float

Father

Son

Wind

Ellis

Ellis’ Grandma

Onward

Ian Lightfoot

Barley Lightfoot

Laurel Lightfoot

Corey

Colt Bronco

Blazey

Burrow

Rabbit

Badger Landlord

The Rabbit’s Neighbors

Soul (Living World)

Joe Gardener

Libba Gardener

Dez

Dorothea Williams

Curley Baker

Miho Akage

Connie

Melba

Lulu

Soul (The Great Before)

22

Moonwind

Terry

Counselor Jerry A

Counselor Jerry B

Loop

Renee

Marcus

Out

Greg

Jim

Manuel

Greg’s Parents

Gigi

Luca

Luca Paguro

Alberto Scorfano

Giulia Marcovaldo

Ercole Visconti

Massimo Marcovaldo

Daniela Paguro

Lorenzo Paguro

Grandma Libera Paguro

Ciccio

Guido

Machiavelli

Nona

Nona

Renee

Twenty-Something

Gia

Nicole

Turning Red

Meilin Lee

Ming Lee

Miriam Mendelsohn

Abby Park

Priya Mangal

Tyler Nguyen-Baker

Jin Lee

Grandma Wu Lee

Auntie Chen

Lily

Helen

Auntie Ping

Mr. Gao

4*Town

Lightyear

Izzy Hawthorne

Sox

Mo Morrison

Darby Steel

Commander Cal Burnside

Alisha Hawthorne

Kiko Hawthorne

Elemental

Ember Lumen

Wade Ripple

Bernie Lumen

Cinder Lumen

Gale Cumulus

Fern Grouchwood

Clod

Brook Ripple

Harold Ripple

Alan Ripple

Lake Ripple

Eddy Ripple

Marco Ripple

Polo Ripple

Ghibli

Self

Self

Win or Lose

Coach Dan

Softball Team

Frank

Lena

Elio

Elio Solis

Ambassador Questa

Ambassador Grigon

Olga Solis

Glordon

OOOOO

Ambassador Helix

Ambassador Tegman

Ambassador Turais

Hoppers

Mabel

King George

[deadpresidents]

You used to list the books you've been reading every few weeks but I haven't seen a post like that in a minute. Anything good that you've been reading?

It has been a long time since I last posted one of those lists of recent reads -- probably about six months, so I'm not going to list everything I've read since then. And I don't remember exactly what I included last time, so hopefully I don't double-dip.

•Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician [2024] by James M. Bradley (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) If you want to make me happy, just publish a new book about one of America's more obscure Presidents. And in December 2024, we got a new biography of Martin Van Buren with fresh research from sources not previously available to earlier biographers, resulting in an updated, comprehensive book about Van Buren that now becomes one of the definitive biographies of our eighth President.

•Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents [2024] by Nigel Hamilton (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) I'm also an easy mark for books about Jefferson Davis -- not out of any sort of affinity for him or the Confederacy, of course -- but just because of his unique place in history as an American President who also wasn't really an American President (although, technically, he was.) Throw Lincoln into the mix and you don't have to sell me very hard on this book.

•Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East [2024] by Robert Fisk (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) I wish Fisk had lived to write about the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it doesn't require much imagination to know what he would have thought about it: he wrote honestly, critically, and with deep understanding about the subject for 40+ years while reporting from the heart of the struggle in the Middle East.

•The Garfield Orbit [1978] by Margaret Leech and Harry J. Brown (BOOK)

•The World and Richard Nixon [1987] by C.L. Sulzberger (BOOK)

•John Lewis: A Life [2024] by David Greenberg [2024] (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq [2024] by Bartle Bull (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare On How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall [2023] by Eliot A. Cohen (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•A Very Personal Presidency: Lyndon Johnson in the White House [1968] by Hugh Sidey (BOOK)

•The Jesuit Disruptor: A Personal Portrait of Pope Francis [2024] by Michael W. Higgins (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The President: A Minute-by-Minute Account of a Week in the Life of Gerald Ford [1975] by John Hersey (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Lone Star: The Life of John Connally [1989] by James Reston Jr. (BOOK)

•The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky [2024] by Simon Shuster (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great [2024] by Rachel Kousser (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•American Gothic: The Story of America's Legendary Theatrical Family -- Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth [1992] by Gene Smith (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire [2002] by Tom Chaffin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps [2024] by Jonn Elledge (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Eisenhower For Our Time [2024] by Steven Wagner (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•The Ends of the Earth: A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy [1996] by Robert D. Kaplan (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat [1983] by Ryszard Kapuściński [Translated by William R. Brand & Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand] (BOOK)

•A Heartbeat Away: The Investigation and Resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew [1974] by Richard M. Cohen and Jules Witcover (BOOK)

•American Roulette: The History and Dilemma of the Vice Presidency [Revised & Updated, 1972] by Donald Young (BOOK)

•Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States [2024] by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Formation of the UAE: State-Building and Arab Nationalism in the Middle East [2024] by Kristi Barnwell (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Iranian-Saudi Rivalry Since 1979: In the Words of Kings and Clerics [2023] by Talal Mohammad (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned [2024] by John Strausbaugh (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[saints-who-never-existed]

Hello! I was wondering, where did the story of Lady Jane Franklin laying the Union Jack flag on Sir John before his expedition come from? Did one of the two tell anyone about it or is it made up as a tale to foreshadow Franklin’s death?

