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insilverrolled · 2 years ago
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The Minefield
By Diane Thiel [x]
He was running with his friend from town to town. They were somewhere between Prague and Dresden. He was fourteen.  His friend was faster and knew a shortcut through the fields they could take. He said there was lettuce growing in one of them, and they hadn't eaten all day.  His friend ran a few lengths ahead, like a wild rabbit across the grass, turned his head, looked back once, and his body was scattered across the field.
My father told us this, one night, and then continued eating dinner.
He brought them with him – the minefields. He carried them underneath his good intentions. He gave them to us – in the volume of his anger, in the bruises we covered up with sleeves. In the way he threw anything against the wall – a radio, that wasn't even ours, a melon, once, opened like a head. In the way we still expect, years later and continents away, that anything might explode at any time, and we would have to run on alone with a vision like that only seconds behind.
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msclaritea · 1 year ago
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ABC On The Brink: How Post-Roe America Has Left Pregnant Women In Fear
Other than the tackiness of putting Diane Sawyer as the host, this is a must watch and I will be blunt in telling people, again, that this is not just about mere control or Eugenics. This is not just men who want to control women. THIS assault on Women, their rights, their autonomy, their very Personhood and place in society IS UNDER ASSAULT BY MEN WHO HATE WOMEN. An entire whole half of the population and coincidentally, the biggest driving force for Good in a society. It's not men. It never was. Not if so many of them can carry on lying to our faces that this is about Christianity.
Business leaders, actors, politicians, PRESIDENTS have secretly kept up Pagan worship and every filthy thing that entails. That is what went on at Bohemian Grove, what goes on at the World Economic Forum and what IS going on at certain Freemason lodges. They've deliberately kept up an immoral form of bonding that ensures they can carry out acts of evil. Believe it. I have read direct accounts at some of the activities of Freemasons. It will turn your stomach.
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rauthschild · 3 months ago
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Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.
You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.
Celebrity homes for sale:
Ellen Degeneres, Johnny Depp, Mathew Perry, Eli Manning, Kat Von D, Shia Lebeouf, The Hemsworth brothers, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Brittany Snow, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cindy Crawford and Rand Gerber, Gene Simmons, Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, George Strait, Emily Blunt, Alonzo Mourning, Jemima Kirke, Kevin Jonas, Chelsea Handler, John McEnroe, Tommy Lee, Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Frankie Muniz, Keith Richards, Lil Wayne, Peter Thiel, Pharrell Williams, Loris Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, Rosie O’Donnell, Kellie Clarkson, Cheryl Tieg, Joe Pesci, Suzanne Somers, Adam Lambert, Meghan Markle, Sean Diddy Combs, Billy Joel, Gary Levinsohn, Dr Phil, Barry Manilow, Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton, 50 Cent, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Aniston, Katharine Hepburn, Christie Brinkley, Nicholas Cage, Ricky Martin, Angelica Huston, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Emilia Clarke, J.Lo & Alex Rodriguez, Simon Cowell, Kris Jenner, Jeffree Star, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Aldean, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Ramsey, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ellen Degeneres, Sylvester Stallone, David Bowie, Clay Mathews, Michelle Pfiefer, David E Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, Rihanna, Pete Townshend, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Shaquille ONeil, Glen Frey, Sammy Hagar, Stockard Channing, Michael Chiklis, Tom Petty, Serena Williams, Bill Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, Don Rickles, Bruce Kovner, Adam Neumann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barb Ellison, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Herjavic, Josh and Heather Altman , Soleil Moon Frye, Jim Harbaugh, Anthony Kiedis, Fredrik Eklund, Meghan Trainor, Gideon Yu, Hellen Miren, Taylor Hackford, Bette Midler, Todd Phillips, Mitt Romney, Dianne Feinstein, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, A-Rod, Bobby Patton-LA dodgers co owner, Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Michael Amini, B-52 Kate Pierson, Bill Guthy, Victoria Jackson, Will Arnett, Zac Efron, Wayne Gretzky, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shane Smith, Bryon Cranston, DJ Khaled, Leonard Ross, Ted Sarandos- Netflix co Ceo, Dustin Johnson, John Fogerty, Melissa Rivers, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Lena Dunham, Lyndsey Vonn, PK Subban, Robyne Moore
Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.
G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).
The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.
To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;
For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!
You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.
You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.
You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.
You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma
You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations
You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!
Liberatores servitutis.
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veale2006-blog · 3 months ago
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Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.
You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.
Celebrity homes for sale:
Ellen Degeneres, Johnny Depp, Mathew Perry, Eli Manning, Kat Von D, Shia Lebeouf, The Hemsworth brothers, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Brittany Snow, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cindy Crawford and Rand Gerber, Gene Simmons, Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, George Strait, Emily Blunt, Alonzo Mourning, Jemima Kirke, Kevin Jonas, Chelsea Handler, John McEnroe, Tommy Lee, Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Frankie Muniz, Keith Richards, Lil Wayne, Peter Thiel, Pharrell Williams, Loris Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, Rosie O’Donnell, Kellie Clarkson, Cheryl Tieg, Joe Pesci, Suzanne Somers, Adam Lambert, Meghan Markle, Sean Diddy Combs, Billy Joel, Gary Levinsohn, Dr Phil, Barry Manilow, Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton, 50 Cent, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Aniston, Katharine Hepburn, Christie Brinkley, Nicholas Cage, Ricky Martin, Angelica Huston, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Emilia Clarke, J.Lo & Alex Rodriguez, Simon Cowell, Kris Jenner, Jeffree Star, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Aldean, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Ramsey, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ellen Degeneres, Sylvester Stallone, David Bowie, Clay Mathews, Michelle Pfiefer, David E Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, Rihanna, Pete Townshend, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Shaquille ONeil, Glen Frey, Sammy Hagar, Stockard Channing, Michael Chiklis, Tom Petty, Serena Williams, Bill Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, Don Rickles, Bruce Kovner, Adam Neumann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barb Ellison, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Herjavic, Josh and Heather Altman , Soleil Moon Frye, Jim Harbaugh, Anthony Kiedis, Fredrik Eklund, Meghan Trainor, Gideon Yu, Hellen Miren, Taylor Hackford, Bette Midler, Todd Phillips, Mitt Romney, Dianne Feinstein, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, A-Rod, Bobby Patton-LA dodgers co owner, Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Michael Amini, B-52 Kate Pierson, Bill Guthy, Victoria Jackson, Will Arnett, Zac Efron, Wayne Gretzky, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shane Smith, Bryon Cranston, DJ Khaled, Leonard Ross, Ted Sarandos- Netflix co Ceo, Dustin Johnson, John Fogerty, Melissa Rivers, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Lena Dunham, Lyndsey Vonn, PK Subban, Robyne Moore
Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.
