#grant hatfield

[mariacallous]

A record number of Cabinet ministers lost their seats on Friday in Britain's general election, leaving only a couple of obvious contenders for the party leadership if Rishi Sunak resigns.

Nine members of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's top team failed to be re-elected, beating the previous high of seven who lost out in 1997, as the ruling Conservatives suffered a mauling at the hands of the main opposition Labour party.

Grant Shapps, the UK's defence secretary for nearly a year, was the most high-profile casualty, losing his Welwyn Hatfield seat north of London.

Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt, who shot to international attention as a sword carrier at King Charles III's coronation last May, lost in Portsmouth North on England's south coast.

A former defence secretary, she tried twice to become Tory leader, and was tipped to try again after Thursday's election, with Sunak expected to stand down.

Other Tory casualties included Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Transport and Science Secretary Michelle Donelan.

Veteran minister Johnny Mercer and Brexit champion Jacob Rees-Mogg also lost out, as voters grew fed up with the Conservatives after 14 years in power.

The defeats have already sparked soul-searching among re-elected and departing Conservatives, who said the party had been punished for a series of scandals and infighting in recent years.

"I think that we have seen in this election an astonishing ill-discipline within the party", said former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, after losing his seat.

Shapps, an MP since 2005, criticised the Tories' "inability to iron out their differences" amid an endless political "soap opera" that saw five prime ministers since the 2016 Brexit vote.

"What is crystal clear to me tonight –- it is not so much that Labour won but that the Conservatives lost," he added.

Right-winger Suella Braverman, sacked as interior minister by Sunak late last year for a series of incendiary comments, was re-elected and finance minister Jeremy Hunt survived a major scare to squeak victory.

Current interior minister James Cleverly also held on to his seat.

Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch and security minister Tom Tugendhat also won their races.

Most of those high-profile survivors are expected to challenge for the leadership.

Braverman apologised to voters in her victory speech, saying the Tories had failed to listen to voters.

"The Conservative party let you down... we have got to do better and I will do everything in my power to rebuild trust. We need to listen to you. You have spoken to us very clearly," she said.

[chorusofkhonshu]

Noone's Time

Ok so, I really haven't seen anyone point this out. I did tell one person on Twitter only one piece of my headcanon but here it is. So for the most part, everyone assumes that Noone's world has no relation to ours. The place that she lives is just called the Counties and the place that she is at with Otto is called the County Psychiatric Institute. So there was never really much to go off of besides their British accents. That was until episode 5 of the Podcast. When Noone sees a Nome for the first time she is describing it to Otto, she mentions that it looks like a mushroom, specifically ones that she says grew in Hatfield. Granted I will admit her pronunciation of the place is wrong so I could be wrong. She says Hate-field, whereas its pronounced Hat-field but that could just be the way the voice actors pronounce it. Regardless a place is mentioned. So long as its just a mis pronunciation then Hatfield is indeed a real place in the UK and the sub sections of the country are called counties. So its a real place in our world presumably, which mean we can attempt to date it. My assumption is in the 1935 to 1938 range. First of all in one of the episodes, Noone is mentioning a list of things that she began or happened to her before she began feeling ill and plagued with nightmares. Before water sickness and before she started watching the tele. We can assume with this comment that it sounds like she just started watching television perhaps within the previous months or year at most. TV's were not invented until 1927. However Noone was poor, her family lived in a small apartment before moving into a rich house, she said so herself. Most likely after money was made from her being paraded around from surviving the water sickness they could now afford one. She is at most 10 so the range works. But you may be asking, why 1935 and not earlier? Well onto the next piece. Otto uses an EEG machine on Noone. One that he admits is "Dated" old. The first EEG machine was made in 1929 so it would need to be a few years old if it was first generation, thus 1935 at least. But then, perhaps your next question, why not 1940 or over? Episode 3 admittedly there is nothing that stands out, unless that is...you listen hard enough. The Theater that Noone enters has an Organ. Its a theater organ, made in 1910 at the earliest their Golden Age lasted from the 1920s to the 1930s, anything more and you've gone too far. Onwards to the final question, why is 1939 off the table as well? Well a little something called WW2 starts then, so something that big should have been mentioned, but it hasn't so it hasn't happened yet. Admittedly this is a leap, but if I'm right, this is the best time for Otto to take kids. All the war orphans, do you think they'll have time to shine a spot light or even worry about this with the incalculable influx of kids that will inevitably disappear beneath the cracks. Or you know I could just be wrong, in which case put me down pls lol!!!

