#army tank at walmart

[mistydeyes]

Some very American (and asshole) things about Graves

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summary: Phillip Graves is 1. an asshole and 2. very American so here's some headcanons about him.

pairing: Phillip Graves x himself (fucking narcissist)

warnings: SWEARING

a/n: lol I have a love hate relationship with Graves so this was fun to write (like I wanna kiss him but also punch him in his stupid pretty face)

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He was on the Homecoming and Prom Court in high school and he ATE THAT SHIT UP

He also was voted “Most Handsome” in his yearbook

Joined the Army purely because of the glory he saw in Top Gun (he picked a different branch because he couldn’t handle the Navy training)

Was pissed when he saw Glen Powell in Top Gun: Maverick

For weeks his Shadows heard him complain that they based the character off of him

Loves pickle back shots (whiskey followed immediately with pickle juice)—something Price finds revolting

One time, made his Shadows get him Chik-Fil-A because he was craving it abroad

Speaking of which, he’s such a pussy when trying new foods—any spice will immediately put this man on the toliet

Always smothers his food in ranch dressing

Cool ranch Doritos? RANCH. Pizza? EXTRA RANCH. Mac and cheese? RANCH MIXED IN!

“Happy Independence day, you colonizing fuckers!” he exclaims whenever he works with soldiers over the seas (and it just happens to be the 4th of July)

If he’s at home, just know he’ll be chilling in an American flag tank top from Walmart and drinking a Natty Light

Plus he’ll be launching fireworks all night long so hide your dogs

His home? You might ask. Well, picture a mansion tucked away in either Texas or Wyoming with that Western Cowboy aesthetic

Even though he’s very Mr. Americana, he secretly buys French perfumes and Italian suits (but will always stand by a “Made in America” tag)

Just looks like he has a good face routine but DOES NOT moisturize his body (if he does it’s because he’s getting laid and is ashy)

He heats up hot water in the microwave and uses one of those Lipton tea bags Ghost almost shoots him

Definitely competed in one of those “All you can eat hot dog” contests

Also proudly shows off his award winning “Wet T-Shirt contest” photos

“Sweet Home Alabama” can never be played for the 141, they get war flashbacks of Grave’s playing it prior to the Dark Water mission

Confident that he could’ve played a better Ken than Chris Evan’s in the new Barbie movie

Got one of those terrible barbed wire tattoos when he was fresh out of bootcamp to look cool to his new army brothers

Also just know if he wasn’t in the Army, he’d be going to the University of South Carolina and be in one of their top frats

But while in the Army, he used the fact that he would be deployed oversees to bring women (and his Tinder dates) in

Reusable bags? HAHA never for Graves, he doesn’t get why he has to bring one in or buy one for ¢15

Will either buy the stupid bag or carry everything in his arms like an idiot

I also just KNOW this man doesn’t recycle

When he goes to New England, he makes a big fuss on how they can’t make sweet tea

Finally, he just RADIATES Ford F-150 or a Jeep with no doors energy

[spiderh0rse]

freeman's mind notes part 11, e51-55

e51

rock dust = health hazard. No naps here

finds the idea of breathing ether good

wonders if he can delete his employee status at Black Mesa

thinks in 205X Walmart will have turret guns in the parking lots. To deter shoplifters

perpetually bothered by the incompetence of others

chess does NOT prepare you for being surrounded

compares himself to a knight in a chess metaphor

hes STILL hungry

the plantweb around the snark balls is gross

thinks he's probably safe from alien viruses because they're just that unfamiliar with human bodies

thinks the snarks are imprinting on him

would not make a good babysitter

his first impulse to seeing kids run around is to throw nonlethal things at them

he was firing a BIT faster than reenactors with muskets. They fire once a minute. Twice if they're really fast. It's pretty impressive ngl

finds alien grunts' armour impractical and stripper-like

"yay!"

wants to use the snarks for animal fights

slime mold IS valuable excuse you

threatening the aliens with not giving them fungus

still scared they'll teleport inside him

isn't happy he's functioning with the force of an entire army. It sounds cool but he has to do EVERYTHING or DIE

"peekaboo"

STILL searching for a map

ponders eating the aliens and his only concern is how to cook them

e52

thinks the military should give out a psa for gun owners to shoot aliens in black mesa

underwater mumbling my beloved

bleugh,,

snarks? no. Popcorn bugs

has apparently forgotten the mechanics of the turrets

the illusion of free choice (westward tunnel - westward tunnel)

wouldn't be surprised to find he's been walking the longest possible route around the facility

pretty sure the icthyosaurs have been on earth longer than the rescas

he's that "hold it buddy! you lost your chance!" meme rn

yells WORMS

"bah."

THE WORMS. WHAT NOISES ARE THESE

he doesn't drink THAT much that's what the pills are for

very tired of his explosives not doing all they should

fun fact actually being underwater when an explosion goes off is worse than being on top of the water even if it's closer. That'll collapse your organs with the shockwave

"GAAAAAH."

will take any opportunity to use his rocket launcher

"a lesser man might keep moving blindly, but I am a man of vision and I have seen more rockets . . . Now I can keep moving blindly."

thinks the guard job must be boring without him to spice things up

stutters out a tune similar to march of the gladiators

thinks an elevator is a trap. Walks in after considering this

robots won't take over the world but he thinks others wish they would. Also their battery life is bad

e53

starts the episode by singing poorly

the elevator WAS a trap this is a radioactive roach motel

admits he's scared. the radiation freaks him out so badly

funny noises :3

through the power of hypnotic suggestion and a tank

okay I will be frank he has just gotten gradually more unhinged over time but it really did ramp up after the ambush

mimics Xen turret noise

THIS is why he's such a good theoretical physicist. He solves problems that shouldn't exist

not familiar with media involving aliens invading that are just kind of stupid. Show him Invader Zim right now

watched a documentary of Chernobyl. Remembers it decently. Annoyed the headcrabs are distracting him from it

got SLIMED

we should drop stray dogs and badgers into a warzone.

thinks humans are better at invasions than xenians. We do have practice

thinking about not having a tank depresses him

e54

new intro! room adjacent to the rocket launch room. wikipedia room.

engineering are pretty extremist folks

NINJAS. Occam's shuriken. When the answer is elusive the answer is ninjas

ninjas understanding quantum mechanics was a controversial part of freeman's dissertation

"you can never prove the absence of ninjas, only their direct presence" i say this so often

the ninjas from yesterday were hazy in his memory

can't even be sure if the ninjas he's shot are actually dead

confused at why the lights are still on when the ninjas have night vision goggles

he's sure ninjas will be his death. wouldn't be surprised.

wants to nuke the place as soon as he's out

door opens. He goes to explode whoevers behind it immediately

doesnt want to do shit for others rn

gluon gun,, hey would Gordon call the gauss gun it's proper name or "Tau cannon"? He's subversive. He'd like the syllable of "gauss"

blood on his suit and it isn't coming off :(

abandons some scientist to his own shenanigans

e55

checks to see if anything followed him down the elevator

Loves the gluon gun

blue energy is superior to green energy and beams

considers Black Mesa a redundant bit of nonsense so that no one person knows all of what's going on

listens to the VOX

deduces a guard killed another human. Keep up that everyone wants you dead thing

thinks some people thrive in chaos a bit too much. Sir you're like that too.

"I needed a reason?"

drops the gluon gun due to weight/ammo consumption concerns

the constant metal groaning noises bother him so much

groans at the vortigaunt almost teleporting inside him

hates the references to dimensions. Wants accurate terminology.

I do not know who Buckaroo Banzai is

[growls]

the concrete dust REMAINS a breathing hazard

[xxhumancentipedexx]

Rick. Ricky. Richter scale. I’m insanely bored can you pretty pretty please with a cherry on top give me some of ur fave ww2 facts you know please and ty🙏🙏‼️‼️‼️

EAYEYAAAAAAHHHH all my favourite ww2 facts off the top of my head GO

british spies plotted to spike hitler's food with estrogen to turn him into a woman because they thought it would make him less aggressive

the myth of carrots helping you see in the dark because of british ww2 propaganda. they were using radar technology to intercept german pilots during blackouts and didn't want them to know so covered it up by publicly stating that they were feeding their pilots carrots to give them night vision

benito mussolini had his face on the side of his headquarters like a fucking cartoon supervillain

4. the entire ghost army thing. using inflatable tanks to successfully trick german forces

5. during the norwegian heavy water sabotage, the norwegian commandos briefly halted their mission to stop the nazis from developing nuclear weapons to help the caretaker of the facility they were trying to blow up find his glasses

6. hitler only spoke german. this memoir describes him like an afraid child who lost sight of his mother at a walmart

7. supposedly the reason for hitler's Interesting mustache styling choice was due to his superiors in wwi ordering him to trim it so he could properly wear his gas mask

8. joseph goebbels looks like crocker

9. a bear named wojtek was officially enlisted into the polish army. he learned how to march and salute and drink beer and eat cigarettes

ten. hitler was a vegetarian but made exceptions cause he's a ol' little bitch. one of his favourite foods was liver dumplings

11. people in the bunker were more devastated over the death of hitler's dog than the death of his wife

12. the jericho trumpets (sirens) on the skuta had the ONLY purpose of causing panic

13. hitler was asleep during the invasion of normandy. before his rest he ordered his men to not wake him up under any circumstance and they followed through

14. hitler liked multiple jewish people (eduard bloch and bernile nienau) but only considered them to be "exceptions" cause he's a ol' little bitch

15. hitler had only one ball

16. hitler and a few others played a prank on another nazi officer, ernst "putzi" hanfstaengl, sending him over an area that would mean almost certain death. this caused hanfstaengl to defect, hand himself over to the allies, and give up many, many special documents. hanfstaengl proceeded to work with president roosevelt during the war

17. the one where hitler laid his head on the lap of hanfstengl's wife and made an embarrassing attempt to flirt with her

18. in hanfstaengl's memoir he states that he wasn't fond of hitler's radical beliefs and thought he could "civilise" him. he thought he could fix him i'm criyng

19. the battle of castle itter where americans, french politicians, and nazis banded together to fight against nazis

20. hitler's nephew served in the US navy

[roscoebarnes3]

Home with Heroes: Military museum seeking items for display

G. Mark LaFrancis, director of Military Museum and Veterans Welcome Center, which is sponsored by the Home with Heroes Foundation Inc.

