#Norman Singleton

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Daryl Dixon in Every Episode - Triggerfinger (S02E09)

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-(started) watchin' Season 1- 6/7/2023- on Netflix (AMC)

The Walking Dead: Season 1 (2010)

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Lina Khan Gets It Wrong (Again)

by Norman Singleton | Oct 28, 2024

Photo Credit: Paul Morigi, https://www.flickr.com/photos/96739999@N05/53435673057

60 Minutes recently aired an interview with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan conducted by veteran reporter Lesley Stahl. This may have been the first time in their 58-year history that 60 Minutes has profiled an FTC chair, but Lina Khan is not the “typical” FTC chair.

President Joe Biden picked Lina Khan to head the FTC because she is a (maybe the) leading advocate for “neo-Brandeisians.” Named for former Supreme Court Justice (and progressive icon) Louis Brandeis, this movement seeks to restore the “big is de facto bad” approach that dominated antitrust from the passage of the first antitrust laws in the 1890s until the Ronald Reagan administration. The “big is de facto bad” approach was displaced by the consumer welfare standard, which focuses on how businesses’ actions affect consumers.

Stahl questioned Khan about concerns that when government prevents companies from merging, they deprive them of the ability to use economies of scale to lower prices. Khan said, “Even if those efficiencies arise, if the companies are not checked by competition, it won’t have an incentive to pass those benefits on to the consumer because those consumers may not have anywhere else to go.” Khan and her progressive allies fail to consider the history of businesses that believed their position as leader of the market was so untouchable that they could abuse their customers with high prices, poor customer service, and a refusal to adapt to compete with new and innovative competitors.

An example of a seemingly untouchable market leader that failed to “keep up with the times” is Borders Books. Borders’ failure to see the potential in online retail caused the company to lose many customers (and eventually go bankrupt) to an online book retailer that started as one man selling books in a rented warehouse. That company was Amazon.

Khan acknowledged concerns that her aggressive approach to antitrust could make companies reluctant to engage in beneficial mergers or acquisitions because they fear that the time and money they will have to spend justifying the merger to the government will make the transaction unprofitable. However, Khan says those concerns must be balanced by the risk that businesses could grow so big and act so recklessly they could crash the entire economy. This concern ignores the fact that the only case of big business recklessness causing an economy wide meltdown was the subprime crisis of 2007-2008, which was the result of government intervention in the housing market, not “unbridled capitalism.”

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Birthdays 7.3

Beer Birthdays

Tom Kehoe (1964)

Christian Ettinger (1973)

Max Finance (1985)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Dave Barry; writer, humorist (1947)

M.F.K. Fisher; writer (1908)

Mississippi John Hurt; blues singer (1893)

Franz Kafka; Czech writer (1883)

Tom Stoppard; playwright (1937)

Famous Birthdays

Robert Adam; Scottish architect (1728)

Amalia Aguilar; Cuban-Mexican film actress and dancer (1924)

Rae Allen; actress, singer, and director (1926)

Evelyn Anthony; English author (1928)

Paul Barrere; rock guitarist (1948)

Sándor Bortnyik; Hungarian painter (1893)

Laura Branigan; rock singer (1957)

Betty Buckley; actor (1947)

Vince Clarke; English singer-songwriter, keyboard player (1960)

George M. Cohan; actor, singer, songwriter (1878)

Michael Cole; actor (1945)

Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (1926)

John Singleton Copley; artist (1738)

Richard Cramer; actor (1889)

Tom Cruise; actor (1962)

William Henry Davies; Welsh poet and writer (1871)

Lisa De Leeuw; adult actress (1958)

Jesse Douglas; mathematician (1897)

Pete Fountain; clarinetist (1930)

Andy Fraser; English singer-songwriter and bass player (1952)

Thomas Gibson; actor (1962)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman; sociologist, writer, feminist (1860)

Ramón Gómez de la Serna; Spanish author and playwright (1888)