[partisan-by-default]

A pair of Texas professors figured out that their female students have sex and, boy, they do not like it. So now the philosophy professor and finance professor are suing for the right to punish their students who, outside of class, have abortions.

"Pregnancy is not a disease, and elective abortions are not 'health care,'" University of Texas at Austin professor Daniel Bonevac sneers in a federal court filing with professor John Hatfield. Instead, Bonevac writes, because pregnancy is the result of "voluntary and consensual sexual intercourse," students should not be allowed time off to get abortions. If the students disobey and miss class for abortion care, the filing continues, the professors should be allowed to flunk students. Additionally, Bonevac asserts that he has a right to refuse to employ a teaching assistant who has had an abortion, calling such women "criminals."

The sexual hang-ups of abortion opponents are rarely far from the surface, but even by those low standards, the unjustified male grievance on display in this new Texas lawsuit is a doozy. At issue are federal regulations, called Title IX, first signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972. They currently bar publicly funded schools from discriminating on the basis of sex or gender. This means that schools cannot penalize students for health care based on sex. As a male student would be granted leave if he had to travel for surgery, so must a female student, the federal statute requires. The two men argue that granting students an excused absence in such cases violates their First Amendment rights.

Even though the plaintiffs suing for the right to flunk female students for abortion include boilerplate arguments in which they feign concern that abortion is "killing," the legal filing makes it clear that what really outrages Bonevac and Hatfield is that Title IX prevents them from controlling the private lives of students. Along with their anger about abortion, they  grouse about not being allowed to punish students "for being homosexual or transgender." They also argue they should be able to penalize teaching assistants for "cross-dressing," by which they appear to mean allowing trans women to wear skirts.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Grist:

An estimated 880,000 abandoned oil and gas wells dot the United States. These orphaned wells, some of which were deserted as long as a century ago, can leak toxic oil and gas into the groundwater and air. They also emit methane, the planet-warming primary component of natural gas. In 2021, Congress appropriated $4.7 billion to help clean up the mess by giving states the money they need to seal the wells and remediate their surroundings. Over the last two years, the federal Department of Interior has doled out nearly $1 billion of this total. As of March, more than 7,700 wells have been remediated as a result. 

But with hundreds of thousands of orphaned wells still to go, the road ahead is rocky, in part because states are struggling to meet the Interior Department’s requirements for receiving the remaining funding. The federal agency awarded an initial $25 million each to roughly 30 states with few strings attached. To receive funding from the next tranche, however, the agency has required that states demonstrate that their remediation efforts meet standards outlined in the Endangered Species Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. As a result, state oil and gas departments, which have little to no experience navigating such requirements, are hiring additional staff and creating new procedures to ensure that, as they clean up thousands of decrepit and leaky oil wells across the nation, they also protect endangered species and cultural sites. The early results of these added requirements show that the pace of cleanup is slowing: Texas, for example, plugged 60 percent fewer wells during the first five months of receiving a recent round of federal funding compared to the period following an earlier grant that did not include these requirements. 

“Each tranche seems to get a little harder, a little higher cost, a little more complexity, a greater burden,’” said Dennis Hatfield, Kentucky’s oil and gas division director. “We want to plug them all, but if they [federal officials] make it hard enough, states are going to struggle to meet that standard.”

It’s supposed to be oil and gas companies, rather than state officials like Hatfield, who are responsible for cleaning up well sites. But when companies go bankrupt or otherwise disappear, the responsibility falls to states, tribes, and the federal government. When Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it included three rounds of grants to help clear the growing backlog of orphan wells. The initial grant of up to $25 million per state was intended to put plugging companies back to work at a time when oil prices were low and the industry was in free fall. Most states have already used that funding, and they’ve reported the amount of avoided methane emissions as a result. (In a report to Congress late last year, the Interior Department noted that regulators in California, Colorado, Louisiana, and New Mexico had plugged 328 of roughly 500 orphan wells that were emitting the equivalent of approximately 11,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.)

