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ultraericthered · 2 months ago

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Nostalgic Lookback: Carmen Sandiego

It was on PBS Kids in the mid-90s that I had my first encounter with the notorious Carmen Sandiego. I caught some of the Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? game show in the early evening after Kidsongs had finished, and I quickly got hooked on catching its nightly broadcast. Y'know the show - the one with Lynne Thigpen as the Chief of ACME Detective Agency, Greg Lee as the host, and Rockapella performing music, including the iconic theme song? Yeah, it was a lot of fun to watch, and it still is upon rewatches.

I soon got to see the other Carmen Sandiego show out at the time, the animated series Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? starring Rita Moreno in the titular role, airing on Fox Kids. It was enjoyable and educational to watch as well, even if I didn't catch it nearly as often due to it being a Saturday Morning Cartoon. There was later another game show on PBS with Thigpen as the Chief, Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, but that one just wasn't nearly as good.

But then there were also Carmen Sandiego books and Carmen Sandiego board games out at the time. I recall enjoying those too!

Inevitably I learned that this franchise had originated as a series of "edutainment" computer games for kids of all ages that came out in the late 80s and then just exploded into widespread popularity in the 90s. And naturally, some of those games were among the ones that I played in my youth, and still do play on ISO files every now and then. Junior Detective, which tied in with the Where On Earth? show, was my first Carmen game - very easy, yet still quite fun. Later on I got the third version "Deluxe Editions" of Where In The World? and Where In The USA?, which incoperated Lynne Thigpen's Chief and featured probably my favorite iteration of the titular character other than the one from Where On Earth? I played the fuck out of those ones and were really into what they had to offer, though I'll admit to still having a major preference to World over USA. But in contrast to the Where In Time? game show, the Where In Time? game (later re-released as Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time) ended up being my favorite game of the whole lot. Reusing the Chief, Carmen, and the ACME Good Guides from those last two games, it goes in a more linear fashion, but the historical cases are so fun, so packed with good stuff and so memorable that I never tire of them.

Carmen Sandiego these days is but a shell of the edutainment juggernaut it used to be, but hey, at least she's still out there at all!

#Nostalgic Lookbacks #Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?#Carmen Sandiego #90s #childhood #nostalgia #good ol days

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ououy · 1 month ago

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There's a fox in the chicken coop! Investigation reveals US Agency for International Development provides non-military related funds to Ukraine

The picture shows the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC. (Photo: Reuters)

[Voice of Hope, February 26, 2025] (Voice of Hope reporter Chen Wenyun compiled) Investigators revealed to the North American Epoch Times that officials of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) repeatedly refused investigators from the Senate #DOGE Caucus Chair, Senator Joni Erns (Joni Erns) working group to review documents related to US tax funds allegedly used to help #Ukraine resist Russian invasion.

When investigators were finally allowed to view the documents, they were "stored in a highly secure room at USAID headquarters and strictly monitored," even though "nothing shared by USAID was confidential."

During the investigation, Ernst discovered that USAID's multi-million dollar project "exists in secret funds to put millions of American taxpayers' money into Ukraine for questionable purposes unrelated to our national interests."

“Funds that should have been used to ease the war-torn country’s economic woes were instead used for unimportant activities, such as sending Ukrainian models and designers to New York, London Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week and the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas,” investigators said.

One of the secret funds provided $114,000 to purchase a “high-end limited edition furniture line” and another $91,000 to fund a “trade mission for a Scandinavian-style furniture line.”

Investigators found that USAID also provided $148,000 in grants to “a pickle maker,” $255,000 to “an organic tea and coffee producer,” $104,000 to “an artisanal fruit tea company,” and $89,000 in support to “a Ukrainian vineyard.”

USAID also provided $300,000 each to a dog collar manufacturer and a company that sells pet tracking apps, $161,000 to "a modern knitwear supplier," $126,000 to "a photographer for a fashion design publication," and $84,000 in support to "a luxury bridal brand."

Ernst first began investigating USAID in November 2023, when he wrote a letter to then-USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

“I firmly support providing weapons and ammunition to Ukrainian militants to fight Putin,” Ernst told Power, “but I am not willing to spend nearly $25 billion of hard-earned U.S. taxpayer dollars on so-called economic aid to Ukraine, including subsidies for overseas businesses like a ‘luxury contemporary knit fashion store’ in Kyiv.”

In a Feb. 4 letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ernst said that “USAID has deliberately abused a system designed to protect the security of our nation’s classified information in order to limit congressional oversight of public information.”

Rubio replaced Power as acting administrator of USAID earlier this month. Most of the agency’s employees are on administrative leave, and layoffs are underway that could eliminate as many as 2,000 positions within the agency.

The Epoch Times obtained information about Ernst’s investigation the same day the House DOGE subcommittee prepared to hold a hearing focused on how USAID officials allocated at least $122 million in U.S. tax dollars to multiple organizations operating in the Middle East with documented ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, and al-Qaeda terrorist groups.

Gregg Roman, executive director of the Middle East Forum (MEF), told The Epoch Times on Tuesday (25th) that he would testify before the hearing panel that “there is a fox in the henhouse of our foreign aid system!”

Roman said, “This problem started under the Obama administration, intensified under the Biden administration, and now requires immediate action to stop the dangerous mismanagement and deadly ethical chaos.” “We are not just talking about waste, fraud, and abuse, this is a national security issue. Every dollar misused destabilizes conflict zones and endangers American lives.”

MEF investigators confirmed the evidence of terrorist links through U.S. government documents, USAID records, and other public sources of information.

The House DOGE Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, is part of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer. The House DOGE Panel, like the Senate DOGE Panel, was created in response to President Trump’s creation of the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

DOGE is conducting a forensic audit of federal spending across all federal departments and agencies. One of the first agencies to be reviewed is USAID.

“The revelations that the DOGE team uncovered together with USAID are shocking, but this is just the tip of the iceberg!” Greene said in a statement announcing the hearing on Wednesday (26th).

#sugerdaddyusa

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brihaley213 · 2 months ago

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‘FLORENTINA’ PROFILE

ꨄ names and nicknames.

KOREAN NAME: Yang Haewon

BIRTH NAME: Florentina Cecilia De Angelis

NICKNAMES: Florina, Tina, Wonnie (SKZ), mafia lady (media), Flora (stays), Vixen (danceracha)

TITLES: KOREA'S FASHION ICON. /| 4TH GEN IT GIRL. //. // JYP'S PRODIGY. // .. // IT GIRL..// MAFIA PRINCESS, GOLDEN GIRL

KNOWN FOR: BEING IN AN ALL BOYS-GROUP. //. // HER FASHION SENSE. // BEING THE GLOBAL AMBASSADOR FOR MANY BIG BRANDS SUCH AS : DIOR, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD •// BEING THE MOST SHIPPED IDOL IN THE 4TH GEN (WITH BOTH FEMALE AND MALE IDOLS.) // BEING FRIENDS WITH MANY WESTERN ARTISTS. // … MET GALA

ꨄ⠀birth information

BIRTHDAY: 01-02-97

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: OX

BIRTHPLACE: Milan, Italy, (then moved to Korea)

RESIDENCY. Milan, Italy ( 1997 - 2003 ) Seoul , South Korea ( 2004 - present )

NATIONALITY : Korean-Italian

ETHNICITY: Black Italian or Afro-Italian

LANGUAGES:

Fluent (English, Italian, Korean Japanese)

Learning: (Chinese, Spanish, French, Thai)

ꨄ gender and sexuality

GENDER. female

PRONOUNS. she / her

SEXUAL ORIENTATION. bisexual

RELATIONSHIP STATUS. taken

( 𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋. ?! )

HAIR COLOR: black ( debut natural )

EYE COLOR: light blue

HEIGHT: 180 cm / 5’9

body modifications: PIERCINGS. 4 on each ear, smiley (hardly used) tongue piercing ; TATTOOS lots of them…

FACE CLAIM: Megan the Stallion

VOCAL CLAIM: Megan the Stallion

DANCE CLAIM: Chole Bailey

RAP CLAIM: Megan the Stallion

ꨄ⠀pets

Atlas (older twin) Zeus (younger twin) Dobermans

Bo jangles (Portuguese water dog)

CAREER iNFORMATiON

stage name: Flora

agency: JYP Entertainment (2017 - present) SM Entertainment (2012-2016)

group: Stray Kids (2018 - present) SM ROOKIES (pre-debut)

Persona On Stage: Seductive, powerful, and unpredictable. The one who smirks at the camera while flipping a butterfly knife.

Persona Off Stage: Surprisingly soft-spoken, thoughtful, fiercely loyal to the members. The protector type who moves silently but cuts deep when needed

OCCUPATiON: Singer, Song-Writer, lyricist, Model, choreographer

Concept: Dark, Charismatic, and Mysterious

Position: Main Rapper, Lead dancer, Female Visual Producer, Sub-Vocalist.

DEBUT DATE : March 25, 2018

SKZOO : Tina the Tiger

EMOJi : 🖤 / 😏 (fans usually use the blackheart and smirking)

Signature Symbol: A black fox ring passed down from her mother’s side—a symbol of silent cunning and royal blood. Her fans (called Vixenaries) wear replicas.

solo endorsements.

• Vivienne Westwood (global ambassador) (5 years)

• Dior (global ambassador) (1 year )

• Victoria Secret (global ambassador) (8 months)

Social Media

Floywonnie_ ( instagram ) 40 million followers

Floywonnie_1 ( TikTok ) 10 million followers

Skill Ranking

vocal. 8.5 / 10

dance. 10 / 10

rap. 9 / 10

Stage presence. 8.5 / 10

acting. 6 / 10

songwriting. 9 / 10

Other Skills

•Combat Trained: (Used for action-heavy choreography)

•Songwriting: Especially introspective or storytelling tracks

•Choreography Design: Known for her stylized duets and floorwork

•Sneak Acting Roles: Has appeared in MV storylines and web dramas under a pseudonym

•Secret Weapon: She can freestyle rap in Italian with an icy tone that turns heads on live stages

( 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. ?! )

ENFJ-T. istp ( description —personality type with the Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging traits. These warm, forthright types love helping others, and they tend to have strong ideas and values. They back their perspective with the creative energy to achieve their goals.)

Positive: people-oriented, loyal, adaptable, strategic, empathetic, outgoing

Negatives: very high standards, afraid of letting people down, putting others first, stubborn/hardheaded,

phobias: Ophidiophobia- fear of snakes

LIKES: cheesecakes, writing, editing, spending for her members, gloomy weather, fashion, sleeping, horror movies

DISLIKES: being sick, members being upset, nosy people, studying, sudden loud noise, people making fun of her skin tone

Family Info that stays know:

ALEXANDER DE ANGELIS- THE FATHER

Head of the Angelis family, a conglomerate company chairman

Age: 54

Nationality: Italian

JISOO YANG DE ANGELIS- THE MOTHER

A fashion designer with her own brand, Zielle

Age: 50

Nationality: Korean-Australian

FLORENTINA HAWON DE ANGELIS- THE ONLY CHILD

Member of the famous Kpop group, Straykids

Age: 28

Real Info:

ALEXANDER DE ANGELIS:

Head of the Italian Mafia, Angelis

JISOO YANG DE ANGELIS:

Fashion designer, and wife of Alexander

FLORENTINA HAEWON DE ANGELIS:

Lawyer of the family, member of the famous K-pop group StrayKids

(. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀/FACTS. ?! )

• When she first joined JYP, she thought Changbin was just a big teddy bear

• she works out along with Changbin and has a very hot figure

• her role models are Adele, IU, Kiss of Life, and G-Dragon

• if she weren't in Stray Kids then she would've been an interior designer or joined the family business as a lawyer

• Being in a group with 8 boys, made her try out new styles and now she is often seen with short hair and men's fashion

• Florina has a knack for editing, she loves to click videos of the members and then make a short film

• her most viral hair was during 2023 Chuseok, having a wolf cut!

• on February 18, 2024, the Italian luxury sports car brand Ferrari worked with FLORINA and custom-designed a car solely for her.

• just like Chan, other members love to show off her abs

#stray kids #oc #mafia princess #stray kids x oc #florentina #9th member #9th member of skz #9th member of stray kids #fictional characters #k pop female oc

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actualbird · 14 days ago

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LONG AF POST AHEAD, IM SORRY I GOT CARRIED AWAY

Ok, so

You said to never ask you again to guess which of the NXX guys make the most money....BUT YOU NEVER SAID NOT TO ASK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, DID YOU??? :D

Specifically with Marius, what do you think would be the equivalent irl to PAX? Do we even have an irl company that is just as big, influential, and diversified as PAX? Cause I'm sure we all know the von Hagens are rich, but I don't think anyone can even begin to imagine just how rich they would be if we thought of PAX as a real company.

Heck, company isn't even the right term! PAX is a conglomerate 💀, but most irl conglomerates operate in very specific fields, so an irl PAX would be a mix of many already HUGE conglomerates???

I mean:

PAX Pharmaceutical = Johnson & Johnson

PAX Technologies = Microsoft

PAX Electronics = Samsung

PAX Shipping = DHL (?)

PAX Adventurer + PAX Fashion + PAX Beauty = LVMH

PAX Motors = BMW (???)

PAX Entertainment = 21st Century Fox / Disney

+ A very looooong etc????

If PAX would just be plenty of renowned brands all mashed together under the ownership of ONE single family, just how much money would PAX make a year?!??!?! AND HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THE VON HAGEN FAMILY HAVE?!?!?!?!?!

Besides, how tf does PAX's administration work? I know there's a main executive council and their respective sub-councils, but like... the rest of the von Hagen family branches at least oversee some PAX division and report back to the main branch, AKA Austin and now Marius? Or is the main branch the SOLE responsible party for this empire? If that's the case, Marius is def NOT having a good time rn.

I really think PAX is a monstrosity of an entity that is not talked enough, and would love to read your thoughts about it.

P.D. if anyone reached here after my almost-novel-length ask, know that you deserve all the cookies in the world 🍪

irt me ranking how much money the boys make

hello!! i got to the end of your ask so i will happily take the offered cookies 🍪

this is such an interesting ask!!! alas, i dont have much thoughts concerning all this because im as stupid as a bag of grapes and i have no knowledge whatsoever on corporations, conglomerates, or whatever fancy words are used for companies. im just a lowly employee from a small ad agency, thinking about these things is above my pay grade HAHAHAHA

i do agree that marius is not having a good time tho.....he cant have shit in his life

one thing i am sure of is that Pax probably owns like 95% of stellis one way or another. JKBKJSFSD

#asks #kamiaka

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gwaedhannen · 1 year ago

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au ideas? 👀

AU ideas! (Also thanks to the anon who asked)

Oh Eru this got long.