Hi! I'm so flattered to receive lovely and very interesting asks like this, especially as I'm far from an expert in anything Franklin-related. I'm afraid I don't have a clear or comprehensive answer for you, my friend, but that being said, I've done my best!

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I first came across that particular apocryphal tale in Beattie & Geiger's Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (1987) and have since found it mentioned by several other authors too. The earliest and most detailed reference to the story I've been able to find so far goes back to Francis J. Woodward's Portrait of Jane: A Life of Lady Franklin.

Below is the full quote:

"One day - so Davies Gilbert's daughter told her friend Caroline Fox - he was so tired that he lay down on a sofa in the lodgings they had taken in Lower Brook Street and fell asleep. Jane was sitting beside him, putting the final stitches to a flag that she had made - in the tradition of explorers' wives - for him to take to the Arctic. Anxious that he should not feel cold , she threw it over his feet. The touch of it startled him into half-wakefulness. "Why, there's a flag thrown over me!" he exclaimed, "Don't you know that they lay the Union Jack over a corpse?"

Portrait of Jane: A life of Lady Franklin, Francis J. Woodward, 1951 (p253).

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It's not clear to me where exactly Woodward got that information though...

Davies Gilbert was an engineer, politician and at one time, president of the Royal Society while I believe the Caroline Fox referred to here was a noted diarist and writer of the time (though I could well be wrong about that!). Perhaps one explanation could be then that one or both of those women moved within the same social circles as the Franklins or were even actively friends with Lady Jane and the story originated with her?

That's purely speculation though, my friend, and beyond that, I really can't say much more with any certainty!

Does anyone else within this wonderful community of clever people have anything more to add to this? <3

[xmencovered]

This is where you will find the best X-Men covers of all time organized by artist and character. X-Men covered is a growing archive so if you have any suggestions let me know!

Archive

Cover Sets

Crossovers

Gatefold Covers

Homage Covers

Mock Covers

Non-Comic Covers

X-Men Cards

X-Men International

Top Characters (I will add a master list soon)

Nightcrawler

Cyclops

Rogue

Gambit

Dazzler

Beast

Havok

Wolverine

Magneto

Polaris

Storm

Jean Grey

Shadowcat

Colossus

Jubilee

Iceman

Top Artists

2020 - 2029

Peach Momoko

Mark Brooks

Ryan Stegman

Kaare Andrews

Joshua Cassera

Tyler Kirkham

Jen Bartel

Lucas Werneck

Mahmud Asrar

Todd Nauck

Kael Ngu

2010 - 2019

Pepe Larraz

Esad Ribic

Stuart Immonen

Russell Dauterman

Dustin Weaver

David Yardin

Ed McGuinness

Leinil Francis Yu

Phil Noto

R. B. Silva

David Nakayama

Humberto Ramos

J. Scott Campbell

2000 - 2009

John Cassaday

Frank Quitely

David Finch

Michael Turner

Clayton Crane

Ron Lim

Phil Jimenez

Pasqual Ferry

Pat Lee

Michael Ryan

Gurihiru

1990 - 1999

Jim Lee

Andy Kubert

Joe Madureira

Barry Windsor Smith

Adam Kubert

Greg Capullo

Carlos Pacheco

Joe Quesada

Rob Liefeld

Chris Bachelo

Todd McFarlane

Hiroshi Higuchi

Alex Ross

Whilce Portacio

Sam Kieth

Mike Mignola

Mark Texeira

Michael Golden

Ken Lashley

1980 - 1989

Art Adams

Paul Smith

Marc Silvestri

Bill Sienkiewicz

Walter Simonson

Alan Davis

Frank Miller

John Romita Jr. 

Bob McLeod

Bret Blevins

Jean Frisano

John Buscema

Erik Larson

Steve Lightle

Rick Leonardi

1970 - 1979

John Byrne 

Dave Cockrum

Gil Kane

Neal Adams

1963 - 1969

Jack Kirby

Werner Roth

[j-femmescoli]

books i read in 2024

hell yeah ladies and gents here we go again. last year i read 52 books in 52 weeks and this year i Did Not Do That but i think i still got a good list of a nice 25. again stand-outs are in bold for ones that stuck out to me, were really interesting, rewired my brain chemistry, etc etc

you will get through this night by dan howell (self-help)

godbreathed by zack hunt (theology)

broken glass by j elizabeth mascoli (YA fiction) (lol. haha. i've heard the author of this book is really cool and sexy and runs an awesome blog on tumblr called j-femmescoli. yes this is my own book that i wrote. obviously this is also, then, a *reread*.)

brave new world by adolsus huxley (classics)

abolition. feminism. now. by angela davis et al (sociology)

jane eyre by charlotte brontë (classics)

encyclopedia of the weird and wonderful by milo rossi (anthropology)

collected writings of edgar allan poe (clasics)

foucault y la teoria queer by tasmin spargo (intro to queer theory - read here in english)

les miserables by victor hugo (classics)

wealth, wages, and the wealthy by raymond f. collins (theology)

the wilsonian moment by erez manela (political history)

the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde by robert louis stevenson (classic lit)

faith: what it is and what it isn't by terrence tilley (theology)

fratelli tutti by pope francis (papal encyclical)

laudato si' by pope francis (papal encyclical) (i'm a theology master's student now btw)

suffering and salvation in ciudad juárez by nancy pineda-madrid (theology, sociology)

beholding beauty: mary and the song of songs by gregory cleveland (theology)

soul stories: african-american christian education by anne e streaty wimberly (theological education)

women's ways of knowing by mary belenky, blythe clinchy, nancy goldberger, and jill tarule (sociology, education)

pedagogy of the oppressed by paulo freire (sociology, education)

teaching to transgress by bell hooks (education, theory)

doing faithjustice by fred kammer, sj *reread* (theology)

cannery row by john steinbeck (classics)

sweet thursdays by john steinbeck (classics)

i always start these lists on like january 3rd or whenever i finish the first book of the year and its sooo nice to finish them out and hit send. hopefully i'll be able to stick with around 2 books a month again, they will probably be theology or sociology books since again i am a theology and social work master's student now. i still have a few more john steinbecks to obtain and read but i'm glad i could finish out the year with him. see you next year

