#Jan Rosenberger

[footballmanageraddict]

EuroTrip | Part 43 | Mahtal Reaches 2,000 Games In Management

#EuroTrip Part 43: Mahtal Reaches 2,000 Games. 77-year-old Zambian #FootballManager Trebor Mahtal seeks out one last hurrah as he leads Czechia side @fcbanikostrava into an exciting title race and a #ChampionsLeague run. Read here:

After leading BATE Borisov to a record-break 20th Belarussian title in 2061, Trebor Mahtal resigned and went in search of his 26th and final job as a Football Manager. Now aged 77, Mahtal was 13 games short of 2,000 matches as a manager, and decided to wait for an interesting job across Europe to go out with a flourish. However, nothing interesting came up in the second half of the 61/62…

[writinginaforrest]

Guts (feat. a Journey to Bolton Film Festival)

(7th Oct 2024)

This is more like a diary entry than an essay. More anecdotal than what I've written previously. That being said, this is my blog, I can do what I want. In the following I talk about my experiences with my Eating Disorder (ARFID) in considerable detail, if that will make you uncomfortable or distressed, I'd say skip this one. We can catch each other next time around, look after yourself.

I’ve never been to Bolton before. And yet, perhaps I give off the energy of someone who has settled there. It wasn’t twenty minutes after my friend and I stepped off the train that two people asked us for directions, and all we could do was respond in a good-faith bewilderment that we were in fact not native to the area. It did remind me remarkably of a town in Cornwall though. Everything shuttered in the middle of a sunday. Bare streets. A little grey. One of those out-of-the-way places the Government has forgotten about. Still, I couldn’t deny walking down the high street that there were some gorgeous buildings dotted around. 

I walked into the shopping centre, my friend and I got some pictures of the posters for the films showing, and then we eventually found our way into the cinema. There were perhaps seven other people in there by the time the reel started. While I always encourage people to go to the cinema, I can’t help but feel a slight joy when I have a screen all to myself. Maybe it’s selfish. Either way, it was just me, my friend, and these seven other people sitting dotted around this theatre all having a love (or in my friend’s case, being brought by someone who loves) film. 

We saw five shorts:

Pavane (Pauline Gay, 2023, France)

Guts (Margaux Susi, 2023, United States)

Grill (Jade Hærem Aksnes, 2023, Norway)

Heap (Kyle Marchen, 2023, Canada)

An Orange From Jaffa (Mohammed Almughanni, 2024, Occupied Palestinian Territory)

I can’t stress enough how consistently good these shorts were. Dark, Funny, but also thought provoking and cathartic. It made me happy to see a Palestinian film in the mix-up, a small act of defiance against the forces trying to make them lose hope, it looked gorgeous and was written amazingly. Grill was bleak and relatable, Pavane made me think about my mother, and Heap was my favourite out of the group, a real mind-fuck kind of film, and aesthetically brilliant. A sort of shortened Black Mirror. 

But Guts. That stirred up a lot of feelings for me. It was the reason I went to see that particular block of films. I’m a fan of StarKid and Smosh and also Watched all (at the time) Sixteen seasons of Grey’s anatomy in a matter of weeks. Angela Giarratana and Kate Burton?? Opposite Each other?? In a Movie playing in a theatre near me?? Sign Me Up. 

I knew it was about a Girl in recovery. Specifically from an Eating Disorder. I knew Angela’s character was a girl who invited a stranger to dinner because eating with other people is easier than eating alone. I’ve been there. It was only semi-recently that my own eating disorder was brought to my attention. I confided in my friend (the selfsame who came with me to this screening) with a self deprecating chuckle that I’d been eating little other than a couple of slices of toast a day for Three or so weeks. Food has always (and continues to be) a source of anxiety for me. Just as one might be scared of what would happen if they put their hand on the stove (you stand there and imagine the searing pain, the blisters, the burns, it inevitably puts you off the action) I was scared of eating. I was scared of putting food in my body. I was scared of feeling the food in my mouth. Of chewing it. Of actually doing the act. The thought of eating made me feel sick. Fear would wrap an iron grip around my stomach to the point where I’d turn to my trusty loaf of bread and salted butter to get the job done. My friend pointed out with a face twisted with concern that eating that way isn’t normal. Being scared of food isn’t normal. I recounted that it had been this way for as long as I could remember and she informed me that it sounded like I had ARFID. 

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. I won’t spout the facts at you but it’s pretty much what it says on the tin. Being aware of it has helped me in a way. But it’s so incredibly present. The other day I simply could not decide what I wanted to eat. I ran through the options in my head and the thought of consuming those things filled me with the familiar dread. There it was again. Instead of deciding what to eat, I let the wave of dread take me and I lay in my bed for an hour and a half, on top of the covers and staring at the ceiling. I had to self regulate. I had to calm down. It had been a good day, and then everything fell apart. 