Albert Gottschalk; Danish painter (1866)

Larry "Bozo the Clown" Harmon; clown (1925)

Charlie Higson; English actor, singer (1958)

Philip Jamison; artist (1925)

Leos Janacek; Czech composer (1854)

Elle King; singer, songwriter, and actress (1989)

Alfred Korzybski; Polish-American mathematician (1879)

Johnny Lee; singer and guitarist (1946)

Doris Lloyd; English actress (1896)

Nicholas Maxwell; English philosopher (1937)

Didier Mouron; Swiss-Canadian painter (1958)

Olivia Munn; actor, comedian (1980)

Connie Nielsen; Danish-American actor (1965)

Tim O'Connor; actor (1927)

Carla Olson; singer-songwriter (1952)

Baard Owe; Norwegian-Danish actor (1936)

Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (1920)

Susan Penhaligon; English actress (1949)

Stephen Pearcy; singer-songwriter, and guitarist (1959)

Ralph Barton Perry; philosopher (1876)

Susan Peters; actress (1921)

Jethro Pugh; Dallas Cowboys DT (1944)

François Reichenbach; French film director (1921)

Ken Russell; English film director (1927)

George Sanders; Russian-born British actor (1906)

Richard Mellon Scaife; businessman (1932)

Harrison Schmitt; geologist, astronaut (1935)

Ruth Crawford Seeger; composer (1901)

Michael Shea; author (1946)

Kurtwood Smith; actor (1943)

Yeardley Smith; actor (1964)

Jan Smithers; actor (1949)

Poly Styrene; British musician (1957)

Kenzie Taylor; adult actress (1990)

Tommy Tedesco; guitarist (1930)

Norman E. Thagard; astronaut (1943)

Aaron Tippin; singer-songwriter, guitarist (1958)

Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo; Belgian artist (1922)

John Verity,; English guitarist (1949)

Johnnie Wilder, Jr.; R&B/funk singer (1949)

Montel Williams; television host (1956)

Patrick Wilson; actor (1973)

Edward Young; English poet, dramatist (1683)

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CIAF 2022

After a three-year hiatus, with the last two events running digitally, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) returned to Gimuy and Yirrganydji Lands back in July in all its resplendent glory. While we’ve all had to adapt and change because of “recent times”, it��s always such an awe-inspiring experience to be immersed in the incredible explosion of art, design, fashion, Country and culture that CIAF embodies. The theme for this year was ‘We Are Masters of Country’.

It was an absolute pleasure and honour to shoot CIAF fashion collections again with such an amazing team involved. There were 14 collections divided into two days of photoshoots with two different teams of experienced and emerging models. With the help of fashion curator Lynelle Flinders, we could use the beautiful surroundings of the Tjapukai centre which unfortunately closed down during COVID lockdown times last year. Despite the weather Gods being against us, we were able to give enough variety and originality to each collection and yes, we all had heaps of fun in the making of these images. 

Designers:

Pikinini Blo Country by Cairns West State School Fashion Club, Gu-Ga - Bark Skin by Elverina Johnson, A Peace of Art by Peace Lutheran College, Aura by Simone Arnol ft. Bernard Singleton, Botanical by TAFE Queensland - Cultural Arts, 30 Year Anniversary by Robert Pau, Tawalpin "String Making" by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins Art, Country is our Master by Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct, Strait on Cloth - "Wug Collection" by Rosie Ware Designs, Hopevale Arts & Culture Centre X QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Balurr Wuppi Kouture by Balurr Wuppi Kouture & The Djunngaal Elders Yarrabah Art Centre, Georgina Collection by Red Ridge the Label, Oochunyung Collection by Fiona Wirrer-George Oochunyung, and Pormpuraaw Wearable Art by Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre Alma Norman.