[opera-ghosts]

Frances Alda sings Ave Maria - vitaphone film 1928

Fanny Jane Davis, who rose to international prominence under the stage name Frances Alda, was one of the first of a long line of New Zealand opera singers to achieve such fame. She came from a strong musical background: her maternal grandparents, Fanny and Martin Simonsen, were important opera impresarios in Australasia during the 1870s and 1880s. Five of their children, including Fanny's mother, Leonore, were professional singers, and one, Frances Saville, achieved European fame as a member of the Vienna Hofoper. Fanny's father, David Davis, a merchant, was a gifted amateur musician and some of her paternal relatives sang in J. C. Williamson's light opera companies. Such an inheritance almost predestined her for a career on the musical stage.

After Fanny Davis was born in Christchurch on 31 May 1879 David Davis objected to his wife resuming her professional career, and the couple divorced in September 1880. Thereafter, Fanny and her older brother alternately lived with relatives or accompanied their mother on tour. When Leonore Davis died in San Francisco on 29 December 1884, shortly after marrying Herman Adler, her two children finally found a stable home with their Simonsen grandparents in Melbourne.

Fanny Davis's musical gifts were apparent early. She studied both piano and violin, but her greatest enthusiasm was for singing. Although she later took lessons from the distinguished Australian tenor Armes Beaumont, much of her technical and interpretive knowledge came from listening to her beloved grandmother teach. She seems to have found her grandfather a forbidding figure. Her grandmother's untimely death in 1896 precipitated Fanny's decision to leave home and earn her own living. In March 1897 Melbourne periodicals reported her engagement by the J. C. Williamson organisation; she was billed as 'Francie Adler'.

Her professional début, in the Adelaide production of the musical extravaganza Matsa, was followed by a small role in the Australian première of the hit musical The gay Parisienne. Subsequently she appeared in pantomime, sang in productions of Gilbert and Sullivan and other light operas, and performed with the Harry Rickards variety company at Sydney's Tivoli Theatre. In August 1901 she left Australia to pursue her vocal ambitions in Europe. At this time she amended her first names from Fanny Jane to the more elegant Frances Jeanne. She also began to falsify her age, shedding four years to create the persistent fiction that she had been born in 1883.

In Paris she became a pupil of Mathilde Marchesi, who gave her the stage name 'Alda' and arranged her successful European début, at the Opéra-Comique on 15 April 1904, in the title role in Massenet's Manon. For the next three seasons she gained experience as a leading soprano at the Théâtre royale de la Monnaie, Brussels. Her career also gathered momentum elsewhere, with operatic débuts at London's Covent Garden (1906), Parma (1907), La Scala, Milan (1908), and Warsaw (1908), as well as numerous concert engagements.

On 7 December 1908 Alda made her début at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, singing Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto. The 'Met' was home to the world's most star-studded opera company. Alda spent 22 seasons there from 1908 until her retirement from the operatic stage on 28 December 1929. During this period she gave 281 performances at the Met itself and a further 88 while touring with the company. Critics considered the finest of her 26 roles to be Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème. She sang it 80 times – a company record – partnering all the leading tenors of her era from Caruso to Gigli. Other successes included the title role in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff and Desdemona in his Otello, Margherita in Boito's Mefistofele, Marguerite in Gounod's Faust and Lady Harriet in Flotow's Martha. She also participated in the premières of several short-lived American operas.

Between Met seasons, Alda undertook extensive recital tours throughout America, and performed several times at South American opera houses. She made her gramophone début in 1910, eventually recording more than 120 titles for the Victor Talking Machine Company. These included two New Zealand items, 'Waiata Māori' and 'Hine e hine'. After retiring from the stage she took part in a pioneering series of radio productions of Puccini operas and made three short musical films. Her autobiography, Men, women and tenors, was published in 1937. Notable for its candour and writing style, the book contains much good advice for young singers. It also makes clear Alda's allegiance to New Zealand.

Although she spent very little time in the country of her birth, Alda consistently described herself as a New Zealander. After revisiting the country during an Australasian recital tour in 1927, her adherence became wholehearted. She maintained contact with several paternal relatives, and despite the precautionary acquisition of American citizenship in 1939 continued to emphasise her New Zealand origins and identify strongly with the country and its people.

Alda's decorous stage presence contrasted with her tempestuous private life. Bluntly outspoken and acutely sensitive to slights, yet impulsively generous and with a robust sense of fun, she made enemies and friends in equal proportion. She was an advocate of women's rights in the music profession, and never hesitated to resort to law on her own behalf. For much of her career she was handicapped by her marriage, at New York, on 3 April 1910, to the Met's general manager, Giulio Gatti-Casazza. His need to avoid any hint of favouritism restricted her opportunities, while she felt a continual need to prove her artistic worth – as much to herself as the public. She divorced him in 1928; they had no children. On 14 April 1941, at Charleston, South Carolina, she married New York advertising executive Ray Vir Den. Alda spent an affluent retirement, entertaining lavishly at her Long Island home and indulging in her passion for travel. She died of cerebral haemorrhage in Venice on 18 September 1952.

