#ilegal stills

[scotianostra]

On January 29th 1852 smugglers caves and bothies on Arran, numbering about a dozen, were discovered and demolished by revenue men.

Whisky was outlawed in Scotland for around 40 years in the late 18th and early 19th centuries after its growing popularity drew the beady eyes of the government, who wanted to benefit from its manufacture. But it created a huge backlash of underground smuggling, with families, women and children all involved in exporting the drink.

Soon after the government became aware of whisky’s increasing popularity, they attempted to control production and of course benefit financially by introducing tax on spirits, this led to an incentive to illicitly sell the produce of small private stills. The government then responded to this by outlawing private distilling completely in 1781. Overnight, distilling went from ‘private,’ to ‘illicit.'

Illicit distilling and smuggling were prevalent throughout Scotland but the activities were mainly associated with the Highlands. Speyside, Campbeltown and Islay were also hot-beds of illicit production but Arran, one of the main players in whisky export at the time, had been completely overlooked, until now.

After whisky was again made legal in the 1823 Excise Act, Arran was unable to transition from illicit to legal production due to its lack of infrastructure, which may suggest why it has been overlooked. The illicit distilling and smuggling formed a critical part of the island’s economy, ensuring rent payments and guaranteeing employment on the island. It was noted by a Kilmory minister (a village in Arran’s south end) that there were ‘��Few, if any, in the parish, who, at some period of their lives, were not engaged in some department of smuggling.”

One notable incident that involved a number of these Arran smugglers includes three islanders murdered by authorities in the name of illegal whisky export.

William and Donald McKinnon (father and son) and Isobel Nicol, were shot and killed by a heavily armed Excise crew near Shannochie in Arran’s south end.

The commander of the Excise party, John Jeffrey, was tried for murder at the High Court in Edinburgh and found not guilty despite opening fire on a group of unarmed islanders. The incident had a considerable impact on the island community and a memorial service was held near the site of the killings as late as the 1950s

A contemporary of Sir Walter Scott described illicit Arran as ‘the burgundy of all the vintages.

After 1823, the majority of illicit producers were barred from the whisky industry, lacking the finance and infrastructure to compete with large landowners and tenant farmers.

On Arran, the acts virtually wiped out whisky manufacture, and for over 150 years, the island’s illicit stills lay silent. In 1995, Arran’s first legal distillery in over a century was opened, and now, the new establishment at Lagg brings production firmly back to the traditional heartland of distilling in the south end of the island.

Illicit distilling has died out from lack of profitability, but rumours still persist in remote places of homemade moonshine like "Melvaig Mist"

Of course the troubles with the excise-man started long before the 19th century, Rabbie Burns, himself an excise-man for a time, wrote a poem, the end few lines are........

Scotland, my auld, respected mither! Tho' whiles ye moistify your leather, Till whare ye sit on craps o' heather Ye tine your dam, Freedom and whisky gang thegither, Tak aff your dram!

The pics are of caves and remains of an Illicit Still on the Isla of Arran, and how an Illicit Still would have looked.

You can read or listen to the whole poem here https://www.bbc.co.uk/.../the_authors_earnest_cry_and.../

[gioscott]

You won't officially translate it fine *learns book binding*

[hskdinsdsjoc]

Anyone who claims to love Max but criticises him abt the pitlane overtake is too weak to love him.

Bye 👋🏻

[genosigned]

forgot to bring my computer to cat sit so I am banished from preseason game again

[grn-fog]

Thought of a question today and this post seems a good place for answers, is Pirating new films and then not discussing them publicly crossing the picket line or not?

during the wga/sag-aftra strike, we may see:

film in other countries continuing as usual, but those actors/writers are NOT crossing picket lines! other countries unions often have rules where they can’t strike in solidarity with american unions.

new indie movies separate from hollywood studios. indie movies can continue as usual too, and may even use union actors if they follow certain guidelines and/or get permission from the union.

awards shows, although they might look different and may be postponed. if there are award shows during the strike, there’s a chance they will just be live conferences announcing winners with no celebrations attached.

celebrities will not be promoting their work during this time— that WOULD be crossing the picket line! yes, this includes social media. they can still post on social media, as long as it doesn’t pertain to their work.

a lot more reality tv. this happened the last time there was a writers strike, and it will certainly happen again.

actors will also not be able to campaign for awards. this awards season is going to be a strange one.

propaganda from hollywood. they are already trying to flip the narrative by claiming they can break the unions, but they can’t. the strikers have the power. stand with them for however long this takes!

