#anti matthew patrick

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(Archive) Animated movie of the day: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Originally posted: January 1st, 2023 I think the original novella by Carlo Collodi needs no introduction: a cautionary tale about disobedience in the face of authority, where a wooden boy can earn his humanity only by "behaving well". Obeying means doing good, and good will come back to you as a result. It stands to reason we should strive for perfection after all, right?

Well, Guillermo del Toro has a problem with this. What makes us humans but those little imperfect quirks we carry with us?

A passion project that took 15 years to see the light of day, this film is the result of a dream team of talents coming together. Co-directed by Mark Gustafson who directed the animation of Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009), and co-written by Patrick McHale of Over the Garden Wall(2014) fame, the pedigree of everyone involved speaks for itself. A second animation Unit in Mexico with the participation of René Castillo? A cast involving Ewan Mc Gregor and Cate Blanchett? Alexandre Desplat as the music composer? Oh yes, and all of them reunited for a movie that is… messy.

Heartbreakingly, beautifully, intentionally messy.

Unsurprisingly, the film is an antithesis to the novella. It's not about the importance of obedience but disobedience in the face of tyranny, denouncing fascism without a shred of respect. It decries perfection and embraces our flaws, questioning what means to be "a real boy". And it asks what it means to love and what it means to live, exploring how death gives meaning and beauty to life. And it's not adults who teach the child, but viceversa.

And yet, all of it comes from a place of genuine appreciation for the titular character. It may reject the original message but embraces the spirit of the tale, creating what's arguably the most touching adaptation of this literary classic ever put to film in the process. Beautifully animated and scored with equal finesse, it stands out in a postmodern era by it's unabashed romanticism.

[ophiespeaks]

i am, once again, crawling back to gravity falls. i’ve stayed out of the loop so i could explore thisisnotawebsitedotcom by myself, and here are some of my authentic discoveries: (I don’t know if any of these are even new, knowing the fandom you probably figured all of these out the day it dropped tbh)

-“SOOS” gives a document of how he and his gf are doing running the mystery shack, including a goat train that runs through the forest (i love them)

-“TADSTRANGE” gives an erotic bread montage, because why not

-“PINATA” gives an irl video narrated by bill of a little girl beating the shit out of a bill cipher pinata

-“EVENHISLIESARELIES” i was spoonfed this one but bill is astronomically down bad for ford and it’s literally canon??? “because winning made him feel special. and good god, did he want to feel special” bill cipher your gay is showing.

-“WADDLES” leads to a pig adoption website

-“SEASONTHREE” says season 2, “SEASONTWO” says season 1, and “SEASONONE” says season -1: anti-gravity falls.

-“PACIFICA” tells us that the northwests still keep tapestries of bill, perhaps they could/would have something to do with his return??? pacifica and a “friend” destroyed everything with bill’s triangle symbol on it though, she’s a real one.

-“PLATINUMPAZ” is a code you’re given discreetly upon entering the aforementioned “PACIFICA.” This document is written like fan fiction, but obviously it’s canon, and details pacifica’s experience following northwest mansion mystery. It’s a longer document but essentially pacifica SIKES bill cipher like the girlboss she is when he tries to make a dream deal with her.

-“PINES” just says “a good family tree” lmao

-“SIXER” case file on Ford’s hand, written by (?) someone in the us government, apparently even as far back as when the Stans were 18, the government was working on cloning, so there’s that. Also, Ford is a finger donor!

-“BLINDEYE” gives one of those eye doctor letter tests, VERY blurry. if there’s a code here my blind ass hasn’t been able to decipher it. EDIT: it’s not blurry when you first try it!!! if you click on it it becomes blurry and i no longer know what the letters are.

-“MATPAT” and “GAMETHEORY” matthew patrick i am in your walls. it’s a video of beloved internet dad, Matpat from the Theory channels, saying we’re on our own for this one. Mathew if you don’t make a retirement special when this is all over, spoon-feeding me the answers i will do something illegal. Also, one of the notes on his board seems to read “abigail northwest,” but it’s not a code you can enter, so i’m not sure what it means.

-“GRAVITYFALLS” says ‘never heard of it’, alex hirsch when i catch you alex hirsch

-“MABEL” adds stickers and stars to the screen, eventually saying ‘lab now fully mabelized’ they stay there forever even if you relog the website.

-“DIPPER” tells pine tree to stare at the page for thirteen hours. spamming it changes the note, telling dipper he’s getting closer, but eventually the whole thing blacks out.

-“STANFORD” and “FORD” brings up the same page as “SIXER”, they are one and the same after all.