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By Roscoe Barnes III

Special to The Natchez Democrat

Note: This story appeared on front page of The Natchez Democrat (Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023).

NATCHEZ, Miss. – The director of Natchez’s only Military Museum and Veterans Welcome Center is asking the public for military memorabilia to display in its new home at 107 Jefferson Davis Blvd.

“The Military Museum and Veterans’ Welcome Center fulfill a dream we have had with the Home With Heroes Foundation,” said G. Mark LaFrancis, museum director and president of the foundation. “In a way, it’s a gift to the community, especially the veterans’ community. We will display many, many donated and loaned items, quite a few are from local residents and veterans. Also, we have the ‘Try Me On’ section to allow young visitors to dress up as military individuals.”

LaFrancis said he’s looking for military artifacts and keepsakes that include such things as combat boots, caps, helmets, gloves, military shoes, web belts, canteens, military pictures with frames, art work. He’s also looking for models of military aircraft, ships, and tanks. He would also like to have a globe on display, he said.

Items may be shared with the museum as donations for permanent exhibits or as a loan for temporary display, LaFrancis said.

A grand opening is planned for October.

“We have big plans for when we go forward,” LaFrancis said. “We will have many exciting and important programs for the community. We now have a recognizable home, a place where we can help our veterans and their loved ones.”

LaFrancis said the museum is not just a place to see, but a place where people of all ages can come and learn about veterans and military service.

“Prize possessions include a massive display of original G.I. Joe figures, a patriotic quilt made by the folks of the Natchez Quilting Guild, and the original welder’s mask of Mary Baroni Warren, who welded on ships and planes on the coast during World War II,” LaFrancis said. “I anticipate veterans will be on hand to greet people and to take advantage of their own welcome and information center, a first of its kind in the region.”

One of the exhibits, “The Wall of Remembrance,” features photographs of 75 military personnel from Mississippi who were killed in action in Iraq or Afghanistan.

“We want visitors and veterans to feel at home in our museum and center, and to learn about the tremendous contribution veterans have made to our community and nation,” LaFrancis added.

In addition to dozens of exhibits in the new location, the museum will host authors, speakers, and movies at other locations in Natchez. Two upcoming movies include:

* “The Hello Girls” (2018), which tells the story of the 223 women the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent to France in 1918 as telephone operators to help win the Great War. “Hello Girls” was the informal name for the American women who served as switchboard operators.

* “Six Triple Eight” (2023), which dramatizes the story of the 855 Black women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion who cleared a three-year backlog of undelivered mail. They helped to deliver more than 17 million pieces of mail near the end of the war. Film is directed by Tyler Perry.

As a Welcome Center, the museum will assist veterans by seeking to answer their questions and provide them with information on veteran benefits and other issues of concern, LaFrancis said. A computer will be available for their use.

In recent years, the museum has sponsored bus trips to the World War II museum in New Orleans. LaFrancis and his team of volunteers also participate in the annual Wreaths Across America and Veterans Day parade.

The museum is a nonprofit with 501-c3 status. It originally opened in 2018 at the VFW Post 9573 building at 318 Sgt. Prentiss Drive near Walmart. The VFW provided a room for the museum on the second floor. LaFrancis noted the new location has more visibility and easier access than the previous site.

For more information call 601-442-0980 or send email to homewithheroes@live.com

[nickgerlich]

About Face

The use of biometrics in society may seem by many to be a modern contrivance, yet another instance of technology taking over tasks once relegated to humans. Never mind that it typically raises the red flags of dystopia usually reserved for allusions to Orwell’s 1984.

The truth is, biometrics have been around for many years. While some attribute them to ancient Babylonia (!), fingerprints were tracked in the 1800s. Law enforcement has used this one form for longer than we have all been alive.

Even facial recognition is not new, having been launched in the 1960s, although it was nowhere near as advanced as it is today. If you have ever walked through London, Beijing, or many other global cities, you probably noticed the street cameras located on virtually every pole. Those cameras aren’t just there to watch for traffic or people standing in front of Army tanks. They can identify individual people.

Today, facial recognition is so common that many of us opt-in to let our phone recognize our face so we don’t have to enter a code every time we wish to use it. It’s a convenience at this point, not a threat to our privacy.

But what if facial recognition were used in a retail setting? That a store could track you while you went about selecting items? That this same technology could then charge your account, freeing you to just walk out?

Wait. We’ve had this for five years now, and it’s called the Amazon Go store. Duh. We’ve been talking about this off and on throughout the term. It’s just that now Amazon has been sued for deploying this technology in New York City without posting visible signs to customers that facial recognition technology is being used.



Let me add another big DUH. How could anyone inside an Amazon Go store not know that this is how it works? This is the entire premise. But as it turns out, New York City is the only major city in the US with a law requiring shops to inform customers that biometrics, including facial and fingerprint recognition, are in use.

The result is a class-action lawsuit, no doubt brought by folks drooling at the prospects of “sticking it to the man” on a legal technicality. Yes, it is the law. I get that. But I also understand how easy it would be for Amazon to track prior patronage of these same plaintiffs at their 10 Manhattan stores. I’m betting they are repeat customers who obviously knew how the store worked. Can anyone say frivolous?

To Amazon’s credit, they eventually did place signs, but only a year after the law went into effect. And as much as I snicker at people lobbing silly lawsuits, Amazon should have been on top of this. How difficult would it have been to post signs in 10 stores? Or was their legal department asleep at the wheel?

I see a future with ever more facial recognition in retail establishments. Walmart should use it, maybe not so much to deploy their own version of Amazon Go, but to help curb theft at self-checkout stands. They already use cameras to some extent there, but they are not fully leveraging what could be done.

For example, item recognition could keep people from using the “banana trick,” in which they use Price Look-Up features to select a low-cost item (like bananas) when weighing a much more expensive item (like a steak).

If cameras can recognize faces, surely they can recognize a banana, or lack thereof. Getting video of the whole transaction could also go a long way in prosecuting thieves.

I know. Some will cry that we no longer have any privacy. Others will begrudge the labor-saving technology as one more way to eliminate jobs. Still others will argue that people have been shoplifting, passing bogus bills, and bouncing checks for decades, so just let it go. 



But no one makes anyone shop at an Amazon Go store. You do so of your own volition, and unless you have been living in a cave, you already know kind of how it works. As for Amazon, please just post those same signs in every one of your stores, as if it were some kind of liability waiver the customer automatically assumes by continuing to shop there. There is wisdom in preempting future lawsuits.

I hope the case is tossed out for lack of merit, because proving the plaintiffs suffered harm and thus deserve damages is going to be difficult. And slap Amazon’s wrist for not posting those signs. I’m sure the fine was codified when the law went into effect, so just pay it. Everybody else, wake up and realize this is the 21C and we’re not going back to our grandparents’ stores.


Dr “Face The Music“ Gerlich

Audio Blog

[rimongraphics]

Army tank logo design

[dafukdidiwatch]

I’m actually pissed that this is a decent movie.

<A lot of spoilers>

Overview: Arctic Researchers/Scientists stumble on Nazis who live in the center of the earth who have survived by replacing their dying tissue for living ones in a bid for immortality.

And in order for me to talk about this film, I have to talk about this:

Fucking Sky Sharks.

I hate that movie.

I hate it So Much.

I bought it from a Walmart for $10 so what a waste of movie.

The first like, 10 minutes was the movie dragging on showing everyone in the plane in the worst way possible. An old swedish man watching shitty CGI sci-fi porn. A weird gang turn priest man which I for sure might have been the main character but had the weirdest backstory that goes no where and does nothing. Some drunk guy wanting to flirt with a stewardess and the joke is that she wasn’t a super model 20 something. So after going On and ON THEN the sharks come in to show how epic they are.

And they also suck ass. I couldn’t give a shit about the CGI this is a movie about nazi sky sharks I walked in not expecting quality.

Oh yeah, Nazi’s. Forgot to mention the Nazis. Because, you know, they made the sharks. And are also zombies who rose again to take over the world. And our first look is a female blond haired officer killing people in the longest and dullest way possible. Like, there is only so many ways you can decapicate a bunch of people with wires.

After that, move into the “plot” with random ass girl #1 and random ass girl #2 where girl #1 is also in the Antarctic (shocker) and finds a boat, goes in by herself without help/backup, finds out the zombies are not only in there, but also shark tanks because this is where they were raising the sharks.

So to recap: In the COLD NEGATIVE FROSTBITING SNOW COVERED DREADNAUGHT the nazis are not only alive and NOT freezing, but the great white sharks are also alive and NOT freezing. You can say bs science, I say bs movie.

Oh and you know what the sharks feed on?

Misogyny.

