#herman cramer

[ufonaut]

As we go forth to battle the forces of evil, let us never forget what we are fighting for -- the one thing that means the most to all of us... our lives!

The Inferior Five's first appearance in Showcase (1956) #62

(E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Orlando)

[bobbenkatzen]

The Inferior Five Alone they're a danger to themselves, but together they're a danger to everyone! The children of the Freedom Brigade, our heroes banded together as a way to get out of their parent's basements. They came together under the name- Infamous Inferior Five!

White Feather

William King is the son of the mysterious vigilante Bowman and has inherited his father's incredible aim- if only he had his father's courage to go with it! Love Bunny

Athena O'Day is the daughter of powerhouse hero Princess Power, an Amazon from the secret, unground city on Easter Island. Athena inherited all of her mother's muscles, except for the most important one!

Awkward Man

Leander Brent/Sand-Bell is the son of the heroes Mister Might, Mark Brent/Bar-Bell and Mermaid, Lori Lemaris. A natural born swimmer thanks to his Atlantean DNA, on land he is the most clumsiest man alive.

Merryman

Myron Victor, a third generation superhero, son of the fittingly named Patriot and Lady Liberty, it was almost guaranteed he would inherit one of their powers... Which he didn't. Encouraged to fight the good fight regardless, Myron dresses as a clown because that's exactly how he feels about himself and his team.

The Blimp

Herman Cramer, son of the fast-flying hero Captain Swift has his father's power over the wind- with none of his control. His wild wind is contained only by his inflatable suit, allowing him the amazing ability to float at a slow speed!

[tar-one]

Et BIM !!! Comme ça, sans prévenir, alors que mon grand projet sort dans moins d’un mois, je vous offre en cadeau Bonus/échauffement un micro-EP de 5 petites bombes avec Dambeat de Crystal Camino (ce même Dambeat qui est sur le point de sortir son ogive plus taffée-sophistiquée/moins spontanée avec Sixo Master Flow). Je vous avais prévenu qu’en 2024 je ne blague pas. MVP shit, Mamba Mentality. C’est brut, c’est court (11min), c’est crasseux, c’est simplement des BARS de luxe kickées sans fioritures sur des BEATS de luxe pour tout cramer. Combustion Spontanée volume 2. Ecoute ça très fort et fais tourner un max. Plus le temps de niaiser yow. La suite, l'album+livre "Bien Tenté", le projet d'une vie arrive le 20.04.2024

Lyrics :

01. Bonnes Lignes

Plus de bonnes lignes que n'en a fournies le cartel de Medellín

T'en sniffes en off et dis "mais c'est in"

Tu te crames comme Madoff c'est terrible

Pas Anticonformiste comme les bons Kervern Delepine

Tout con, moutons, arrêtez c'est stérile

Nique votre cinéma préfère mater mes Séries

Je vous élimine et limite je démérite

Tar n’a rien mais fous l’feu comme Targarien Daenerys

Connaisseur comme Ruth dans Ozark

Au passage plus real et badass que vous dans vos raps

À quand l’hommage, il serait temps dommage

En gros Tar en vrai de vrai devrait être votre grand monarque

Christ Cosmique, présidentiable, Sylvain Durif

Comme Steve Austin vaut milliards, sur vilains j’urine

Si j’viens j’tue l’Beat comme les meilleurs ricains qu’tu kiffes

J’en ai plein mais divin si je spit rien qu’une ligne

Mythique comme la 13 pour les gros tags

Donnent de la valeur à ton track + que celles des codes-barres

Obsédantes comme unique passion

Cruciales comme en temps de guerre celles de communication

Mes lignes sont comme celles de l’horizon : inatteignables

Chuis comme le temps : inarrêtable

Le meilleur comme ils diront si jamais j’cane

Comme un cig’ après l’amour, j’tue mais suis appréciable

02. Averse de Rimes

Averse de rime sur ta tête de bite

La même que Sim donc arrête de suite

Me disrespect pas avec tes skills exécrables

J’te kill c’est le spectacle et le gorille Nems aime ça

T’es pas drôle et assez naze comme Marc Herman

Tout le monde a remarqué man, moi je marque et gagne

J’écris comme la team à Vince Gilligan, inimitable

It’s all good man, j’ai le bagout de Jimmy qui tchatche

Beau gosse assez magique, on confond avec Brad Pitt

Tu t’prends la tête comme Materazzi

Saoule pas comme un ptit connard qui t’fixe

Bouffon mégalo comme Nicolas Sirkis

J’te fais pas de dessin, pour toi pas de festin

Moi chuis couché en toge ta mère me passe des grappes de raisins

Acclamez-moi ! Tar One est roi

Comme Jon Snow sauf que le scénariste a craqué j’crois !