-“MCGUCKET” and “FIDDLEFORD” link to Cotton Eyed Joe by Rednex

-“STANLEY” and “STAN” links to ebay listings of brass knuckles

-“BILL” links to a sesame street video from 1969, jazzy triangle meets a square square. BillFord canon??? meanwhile, “CIPHER” and “BILLCIPHER”leads to the wikipedia page for the Eye of Providence, or the eye that watches the work of mankind.

-“GIDEON” leads to a google search of sweat-resistant bolo ties

-“LOVE” opens a book called ‘the love triangle”, tapping on it starts an audiobook of the first page of this book, detailing the narrator falling in love with bill cipher in a romantic period-piece. 10/10, but too short. give me the whole book.

-“GOD” links to a video of an Axolotl swimming in front of a submerged bill cipher statue. upon entering “GOD” again, the video does not play, some of the other videos behave in the same way such as “MATPAT.”

-“BLENDIN” responds with ‘time agent lost and presumed incompetent’

-“WEIRD” plays a video of Weird Al Yankovic yelling about how he’s trapped inside of the computer, and he calls for bill to help him. imagine my shock and horror coming across this the vanilla way, by just trying codes until something happens.

-“WEIRDMAGEDDON” is a newspaper clipping that shows nothing happened yesterday, soos got his head stuck in a honey pot and promptly said ‘and i’d do it again.”

-“TOBYDETERMINED” leads to a google search of ‘restraining order’

-“ROBBIE” pulls up AIM messages between him and thomson, detailing their experience ghost hunting for bill because robbie thinks bill will have to grant them three wishes. included is a great drawing in camcorder style of them running away from an eldritch-looking bill. included, but seemingly not sent, are messages in the text box, and it seems we’re reading from thompson’s perspective. it vaguely alludes that bill may be operating inside of thompson??? erm what the sigma?

-“SKIBIDI” “RIZZ” “FORTNITE” and “GYATT” revokes ur life privileges, but “SIGMA” does nothing.

-“QUESTION” responds with ‘answer’ and vice versa.

-“SCIENTOLOGY” responds with ‘suppressive person detected,” don’t ask why i tried scientology, i was going through science-themed inputs and it came to me like a vision.

-“ALEX” and “ALEXHIRSCH” link to a google search of ‘flannel.’ alex hirsch is lumberjack???

-“JOURNAL 3” responds with ‘the journal for me.’

-“JOURNAL 2” responds with ‘the journal for you’

-“JOURNAL 1” responds with “the journal of fun”

-“SEX” “FUCK” “SHIT” and other curses gives a pop-up that says “not S&P approved, wash your mouth out with soap.”

-“WHOAREYOU” responds with ‘i could ask you the same question’

-“REALITY” responds with ‘is an illusion’

-“FBI” and “CIA” responds with ‘your webcam is on. we are watching.’

-“HOLOGRAM” responds with ‘universe’ and vice versa.

-“SCARY” gives a R.L Stine goosebumps knockoff called The Book Of Bill, with the tagline ‘can you survive the tri-strangler?’ and it seems like it should be an audiobook like the “LOVE” entry, but i can’t hear any audio.

-“THEBOOKOFBILL” responds with ‘hide it under shirt during pledge of allegiance’ ???WHAT???

-“MASON” brings up a note about anagrams, assuredly written in-part by Dipper. idk if mason is even canon i always just assumed it was tbh.

-“LIFE” responds with ‘life:72% complete. now loading death.’

-“DEATH” responds with ‘life’s goth cousin’

-“DADDY” “BABY” and “MOMMY” (listen i was trying anything that came to mind) responds with a pop-up of a baby-bill cipher in an ultrasound, and a message that says ‘congrats! guess what’s growing inside you right now? see you in nine months, papa!’ NEW SEASON IN NINE MONTHS CONFIRMED???? (/j) also— mpreg is gravity falls canon???

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if i was alex hirsch, these are inputs i would add because i was SHOCKED they WEREN’T there:

-“4 8 15 16 23 42” inputting that into an old-style computer should yield some kind of easter egg. LOST was too big of a cultural phenomena for it to not be a secret code here.

-“CANDY” and “GRENDA.” alex you thought of skibidi but not MABELS ONLY TWO FRIENDS???

-“TWINS” seriously this is like the main thing that keeps repeating, even just linking to a wiki page would be rewarding.

-typing in cryptids should link to pages for them, at least. imagine my shock when i typed in “BIGFOOT” to no avail.