God this movie hates women so much. First, multiple porn shots/sexual harassment jokes on just the plane alone (again, first 10 minutes). Then the “sexy” female zombie commander because that’s what was in the Nazi Military: Women. Not saying shit about history or anything, just saying that I know a fetish when I see one. And the Random Ass Girl #1? The reason why she was at the boat in the first place is because she was on a solo rescue mission to help some researchers who found the boat. A Guy and A Girl. The Guy was like, killed normally or shot or something I couldn’t give a shit about. The Girl was stripped naked, hung upside-down by her foot, bare naked ass shown to us, as she is fed to the shark tank.

Yeah, real women friendly.

It also doesn’t help that when Random Ass Girl #1 gets stabbed with, I guess zombie venom for ReAsOnS, she has a shower scene where it shows her being affected and poisoned under her skin....but also how Hot she is by having it shot on her boobs, check, body stretching and curling to show ALL of her body. While under a show that’s in the middle of the fucking room like it’s Hannibal Lector’s bathroom.

And you that that would be the reason I hate this movie but it isn’t dammit. The movie was dull as hell. I’m only talking about the Misogyny for so long because it was the only thing that was actually worth mentioning. I didn’t give a shit about anything else!

The acting is bad and just monotone across the board. Apparently RAG#1 and #2 are like, rich spies from a super rich family corporation which took me a full as 20 minutes to realize. And they have no idea how the fuck to plot a movie! Finding out the sky sharks were because of Dear Old Granddad, results in THREE! SEPERATE! FLASHBACKS! EACH MORE BORING THAN THE LAST!!! I have no idea how you made working with NAZIS dull as shit but this movie found a way. Instead of having the history set in the beginning of nazis doing shit as a teaser to explain later, he just tells his fucking life story of how making Sky Sharks would save the Third Reich. And I Couldn’t Give A Shit.

It got so dull and bored that I literally fast forward through the entire movie to find interesting parts. Spoiler: there was none. Not even with more sharks like eating the world could it entertain me. I just fast forwarded to the very end, and only watched 30 minutes of a 90 minute movie. God I hate Sky Sharks.

So WHY am I bringing it up? Well, it really did set expectations and a bar for Nazis at the Center of the Earth. They both have rediculous titles that you can’t take seriously or expect “great things” from. They both deal with nazis, zombie-ish nazis, genetic research, scientists in the Arctic, and Nazi’s hiding in the Arctic. That is a lot, and I just watched Sky Sharks like 2 weeks before so this was very recent and absolutely in my head.

Which is WHY this movie was a very pleasant surprise.

We start with seeing Nazis doing action pact Nazi shit escaping for science! It even has that Wilhelm scream, but the movie has plot and vision. It didn’t make the nazis seem any more than being just army soldierd and has decent action and sets expectation for the rest of the movie.

And that’s like the big difference between this and Sky Sharks: The Treatment of the Nazis. The nazis here were treated, in my view, as powerful and dangerous. They are meticulous, uncaring, cold and distant. The head Nazi is actually Dr. Mengele, he is in this movie, and he is just so apathetic to everyone.

All the Nazi’s faces were covered in mask so you couldn’t see their faces, making them inhuman. And the first Nazi face we do see is Dr. Mengele as he just, slowly cuts the face off of a person. Methodically. Meticulously. He doesn’t even talk, doesn’t react as the person begs. Just does it. And was going to do it to the girl as well but because she kept talking science, he allowed her to live.

But it was close.

In the beginning it feels like two different movies because it cuts from two researchers who got kidnapped by Nazis surviving their own horror movie trying to escape, and the rest of the researchers being in a Survival Rescue Movie trying to find them. I honestly wanted to see more of the Nazi part because that was the more engaging section. It was filmed, framed, shot as a tense horror movie, where you don’t know if she will live or die.

I also want to approve of the lack of misogyny. Like, first, the Nazis are equal treatment terrible to everyone. They shot one of the researchers who wandered in because he was Jewish. (”I’m non-practicing” lol love that line). Second, the scenes that they did were filmed in a way to highlight the horror but not the sexiness of it. The guy and girl strapped to the table, they are both naked. We don’t see the whole naked body, just enough to establish it while censoring the rest. You see Dr. Mengele looking over them, but there isn’t sign of lust. He is viewing them both as just experiments (which also adds to the horror aspect but I digress). One of the girls ends up being thrown to the Nazi Officers to be raped and killed, but we don’t see that. She doesn’t have a shirt, but it isn’t films as a “sexy” moment, the camera doesn’t move or linger on her body. It is just a straight shot, where she tries to cover herself up. When they close in on her, crawling towards her, the camera focuses more on their approach than on her while at a distance. This is scary, but it isn’t sexualized. Which I approve and is a WAY PLUS from Sky Sharks.

This movie has an odd budget too. There is a lot of CGI. And it isn’t good. Not at all. It works to show things happening like CGI tanks...CGI snow/ice. CGI Robots and lasers. They don’t hide it at all. But then, they also have amazing makeup budget because the “ripping face scene” was amazing physical effects it looked so real. The Nazis are obviously frankenstein stitched up monsters, but they are well done in makeup and design. Like all the close up shit is amazing to look at.

Overall: It was an Alright Movie. Yes, there is plot. There is tension. There is fear trying to survive with the nazi. Bad CGI, and a bit campy at the end, but nothing to detract from the actual movie. It was a fun movie.

[stone-man-warrior]

November 2, 2020: 1:07 pm:

https://twitter.com/OregonGovBrown/status/1323316488388960256

Some observations:

First is the sound quality, there is a lot of compression enhancement in the sound from the room mic's and there are not one but two hearing impaired signers there, stereo signers, tells me that the sound quality is something I need to comprehend.

Pay attention to the way the particular signers portray the words of the people involved. There is a "near vs far" quality happening, and a "remote vs right hear in the room" quality. The stereo signers are very important, tells a story of contrast, division, lateral movement.

Also, the way Kate's voice is not in sync with the video at the beginning is a "$5" statement. Means "Heads will roll". They are worth $5 at the Walmart Customer Service Counter. Also means "Spaghetti Western" and "Japanese Godzilla" movie is happening.

There is black everywhere. Take the flags away and everything is black other than a white stripe low on the wall and a thin grey stripe above that. There are concealing draped table cloths on the tables, are black. There is clear water on the table, two objects with clear water, one is a glass, holds small amount of water, is personal size, the other is for refilling the personal size, is larger.

There is a lot of talk about poison gas.

Sheriff and state police are in the room, national guard is distant, shows a photo, his name is "Stencel", he is a cardboard cut out of artwork suitable for spray painting.

There is many minutes of prerecorded film footage that precedes the news conference, all of the footage is random outdoor scenes. One scene particularly is notable as a  single, solitary vehicle approaches the camera on a otherwise desolate Oregon street.

All put together, and with the event format being that of Musical Chairs with one hot seat for taking questions, clearly, this news conference is about nitrous oxide rectally holstered terror soldiers, and, features the national Guard as targets for such gas event to take place. Has pressurized refilling nitrous tanks in place at a prearranged location, and mobile refilling tanks are portrayed by the way the two signers do a back and forth conversation, they are dressed in black, the visual color of the gas. Odor of nitrous is presented as green usually, but I don't see any green. Only black, and some blue, and clear are in the room, when the flags come down. The Oregon flag has a guilded binding, USA does not have a guilded binding in that room. If the USA flag comes down, SAG is not hurt, if the Oregen flag comes down, SAG gets hurt. If they both come down, that might be a win for a terror group called "Afterswords", basically are the German parts of the remnants of the Pope Benedict Vatican, are led by Donald Trump, Kate Brown is a German name.

The circumstances being presented in that news conference are complicated beyond the realm of common comprehension. There is one terror army, being overtaken by another terror army, each one is secretly portrayed with leadership representatives in all of USA Government, pretending to be USA loyal patriotic politians.

Meanwhile, the USA national guard is targeted for removal, take-out, by both of the opposing terror army's.

The "Afterswords" army, takes advantage of circumstances as they present themselves, to eliminate members of the other terror army, the British/SAG/Canada terror army. They do that in a realm they call "the Afterneath", the area and time that exists in the moments after a successful attack on a US target where both army's are working as one army. "Afterswords" can blame the casualties on other things at that very small moment of oportunity that exists in "The Afterneath". The British/SAG/Canadian army did not know of the presence of the "Afterswords" within their ranks until recently when I exposed that on social media. Think of the Hot Seat behind the concealed draperies around that table as a place where terror soldiers will rotate to and from as they refill their tanks of nitrous gas, Kate Brown uses her skinny little self, and that other, infated looking uniformed woman, to say what is supposed to happen there. You are small and empty (she says "uhhh, ahhh, uhhh" over and over again, means "ohh, my gas tank is empty, won't blow any more wind") then, sit down at the refill tank, to be inflated with fresh nitrous from beneath the concealment of that black cloth. Kate uses old, familiar high level news conference means, the word "Look" as she sits down. She says "Look" twice. That means to look at her in a before refill state, then see her in a after refill state, in uniform, as that other larger, inflated looking woman. The idea is that Kate is portraying herself as both the Governor, and that larger uniformed gal who sits there at the refill tank.

All symbolic communication to terror soldiers far and wide. now the real headspinner:

That news conference happened in around 2008. It was presented on Beta Twitter, before Twitter was made public.

How to interpret?

My guess:

Oregon and the rest of the west coast of USA was taken over with use of commands presented on Beta Twitter, now, they are repeating those successfully proven means to take over the rest of USA. That means the news conference is not about Portland, or Oregon at all.

Understand this fact:

Corona Virus, everything about it, all of the news stories on twitter, already played out in Oregon many years ago.

1:11 pm.