G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).
The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.
To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;
For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!
You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.
You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.
You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.
You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma
You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations
You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!
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forfuntheywrote · 5 years ago
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he was running with his friend from town to town. they were somewhere between Prague and Dresden. he was fourteen. his friend was faster and knew a shortcut through the fields they could take. he said there was lettuce growing in one of them, and they hadn't eaten all day. his friend ran a few lengths ahead, like a wild rabbit across the grass, turned his head, looked back once, and his body was scattered across the field. my father told us this, one night, and then continued eating dinner. he brought them with him—the minefields. he carried them underneath his good intentions. he gave them to us—in the volume of his anger, in the bruises we covered up with sleeves. in the way he threw anything against the wall— a radio, that wasn't even ours, a melon, once, opened like a head. in the way we still expect, years later and continents away, that anything might explode at any time, and we would have to run on alone with  a vision like that only seconds behind.
Diane Thiel
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dahliaborne · 6 years ago
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poem-today · 3 years ago
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A poem by Diane Thiel
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Memento Mori in Middle School
When I was twelve, I chose Dante's Infemo in gifted class — an oral presentation with visual aids. My brother, il miglior fabbro , said he would draw the tortures. We used ten red posterboards. That day, for school, I dressed in pilgrim black, left earlier to hang them around the class. The students were impressed. The teacher, too. She acted quite amused and peered too long at all the punishments. We knew by reputation she was cruel. The class could see a hint of twisted forms and asked to be allowed to round the room as I went through my final presentation. We passed the first one, full of poets cut out of a special issue of Horizon. The class thought these were such a boring set, they probably deserved their tedious fates. They liked the next, though — bodies blown about, the lovers kept outside the tinfoil gates. We had a new boy in our class named Paolo and when I noted Paolo's wind-blown state and pointed out Francesca, people howled. I knew that more than one of us not-so- covertly liked him. It seemed like hours before we moved on to the gluttons, though, where they could hold the cool fistfuls of slime I brought from home. An extra touch. It sold in canisters at toy stores at the time. The students recognized the River Styx, the logo of a favorite band of mine. We moved downriver to the town of Dis, which someone loudly re-named Dis and Dat. And for the looming harpies and the furies, who shrieked and tore things up, I had clipped out the shrillest, most deserving teacher's heads from our school paper, then thought better of it. At the wood of suicides, we quieted. Though no one in the room would say a word, I know we couldn't help but think of Fred. His name was in the news, though we had heard he might have just been playing with the gun. We moved on quickly by that huge, dark bird
and rode the flying monster, Geryon, to reach the counselors, each wicked face, again, I had resisted pasting in. To represent the ice in that last place, where Satan chewed the traitors' frozen heads, my mother had insisted that I take an ice-chest full of popsicles — to end my gruesome project on a lighter note. "It is a comedy, isn't it, " she said. She hadn't read the poem, or seen our art, but asked me what had happened to the sweet, angelic poems I once read and wrote. The class, though, was delighted by the treat, and at the last round, they all pushed to choose their colors quickly, so they wouldn't melt. The bell rang. Everyone ran out of school, as always, yelling at the top of their lungs, The Inferno fast forgotten, but their howls showed off their darkened red and purple tongues.
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Diane Thiel
More poems by Diane Thiel are available through her website
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kenneturner · 4 years ago
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Revisiting Mt. Lemmon Wildflowers #3 This summer, the Big Horn Fire caused so much damage to the National Forestin the Santa Catalina Mountains remains closed to the public.
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missedstations · 8 years ago
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“Family Album” - Diane Thiel
I like old photographs of relatives   in black and white, their faces set like stone.   They knew this was serious business.   My favorite album is the one that's filled   with people none of us can even name.   I find the recent ones more difficult.   I wonder, now, if anyone remembers   how fiercely I refused even to stand   beside him for this picture — how I shrank   back from his hand and found the other side.   Forever now, for future family,   we will be framed like this, although no one   will wonder at the way we are arranged.   No one will ever wonder, since we'll be   forever smiling there — our mouths all teeth.
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mostlysignssomeportents · 3 years ago
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America's 400 top earners pay less tax than you
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Last June, Propublica announced that it was in possession of leaked IRS files detailing the tax affairs of America’s richest people, and that the IRS Files showed that taxes are — as Leona Helmsley famously quipped — for the little people:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/15/guillotines-and-taxes/#carried-interest
The initial reporting described how, for example, private equity raiders were able to debt-finance acquisitions of productive businesses, run them into the ground, pocket hundreds of millions of dollars, and avoid tax as they sprinted away from the wreckage.
A key scam that enables this looting is the “carried interest” loophole, which most normies assume has something to do with not paying tax on the interest you earn from a loan or something. That’s a reasonable assumption, but it’s dead wrong. “Carried interest” is a doctrine invented to make things fairer for 16th century sea-captains, and it has nothing to do with interest on loans.
How does a scam like that persist in the tax code for 500 years? Well, one thing the IRS Files showed is that lobbying for tax-breaks is an incredibly productive investment. Trump’s “big, beautiful tax-cut” underwent a flurry of last-minute revisions that carved out the tax-evasion strategies of individual billionaires and their dynastic offspring.
These can be directly linked to campaign contributions to the GOP lawmakers who introduced them. Like Senator Ron Johnson, who threatened to block the tax cuts unless it was amended to favor three of his major campaign donors: Dick and Liz Uihlein (owners of Uline), and Diane Hendricks (roofing heiress), who gave $20m to Johnson’s campaign and reaped $215m in the first year of the cuts (they’re still getting hundreds of millions on that investment).
https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/11/the-canada-variant/#shitty-man-of-history-theory
You may have noticed the presence of an heiress among the Senator Johnson’s owners: dynastic wealth plays an enormous role in shaping the US tax code and its policies. The American myth of the meritocracy has been extended to people whose “merit” consists of emerging from an extremely lucky orifice.