-“SEEYOUNEXTSUMMER” should’ve been an easy one tbh

-“PINETREE” “SHOOTINGSTAR” etc. could just link to the same thing as entering their respective names, like “DIPPER” and “MABEL” respectively.

-“HINT” should do something, even if it just tells you no.

-“?” having no results is bonkers

-“SANSUNDERTALE” would be really funny i think

-“THETRUTH” should respond with ‘is out there’

[palmviolet]

Hello! I enjoyed your true detective "out of time man" fic a LOT! Specifically the quotes included in the beginning of each chapter.

I was wondering, since some of the quotes seem to be from academic books which one you would recommend to read first if one were to look into reading them? I really enjoy the subject and would love to dig into it further. Which one was your favourite? Are they difficult reads? Would you recommend something else to start with? Thank you so much !

hi, thank you so much! very proud of that one. and i'd absolutely recommend getting more into criticism and theory around american culture and mythology, it's been so rewarding and illuminating.

in terms of what you should read, the most formative and comprehensive one with regards to rodeo subcultures was Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West by Rebecca Scofield (Univ of Washington Press, 2019). it takes you through not just gay rodeo but prison rodeo, the role of race at the rodeo, and women's involvement too, both historically and today. given a lot of our popularly received imagery of the rodeo limits it to the cishet white male body, a body that is free and able and doing it without coercion or power dynamics, scofield's text is invaluable as a starting point to deconstruct that very imagery.

then there's Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination, by Michael Allen. this is your more typical account of the myth of the rodeo, again lending it a critical lens but not diving quite so deep into its underbelly. still, a solid grounding on the basics.

something i loved on the more general modern mythology of the american west through a postmodern lens was The Cultures of the American New West, by Neil Campbell, which describes the 'hyperreality' of the new west and its dependence on image.

and on the western genre was The Myth of the Western by Matthew Carter, which is an excellent introduction to western, neo-western, and anti-western, examining the mythologising role the western plays and how that role has since been subverted.

i'd say each of these is definitely worth a read as a starting point, and then just follow through into their bibliographies and see where they take you. i think the scofield is probably the easiest read of these, being both factual and analytical, where the campbell is probably the most difficult, requiring something of a grounding in postmodern theory first — i'd say something i found very accessible in my early postmodern days was (sorry) the essay e unibus pluram by david foster wallace. it was written in the 90s and so reflects the contemporary anxieties about television but otherwise is a decent and almost gentle introduction to the central concerns of postmodernism and the time beyond it: the primacy of image, the difficulty of the quest for meaning in such a world.

some other readings more in the vein of the detective genre, its relationship to gender, horror, and genre resistance, all of which i've brought to my reading of true detective and my writing of out of time man:

Marshall, Sarah. 2022. “Violent Delights.” The Believer. https://www.thebeliever.net/violent-delights/.

Woodstock, Patrick and Dan Vena. 2022. “Born Queer, Made Evil? Examining ‘Discovery’ and ‘Construction’ as Competing Methodologies of True Crime.” Crime Fiction Studies 3, 1: 59–74.

Calhoun, Claudia. 2022. Only the Names Have Been Changed: Dragnet, the Police Procedural, and Postwar Culture. New York: University of Texas Press.

Geller, Theresa L., and Anna Marie Banker. 2017. ““That Magic Box Lies”: Queer Theory, Seriality, and American Horror Story.” The Velvet Light Trap 79: 36-49.

Cuklanz, Lisa M.. 1999. Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Clover, Carol J. 2015. Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Goldsmith, Clarissa Susan. 2022. Hope Despite Horror: Theorizing Oppositional Horror and Aesthetics of Resistance in Multicultural Horror. Doctoral dissertation, Arizona State University. ProQuest (Order No. 29396682).

this is a lot to be going on with so feel free to send me another ask if you want more details/to sift through them! in terms of rodeo in specific i'd definitely begin with outriders. this is also a very narrow selection — there's a whole world of scholarship out there, some more obscure than others, and you're always learning. if i think of any more i'll do another post!

[notapersonwwww]

I'm just tired of having this rolling around in my head. I don't like Matthew Patrick. I think he's a fair weather liberal who cares about minorities when it's convenient to him. His response to Scott Cawthon sealed that for me. He plays the "both parties suck and our system sucks," "No ethical consumption under captalism" cards right before defending SC for donating to anti-choice and queerphobic law makers. Like Trump.... remember Roe vs Wade? Yeah SC wanted that. And MP didn't even actually acknowledge the anti-choice aspect. He instead chalked it up to the fact SC is pro military.... also pretty fucked up considering how corrupt our military is in the US. So basically "Yeah he voted for anti-trans lawmakers but he did it because he supports our super corrupt military!" while ignoring how he also supports women not having bodily autonomy.