One of my first goals when I got into silm fic was a series of works depicting different ways in which canon events could have happened, ranging from different variations of canon compliance to off-the-wall AUs. And of course I decided two of the most controversial parts of canon would be the best places to start: Aredhel and Eöl, and Elwing's leap. I doubt I'll get to these fics any time soon, but I've got some ideas for the variations sketched out:

Ways in which a body strikes the ocean at terminal velocity

Elwing sends Elrond and Elros to hide, and runs the other way to pull the Feanoreans away. Cornered at the cliff, yells at them, jumps.

As before, but Elrond and Elros are captured and dragged before her.

She hands it over, and it burns. The holder walks off the cliff himself (and the other brother follows?)

She throws it away, and either gets stabbed and tossed off the cliff for that, or a brother walks off in despair.

Eärendil is also there. His cousins have made him a kinslayer. He's not happy about that.

Elurín and Eluréd are the leaders of Sirion instead. They leap together. Ulmo can only save one.

Ambarussa are the surviving Fëanorians instead of Maedhros and Maglor.

Ways in which the White Lady of the Noldor was lost in the darkness of Nan Elmoth

Generally canon compliant but give Aredhel a bit more agency (she was content at first, and Eöl's assholery doesn't become as much of an issue until after Maeglin is born, at which point she's unwilling to leave him behind if she flees).

As above, except Eöl has a crisis of conscious and admits his enchantment and manipulation while Aredhel is pregnant. She ditches him for Himlad.

Going off the NoME version where Eöl is an Amanyar Noldor and part of Fëanor's host, and he and Aredhel were followers of Melkor. In which Aredhel takes part in the kinslaying but Eöl doesn't, but Eöl somehow is on the boats when Fëanor and co. slip away. He's not happy about that, fucks off from Mithrim ASAP, and wanders into Nan Elmoth to chill out. Aradhel incidentally walks in 300 years later and shit's awkward.

Galadriel wanders into Nan Elmoth instead. Dunno exactly how this one goes but there's probably explosions involved and at least one of them dead (likely Eöl) within a year.

Nan Elmoth is hungry, and Eöl is trapped there as much as Aredhel is.

Other ideas:

Unwritten AKA "Dior DGAF"

In which Dior noclips out of the Halls of Mandos immediately upon arrival and goes right back into his body. He picks up his sons and walks out of the narrative layer.

The Dusk, the Dawn, the Earth/Dear Shadow Alive and Well/And I am Left

AKA the Beren/Lúthien/Thuringwethil OT3 series. In which Thuringwethil, irrevocably altered by Lúthien taking her bat-fell and partially re-singing her, knocks on their door demanding Lúthien undo whatever change made her start feeling things like "guilt" and "love". Lúthien, horrified by what she did (effectively partially rewriting her personality) agrees to help make a new fell. Beren's along for the ride.

For the fur, she joins Camlost on the hunt. Under his quiet direction she crafts traps for rabbits, whispering her thanks to Yavanna’s bounty as her teeth pierce their necks. She stalks foxes until she is near enough to dive upon them with her claws, Nessa’s most ancient name on her lips for sure steps and bursting speed. She fashions a bow from a young yew sapling, crafts arrows from reeds fletched with Tinúviel’s gifted feathers, strings it with her own hair, and praises Aulë’s ingenuity in searching chirps as the replies guide her aim to a grazing deer. And finally, she calls Tulkas to witness as she hefts Camlost’s spear towards the growls of a desperate wandering wolf bereft of its master. As each prize is skinned, she asks Oromë if she has taken too much from the wild, and trusts in the silence of his answer. The rabbits she consumes entire. The foxes she drains, and leaves the remains for the vultures. The deer she carries back for Tinúviel to prepare venison and jerky. The wolf they burn.

Also featuring the inherent trauma of watching your spouses die and giving your son the cursed jewelry you can tell will one day destroy him.

Children of Dior roleswap

In which Elurín and Eluréd escape with the Silmaril, and Elwing is captured (and not thrown into the woods for whatever reason) and raised by the Fëanorians and not told the details of the Kinslaying. She's thoroughly unhappy when she finds out.

She wants to scream until the entire hill crumbles into dust and ghosts. Murderers, murderers! Maedhros with his dead eyes and nightmares only she can sing away, Maglor and his endless laments for his own failures, Amrod with his maddened silence and vivisecting gaze, Amras desperate for salvation and haunted by guilt—not haunted enough! How long did they mean to continue the lie? Now she knows why Maedhros refuses to train her beyond basic self-defense. Why Maglor only teaches her Songs of healing and succor. Why Amras never brings her more than a mile from the citadel to practice woodcraft. Why Amrod gives her nothing at all. She is a hostage without need for chains and locks, with no way to survive the wilds and roaming orcs should she run. If she looks east and a little south, can she pretend she sees the shoreline kingdom where her brothers reign? She doesn’t even know their names.

Yet another Gil-Galad origin theory

In which Gil-Galad gets adopted by no fewer than three Finweans and yet is blood related to none of them.

Still-untitled "Fëanor takes the Helcaraxë" AU

Second problem: how exactly is he going to get his people to Endórë? Tol Eressëa is anchored, and regardless Ulmo would not move it again for them. The Noldor have little skill in boatcraft, and even if they did, the sheer number required would take decades to build. But there are already fine ships in Aman, are there not? Well maybe he should've thought of that two hundred leagues ago.

Túrin and Nienor live

Unfortunately they're still cursed.

#stormthinken

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orville-j-clutchpopper · 2 years ago

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Alright..... I borrowed something here. I'm pasting the whole thing because I want you to read it, and not have to waste time clicking a link, and I want you to THINK about it... PONDER, even. I think this is 100% spot on, and I also think it raises just as many questions as it answers, and I don't think enough people are talking about this...

Notice Something About This Israeli War and The Gaza Conflict? October 9, 2023 The coverage of the attacks by Hamas against the Israeli people is extensive, but have you paused to notice a very peculiar dynamic? As familiar to most news consumers, various media war correspondents are embedded throughout the Israel and Gaza region. Flak jackets and helmets are worn by CNN, BBC, Fox News and all the international agencies who are covering the Israeli War. All of that footage is common and familiar. Television streams are lit up with the continuing coverage and the audience is brought in live to the fight, despite the dangers and the military combat that is taking place throughout the area. Brave war correspondents are doing what they do, showing the public exactly what is happening on the ground as the fighting continues. Yet, the extensive footage triggers a reminder of something…. The war in Ukraine has been raging for 20 months, and not once, not even one single time, did we see simultaneous international war correspondents delivering their reporting, showing action on the front lines, donning their protective gear and taking the audience toward the battles in a similar fashion. The contrast between the War in Israel and the “War” in Ukraine could not be starker when viewed through the prism of what a real combat war looks like. Why is that? You know the answer to that question. You might not want to absorb the truth behind this stark reality, but the war in Ukraine is an intelligence war, a creation of the U.S. State Department, CIA, and allied intelligence networks. All of the information coming from the Ukraine War doesn’t come complete with accompanying war correspondents to give context to the statements made by the military officials on the ground in Ukraine, because there isn’t any way to connect to something that just doesn’t exist. The “War” in Ukraine is World War Reddit. A war carried out and advanced by the intelligence system that created it. As the night life and dance festivals in Kiev continue, it would be challenging for the international war correspondents, the actual media, to deliver broadcast ground reports from Ukraine without using green screens and fabricated livestreams. That’s why we have never seen them. The Ukraine War is an intelligence operation, and with it comes the need for high control over the propaganda to support it. It would be troublesome for those carrying out the Ukraine operation if people were brought into the “fight” by media. Worse still, it would be very challenging to retain support for an intelligence operation, if the American and global population realized it is propaganda. We’ve seen more footage of the war inside Israel in 48 hours than we have seen inside Ukraine in two years. Carry on….