03. Fâché

Ils feraient tout pour des LOL et des Likes

Leur sang pourrait décorer mes Nikes

Jusqu’où laissera-t-on aller la bidonnerie

J’supporte plus comme vieux pilotis, faut les clouer au pilori

Intransigeance esthétique radicale comme PM, down

Pour jeter les wacks des scènes comme les pauvres PM Dawn

Hardcore sûrement comme Al Gore rêve de casser des bouches

J’vais t’briser rien peut t’sauver, même pas passer Kate Bush

Jusque dans mon Dope ADN on trouve une merde humaine

Un pervers narcissique pour lequel j’ai une haine suprême

Ta vie tu rateras, t’es et t’auras un gros cafard, sale naze

Ta gueule, crève seul, j’te consacre pas plus de 4 bars bâtard

Faut croire qu’ce Beat m’a rendu bougon

Serai-je plus détendu ou non si je pends du bouffon ?

Si leurs larmes coulent comme à l’Aïd le sang du mouton

Je serai pas cool j’vais ha��r tant que les vendus boufferont

Tu trouves ma violence affriolante

J’suis mortel comme dans le Parrain quand arrive l’orange

Ils peuvent pas m’pomper car trop complexe, style pas très répliquable

Fais de l’Art avec la guerre comme Pablo avec Guernica

Damn, parfois il vole trop haut mon rap de trop haut vol

Trop puissant comme un monopole

Tout ça pour dire FUCK les faux et leurs textes si nuls

Ils nous les cassent donc je leur souhaite cancer des testicules

04. Fragments

C’est pas parce que tu name-drop des trucs chers que t’es raffiné

Comme un poster t’es bon qu’à t’afficher

Fatigué par ces rappeurs nouveaux riches, leur lourde beaufferie

Leurs discours horribles me bourrent d’office

J’suis fan, génie, suprême hustler, le dire j’hésite

Mais ta gueule et m’explique pas la vie Jay Z !

Les milliardaires sont pas des sages, des mages, des saints, des modèles

Veulent pas notre bien juste plus de profits, génèrent bien des bordels

Et nique les prophéties autoréalisatrices

T’as juste du bol et l’univers se branle de tes petits caprices

Des potes gobent des posts, des vlogs sans raisonner

L’arnaque du siècle ? Le développement personnel !

C’est dans ce canevas que nos petits grandissent

Avec en toile de fond une grande crise

J’t’ai déjà dit : j’dépeins mon monde alors qu’il manque de couleurs

Des plaintes parce que je n’avale pas de couleuvres

Mais tellement facile de faire le défaitiste

Ca déresponsabilise, en mode « J’y peux rien mais c’est triste »

Pas d’chimères niaises mièvres mais faut pas qu’j’abandonne !

J’aime mon apathie comme De Wever aime la Brabançonne

Et le travail ne finit pas toujours par payer

Et non, toute mauvaise action ne finit pas toujours par se payer

Non plus Ces trucs ne sont qu’illusions au risque de te peiner

Pas de simple solution, plutôt le chaos dans ce merdier

On se ment, oublie les fondements

On s’demande, à quand l’effondrement ?

Alors qu’on est déjà en plein saut de l’ange

Qu’on se dit plus « faut qu’je mange » que « faut qu’je change »