Also the whole comment section of Diehardpizzer's video gives me the ick. Like fine support MP that's your prerogative but like everyone is so fucking weird about some adult man they don't know.

For reference I'm anti military industrial complex not anti every person who's every been in the military.

[ulkaralakbarova]

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Richard Loving: Joel Edgerton Mildred Loving: Ruth Negga Grey Villet: Michael Shannon Sheriff Brooks: Marton Csokas Bernie Cohen: Nick Kroll Frank Beazley: Bill Camp Lola Loving: Sharon Blackwood Raymond Green: Alano Miller Garnet Jetter: Terri Abney Judge Bazile: David Jensen Phil Hirschkop: Jon Bass Theoliver Jeter: Christopher Mann Musiel Byrd-Jeter: Winter-Lee Holland Deputy: Michael Abbott Jr. Percy Fortune: Chris Greene Virgil: Will Dalton Chet Antieau: Matt Malloy Laura: Andrene Ward-Hammond Alex: D.L. Hopkins Hope Ryden: Jennifer Joyner Cousin Davis: Lance Lemon Cousin Gerald: Marquis Adonis Hazelwood Older Sydney: Brenan Young Older Donald: Dalyn Cleckley Older Peggy: Quinn McPherson Middle Sidney: Jevin Crochrell Middle Donald: Jordan Williams Jr. Middle Peggy: Georgia Crawford Toddler Sydney: Micah Claiborne Baby Sydney: Devin Cleckley Infant Sydney: Pryor Ferguson Clara – Cashier: Karen Vicks Reporter #1: Scott Wichmann Construction Worker: Benjamin Loeh Court Secretary: Bridget Gethins Store Pedestrian: Mark Huber Drag Race Spectator: James Matthew Poole Secretary: Coley Campany Secretary: Sheri Lahris Construction Worker: Jordan Dickey Telephone Man: Coby Batty Drag Race Spectator / Bar Patron: Chris Condetti Richard’s Racing Crew: Logan J. Woolfolk County Clerk: Robert Haulbrook Bricklayer: Keith Tyree Spectator: James Nevins Prisoner: W. Keith Scott Photojournalist: Tom Lancaster Street Walker: Lonnie M. Henderson Court Audience Member: Brian Thomas Wise Drag Race Spectator: Ken Holliday Antieau’s Secretary: Terry Menefee Gau Driver: Marc Anthony Lowe Racetrack Spectator: Jay SanGiovanni D.C Teen: Tyrell Ford Baby Boy #1: James Atticus Abebayehu Phil’s Dad: Jim D. Johnston …: Derick Newson Boarding House Boy: Miles Hopkins Construction Worker: Kenneth William Clarke Reporter: Robert Furner Secretary: Victoria Chavatel Jimison Field Hand / Drag Strip Attendee / Shot Gun Shack Attendee (uncredited): Darrick Claiborne Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Raymond H. Johnson Drag Race Driver: Dean Mumford Pregnant Girl: Rebecca Turner Magistrate: Mike Shiflett County Jailer: Greg Cooper Supreme Court Reporter: A. Smith Harrison Press Conference Reporter: Keith Flippen Soundman: Jason Alan Cook Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Lucas N. Hall Film Crew: Director: Jeff Nichols Editor: Julie Monroe Producer: Peter Saraf Executive Producer: Jack Turner Executive Producer: Jared Ian Goldman Executive Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Unit Production Manager: Sarah Green Art Direction: Jonathan Guggenheim Casting: Francine Maisler Production Design: Chad Keith Storyboard: Nancy Buirski Associate Producer: Oge Egbuono Producer: Colin Firth Producer: Marc Turtletaub Set Decoration: Adam Willis Producer: Ged Doherty Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield Costume Design: Erin Benach Music Supervisor: Lauren Mikus Original Music Composer: David Wingo Still Photographer: Ben Rothstein Director of Photography: Adam Stone Script Supervisor: Jean-Paul Chreky Special Effects Coordinator: Gary Pilkinton Special Effects Technician: Trevor Smithson Property Master: A. Patrick Storey First Assistant Director: Cas Donovan Second Assistant Director: Tommy Martin Stunt Driver: Dean Mumford Key Makeup Artist: Katie Middleton Second Second Assistant Director: Ben LeDoux Construction Buyer: Roslyn Blankenship Assistant Property Master: Hannah Ross Dialogue Editor: Brandon Proctor Genetator Operator: Maxwel Fisher Post Production Supervisor: Susan E. Novick Boom Operator: Proctor Trivette Leadman: Stephen G. Shifflette Second Assistant “A” Camera: Stephen McBride Sound Effects Editor: David Grimaldi Foley Mixer: Judy Kirschner Makeup Department Head: Julia Lallas Hairstylist: Brian Morton Sound Effects Editor: Joel Dougherty ADR Mixer: Chris Navarro Sound Effects Editor: P.K. Hooker ...