Guts said so adequately what I had been struggling to verbalise. Hearing Angela speak the things that I needed to remind myself of (Jan Rosenberg’s writing perhaps is the direction I should be tipping my hat to in this regard) made my heart feel a certain way. 

And Jesus Christ that’s why I love movies. 

[fallinginaforrest]

I'm genuinely tempted to go to bolton film fest in October so I can see Guts, I'll be in that neck of the woods anyway and i've been meaning to watch it for ages- seems like the perfect opportunity ykwim

[troublefish]

My proudest accomplishment this year. Coming up on 1 year of guts being shared with the world.

[graphicpolicy]

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[darkeagleruins]

The media claims Jan 6th was the worst attack on our Capitol.

This was the 1983 BOMBING of the US Capitol by left wing extremists.

Their leader was Susan Rosenberg.

Bill Clinton commuted her sentence & she now sits on the board of BLM.

They don’t want you to know this.

[comicwaren]

“If your visions require a thousand more deaths, I’ll bring you back a thousand more times. Refuel the sun. Restart the universe. Whatever it takes.” -- Mystique

Cover art for X-Men: The Wedding Special Vol. 2 #001

Art by Jan Bazaldua and Rachelle Rosenberg

[gusty-wind]

The media claims Jan 6th was the worst attack on our Capitol.

This was the 1983 BOMBING of the US Capitol by left wing extremists.

Their leader was Susan Rosenberg. Bill Clinton commuted her sentence & she now sits on the board of BLM.

They don’t want you to know this.

[mariacallous]

A growing Christian supremacist movement that labels its perceived enemies as “demonic” and enjoys close ties to major Republican figures is “the greatest threat to American democracy you’ve never heard of,” according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The SPLC, a civil rights organization that monitors extremist groups, released its “Year In Hate And Extremism 2023” report on Tuesday. A significant portion of the report, which tracked burgeoning anti-democratic and neo-fascist movements and actors across America, is devoted to the New Apostolic Reformation, “a new and powerful Christian supremacy movement that is attempting to transform culture and politics in the U.S. and countries across the world into a grim authoritarianism.”

Emerging out of the charismatic evangelical tradition, the NAR adheres to a form of Christian dominionism, meaning its parishioners believe it’s their divine duty to seize control of every political and cultural institution in America, transforming them according to a fundamentalist interpretation of scripture.

NAR adherents also believe in the existence of modern-day “apostles” and “prophets” — church leaders endowed by God with supernatural abilities, including the power to heal. In 2022, a handful of these “apostles,” the report notes, issued what they called the Watchman Decree, an anti-democratic document envisioning the end of a pluralistic society in America.

The apostles claimed they had been given “legal power and authority from Heaven” and are “God’s ambassadors and spokespeople over the earth,” who “are equipped and delegated by Him to destroy every attempted advance of the enemy.”

And who’s the enemy? Basically anyone who does not adhere to NAR beliefs. NAR adherents see their critics as being literally controlled by the devil.

“There are claims that whole neighborhoods, cities, even nations are under the sway of the demonic,” the report states. “Other religions, such as Islam, are also said to be demonically influenced. One cannot compromise with evil, and so if Democrats, liberals, LGBTQ+ people, and others are seen as demonic, political compromise — the heart of democratic life — becomes difficult if not impossible.”

This rhetoric has become increasingly widespread among Republican lawmakers, including former President Donald Trump, who last year referred to Marxists and atheists as “evil demonic forces that want to destroy our country.”

That Trump would use NAR-inspired rhetoric is unsurprising considering his relationship with Paula White-Cain, an NAR figure who delivered the invocation at Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and at the kickoff of his 2020 reelection campaign, as noted by Paul Rosenberg in Salon. White-Cain also delivered the invocation at Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. — the event that eventually became the insurrection at the Capitol.

The attack on the Capitol was largely inspired, the report suggests, by NAR’s theology of dominionism. “NAR prayer groups were mobilized at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as well as supporting prayer teams all over the country, to exorcise the demonic influence over the Capitol that adherents said was keeping Trump from his rightful, prophesized second term,” the report states.

Major Republican figures took part in such events on or around the day of the attack. Mike Johnson, who is now the speaker of the House, joined the NAR’s “Global Prayer for Election Integrity,” which called for Trump’s reinstatement as president, in the weeks leading up to the attack on the Capitol. Johnson has also stated that Jim Garlow, an NAR leader, has had a “profound influence” on his life.