[ibogainetreatment08]

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[waru-chan8]

Why do I have the feeling I’ll get in trouble for keeping at bird at home afer my sister rescued it? We just contacted all the right people to make sure the little guy is safe, and we’re gonna return it to a rescue centre, but I still feel like I’m going to be in trouble for saving the guys life.

It’s not even a dangerous species and I’m freaking out so much

[arabella377]

*hacker voice* IM FUCKING IN LETS GO

[kayentokk]

Hey :) How are you doing?

Okay so, i wanted to request a platonic father Aizawa in which he is out patroling and he finds his teen daughter doing something ilegal with her friends or something like that.

Please and thankss :)

A/N; I’m okay thanks for asking! Love this idea, I’ve gotten many requests somewhat related to this lately actually! I’ll be posting those throughout the week. Also sorry it’s taken me a while to get to this! 🥲 I truly believe Aizawa is a girl dad and a softie parent. 

Pairing; Platonic!Father Aizawa x Fem!Daughter Reader

Contains; a little ooc Aizawa, fluff, soft, drug mentions, reader is about 16-17 like mha characters, quirk-less reader, death mentions, bad friends, comfort

wc; 1,763

You weren’t supposed to get caught. In fact, you didn’t even think you would. It wasn’t a big deal anyways, you only did it because you thought it’d be a way to relax with your friends. Plus, if you guys did get caught your backup plan was your father. It wasn’t like he was going to detain you…right?

Wrong.

You were very wrong to believe that your father wouldn’t take you into custody over a little weed with your friends. You just wanted to have fun! Besides, you didn’t want to be the ‘perfect heroes daughter’ who’s a buzzkill. Why couldn’t he understand that? 

There was just so much pressure that came with being the child to a hero. Your friends already joked about how you were too ‘good’ to do anything remotely illegal. Which is part of the reason you were in this situation in the first place. 

Of course he just happened to be patrolling around the alley you and your friends decided to get a little high in. That was just your luck, he didn’t seem mad though. So you thought he’d just tell you guys not to do it anymore, and move on. Nope. Leave it to Aizawa to want to teach you a ‘lesson’ all of a sudden. He was normally just a “don’t do it again,” kind of parent. Mostly because you had never done anything of this caliber before.

“Did you really have to bring me in?”

Silence.

“I mean come on, none of the other heroes care. They’re too busy thinking about protecting the city, shouldn’t you be too? Nobody cares about a couple of kids getting a little buzzed, besides everyone does it nowadays-“

“That doesn’t make it okay y/n.”

You’ve rarely seen him like this, so tense. He didn’t look angry, but you couldn’t shake the feeling you got that he was. It was almost….scary. 

So you resigned to a simple, “Okay, I’m sorry.” Were you really sorry though? Not that much, you still didn’t see the big deal. 

He let out a low grunt, “This is serious y/n, I know you think I’m making a big deal out of nothing,” well he said it first, “but you could’ve been seriously hurt.”

“Hurt? From getting a little high?”

“Criminals lace that stuff all the time, whether it’s with poison, more drugs, or whatever else they decide-“

“Yeah sure, but we got it from a trusted source-“

“And who’s that?” He said crossing his arms. 

Oops.

You decided it’d be best not to respond right now. Especially since the source wasn’t technically trusted, just another kid who got it from someone else. Who probably got it from someone else too.

Sensing your apprehension he decide to drop it, “we’ll revisit that later,” he said waving a dismissive hand. “I’ll drop you off at home, you’re grounded.” 

You internally groaned at that, grounded? That’s a new one, you were starting to really regret your decision. You should have just told your friends no, even if it meant being the ‘buzzkill.’ Then you remembered, your friends-

“What about my friends?”

“We’re working on calling their parents to come pick them up soon.”