Dynastic fortunes are normally shrouded in secrecy. But thanks to honorable heirs, like Abigail Disney, we are starting to learn more about the dirty business of “family offices” and the ways they ensure that no matter how feckless and idiotic an heir may be, they will continue to be able to influence the lives of millions of people who work for living:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/19/dynastic-wealth/#caste
The tax code is a gnarly hairball of carve-outs and special programs, many of them designed to benefit middle-class earners, like the ROTH IRA. The ultra rich have turned these into piggy-banks they can stuff with hundreds of millions in tax-free loot. Peter Theil’s ROTH is worth $5 billion.
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/26/wax-rothful/#thiels-gambit
And REITs — which are supposed to benefit mom-and-pop landlords who rent out an apartment in their retirement — have been transformed into a vehicle for offshore oligarchs to acquire hotels, smash their unions, and siphon off money needed for the local tax coffers:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/01/reit-modernization-act/#reit-makes-might
Now, all work and no play make Steve a dull oligarch. The ultra-rich have figured out how to turn their hobbies and follies into tax-free money-pits, like Steve Ballmer’s beloved LA Clippers. He evaded tax on $140m by buying the team — while his athletes (whose labor provides him with a handsome income) pay 30–40% income tax:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/08/tuyul-apps/#economic-substance-doctrine
“Find a tax-sheltered hobby you love and you’ll never work a day.” That’s the principle behind the hundreds of millions in tax-evasion practiced by the horsey set ($189m for tobacco billionaire Brad Kelley, $173m for soup heiress Charlotte Weber, $138m for hedge-fund looter Seth Klarman).
https://pluralistic.net/2021/12/08/required-ish-reading/#hobby-lobby-ists
But if you just haven’t found your passion yet, you can still trouser hundreds of millions, through the simple and effective tactic of cheating on your taxes.
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/20/la-hougue/#complexity
Don’t worry, the IRS has slashed its budget for auditing wealthy people and focuses its firepower on families with annual incomes of $35k and under:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/democrats-ask-irs-why-tax-audits-for-poor-have-doubled
The IRS Leaks are a couple of years out of date now, and it’s hard to know exactly how much worse it’s gotten. One bellwether is the amount of debt assumed by the ultra-wealthy — when plutes borrow, it’s not like you or I going into debt, rather, it’s part of a “buy-borrow-die” strategy through which unrealized, tax-free capital gains are used as collateral for cheap-as-dirt loans. The super-rich are levered up to their hairlines:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/03/fitzgerald-was-an-optimist/#debt
Meanwhile, President Biden has proposed a billionaire wealth tax, designed to get around the various tax-evasion strategies used by American oligarchs. Unsurprisingly, the wealthy are fighting back, insisting that they do pay tax, and lots of it:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/11/billionaire-tax-biden-unrealized-gains-assets/9503953002
Today, Propublica’s Paul Kiel, Ash Ngu, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen offer a reality check on those claims, with an in-depth analysis of America’s 400 top earners:
https://projects.propublica.org/americas-highest-incomes-and-taxes-revealed/
The team start by observing that your effective rate of income tax does climb as your income does, but once you reach $29m, it plateaus — and then, it goes down, as extreme wealth unlocks access to tax evasion strategies that are beyond the reach of the merely rich.
The main way that the super-rich avoid tax is by arranging their payouts so they come as capital gains and not salaries, which are taxed at 20% rather than the 37% top rate for income derived from doing stuff, rather than owning stuff. Note that the 20% rate is only for long-term capital gains, and that means that nominally flippers who buy and sell assets quickly can’t get it — but have no fear, private equity barons can pretend to be 16th century sea-captains and avail themselves of the carried interest loophole.
The US tax code has had special treatment for capital gains for about a century, but GW Bush’s tax cuts in 2003 supercharged these breaks for the owning class. America’s richest 400 people save an average of $1.9b/year thanks to ole GW.
The American tax-code is especially kind to people who emerge from lucky orifices. If you’re in the DeVos or Walton family, tax giveaways are the key to your ability to shower candidates, PACs and think-tanks with money. 11 Walton orifice-emergers pocket $371m/year thanks to preferential treatment for dynastic fortunes.
But the real winners are tech billionaires, those rapacious, mediocre monopolists who have denuded the internet into five giant websites filled with screenshots of text from the other four. Their “charitable contributions” of stock (which can simply be donations to their own family foundations) let them deduct the full value of the stock without any capital gains tax.
The top 400 American earners make at least $110m/year. That’s 2,750 times the average American annual wage. The richest 11 US earners make more than $1b/year. A typical American would have to work for 25,000 years to make that much.
During those 25,000 years, you’ll pay more of your income as tax than billionaires. While they nominally pay a higher rate than you, you’re paying a much larger share of your income into Social Security and Medicare, goosing your tax rate over theirs.
Now all of this is a little misleading. The rich are actually richer than this analysis suggests. As the authors describe, “the richest avoid income when they can.” By using the buy-borrow-die method, the wealthy actually pay a true tax rate of 3.4%.
That number shrinks even further when you consider America’s top 15 earners who are singled out by name in a companion feature:
https://www.propublica.org/article/americas-top-15-earners-and-what-they-reveal-about-the-us-tax-system
Despite what you may have guessed, there are no celebs on that list. Even LeBron James and Taylor Swift don’t approach the fortunes of the tech billionaires, hedge fund looters, and profession orifice-emergers atop the steep slopes of the American wealth-pyramid.
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jgmail · 4 years ago
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EL PAPEL DEL CAPITAL EN LAS ELECCIONES DE ESTADOS UNIDOS
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Por Leonid Savin
Traducción del inglés de Juan Gabriel Caro Rivera
 El dinero juega un papel clave en las campañas electorales estadounidenses. Se gasta en la publicidad, los salarios de los consultores y las empresas de relaciones públicas. Además, la estrategia de los demócratas muestra que la financiación se destina a protestas callejeras. Dado que este enfoque de confrontación se adopta de antemano e implica provocar a la gente a protestas masivas, es una técnica que también requiere una inversión seria.
 Exploraremos los diferentes mecanismos de recaudación de fondos para campañas electorales y los intereses de varios grupos financieros (individuos).
 Comités de acción política
 Desde 1976, los comités de acción política (PAC) se han utilizado en los Estados Unidos para recaudar fondos para publicidad y propaganda durante las campañas electorales. Después de 2010, cuando la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. eliminó las restricciones a las donaciones políticas, comenzaron a surgir nuevas versiones de estos comités llamados Super PAC que son diferentes a los comités de acción política convencionales, que no pueden aceptar contribuciones de más de $ 5,000 de un solo individuo y las contribuciones de corporaciones o sindicatos son ilegales, pero los súper PAC pueden aceptar contribuciones ilimitadas. Los súper PAC también participan activamente en la lucha contra la propaganda y la desinformación contra sus oponentes políticos.