Ultimately, the SPLC report is an attempt to ring the alarm bells about the NAR, ”the greatest threat to U.S. democracy that you have never heard of.

“It is already a powerful, wealthy and influential movement and composes a highly influential block of one of the two main political parties in the country,” the report continues. “So few people have heard of NAR that it is possible that, without resistance in our local communities, dominionism might win without ever having been truly opposed.”

The SPLC’s report, according to a press release, also documents 595 hate groups and 835 antigovernment extremist groups in America, “including a growing wave of white nationalism increasingly motivated by theocratic beliefs and conspiracy theories.”

“With a historic election just months away, this year, more than any other, we must act to preserve our democracy,” Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center and SPLC Action Fund, said in a statement. “That will require us to directly address the danger of hate and extremism from our schools to our statehouses. Our report exposes these far-right extremists and serves as a tool for advocates and communities working to counter disinformation, false conspiracies and threats to voters and election workers.”

[tuttle-did-it]

As someone who has worked on war and history in an academic setting, the rise of Trump all felt incredibly familiar to everything I've read and seen.

When Trump started shouting into the void, I said that he reminded me of Vollmer, the character Dennis Hopper played in The Twilight Zone episode, 'He's Alive.'

(First thing's first, please try to go watch this episode and then read the rest of this, because the episode was incredibly well done.)

Everyone told me that Trump was just a harmless clown-- that no one would really vote for him. That I was inventing absurdities just because I don't like Republicans and Trump. He's just a joke. He's a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic rapist. And no one would vote for him. We're too civilised for this, now. We've evolved as a species, and that will never happen again.

Everyone got a pretty clear reality when people did, enthusiastically, salivate over the idea of having a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic racist in power. And over the past few years, he's become enveloped in his own conspiracy theories and hatred. And I am still strongly reminded of Vollmer every time I see Trump speak.

For those who are not aware, the episode is about a tiny, useless little white man who craves power and adoration. (spoilers for a 61 year old show below.)

A man in the shadows teaches Vollmer how to capture the attentions and hatred of the white audiences and rise to power. The phantom is eventually revealed to be Adolph Hitler.

S4 E4, Episode aired Jan 24, 1963, Written by Rod Serling, directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Rod Serling's Opening Monologue:

Key scene where the Phantom (Hitler) teaches Vollmer from the shadows. Tell me that Trump and the other Republicans have not learned these lessons just as well as Vollmer ever did.

Rod Serling's End Monologue:

All of this has happened before. All of this IS happening again. Make no mistake-- Trump is unstable, and doesn't know about half the lies that come out of his mouth every day. But if you think, for a second, that this man has your best interests in mind? You are going to get a very, very harsh dose of reality. But not before millions of people suffer at the hands of this monster, and will for many, many years to come.

[qqueenofhades]

Let's say Trump goes to jail, it doesn't mean Maga is going to fall in line with Desantis or any other Rightwinger running. There is a total schism. Also a lot of Republicans are disenchanted with voting because they think its rigged.

It is unlikely, but not impossible, that Trump will be in jail in November 2024. His trial in the NYC case is set for March 2024, and we don't know yet when his trial(s) will be for this case, the Georgia election interference case, the federal Jan 6th case, or like, any of the other eighty billion felonies he's already been or is about to be charged with. So while not super likely, it is not out of the realm of possibility that he will be tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison by the time the election rolls around. Not that this is going to stop him. He will only not run if he's dead.

In the meantime: in no universe is this good for the GOP. The establishment GOP knows Trump is incredibly toxic but is too cowardly to say so, and the rabid base won't accept anyone else. Once again I want to emphasize: the Espionage Act is explicitly a treason charge, and it is not a small or low-level charge. It was the primary statute used to charge Aldrich Ames, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and Robert Hanssen, all of whom are infamous as some of the biggest traitors in American history (legally speaking). Ames is locked away in the Terre Haute federal penitentiary for life without parole, the Rosenbergs were executed, and Hanssen just died in Florence Supermax while serving 15 life sentences. I'm not saying any of this will necessarily happen to Trump, but that is the level of charges we are talking about. Ames and Hanssen were both charged under section 794; Trump is, as far as we know, charged under section 793. But the statute makes explicit reference to "the injury of the United States or for the advantage of a foreign government." Which is, y'know. Treason.

The point is: Trump has been indicted for literal espionage, there's no way for the GOP to spin this (though they will obviously try) and this won't win any more supporters for him outside of his diehards, who were obviously already on his side. So, like:

[nfcomics]

DC VS VAMPIRES no.4 (of 12) • cover art • Francesco Mattina [Jan 2022]

Batman has confirmed who in the Justice League has been turned into a vampire…but can he make his move before the Justice League is turned against him? It’s hero versus hero in this blood-drenched chapter…with clues to who the new Vampire King might be!