H/T Sundance @ Conservative Treehouse.

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rainbowxocs · 7 months ago

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FIREBIRD CHARACTER REF

Name: Firebird

Alt Names: Sasha Mayfleet

Age: 26

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Bi?Demi?

Gender: Female

Species: Human(mutant?)

Disorders: ADHD, ODD

Job: Babysitter

Lives in: Smithsberg Oregon

Languages: English, French

Height: 5’8

Color of Eyes: Amber

The color of Hair: Light brown, blond highlights

Hobbies: Music, Fire spinning, Arson, Parkour, Fencing

Fears: Does not trust anyone outside her core group, losing control, totally insecure and mistrusting of the world.

Assumed external perception: Most people consider her very capable and responsible, as well as kind and understanding.

Self-Confidence: Sky-high

Race: Caucasian

Accent: California Accent

RELATIONSHIPS:

Fox -Dating

Serenity – Friends

Mouse -Friends

Axum – were friends

Todd -Acquaintances

Vagabond- Dating

Mamma Dragon- Adoptive mother

Vehicle: Dirtbike/a repainted Schoolbus

Powers: Pyrokinesis

Weapons: Dagger, Meteor hammer (Flaming), Matches, Fire

Alignment: Neutral Good

Text Color: RED

Main Animal: Phoenix

Favorite Food: S’mores

Favorite Flower: Red Celosia

Scent: Flame and Ash

Awareness: none

Birthday: March 18

Theme: Firebird’s Child by SJ Tucker

Special Interests: Fire, Music

Fashion Board:

Comfort Objects: Her Father’s deerskin drum, her mother’s old long Red Trenchcoat which she wears everywhere. Both have been fireproofed

Brief Personality: Firebird is a feisty confident young woman who has a moral compass that can be boiled down to “Don’t hurt kids and don’t let anyone else hurt kids” and “Murder is fine if they were hurting the people I care about.” Most people see her as a one-dimensional cheerleader/babysitter type. If you piss her off you get the “Demon sent from hell to get you specifically perspective. Due to childhood trauma she hates adults but she's recently agreed to get a therapist and might start trusting that specific adult in the next year or so. (This woman is 26)

Brief Backstory: After a burglary gone wrong, a 5 year old Sasha’s parents are killed. In a panic the young girl burns down the house, hiding in the bathtub with her mother’s coat and father’s Drum as the house burns around her. The Burglars died in the fire, but she ‘miraculously’ survived. Naturally she is immediately dumped into the American foster system and is soon labeled a problem child but also a jinx: when she’s placed in abusive homes they tend to burn down but it’s really hard to pin the six year old with no access to flammable materials as the one who keeps committing arson so it’s usually pointed at unsafe wiring.

When she’s about 8 she imprints on an older kid who is involved in some serious gang activity. Said older kid figures out her fire abilities and she is for a short time trained as a weapon by the gang. Something goes sideways, four city blocks burn down, and Sasha is picked up by a government agency tasked with suppressing these newfound mutants so things don’t go out of hand.

While in the facility she starts taking a disliking to the name Sasha and preferring the Name Firebird. Nobody really knows where that name came from, maybe it was her parents, or a foster home that gave it to her. Maybe she made it up one day. She gives a different answer anytime you ask and no one will ever know but her. (When I went to neverland peter pan called me Firebird. Once I jumped over a bonfire and the name stuck. My red jacket flares out like wings when I ride my bike fast. Etc,) She also begins to hate adults in general as they have never done anything good for her or anyone else (so she believes.)

Firebird Befriends another child named Axum and they make their escape around the time she turns 10 years old. Firebird causes so many problems for so many people and discovers that bullets have a melting point. She can no longer be contained or controlled. She makes a bunch of friends in her year (10-11) on the street, including finding a young girl who has no real name, except the moniker Mouse, and a dozen kids and teens in various states of homelessness. She also pisses off a lot of adults who keep trying to human traffic the defenseless street kids only to find their best guys burnt up.

Exactly a year later, on the other side of the country, Firebird appears in a locked sheriff’s office in Maine. She is shuffled through the foster system, makes a few more friends, then is shipped back to Oregon, and fostered by a few families before being adopted by Miss Trudy, or as Firebird immediately renames her; “Mamma Dragon”. She also establishes her friendship with Fox and Vagabond, the three of them becoming very close and very capable young women.

Nowadays Firebird runs a babysitting and daycare company, the HQ of which is an old hotel retrofitted to be one of the coolest community centers of all time, with space for kids and teens and designated art, music, and study rooms as well as a floor that’s been remade into a lasertag arena. This is what happens when you let 18 year olds design a kid and teen friendly space. Once a year Firebird and her crew will head out on a roadtrip around the states to give the various bounty hunters and pissed off government agents with chips on their shoulders a shot to come for their heads- and then promptly get reminded why they stopped bugging her when she turned 15 and learned what “Proper fighting form” and “Control” were.

#oc reference #oc writing #firebird #momma dragon #momma dragon babysititng #sasha mayfleet #Morgan Posting #Mouse and Firebird Stories

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polijakefim · 2 years ago

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Meet Travis the Aussie who's big Down Under BRIEFS ENCOUNTER THAT CHANGED 'CROC DUNDEE' KID'S LIFE As he scanned the Los Angeles horizon with just $60 in his pocket and beaten-up old shoes on his feet, newly-arrived Travis Fimmel had little idea of what fate held in store for him.

Just a year or so earlier, this latter-day Crocodile Dundee was running barefoot around his family's dairy farm in Australia and tearing about the bush on a motorbike.

Now Travis, 21, was on the verge of fame and fortune - but old habits die hard. As he walked into the offices of LA Models, he realised that he had instinctively slung his tatty trainers over his shoulder.

He needn't have worried. Model booker Paul Nelson cast a professional eye over the muscular torso topped with an angelic, boyish face - and signed him on the spot.

"He had a beautiful face, a very funny personality - it all clicked," says Nelson. "We helped him out with money and a place to stay. We believed in him from the beginning."

That was last April. The young man who used to milk cows to earn pocket money was months away from one of the biggest deals with Calvin Klein since Kate Moss made her name at the fashion house.

THE extremely well-endowed Aussie, now 22, is on a six-figure deal to front the underwear campaign that has sent ripples of desire and envy throughout the population.

Gazing down from a giant billboard in downtown New York, Travis is an Adonis clad in skimpy white briefs. His image is plastered on billboards and in magazines worldwide. A week ago, he was in London's Selfridges autographing underwear for fans.