Allez, encore un petit dernier pour la déroute

Sourds, pas d’écoute, tout ça dégoute

Comme au Qatar quand les droits humains passent tous après l’foot

Vivement qu’on aille cramer les banques comme une foule à Beyrouth

05. Vibes

Tar est bien cartésien

Les grandes phrases ça m’irrite, ça m’fait rire ou ça m’fait rien

Pas religieux et peu spirituel

Peu de petites croyances et de petits rituels

J’respecte si t’en as et que ça te fait du bien

Mais fuck solutions miracles d’escrocs, ça ça fait du rien

J’exècre discours creux à base de bonnes énergies

Les pseudosciences abondent, les théories connes m’énervent vite

Mais j’avoue à la Vibe je suis sensible

Si puissant, j’tilte… Le pourquoi du comment : oui j’m’en fiche

Elle informe, exalte, impacte, enivre

Détermine ce que tu entends dans l’disque

Parfois tu mets un pied dans une pièce, sais qu’elle est mauvaise

Malgré des sourires tu peux repérer des faux frères

Parfois ça le fait pas quand tout est là pour un anniversaire

Parfois tu la surkiffes par surprise, sans rien ça chill pépère

Pour ma musique dans tout le processus la Vibe est reine

Si elle est forte et tue, elle s’ra pérenne

C’est la base élémentaire du son, son ADN

L’ingrédient mystère qui t’emmène dans mon monde, happé t’aimes

D’abord la zik des autres, des heures dans les oreilles

A longueur d’années ou que je sois damné, sur mes trésors j’veille

Vibes chéries, choyées, sacralisées

Avec soin je choisis album, playlist, Tar avisé !

A chaque situation son son

A chaque mood, gourmet ou fast food, que ça soit bon, me comble, que j’fonde !

Tu vois sur visage que j’frémis, grimace de plaisir

Ptit sax ou bendir, guitare ou breakbeat

Le kiff est d’mise pour un Curtis Mayfield

Et faut qu’j’me penche sur l’dernier de Mick Jenkins

Kurt, Prince, Hendricks ou Ferg, Peet, Amy

Muddy, Tracy ou le petit Kendrick

Bref, les plaisirs sont variés et inépuisables

Me nourrissent, m’enrichissent, me remplissent et puis j’pars

En quête des beats fat efficaces et qui m’parlent

Se marieront avec ma voix comme violence et Sam Peckinpah

Et quand je tombe dessus, j’fais la tête de Jay dans Fade To Black

C’est viscéral, physique, ça va m’émouvoir

Je le sais, j’loupe pas, ce son est pour moi

Dessus je ferai un truc intemporel comme le vrai Boom Bap

C’est encore la vibe qui commande quand je suis face au cahier

Que j’cueille les phases provoquant extase, le bic donne des orgasmes au papier

Maîtrise comme Kobe face au panier

Stakhanoviste d’l’art d’la bonne rime, kiffe comme Kanye kiffe Kanye

C’est encore la vibe qui commande dans le stud’ devant l’micro

Qu’il faut sentir comment poser en prenant le temps qu’il faut

Vibe enfin sur les planches, grandes osmose, grand niveau

Parfois même devant 10 potes je plane, je m’sens si haut

Vibe… Vibe… Vibration

La vibe m’emmène ailleurs, higher

Vibe… Vibe… Vibration

Ouais la vibe m’emmène ailleurs, higher

[brookston]

Holidays 7.12

Holidays

Alkanet Day (French Republic)

Battle of the Boyne Day

Carver Day (Missouri)

Different Colored Eyes Day

Disco Demolition Day (Chicago, Illinois)

Divad Etep’t (Elder Scrolls)

Etch-A-Sketch Day

Fjord Day

International Cabin Crew Day

International Malala Day

Internet-Wide Day of Action for Net Neutrality

Lawyer’s Day (Mexico)

Malala Day

National Collector Car Appreciation Day

National Hair Creator’s Day

National Tyler Day

New Conversations Day

Night of Nights

Orangeman’s Day (a.k.a. “The Twelfth;” Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Rainmaker Day (Salem, Oregon)

Ratha Yathra (a.k.a. King; parts of India)

Relieve Stress By Walking Outside and Calling the Hogs Day

712 Day (Iowa)

Simplicity Day

Tirana Festival (Chile)

Unification Day (England; by Athelstan of England, 927 CE)

USA Woman VP Day

Visitation Day

World Paper Bag Day

World Penis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Eat Your Jell-O Day

International Cava Day

Michelada Day

National Pecan Pie Day

2nd Wednesday in July

National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving (Montserrat) [2nd Wednesday]

Sweetheart Days Festival begin (Minnesota) [2nd Wednesday; thru Friday]

Independence Days

Granda Aŭtista Duklando de Sophia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Kiribati (from UK, 1979)

Pacificonia (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Pibocip (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

Sao Tome and Principe (from Portugal, 1975)

Feast Days

Amedeo Modigliani (Artology)

Andrew Wyeth (Artology)

St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)

Germ (Muppetism)

Hermagoras and Fortunatus (Christian; Saints)

Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)