 Más de 2.000 Super PAC se registraron en las anteriores elecciones presidenciales de EE.UU. en 2016. Este es el mecanismo de recaudación de fondos más transparente, ya que las autoridades reguladoras realizan un seguimiento de cada centavo.
El Super PAC de Trump se llama America First Action, mientras que el de Joe Biden se llama Priorities USA.
 El Super PAC del senador de la República Seth Moulton también ha estado activo durante la actual campaña electoral (1).
 Woman Vote, que está completamente orientado a la mitad femenina del electorado, está trabajando para los demócratas (2).
 También hay otros PAC y Super PAC involucrados en estas elecciones para ambos lados.
 Los donantes de Trump y Biden
 Desde principios de 2019 hasta julio de 2020, Trump logró recaudar alrededor de $ 1.1 mil millones, de los cuales $ 800 millones ya se gastaron en septiembre (3). En julio, Trump reemplazó a Brad Parscale, su ahora exgerente de campaña, por Bill Stepien, y le indicó que trabajara de manera más eficiente y gastara menos dinero.
 Según la revista Forbes, el 9 por ciento de los multimillonarios estadounidenses, que juntos valen un total de 210.000 millones de dólares, han donado dinero para cubrir los gastos de campaña de Trump de 2020, ya sea directamente o a través de su cónyuge (4). En total, Trump ha recibido el apoyo de alrededor de cien multimillonarios.
 Más de la mitad de los donantes de Trump viven en tres Estados: Florida, Nueva York y Texas. Tres cuartas partes de ellos se han hecho a sí mismos; el resto heredó pequeñas fortunas y las convirtió en fortunas aún mayores. Su negocio está relacionado con bienes raíces, energía, deporte, etc. Una quinta parte de los donantes se enriqueció con las finanzas y las inversiones. Este grupo incluye a personas como el director ejecutivo de Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman, el propietario de fondos de cobertura John Paulson y el exjefe de Franklin Templeton, Charles B. Johnson. Alrededor del 10 por ciento de los donantes ganaron su dinero en bienes raíces, incluido el multimillonario neoyorquino Richard LeFrak de Trump.
 El banquero de Texas Andrew Beal ha dado más que nadie al Comité de la Victoria de Trump. Los propietarios de casinos y los hermanos Lorenzo y Frank Fertitta también han donado millones a este comité.
 Joe y Marlene Ricketts (TD Ameritrade) han donado más de $ 1 millón. No dieron nada en 2016.
 Andrew Beal ha dado aproximadamente la misma cantidad. Dennis y Phyllis Washington (cuyo negocio es la minería y la construcción) han donado $ 1 millón. Diane Hendricks (construcción) ha donado poco menos de $ 1 millón. Kenny y Lisa Troutt (telecomunicaciones): 925.000 dólares. Jeffery y Melinda Hildebrand (petróleo) - $ 775,000. Isaac y Laura Perlmutter (cómics de Marvel): 721.000 dólares. Peter Thiel de Palantir - 250.000 dólares. Cabe señalar que Peter Thiel tiene participaciones en Facebook y donó la misma cantidad a la campaña de Trump de 2016.
 Es interesante que algunos multimillonarios donaron cantidades bastante pequeñas de miles e incluso cientos de dólares.
 Un donante importante que solía donar regularmente a los republicanos, el magnate de Las Vegas, Sheldon Adelson, se ha negado a respaldar a Trump.
 Biden cuenta con el apoyo de Wall Street (5) y Silicon Valley. También ha recaudado una gran cantidad de dinero gracias a pequeñas aportaciones. En términos de la cantidad de donantes ricos que ofrecen apoyo, Biden ha superado a Trump, recibiendo dinero de 131 multimillonarios (6).
 El donante más grande de Biden ha sido George Soros, quien ha gastado más de $ 8 millones durante todo el ciclo electoral (para cubrir diversas necesidades). Los nuevos patrocinadores de Biden incluyen a Sean Parker y Dustin Moskovitz de Facebook, el cofundador de Twitter Ev Williams y el CEO de Twilio, Jeff Lawson.
 Jeff Skoll de eBay ha estado invirtiendo dinero tanto en Biden como en los demócratas en el Senado. Mark Pincus, quien está involucrado en juegos en línea, ha donado $ 626,000. Barry Diller, quien ganó su dinero en los medios en línea: $ 620,000.
 Los donantes de Biden también incluyen a Nicole Shanahan, esposa de Sergey Brin de Google (25.000 dólares), y Merryl Zegar, esposa de Charles Zegar (Bloomberg LP).
 En septiembre de 2020, Biden logró recaudar un récord de $ 383 millones (7). El récord anterior fue de menos de $ 200 millones, recaudado por Barack Obama en septiembre de 2008.
 Sin embargo, no todos los representantes de Silicon Valley apoyan a los demócratas.
 Bill Gates apoya a Donald Trump. Es una elección pragmática. Hace un tiempo, la Administración de la Casa Blanca ayudó a Microsoft a ganar una licitación para crear servidores para respaldar al Pentágono, aunque Amazon, que anteriormente había obtenido un contrato de la CIA para servidores en la nube, también luchó por la licitación. La disputa provocó un escándalo en el Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos en 2019.
 Elon Musk también ha brindado su apoyo a Trump, citando la demencia de Biden. Además, Trump cuenta con el respaldo del fundador de Oracle, Larry Ellison.
 Aquí se debe mencionar un detalle importante: hay señales de un profundo cisma en la sociedad estadounidense que ha afectado no solo a la élite financiera, sino también a las relaciones familiares. Por ejemplo, el exdirector ejecutivo de Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, ha apoyado a Trump, pero su esposa Connie ha donado 500.000 dólares a un Super PAC para Biden.
La industria de defensa estadounidense y la influencia indirecta
 Tradicionalmente, el ejército estadounidense se mantiene al margen de las campañas electorales, aunque Donald Trump ha apoyado activamente al ejército desde el comienzo de su presidencia. Es significativo que, en uno de sus discursos, Joe Biden habló sobre la posibilidad de incrementar el gasto militar, lo que fue considerado como un intento de influir en las preferencias de las fuerzas de seguridad.