But when he opens his mouth to speak, the words that come tumbling out are not in sync with his sex-symbol status. In his Aussie drawl, he says frankly of the huge poster: "I don't look at it, man." He is also quick to laugh off the idea of being an object of desire for many women - and some men, too.

"Can't take it seriously, mate. Embarrassing. Funny." Then with a cheeky smile, he relents saying: "It's good, it makes a lot of people happy."

There is no holding back the Aussie bluntness. He says of new boss Klein: "You'd think he'd be stuck-up but he's just so down-to-earth. He's rich as f***, though."

After appearing in a Jennifer Lopez video, he described the diva thus: "She's got a fat a*** but she's very nice." As for his instant success and the underwear shoots: "I felt like a p***k. I was very self-conscious I have to say, mate." Still, at least he did them. He once declared: "No way, mate, I'm not wearing jocks."

These days Travis has more "jocks" than he can use. Along with the year-long contract comes a supply of Calvin Klein pants: "I've got 500 pairs of them at home. I only have to wash about once every two months."

Travis grew up on his parents' remote farm 26 miles outside Echuca in Victoria. The youngest of three brothers, he worked on the farm and rode around on motorcycles and hunted foxes.

Proud mother Jenny says: "He would disappear and camp out for the night. Even now, he jumps on a motorbike and heads out to see what's been happening on the farm." She offers some insight into why her son is dismissive about his good looks: "He was small, the little guy, so it doesn't suit his character to make a big deal about his looks."

At 17, Travis moved to Melbourne to play football and study sport management at university. But hopes of a sporting career were dashed when he broke his leg.

It was while working out in a Melbourne gym that he was spotted by a talent scout from Peter Chadwick Model Agency.

Booker Matthew Anderson recalls: "He never saw himself as a star and I don't think he does now. He is either genuinely not aware of his appearance, or he's just playing it cool. It might be a mixture of both." Part-time modelling jobs took Travis from Melbourne to London. At 19, he dated then All Saint Nicole Appleton. But after a short affair, Travis dipped out of the limelight, dumping Nicole because she was "boring".

It was only a matter of time before he decided to try his luck in America. "Just to see the country," he says. "I keep saying: 'I am not a model, mate. It's just a job to make money to travel'."

After being plucked from obscurity by LA Models, the young Aussie found himself in close proximity to a number of leading ladies.

But his talent for speaking his mind appears to be almost as big as his talent for filling Calvin Klein's new Body Underwear line. He even describes playing the love interest in a Janet Jackson video as "cheesy". Today he lives in LA and is more likely to be found surfing the waves than trapped inside a gym: "I'm the most unhealthy person in the world."

Travis has also been spotted out with Hollywood beauty Meg Ryan, 40. The pair recently dined at Manhattan's Nobu sushi restaurant owned by Robert De Niro. They shared plates of raw fish and giggled like schoolkids.

But we'll have to wait to see whether a more mature woman can tame this wandering Aussie spirit. "Modelling is so boring," he confides. "It's meant to be glamorous but you sit there for ages.

"I don't have a clue what I'm doing. I might go home straight after this. I might go travelling again. My plan is to make a plan."Interview by Emma Hibbs

#polijake_fim #travis fimmel #ragnar lothbrok #vikings

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reversecreek · 1 year ago

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welcome to marina, WILLA DENEURVE ( woman, she/her ) ! they are a TWENTY-EIGHT year old who has lived on the island for TWO MONTHS. word on the street is they’re currently living in HYLAND PARK and works as an ACTRESS. everyone also says they look a lot like ASHLEY MOORE. what do you think?

“Her voice was trained, supple as leather, precise as a knife-thrower’s blade. Singing or talking, it had the same graceful quality, and an accent I thought at first was English, but then realized was the old-fashioned American of a thirties movie, a person who could get away with saying “grand”. Too classic, they told her when she went out on auditions. It didn’t mean old. It meant too beautiful for the times.” — Janet Fitch, White Oleander.

HISTORY:

willa ws born to honestly like….. the perfect family not to honk my own tit bt……………. they were jst rly quite wholesome. her mum celeste was this larger than life person who could never b contained by the four walls of any room she was in. she hd the presence of a gold glitter chess piece on an otherwise mundane wooden board. her dad marlon used to always joke that he had absolutely NO idea how he landed her bc he was just this like. rly average guy by all accounts n purposes….. blended into the sea in high skl……. had a few close friends but was never rly Notable or made a proper impression anywhere…… he always retold it as him coasting thru life until he met her in college. kind of like he’d been half awake before

willa always very much took after celeste…… there’s this one quote i remember reading that goes vaguely like “my mom and i would sit and listen to leonard cohen and joni mitchell lyrics together. from a young age i remember her being like “i’m playing this song and when it’s done i want u to tell me what’s happening in it” n she would give me a fake glass of wine when i was 8 and i would listen and b like. i think there was an affair.” which so much summarises their dynamic…… she ws just so like. dramatic n fun n always encouraged that in willa too. her mum was like. everything she aspired to be…… got scouted by a modelling agency in college n shot one campaign before blowing it off simply bc she was bored. starred lead in a play. spent a few weeks travelling asia selling handmade candles shaped like koi fish or curled up foxes or elegantly stretched hands. dated a parisian movie star during a break she and her father took n was featured in tabloids on his arm at the premiere. sm fun n exotic stories willa literally cldn’t get enough. whenever she’d tell them to willa as a kid her dad wld roll his eyes like ohhhhh here she goes again but it’d all b playful n he’d smile bc he honestly cldn’t get enough either. the stuff dreams are made of luv (lizzie mcguire stans rise)

(car accident & death tw) so u know when ur walking down a flight of stairs n then out of nowhere u miss a step n u get that lurch in ur stomach like ur in free fall? yeah. i won’t go into it too much but one night they were driving back from getting frozen yogurt and then suddenly they weren’t. she doesn’t rly remember much about it except for completely ignoring the doctors trying to give her the news and just saying “dad chose pecan. who chooses pecan?” n repeating that over n over n over until it didn’t rly register in her ears as english any more.

willa was uprooted from marina at 11 to go n live w her aunt in NY. this was like. a huge adjustment honestly….. her aunt blanche hd always been a little unconventional bt extremely glamorous. she lived in an old defunct theatre she’d bought out n came from a lot of money. willa’s mum’s side of the family hd always been well off bt celeste opted to live a little more Ordinarily shall we say after settling whereas blanche ws jst balls to the walls dripping w eccentric excess…. wld say she was never naked bc she ws always wearing black opium by yves saint laurent…… probably the living embodiment of la vie boheme….. she’d been admitted a yr early to a rly prestigious parisian design school n is an AMAZING seamstress. a corset she stitched a broadway star into got commissioned fr an actress’ red carpet walk at an indie film festival. rly just lived such a life rich w lots of stories n lots of talent too…… had that star quality essence tht her mum had n that was smthn willa found quite comforting everything considered.