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

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Burke’s Law -  List of Guest Stars

The Special Guest Stars of “Burke’s Law” read like a Who’s Who list of Hollywood of the era.  Many of the appearances, however, were no more than one scene cameos.  This is as complete a list ever compiled of all those who even made the briefest of appearances on the series.  

Beverly Adams, Nick Adams, Stanley Adams, Eddie Albert, Mabel Albertson, Lola Albright, Elizabeth Allen, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Michael Ansara, Army Archerd, Phil Arnold, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Hy Averback, Jim Backus, Betty Barry, Susan Bay, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Bennett, Edgar Bergen, Shelley Berman, Herschel Bernardi, Ken Berry, Lyle Bettger, Robert Bice, Theodore Bikel, Janet Blair, Madge Blake, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Carl Boehm, Peter Bourne, Rosemarie Bowe, Eddie Bracken, Steve Brodie, Jan Brooks, Dorian Brown, Bobby Buntrock, Edd Byrnes, Corinne Calvet, Rory Calhoun, Pepe Callahan, Rod Cameron, Macdonald Carey, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carlson, Jack Carter, Steve Carruthers, Marianna Case, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Tom Cassidy, Joan Caulfield, Barrie Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dane Clark, Dick Clark, Steve Cochran, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, Gladys Cooper, Henry Corden, Wendell Corey, Hazel Court, Wally Cox, Jeanne Crain, Susanne Cramer, Les Crane, Broderick Crawford, Suzanne Cupito, Arlene Dahl, Vic Dana, Jane Darwell, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Dennis Day, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria De Haven, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Richard Devon, Billy De Wolfe, Don Diamond, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Paul Dubov, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Robert Easton, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Leif Erickson, Tom Ewell, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Sharon Farrell, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Susan Flannery, James Flavin, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Steve Forrest, Linda Foster, Byron Foulger, Eddie Foy Jr., Anne Francis, David Fresco, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Reginald Gardiner, Nancy Gates, Lisa Gaye, Sandra Giles, Mark Goddard, Thomas Gomez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Sandra Gould, Wilton Graff, Gloria Grahame, Shelby Grant, Jane Greer, Virginia Grey, Tammy Grimes, Richard Hale, Jack Haley, George Hamilton, Ann Harding, Joy Harmon, Phil Harris, Stacy Harris, Dee Hartford, June Havoc, Jill Haworth, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Hugh Hefner, Anne Helm, Percy Helton, Irene Hervey, Joe Higgins, Marianna Hill, Bern Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, Celeste Holm, Charlene Holt, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Horne, Edward Everett Horton, Breena Howard, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Arthur Hunnicutt, Tab Hunter, Joan Huntington, Josephine Hutchinson, Betty Hutton, Gunilla Hutton, Martha Hyer, Diana Hyland, Marty Ingels, John Ireland, Mako Iwamatsu, Joyce Jameson, Glynis Johns, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones, Spike Jones, Victor Jory, Jackie Joseph, Stubby Kaye, Monica Keating, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Claire Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Kersh, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Kovack, Fred Krone, Lou Krugman, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Abbe Lane, Charles Lane, Lauren Lane, Harry Lauter, Norman Leavitt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruta Lee, Teri Lee, Peter Leeds, Margaret Leighton, Sheldon Leonard, Art Lewis, Buddy Lewis, Dave Loring, Joanne Ludden,  Ida Lupino, Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, Diana Lynn, James MacArthur, Gisele MacKenzie, Diane McBain, Kevin McCarthy, Bill McClean, Stephen McNally, Elizabeth MacRae, Jayne Mansfield, Hal March, Shary Marshall, Dewey Martin, Marlyn Mason, Hedley Mattingly, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Patricia Medina, Troy Melton, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Torben Meyer, Barbara Michaels, Robert Middleton, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Mary Ann Mobley, Alan Mowbray, Ricardo Montalbán, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ralph Moody, Alvy Moore, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Morell, Rita Moreno, Byron Morrow, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, George Nader, J. Carrol Naish, Bek Nelson, Gene Nelson, David Niven, Chris Noel, Kathleen Nolan, Sheree North, Louis Nye, Arthur O'Connell, Quinn O'Hara, Susan Oliver, Debra Paget, Janis Paige, Nestor Paiva, Luciana Paluzzi, Julie Parrish, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Harvey Parry, Hank Patterson, Joan Patrick, Nehemiah Persoff, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Edward Platt, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Quillan, Louis Quinn, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Gene Raymond, Peggy Rea, Philip Reed, Carl Reiner, Stafford Repp, Paul Rhone, Paul Richards, Don Rickles, Will Rogers Jr., Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Charlie Ruggles, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Hugh Sanders, Tura Satana, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Lizabeth Scott, Lisa Seagram, Pilar Seurat, William Shatner, Karen Sharpe, James Shigeta, Nina Shipman, Susan Silo, Johnny Silver, Nancy Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Joanie Sommers, Joan Staley, Jan Sterling, Elaine Stewart, Jill St. John, Dean Stockwell, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Inger Stratton, Amzie Strickland, Gil Stuart, Grady Sutton, Kay Sutton, Gloria Swanson, Russ Tamblyn. Don Taylor, Dub Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Terry-Thomas, Ginny Tiu, Dan Tobin, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tully, Jim Turley, Lurene Tuttle, Ann Tyrrell, Miyoshi Umeki, Mamie van Doren, Deborah Walley, Sandra Warner, David Wayne, Ray Weaver, Lennie Weinrib, Dawn Wells, Delores Wells, Rebecca Welles, Jack Weston, David White, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Annazette Williams, Dave Willock, Chill Wills, Marie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sandra Wirth, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Dana Wynter, Celeste Yarnall, Francine York.