[jellybeanclowns]

The Greek gods and goddesses (as I imagine them)

Hera

dark blue pantsuit and heels combo, white button up underneath, wears a peacock brooch in her lapel always; black with lots of grey and white hair in a tight bun (slightly more grey than Demeter’s); fairly skinny; rectangular body type; looks like a scary headmaster lady, visually to be in late 50s - early 60s with frown lines and crows feet; oak brown eyes

Demeter

light blue overalls; green rain boots; long sleeved pale yellow, gingham button up, sleeves rolled up to the elbows; floppy sun hat; gardening gloves; plus-sized, pear shaped; most grey hair in low ponytail/bun, slightly darker brown eyes than Hera w/ even darker flecks in them; looks to be in her 60s

Hestia

probably the shortest in height; t-shirt tucked into jeans; comfortable sneakers, like sketchers or Nike; dark burnt orange, crocheted cardigan that goes down to her ankles; curly, shaggy pixie cut with only a few grey strands here and there, looks to be in about mid 50s

Aphrodite

long curly blonde, 70s ABBA hair; skin tight pink dress with a heart cut that goes down to her knees and the back goes down to her hips; light pink silk robe with darker pink fuzz lining that goes to the floor; regularly wears makeup, though the style changes from an extreme look with lots of color to a simple “natural” look; short sparkly white heels; mid-sized, Marilyn Monroe body type (think of most of the old statues); looks to be in her early 40s

Athena

dark grey pant suit with dark blue blouse; black heels; long wavy brown hair that goes to her chest; mom sunglasses from Walmart but she pulls them off, they also permanently reside on her head; probably the tallest of all the girls bc of her heels; looks a lot like Zeus, has a lot of his sharper features such as her jaw and nose; dark grey eyes; looks to be in her 30s

Ares

beefy, super muscular; camo pants; tan army boots; beige T-shirt; literally built like a brick shit-house; buzz cut, barely any hair; resting bitch face; always has GI Joe sunglasses on literally a walking GI Joe; very overly friendly and very loud; always slaps people on the back as a greeting and nearly sends them flying; looks in his 50s

Apollo

Khaki, cargo shorts that go to the knees; Miami Beach tank top with the sleeves cut really low; flip flops; golden blond hair pulled into a loose man bun; sunglasses always on his face; beach tan; seems to literally glow; surfer bod; charming smile; eyes are an abnormal golden color that are kinda freaky; looks in late 20s

Persephone

like 5’5”; usually a nice, floral sun dress; sandals; dark brown braids that go down to her chest; usually seen with a thin flower crown, usually of baby’s breath; kind smile; if she’s in the underworld the flower crown is wilted and she’s in very comfy, warm clothes; late 30s

Artemis

black leggings; dark brown combat boots; rock band tank top (admittedly from Apollo tho she’d deny it); thick, puffy camo jacket; short, spikey pixie, almost grown out buzzcut; very fit and muscular, but not beefy; late 20s

Hades

long black hair that goes just below his shoulders and is greying at the roots; tall, fairly lean dad bod; dark grey cashmere sweater; khakis; dark brown dress shoes; dark grey socks; the brightest color in his wardrobe are his khakis; late 50s

Poseidon

cargo shorts; Hawaiian shirts; dad bod; fairly tan; smells like sea salt and sunscreen; salt and pepper, shaggy hair; trimmed beard with grey on the chin; bucket hat with fishing lures and fishing net on it; dark green crocs; kinda short, for some reason, like 5’9; looks in his mid 50s

Hermes

track bod, lean muscle and tall; sweat pants; red converse high tops with wings; white T-shirt and light blue button up over it w/ sleeves rolled up; interchangeable with old red sweatshirt when working; matching red headband bc his hair can get in his eyes and he needs to see to run; wavy, shaggy light brown hair; freckles; high energy, can be seen vibrating if you stare at him too long; will and has left skid marks in multiple places; early 30s

Dionysus

about 5’7”; medium length, curly black hair; rosy cheeks; has a slim hourglass shape with a small chest; very androgynous, gender-fluid style of clothing, could wear a dress and heels one day and a suit the next, usually combines or wears whatever they want, always has something leopard print tho!; very carefree and always has a flask or glass of some type of alcohol in their hand; has a bit of a cult-leader vibe; early 30s

Hecate

long, very curly brown hair pushed back with a headband (like Doc Ock from into the spider verse); imagine the wacko potions teacher from Harry Potter but not so weird; flowy dress with dark brown and turquoise swirly patterns and a dark brown leather belt; kind of a hippie but not as much as Iris who’s the definition of 60/70s hippie; dark green shawl with little bobbles on the sides; round glasses that have spikies like Luna lovegood’s but they’re black; pear shaped; about 5’8”; mid 40s

Zeus

dark grey button up with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and the top button undone to show grey chest hair; very fit, kind of like buff old man; long grey hair thats kept in a bun; long grey beard; black dress pants and shoes; gold watch; a rich asshole who sleeps with a lot of women who are younger than him; sometimes forgets he has a wife; early 50s

Hephaestus

short boy; muscular but not the same as Ares, ares is more of a beef cake where Heph is like heavy lifter muscular; dark blue, work jeans; white shirt with sleeves cuffed; clothes covered in grease and grime; dirty handyman’s gloves; is constantly covered in some kind of oil or grease; constantly sweaty; smells like gasoline; dark brown work boots; dark brown hair that’s cut short and looks like it was shaved at one point but has grown out; wider nose; round face with long, deep scars running across his face and forehead; just a big ‘ol cutie

Thanatos

lanky boy; about 5’11; slacks, baggy sweater vests, long sleeve button ups, and Oxford shoes; usually wears brown and beige and maybe an occasional light grey; short, wavy, dirty blonde hair; rectangle glasses that always slip off his nose; dark brown eyes; always stressed; gets lots of compliments on how cute he is but always gets really flustered so he’ll just shout “nice coat!” even if they’re not wearing a coat and run away; carries around his torch which looks like a baton so people ask him if he can twirl it (which he can); mid 20s

Iris

loooong, strawberry blonde hair hair that goes to her hips; completely freckled out, all over her face and shoulders; mid-sized; as hippie as you can get, wearing clothes from the actual 60s/70s, full flower power-vegan-lives in a VW bus-no waste-grows own food; has large, 70s square glasses; usually doesn’t wear shoes and if she’s forced, they’re either crocs or flip flops; definitely takes care of wild animals and doesn’t care if they may have diseases; mid 30s

This is just how I see them personally and it’s in no specific order. It also changes sometimes and it’s not perfect and I’ll probably add to it so stay tuned

Edit: I fixed them up a bit. This was made 3 years ago to be fair

[newstfionline]

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The coronavirus is surging, but Canada is keeping schools open (Washington Post) It’s been an uncertainty-ridden time for parents across Canada. As cases surge again, provinces are closing businesses, reimposing restrictions on public spaces and urging people to curb private gatherings. Still, as in European countries that are also tightening their rules, Canada is prioritizing keeping its schools open. All 13 provinces and territories are holding classes in person; in only some are hybrid or remote learning even options. In the United States, in contrast, nine states and territories have ordered some or all schools to hybrid or remote learning only, according to a tally kept by Education Week. Individual districts in other states are limiting or banning in-person classes. The incidence rate of covid-19 in people under 20 has increased since schools reopened, a trend the Public Health Agency of Canada says could be tied both to a growing number of school outbreaks and an increase in testing for that age group. Officials are responding by isolating sick pupils, quarantining classes hit by the virus and, in some cases, closing schools temporarily. But they’re resisting the blanket closures and wholesale shift to e-learning of the spring. “On balance, it’s been as expected,” said James Kellner, head of the pediatrics department at the University of Calgary. “And how that’s been has been concerning, but not terrible so far.”

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat? (NYT) Parents beware: Many YouTube channels that are wildly popular with young children are targeting them with thinly veiled ads for sugary beverages and junk food. That is the conclusion of a new study published on Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The authors of the study analyzed over 400 YouTube videos featuring so-called kid influencers—children with large social media followings who star in videos that show them excitedly reviewing toys, unwrapping presents and playing games. The study found that videos in this genre, which attract millions of young followers and rack up billions of views, were awash in endorsements and product placements for brands like McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr., Hershey’s, Chuck E. Cheese and Taco Bell. About 90 percent of the foods featured in the YouTube videos were unhealthy items like milkshakes, French fries, soft drinks and cheeseburgers emblazoned with fast food logos. The researchers said their findings were concerning because YouTube is a popular destination for toddlers and adolescents. Roughly 80 percent of parents with children 11 years old or younger say they let their children watch YouTube, and 35 percent say their children watch it regularly. Young children are particularly susceptible to marketing. Studies show that children are unable to distinguish between commercials and cartoons until they are 8 or 9 years old, and they are more likely to prefer unhealthy foods and beverages after seeing advertisements for them.

Turkeys (AP) A pertinent question coursing through the $4.3 billion turkey business is a basic one: how many turkeys are we gonna need for this Thanksgiving? It’s an incredibly complicated proposition. Grocery chain Kroger’s research found that 43 percent of shoppers plan to celebrate Thanksgiving with only their immediate family, which if true means that the birds people will want may be smaller, but they’re going to need way more of them as normally large gatherings (which would use a single large bird) temporarily splinter into smaller more intimate gatherings (necessitating multiple smaller birds). A lot is at stake, as in 2019 Americans spent $643 million on turkey in November. Walmart will carry 30 percent more turkey breasts in its stores for those who don’t want a full bird.