Models: 

Amaria Thomas-Savage, Ann-Maree Titasey, Tahanee Buli, Gillyba Ambrum, Jamie McLenson, Dellis Sukaserm, Tanika Parker, Tarita Sagigi, Sarah Eggmolesse, Sasha Grainer, Millisont Sailor, Loretta Messa, Malu Lui, Injarra Harbour, Jobe Adams, Lynette Gee Gee, and Jessica Meeks.

https://ciaf.com.au/cairns-indigenous-art-fair-ciaf

https://peppermintmag.com/ciaf-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3BJCz74YThUN2TEy1QpSjCom0ASyqsjZu3FCwsC6tBqhECKtPjU7A_OHA

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Breathe Again Beneath the Flames: Chapter Nineteen Sneak Peek #1

Singleton breaks into the Keens’ home and gets the surprise of a lifetime.

Catch up on the story here:

FFN II AO3

Updates every Wednesday and every Saturday.

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Sorted caps from seasons 1, 4, 5 & 7 of The Walking Dead.

Aaron -  Ross Marquand - #5,400

Abraham -  Michael Cudlitz - #6,900

Amy - Emma Bell - #2,600

Andrea - Laurie Holden - #11,600

Astrid - Brianna Venskus - #3,300

Beth - Emily Kinney - #12,600

Bob - Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. - #4,800

Carl - Chandler Riggs - #16,300

Carol - Melissa McBride - #28,000

Cyndie - Sydney Park - #2,100

Dale - Jeffrey DeMunn - #8,700

Daryl - Norman Reedus - #19,000

Dawn - Christine Woods - #2,600

Deanna - Tovah Feldshuh - #3,000

Dwight - Austin Amelio - #2,900

Eugene - Josh McDermitt - #13,100

Ezekiel - Khary Payton - #4,800

Gabriel - Seth Gilliam - #4,600

Glen - Steven Yeun - #19,000

Governor - David Morrissey - #9,400

Gregory - Xander Berkeley - #3,000

Hershel - Scott Wilson - #6,000

Jadis - Pollyana McIntosh - #1,800

Jenner - Noah Emmerich - #3,300

Jerry - Cooper Andrews - #900

Jesus - Tom Payne - #3,700

Jim - Andrew Rothenberg - #2,600

Joe - Jeff Kober - #1,600

Lily - Audrey Marie Anderson - #2,900

Lizzie - Brighton Sharbino - #5,000

Lori - Sarah Wayne Callies - #17,000

Maggie - Lauren Cohan - #17,000

Merl - Michael Rooker - #1,400

Michonne - Danai Gurira - #11,000

Mika - Kyla Kenedy  - #5,000

Mitch - Kirk Acevedo - #1,100

Morgan - Lennie Michael James - #5,700

Negan - Jeffrey Dean Morgan - #14,100

Noah - Tyler James Williams - #2,500

Richard - Karl Makinen - #4,000

Rick - Andrew Lincoln - #69,000

Rosita - Christian Serratos - #10,000

Sasha - Sonequa Martin-Green - #16,500

Simon - steven Ogg - #2,500

Sophia - Madison Lintz - #1,300

Spencer - Austin Nichols - #3,000

Tara - Alanna Masterson - #15,000

T-Dog - IronE Singleton - #3,500

Tyreese - Chad Coleman - #8,800

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Bad movie I have The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season 2010

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Emily Kinney attended the season 8 premiere of “The Walking Dead” and the 100th episode celebration at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California on October 22, 2017.

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Seed

"I ain't wearin' this shit." -Daryl Dixon

"We could boil 'em." - T Dog

"Ain't enough firewood in the whole forest. No." -Daryl Dixon

Carylering On<333333333333333333

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Daryl Dixon in Every Episode  -  What Lies Ahead  (S02E01)  

There wasn’t enough slots for all the caps I wanted to use so have a few more

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Normality is Death

The Story of Jacey Grimes:

I wish everything would stop. I wish the world would stop spinning - just for a moment. That’s all I’m asking for. I just want everything to stop so that I can finally breathe again - something I haven’t been able to do for three months, one week and two days exactly. You must be wondering what happened three months, one week and two days ago - well… the world ended.