[arwainian]

Reading This Week 2023 #40

Started and Finished:

62 fatt fics for the marathon

various zines from the massachusetts independent comics expo:

A*R*T CRITIC by Giles Crawford May 3rd, 1996 by Giles Crawford New York City, words by They Might Be Giants, art by Giles Crawford Basilisk by Erin Roseberry

The City of God, Book XXII by Augustine, translated by Marcus Dods

"Those Who Cannot See the Whole Are Offended by the Apparent Deformity of a Part": Disability in Augustine's City of God by Alexander Massmann

Chapter 4 of Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity: "A Nightmare Silhouette: Racialization and the Long Exposure of Transition" by C. Riley Snorton

The Rediscovered Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano, translated by Timothy J. Johnson

"Biocultures: An Emerging Paradigm" by Jay Clayton, Lennard J. Davis, Jonathan M Metsl, Priscilla Ward, and Bernice L. Hausman

"Kinesthetic Empathy, Physical Recoil: The Conflicting Embodied Affects of Samuel Beckett's Quad" by Hannah Simpson

"Border Crossing by Hearing Children of Deaf Parents: The Lost History of Codas" by Robert Hoffmeister in Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking

"An Intimate History of Slavery and Freedom" from Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiment by Saidiya Hartman

"Two Erotic Lessons I Learned from My Mother (and Other Women Who Nourished Me)" by Shoniqua Roach

"The Black Living Room" by Shoniqua Roach

Select poem from Ibn Arabi, Giacomo De Lentini, & Guittone d'Arezzo, as well as "Song of Creatures" by San Francesco

"Metaphor as Experimental Medicine" from Blindness and Therapy in Late Medieval French and Italian Poetry by Julie Singer

Ongoing:

Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon

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Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, and Everett Sloane in Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)

Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorhead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris. Screenplay: Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz. Cinematography: Gregg Toland. Art direction: Van Nest Polglase, Perry Ferguson. Film editing: Robert Wise. Music: Bernard Herrmann. 

Things I don't like about Citizen Kane:

The "News on the March" montage. It's an efficient way of cluing the audience in to what it's about to see, but is it necessary? And was it necessary to make it a parody of "The March of Time" newsreel, down to the use of the Timespeak so deftly lampooned by Wolcott Gibbs ("Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind")? 

Susan Alexander Kane. Not only did Orson Welles leave himself open to charges that he was caricaturing William Randolph Hearst's relationship with his mistress, Marion Davies, but he also unwittingly damaged Davies's lasting reputation as a skillful comic actress. We still read today that Susan Alexander (whose minor talent Kane exploits cruelly) is to be identified as Welles's portrait of Davies, when in fact Welles admired Davies's work. But beyond that, Susan (Dorothy Comingore) is an underwritten and inconsistent character -- at one point a sweet and trusting object of Kane's affections and later in the film a vituperative, illiterate shrew and still later a drunk. What was it in her that Kane initially saw? From the moment she first lunges at the high notes in "Una voce poco fa," it's clear to anyone, unless Kane is supposed to have a tin ear, that she has no future as an opera star. Does she exist in the film primarily to demonstrate Kane's arrogance of power? A related quibble: I find the portrayal of her exasperated Italian music teacher, Matiste (Fortunio Bonanova), a silly, intrusive bit of tired comic relief.  

Rosebud. The most famous of all MacGuffins, the thing on which the plot of Citizen Kane depends. It's not just that the explanation of how it became so widely known as Kane's last word is so feeble -- was the sinister butler, Raymond (Paul Stewart) in the room when Kane died, as he seems to say? -- it's that the sled itself puts so much psychological weight on Kane's lost childhood, which we see only in the scenes of his squabbling parents (Agnes Moorehead and Harry Shannon). The defense insists that the emphasis on Rosebud is mistakenly put there by the eager press, and that the point is that we often try to explain the complexity of a life by seizing on the wrong thing. But that seems to me to burden the film with more message than it conveys. 

And yet, and yet ... it's one of the great films. Its exploration of film technique, particularly by Gregg Toland's deep-focus photography, is breathtaking. Perry Ferguson's sets (though credited to RKO art department head Van Nest Polglase) loom magnificently over the action. Bernard Herrmann's score -- it was his first film -- is legendary. And it is certainly one of the great directing debuts in film history. But I don't think it's the greatest film ever made. In the top ten, maybe, but it seems to me artificial and mechanical in comparison to the depiction of actual human life in Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953), the elevation of the gangster genre to incisive social and political critique in the first two Godfather films (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, 1974), the delicious explorations of obsessive behavior in any number of Alfred Hitchcock movies, the epic treatment of Russian history in Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966), and the tribulations of growing up in the Apu trilogy (Satyajit Ray, 1955, 1956, 1959). And there are lots of films by Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Robert Bresson, and Jean-Luc Godard that I would rewatch before I decide to watch Kane again. There are times when I think Welles's debut film has been overrated because he had a great start, battled a formidable foe in William Randolph Hearst, and inadvertently revealed how conventional Hollywood filmmaking was -- for which Hollywood never forgave him. It's common to say that Citizen Kane was prophetic, because the downfall of Charles Foster Kane anticipated the downfall of Orson Welles. That's oversimple, but like many oversimplifications it contains a germ of truth. 