The second tranche of money, which consists of so-called formula grants and makes up nearly half of the total $4.7 billion appropriated in the infrastructure law, comes with additional requirements. States are currently in the process of applying for and receiving funding from this second tranche. The final tranche, which consists of so-called performance grants that the Interior Department has not yet begun disbursing, are intended to incentivize state legislatures to provide matching funds for cleanup and encourage policy reforms to reduce orphan well burdens going forward. 

[mr-ladystardust]

seats:

labour - 87

tory - 10

lib dem - 9

reform - 1

this includes the tory loss of Welwyn Hatfield, losing Grant Shapps (defence secretary) his seat

[fangirlinglikeabus]

chapter 52 - fluctuations

“Ay, sir, a few months since. He should ‘a been wed afore, to a widow lady, but they couldn’t agree over the money; she’d a rare long purse, and Mr. Hargrave wanted it all to hisself; but she wouldn’t let it go, and so then they fell out. This one isn’t quite as rich, nor as handsome either; but she hasn’t been married before. She’s very plain, they say, and getting on to forty or past; and so, you know, if she didn’t jump at this hopportunity, she thought she’d never get a better. I guess she thought such a handsome young husband was worth all ’at ever she had, and he might take it and welcome; but I’ll lay she’ll rue her bargain afore long. They say she begins already to see ’at he isn’t not altogether that nice, generous, perlite, delightful gentleman ’at she thought him afore marriage; he begins a being careless and masterful already. Ay, and she’ll find him harder and carelesser nor she thinks on.”

a similar thing happens to mr hatfield the rector in agnes grey, anne bronte's other novel:

he made up to an elderly spinster, and married her, not long since, weighing her heavy purse against her faded charms, and expecting to find that solace in gold which was denied him in love, ha, ha!

now granted that particular piece of news is coming from a character who's unsympathetic to hatfield and frequently unpleasant about other women, so it makes sense that she'd gloat over the fact of marrying an older woman as a 'punishment' for him, but it is still striking to me how much more prominently the wife in question features in the lines from the tenant of wildfell hall, and the greater hint of tragedy that comes with that

(also i’m assuming the 'widow lady' is helen - except if that's the case this outside perspective has rendered her almost unrecognisable, which is interesting)

And then he discoursed upon his present position as ostler at the Rose and Crown, and how greatly superior this was to his former one, in comfort and freedom, though inferior in outward respectability;

this feels...pointed thematically

the character of the country through which we passed, that, in spite of the leafless trees and snowy ground, had for some time begun to manifest unequivocal signs of the approach to a country gentleman's seat.

this strikes me as a parallel to the way in which we, through gilbert's eyes, initially approach wildfell hall through the landscape and garden around it

and also to dispatch a short note to my mother (excellent son that I was), to assure her that I was still in existence

this cracks me up every time lmao

And then his wife advised him to it, they say: she’d brought most of the property, and it was her wish that this lady should have it.”

she’d brought most of the property and yet she can STILL only advise...at least helen's uncle was actually willing to listen to his wife in this case?

to come upon her now, when she was reinstated in her proper sphere, and claim a share in her prosperity, which, had it never failed her, would most certainly have kept her unknown to me for ever?

the use of the word sphere here really makes me think of the whole victorian 'separate spheres' ideology of gender, even if here it's more related to class

[noloveforned]

no love for ned is back on wlur tonight from 8pm until midnight. i took last week off to catch a couple of my favorites bands from the nineties live in dc- velocity girl and tuscadero!

speaking of the nineties, two weeks ago i did a best of 1993 show that's now on mixcloud. as always i played a couple songs that turned out to be a year off due to the damn copyright dates listed on the cd. i know the sdre was actually 1994 and the portastatic might be too! we'll still be doing a 'best of 2003' show in a couple weeks!