(W) James Tynion IV (A) Matthew Rosenberg (CA) Francesco Mattina

[greymouse42]

Lunch and Drinks : Questions 21 and 41 for Mal!

/gently holding the theme of this question/

21. Drink of choice (not just alcoholic)

Straight black coffee, if it's not burnt. He likes medium-dark roasts. He learned what a black eye is several years back and now enjoys ordering those a) when he's trying to impress someone b) when he really really needs the extra caffeine. The amount of times these two things overlap is statistically significant.

He'll drink pretty much anything you put in front of him, but I think all of his favorite cocktails are vodka-based.

41. If they could have lunch with anyone in the world (living or dead, from any fictional universe or the real world), who would it be?

Kneejerk response is Jan or Harrison Ford. At this exact moment he also really wants to pick Agent Rosenberg's brain about a couple things.

For real for real… If he actually thought about it, I think he'd pick one of his grandfathers. His parents had him pretty late, and his family was very nuclear — I don't think he ever got to meet either of them, but he's seen enough photos and military medals at least in his dad's side to be curious.

[2percentsugar]

reading arguments abt jan 6's legality is so funny. if a leftist group had done that shit it would have launched a new wave of mccarthyism endorsed by most democrats. we would have killed the rosenbergs 5 times over

[graphicpolicy]

Exclusive Preview: Moon Knight #23

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[palmviewfm]

Former member wanting to come back! Mw female fcs and counterparts?

of  course,  friend  !  we  answered  a  mwf  post  a  couple  of  days  ago  that  i  can  link  you  to  right  here  !  as  for  counterparts  i put some ideas for them under the cut for you since the list had gotten a tad bit on the longer side. feel  free  to  send  in  another  message  if  you'd  like  some  more  ideas  !

spencer  hastings,  emily  fields,  aria  montgomery,  mona  vanderwaal,  alison  dilaurentis,  allie  hamilton,  jo  march,  haley  james  scott,  rachel  gatina,  quinn  james,  mia  thermopolis,  samantha  baker,  holly  golightly,  diane  chambers,  rebecca  howe,  marissa  cooper,  taylor  townsend,  anna  stern,  alice  cullen,  rosalie  hale,  esme  cullen,  hermione  granger,  luna  lovegood,  ginny  weasley,  molly  weasley,  amanda  clarke,  emily  thorne,  nancy  drew,  dorothy  gale,  meredith  grey,  donna  sheridan,  sophie  sheridan,  libby  chessler,  sabrina  spellman,  claire  standish,  haley  dunphy,  sarah  cameron,  kiara  carerra,  cleo  anderson,  allison  reynolds,  sloane  peterson,  kelly  kapowski,  jessie  spano,  lisa  turtle,  marcia  brady,  jan  brady,  dj  tanner,  stephanie  tanner,  kimmy  gibbler,  sandy  olson,  betty  rizzo,  frenchy,  olivia  pope,  selina  kyle,  gwen  stacy,  mary  jane  watson,  pam  beesly,  kelly  kapoor,  poison  ivy,  monica  geller,  susan  bunch,  carol  willick,  janice  litman  goralnik,  amy  green,  jill  green,  lorelai  gilmore,  paris  gellar,  lane  kim,  carrie  bradshaw,  charlotte  york,  miranda  hobbs,  donna  martin,  valerie  malone,  brenda  walsh,  kelly  taylor,  imogen  adams,  noa  olivar,  mouse  honorada,  faran  bryant,  tabby  hawthorne,  kelly  beasley,  elena  gilbert,  katherine  pierce,  caroline  forbes,  bonnie  bennett,  layla  keating,  olivia  baker,  veronica  mars,  lana  lang,  lois  lane,  chloe  sullivan,  sookie  st  james,  leighton  murray,  gretchen  weiners,  regina  george,  karen  smith,  cady  heron,  samantha  montgomery,  buffy  summers,  willow  rosenberg,  faith  lehane,  cordelia  chase,  emma  swan,  serena  van  der  woodsen,  blair  waldorg,  georgina  sparks,  vanessa  abrams,  betty  cooper,  veronica  lodge,  cheryl  blossom,  midge  klump,  josie  mccoy,  katy  keene,  tabitha  tate,  ethel  muggs,  toni  topaz,  polly  cooper,  vivian  ward,  kim  possible,  prue  halliwell,  phoebe  halliwell,  piper  halliwell  and  paige  matthews.