(grief tw) u would think maybe a situation like this (one involving so much sudden change) wld cause a kid of tht age to withdraw into her shell bt willa only came out of her shell MORE. she coped w her situation by spinning it into a celebrity origin story inside her head. the tear jerker tale someone tells during their x factor audition to get the judges rooting for them. mentally streamlining things. repackaging all that hurt as a surefire ticket to success bc it had to be useful for something right? there had to b a point to it right? willa decided the point was she’s a star. KFHSGKFHGFKHGKJSFHG. get it girl….. she ws literally just like ok well clearly i’m destined to be famous n i’m the main character of this story. this story called earth. it’s all about me.

rly heavily immersed herself in her high skl theatre scene……. loved experimenting w fashion n literally wore the most outlandish things like. she treated the hallways like her milan f/w debut every new school yr…… a lot of the things she wore were actual like. costumes frm her aunt’s collection…… she has a multi-story closet u have to climb ladders to reach things in like a very rustic library…. it rly wasn’t uncommon for willa to turn up one day corsetted like a pirate with billowing sleeves or sporting the baby blue gingham of a swedish milk maid. it’s like she literally jst…… became a role. always. every day. the world ws her stage. the cameras were always rolling. her aunt only encouraged this tbh n honestly? icon. we love to see it. willa partied a bunch n rly lived a lax lifestyle where responsibility was concerned…. her aunt ws her best friend…… made rly gd friends with performers in the drag club scene n loved the glitz of that….. lots of wild nights turned grossly bright mornings

snagged an agent fresh into her first yr of college (she gt accepted to a pretty competitive theatre program at [redacted] in NY bc i haven’t looked into what that wld be yet <3 i’m merely a helpless british lass <3) n booked a few commercials n things….. when i say willa wld enter audition rooms like she owned the place i’m rly not exaggerating…. once she turned up to a casting call for MEN n just walked right to the front of the line scraping a random chair along the way n then took a seat w her legs crossed popping a bubble in her gum as they all glared at her like wtf is literally going on who are u. she received several complaints n she was just like “ur all acting so jealous of me….”

i feel like she got a pretty big role in a theatre production in her last yr at school. haven’t decided what yet. maybe smthn rocky horror or even mimi in rent. this was meant to b some like huge moment for willa like yes girl finally making it ur on ur way this is what u wanted n she WAS happy abt it but once it was wrapped she jst had this strange like Huh feeling in her chest……. n a la celeste w all her exciting stories was just like well i’ve done that so what’s next?

SO basically i feel like she finally moved back to marina a few months ago n lives in the big empty house in hyland park tht used to belong to her parents. she inherited it n never sold it. it's kind of eerie n weird n like a giant frozen shrine. she hd a brief stint starring on a reality tv show beforehand where her dog gained a handful of fan accounts dedicated to him……. u maybe will see why in the first bullet point of her personality section………… FKGHKSHFGGKFSHKHG. honestly she ws received pretty well too (mostly bc she’s so fking dramatic n like a caricature of a person) bt it wasn’t anything to warrant actual Fame (despite what willa herself might think). she’s mostly jst like. chilling honestly. accepting scripts n flying out fr auditions still. she’ll nab the occasional part bt she’s looking for that One Thing that rly feels like her big moment….. otherwise i cn just imagine her treating marina like a little dollhouse compared to the roaring mansion of NYC n having fun playing around in it. strikes a pose w a hand on my hip…. and now to personality.

PERSONALITY:

got a very large n lithe greyhound n named him marlene dietrich bc she was a black n white hollywood starlet famously known for her affairs n “bedroom eyes”. willa was like ugh. icon status instantly. didn’t rly foresee the responsibilities tht came w owning a dog tht loves exercise n complains abt him being like “ugh he wants to run soooooooooo much 🙄 like where are u literally going”. having said tht loves him dearly n he can often be seen wearing little clothes. a baby’s bonnet. a quilted leather waistcoat. a custom dog boa. he’s very glamorous. willa calls him a gay icon despite no evidence to support this theory. she also says he can sniff out evil in ppl so she brings him sometimes when she’s first introduced to a friend’s new bf n if his nose quivers a certain way she’s like “marlene has spoken. it’s done”. her friends r like omg? what’s done? willa gets up n walks away without elaborating. marlene’s little paws clicking along the floor w attitude.

literally dressed as marie antoinette for her high skl prom even tho there was no theme pertaining to this. jst loves the spotlight. can fake cry and WILL to get out of a parking ticket or teach someone to watch their tone or even simply for the theatrics of it all. the Most dramatic………….. rly fits being an actress like when people find out what she does it’s very like oh that makes sense.

says she doesn’t get hangovers. she’s just like “i revoked that it doesn’t happen to me”. alludes tht this is bc she’s an all powerful deity that was Chosen to be Blessed bt really she’s jst great at bouncing back n acting fine even w a blistering headache. it’s about believing the performance so much that u even convince urself.

has an extremely elevated sense of self importance bc this is kind of the equivalent of several layers of bubble wrap to cushion her frm the world. strives to b extraordinary bc ordinary honestly feels like a death sentence n there’s nothing she’d want to b seen as less. despite this weight she puts on that she rly doesn’t tend to let ppl’s opinions affect fr the most part like she’s quite firmly set in this I’m Literally The Most Gorgeous And Beautiful Angel Star Creature To Walk This Narsty Little Earth view

probably an incredibly big fan of dramatic short lived love affairs. she wants the glamour of it all. the scandal. the randomly breaking up w someone in a public place n sliding on sunglasses after delivering the words over a freshly ordered coffee (tht she’ll leave without drinking bc that’s star power babey she waits fr no man or no hot beverage)…….. has no preference gets w any n all regardless of gender……… romanticises things so they hv a better spin or story in her head n doesn’t rly take things seriously like jst has fun in her fantasy world…. she’s like ugh chuck i know u wanted to marry me but i’m a beautiful bird in a cage n u literally need to undo the latch n set me free……. the guy’s like……. my name’s chase n we’ve only been on two dates….. willa’s like…… please don’t take this so hard i can tell ur besides urself but people r starting to stare……. gets up n leaves. no-one was staring. chase is confused n honestly probably semi concerned fr her welfare.

always has to b the hottest n most glamorous person in a grocery store…. probably goes to them when she doesn’t even need anything jst holding a basket nonchalantly over her forearm glancing over at a cashier in her wizard of oz corset seamed interpretation on a dorothy dress thinking he wants me soooo bad it’s not even funny….. seduces him over the check out counter jst for him to ask her to come back to his so she can lean back scandalised n cry “IS THAT THE KIND OF WOMAN U THINK I AM, PAUL?! YOU’RE A GHASTLY LITTLE MAN, YOU ARE….” with all the gusto of a telenovela. attracts the shocked glances of all surrounding elderly.

speaks fluent french. probably on her brief stint on tht reality show i mentioned earlier was like “ugh can you believe Deneurve of this guy?” n in her head was like this catchphrase is sensational it’ll catch on fast the twittersphere is abt to implode but it didn’t become a thing except for in a small isolated community. despite this she’s like “yeah it went viral….. go figure. just another day in the life.”

honestly like a lot of fun bt also a huge handful at the same time. keeps her real Serious emotions in a locked box bt is always overflowing w melodramatics n rly giving her all at the drop of a hat where Performing is concerned. probably Loves parties n sees them as another form of production in which she wants to b the lead. rly just. loves herself. except does she? 🤔 lifts my hand up like rihanna n winks. find out next time. lucky by britney plays as i slowly disintegrate in spiderman rp…..

#marina:intro

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compellingselling · 1 year ago

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vimeo

Nice video, Nike, but you violated our unspoken agreement

This is a cool video. Fun camerawork, interesting people, and catchy music that drives a sharp edit. And everybody’s outfits look great.