no love for ned on wlur – november 24th, 2023 from 8pm-midnight

artist // track // album // label the lemonheads // down about it // come on feel the lemonheads // atlantic the juliana hatfield three // spin the bottle // become what you are // mammoth teenage fanclub // the cabbage // thirteen // dgc belly // dusted // star // sire the posies // dream all day // frosting on the beater // dgc liz phair // never said // exile in guyville // matador cracker // get off this // kerosene hat // virgin the boo radleys // there she goes // so i married an axe murderer soundtrack // chaos the cranberries // dreams // everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? // island unrest // make out club // perfect teeth // 4ad velocity girl // crazy town // copacetic // sub pop tiger trap // puzzle pieces // tiger trap // k the apples in stereo // tidal wave // tidal wave 7" ep // elephant six even as we speak // love is the answer // feral pop frenzy // sarah the pastels // thank you for being you // truckload of trouble // seed dqe // twister // but me, i fell down // feel good all over crayon // the snap-tight wars // the snap-tight wars 7" // harriet bratmobile // cool schmool // pottymouth // kill rock stars guided by voices // shocker in gloomtown // the grand hour 7" ep // scat the breeders // divine hammer // last splash // 4ad the flaming lips // be my head // transmissions from the satellite heart // warner bros. letters to cleo // here and now // aurora gory alice // cherrydisc catherine wheel // crank // chrome // fontana ned's atomic dustbin // saturday night // so i married an axe murderer soundtrack // chaos the smashing pumpkins // hello kitty kat // today ep // hut dig // believe // dig // radioactive moth macabre // two days // moth macabre // interscope eve's plum // i want it all // envy // epic sand rubies // your life story // sand rubies // atlas drop nineteens // all swimmers are brothers // national coma // caroline radiohead // ripcord // pablo honey // capitol walt mink // subway // bareback ride // caroline dinosaur jr. // start choppin // where you been // sire thrush hermit // marya // marya 7" // genius the spinanes // spitfire // manos // sub pop the afghan whigs // what jail is like // gentlemen // elektra morphine // candy // cure for pain // rykodisc evan dando // frying pan // sweet relief- a benefit for victoria williams tribute // columbia barbara manning // joed out // no alternative compilation // arista matthew sweet // time capsule // altered beast // zoo entertainment mazzy star // fade into you // so tonight that i might see // capitol east river pipe // make a deal with the city // goodbye california // sarah portastatic // naked pilseners // i hope your heart is not brittle // merge witch hazel // just don't try // just don't try 7" // bubblegum smile his name is alive // drink, dress, and ink // mouth by mouth // 4ad yo la tengo // sudden organ // painful // matador suede // animal nitrate // suede // columbia u2 // stay (faraway, so close!) // zooropa // island red house painters // new jersey // red house painters ii // 4ad grant lee buffalo // fuzzy // fuzzy // slash godstar // forgotten night // sleeper // half a cow buffalo tom // sodajerk // big red letter day // beggars banquet james // laid // laid // fontana the lucksmiths // adolescent song of mindless devotion // the lucksmiths cassette // banana noise addict // i wish i was him // i wish i was him 7" // fellaheen lambchop // nine // nine 7" // merge sunny day real estate // seven // diary // sub pop shudder to think // animal wild // sweet relief- a benefit for victoria williams tribute // columbia sugar // feeling better // beaster ep // rykodisc superchunk // precision auto // on the mouth // matador archers of loaf // web in front // icky mettle // alias seaweed // kid in candy // four // sub pop bikini kill // rebel girl // pussy whipped // kill rock stars fastbacks // hung on a bad peg // zücker // sub pop pavement // unseen power of the picket fence // no alternative compilation // arista neutral milk hotel // everything is // everything is 7" // cher doll

[fideidefenswhore]

i find it odd that anne boleyn is expected to please literally everyone all the time, that she only deserves loyalty if she's in this constant people pleasing mode. like she's not the queen and loyalty isn't what she should expect. i never hear anyone asking coa to constantly get everyone titles and positions or they're going to anne's side and if they do it's coa's fault for "alienating" them and she deserves it. and sorry if i misunderstand, but why would anne selecting those three women be petty? gertrude courtenay gets the huge honour of being elizabeth's godmother and yeah i get she probably didn't want it but what did she want? no rewards and no recognition? elizabeth stafford like why shouldn't that be trying to win her over? why is it petty to want her to carry her train but it wasn't petty when mary howard did it? with margaret bryan i don't get why they say this insults mary like you could say it shows she had someone at hatfield who cared about her so it's not like everyone there hated her.

There's a distinct unwillingness to entertain any benefit of the doubt when it comes to AB, for sure.