As the U.S. votes, the world watches with anxiety and hope (Washington Post) As Americans cast their votes in Tuesday’s presidential election, the world is watching closely, especially allies in Europe and rivals such as Russia, China and Iran, which could expect a very different U.S. foreign policy depending on the outcome. The choice of a U.S. president is always a matter of global importance—to allies, rivals, trading partners, and the web of treaties and institutions that bind countries together. This time, however, the stakes are exceedingly high. Analysts around the world expressed fears for America’s political system, speaking in terms often reserved for fragile democracies. Some commentators in China hope that a Joe Biden win could usher in a diplomatic respite, but fear that the deepened U.S.-China rivalry could persist, whoever wins. Pro-Kremlin media warn elections could lead to chaos and street fighting, predicting that President Trump will be forced to retreat to his White House bunker. Many European leaders fear Trump would weaken or destroy NATO if reelected. In Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made much of his close ties with Trump, analysts wonder if a Democratic win might weaken the Israeli leader’s long hold on power.

Presidential race too early to call (AP) The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed to claim victory. Republican Donald Trump said, “Frankly, we did win this election” over Democrat Joe Biden and said he would take the election to the Supreme Court. His assertion of victory does not match the results and information currently available to the AP. Trump or Biden would need 270 electoral votes to win. Several key states are too early to call, including Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan.

Hurricane Eta slams into Nicaragua as Category 4 storm (AP) The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta began moving ashore in Nicaragua Tuesday with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. The hurricane had sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, down from an overnight peak of 150 mph (240 kph). Landfall came hours after it had been expected. Eta’s eye had hovered just offshore through the night and Tuesday morning. The unceasing winds uprooted trees and ripped roofs apart, scattering corrugated metal through the streets of Bilwi, the main coastal city in the region. Nicaragua’s army moved red-helmeted troops specialized in search and rescue to Bilwi, the main coastal city in an otherwise remote and sparsely populated area.

France ponders new Paris curfew as lockdown rebels frustrate government (Reuters) France could reimpose a night curfew on Paris and possibly the surrounding region amid government frustration that too many people are ignoring lockdown rules as COVID-19 infections soar. France dramatically slowed the spread of the coronavirus in the spring with one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. But 10 months into the epidemic and with winter drawing in, many are reluctant to endure another period of confinement. New COVID-19 lockdowns and curbs have stirred resistance across Europe even as countries including France and Spain deal with record daily infections and hospitals buckle under the strain.

Bad blood—why France-Turkey cartoon row could leave lasting impact (Reuters) Slights and barbs have marred relations between France’s Emmanuel Macron and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences. If they cannot find a way to mend bridges, momentum is likely to build for a proposal, driven by France, for European Union sanctions on Turkey’s already-fragile economy, according to Turkish analyst Sinan Ulgen. “Neither Erdogan in Turkey nor Macron in France will step back,” said Ulgen, head of the Istanbul-based Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies think tank. A French official familiar with policy towards Turkey said that in the light of the events of the past few weeks: “The question of sanctions is going to be raised.” EU leaders have already said that if Turkey fails to de-escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean by Dec. 10, sanctions would follow, though there is no draft proposal yet.

5 dead in Vienna attack (AP) Five people died, including an assailant, and 17 others were wounded in a shooting in the heart of Vienna hours before a coronavirus lockdown started, Austrian authorities said Tuesday. The dead attacker was a 20-year-old Austrian-North Macedonian dual national who had a previous terror conviction. Two men and two women died from their injuries in the attack Monday evening, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police. Vienna’s hospital service said seven people were in life-threatening condition Tuesday after the attack, the Austrian news agency APA reported. In total, 17 people were being treated in hospitals, with gunshot wounds but also cuts. “It is now confirmed that yesterday’s attack was clearly an Islamist terror attack,” Kurz said. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer later told APA that the dead assailant, who had roots in the Balkan nation of North Macedonia, had a previous conviction under a law that punishes membership in terrorist organizations. The attacker, named as Kujtim Fejzulai, was sentenced to 22 months in prison in April 2019 because he had tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group. He was granted early release in December under juvenile law.

Ukraine close to catastrophe, minister says (Reuters) The situation with the coronavirus in Ukraine is close to catastrophic and the nation must prepare for the worst, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday.  Ukraine registered a record 8,899 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the ministry said, up from the Oct. 30 high of 8,312. Total infections stood at 411,093 by Tuesday with 7,532 deaths. Ukraine imposed a strict lockdown in March but eased it in May. Stepanov said the government would consider how to preserve the economy and save people at the same time.

India, U.S., Japan and Australia kick off large naval drills (Reuters) India, the United States, Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday, Indian government sources said, seen as part of efforts to balance China’s vast military and economic power in the region. The annual “Malabar” wargames that India holds with the United States and Japan have been expanded to include Australia this year to cover all members of the Quad, an informal group of the four largest democracies in the Indo-Pacific. Five ships of the Indian Navy, including a submarine, were deployed in the exercise along with U.S. Navy’s John S McCain missile destroyer, Australia’s Ballarat frigate and a Japanese destroyer, the Indian ministry of defence said. Later this month, India and the United States will deploy aircraft carriers in the drills, a military source said.

Almost Like Clockwork, Talk of a Military Coup Follows Thai Protests (NYT) There are certain constants in Thailand: the drenching monsoons, the grand openings of new shopping malls and the rumors that the Royal Thai Armed Forces are plotting another coup. For weeks now, student-led protesters across Thailand have taken to the streets every few days, calling for a new constitution with authority over the monarchy, an end to the persecution of the political opposition and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the retired general who led the most recent military coup, in 2014. While the security forces have not cracked down violently on these peaceful rallies, it’s unclear how long such restraint will last. Nor is it certain how long the army is willing to stay in the barracks, plotting against Mr. Prayuth, who was once one of their own. Whenever the generals launch a coup, the refrain is the same: Thailand needs a return to order, without messy rallies or dissenting voices. “I see a coup as not a bad thing,” said Sondhi Limthongkul, a prominent royalist. As recently as last week, Mr. Sondhi publicly called for yet another military intervention to restore stability and protect the monarchy, urging the military to quickly hand over power after seizing it so the king could oversee the formation of a unity government.

Oman to bring in income taxes (Foreign Policy) Oman is planning to introduce an income tax on top earners, beginning in 2022, in what would be a first for Gulf nations. The move comes as Oman attempts to narrow its budget deficit from 19 percent of GDP today, to closer to 2 percent in four years’ time. Up until now, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have been taxing their populations slowly, using a value-added tax on purchases rather than taxing income.

[chimcharstar]

1-50 ho

you got it ho

1. What’s your favorite candle scent?

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED. ive been Purchasing various smelly candles for my gay divination activities, and i have a few nominees. i first thought of the candle i have now, a pink one with a very sweet vanilla smell, i love very sweet smells because it makes me think of candy which i tend to try to fill my inner void with. however im going to go with the first candle i bought, a dark orange one with a citrus smell. citrus scents are my next favourite and specifically this one reminded me of curiously smelling candles at my piano teachers apartment when i was very young. 

2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?

idk. ive been listening to her lion king stuff lately. dont judge me i needed to hear remixes of lion king music i was lost in that sauce in high school. and i just think shes neat. i dont think she would aggressively make me feel bad about everything, UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE

3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?

Look……. i really don’t know???? what is the criteria?? do they need to be like my siblings? dare i criticize my arguably criticizable siblings by picking out my ideal siblings? if i pick an ideal sibling, what does that say about what im lacking in my life? do i pick celebrities i hate so theoretically my family shames them into becoming silent and self-defeating

4. How old do you think you’ll be when you get married?

50. i think im going to have to figure myself out for a long time, and achieve some personal goals first. thats my excessively confident prediction and PERHAPS educated guess

5. Do you know a hoarder?

nnnnnoooooooo????? not a real, cant function because of hoarding hoarder. i can see in a few family members, including myself, liking to hang onto things that maybe become sentimental/unnecessary clutter but that sounds like something many non-hoarders experience?

6. Can you do a split?

lemme try one sec

NO

7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?

Idk maybe 7? Or 11? i think my parents taught me at a children age and then i started biking for fun like, later, like pre middle school?

8. How many oceans have you swam in?

1. i dont really remember swimming in an ocean but i may have faded childhood memories of salty water and seaweed

9. How many countries have you been to?

2… i went to idaho for a band trip… my dad really doesnt like travelling

10. Is anyone in your family in the army?

HAHAHA

NO. ACTUALLY YES. but its funny because the specific brand of christianity we are supposed to be is super pacifist so ive heard. but then i remembered one dude apparently who joined the us military?????? it seemed like it was… an unusual choice. i dont really know anything else about this guy, not even his name

11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?

🙏 *inhale* buddy. oooooohhffffff i want to say something gender neutral honestly. i dont want to rock the boat being unconventional or something but im just thinking of all those years trying to live up to a feminine name

12. What would you name your son if you had one?

same i guess… why have i never thought about this????? was i preoccupied naming myself.

13. What’s the worst grade you got on a test?

hmmmmm hmmmmm trying to unlock the vault. i think i remember a 1 or a 0 on a math quiz. i think i got 30% or something very very bad (i dont even want to know) on my last english exam, but to be fair, i was having such a bad mental breakdown my professor did an intervention

14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?

like a very very small child? i was obsessed with the save-ums (?!?!?) for some reason. i would sing the anthem… no. theme song? i dont know. i guess it was catchy and there were lots of fun characters. OHHHH I SEE WHATS WRONG

ITS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD A TV TILL I WAS LIKE 5 OR SOMETHING. what are you cultured people watching as children? what are the shows? 

15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?