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Here watch this fun (?) 1995 movie, Jeffrey, which should be better known than it is: a gay camp play adapted to film about living and dying during the AIDS crisis written and directed by openly gay men and acted by some gay actors and early allies like Patrick Stewart who once said it was the film he was proudest to have been part of.

It's fiction, but it offers a glimpse of the zeitgeist that you probably missed if you weren't around when CATS was still beloved:

additional context:

1994: Don't Ask, Don't Tell passed. Derided now, but unlike the anti-sodomy laws we were protesting, it said, look, [the US military] can fire people for being gay, but if you ask or out them, so can you

1995, year this movie came out: first truly effective AIDS treatments began to be released. Before... well, this movie shows you the state of things.

1996, so-called federal Defense of Marriage Act rammed through by Republicans, making federal what many states had done, banning gay marriage

1998, brutal homophobic murder of Matthew Shepherd reminds LbGTQ community that while the public was starting to accept us, out was still a risk

Tell me honestly do you know more about the AIDs crisis than just "Reagan refused to help the gays and let them die", because it was such a worse, more devastating event and infinitly more complex than that and the fact that it has been reduced to that in the cultural zeitgeist is fucking tragic

[thenewsart]

Donald Trump May Be Ultimate Catalyst

VanEck analysts correlate Trump’s predicted victory with a global backlash against what they term an “anti-growth agenda”. In a recent report, analysts at investment firm VanEck, Matthew Sigel and Patrick Bush, predicted that former US President Donald Trump’s likely return to the White House will spark a Bitcoin (BTC) rally, boosting its price to $100,000 by December 2024 atop a market…

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Matpat: "I'm retiring."

Also Matpat:

[usindistress]

Donald Lukens , Congressman , Underage Girl Earl Kimmerling , Conservative Activist , 8 YO Girl Ed Schrock , Congressman , Solicitation (Male) Edison Misla Aldarondo , Legislator , Daughter Edward Paquette , Catholic Priest , Molestation Eric Feltner , State Government Staff , 13 YO Girl Fred C. Smeltzer , City Council , 15 YO Girl George Christian Ortloff , Parole Board , 12 YO Girls Howard L. Brooks , Legislative Aide , 12 YO Boy + CP Howard Scott Heldreth , Anti-Abortion Activist , Child Rape Ivan Payne , Catholic Priest , Molestation Jack Burkmana , PAC Leadership , Solicitation (Male) Jack W. Gardner , Councilman , 13 YO Girl James Garner Smith , SBC Pastor , 13 YO Girl James Porter , Catholic Priest , Molestation James William Bell , SBC Minister , 4 Underage Boys Jeffrey Claude Bartleson , Campaign Staff , 5 YO Boy Jeffrey Kyle Randall , Mayor , 10 & 12 YO Boys Jeffrey Nielsen , Congressional Aide , 14 YO Boy Jeffrey Patti , Committee Chairman , CP of 5 YO Girl Jerry Dean Blaxton , SBC Minister , Exploitation & CP John Allen , Anti-Abortion Activist , 15 YO Girl John Bryan , City Council , 2 Daughters + Others John Butler , Conservative Activist , Teenage Girl John Collins , Councilman , Teen Girls John Gosek , Mayor , 15 YO Girls John Hathaway , Senate Candidate , 12 YO Girl John Peterson , Congressman , Sexual Harassment John R. Curtain , Committeeman , Teenage Boy Jon Grunseth , Gubernatorial Candidate , Underage Girls Jon Matthews , Talk Show Host , 11 YO Girl Joseph Monteleone Jr. , City Council , Underage Girls Josh Duggar , State Representative , 4 Younger Sisters Kamron Eugene Reames , SBC Pastor , Underage Boy Keith Westmoreland , State Legislator , Teen Girls Keola Childs , County Council , Underage Boy Kevin Coan , Election Board , 14 YO Girl Kevin Ogle , SBC Pastor , 14 YO Girl Larry Corrigan , Prosecutor , 13 YO Girls Larry Craig , Senator , Solicitation (Male) Larry Dale Floyd , County Constable , 8 YO Girl Larry Jack Schwarz , State Representative , Possession of CP Leonard Ray Owens , Pastor , Underage Girl Lou Beres , Religious Activist , Teen Girls, 13 YO Girl Lucas Bowen , TX Right to Life Dir. , Soliciting a minor Marion Leon Kosier Jr. , SBC Pastor , 3 Sexual Contact w/ Minor Mark A. Grethen , Conservative Activist , Underage Children Mark Aderholt , SBC Seminary , 16 YO Girl Mark Foley , Congressman , Teen Boys (16 YO) Mark Harris , City Council , 11 YO Girl Mark Pazuhanich , Judge , 10 YO Girl Mark Seidensticker , Campaign Worker , Child Molestation Marty Glickman , Conservative Activist , Underage Girl Matthew Glavin , Religious Activist , Public Indecency Matthew Joseph Elliott , Campaign Staff , Child Molestation Merrill Robert Barter , Commissioner , Teenage Boy Mike Hintz , Pastor , Underage Girl Nicholas Elizondo , PAC Leadership , 6 YO Daughter Nicholas Morency , Anti-Abortion Activist , Possession of CP Norman Henley Keesee , SBC Minister , Molesting Disabled Child Parker J. Bena , Conservative Activist , Possession of CP Pat McPhearson , Election Board , 17 YO Girl Patrick Lee McGuire , County Commissioner , 8-13 YO Girls