“No!-“ you said sharply, “I-I mean, can’t you just let them off? Or something?”

“You know that’s not how this works, they are already getting off with a minor offense. The worst they’re going to get is their parents’ scolding.”

“Dad! You don’t understand-“

“I understand perfectly fine, a bunch of young kids wanted to ‘have fun’ and thought this was the best way to do it.”

Okay maybe he did understand, but not your side. He didn’t get that now you’d officially be the outcast, the top 10 ranked hero’s daughter who gets everyone in trouble. Does he get how embarrassing that is? 

“Come on, let’s get going.”

You stood from the chair leaving the comfort of being shielded, by the small desk separator, from your friends’ piercing gazes. They thought your dad would let you all off too considering the chaos the city’s currently in. 

You nervously waved and mouthed a quick ‘sorry’ to them before rushing out the door trying to follow closely behind Aizawa. 

You guys didn’t speak the whole way home, you opted for silence mostly because it wasn’t that big of a deal and he just didn’t know what to say. You had never done anything like that before, or had he just never caught you? When did that start?

He remembered when you were little and you’d give your vegetables to stray animals so you didn’t have to eat them, or when you tried to sneak out at night and he caught you. But those were all pretty minor things, and he was only always concerned with your safety.

You’d never done anything this bad, and in terms of the worst thing you could do of course this wasn’t horrible but he still didn’t get why. It couldn’t have just been for fun.

He entered the house after unlocking the door and opening it for you. Before you could make it to your room, where you’d probably go to sulk, he decided he’d ask.

“Why did you want to do that y/n?”

You stopped and turned around to face him. He was standing in front of the door, and now that you actually took in his appearance he looked tired. His dark circles more prominent, eyes a light pink most likely from his quirk, and his black pants had small patches of dust that had been hastily patted off on them. 

You replied after a moment, briefly forgetting his question, “For fu-“

“And don’t just say for fun, because I know you and there are plenty of other things you would do for fun.”

You huffed resigning to just come out with it, “it was a bet.”

“A bet?”

“My friends bet me that I wouldn’t get high with them since I’m a hero’s daughter.”

“And you decided to take them up on that?”

“Yes, I know it was stupid okay?”

“I know you know, you’re smarter than that. So why’d you say yes?”

Why’d he have to be so persistent? “Maybe because I thought I’d finally get some friends.”

“What do you mean y/n? You do have friends.”

“No, I don’t. Momo, Tsu, and Uraraka only hang out with me out of pity, since you’re their teacher, if they even have time-“

“Pity? Y/n no they don’t, there’s nothing pitiful about you at all-“

You scoffed, “don’t lie. I get you’re my dad and all but be honest with yourself, truly honest.”

“I am being honest. I’d never lie-“

Guess you’d just have to spell it out for him then. “The only daughter you had killed your wife, was born quirk-less, and there’s nothing special about her!” You were shocked at the admission of your own feelings but kept going, “I don’t have a talent, I’m not exceptionally smart, I’m not breathtakingly pretty, and I can’t even make friends!” You listed raising a finger for each reason, “Now tell me what about that is not pitiful?”

After that question there was silence, and Aizawa was just looking at you. You hadn’t even noticed you were crying until the first tear slid down your nose crease and hit the corner of your lip. Before touching could even wipe your tear or register the sound of footsteps approaching you, you were being hugged. Fully covered by his arms, your head grazing the bottom of his chin where stubble had began to grow, face buried partially into his scarf. 

You heard high pitched wailing, which you hadn’t even registered was you until his hand began to rub up and down your back with quiet ‘shh’s to try calming you.  

“Don’t cry, it’s okay. It’s not your fault, none of it okay?” He began whispering in your ear.

“Your mom and I both knew the challenges she’d have if she gave birth to you. We were well aware, and she wanted to have you. She didn’t care if she’d die in the process, you are our child.”

He continued comforting you, and when you eventually calmed down he let go and gently pulled your face out of his chest so you could look him in his tired, red eyes. “I love you so much, and I’m sorry if I don’t tell you that enough okay? It’s my fault I’m sorry. You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me, and you’re perfect. I mean that, I’d never lie. You don’t need a quirk, to be super smart, or have a special talent. You’re perfect to me, okay? And that’s all that matters. You’re important to me,” he said firmly. 