>:(

My Halloween experience:

i dont even remember i probably had some kind of fairy wings? i think i remember fairy wings. we went to one (1) house. later on, since we werent allowed to go trick-or-treating, we were each allotted a certain amount of candy, and if we ate more than a designated amount per day, we were in trouble and wouldnt be allowed anymore. i do remember getting in trouble for this. i think i stole someones candy. sibling against sibling. finally we were allowed to go trick or treating, i went with my younger brothers and by then, was a teenager and felt too tall and really uncomfortable

LMAO I JUST REMEMBERED THAT LAST TIME WE WENT TRICK-OR-TREATING NOT IN A RURAL AREA, my dad drove us around in a van and watched us like a hawk i believe. it was very tense and methodical.

16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?

i read the harry potter series (I WROTE SIBLIGS LOL) more times than i could count while growing up. i read the first hunger games book and didnt fancy it for whatever reason, and i had an obnoxious twilight-hating phase.

17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?

no

sometimes, though, im really genuinely worried about what accent i do have. im worried i read so much harry potter growing up, it rubbed off on me. when i was a server, people would ask about an unusual accent i apparently had, and once, when i was talking to a super british guy who called me luv at walmart, he was like STOP. WAIT. YOU HAVE A BRITISH ACCENT. and i was like WHAT UHHH BYEBYE AND HE WAS LIKE NO. I HEARD YOU. STOP and i was like that michael jackson meme where he covers his face running away and everyone else in the line was staring

18. Did your mother go to college?

i believe she went to a bible college where people put a grand piano on top of the roof. 

19. Are your grandparents still married?

all of my grandparents are dead.

…. hmmMMMM yow. ok. my grandparents who werent estranged stayed married for as long as either of them were living… however, my OTHER grandparents, i mean the fucking kidnappers, my abuser grandpa… remarried? when he was… really really aging. im judging him for it because i know what kind of person he was.

20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?

I WISH. my parents didnt seem to like that sort of thing (surprise). im interested in it now but… as usual… i feel like its too late, im too old.

21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?

….. i… i thought i did… hes blessed… thats all.

22. What’s the first amusement park you’ve been to?

ಠ_ಠ 

*crickets*

how could you ask me this?

no wait! i went to the waterslides. then, later on, i was never allowed to go to the waterslides.

23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in?

Spanish. ive been “intending” to learn for a long time, and a lot of people who have been really good influences on me and been genuinely kind to me speak it, id like to learn it

24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?

grey

one sec

yup thats canadian!

25. Is your father bald?

on the top of his head, yes >:(

26. Do you know triplets?

no?

27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?

no? what is this straight stuff? i listened to the dramatic titanic song and felt nothing.

28. Have you ever had Indian food?

i guess so, at a friends house! i dont think otherwise ive gone to a restaurant and actually had indian food

29. What’s the name of your favorite restaurant?

*gazes tearily at my OWN FUCKING OLD WORKPLACE

the food was sO GOOD MAN. IT WAS SO GOOD. im just not saying because despite how stalkable i probably am already, i dont want to be specific

30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?

no whats that

31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ’s, etc.)?

w

belong? whats bjs? whats a warehouse for?

32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?

i decided at one point they would never tell me this and it was no use asking. i do know they almost named my brother a very fusty old fashioned name fitting in with the thomas the tank engine theme 

33. If you have a nickname, what is it?

G is the ONLY one i will accept so far.

34. Who’s your favorite person in the world?

:)

i……… hmmmm…. i really dont like picking favourites. each person in my life has a unique relationship with me (even though a lot of them arent very warm, trusting or close). because of unhealthy middle school friendships ive grown an aversion to ranking relationships as if they have material value.

35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?

rural, i think. i need nature in my life!!! but i also need to be able to have connections to people.

36. Can you whistle?

yes, but not very loudly or accurately

37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?

no, but ive always wanted a nightlight

38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?

ive started to, yeah! this morning i made a whole thing with bread and mushrooms and eggs, and coffee, and i ate it outside watching the traffic. im really trying to treat myself nicely you see. its what id do for someone else.

39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?

THAT

BOY

JUICE!

WELCOME TO MY BUILD A BOY WORKSHOP!

SHOTS!SHOTS!SHOTS!

and im really fortunate to be in pretty good health, and have access to things i do need

40. What medical conditions do you have?

I dont think… i actually have any. id say gender dysphoria but i think it was informed consent. (im VERY lucky)

im pretty sure there are SOME mental conditions running around undiagnosed. MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY

41. How many times have you been to the hospital?

for myself? once… when i got hives and started swelling up all over, but otherwise was fine. i really wonder what that was. other times was visiting sick/dying relatives which has made me feel sad and apprehensive whenever i enter a hospital or smell the food

42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?

yes! i had a gerbil named nemo! 

43. Where do you buy your jeans?

D:

i dont … remember … really nowhere special i actually have yet to find some jeans i LOVE. sometimes there is a pair of jeans that sparks joy. i do not have such a pair

44. What’s the last compliment you got?

my sister said my pants looked good on me. they are actually their pants, which they left on the floor in my room for an unknown reason, and they want them back. of course.

but because im excited about it and want to brag, the real compliment was when i made borscht and my sister not only ate it faster than me, but wanted a second helping. and my roommate stuck his face in the steam and said it smelled good. hell yes. i put fucking cilantro in it. fcking beast mode.

45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?

yes. theyre usually really emotional and symbolic. if ive been talking to my parents, theyre usually nightmares. ive been reading about dream interpretation for a long time to deal with some of the ominous images that can come up

46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?

red rose reminds me of wheni was little my mom would make really sweet sweet red rose tea for me (thats the kind she drinks all the time) and it brings me those good feelings. otherwise licorice spice really appeald to me for some reason.

47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?

LMAO UHHH…brb

six. because of social pressure.

48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?

i never thought about this kind of thing…. i really don’t know….. id just want them to know how to be kind to others and themselves and thats literally it. 

49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn’t real?

i was one of those edgy kids trying to spoil it for everyone. guess what other common fun thing my parents didnt do

50. Why do you have a youtube? 

i dont! so i dont know what this question means! :)

HOLY SHIT I MADE IT THRU HIGH FIVE 

[alexsmitposts]

Breaking News! Putin’s Vast Riches Hidden at Costco What if we all woke up one morning and everybody understood the Russian mentality? Just think, instead of listening to fairytales about Russia and Vladimir Putin, the world would be able to swiftly wade through mountains of negative bullshit to see the truth. This is the story of the “other” Vladimir Putin, the one whose meager salary and means were just revealed. The angry pirates that tried to rob Russians of their legacy hate Vladimir Putin. They also hate the Russia Putin and his colleagues are trying to lift up. The Bill Browders, Mikhail Khodorkovskys, George Soros, and even Russian media tycoons like Vladimir Gusinsky are the poster boys for the banking elite’s vendetta against Russia’s leader. Browder got a crooked U.S. Congress to pass the Magnitsky Act, a ludicrous law to punish Russia and Putin for not knuckling under to the supra-capitalists bent on stealing their country’s vast wealth. But the larger plan grows more evident with each passing Washinton Post Russophobia story. The latest wrongful and ignorant rampage against Putin concerns his “alleged” wealth. Hours after the Kremlin released the Russian leader’s salary and net worth statistics, the ravaging liberal order wolves howled in pain about expensive wristwatches Putin owns. This Quartz story is typical. According to the “geniuses” of western economic, Putin is worth in between $70 and $200 billion dollars. He is also the 21st Century version of the Wizard of Oz for his ability to totally hide the vastest horde of wealth ever accumulated by a single person (Sarcasm a must). This mysterious wealth is complete hearsay. From the Washington Post to screwball sites like Wealthy Gorilla, the Russian leader’s bankroll is ???? just because somebody said so. Browder got the Putin wealth fantasy going when he claimed the former KGB officer hoarded $200 billion at about the same time the Hermitage Capital boss was put on Russia’s Most Wanted list. But all the speculation is just that. The propaganda takes advantage of the fact most westerners do not understand the Russians. Putin does not need money. This is the simple reality no Putin expert brings to the forefront. Think about what I am saying here. Every “expert” you read or hear discussing Vladimir Putin leaves off the simple person behind the fantasy. I’ve discussed Putin’s past and his rise to power many times, and nowhere in his character is there a glimmer of oligarch selfishness. Forget the fact that no one can find this imaginary treasure horde. Leave off all outward appearances of the Russian leader’s life. To know Putin is to study his devotion to family, to service, and to the larger plan for Russia. What if all those watches were gifted to Putin? Can you imagine Vladimir Putin having to whip out his credit card anytime he goes to dinner? What about transportation? Housing? A boat ride along the Volga? Do you think Vladimir Putin will EVER need a single rouble for the rest of his life? The man saved Russian businessmen, Russian soldiers, Russian doctors and lawyers and fishermen from the biggest robbery in human history �� and the “experts” wonder from the capitalist billionaire mentality. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that Putin does want to see the return of the U.S.S.R. Did Stalin maintain vast coffers of coins to fund his vacations? When Nikita Khrushchev died did they discover Italian villas and Swiss bank accounts? How about Leonid Brezhnev? Please take the time to read this declassified CIA report on Brezhnev to gain insight into the Russian mentality. Maybe Lenin’s great-grandchildren live lifestyles like Paris Hilton or Donald Trump’s kids? No, the last relative of Lenin is Dmitry Ulyanov, an Orthodox priest in the western Russian city of Ivanovo. Lenin’s niece Olga Ulyanova, a writer, passed away back in 2011 leaving no fortune. Before you accept the Vladimir Putin his vast army of adversaries claim he is, try using common objectivity in the absence of truth. Why would 10,000 newspapers, a horde of think tanks, western intelligence agencies, the globalist elites, and even Hollywood stars accuse Vladimir Putin without a shred of proof? The answer grows more evident with current events such as the incarceration of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The “proof” of all wrongdoing does not reside in the Putin camp. Western technocrats, oligarchs, hedge funders, and elite bankers stink to high heavens and we can prove their brand of larceny – but Putin is still the criminal? It’s gotten to the point where villainizing Putin is a kind of crucifixion. I just hope Russia’s savior is not suffering for no good reason. Finally, when you get the time to research a bit, try to figure out how media like Business Insider put their retail shopping reporters on the case of Vladimir Putin. A story entitled “9 Vladimir Putin quotes that offer terrifying insights into his mind,” by Aine Cain, who usually covers Walmart, Target, and Costco, reveals the idiocy intelligent people are asked to believe. Cain’s story entitled was republished by The Independent in the UK without so much as a glance into the author’s experience. You get it, right? Even the Walmart experts have been assigned to do the criminal profile of the world’s richest man. Here, you can read about how Costco looked when it first opened back in 1983. Maybe that retail store is where Putin’s vast riches are hidden! Vladimir Putin has no need of vast fortunes. His name is all he wants or needs. I rest my “expert” case.