THE BIG ASS LIST OF CONSERVATIVE SEXUAL VIOLENCE

NAME, POSITION, CRIME Aaron Bruns , Fox News , Possession of CP Alan David Berlin , Congressional Aide , 15 YO Boy Andrew Buhr , Committeeman , 13 YO Boy Armando Tebano , County Council , 14 YO Girl Audrey Grabarkiewicz , SBC Preschool Teacher , Sex parties for Middle Schoolers Bernard Preynat , Catholic Priest , Molestation Beverly Russell , Conservative Activist , Step-Daughter Bill O'Reilly , Fox News , Sexual Harassment Bob Packwood , Senator , Sexual Harassment Bobby Stumbo , Party Leadership , 5 YO Boy Brent Parker , State Legislator , Solicitation (Male) Brent Schepp , County Candidate , 14 YO Girl Carey Lee Cramer , Campaign Consultant , 9 YO Step-Daughter Charles Fishburne Rhodes IIII , SBC Teacher & Coach , Soliciting 12 YO Girl Craig J. Spence , Lobbyist , Solicitation (Male) Cristián Precht Bañados , Catholic Priest , Molestation Dan Crane , Congressman , Teenage Girl David Swartz , County Commissioner , 11 YO Girls David Vitter , Congressman , Solicitation (Female) Dennis Fred Rutledge , SBC Minister , Child under 11 Dennis L. Rader , Zoning Supervisor , 11 YO Girl + Murder Don Sherwood , Congressman , Domestic Abuse Donald Chrisler Batson , SBC Minister , 2 Underage Girls

[thermodynamic-comedian]

my general interpretation of all of matpat's channels

game theory: the character you like is actually evil, and everything you know is a lie

film theory: can you survive popular franchise? probably not,

food theory: the absolute corporate ASSHAT CLOWNS in the food industry are LYING PIECES OF SHIT here's some tips on anarchist mutual aid-

gtlive: my marriage is better than yours. also fuck jason

[himbos-on-ice]

I know what team I won’t be cheering for. What a joke.

[rowinablx]

Me finding out the undertale fandom basically started the Matpat hate brigade

[princesstillyenna]

Collated from Anons and the discord: Tyson Barrie: The karma edit that’s circulating oilers Twitter sums TBear up to a T. Mitch Marner: Mitchy gives massive lover vibes. || “Anti hero?” “Mitch” “Feels very answer to the toronto media” “Yes. Mitch at the media” John Tavares: JT gives Red Era. Mike Richards: Ritchie gives evermore era. Tyler Seguin: Seguin- bejeweled Connor McDavid: Davo’s hockey gives Ready for it || “Look what you made me do?” “Connor/Leon/Matty chaos?....Directed at papa chucky” Jeff Skinner: Skinny to Eric -all too well || Jeffy is would've, could've, should've || Can I change my answer on jeffy? He would be more like cruel summer. || “Cruel summer for jeff and eric!!.... Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you” Patrick Kane: 1988 will always be Long Live. Once upon a time there was a fic that had a fantastic video compilation of Jon and Patrick w/ that song. The fic, I’m pretty sure, still exists. The video disappeared one day. Matthew Tkachuk: Matty t is karma Cole Caufield: “Who is blank space…” “Cauly” “Yes!!” Trevor Zegras: Trevor zegras is enchanted with Jamie Dylan Strome: Stromecat is paper rings Eric Staal: “Bad. Blood… Eric Staal” “The gc at eric staal” “Yes” Nathan MacKinnon: “Does Nate @ Sid go you belong with me?” “Yes” Summary: Jeff Skinner is our GC Taylor Representative ok. He just is. I don't make the rules.