John Gualbert (Christian; Saint)

Kronia (Kronos Festival; Ancient Greece)

Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin (Christian; Saint)

Molly Darton (Muppetism)

Naadam, Day 2 (Mongolia)

Nabor and Felix (Christian; Martyrs)

Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))

Pam Grier Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Paisios of Mount Athos (Greek Orthodox)

Solstitium VIII (Pagan)

Surrealism Day (Pastafarian)

Vardavar (Pagan Prank Festival; Armenia)

Veronica (Christian; Saint)

Viventiolus, Bishop of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [39 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 193 [44 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sam Spade (Radio Series; 1946)

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1973)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (Film; 1941)

California Girls, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1965)

A Dance of Dragons, by George R.R. Martin (Novel; 2011) [A Song of Fire and Ice #5]

Explorers (Film; 1985)

Family Feud (TV Game Show; 1976)

I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke, by The New Seekers (Radio Jingle; 1971)

Last Date, by Floyd Cramer (Song; 1960)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League — Gotham City Breakout (Animated Film; 2016)

Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome (Film; 1985)

Monk (TV Series; 2002)

Northern Exposure (TV Series; 1990)

Oz (TV Series; 1997)

Pacific Rim (Film; 2013)

Point Break (Film; 1991)

Princess Mononoke (Animated Studio Ghibli Film; 1997)

Road to Perdition (Film; 2002)

She (Film; 1935)

Silverado (Film; 1985)

Trouble for Trumpets, by Peter Cross and Peter Dallas-Smith (Children’s Book; 1984)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Film; 1961)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

Today’s Name Days

Nabor, Felix (Austria)

Fortunat, Hilarije, Mislav, Proklo, Tanja, Živko (Croatia)

Bořek (Czech Republic)

Henrik (Denmark)

Armand, Härm, Härmel, Härmo, Herman, Hermann, Hermo (Estonia)

Herkko, Herman, Hermanni (Finland)

Jason, Olivier (France)

Siegbert, Henriette, Felix, Elenore (Germany)

Veronike, Veroniki (Greece)

Dalma, Izabella (Hungary)

Ermacora, Fortunato (Italy)

Heinrichs, Henriks, Indriķis, Ints (Latvia)

Izabelė, Margiris, Vyliaudė (Lithuania)

Eldar, Elias (Norway)

Andrzej, Euzebiusz, Feliks, Henryk, Jan Gwalbert, Paweł, Piotr, Tolimir, Weronika (Poland)

Nina (Slovakia)

Fortunato, Juan (Spain)

Herman, Hermine (Sweden)

Hilary, Ilary, Larry, Veronica (Ukraine)

Bud, Buddy, Jason, Jay, Jayla, Jaylen, Laylin, Laylon, Jayson, Oscar, Osvaldo, Oswald, Oswaldo, Ozzie, Waldo (USA)

Jace, Jacey, Jacy, Jaison, Jase, Jasen, Jason, Jayce, Jaycee, Jaycen, Jayson, Live, Olivier, Olivia, Oliver, Ollie, Olly (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 193 of 2024; 172 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 25 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 13 Lux; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 June 2023

Moon: 23%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 25 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Elizabeth of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 22 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 22 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.12

Holidays

Alkanet Day (French Republic)

Battle of the Boyne Day

Carver Day (Missouri)

Different Colored Eyes Day

Disco Demolition Day (Chicago, Illinois)

Divad Etep’t (Elder Scrolls)

Etch-A-Sketch Day

Fjord Day

International Cabin Crew Day

International Malala Day

Internet-Wide Day of Action for Net Neutrality

Lawyer’s Day (Mexico)

Malala Day

National Collector Car Appreciation Day

National Hair Creator’s Day

National Tyler Day

New Conversations Day

Night of Nights

Orangeman’s Day (a.k.a. “The Twelfth;” Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Rainmaker Day (Salem, Oregon)

Ratha Yathra (a.k.a. King; parts of India)

Relieve Stress By Walking Outside and Calling the Hogs Day

712 Day (Iowa)

Simplicity Day

Tirana Festival (Chile)

Unification Day (England; by Athelstan of England, 927 CE)

USA Woman VP Day

Visitation Day

World Paper Bag Day

World Penis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Eat Your Jell-O Day

International Cava Day

Michelada Day

National Pecan Pie Day

2nd Wednesday in July

National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving (Montserrat) [2nd Wednesday]