 Sin embargo, además de los intentos de los candidatos de ganarse a los militares, hay un mecanismo interesante que vale la pena señalar que refleja ciertos intereses contrarios de los militares y los think tanks, cuando estos últimos sirven a grupos políticos.
 El hecho es que el complejo militar-industrial de EE.UU. (es decir, los principales fabricantes de sistemas de armas y productores relacionados, a menudo civiles, así como estructuras del Departamento de Defensa) financia a varios think tanks de EE.UU. de manera continua.
 Los cinco principales donantes son Northrup Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin y Airbus. Junto con estos contratistas, también se transfiere dinero del Departamento de Defensa, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, el Departamento de Estado, la Fuerza Aérea de los EE.UU. y el Ejército de los EE.UU. Cada año, se entregan alrededor de $ 1 mil millones a varios centros para programas e investigación. Los think tanks que se ocupan de cuestiones de defensa, seguridad y estrategia militar son los destinatarios habituales. Sin embargo, la lista también incluye una serie de organizaciones que están en el espectro globalista, como el Council of Foreign Relations y el Stimson Center.
 Los diez mejores centros que recibieron subvenciones entre 2014 y 2019 (inclusive) son (8):
 RAND Corporation – $1,029,100,000;
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) – $8,956,000;
Atlantic Council – $8,697,000;
New America Foundation – $7,283,828;
German Marshall Fund of the United States – $6,599,999;
CSIS – $5,040,000;
Council on Foreign Relations – $2,590,000;
Brookings Institution – $2,485,000;
Heritage Foundation – $1,375,000; and
Stimson Center – $1,343,753.
 Además del conocido Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores, esta lista también incluye el CNAS (9), que en realidad es un centro pro-demócrata. Fue establecido por la ex Subsecretaria de Defensa (2009-2012) Michèle Flournoy y el exsubsecretario de Estado para Asuntos de Asia Oriental y el Pacífico (2009-2013) Kurt Campbell. Ambos representan al Partido Demócrata.
 La New America Foundation se posiciona ideológicamente como un grupo de expertos liberal y de centro izquierda (10). Eric Schmidt ocupó una vez uno de los puestos más importantes allí. Su actual presidenta y directora ejecutiva es Anne-Marie Slaughter, quien se desempeñó como directora de planificación política en la administración Obama.
 Es revelador que esto incluya al centro que lanzó la 2020 Matching Campaign (11) para recaudar fondos con el propósito de reorganizar el sistema político del país. La campaña finaliza el 30 de octubre, justo antes de las elecciones presidenciales.
 El Atlantic Council es el grupo de expertos de la OTAN.
 De hecho, los donantes mencionados también están financiando indirectamente la propaganda política, ya que están pagando por las actividades de estos centros y, como expertos "independientes" en diversos temas, sus empleados hablan en televisión y escriben artículos en los principales periódicos y revistas. Por lo tanto, dan forma a la opinión pública.
 Financiamiento de la protestas callejeras
 Dado que los demócratas se han basado en protestas masivas, un factor importante para ellos es la búsqueda de fondos para estimular varios grupos de apoyo.
 Antifa, BLM y varias organizaciones de izquierda, incluidos los antiglobalistas, son importantes grupos de protesta para los demócratas.
 Los Antifa están relacionados con los trotskistas. En febrero de 2016, el Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional publicó un comunicado que decía: “El nuevo movimiento contra la guerra debe ser anticapitalista y socialista, ya que no puede haber una lucha seria contra la guerra excepto en la lucha para acabar con la dictadura del capital financiero y el sistema económico que es la causa fundamental del militarismo y la guerra. Por lo tanto, el nuevo movimiento contra la guerra debe, por necesidad, ser completa e inequívocamente independiente y hostil a todos los partidos políticos y organizaciones de la clase capitalista” (12).
 Los trotskistas de todo tipo, incluido el especulador financiero George Soros, apoyan activamente a los grupos radicales de Antifa en todo el mundo. En julio de 2017, sus recursos ayudaron a movilizar a más de 100.000 antiglobalistas y miembros de Antifa para las protestas en Hamburgo durante la cumbre del G20 (13).
 Pero dado que los Antifa han sido reconocidos como una organización terrorista en los EE.UU., están imitando con éxito recientemente fusionarse con el movimiento Black Lives Matter (BLM) para evitar problemas con las autoridades.
 BLM se presenta en los medios globales como un movimiento por los derechos de las personas negras en los Estados Unidos que son víctimas de la brutalidad policial, el racismo institucional, etc. Sin embargo, la realidad es algo diferente. La expresión #BlackLivesMatter apareció por primera vez en forma de un hashtag de Twitter en 2013. Se cree que el movimiento fue organizado por los activistas radicales de izquierda Alicia Garza (14), Patrisse Cullors y Opal Tometi. El eslogan "¡Manos arriba, no disparen!" fue popularizada por la activista negra Nelini Stamp, una de las organizadoras del movimiento “Occupy Wall Street” (financiado por George Soros), tras el asesinato de Michael Brown en agosto de 2014. También representó al Partido de las Familias Trabajadoras, que fue uno de los fundadores de la organización Dream Defenders. La Junta Asesora de Dream Defenders incluye a Angela Davis, exlíder del Partido Comunista de EE. UU.
 Alicia Garza (15) también tiene vínculos con la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar, Personas Organizadas para Ganar Derechos Laborales (POWER), la Escuela de Unidad y Liberación (SOUL), la Alianza por el Derecho a la Ciudad y Forward Together, todos los cuales han sido apoyados por varios donantes.
BLM también recibe fondos indirectamente, a través de varias estructuras, de Democracy Alliance (16), un fondo especial creado en 2005 para “construir una sociedad progresista” en los Estados Unidos, incluido el apoyo a las minorías sexuales y las personas de color. Se considera que el fondo es el club de donantes liberales más poderoso del país, y fue financiado inicialmente por George Soros, el empresario Peter Lewis y el desarrollador de software gay Tim Gill. Además de la participación directa de Soros, el club también incluye al multimillonario Tom Steyer.