Carrying the Queen's train was an honour, and there's a continuity in how all the times it's recorded, the women in that position were those of Anne's family, and Duchesses. It was a subservient position in the way that it was a subservient task with a large audience, and in the way that it reinforced the image of the Queen as the premiere lady of the realm, which is probably why in her last attempted offer to her stepdaughter, Anne reassured her that she would not be suborned to that specific task if she chose to accept her invitation to court. This offer is still sometimes viewed as spiteful, however, either because it was not within Anne's initial offers, that we know of (via Chapuys) or because the offer was made from "a position of weakness", not strength, ie, Anne did not offer this at the peak of her ascendancy. However, this is reading the sources backwards, in context Anne had just secured the promotion of several of her "lanterns and light", "her bishops", attended the ceremonial centerpiece of their promotion, the ceremony which bookended her successful Summer Progress with Henry VIII, the death of her predecessor opened the possibility that the Imperial party would acknowledge her as Queen, and she was pregnant and expecting a son.

So, anyway, I digress...their expectations to how many believe Princess Elizabeth's household should have been arranged are not especially realistic. Margaret Pole wanted to serve Princess Mary at her own expense, although I sincerely doubt she would have been willing to do so in the household of the former in a subordinate position, since her offer was specifically to pay for the continuance of Princess Mary's own, separate, establishment.

Let's follow this thread, that AB alienated people and secured enmity through her political missteps. What would the counterfactual here be, exactly? Let's entertain that Anne's influence over her husband was great enough, and that she was 'politic' enough, to realize that the Countess of Salisbury was peeress in her own right and that it would be best to get on her better side. Let's say that she convinces Henry to grant Margaret Pole's request, and her stepdaughter remains where she is in her own establishment. What would have been the ripple effect of this? Could it be that Margaret's son, Lord Montague, would be absent from those meetings of Boleyn opponents, beginning March 1536, in which Chapuys recorded his attendance?

Or, might it be that the Poles would continue to only give lip service via mandatory oaths and continue to privately push for the restoration of Princess Mary at the expense of Anne Boleyn and her daughter? Might it even have eventually intensified Margaret's resentment of the Boleyn faction, to have had to personally pay out of pocket for several years for the upkeep and wages of the Princess Mary's household?

Is it realistic to expect Anne Boleyn to have given way in the matter of the priory of Bisham? Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell both wanted William Barlow, whom they both patronized in their common cause of religious reform, appointed as prior of Bisham, and pushed for the resignation of the current prior. Pole had also been opposed to the man in this position, but upon learning that Barlow was to be his replacement, went the way of 'better the devil you know...' and then decided to support his refusal to resign ("Nicholas Carew noted dryly [...] that the current prior, with the support of Margaret and others, refused to resign, although Margaret and the rest had thought the current prior unsuited for the position before [...] the reform-minded Barlow was put forth as candidate", Margaret Pole: the Countess in the Tower, Susan Higginbotham). The Boleyn/Cromwell nexus had their way, and Barlow was appointed to that position. Should Anne have decided to instead oppose this appointment and placate Margaret Pole? To do that would have not only been antithetical to her beliefs and patronage, but would have had the consequence of alienating Thomas Cromwell, who was, at the time, according to Chapuys, the most powerful and influential person in England, and with Henry VIII, save only Anne Boleyn herself.

[heartofstanding]

Grant by Henry V to his grandmother, Joan de Bohun countess of Hereford, of hunting rights in Hatfield Forest, 1414, from: Jennifer C. Ward (translator and editor), Women of the English Nobility and Gentry: 1066-1500 (Manchester Medieval Sources, Manchester University Press, 1995)

[ulkaralakbarova]