“Okay?”

You sniffled, reaching a hand to wipe your nose, “okay.”

“Hey,” he said turning your face back to his, “I really mean it, I’d be no where without you. And how could you say you’re not beautiful? I know I’m not the best looking hero, but haven’t you seen the pictures of your mom? You take after her, gorgeous. Nothing I’d ever change about you, I don’t regret anything.”

“Okay,” you said slightly unused to him saying these things, “I’ve never heard you say something so corny dad,” you said chuckling trying to lighten the mood. 

At that, he gave a small grin which faded when he remembered your earlier point, “And Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Yaoyorozu do like being your friend. Not just because I’m their teacher, trust me I’m more of a supervisor if anything. I let them figure most stuff out on their own. They wanted to meet and hang out with you. I don’t think you give yourself enough credit, you make friends just fine.” 

“I know, I know, it was just heat of the moment stuff dad.”

He let out a sigh of relief, hugged you once more, and pressed a kiss to the top of your forehead.

“I still have about another hour of night patrol, but I’ll stay here if you want me to?”

“No dad, it’s fine go.”

He looked at you once more as if saying, ‘are you sure?’ 

“Yes I’m sure I’m fine, it’s only an hour anyways.”

“Okay, call me if you need anything, I’ll be back soon,” he said headed towards the door.

“Okay,” you said starting to walk to your room. 

But just before he shut the door you dashed for it and started, “Hey! does this mean-“

“No you’re still grounded,” he said. 

And with that the door shut.

@/cafekitsune for the divider!

[mapsontheweb]

Map of Rio's gang controlled territories

CV = RED COMMAND or COMANDO VERMELHO: it started as left wing militia during the brazilian military dictadorship, when cocaine got involved, the organization were reformed in what it is today, the second biggest cartel withing Brazil, being RIO its HQ. Their rivals are the PCC wich are from São Paulo. Those two factions are the only interstate cartels operating within Brazil, all other factions you see are puppets from one another

TCP = THIRD PURE COMMAND or TERCEIRO COMANDO PURO: They a street gang operating only in the retail drug market, believe or not, they are all evangelcals, they hate catolics, african and Native religions wich all practice is forbbiden in their territory. They split from the reds in the 90s and are banked up mainly by PCC

5M MILÍCIA: they used to be a people's a militia formed by ex cops, fire fighters and military personal, their main goal was to just prevent the drug trade route to enter in their hoods, this only existed in Rio since this kind of gang violence mostly happens in there, scollars says its backlash from the revolutionary era. Now they split in several sub groups wich deals gambling, protection and racketeering in general. They also invest in ilegal real state buildings in natural reserves. Some groups even sell drugs now

ADA: AMIGOS DOS AMIGOS or FRIEND OF FRIENDS. not much to say about this one, their history carried big names, and their most great deed was controling rocinha for 10 years. Must be the most non violent gang in terms of their on actions and punishments, the most human, to say the least. They still control they birth place wich vila aliança, and are kind of confined there. They deal retail drug market and usually dont get in violent interactions with its rivals, diplomacy is their strong. Also have ties with PCC

[sgiandubh]

Can you tell me why all of Mordor is shocked and outraged that people that work for an ALCOHOL brand are in bars all the time? Do they think the bar magically brings in brands? There are thousands of spirits brands, but that bar managers and bartenders that don't know who SH is would just randomly bring in his product without a salesperson to introduce it to them? It is ilegal is US states for a brand to give bottles to a bar for free, they must order through the distributor, so all of the bars that have his product are actually purchasing it.

So step 1, a salesperson introduces the product to you, you like it and purchase it for your bar.

Step 2 is convincing the bar manager that the product is worth putting in a cocktail on the menu, not to just have on the backbar which is where a salespersons relationships come in.

Step 3 is to support that account with small spends, visits, social media, or anything else to encourage people to drink your product over the many others.

Again, why is Mordor shocked that people in the ALCOHOL industry are in bars? 😂

Dear Alcohol Brands Anon,

And where else should the SS staff be present, to sell that booze? In a church pew, perhaps?