 Sin embargo, el dinero no se gasta solo en la enseñanza y la construcción pseudocientífica de nuevos "valores". Se utilizan técnicas típicas de revolución del color para alentar a sus activistas de primera línea y movilizar al BLM. Una de las formas más efectivas es el financiamiento directo de los participantes de la protesta. Se sabe que a los manifestantes callejeros se les pagaba 5.000 dólares al mes para incitar y mantener disturbios civiles en Ferguson (17). Aquí también hay una conexión con el establecimiento de la élite. Una de las organizaciones involucradas en la financiación de los disturbios civiles en Ferguson en 2014 fue Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE), una antigua rama de la Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), que quebró en 2010. Barack Obama solía trabajar para ACORN y lo representó en la corte como abogado (18).
 Aunque los medios de comunicación limitan la información sobre Black Lives Matter a las protestas contra la violencia policial y la lucha por los derechos de los afroamericanos, los objetivos del movimiento son en realidad mucho más amplios. BLM busca reemplazar las piedras angulares fundamentales de la sociedad estadounidense: 1) abolir el concepto judeocristiano de la familia nuclear tradicional, que es la unidad social básica en Estados Unidos; 2) abolir la policía y desmantelar el sistema penitenciario; 3) incorporar lo transgénero y deslegitimar la llamada heteronormatividad (la creencia de que la heterosexualidad es la norma); y 4) abolir el capitalismo (una economía libre) y reemplazarlo por el comunismo (una economía controlada por el gobierno) (19).
 Los demócratas también cuentan con el apoyo de anti-globalistas de perfil relativamente alto. Entre otros, Naomi Klein ha pedido que la gente se una a la lucha contra Trump (20). Sin embargo, esta paradoja - que los Antifa y los anti-globalistas están trabajando para los intereses de los globalistas - no está siendo reportada por los medios conservadores de Estados Unidos.
 En el ámbito de los medios, Biden cuenta con el apoyo de la organización de noticias The Intercept (21).
 Inicialmente fue creado y financiado por el fundador y propietario de eBay, Pierre Omidyar, a través del Omidyar Network Fund.
 The Washington Post, propiedad de Jeff Bezos de Amazon, también se pone del lado de los demócratas al criticar constantemente a Trump. Sin embargo, ni Jeff Bezos ni Mark Zuckerberg de Facebook respaldan abiertamente a Trump o Biden. Algunos creen que están financiando a ambos en secreto (22).
 La complejidad de las predicciones
 Es difícil hacer una predicción precisa en esta elección, ya que los demócratas están pidiendo una votación por correo. Aunque el servicio postal de EE.UU. es una agencia gubernamental, este método es altamente vulnerable al fraude en los EE.UU. Y no existe un mecanismo adecuado para verificar y controlar el proceso en sí. El equipo de Trump ya advirtió sobre el riesgo que representa este elemento del sistema de votación.
 Según los datos más recientes basados ​​en las calificaciones promedio de Cook Political Report, Inside Elections y Sabato's Crystall Ball, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Carolina del Sur, Pennsylvania y Wisconsin se consideran actualmente los Estados que determinarán en gran medida el resultado de la elección.
 Notas:
 1. https://serveamericapac.com/
2. https://womenvoteproject.org/
3. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-09/Why-are-billionaires-dumping-Trump--TCP7JM0ZLa/index.html
4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/04/17/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-donald-trumps-campaign/
5. https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/09/new-york-times-wall-street-backs-joe-biden/
6. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/08/08/biden-pulls-away-in-race-for-billionaire-donors/#2599feb83b62
7. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-383-million-fundraising-record-2020-election_n_5f87a9cbc5b6e9e76fba0373
8. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/swamp-report-top-50-u-s-think-tanks-receive-over-1b-from-gov-defense-contractors/
9. https://www.cnas.org/
10. https://www.newamerica.org/
11. https://www.newamerica.org/2020-matching-campaign/
12. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/18/icfi-f18.html
13. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166435531/Die-hohlen-Erklaerungen-der-Antifa.html
14. https://aliciagarza.com/
15. https://capitalresearch.org/article/blm-roots/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=ce2d22c6151a6eb9a88549dfb1b361aa61b8decb-1601384582-0-AWrnPV3jDI07_k0PL-N7TBNj_az8p3ptjjtjuTzuXyhh4SYOSdzdmpMKbCRrmwZPHW-zXMIkwCjZJyJOjBhrZ3H1I581bond8XF-TlNqSxn-tyoL_a_BKzE3psT7v25X4qMAfxZNJr6aifamaK8lnUP10xKcJVem42JoUlfw8Ygg0VPmS3HyQzm9vfp6HxPi2jGKj-V6jAyWIKZatn0wTfsgk-vk0wiVKYEXvm6ozRvfiRYCRuSqf8sU_RW8C81ugo78e1iFxgIZREiRv5GNXgNDmDheDb1E6xxn3TSeysxH7LH0OvrqDAObUm3m3e7eBPy2VhT5yEViqfvC2Gil_MkQdAeYLuHlMqxHorNP-6jK
16. https://democracyalliance.org/
17. https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/ferguson-rent-mobs-exposed-matthew-vadum/
18. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/10/is_acorn_behind_violent_unrest_in_ferguson.html
19. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16181/black-lives-matter
20. https://theintercept.com/2020/01/22/bernie-sanders-movement-solidarity/
21. https://theintercept.com/
22. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/9/30/21492411/tech-billionaires-endorsements-trump-biden
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rickmoya · 5 years ago
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the books I read in 2019
Thirst No. 3, Christopher Pike
My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian, Elizabeth Levy
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch, Donald J. Sobol
Thirst No. 4, Pike
Cardboard, Doug TenNapel
The Pinballs, Betsy Byars
Witch World, Pike
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
Five Were Missing, Lois Duncan
Thirst No. 5, Pike
Bad Habits, Dave Barry
Red Queen, Pike
Ball Don't Lie, Matt de la Peña The Food Lab, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Lapsing Into a Comma, Bill Walsh
Black Knight, Pike
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsberg
A Word to the Wise, Alison Cragin Herzig and Jane Lawrence Mali
Strange Girl, Pike
So B. It, Sarah Weeks
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Idiot, Elif Batuman
No Place Like Here, Christina June
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Stacy McAnulty
Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
The Smartest Book in the World, Greg Proops Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Haruki Murakami
People I Want To Punch in the Throat, Jen Mann
Attucks!, Phillip Hoose
Beastie Boys Book, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz
Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams
The Odd 1s Out, James Rallison
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams
Soof, Sarah Weeks
Life, the Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams Do I Make Myself Clear?, Harold Evans
Superfudge, Judy Blume
Accidence Will Happen, Oliver Kamm
Writing Your Rhythm, Diane Thiel
Everything is Flammable, Gabrielle Bell
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great, Judy Blume
Suck It, Wonder Woman!, Olivia Munn
Learning to Bow, Bruce Feiler
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
Wish You Were Here, Nick Webb
Check, Please! 1-3, Ngozi Ukazu
Holes, Louis Sachar
Dave Barry Turns 40 The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Five-Carat Soul, James McBride
italics: read it before bold: read it to my kids in bed struck: unfinished 
Far lower number than usual. Couple possible reasons:
I was still (and increasingly, as I closed out the project) burnt from attempting to read nearly 100 books by the same author and summarize/react to all of them in one year.