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jack Foley: George Clooney Karen Sisco: Jennifer Lopez Buddy Bragg: Ving Rhames Maurice ‘Snoopy’ Miller: Don Cheadle Glenn Michaels: Steve Zahn Marshall Sisco: Dennis Farina Adele Delisi: Catherine Keener Kenneth: Isaiah Washington Richard Ripley: Albert Brooks José ‘Chino’ Chirino: Luis Guzmán Moselle: Viola Davis Bank Employee: Jim Robinson Bank Customer: Mike Malone Bank Teller: Donna Frenzel Bank Cop: Manny Suárez Bank Cop: Keith Hudson Lulu: Paul Soileau Pup: Scott Allen Parking Lot Woman: Susan Hatfield White Boxer: Brad Martin Himey: James Black Daniel Burdon: Wendell B. Harris Jr. Library Guard: Chuck Castleberry Shock Lock FBI Man: Chic Daniel White Boy Bob: Keith Loneker Old Elevator Lady: Connie Sawyer Old Elevator Gent: Philip Perlman Raymond Cruz: Paul Calderon Officer Grant: Gregory Alpert Ripley Personnel: Mark Brown Ripley Receptionist: Sandra Ives Ripley Guard: Joe Hess Waitress: Betsy Monroe Philip: Wayne Pére Andy: Joe Chrest Third Ad Guy: Joe Coyle Midge: Nancy Allen Ray Nicolette (uncredited): Michael Keaton Hejirah Henry (uncredited): Samuel L. Jackson Federal Marshal: Stephen M. Horn Airport Patron (uncredited): Oscar A. Diaz Waitress (uncredited): Jennifer Dorogi Airport Passenger (uncredited): Deborah Smith Ford Xenon Light Guard (uncredited): Mike Gerzevitz Flight Attendant (uncredited): Thelma Gutiérrez Bank Manager (uncredited): Wayne V. Johnson Bank Patron (uncredited): Pati Lauren Shopper (uncredited): Sherrie Peterson Gas Station Attendant (uncredited): Ronnie Stutes Film Crew: Director: Steven Soderbergh Producer: Danny DeVito Executive Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld Novel: Elmore Leonard Screenplay: Scott Frank Executive Producer: John Hardy Producer: Michael Shamberg Producer: Stacey Sher Original Music Composer: David Holmes Director of Photography: Elliot Davis Editor: Anne V. Coates Makeup Artist: Bill Corso Digital Compositor: Sean MacKenzie Second Assistant Director: Trey Batchelor First Assistant Director: Gregory Jacobs Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Risoli Supervising Sound Editor: Larry Blake Set Dresser: Mike Malone Casting: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler Casting: Francine Maisler Production Design: Gary Frutkoff Art Direction: Philip Messina Set Decoration: Maggie Martin Costume Design: Betsy Heimann Makeup Artist: Margot Boccia Key Hair Stylist: Bonnie Clevering Makeup Artist: Anita Gibson Key Makeup Artist: Katherine James Hairstylist: Deborah Mills-Whitlock Hairstylist: Waldo Sanchez Makeup Effects Designer: David LeRoy Anderson Hairstylist: Mary L. Mastro Makeup Artist: Mark Shostrom Unit Production Manager: Frederic W. Brost Production Supervisor: Pat Chapman Post Production Supervisor: Caitlin Maloney Production Supervisor: Mary Morgan Additional Second Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein Second Second Assistant Director: William D. Robinson Set Dresser: Shane L. Ashton Set Dresser: Tristan Paris Bourne Art Department Assistant: Andrea Brody Leadman: Jon J. Bush Set Designer: Lauren Cory Set Designer: Keith P. Cunningham Standby Painter: Chuck Eskridge Property Master: Emily Ferry Set Dresser: Harry Frierson Construction Foreman: Gary Gagliardo Paint Coordinator: Hank Giardina Construction Foreman: William Gideon Props: Brett Gollin Assistant Property Master: Otniel Gonzalez Set Dresser: L. David Gordon Props: Charles Guanci Jr. Art Department Coordinator: Blair Huizingh Set Dresser: James E. Hurd Jr. Paint Coordinator: Steven Kerlagon Set Dresser: Alexander Kirst Set Dresser: Chris Patterson Leadman: David C. Potter Set Designer: Mary Saisselin Construction Coordinator: Chris Snyder Assistant Property Master: Joy Taylor Painter: Mark Woodworth Carpenter: John Blanchard Set Dresser: Kurt Braun Painter: Tammy DeRuiter Greensman: Michael ...

[petnews2day]

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A Reform UK candidate has defended calling Adolf Hitler “brilliant”. Jack Aaron, who is standing in Welwyn Hatfield – Grant Shapps’ constituency – said in a post on X in 2022 that the Nazi leader was “brilliant in using Fe+Ni (pseudoscientific theory of information processing and personality types) to inspire people into action”. He also […]

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[mariacallous]

Well, if you’re just joining us, the nation has delivered an all-night victim impact statement. Labour has won a landslide and the Conservatives have suffered their worst ever general election result. Keir Starmer – the prime minister – has promised “national renewal … to fight until you believe again”. Liz Truss has failed to save South West Norfolk, let alone “the west”. That is the big picture (if not the whole picture, with turnout and Labour’s vote share notably low). Meanwhile, it’s incredible to think that only a short while ago we thought we’d eradicated measles and Nigel Farage. Both have now been brought back, largely by the same people.