[flyguy]

Full GI JOE Hasbro Live Stream Press Release, Images & Recap

All 61 main press pics for Classified and o-ring retro: https://www.facebook.com/FLYGUYtoys/posts/5318839444794376

All 12 Transformers GI JOE Pics: https://www.facebook.com/FLYGUYtoys/posts/5319096971435290

Those Retro 6" figures are sadly Walmart exclusive and more info in March on them. No other pics, other then the above.

Full press release/recap of the live stream:

Hasbro Pulse G.I JOE 40th Anniversary Livestream Recap

Product Reveals

During the livestream, the G.I. JOE team revealed multiple new products, including additions to the Classified Series line, the Retro Collection and the first-ever G.I. JOE mash-up with Transformers:

· New Classified Series reveals available for pre-order include Tomax Paoli, Xamot Paoli, Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson and a multi-pack with Viper Officer & Vipers Action Figures.

· The Retro Collection introduced a new Cobra Officer & Cobra Trooper 2-Pack.

· The Transformers Generations - Transformers Collaborative: G.I. JOE Mash-Up, Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank & Baroness was revealed as the first-ever Transformers and G.I. JOE mash-up.

· Multiple upcoming Classified Series were revealed through digital renders including Dr. Mindbender, Dusty, Zarana and more. 

The Ultimate FANthem

Behold the ultimate G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero FANthem! PUMP UP THE VOLUME because you won’t want to miss a lyric detailing 40 years of booms and bangs and 40 years of Kicking Fangs! And don’t forget to comment on the fave moments that take you back!

Classified Series - Artists

We also revealed Classified Series packaging from the artists below:

· Valentina Remenar – G.I. JOE Classified Series Tomax Paoli Action Figure & G.I. JOE Classified Series Xamot Paoli Action Figure

· Frank Morrison – G.I. JOE Classified Series Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson Action Figure

· Anthony Petrie - G.I. JOE Classified Series Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers Action Figures

IDW

Saturday Morning Cartoon Mini-Series

With the nostalgic appetite for ’80s pop culture as powerful as ever, IDW is giving fans what they want with the February debut of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero—Saturday Morning Adventures, a special send-up of the classic cartoon, shipping monthly and featuring the fan-favorite creative team of writer Erik Burnham, artist Dan Schoening, and colorist Luis Antonio Delgado.

40th Anniversary Special

Celebrating 40 years of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comics, this giant-length special issue features 22 different fan-fave artists taking on the classic G.I. Joe: ARAH #21 (the original silent issue-"Silent Interlude"), including SL Gallant, Netho Diaz, Andrew Lee Griffith, and many more! Each artist will draw a single page of this seminal masterpiece in their own unique style, based on Living Legend Larry Hama's original layouts.

Additionally, the issue will contain stories and essays by creators who were influenced by Hama as well as a fourth wall-breaking short story written by Larry himself, celebrating his unparalleled four decades of work on G.I. Joe: ARAH.

Super 7

Yo, Joe! Brace yourself for a serious redistribution of forces, because Super7’s latest wave of G.I. Joe ReAction figures are ready to deploy! Roadblock, Flint, and Snake Eyes are ready to do battle against Cobra Commander, Baroness, and Firefly for a place on your roster! G.I. Joe ReAction Wave 3 arrives this spring- stay tuned for news on the army builders that will also be included in this wave! Make sure to follow Super7.com for updates on the launch date.

Renegade Games

Join the team and battle Cobra in G.I. JOE Mission Critical, a cooperative miniatures board game for 1-5 players! Stop Cobra in locations around the world, and try to defeat Cobra Commander himself to save the day! G.I. JOE Mission Critical uses the Guardian System, providing a tense, challenging and cooperative gaming experience! The game features finely detailed miniatures for both the G.I. JOE and Cobra forces, Mission Critical will be hitting your table later this year but you can sign up now to be the first to know when pre-orders open in April!

Brawlhalla x G.I. Joe

Brawlhalla is adding two new fighters in an Epic Crossover with G.I. JOE. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow land in the arena on February 23, bringing a new Showdown mode map called Arashikage Dojo. Brawlhalla players can also enjoy a number of other G.I. JOE-themed items that will be revealed later this week, and those items as well as the new map will be purchasable and playable after the Epic Crossover event ends.

The Arashikage Dojo map will also be featured in the Brawl of the Week. The Arashikage Showdown is a four-player, trap-laden match. The player with the highest score at the end of three minutes wins. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

G.I. JOE Classified Series Tomax Paoli Action Figure

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/ Available: Fall 2022)

YO JOE! G.I. JOE explodes into a larger-than-life era with brand new 6-inch scale figures, evolving classic characters fans know and love into a highly articulated 6-inch scale with premium deco and details. The G.I. JOE Classified Series Tomax Paoli figure comes ready for action, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability and 5 character-inspired accessories. This figure features a classic design updated to bring the Cobra Crimson Guard Commander into the modern era, plus accessories inspired by the character’s rich history.

Except for the scar on Xamot’s face, he is the mirror image of his brother Tomax. Both twins command legions of Cobra who wear three-piece suits in executive boardrooms. The most fearsome of the Cobra adversaries because they use your own laws against you.

The G.I. JOE Classified Series Tomax Paoli figure collectible package will also make a mark on shelves, featuring display-worthy custom artwork from Valentina Remenar. For G.I. JOE fans new and old, the G.I. JOE Classified Series line of actions figures captures the pulse-pounding excitement of G.I. JOE in a 6-inch scale. Available for pre-order at https://bit.ly/dorksideTOYS and most major toy retailers and HasbroPulse.com today at 1PM ET.

G.I. JOE Classified Series Xamot Paoli Action Figure

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/ Available: Fall 2022)

YO JOE! G.I. JOE explodes into a larger-than-life era with brand new 6-inch scale figures, evolving classic characters fans know and love into a highly articulated 6-inch scale with premium deco and details. The G.I. Joe Classified Series Xamot Paoli Action Figure features a classic design updated to bring the Cobra Crimson Guard Commander into the modern era, plus accessories inspired by the character’s rich history. The figure comes ready for action, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability and 5 character-inspired accessories.

Except for the scar on Xamot’s face, he is the mirror image of his brother Tomax. Both twins command legions of Cobra who wear three-piece suits in executive boardrooms. The most fearsome of the Cobra adversaries because they use your own laws against you.

The G.I. Joe Classified Series Xamot Paoli collectible package will make a mark on shelves, featuring display-worthy custom artwork from Valentina Remenar. For G.I. JOE fans new and old, the G.I. JOE Classified Series line of actions figures captures the pulse-pounding excitement of G.I. JOE in a 6-inch scale. Available for pre-order at https://bit.ly/dorksideTOYS and most major toy retailers and HasbroPulse.com today at 1PM ET.

G.I. JOE Classified Series Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson Action Figure

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/ Available: Fall 2022)

YO JOE! G.I. JOE explodes into a larger-than-life era with brand new 6-inch scale figures, evolving classic characters fans know and love into a highly articulated 6-inch scale with premium deco and details. The G.I. JOE Classified Series Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson figure comes ready for action, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability and 10 character-inspired accessories. This figure features a classic design updated to bring the G.I. JOE Medic and Interpreter into the modern era, plus accessories inspired by the character’s rich history.

Fluent in at least four languages, Stalker is a skilled linguist who graduated top of his class in basic combat, advanced infantry, and special training. Intelligent and perceptive, he works well under pressure and strikes quickly and silently.

The G.I. JOE Classified Series Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson figure collectible package will also make a mark on shelves, featuring display-worthy custom artwork from Frank Morrison. For G.I. JOE fans new and old, the G.I. JOE Classified Series line of actions figures captures the pulse-pounding excitement of G.I. JOE in a 6-inch scale. Available for pre-order at https://bit.ly/dorksideTOYS and most major toy retailers and HasbroPulse.com today at 1PM ET.

G.I. JOE Classified Series Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers Action Figures

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $89.99/ Available: Fall 2022)

YO JOE! G.I. JOE explodes into a larger-than-life era with brand new 6-inch scale figures, evolving classic characters fans know and love into a highly articulated 6-inch scale with premium deco and details. The G.I. JOE Classified Series Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers Action figures come ready for action, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability and 32 character-inspired accessories.

COBRA Officers are front-line fighters leading attack units into battle alongside the nameless, faceless legions of COBRA Command. Each COBRA is highly skilled in the use of explosives and martial arts.