Sweetheart Days Festival begin (Minnesota) [2nd Wednesday; thru Friday]

Independence Days

Granda Aŭtista Duklando de Sophia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Kiribati (from UK, 1979)

Pacificonia (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Pibocip (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

Sao Tome and Principe (from Portugal, 1975)

Feast Days

Amedeo Modigliani (Artology)

Andrew Wyeth (Artology)

St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)

Germ (Muppetism)

Hermagoras and Fortunatus (Christian; Saints)

Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)

John Gualbert (Christian; Saint)

Kronia (Kronos Festival; Ancient Greece)

Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin (Christian; Saint)

Molly Darton (Muppetism)

Naadam, Day 2 (Mongolia)

Nabor and Felix (Christian; Martyrs)

Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))

Pam Grier Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Paisios of Mount Athos (Greek Orthodox)

Solstitium VIII (Pagan)

Surrealism Day (Pastafarian)

Vardavar (Pagan Prank Festival; Armenia)

Veronica (Christian; Saint)

Viventiolus, Bishop of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [39 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 193 [44 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sam Spade (Radio Series; 1946)

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1973)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (Film; 1941)

California Girls, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1965)

A Dance of Dragons, by George R.R. Martin (Novel; 2011) [A Song of Fire and Ice #5]

Explorers (Film; 1985)

Family Feud (TV Game Show; 1976)

I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke, by The New Seekers (Radio Jingle; 1971)

Last Date, by Floyd Cramer (Song; 1960)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League — Gotham City Breakout (Animated Film; 2016)

Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome (Film; 1985)

Monk (TV Series; 2002)

Northern Exposure (TV Series; 1990)

Oz (TV Series; 1997)

Pacific Rim (Film; 2013)

Point Break (Film; 1991)

Princess Mononoke (Animated Studio Ghibli Film; 1997)

Road to Perdition (Film; 2002)

She (Film; 1935)

Silverado (Film; 1985)

Trouble for Trumpets, by Peter Cross and Peter Dallas-Smith (Children’s Book; 1984)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Film; 1961)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

Today’s Name Days

Nabor, Felix (Austria)

Fortunat, Hilarije, Mislav, Proklo, Tanja, Živko (Croatia)

Bořek (Czech Republic)

Henrik (Denmark)

Armand, Härm, Härmel, Härmo, Herman, Hermann, Hermo (Estonia)

Herkko, Herman, Hermanni (Finland)

Jason, Olivier (France)

Siegbert, Henriette, Felix, Elenore (Germany)

Veronike, Veroniki (Greece)

Dalma, Izabella (Hungary)

Ermacora, Fortunato (Italy)

Heinrichs, Henriks, Indriķis, Ints (Latvia)

Izabelė, Margiris, Vyliaudė (Lithuania)

Eldar, Elias (Norway)

Andrzej, Euzebiusz, Feliks, Henryk, Jan Gwalbert, Paweł, Piotr, Tolimir, Weronika (Poland)

Nina (Slovakia)

Fortunato, Juan (Spain)

Herman, Hermine (Sweden)

Hilary, Ilary, Larry, Veronica (Ukraine)

Bud, Buddy, Jason, Jay, Jayla, Jaylen, Laylin, Laylon, Jayson, Oscar, Osvaldo, Oswald, Oswaldo, Ozzie, Waldo (USA)

Jace, Jacey, Jacy, Jaison, Jase, Jasen, Jason, Jayce, Jaycee, Jaycen, Jayson, Live, Olivier, Olivia, Oliver, Ollie, Olly (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 193 of 2024; 172 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 25 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 13 Lux; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 June 2023

Moon: 23%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 25 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Elizabeth of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 22 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 22 of 31)

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Border Feud 1947

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Sources and acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the following for their help:

Erin Amico; Michael Amiridis; John Austin; Ed Bachrach; Carmelo Barbaro; Tom Barrett; Tim Bartik; Austin Berg; Scott Brave; Max Brickman; Sherrod Brown; Pete Buttigieg; Kendall Byram; Dan Caulkins; Hayley Child; Chris, in Assumption; Kathy Cramer; Kate Collignon; John Cranley; Rick Cruse; Art Cullen; Donald Dennis; Orphe Divounguy; Mike Duggan; Rahm Emanuel; Thea Ewing; Micah Ezekiel; Flash, in Decatur; Tony Flora; Charles Franklin; Tim Franklin; Laura Frerichs; Tim Frisbie; Jeremy Jacobs; Edward Glaeser; Anika Goss-Foster; Nathan Grawe; John Gurda; Beth Hansen; Dave Harrison; Brad Henderson; Tom Henry; Eric Herman; Walter Johnson; Aaron Jones; Robert Jones; Paul Judge; Bruce Katz; Ryan Kelly; Thomas Klier; Birgit Klohs; Paul Krugman; Bob Leonard; Lori Lightfoot; Richard Longworth; Jeffrey Lyttle; Jeremy Manier; Bert Matthews; Richard Mattoon; Sonya Mays; Kenny McDonald; Scot McLemore; Leslie McGranahan; Rick Melcher; Julie Moore; Aidan Mouat; Tom Murphy; David Oppedahl; Mark Patton; Tef Poe; Darrin Redus; Brian Reisinger; Aaron Renn; Jamala Rogers; Rafael Salmi; John Sampson; Jeff Sloan; Tom Sloan; Sloan Spalding; Ramesh Srinivasan; Diane Swonk; Lauren Underwood; John Urbanus; Mike Venerable; Jay Walder; Thomas Walstrum; Ray Waters; Ben Wikler; Bob Zemsky.

A list of books and reports used for this report follows.

Books:

“Bleeding Out; The devastating consequences of urban violence, and a bold new plan for peace in the streets”. By Thomas Abt.

“Dignity, Seeking Respect in Back Row America”. By Chris Arnade.

“The New Chicago Way; Lessons from other big cities”. By Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg.

“Shortest Way Home; One mayor’s challenge and a model for America’s future”. By Pete Buttigieg.

“The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker”. By Katherine Cramer.

“Nature’s Metropolis, Chicago and the Great West”. By William Cronon.

“Storm Lake; A chronicle of change, resilience, and hope from a Heartland Newspaper”. By Art Cullen.

“Evicted; Poverty and profit in the American city”. By Matthew Desmond.

“The Nation City; Why mayors are now running the world”. By Rahm Emanuel

“Our Towns; A 100,000 mile journey into the heart of America”. By James Fallows and Deborah Fallows.

“What’s the matter with Kansas? How conservatives won the Heart of America.” By Thomas Frank.

“Triumph of the City; How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier”. By Edward Glaeser.

“The Making of Milwaukee”. By John Gurda.

“Janesville; An American Story”. By Amy Goldstein.

“The Fall of Wisconsin; the conservative conquest of a progressive bastion and the future of American politics”. By Dan Kaufman.

“American Summer; Love and death in Chicago”. By Alex Kotlowitz.

“The Heartland, An American History”. By Kristin L Hoganson.

“The Broken Heart of America; St Louis and the Violent History of the United States”. By Walter Johnson.

“The New Localism, How Cities can Thrive in the age of Populism”. By Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak.

“The Promised Land; the great black migration and how it changed America”. By Nicholas Lemann.

“Sundown Towns, A Hidden Dimension of American Racism”. By James W Loewen.

“Caught in the Middle; America’s heartland in the age of Globalism”. By Richard Longworth.

“The South Side; A portrait of Chicago and American Segregation”. By Natalie Y. Moore.

“Cahokia; Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi”. By Timothy Pauketat.

“Great American City; Chicago and the enduring neighbourhood effect”. By Robert Sampson.

“North America”. By Anthony Trollope.

“The Warmth of Other Suns; the epic story of America’s great migration”. By Isabel Wilkerson.

Reports:

“A Vital Midwest; the path to a new prosperity”. By John Austin and Alexander Hitch; The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 2020.

“Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: the future of black Chicago?” By William Scarborough, Iván Arenas, and Amanda E. Lewis. Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2020.

“How stagnating cities can prepare for the future”. Aaron Renn. Manhattan Institute. 2019.

“Jobs for the Heartland: Place-based policies in 21 st century America”. By Benjamin Austin, Edward Glaeser, Lawrence Summers. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2018.

“Midwest success stories, these 10 cities are blooming not rusting”. Aaron Renn. Manhattan Institute. 2019.