Chapters & Master-list:

Chapter One - Destruction of the Universe

Recommended ~ Way Down We Go ~ KALEO

Chapter Two - My Current Existence

Recommended ~ I Found ~ Amber Run

Chapter Three - Bittersweet Reunion

Recommended ~ Where’s My Love ~ SYML

Chapter Four - Atlanta and the Vatos

Chapter Five - Left Behind

Recommended ~ Leave a Light On ~ Tom Walker

Chapter Six - The Graves

Chapter Seven - One of The Infected

Chapter Eight - Words of a Dying Man, Utterances of a Living Dead

Recommended ~To Build a Home ~ The Cinematic Orchestra

Chapter Nine - The C.D.C.

Recommended ~ Cloud ~ Elias

Chapter Ten - A Chance

Recommended ~ Bruises ~ Lewis Capaldi

Chapter Eleven - Haunting of a Broken Mind

Recommended ~ The Wisp Sings ~ Winter Aid

Chapter Twelve - TS-19

Recommended ~ Breezeblocks ~ alt-J

Chapter Thirteen - Philippians 1:29

Recommended ~ You are a Memory ~ Message to Bears

Recommended ~ In This Shirt ~ The Irrepressibles

Chapter Fourteen - Normality is Death

Recommended ~ Exit Music (For a Film) ~ Radiohead

The Cast:

 Kaya Scodelario as Jacey Grimes

Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes

Amandla Stenberg as Addie Smith

Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes

Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes

Richard Harmon as Mitchell Jacobs

Jon Bernthal as Shane Walsh

Jeryl Prescott as Jacqui

The rest of the cast as their respective characters

*none of these gifs are mine nor are the ones on the chapters themselves*

*i do not claim to own the walking dead or its characters but i have created the characters Jacey, Mitchell and Addie*

*I dont consent to my work being used without permission*

*hope you enjoy this book! I’m not sure if ill make another depends how this one does please like a reblog and give me any feedback thank you*

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Hands Off My Social Media!

by Norman Singleton | Nov 4, 2024

Democrats have found a new superstar to help get out the progressive vote: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. Khan has done town halls with Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), Senate candidate and current Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Khan’s appearances are official government events—not campaign rallies. However, politicians would not appear at an event in an election year unless they where sure it would appeal to a key constituency. It may seem odd that politicians would consider it helpful to appear with an FTC chair. However, Lina Khan is no ordinary agency head. Khan has been a star in progressive circles since, while still a law student, she penned “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox.” This article argued that the rise of Big Tech companies like Amazon and Google required government to take a more aggressive approach to antitrust. Khan has brought high-profile antitrust cases against Amazon and META (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and What’s App), as well as attempts to block mergers and acquisitions in areas ranging from  handbags to grocery stores.

Khan advocates a “holistic” approach to antitrust that recognizes how “workers and independent businesses, in addition to consumers, can be harmed by antitrust and consumer protection violations.” She has also called for the FTC to consider how certain business practices can help facilitate antitrust violations. This holistic approach gives federal antitrust enforcers justification for second-guessing almost any decision made by almost any American business.

The FTC chair has a number of fans on the “populist-nationalist” right. These “Khanservatives” want Republicans to embrace a Lina Khan-like approach to antitrust. Khanservatives want to use antitrust to punish Big Tech for manipulating their algorithms to suppress conservative news and opinions. Some Khanservatives believe the Big Tech companies influenced the outcome of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

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Birthdays 7.3

Beer Birthdays

Tom Kehoe (1964)

Christian Ettinger (1973)

Max Finance (1985)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Dave Barry; writer, humorist (1947)

M.F.K. Fisher; writer (1908)

Mississippi John Hurt; blues singer (1893)