The G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers package will also make a mark on shelves, featuring display-worthy custom artwork from Anthony Petrie. Available for pre-order exclusively online at https://bit.ly/dorksideTOYS, Amazon, toy specialty retailers and HasbroPulse.com today at 1PM ET.

G.I. JOE Retro Collection Cobra Officer & Cobra Trooper 2-Pack

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $39.99/ Available: Fall 2022)

With the Retro Collection, fans can imagine exciting action and adventure from the pulse-pounding world of G.I. JOE! The G.I. JOE Retro Collection Cobra Officer & Cobra Trooper figures feature classic detailing and multiple points of articulation for dramatic action poseability.

Fans and collectors can celebrate the 40th anniversary of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero 1982 animated series with this 2-pack of figures presented in their own individual packaging featuring original retro Hasbro branding and cardbacks.

Look for more 3.75-inch-scale G.I. JOE Retro Collection figures and vehicles to build teams of JOE heroes and Cobra villains. Offering collectors the quality and attention-to-detail they are looking for, these fun action figures and vehicles will look great displayed in any G.I. JOE action figure and vehicle collection! The G.I. JOE Retro Collection Cobra Officer & Cobra Trooper 2-Pack will be available for pre-order exclusively on HasbroPulse.com today at 1PM ET.

Transformers Generations - Transformers Collaborative: G.I. JOE Mash-Up, Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank & Baroness

(Ages 8 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: S89.99/ Available 1/1/2023)

Worlds collide in this Transformers-G.I. JOE mash-up pack! Transformers robots have always been “More Than Meets the Eye,” but now, through the Transformers Collaborative, fans can experience these larger than life characters as they team-up, mash-up, and meet up with other characters, teams, and people who share this same special quality.

The Decepticons and Cobra team up to conquer the world in the Transformers Generations - Transformers Collaborative: G.I. JOE Mash-Up! Baroness and Megatron, disguised as a H.I.S.S. Tank, plan the next Cobra attack as the Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank toy converts from robot to tank mode in 28 steps. The figures feature deco and details based on the worlds of Transformers and G.I. JOE, as well as packaging inspired by a mash-up of the classic ’80s toys with retro artwork. The included G.I. JOE Retro Baroness figure also features a fusion cannon, backpack, and weapon accessories and comes on a card back with a classic G.I. JOE file card. Pre-order at https://bit.ly/dorksideTOYS

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.2

437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. 866 – Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army. 936 – King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia. 963 – The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. 1298 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. 1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain. 1504 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia. 1555 – Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. 1561 – Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz. 1582 – Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. 1613 – The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place. 1644 – English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1645 – Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms. 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. 1776 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4. 1816 – The French frigate Méduse strikes the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board have to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa. 1822 – Thirty-five slaves, including Denmark Vesey, are hanged in South Carolina after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion. 1823 – Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad. 1853 – The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War. 1871 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19). 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. 1897 – British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. 1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. 1900 – Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. 1921 – World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany. 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. 1940 – The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians. 1962 – The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964 – Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. 1966 – France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. 1976 – End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1986 – Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. 1986 – Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people. 1988 – Marcel Lefebvre and the four bishops he consecrated were excommunicated by the Holy See. 1990 – In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. 1994 – USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board. 1997 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis. 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. 2001 – The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted. 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. 2005 – The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. 2008 – Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC. 2010 – The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people. 2013 – The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. 2013 – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.

[eyeofthewolfe]

The Story of Lloyd's (FREAKING) Hooded Green Jacket

So you all know that I have the full costume for Nya and with a tank top for Cole on its way… But after I realized I could dress as those two ninja, I wanted to go further. I wanted to get green jacket for Lloyd. How hard is it to find a hooded green jacket? Turns out that I believe that green is not a fashionable color. It seemed impossible to just find a green hooded jacket in stores. Even Walmart and Old Navy did not carry those jackets in green, both men and women. I was about ready to give up. I guess I would have to order one online, which means going to my parents to order a green jacket to "cosplay" a Lego character. But today the weirdest thing happened. I had to run to Belk to buy a new pair of polyester black dress pants for work. Sadly they didn't have any, so I decided to give that store chance with the cursed green jacket. The women didn't have one in that color, and it seemed like the men didn't either. Upset about both the pants and the jacket, I was beginning to walk out – and that's when I saw it. An out of placed dark army green hooded freaking jacket. It was definitely out of place, because, even though it was with some other jackets that I missed, they were not the same brand at all. And what's even weirder? The jacket was in my size and it fits perfectly. I cannot tell you how giddy I was when I tried it on. I was so excited that I went and bought myself some black denim pants to go with the jacket for Lloyd and for Cole's tank top. So now I can officially say that once I get calls tank top in the mail, I will have the full school outfits for Nya, Cole, and Lloyd. I will try to post pictures in a few minutes. I will be wearing all three outfits to three different showings of the LEGO Ninjago Movie during opening weekend, and I will try and get pictures of me wearing them as well. I'm most excited about Cole's tank top because it is actually written with the Ninjago language, but now I'm very happy that I can dress as Lloyd too. I am not sure which outfit I will wear to midnight premiere… All three of them have a good argument for being the best one. Regardless… I'm a very happy person today.

I found that freaking hooded green jacket.

[stone-man-warrior]

October 20, 2020: 8:31 pm:

I just returned from shopping in Dystopia, socio-terrific environment in Grants Pass Oregon, where all of the US Citizens were killed over the past twenty years or so, and replaced with terror soldiers from Canada.

I am the last remaining US Citizen who has not been killed or taken captive, survival is getting very difficult.

I went to:

Walmart.

6th Street Market.

Carl’s Jr.

First thing I noticed, is there were many BMW automobiles, big, expensive, new, BMW’s everywhere. There was a car transport trailer at the Walmart parking lot filled with shiny, modern, big, BMW’s.

There was an orange Range Rover also at the Walmart, is notable for being an odd looking Range Rover model, not a popular model, but a sporty looking orange Range Rover that is often at the Walmart RV parking area.

One terror soldier at 6th Street Market was ignited when the Nitrous Oxide tank he or she was using to poison me was lit with my Bic lighter in the store, the assassin was hiding, crouched low behind the service counter to the right of the cash register, and is presumed dead.

At Walmart they do a set-up for a slip & fall sometimes when the terror army thinks they have killed me, and they think the impostor replacement is at the store. They thought I was dead, and that I was the imposter that is supposed to take my place.

The way this fake slip & fall works, is, first the terror army kills the marked victim, then the replacement look-a-like goes to the Walmart for some shopping. There, in the dairy department near the milk, one of the Walmart terror associates is cleaning up a fake wet spill, and is making the floor even more wet. He is on his knees, is scrubbing the floor, has a lot wet rags, a bucket of soapy water, and does not have any “Wet Floor” cones, or signs.

That happens as the look-a-like replacement is approaching the milk cooler.

What is supposed to happen, is, the look-a-like is supposed to see that the Walmart terror associate, is not doing the clean-up the way it is supposed to be done, and take advantage of the wet floor, and the lack of signage to do a fake slip & fall, while looking like the dead victim who was killed. Dressed in the victims clothes, and with Hollywood movie make up to make the look-a-like appear to be the dead victim, who was killed at some earlier time.

At that point, there could be a number different ways it could play out. One way, is the slip & fall is honored, there is a law suite filed, and the assassin look-a-like wins the law suit when Walmart agrees to settle out of court, thereby furnishing the look-a-like assassin, with some seed money, to begin his life, as the marked victim, who no one knows is dead.

Another possible direction, is that Walmart argues the slip & fall on the spot, calls it a bogus claim, calls police, who work in favor of Walmart. The police come to the Walmart, to speak with the one who claimed to slip & fall, and they accuse him of faking it. In that scenario, the look-a-like freaks out, hits the police, and tries to run away. The police then have reason to chase the look-a-like, and a more complicated set of acting script is rolled out. Perhaps the police shoot the look-a-like (fake bullets, just blanks, and the look-a-like plays dead). The look-a-like is on the ground, looks dead, it’s on Walmart security cameras.

With that scenario, the look-a-like assassin is not hurt, but, the victim he is portraying, is already dead.

In that way, there is a explanation that makes sense, about how the initial victim was killed. He was not murdered, he was a criminal who tried to do a fake slip & fall at the Walmart, and was killed by the police when he became violent having been caught faking the slip & fall.

Also, he could have been ran over by a passing BMW in the parking lot, while trying to run from the police.

There are many ways a fake slip & fall serves the terror army, and when the police and courts are occupied and ran by SAG actors, judges, and lawyers, anything can, and does happen.

Bottom line is they thought I was dead at the Walmart tonight, and started to role out a familiar set-up that would have covered the murder, had they been successful, as they thought they were.

My guess, is either Jeff or Sandy Monroe are the dead people that were mistaken for me, and prompted the replacement therapy scenario in the form of a fake slip & fall scene at the Walmart.

At Carl’s Jr. when you order through the drive through, the gal introduces herself: “Hi, welcome to Carl’s Jr, I’m Lisa, how can I help you”

Then, two loud gun shot sounds happen on the intercom. It happens every time I have gone to Carl’s Jr drive through, I remember from years ago. Same as ever.

At Walmart parking lot, there are still terror soldiers sitting in their cars looking at their iPhones for correct Blu-Toothe information from everyone who goes into the parking lot.

And, still, many of the same people, doing and saying the same exact phrases, to the same other people, holding the same props, and standing in the same places as the always are at, doing, and saying their scripted lines, and act, while scouting for outsiders to target, follow, capture, farm for assets and information, then kill and replace with a terror soldier.

End terror report: 9:19 pm.