But, Nike, that’s not the deal we made with you.

Sure, the reality is that we wear Nike gear strictly for fashion, but only because you tell us you’ve made these shoes and clothes for serious athletes and serious athletics.

That’s why you call them “cross training” shoes even though they're “walk from the car to the back of Walmart” shoes.

It’s the same deal we have with Ford. Ford tells us the F-150 is built for driving over boulders on construction sites and hauling stacks of cinder blocks. Then we use our pick-ups to go to Taco Bell via paved interstates.

And Wheat Thins tells us they’re baked, not fried, and made with 100% whole grain. Even though they have almost as many calories as potato chips.

M&M’s sells a “sharing size” bag that none of us will ever share.

Of all people, marketers should know and abide by these unspoken agreements their brands have made with their customers – knowing full well these are based on image and not based on reality.

There ARE some athletes in Nike’s video. If you happen to recognize them or read the press release. But they’re not seen doing their sport. Such a pure fashion play is all the more startling given Nike’s discipline over the decades to sell sports and not the "concrete runway."

Agency: In-house. Director: Audrey Ellis Fox. Via: Shots.net.

#ads #advertising #adverts #creative advertising #advertising education #commercials #ad #tv commercials #youtube #video advertising #nike #nike ads #nike adverts #Vimeo

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 2 years ago

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Joel Pett, Lexington Courier Journal

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The most important development in the Republican “debate” on Wednesday evening was that six of the eight candidates pledged to support Trump for president if he is the nominee even if he is convicted in his pending criminal trials. (DeSantis, Haley, Scott, Ramaswamy, Pence, and Burgam said they would support Trump.) In essence, they pledged to be part of Trump's ongoing, slow-rolling attempted coup, the final stages of which include pardoning the coup plotters. That singular moment marks the Republican Party’s nadir, its everlasting moment of shame and humiliation.

During the debate, the candidates espoused other outrageous positions: climate change is a hoax, support for a national abortion ban, blaming teacher unions and single mothers for the problems in education, proposing invading Mexico with US special forces, and cutting aid to Ukraine. None of the candidates provided an actual proposal for America’s future, other than Ramaswamy’s line, “Drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear.”

On the one hand, it is distressing that the leading GOP candidates support such reactionary and dangerous positions. On the other hand, most Americans reject the positions articulated on the Fox debate stage Wednesday evening. On many major issues—like reproductive liberty and climate change—Americans reject the GOP positions by twenty to thirty percentage points. Republicans are on the wrong side of history and of this precarious moment for democracy. Trump's extremism has warped the GOP field so drastically that the candidates are taking positions that render them unelectable in a general election.

The dysfunction on display on Wednesday evening provides an opportunity for Democrats. In addition to endless free videos for attack ads directed at the eventual nominee, Democrats should convert every negative, destructive, mean-spirited notion espoused on the debate stage into a positive, productive, forward-looking message about Democratic accomplishments over the last three years. We can do that; indeed, the positive messages write themselves after the hate-fest on display on Wednesday evening.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

Donald Trump has warned of a threat of conflict in the US after saying that he expects the Democrats to steal the 2024 election from him.

The former US president also suggested to Tucker Carlson, in a Twitter interview with the far-right former Fox News host staged to undermine the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, that he is concerned “the left” will try to kill him.

In a rambling interview, speckled with discussion of conspiracy theories from whether the billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in his jail cell to the role of federal agencies limiting the amount of water in washing machines, Trump took aim at critics on all sides in his traditional derisory fashion.

But the social media broadcast took a dark turn when, after discussion of the numerous criminal charges against Trump and divisions in the US, Carlson asked if he thinks the US is headed to “civil war” and “open conflict”.

Trump said he didn’t know but then added: “I can say this. There’s a level of passion that I’ve never seen, there’s a level of hatred that I’ve never seen, and that’s probably a bad combination.”

Carlson responded: “That is a bad combination.”

[The Guardian]

#Robert B. Hubbell #Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter #Republican debate #Joel Pett #The guardian #TFG

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ref4353 · 27 days ago

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There's a fox in the chicken coop! Investigation reveals US Agency for International Development provides non-military related funds to Ukraine

The picture shows the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC. (Photo: Reuters)

One of the secret funds provided $114,000 to purchase a “high-end limited edition furniture line” and another $91,000 to fund a “trade mission for a Scandinavian-style furniture line.”

Ernst first began investigating USAID in November 2023, when he wrote a letter to then-USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

MEF investigators confirmed the evidence of terrorist links through U.S. government documents, USAID records, and other public sources of information.

DOGE is conducting a forensic audit of federal spending across all federal departments and agencies. One of the first agencies to be reviewed is USAID.

“The revelations that the DOGE team uncovered together with USAID are shocking, but this is just the tip of the iceberg!” Greene said in a statement announcing the hearing on Wednesday (26th).

#suger daddy usa

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cksmart-world · 2 months ago

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SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart

February 18, 2025

MIKE LEE SEEKS TO CUT FUNDING FOR MARXIST NPR AND PBS

Hey Wilson, did you realize that NPR and PBS are a bunch of commie pinkos. Big Bird and Cookie Monster are actually Marxist shills. Who knew. But thanks to Utah Sen. Mike Lee we now see that's exactly what they are and he wants to stop funding them immediately through his “Defund Government Sponsored Propaganda Act.” As Lee explained, those radio and television networks don't spout the patriotic right-wing agenda. They aren't like that bastion of patriotism, Fox News; and aren't owned by that great patriot family from Australia via London, the Murdoch clan, headed up by the prince of fairness and balance, Rupert Murdoch. As Sen. Lee said, NPR and PBS produce biased news and use taxpayer money to “disseminate political propaganda.” And if Lee doesn't know political propaganda, who does. When the PBS series “NOVA” broadcasts programs such as “Saving the Right Wales” or “Ancient Builders of the Amazon,” it's actually a sneak attack on the American people — educating them while they aren't looking. The last thing MAGA needs is a knowledgeable electorate. That's why NPR and PBS are so antithetical to good authoritarian governance. So goodbye Bert, Ernie, Elmo and Baby Bear, it's been nice knowing you — too bad you turned out to be such radical propagandists.

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES AND MONEY BAG

A nude man was rumored to be streaking the back corridors of the U.S. Capitol Building and sources who saw that pink South African butt said it bore a resemblance to the fanny of Elon Musk. Those in the know say the South African native has always been a flasher and show off. Lately, with unbridled authority from President Donald J. Trump, Elon has taken to slashing the “Deep State” here, there and everywhere. As evidence by his garlic-eating grin, he seems to be enjoying it. The $250 million he contributed to Trump's campaign looks to be worth every penny. Elon — the world's richest man — is quite vocal about his desire to cut $3 trillion from the federal budget. He's a bit less chatty about the $5.3 billion in grants he and his companies have received from U.S. taxpayers. But that ain't all, he's also got an additional $5.5 billion in loans and contracts from the Department of Energy and NASA. That's a total of $10.8 billion. Will he trim the waste from his own taxpayer funded welfare? Nah. Not so with U.S.A.I.D., the agency that does humanitarian work around the globe, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Personnel Management, EPA, and Veterans Affairs. Still, Republicans seem to like the emperor's new clothes and they are slaves to fashion, if you catch our drift.