Franz Kafka; Czech writer (1883)

Tom Stoppard; playwright (1937)

Famous Birthdays

Robert Adam; Scottish architect (1728)

Amalia Aguilar; Cuban-Mexican film actress and dancer (1924)

Rae Allen; actress, singer, and director (1926)

Evelyn Anthony; English author (1928)

Paul Barrere; rock guitarist (1948)

Sándor Bortnyik; Hungarian painter (1893)

Laura Branigan; rock singer (1957)

Betty Buckley; actor (1947) Vince Clarke; English singer-songwriter, keyboard player (1960)

George M. Cohan; actor, singer, songwriter (1878)

Michael Cole; actor (1945)

Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (1926)

John Singleton Copley; artist (1738)

Richard Cramer; actor (1889)

Tom Cruise; actor (1962)

William Henry Davies; Welsh poet and writer (1871)

Lisa De Leeuw; porn actor (1958)

Jesse Douglas; mathematician (1897)

Pete Fountain; clarinetist (1930)

Andy Fraser; English singer-songwriter and bass player (1952)

Thomas Gibson; actor (1962)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman; sociologist, writer, feminist (1860)

Ramón Gómez de la Serna; Spanish author and playwright (1888)

Albert Gottschalk; Danish painter (1866)

Larry "Bozo the Clown" Harmon; clown (1925)

Charlie Higson; English actor, singer (1958)

Philip Jamison; artist (1925)

Leos Janacek; Czech composer (1854)

Elle King; singer, songwriter, and actress (1989)

Alfred Korzybski; Polish-American mathematician (1879)

Johnny Lee; singer and guitarist (1946)

Doris Lloyd; English actress (1896)

Nicholas Maxwell; English philosopher (1937)

Didier Mouron; Swiss-Canadian painter (1958)

Olivia Munn; actor, comedian (1980)

Connie Nielsen; Danish-American actor (1965)

Tim O'Connor; actor (1927)

Carla Olson; singer-songwriter (1952)

Baard Owe; Norwegian-Danish actor (1936)

Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (1920)

Susan Penhaligon; English actress (1949)

Stephen Pearcy; singer-songwriter, and guitarist (1959)

Ralph Barton Perry; philosopher (1876)

Susan Peters; actress (1921)

Jethro Pugh; Dallas Cowboys DT (1944)

François Reichenbach; French film director (1921)

Ken Russell; English film director (1927)

George Sanders; Russian-born British actor (1906)

Richard Mellon Scaife; businessman (1932)

Harrison Schmitt; geologist, astronaut (1935)

Ruth Crawford Seeger; composer (1901)

Michael Shea; author (1946)

Kurtwood Smith; actor (1943)

Yeardley Smith; actor (1964)

Jan Smithers; actor (1949)

Poly Styrene; British musician (1957)

Tommy Tedesco; guitarist (1930)

Norman E. Thagard; astronaut (1943)

Aaron Tippin; singer-songwriter, guitarist (1958)

Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo; Belgian artist (1922)

John Verity,; English guitarist (1949)

Johnnie Wilder, Jr.; R&B/funk singer (1949)

Montel Williams; television host (1956)

Patrick Wilson; actor (1973)

Edward Young; English poet, dramatist (1683)

[pitterpatter-letsgitatter]

"You can't love a celebrity. You don't even know them."

First of all: I do what I want so fuck you.

Secondly: Does that celebrity make you smile in down times? Yes? Then you can love them for that.

Third: Can you imagine your life without that celebrity in it? No? Then you love them.

Another thing: Does that celebrity inspire creativity? Yes? No? Doesn't matter? You can love them.

Personal experience: Does that celebrity inspire conversations between you and your family or another person that shares the same interest, bringing a closer connection? You can love them for that.

But you don't know them: Well, unless you are a telepath, you don't *really* know anyone.

YOU CAN LOVE A CELEBRITY.

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The old days...