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The Prophecies - Part 2

Episode Recap #54: The Prophecies - Part 2 Original Airdate: October 7, 1989

Starring: John D. LeMay as Ryan Dallion Louise Robey as Micki Foster Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak

Guest cast: Fritz Weaver as Asteroth Marie-France Lambert as Sister Adele Jean Brousseau as Father Decroux Steve Monarque as Johnny Ventura (as Steven Monarque) Tara Meyer as Chris Davis Madeleine Pageau as Sister Francis Lee J. Campbell as Mr. Burt Davis Nathaniel Moreau as Young Ryan Robert Desroches as Mr. Thorez (as Robert Des Roches) Jacques Tourangeau as Lieutenant Marceau (credit only) Jill Frappier as Elizabeth Dallion Guy Provencher as Blind Beggar Joshua Labelle as Jimmy Dallion Huguette Oligny as Housekeeper / Theresa

Written by Tom McLoughlin Directed by Tom McLoughlin

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Part 2 picks up with a recap of Part 1. Then we are back in the streets of Marie-Mere, with Micki finally finding Ryan, who seems dazed. He said he tried to get the book but was knocked out. Micki is worried, since it has been over an hour. He insists he is fine. She says they should check on Jack. Ryan wants to see Adele, but Micki says they will after seeing Jack.

Asteroth goes to a cemetery crypt. He breaks in the stone door via magic. Inside, it is a huge space. He breaks open more crypts, exposing skeletons. He tells Lucifer the place of his return awaits and laughs.

At the church. Christine and her father sit and pray. She's worried, asks him to pray for her.

Micki has been going through Jack's papers about the Book of Lucifer. She gets frustrated by Ryan just staring out the window. He says it is a waste of time, he needs to see Sister Adele. Micki says no one can see her. Ryan acts weird and then leaves.

Later, Ryan is outside the church as Asteroth reads the next prophecy. Ryan heads forward. He gets inside, upsetting the other nuns with his insistence on seeing Adele. She says it is okay, he's a friend. Ryan says he has to speak to her in private. Uneasily, Adele takes him to her room. Ryan tells her he met Asteroth. Adele knows Ryan is under Asteroth's hold and tries talking to him, then grabs her crucifix and begins praying. Decroux and the other nuns try getting into the room as the possessed Ryan attacks Adele. Asteroth speaks and laughs through Ryan, opens the door and tells Decroux that Adele is dying for her faith. Then he runs off. Decroux and the nuns find Adele and pray to God.

In an alley, Ryan is lamenting what he just did under Asteroth's control and finds the 666 on his chest. He screams.

At the hotel, Micki calls Johnny who's at Curious Goods, worried about Ryan's odd behavior. Ryan's mother shows up at the store. Johnny tries to calm Micki, who asks him to come to France. He agrees, then tells Mrs. Dallion it will be okay.

Cops bang on Micki's hotel room door, then barge inside, looking for Ryan. They take Micki with them.

Johnny talks to Ryan's mom, who is worried about him, thinking he must hate her. Johnny says Ryan loves her, and everyone deserves a second chance. She says she can't lose another son.

Ryan slips into the hospital and goes to see Jack. He begs his friend to wake up, telling he killed Adele and doesn't know why. He begins to cry, thinking his life is over now. Jack lays unconscious, Ryan asks why he couldn't help him this time. And tells Jack he needs him as he continues to sob.

Asteroth is chanting his evil prayers over a skeleton, and Ryan is again possessed, leaping out the hospital window as nurses rush in. He runs off into the night.

Next day, Micki is still being interrogated by the police. They don't believe her claims of strange events and she doesn't believe their claim that Ryan killed Adele. They won't let her leave or make a phone call.

Asteroth continue his work in the crypt, with Ryan at his mercy. He makes an upside cross on Ryan's forehead and says a child of God will be Lucifer's vessel.

That night, at a candlelight prayer vigil, Adele's body is carried through the streets. Johnny arrives via taxi and goes to the hotel, where he finds out Micki was arrested.

Ryan watches the prayer from the streets.

Johnny demands they let Micki go if they aren't charging her, and is shocked with the allegations against Ryan. He tells the detective they are leaving to look for Ryan, and they head out.

Ryan spots Christine and her father in the prayer group, and takes the girl, her father rushing after him.

Decroux begins a prayer over the body of Adele for all of those present. He tells them Satanic powers are at work to destroy their faith.

Ryan rushes with a protesting Christine as Micki and Johnny search frantically. Christine's father tries to stop Ryan, but Asteroth possesses Ryan, who tosses the man to the pavement.

Decroux continues to pray, saying Adele was killed because she was a symbol of good. He tells them they should have faith and pray. As they do, Jack has memories of what happened, what Adele had told him about her faith, and finally awakens, saying "The child."

Ryan brings Christine to Asteroth in the cemetery crypt.

Micki and Johnny still search, then go to see Jack, who is gone from the hospital.

Asteroth continues to read from his book, as Christine prays on her own. Asteroth tells her Lucifer is the true ruler, but she is brave and keeps praying. Asteroth uses his magic to heal her legs for Lucifer's arrival.