In the fall, I taught two classes instead of just one, which meant double the researching, writing, reading, responding, and grading.
Maybe as a reaction to these two things, I developed some pretty nasty zoning-out-on-digital-devices habits that ate up possible reading time (which I am actively working to curtail).
That former rationalization may also be why I didn’t read more new things. Re-reading stuff I enjoyed (and exposing my kids to it) is sort of a comfort food for me, which I needed in the gaps between research and creating prompts and wondering why these technically-adults didn’t understand their responsibility in actually turning shit in.
I don’t necessarily expect to read more this year. I have a couple other projects I want to work on, including at least drafting the novel I’ve been kicking around since before A Year of Pike. One of the books I didn’t read, which I’ve had from the library since goddamn August, is Walter Mosely’s This Year You Write Your Novel. Well, guess what — I’m actually gonna read it this year. Writing not guaranteed.
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elusivewordss · 5 years ago
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The Minefield by Diane Thiel (2000)
He was running with his friend from town to town.
They were somewhere between Prague and Dresden.
He was fourteen. His friend was faster
and knew a shortcut through the fields they could take.
He said there was lettuce growing in one of them,
and they hadn't eaten all day. His friend ran a few lengths ahead,
like a wild rabbit across the grass,
turned his head, looked back once,
and his body was scattered across the field.
My father told us this, one night,
and then continued eating dinner.
He brought them with him – the minefields.
He carried them underneath his good intentions.
He gave them to us – in the volume of his anger,
in the bruises we covered up with sleeves.
In the way he threw anything against the wall –
a radio, that wasn't even ours,
a melon, once, opened like a head.
In the way we still expect, years later and continents away,
that anything might explode at any time,
and we would have to run on alone
with a vision like that
only seconds behind.
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isufferofpoetry · 5 years ago
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La lune (Grand Palais,Paris)
Maîtresse de la Nuit, elle accompagne les sorcières et veille les morts après les batailles. A la fois lugubre et sublime, elle ne pouvait que plaire aux romantiques.  “Elle est aujourd’hui aussi objet d’une convoitise inquiétante pour le futur, tentation d’un monde terrestre toujours avide de trouver et d’épuiser ailleurs de nouvelles ressources” 
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ma riconoscerai ch’i’ son Piccarda, che, posta qui con questi altri beati, beata sono in la spera più tarda.
Dante Alighieri, Paradiso Canto III  Illustrazione Gustave Doré
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Lune creuse / La réserve, Gilles Barbier 2007
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Journey to the Moon, William Kentrige
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Roy Ward Baker, Moon Zero Two
En 1968-69, alors que la course à l’espace entre les États-Unis et l’URSS fait rage, les Européens s’en emparent avec humour. Dans le générique du western spatial Moon Zero Two, l’astronaute et le cosmonaute en viennent aux mains en s’arrachant leur drapeau respectif. Quant aux Français, ils sont incarnés par les Shadoks, ces misérables créatures qui tentent de coloniser la Lune à l’aide d’échelles tout à fait inadaptées.
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James Turrell 
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Plenilunii Lumina austriaca Philippica / [Michael Florentius van Langren] Van Langren, Michael Floris (1612-1675)
La face visible de la Lune porte les cicatrices du passé chaotique du Système Solaire. Les mers lunaires, gigantesques régions sombres, sont d’anciens bassins d’impact. Aux premiers instants du Système Solaire, il y a près de 4,5 milliard d’années, de nombreux corps massifs impactaient la surface des planètes et satellites nouvellement formés. Les plus grands ont creusé sur la face lunaire de gigantesques cratères, faisant fondre la surface à l’impact. La lave ainsi formée a rempli les bassins, puis en refroidissant a crée ces régions sombre appelées mers lunaires. 
Hécate, déesse du passage entre notre monde et l’au délà: elle préside aux destins funèbres, aux sortilèges et aux tourments. Hécate préside aux seuils des maisons, aux carrefours et aux passages de la vie et de la mort
Elle fait partie de la Triade Lunaire, avec Séléné et Artémis.  * Séléné la pleine lune, qui symbolise la maturité dans le cycle de vie ; Artémis le croissant de lune, qui symbolise la naissance.
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Hécateion 389 ap. J.-C. Mithraeum, Sidon (Saïda, Liban) Marbre Cette représentation d’Hécate, déesse d’Asie mineure associée à Mithra en raison de son omnipotence sur le monde souterrain, appartient au groupe de sculptures du Mithraeum de Sidon. Elle porte autour de sa base l’inscription : « [Moi] Fl. Gerontios, pater nomimos, en témoignage de reconnaissance j’ai consacré [cette statue] en l’an 500 de l’ère de Sidon, soit 395 ap. J.-C. ». Hécate est fréquemment représentée sous cette forme de pilier triple entouré d’une ronde de danseuses. Don H. de Boisgelin (collection de Clercq), 1967 Département des Antiquités orientales
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L’influence de la lune sur la teste des femmes
Dans la majorité des pays du monde, sauf au Japon où il s’agit d’un dieu nommé Tsukiyomi et en Polynésie où il s’appelle Fati, la Lune est associée à une divinité féminine. Deux raisons sont souvent évoquées pour expliquer ce fait. La première est la similitude du nombre de jours du cycle lunaire et du cycle (dit normal) des femmes. Ainsi, la Lune est censée influer sur le cycle féminin. L’on sait aujourd’hui que c’est totalement faux, sans cela, toutes les femmes seraient réglées en même temps. Dans l’Egypte antique, la grossesse des femmes était également comptée en mois lunaires, soit 10 lunes. Chez les égyptiens anciens, c’est pourtant le plus souvent le dieu Thot qui est associé à la Lune. Le maître des savoirs et des archives divines porte sur le monde un regard extérieur.  