Do you know, I am so damn glad every single time a professional (because this is obviously what you are, Anon) steps in for a clear reality check, especially in this strange world, where Kool-Aid seems to be some people's drink of choice!

Everything you said and then some more. Do these people seriously think that, if SRH's booze were crap, he would still have been invited to something as big as Food Network's New York City Wine and Food Festival?

Asking for a friend.

But that motley crew across the street, feat. The Mormon Pearl-Clutcher, The Kidneystone, The Vulgar Journo, The Fascist, Las Gemelas Despistadas, The Failed Detective, The Queen of Nothing (and all their mini me variations) knows best, of course. People whose experience of business is probably limited to watching The Apprentice on TV (THEY'RE FIRED!).

So thank you for bringing a bit of common sense in this menagerie of sorts. Don't be a stranger, Anon. You are always welcome to my humble abode.

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Althought in Minecraft the only way to fly is via elytra, most of the hermits have either found a replacement or a way to personalize it, even if its accidental.

Grian's wings are part of his body, and changes every season. Right now, he's got gargoyle like wings, which, admittely, make flying tougher, being made of stone.

Mumbo has a redstone powered jetpack that sometimes turns into a watch and sometimes into a blender. He's still figuring out why.

Scar has mechanical wings that turn into a wheelchair, but he dies so much that they're surgically connected to its spine, so he doesn't loose them.

Iskall has slime boots that he ilegally trafficated to Hermitcraft from the modded worlds. Everytime he doesn't want to do something for Stress, she threatens with telling Xisuma.

That argument has become even more effective now that Xisuma has lanky rattling femures forming monstruos wings going out of his skeletal armor. Most of the time he uses them to prepare tea while he works on his redstone, like some kind of boney octopus.

I'll come back with more >:D

.

[weirdraccoon]

Ominis: You can't just break into people's houses and take whatever you find!

MC: Why not?

Ominis: It's ilegal!

MC: Well, no one told me that!

Ominis: It's common sense!

MC: Well, maybe people should ward against alohomora if they didn't want anyone getting in!

Sebastian: That's a good point.

Ominis: You're still on time out, Sebastian, shush.

[slice-of-cak3]

can you do a one-shot of veneer where the reader is super shy and he's always teasing her for it/"embarrassing" her because he loves it when she blushes and hides her face

Hihi! Thanks for requesting, hope you like it, sorry if it's bad, I haven't really write anything since I was like 10, do you know that feeling of when you like a character too much that you can't even draw them because it feels ilegal? I had something similar doing this sorry 😭

Veneer x Shy!Reader

Veneer and you were dating for a while by now, he and his sister were having a show right now. While that happened you were waiting for him on the backstage, since both were going to have a little date after the show, you couldn't avoid humming a bit of the songs they were singing on stage while waiting for it to end.

After their show ended, Veneer practically came running towards you, giving you a hug and a soft kiss on the lips.

"Ugh, at least wait until i get out of the room!"

Velvet said at the sight of Veneer showing you affection, as much as you wanted to get used to Velvet's comments you couldn't, so you always ended up with your face red due to the fact someone was watching.

"It's not my fault you're still single"

Veneer said, rolling his eyes. He always loved showing you affection, loving to see how easy it was to get you blushing. His attention was back to you, noticing the red on your cheeks, he couldn't help but smile at it.

"Aw, you look so cute! With that blush on your face, so embarrassed because of the situation"

Veneer teased, making you blush even more from embarrassment while trying to hide your face with your hands. Your action causing a small laugh from Veneer, he gently took your hands off of your face and started planting small kisses around your face, looking at you during it. Maybe it was just to annoy his sister, or maybe it was just to tease you.

"You both really need a room!"

Velvet exclaimed making a face of disgust as she left the room annoyed.

[ebbyhell]

So i been busy with work and personal stuff, so i have not yet UPDATED That Lucifer doc we shall not speak the name of, i did ask an friend of mine about this legally (Yes they work on Korea) and they said that text while appearing very straghtfored is actually very blurred due the context of PB actions.