Jack finds Christine's injured father, who tells him Ryan took Christine. Micki and Johnny come upon the men, thrilled to see Jack. Micki fills Jack in on what she read, and Jack realizes the place of the dead mentioned must be the cemetery. Before dying, her dad asks them to save Christine.

Asteroth continues his plan to bring Lucifer to Earth. Asteroth has Ryan pull Christine to her feet, to show her what his faith in Lucifer has done for her. She can now stand on her own and walk. Christine listens to Asteroth, but refuses to praise Lucifer, so Asteroth makes her legs give out.

Decroux and the crowd continue to pray, as wind begins to blow.

Ryan is forced to hold Christine down as Asteroth works to use the Book to bring forth his master. He picks up a sharp skeleton bone, and says since she won't accept Lucifer, he will kill her and Lucifer will be resurrected in her body. He lifts the bone over her.

Jack, Micki and Johnny race through the cemetery looking for Asteroth and Ryan.

Christine appeals to Ryan, trying to get through to him. He looks at her and is flooded with memories of his late brother. Just as Asteroth brings the bone down, Ryan screams and puts his body between it and Christine, Asteroth stabbing him in the back. Micki, Jack and Johnny arrive at the same moment. Ryan, out of Asteroth's control, asks Christine to pray for him before falling to the ground.

His body is wracked in pain and transforms into young Ryan. Asteroth says the prophecy has been fulfilled, thinking Ryan will be the vessel for Lucifer.

At the funeral vigil, wind blows and a bright light appears in the sky. All are in awe.

The light even reaches the crypt, worrying Asteroth, who is burned reaching for the Book after struggling with Johnny. Christine stands in the light. Jack rushes to her. Asteroth stumbles to avoid the light. Jack finds the unconscious boy on the ground and picks him up. Micki is confused. Asteroth again tries for the book but it bursts into flames, then he does as well. He thrashes about before turning into his demon form and exploding. Micki holds the boy, and Christine says they must get him to the shrine.

They get to the shrine, still bathed in the bright light. Ryan begins to thrash about. Decroux prays over him, hoping to rid him of the influence of Satan. Christine kneels and prays to the Blessed Mother, asking them to return Ryan to what is God's will. A visage of a woman appears, the light becomes blinding and Ryan screams.

The light dims and fades away, and the boy lies calm. Jack talks to Ryan, who asks who he is. Ryan remembers Jack as a friend of Uncle Lewis. Christine introduces herself, but Ryan doesn't recall her. She thanks him. Ryan asks where his mother is. Christine tells Decroux that the Blessed Mother wants her to stay, and the Shrine waters flow again. Ryan asks if Micki is okay. She tries to get him to remember her, but all he can recall is a cousin named Micki, with red hair. They hug.

Back in the airport in the US, they all arrive home. Ryan runs off, Jack says he didn't say anything to Mrs. Dallion because it would be hard to explain. She is there, waving at them. Ryan comes up to her, calling her mom, but at first she thinks he's looking for someone else. Then she recognizes the boy her son used to be. Ryan says she looks different. She is shocked and Jack tells her this is Ryan, as hard as it is to believe. Micki tells Ryan she recognizes him, but he looks a little different. He says she is still the prettiest mom in the world, and them embrace, as Jack, Micki and Johnny look on.

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My thoughts:

As I said last week, this is written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, who was the man behind Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives!, one of my favorite in the film series. He did a great job in opening the third season, while finding a creative way to write out - but not kill off - Ryan. I commend and thank him for that.

I remember the first time I watched this episode. I had graduated high school around the same time as the season two finale. Was working nights now, and was harder for me to be there each late Saturday night. I recorded this and watched it a few days - maybe weeks? - after it had aired. Like I said, no pre-information. It was, to me, just the season three opener. Little did I know.

Ryan becoming possessed and killing Adele is so much. But, as it was with weekly shows, you assume they will somehow over come this. Ryan won't be sent to prison! Then he sacrifices himself for Christine, and you think this will either wound him and also redeem him or kill him. But he's back for season three, they won't kill him off.

Imagine my - and other fans - shock. Ryan is turned back in to a child… and stays that way! Yeah, he isn't killed off. But LeMay is gone? What does all this mean? I was stunned. Ryan and Micki were so big to me as a lonely, awkward teen. How could Ryan be gone from this group?

We had no answers this week. Just this ambiguous end. I remember after watching this, going to let my dog out and just standing, looking out at the bare trees and feeling the end of something. Like I said, I'd graduated and was working. I'd begun to miss episodes of the show and had to play catch up. It all just felt like an end had begun for something that had been so special and important to me. And I had no clue what the future held, for Ryan, for Micki and Jack, and in my life, for me. A weird, very personal, nexus point of life, I guess.

Johnny, as we know now, took over the younger male lead role. They play Johnny here a little different than before. Less harsh and horny, and more friendly and helpful. I don't mind Johnny, but Ryan was irreplaceable.

The religious motifs here are huge, and it makes sense. The show always focused on the demonic and Satanic, so it was interesting to see the flipside of that. But, I have to wonder if this big season opener, with God, and prayer, and nuns and Lucifer combined with airing in more prime time slots, opened the door for more tight ass religious zealots to see and condemn the show. Is it a coincidence that this ended up being the final season?

All in all, a great big movie of a season opener, with the show's status quo truly shaken up. Glad Ryan was left alive, for a possible return. Never happened, unfortunately. Only in my fanfic. Maybe I'll share that one day, if anyone would care to read it.

Good-bye, Ryan.