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William Dyce, Francesca da Rimini 
E quella a me: «Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice ne la miseria; e ciò sa ’l tuo dottore.                            123 Ma s’a conoscer la prima radice del nostro amor tu hai cotanto affetto, dirò come colui che piange e dice.                               126 Noi leggiavamo un giorno per diletto di Lancialotto come amor lo strinse; soli eravamo e sanza alcun sospetto.                         129 Per più fiate li occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso; ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse.                         132 Quando leggemmo il disiato riso esser basciato da cotanto amante, questi, che mai da me non fia diviso,                           135 la bocca mi basciò tutto tremante. Galeotto fu ’l libro e chi lo scrisse: quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante»
Dante Alighieri, Canto V Inferno - Divina Commedia
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Étienne Dinet, Le Croissant, 1910
Le mois du ramadan débute avec l’apparition du premier croissant au crépuscule. Ainsi, des musulmans de bonne foi peuvent déterminer le commencement de ce mois de jeûne prière, qui s’achève le premier jour du mois suivant par la fête d’Ail el-Fitr. 
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1760 - Pour établir leurs calendriers, les Anciens ont utilisé soit le Soleil, soit la Lune, soit les deux. Les calendriers solaires sont basés sur les dates de retour des saisons et les calendriers lunaires sur les phases de la Lune. 
Horloge astronomique 1669 Paris Mouvement de Pierre Fardoil, bronzes de Caffieri, carton de Coypel, plusieurs fabriquants
La partie centrale de l’horloge est munie de quatre cadrans, encadrés par deux pilastres ornés des allégories du Jour et de la Nuit, incarnées par Diane et Apollon. Le fronton qui les surmonte est décoré en son centre d’une tête de Saturne avec une aile d’aigle qui représente le jour, et une aile de chauve-souris qui symbolise la nuit. Le dôme, agrémenté de feuilles d’acanthe en bronze doré, est muni de deux timbres. Le premier sonne les heures égales, le second les heures inégales.
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Johannes Müller de Königsberg, Regiomontanus - Calendarium
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Angelo Caroselli Scene de Sorcellerie
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Karl Friedrich Thiele Apparition de la Reine de la Nuit La flute enchantée, I, VI, 1819, Mozart
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Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.
You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.
Celebrity homes for sale:
Ellen Degeneres, Johnny Depp, Mathew Perry, Eli Manning, Kat Von D, Shia Lebeouf, The Hemsworth brothers, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Brittany Snow, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cindy Crawford and Rand Gerber, Gene Simmons, Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, George Strait, Emily Blunt, Alonzo Mourning, Jemima Kirke, Kevin Jonas, Chelsea Handler, John McEnroe, Tommy Lee, Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Frankie Muniz, Keith Richards, Lil Wayne, Peter Thiel, Pharrell Williams, Loris Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, Rosie O’Donnell, Kellie Clarkson, Cheryl Tieg, Joe Pesci, Suzanne Somers, Adam Lambert, Meghan Markle, Sean Diddy Combs, Billy Joel, Gary Levinsohn, Dr Phil, Barry Manilow, Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton, 50 Cent, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Aniston, Katharine Hepburn, Christie Brinkley, Nicholas Cage, Ricky Martin, Angelica Huston, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Emilia Clarke, J.Lo & Alex Rodriguez, Simon Cowell, Kris Jenner, Jeffree Star, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Aldean, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Ramsey, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ellen Degeneres, Sylvester Stallone, David Bowie, Clay Mathews, Michelle Pfiefer, David E Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, Rihanna, Pete Townshend, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Shaquille ONeil, Glen Frey, Sammy Hagar, Stockard Channing, Michael Chiklis, Tom Petty, Serena Williams, Bill Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, Don Rickles, Bruce Kovner, Adam Neumann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barb Ellison, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Herjavic, Josh and Heather Altman , Soleil Moon Frye, Jim Harbaugh, Anthony Kiedis, Fredrik Eklund, Meghan Trainor, Gideon Yu, Hellen Miren, Taylor Hackford, Bette Midler, Todd Phillips, Mitt Romney, Dianne Feinstein, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, A-Rod, Bobby Patton-LA dodgers co owner, Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Michael Amini, B-52 Kate Pierson, Bill Guthy, Victoria Jackson, Will Arnett, Zac Efron, Wayne Gretzky, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shane Smith, Bryon Cranston, DJ Khaled, Leonard Ross, Ted Sarandos- Netflix co Ceo, Dustin Johnson, John Fogerty, Melissa Rivers, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Lena Dunham, Lyndsey Vonn, PK Subban, Robyne Moore
Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.
G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).
The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.
To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;
For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!
You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.
You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.
You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.
You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma
You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations
You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!
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kevinkaverns · 2 years ago
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Family Album
BY DIANE THIEL
I like old photographs of relatives   
in black and white, their faces set like stone.   
They knew this was serious business.   
My favorite album is the one that's filled   
with people none of us can even name.   
I find the recent ones more difficult.   
I wonder, now, if anyone remembers   
how fiercely I refused even to stand   
beside him for this picture — how I shrank   
back from his hand and found the other side.   
Forever now, for future family,   
we will be framed like this, although no one   
will wonder at the way we are arranged.   
No one will ever wonder, since we'll be   
forever smiling there — our mouths all teeth.
"Family Album" by Diane Thiel, represents how often we express ourselves differently than how we feel. In this case, the theme revolves around the narrator's unhappy relationship, most likely with her husband due to the title "Family Album". For example, paragraph 2 explains how she refused to stand beside him, alluding to difficulty in their relationship, however, in the photograph she still remains smiling. For anyone else viewing the photo beside her will depicts a healthy relationship, but for her, it is just a reminder of the troublesome relationship. This poem also expresses wonderful imagery, such as the last line "our mouths all teeth" which represents a smile, however, with the way that the author expressed it, it seems like it has an underlying meaning, perhaps how the narrator was "biting her tongue" (prevent oneself from saying something) to save her marriage or to prevent further discourse in the relationship. Another theme that this poem represents is how often we misinterpret others, which is quite the opposite of the first theme. In the first paragraph, the narrator depicted an old family album with "faces set like a stone". This could very well be a reference to how family portraits were taken back in the day (they never had any smiles) or could also be representing the sad look that they had on their faces. Now, since she forgot who they were then, even though they had a solemn look on their faces, does not mean they were sad, very much how in the present era, the narrator bore a smile on her face, even though she was very upset with her current relationship.
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