“The State of the Heartland”. Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, Ross De Vol. Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings. 2018

“Why the Garden Club couldn’t save Youngstown; Civic infrastructure and mobilization in economic crises”. Sean Safford. 2004

The Midwest an outsized punch

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Anti-Coal Struggles in Luzerath, Germany (+ Bad News)

Anti-Coal Struggles in Luzerath, Germany

First up, we share an interview with Fauve, a radical who recently participated in the anti-coal occupation in the village of Lützerath / Luzerath (aka the ZAD of Rhineland) in western Germany against the company RWE. We talk about RWE’s push to break resistance at Luzerath and the currently-calm Hambach Forest, which activists fear will be attacked by RWE and their goons. More info at https://luetzerathlebt.info/en

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BAD News

We’ll also be sharing the September 2022 episode of Bad News from the anarchist and anti-authoritarian A-Radio Network. You’ll hear a short update from the 2022 anti-racist football (aka Soccer for you ignorant yankees out there) tournament by A-Radio Berlin, an update from Free Social Radio 1431 on labor strikes by the Malamatina Winery workers in Thessaloniki and the pre-trial release of three prisoners accused of participation in Anarchist Action Organization, which ramped up arsons this year. Finally, Frequenz-A shares an interview with Feral Crust collective in Manilla, Philippines! Check out more Bad News.

Announcements

Support Russian Antifascist Prisoners

There is an article on Avtonom.Org/En calling for support for the 6 prisoners of the Tyumen Case through a fundraiser to cover legal costs and write them letters. There is more info on the case and how to support them linked in our show notes or at https://avtonom.org/en/news/tyumenskoe-delo-sbor-sredstv

Exposing Fascists: Best Practices

Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists just published a short and thoughtful guide to creating doxxes of people on the far right. You can find it at https://cospringsantifa.noblogs.org/best-practices/

Firefund for Revolutionary Prisoners in Greece

From their fundraising page:

After all these years, of the continuous persecutions and imprisonments, we consider the existence of the Solidarity Fund topical and necessary. Being one more stone in a mosaic being built by the multiform struggles against prisons, which urge us to act against one of the major pillars of the system of oppression and exploitation. Against the crime of incarceration that reproduces class inequalities, fear and submission.

Certain Days Calendar

The 2023 Certain Days Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendars are now available for pre-order. There are ordering details in the show notes, including info on bulk orders.

The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers across North America and political prisoner Xinachtli (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez) in Texas. We were happy to welcome founding members Herman Bell and Robert Seth Hayes (Rest in Power) home from prison in 2018, and founding member David Gilbert home from prison in 2021. We work from an anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer- and trans-liberationist position.

This year features art and writings by Zola, Jeff Monaghan and Andy Crosby, Killjoy, Noelle Hanrahan, Juan Hernandez, Dan Baker, Antiproduct, Upping the Anti, Katy Slininger, David Gilbert, Paul Lacombe, Garrett Felber, Oso Blanco, Mark Tilsen, Terra Poirier, Steve McCain, Lawrence Jenkins, Ed Mead, Windigo Army, Dio Cramer, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Scott Parkin, Seize the Mean and Cindy Barukh Milstein.

Proceeds from the Certain Days 2022 calendar were divided amongst Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), Mutulu Shakur legal support, Sundiata Acoli release fund, Palestinian Youth Movement, Burning Books expansion, Puget Sound Prisoner Support , Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois, Appalachians Against pipelines, Community Resource Initiative- CA, P4W Memorial Collective Prisoners’ Justice Day healing circle, Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Fund 2022, Cascadia Forest Defenders and NorCal Resist. Proceeds from the 2023 calendar will go to some of the same grassroots groups and more.

How to order the Certain Days calendar:

U.S via Burning Books (individual and bulk sales) burningbooks.com/products/certain-days-the-2023-freedom-for-political-prisoners-calendar

Your group can buy 10 or more for the rate of $10 each and then sell them for $15, keeping the difference for your organization. Many campaigns, infoshops and projects do this as a way of raising funds and spreading awareness about political prisoners.

 Use the discount code "BULK" to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each. In order to receive the discount, you must enter the discount code "BULK" at check out.

Canada (1-9 copies) via Left Wing Books https://leftwingbooks.net/en-us/products/certain-days-freedom-for-political-prisoners-calendar-2023

Canada (bulk. 10+ copies) certaindays.org/order/

Prisoner copies ($8 & only for people in prison and jail) certaindays.org/order/prisoners/

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Why you should buy Herman Miller and Steelcase’s stocks U.S. businesses may be showing some signs of weakness, but that shouldn't scare you away from buying the stock of two office furniture companies, blovnews.com's Jim Cramer said Thursday.