Tilllyyy,

Not sure if you’re a swiftie. But if you are, what era would the GC boys be? Bonus points if you can ascribe a song to each :).

To get you going: Matty -you’re on your own kid (midnights)

Also Drat gives major reputation vibes 🐍🐍🐍 (see look what you made me do)

Keep doing you! Hope you’re well :)

I am not a swiftie nonny, although my mini me is :D so I'm throwing this out to the gc fans:

Send in your taytay eras or songs for your fave gc boys

[ceriseskies]

I’m in a fight-a-bitch mood tonight

Send me any topic, big or small, and I’ll give you a passionate rant about it

[mojave-pete]

Not one person has been charged with possessing or using a gun inside the Capitol. Further, no one even has been identified as carrying a gun inside the building.

Since the Justice Department launched its nationwide manhunt to track down and arrest anyone involved with the Capitol breach on January 6, hundreds of perpetrators have been arrested.

Most face misdemeanor charges for trespassing or disorderly conduct, but dozens are in jail and denied bond for the thoughtcrime of believing the 2020 presidential election wasn’t on the up-and-up. The acting U.S. attorney general overseeing the investigation promises to apprehend hundreds more, however, it’s been two weeks since authorities have arrested anyone in connection to the probe.

Almost as embarrassing as the bad behavior of a handful of Trump supporters that day is the conduct of the national news media and Washington lawmakers. The country has been subjected to a public group therapy session of sorts wherein grown adults—Republicans and Democrats alike, elected to defend the country at all costs—now recount their harrowing experiences on January 6, which include running away from no one in particular or insisting, without evidence, that they were on the verge of being “murdered.”

The media continue to promote any number of fabricated storylines intended to bolster the laughable narrative of an “insurrection” occurring at the Capitol. The concocted account of the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick recently fell apart; the New York Times, after pressure from outlets including American Greatness, effectively retracted its January 8 article claiming Sicknick was killed by a fire extinguisher at the hands of Trump “loyalists.”

So now it’s time to straighten out another twisted tale animating the folklore of January 6: The idea the random chaos amounted to an “armed insurrection.” Hundreds of crazed Trumpists carrying deadly weapons, the public believes, stormed the Capitol to injure or kill senators, representatives, and even Vice President Mike Pence in order to avenge a “stolen” election.

Most news outlets—as they did with the coverage of Sicknick’s death—unflinchingly repeat the “armed insurrection” trope, which can be traced back to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 7 press conference. “[Y[esterday, the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America, the gleeful desecration of the US Capitol…and the violence targeting Congress are horrors that will forever stay in our nation’s history,” Pelosi ranted.

But like everything else that exits the mouth of the Speaker of the House, her description isn’t only flat wrong but also manufactured for wicked political purposes.

When a thinking person hears the word “armed,” he usually thinks of a firearm, or a gun. Yet here is how the Justice Department describes the trove of deadly weapons seen at the Capitol that day: “During the course of the violent protests, several violent protestors were armed with weapons including bats, pepper spray, sticks, zip ties, as well as bulletproof vests and anti-tear gas masks.” (The zip ties, it’s important to note, weren’t brought into the building by Trumpists but by law enforcement officials.)

I reviewed the charges filed against the more than 200 people arrested for criminal misconduct related to January 6 and found only 14 defendants face any sort of weapons charge. Offenses vary; indictments range from possession of a “deadly” weapon on “restricted” grounds to assaulting a police officer.

But so far, just two people have been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm—and there’s no proof either man “breached” the Capitol let alone threatened lawmakers as part of a coordinated, armed insurrection.

Lonnie Coffman, 70, was indicted by a D.C. grand jury on January 11 with 17 firearms violations. Around 1 p.m. on January 6, Capitol Police, according to charging documents, noticed what appeared to be a gun on the front seat of a pickup truck parked near the Capitol. Cops searched the vehicle and found a handgun, a rifle, loaded magazines, and mason jars filled with material they believed were components to make Molotov cocktails. When Coffman arrived near his vehicle at around 6:30 p.m., he was questioned by police; they discovered two small handguns in his pockets.