But look, after the 3am to 7am shift, no one will be able to say the right doesn’t do comedy. There were moments worthy of entire Netflix specials as in sports halls and community centres various Dickensian grotesques were ushered into their Christmas future, live on stage. Alas, it was going to take more than buying the Cratchits a turkey to get out of this one. Jacob Rees-Mogg heard his fate standing next to a candidate wearing a baked bean balaclava. He’ll be crying into Nanny’s starched bosom today. Committed sewage apologist Thérèse Coffey was pumped into the sea in Suffolk Coastal. Andrea Jenkyns had the middle finger given to her by the voters of Morley and Outwood. In Welwyn Hatfield, Grant Shapps chanted “supermajority” five times into the mirror, and then it came for him.

Then again, Michael Portillo losing his seat was supposedly 1997’s big moment. So perhaps the question is: in two years’ time, which current hate figure will be presenting a cosy travelogue on Europe’s most picturesque illegal migration routes? Alternatively, do remember that one person’s onstage humiliation is another person’s milk round for directorships in the arms trade.

Speaking of absolute weapons, hat twat George Galloway wimped out of his own count in Rochdale, presumably out of fatigability. He lost to Labour. There was jubilation for the Lib Dems, who finished not a million miles behind “the natural party of government”, and for the Greens, who won all four of their target seats. The SNP can now squeeze its MPs round the flip-down dining table of a motorhome. Referendum arguments may move to Northern Ireland, with Sinn Féin now that nation’s largest Westminster party.

As for Reform … Farage won in Clacton, a constituency for which he will now have to hold surgeries, presumably by Zoom link from his hot desk in the US presidential colon. Or as he put it in his victory speech: “This is the first steps of something that is going to stun all of you” – at least confirming his political abattoir will be bolt-gunning its victims unconscious first. Farage is the horror version of Inside Out, where Mendacity is only just holding off Racism at the control console. His cultural hinterland extends to a single Goodbye, Mr Chips DVD he got free with the Sunday Times in 2008, and the idea that this hollow chancer should still be one of the most significant politicians of the age says everything about the age.

Anyway, back to the Conservatives’ four-hour in-memoriam reel. Penny Mordaunt, Jonathan Gullis, Michael Fabricant, Gillian Keegan, Steve Baker, Alex Chalk, Johnny Mercer, Michelle Donelan, Victoria Prentis, Liam Fox, Mark Harper … all out, along with many more. So many cabinet ministers fell that the ones who live may actually develop survivor guilt. It’s currently unclear how gruesome things will be among the extant Conservatives in this post-apocalyptic world. As a fictional president once wondered of Dr Strangelove, will the living not end up envying the dead? Far from it, Strangelove reassures him, forcing down an involuntary Nazi salute. What will abound is a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead!

Speaking of which, 13th fairy Suella Braverman finally turned up, holding on in Fareham and cooing: “I am sorry that my party didn’t listen to you. The Conservative party has let you down.” Expect to see her humbly attempting to disembowel fellow survivors Jeremy Hunt and James Cleverly in the forthcoming trial-by-combat for what convention demands we style as “the soul of the Conservative party”.

At his count, Rishi Sunak explained he’d already conceded the election in a congratulatory call to Keir Starmer, adding, “I take responsibility for the loss.” In Downing Street, he confirmed he would be standing down as Tory leader in some sort of due course, stressing, “I have heard your anger.” Then, instead of yet another speech straight from the Tortured Prime Minister’s Department, this one offered humility and magnanimity, as well as a pointed reminder of the positive (and fragile?) progress that saw him become the UK’s first British-Asian prime minister. What a contrast to the relentless negativity of his past six weeks. Sunak’s campaign was conducted like a gender-reveal party where the device that’s meant to release the puff of blue smoke accidentally functions as a pipe bomb and burns the house down.

It also closed out several years of mindboggling chaos, dysfunction and national decline. They won’t be playing anything from this album on the Conservative party’s Eras tour. The Tories have cycled through five prime ministers over the past eight years, to the point where they were recently found going through the rubbish, pulling the first guy back out, thinking, “Actually, he doesn’t look half bad now,” and making him foreign secretary. This is the behaviour of addicts.