Next week: Demon Hunter

[deadpresidents]

GROVER CLEVELAND •Grover Cleveland: A Study In Courage by Allan Nevins (BOOK) •An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland by H. Paul Jeffers (BOOK | AUDIO) •A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Charles Lachman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

BENJAMIN HARRISON •Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier Warrior, 1833-1865 by Harry J. Sievers (BOOK) •Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier Statesman, 1865-1888 by Harry J. Sievers (BOOK) •Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier President, 1889-1893 by Harry J. Sievers (BOOK)

WILLIAM McKINLEY •In the Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech (BOOK) •President McKinley: Architect of the American Century by Robert W. Merry (BOOK | KINDLE) •William McKinley and His America by H. Wayne Morgan (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters by Karl Rove (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

THEODORE ROOSEVELT •The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Edmund Morris Trilogy •The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Mornings On Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •T.R.: The Last Romantic by H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT •The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •William Howard Taft: An Intimate History by Judith Icke Anderson (BOOK) •Chief Executive to Chief Justice: Taft Betwixt the White House and Supreme Court by Lewis L. Gould (BOOK | KINDLE)

WOODROW WILSON •Wilson by A. Scott Berg (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Woodrow Wilson: A Biography by John Milton Cooper Jr. (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson by Gene Smith (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson by Herbert Hoover (BOOK) •The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made by Patricia O'Toole (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

WARREN G. HARDING •The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding in His Times by Francis Russell (BOOK) •The Available Man: The Life Behind the Masks of Warren G. Harding by Andrew Sinclair (BOOK) •1920: The Year of the Six Presidents by David Pietrusza (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding by Charles L. Mee Jr. (BOOK | KINDLE)

CALVIN COOLIDGE •Coolidge by Amity Shlaes (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge, and the 1924 Election by Garland S. Tucker III (BOOK | KINDLE)

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Commons Vote

On: Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 2

Ayes: 74 (85.1% LD, 5.4% PC, 5.4% Green, 1.4% Ind, 1.4% APNI, 1.4% UUP) Noes: 350 (97.4% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.3% TUV) Absent: ~226

Day's business papers: 2024-12-10

Likely Referenced Bill: Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill

Description: A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a Climate Finance Fund, to be funded via a levy on fossil fuel companies and other organisations that contribute to pollution; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 2nd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (63 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Alistair Carmichael Andrew George Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Steve Darling Tessa Munt Tim Farron Tom Gordon Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wendy Chamberlain Wera Hobhouse Will Forster

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Independent (1 vote)

Jeremy Corbyn

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Noes

Labour (341 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Afzal Khan Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Diane Abbott Douglas Alexander Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Kate Dearden Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall

Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (8 votes)

Ian Byrne Imran Hussain Iqbal Mohamed John McDonnell Mike Amesbury Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

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Reference Subject Guide: Abolition

Prison abolition has become a hot topic amongst revolutionary circles. As activists try to identify and combat the symptoms of late stage capitalism, the prison-industrial complex is the root cause of most, if not all, the struggles we face in the movement for collective liberation. As abolition during the last century was most centered around ending slavery, modern abolitionism is mainly involved with ridding society of policing and carceral punishment.

This guide will serve to share books, databases, journals, and more about what abolition is and how to take action. Whether studying academically or casually, there is a wealth of information about how abolition has evolved into what it is today.

Works Cited:

Abolition, abolitionjournal.org/. 

Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow. The New Press, 2020. 

Anderson, Ashlei. “Prison Abolition Is Needed Now: Prisons and Jails Do Not Keep Anyone Safe.” Prison Abolition Is Needed Now: Prisons and Jails Do Not Keep Anyone Safe | Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives | Georgetown Law, www.law.georgetown.edu/mcrp-journal/blog/prison-abolition-is-needed-now-prisons-and-jails-do-not-keep-anyone-safe/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024. 

“The Banned Books in Your State Prisons: Search Engine & Database by the Marshall Project.” Critical Resistance, 2022, criticalresistance.org/resources/banned-books-database-tmp/. 

Burns, Sarah. The Central Park Five: The Untold Story behind One of New York City’s Most Infamous Crimes. Vintage Books, 2012. 

Coyle, Michael J., and David Scott. The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. 

Davis, Angela  Y. “Race, Class and Incarceration.” Spotify, 1 Jan. 1999, open.spotify.com/track/4ZOXrjW4v7SWDqrvuuPaSK?si=B9x3trszRWCG_tfl1zOXjw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4CAWyoeSPevGr4NyTD9U3U. 

DuVernay, Ava, director. 13th. Kandoo Films, 2016. 

“A Guide to Books on Prison Abolition (Intro).” Abolition Notes, abolitionnotes.org/prison-abolition-books. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024. 

Hartnett, Stephen J. Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives. University of Illinois Press, 2011. 

Knopp, Fay Honey, et al. Instead of Prisons: A Handbook for Abolitionists. Critical Resistance, 2005. 

Law, Victoria. “Rethinking Incarceration.” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, 2022, www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/rethinking-incarceration. 

McLeod, Allegra M. Prison Abolition and Grounded Justice - UCLA Law Review, 2015, www.uclalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/McLeod_6.2015.pdf. 

Revolutionary Study Guide, 2016, dialecticalartist.wordpress.com/politicalresources/. 

Scott, David, and Emma Bell. Against Imprisonment: An Anthology of Abolitionist Essays. Waterside Press, 2018. 

Smith, Tiana. The Prison Abolition Movement (1985- ) •, 6 Feb. 2020, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/prison-abolition-movement-1985/.