Federal authorities threw the book at Coffman, a veteran with no criminal record.

But although he’s been charged with more than a dozen violations of D.C.’s strict gun possession laws, Coffman has not been charged with using his guns, ammunition, or the alleged Molotov cocktails. Further, it’s worth noting that aside from the two pistols found on his person, the other contraband was locked in his truck as the “insurrection” occurred.

The FBI isn’t finished with Coffman yet; agents raided his remote Alabama home on January 26. He’s currently being held in a D.C. jail without bail.

Christopher Alberts was arrested near the Capitol the evening of January 6 after police found a 9 mm handgun and ammunition in his possession. The Maryland resident has been charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds or building, one count of carrying a pistol without a license, one count of possession of ammunition, and one count of trespassing.

Again, although Alberts was detained near the Capitol, prosecutors do not allege he entered the building or attempted to use his weapon on January 6.

Here is a roundup of the non-firearm “dangerous and deadly” weapons charges:

Zachary Alam, nicknamed “Helmet Boy,” is charged with assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon although it’s unclear if the weapon used was the helmet he found on the ground or his body. (Documents allege Alam “pushed his body up against one of the Capitol Police officers guarding the door.”) Alam was near Ashli Babbitt when she was shot and killed by a still-unidentified police officer.

Richard Barnett, the man pictured behind Pelosi’s desk, faces two charges of unlawfully possessing a “dangerous or deadly weapon,” which, according to prosecutors, was a “ZAP Hike N Strike 950,000 Volt Stun Gun Walking Stick” he carried with him on January 6. He did not use it.

Scott Fairlamb faces a 12-count indictment including assaulting an officer and “entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.” Fairlamb had a small collapsible baton; it’s unclear whether he entered the Capitol at any time.

Robert Gieswien, found with a baseball bat and pepper spray, is charged with “assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon.”

Alex Harkrider and Ryan Nichols are being charged together; they face 13 counts, including four related to possession or use of “deadly or dangerous” weapons. Nichols is accused of using pepper spray on an officer—he allegedly sprayed the irritant on a crowd which included officers attempting to secure the building—and carrying a crowbar into the Capitol. Harkrider is charged with illegally possessing an axe on government property. Investigators gleaned most of their evidence from posts on the defendants’ social media accounts.

Emanuel Jackson is charged with striking police officers outside the Capitol with a baseball bat.

Edward Lamb, according to charging documents, “swung, thrusted, and/or jabbed the [baseball] bat at law enforcement officers multiple times” outside the Capitol. He faces 11 counts including three related to use of a deadly weapon.

Patrick McCaughey was directly behind Officer Daniel Hodges when he was crushed in a doorway by the mob. McCaughey faces three weapon-related charges; the weapon was a police riot shield he found on the scene.

Matthew Miller is charged with using a deadly weapon—a fire extinguisher—outside the Capitol. Miller allegedly sprayed the contents toward officers.

Jordan Mink is accused of using a “deadly weapon,” a baseball bat, on “unrestricted” grounds. (Mink is photographed smashing in a window.) In denying bond, a federal magistrate stated that January 6 was “a horrendous crime against our democracy that Mr. Mink not only participated in, but was a very active and violent participant.”

Robert Sanford, initially believed to be the suspect who injured Sicknick, is charged with throwing a fire extinguisher and striking three officers. (Investigators said the object “appeared” to be a fire extinguisher.) The retired Pennsylvania fireman also is being held without bond.

So, as Joe Biden likes to say, let’s be clear: Not one person has been charged with possessing or using a gun inside the Capitol. Further, no one has been identified as carrying a gun inside the building. Of the hundreds of photographs posted on the FBIs Most Wanted List for the Capitol breach investigation, not a single picture shows anyone with a firearm.

Only one defendant had a handgun on his person outside the building hours after the “insurrection” ended. The other defendant had two guns on his person but investigators don’t allege he was inside the Capitol on January 6.

At least 100,000 attended Trump’s speech that day; fewer than 1,000 “stormed” the Capitol. A few hundred have been arrested and only 14 face weapons charges. Those “deadly and dangerous” weapons include two baseball bats, a can of pepper spray, a walking stick/stun gun, an axe, a few fire extinguishers (one in question), a helmet, a riot shield, and a collapsible baton. And at no time did this random weaponry pose a lethal threat to lawmakers inside the Capitol.

Do the idiots who used any sort of weapon to harm an officer or damage property deserve to pay for their stupid and violent actions? Yes.

Was January 6, 2021 an “armed insurrection” or anything close?

No.

Another hoax is being built to take out Trump voters!