Not that they have the monopoly on erraticism. Any dispassionate view of these results suggests the fabled post-Brexit “realignment” is more of a dealignment – the huge sweeping gains of this or that political moment able to be reversed in previously unthinkable timespans. Volatility might now be our defining electoral characteristic, and a rise in sectarian politics cannot and should not be ignored. Because hey – what’s the worst that can happen with that one? Meanwhile, many people who derided the simplistic “Get Brexit done” slogan in 2019 have pretended not to notice that the winner here went out under the even more gnomic banner of “Change”.

Yet in the wider global context, what a win. One summer evening in 1914, the foreign secretary, Edward Grey, famously remarked: “The lamps are going out all over Europe.” In our own times, a darkening has recently felt at hand, as hard- or extreme-right parties have gained ground across the continent, to say nothing of the US. But here – in this country, in this moment – a different direction has been taken. That matters today, and anyone not on the wingnut fringes, who hopes to avoid those gathering shadows, should wish Keir Starmer good luck with his task. For plenty who would snuff out the lamps are also rising – increasingly, they walk among us.

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Manchester Man Held in Multi-Million Dollar Cocaine Bust at Sangster's International Airport Granted $1.2 Million Bail

A 53-year-old Manchester farmer, who was apprehended in a multi-million dollar cocaine bust at Sangster’s International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday, May 22, and charged last weekend, was granted bail in the sum of $1.2 million when he appeared before the St. James Parish Court on Wednesday, May 29. The accused, Thomas Edwards, of the Hatfield community in Manchester, is…

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Salem, OR's Historic Districts: A Journey Through Time

Salem, OR, is a city rich in history, with many historic districts that offer visitors a glimpse into the past. From Victorian-era homes to mid-century modern architecture, Salem's historic districts showcase a range of architectural styles and highlight the city's evolution over time. In this blog post, we will take a journey through time and explore some of Salem's historic districts.

Grant Neighborhood Historic District

The Grant Neighborhood Historic District is located in the heart of Salem and features homes built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The district is named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. The homes in the district are primarily Victorian in style and showcase a range of architectural details, including intricate woodwork, stained glass windows, and ornate porches.

Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park Historic District

The Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park Historic District is one of Salem's most exclusive neighborhoods, featuring homes built in the early 1900s. The district is named after the Gaiety Theater, which was once located in the area. The homes in the district are primarily Colonial Revival and Craftsman in style and feature large, lushly landscaped yards.

Englewood Park Historic District

The Englewood Park Historic District is located in northeast Salem and features homes built in the 1930s and 1940s. The district is named after Englewood Park, which is located in the area. The homes in the district are primarily Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival in style and feature distinctive brickwork and steeply pitched roofs.

North Capitol Mall Historic District

The North Capitol Mall Historic District is located in downtown Salem and features a mix of historic buildings, including the Oregon State Capitol, the State Library, and the State Supreme Court Building. The district also features several mid-century modern buildings, including the Mark O. Hatfield Library and the Salem Conference Center.

Court-Chemeketa Historic District

The Court-Chemeketa Historic District is located in northwest Salem and features homes built in the early 1900s. The district is named after Court Street and Chemeketa Street, which are the main streets in the area. The homes in the district are primarily Craftsman and Colonial Revival in style and feature large front porches and brick or stone exteriors.

South Central Commercial Historic District

The South Central Commercial Historic District is located in downtown Salem and features a mix of historic commercial buildings. The district includes the Salem Public Library, the Reed Opera House, and the Elsinore Theatre. The district also features a variety of restaurants, bars, and shops.

West Salem Residential Historic District

The West Salem Residential Historic District is located on the west side of the Willamette River and features homes built in the early 1900s. The district is named after the West Salem neighborhood and is primarily composed of Craftsman and Colonial Revival-style homes. The district also features several mid-century modern homes, including the iconic "flying saucer" house.

Salem's historic districts offer visitors a glimpse into the city's past and highlight the diversity of architectural styles and cultural influences that have shaped the city over time. Whether you're a history buff, architecture enthusiast, or just looking for a unique and interesting way to explore Salem, a journey through the city's historic districts is a must-see experience.

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