First about sharing the previous story events since PB already shared the story with us for free before and then only after put in paywall an person who share they (in case if they paid) cannot be legally held acountable cause (there is no infrigiment of protection rights since the story was acessibale before to public and the person has purchase legalily), what PB CAN DO is try to report the account but CAN NOT SEND AN SUE INVOICE (if their legal team does that is will be very shaddy).

Second the Special pass characthers, they tend to be on an more hard line since their story acess is not free to the public yet (the fact the only manner of access is real money that plays an major in it) so they not acesseble to the public yet, so he recomend holding on that ones (the case would still very blurry in court so PB should be aware of that)

Third PB can sue IF THEY DO NOT MAKE ACESSABLE TO FREE POR GENERAL PLAYERS TO GET, So characthers that can be get with solomon keys, solomon seals even go into an blury line, the reason been this are stuff the normal players can get if they do montaly task so if they wish to sue they have to prove the player obtained in ilegal or monatary means (Very hard on court). So they probaly report the account and try to get shut down insted (not an very good look to an company even an small one).

Fourth with all that said even if they now inform of they terms of notice, they as an company need to be aware that

No charcthers stories that were posted before can abied to this due to the company not giving notice when they relase, so the company is held responsiable and not the buyer/individual (The company commited an careless action of informing their terms of service and can not sue the person due to their own neglict),

2. They can not simple go sending sue to everybody due to this especial cases that require an lawyer to look at (i know turns out the legal world is way more complex than just sending an sue), they also need to be aware in even an 99% chance of lawful stealing of their content they may only be able to sue 2% (even if they manage to prove everybody hacked to obten content they still have more laws to look at).

3. trying to sue someboy that shared an story of an card obtened by Solomons sels wil be very hard since the seals can be abtained by doing general taks and not only by buying, the rights of protections will also not help because even if they did not post on tehy public accounts the fact the person OBTNED ON THE OWN GAME IN N MANNER WERE THE PUBLIC CAN OBTAIN, makes so they did not commit an crime (unless the person share for profit or cause direct warm to PB sales what is very difficult to prove it, PB can not just show this annoucement as terms of service as an sue warrent deal, only as an warning there before can not sue only repport the account, welcome to copyright laws the laws more blurry than an fucking mist seriuous just google when was the last update).

With all been send the conclusion was CAN THEY SAY THEY WILL SUE? YES, BUT CAN THEY ACTUALLY DO IT? HARDLY, if you have doubt you see what happening to other companies that tried to do that with the copyrigt laws you see most of their sues end on settled or loss for the company (excet if you are shady Nintendo then is like very shady sue). They will probaly report the account and try to get they blocked (Shitty look if they do it but leagaly allowed).

What alll that been said i wait till the new King Event to see what they do. (got so see if gonna need to lawyer or to do something different to post the content).

Sorry if it was to much, English not my first language.

[latteandjacks]

More spoilers, actually everything I post for the next 2 days is gonna be a spoiler

Anyways I'm gonna yap about Ignacio now

My sight sucks and the first thing I thought when I saw was "Is that Skidsdad???" And now I can't get the idea of Atticus making birthday partys for the members of the cult out of my head Sorry in my head I made him silly, and no it's not because of what happened with Lucifer I've had the idea of him being silly and kind of pathetic for a long time

Also he is so fruity man like

Okay now getting into the serious stuff

So this man has a gun, he also has, for some reason, pictures about Jhon's family

So he definitly stealed them when he burnt down Jhon's house, but like, why? Why so many pitures? Why pictures of his parents? Why a picture of teen Jhon? Why would the cult or him want them? This just solidifies my theory that the cult took his kid and wife, and now I think I need to add parents to that list but I'm not sure, it still doesn't answer why he stole them, why did they need them? Was it just to piss off Jhon?

And again, he has a gun and he always has it on hand and it's not afraid to use in in public so casually

It could be just a funny gag and we also could just assume he has it ilegally and gives zeri fucks, BUT

This all leads me to believe he used to be a police officer, or at least was in contact with the police and was close enough to get access to a gun legally and not have any problems using it

Oh and also, I really hope this line of Patty wasn't just a throwaway joke, her being part of the police force or at least trying to would be funny