THE JAN. 6 BOARD GAME IS HERE — FOR REAL!

“Fight for America” is kinda like a cross between the board game Risk and Dungeons & Dragons. Ten thousand mini insurrectionists face off against 2,000 tiny cops in front of a 14-foot long Capitol Building that's five feet high. The game designer, Alessio Cavatore, hopes it will bring Reds and Blues together. "Let's play a game and then let's have a chat. Let's talk about things. We may not change minds, but at least we're getting an understanding from the other side." Right. How do you talk to people who continue to insist Trump won in 2020 despite rulings from over 60 courts. Ugh. Anyway, each player has a character card representing a real person who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Winning is the only objective, no matter the toll. Sound familiar? The Red Team, of course, wants to hang Mike Pence. No Wilson, we'll never know what would have happened it they had found him. But all of the insurrectionists are now out of prison and some are vowing retribution. Wonder if they'd like to play a game of “Fight for America” or maybe terrorize some judges. It's kinda strange Wilson, Americans reelected the guy who sought to overturn a free and fair election and who then let all those rioters out of prison. How do we deal with that? Create a board game, of course. God bless America.

Post script — That's a wrap for another week in Donald Trump's Golden Age America where Smart Bomb's crack staff keeps track of Denmark's attempts to buy California so you don't have to. Xavier Dutoit is one adroit Dane — he launched a petition prodding Denmark to buy California — it has gathered more than 250,000 signatures. “Have you ever looked at a map and thought, You know what Denmark needs?” the petition asks. “More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.” This, of course, comes on the heels of Trump's demand to buy Greenland from Denmark. Dutoit told the Associated Press that Trump didn't seem to grasp how “unhinged and absurd” that is. Well Wilson, at least the Danes can expect to get something for Greenland, unlike what Trump is offering Palestinians for the Gaza Strip. Secretary of State Marco Rubio doubled down in Israel on the plan to relocate 2 million Palestinians to Egypt or Jordon or somewhere, so the U.S. can take ownership of their homeland and develop it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” How do you spell c-o-l-o-n-i-z-a-t-i-o-n? And finally this: President Trump will form a task force on eradicating anti-Christian bias on account of white Christian men are discriminated against almost as much as Jesus of Nazareth. Poor babies.

Well Wilson, there are storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Better get the guys in the band to put down the Cuervo and take us out with something that'll help gird our loins:

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten Where black is the color, where none is the number And I'll tell and speak it and think it and breathe it And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin' But I'll know my song well before I start singin' And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

(Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall — Bob Dylan)

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the "henry ford so racist he took black inventions and blamed it on the Jews" is a big thing with antisemitism and white supremacy in general.

To the White Supremacist their enemy are Jews and anything that view as undermining Whitness and White Society is a plot by the Jews.

So Jazz and Blue Grass and R&B and Soul and Rap and the subcategories of these genres of music also well as the many other music genres the Black people created are "bad" and "corrupting".

It is also why Rock and Roll was seen as corrupting for a good while, but over time as more white people got into to it and that concept of the corrupting influence of rock left the mainstream and instead you get the downplay and out right denial of Black people's role in the creation of Rock.

It is why high fashion that was influenced from Black communities does not get its fair dues and is not looked at in the same way and is often treated as being "unprofessional" and other dog-whistle and coded terms.

When a lot Street Wear Style fashion has different looks and ways of styling. You can make a 3 piece suit look unprofessional.

The same goes with a lot of makeup techniques/looks and just so on.

So you have these creative things coming from Black communities primarily in the Americas and from African Diaspora.

And what happens is the White Supremacists be they openly so or not will got this is bad because it Black, it has African roots, and that just by existing is bad because they are lesser.

And it is being pushed onto us White People by the Jews as a way to corrupt the youth and undermine our White Society.

And with that they make the Jews the ultimate evil who even just by breathing are being nefarious and they also stripping away agency from the Black community and the Black creators and inventors.

To White Supremacists Black people clearly must tools for Jewish people it can't possibly that we are two communities that exist.

That Henry Ford was so worried about Jazz because to him it was the most obvious thing ever that Jazz was plot by the Jews to destroy the White Race and that the Jews were using Black people as the tool with Jazz and that had to be stopped.

It couldn't be that people liked Jazz and it was popular. Not there has to be a secret evil Jewish plot.

And that is how is goes take White Genocide or the coded name The Great Replacement or Replacement Theory (which was created by a French neo-Nazi) and it that Jews are using various non-white immigrant groups to replace the native white populace. So when this first was being spoken of online 20-30 ish years ago it was in the context of Muslim immigrants and refugees and Europe.

Once Trump starting running for President first time around it was now offline and in the mainstream and more America focused.

Now online in the various places that neo-nazis would talk they would say White Genocide and they would talk about in terms of the places like Australia, the USA, Canada, etc you know places where the native populace was never white.

But back when Daily Stormer was still being hosted it was mostly focused on Europe and it started to trickle from there. But again White Genocide was they used and they used The Great Replacement outside of their circles.

You started hearing Replacement Theory primarily on Fox with Tucker Carlson, which was for me like a major deal and I knew was monumental.

I knew that it was one of the moments that like will noted way down in history books a pivotal and key moment, it basically shifted things and opened a door that should not have opened. It was a portent of what was to come and I was right.

It normalized and mainstreamed a Neo-Nazi talking point.

This is stuff that I study, that I do my best to document and educate on my blog.

And I could not get people to listen to me at the time both online or irl about what was happening and what the words that being said mean and where they came from. It was scary. Still is.

There is something really terrifying about knowing and understanding the horrors that you are seeing unfold in front of you and being unable to get people to listen to when try to warn them about the horrors that are going to come.

As a Jew it is a position that I think many Jewish are familiar with and have been in before.

But at the time it didn't really matter because I couldn't get anyone to really listen Jewish or not. The only people who were on the same page as me were those who study antisemitism and knew what these terms meant.

So it is not the Ford was so racists he was confused about who did Jazz it was that that was the point of said racism and that was how that racism worked and how it still works.

Because it can not be that Black people are humans who are capable of great works, creative endeavors, making beauty, and more like anyone else no it has to be that anything made by a Black person and/or the Black community is for the use of those who have a better understanding of how to use to these things. And who are the ones who are understand how to use these things well it is White People and The Jews and White People would never because it is bad and corrupting and defiled, but The Jews will because they are sneaky and malicious and they will use it to undermine White People, White Society, and Whiteness overall. And that the logic that Ford was working off of and that is the logic of Neo-Nazis and other White Supremacists.

To be clear I do not believe in this nor do I agree with it. I am just laying out what they and how they think and what the logic of White Supremacists are. It is a hateful logic because it comes from a hateful ideology. It is about cruelty and superiority rather than compassion, equality, and understanding. It is about creating separation and division instead of finding commonalities, meeting in the middle, and working together.

There is beauty in the variety of humans and the many cultures we have. There is beauty in what we share with each other and what mixes together to create something new and beauty in what stays a part. There is place for blending and a place for not such as in respecting closed practices and cultures.

It is about that balance and finding it. White Supremacy wishes to remove the balance and eradicate all that beauty and variety. All the uniqueness and flavor and history and stories and color and texture that we all bring.

I don't want to live in a world like that.

Remember when we all had to learn to square dance for some reason...?

The fuck was that about.

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