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We Don’t Have Herman Cain To Kick Around Anymore

The pizza maven turned MAGA man took the long weekend to think it over, and has had a second thought about being nominated to the Fed.

Last week, Herman Cain told the world that negative criticism, negative attacks and the reservations about his qualifications on the part of “several senators” (four Republican senators, to be precise, but then again precision with numbers has never been Cain’s strong suit) would not prevent him from seeing his proposed nomination to the Federal Reserve come to its doomed end on the floor of those senators’ chamber. Apparently, however, something else has.

Unfortunately, Cain is keeping schtum about what beyond the prospect of being raked over the coals for his alleged, uh, freedom with the ladies to no good end is, in fact, behind this decision. Whatever it is, President Trump and Larry Kudlow now face the unenviable task of finding a similarly unqualified puppet without Cain’s baggage to draw fire from Stephen Moore. Maybe someone from the TV. Jim Cramer, perhaps?

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Herman Cain Asks Trump Not to Nominate Him for Federal Reserve Board [WSJ]

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Herman Cain withdraws bid for Federal Reserve seat

Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain withdrew his identify for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, US President Donald Trump has tweeted. The president mentioned he would respect the previous pizza chain govt's needs and never pursue Mr Cain's nomination to hitch America's central financial institution. "My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him", Mr Trump wrote. Mr Trump first introduced he supposed to appoint Mr Cain earlier this month. Although the president didn't formally nominate Mr Cain to the seven-member board, the announcement prompted backlash amongst Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress. It's unclear why Mr Cain withdrew his identify for consideration. The president has been accused of placing ahead political loyalists to the Fed. Arguably the world's most influential financial institution, it's historically an unbiased physique. The president is a fierce critic of the central financial institution, and has additionally typically known as for decrease rates of interest - his predecessors have largely shunned making an attempt to sway financial coverage. Mr Cain would have required nearly whole Republican help within the Senate to be confirmed. As of final week, 4 of 53 Republican senators introduced they plan to vote in opposition to him. Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Cory Gardner of Colorado and North Dakota's Kevin Cramer all indicated they might vote no on the nomination. Mr Cain, a former govt of Godfather's Pizza, made a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, however dropped out amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. He's typically remembered for his 9-9-9 tax reform plan throughout his marketing campaign, and this viral marketing campaign video by an adviser. He served because the chairman of the Kansas Metropolis Federal Financial institution from 1989 to 1991. Read the full article

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Trump announces Herman Cain will not be nominated for Federal Reserve Board seat after string of controversies, Defence Online

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President Trump declared Monday he would not nominate previous Republican presidential candidate and pizza chain CEO Herman Cain to a posture at the Federal Reserve.

Cain had arrive beneath fireplace for his qualifications as well as sexual harassment settlements.

A range of Republican senators expressed worry about Cain and stated they would not be in a position to vote for his confirmation.

Stop by BusinessInsider.com for additional tales.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump declared Monday he would not formally nominate previous Republican presidential candidate and Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain to a posture on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Cain experienced been closely criticized for what quite a few Republicans characterized as a absence of qualifications as properly as accusations of sexual misconduct in his past. The controversies, along with dwindling prospective clients that the Republican-led Senate would even have more than enough votes to verify Cain, prompted a withdrawal.

Read through a lot more: Former pizza-chain CEO Herman Cain’s appointment to the Federal Reserve appears to be like like it is dead in the drinking water

“My pal Herman Cain, a certainly amazing guy, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “I will respect his needs. Herman is a great American who certainly enjoys our Region!”

Cain had been accused of sexual harassment in the course of his time as CEO of the National Cafe Association, which resulted in two settlements.

Next Trump’s announcement that Cain would be nominated to on of the central bank’s leading positions, lots of Republicans soured on him joining the Federal Reserve in any potential.

“The allegations that drove him from the presidential race are just so naturally major,” mentioned North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer. “I’m not talking about his position on curiosity rates or just about anything like that, but the sexual harassment things. Until finally it is greater discussed I could not vote for him.”

The range of Republicans suggesting they would not vote to ensure Cain rapidly grew to the level his nomination would be unlikely to do well.

A different Trump nominee for the Federal Reserve in hot drinking water is economist Stephen Moore, whose previous document has dogged him in latest months. But Moore’s nomination is still relocating forward as planned.

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