#irs 2017

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

To whoever submitted (former) Confessor Bartholomew Lamentations to the tournament on September 4th, 2023, at 7:02 PM Pacific Time: I am holding you, personally, responsible for how sad I am right now when I have finished the podcast and [REDACTED] is dead and [REDACTED] is gone forever and the season is over and waaaaaaaah.

I no longer regret seeding Bartholomew against Hella Varal. You didn't even give him (them) propaganda. This is what you deserve for the sadness you will have caused me 592 days later.

[redhead-reporter]

º ✧ 。a friendly reminder that anon hate is UNACCEPTABLE. if you don't have the courage or frankly decency to identify yourself when you say vile and hurtful things about someone? then your words mean absolutely NOTHING and you've only revealed more negative things about yourself than you ever could the person you sent it to.

it's 2023, we're all ENTIRELY too grown for this. please do a serious self inventory on why you feel the need to spend your one wild and precious life keyboard smashing at a person who you LITERALLY do not know and whose decisions affect you 0%

[redtailfins]

deep wave of new indescribable emotion just washed over me because I realised a cavetown song worked on an oc playlist

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 61st Birthday to Academy Award Nominated producer, writer, filmmaker James Mangold! ^__^

[bread-tab]

i'm trying to make an old DVD work on my PC using VLC media player and OMG. the technology nostalgia is hitting hard. and it's *weird.* i grew up installing everything from CDs (floppy disks were phasing out when i was learning to computer) and obviously there was no concept of an alternative at the time. the "cloud" wasn't a thing. and here i am fumbling my way back out of that cloud, leaning away from my PC tower as it loudly whirs at me... and this all transpires because i got a DVD player for free from a thrift store liquidation sale a few months back and. uhhh. forgot to look for a remote

[bullet-prooflove]

Fifty Shades of Robby: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch x Reader

Tagging: @kmc1989 @dizzybee03 @cosmic-psychickitty @puredicks @queenslandlover-93

Companion piece to:

Lipstick (NSFW) - It's love at first blow job for Dr Robby.

Crisis - Robby has a bad day.

ASMR For The Soul - Robby doesn't sleep when you're not around.

Bunny - Robby discovers you've been keeping secrets.

Something To Complain About (NSFW) - You ignite the ire of Robby's neighbour with your bedroom noises.

Noise Cancelling - Robby discovers his neighbour keeps a spreadsheet of your antics.

Poolside - When Robby has a shitty day, he just wants to be whereever you are and usually that's the pool.

The Betting Pool - Robby discovers that his collegues have been taking bets on his relationship.

It’s Mateo that finds your Instagram. It’s under the username BaywatchBitch and the profile picture is you and Robby dressed in tiny red shorts and a blue top just like the ones from the 2017 movie. You’re both even wearing the same pair of aviators that Zac Efron is on the marketing posters.

It’s from a New Year’s Eve costume party the caption reads when he locates the picture on your feed. One you both attended with the Abbots.

“It’s like they both have this secret life that nobody knows about.” He tells Cassie as they flick through the pictures studying them with an intensity they usually reserve for their work.

Your Instagram feed it’s fifty shades of Robby.

Him sleeping on a couch they don’t recognise, his headphones on, a blanket draped over him. The caption reads ‘My heart’.

Robby wearing an old white t-shirt with Baby written in blocky, slashed writing across the front of it. An ode to Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, a group he’s loved since the 90s. He’s in the midst of cooking lemon cake for your mother’s birthday, a dab of flour smeared across his cheek.

A reel of him out on the water at an undisclosed beach, standing on a paddle board silhouetted by the sunset.

There’s dozen’s of them all depicting a different version of Robby, one that none of them of them have seen before. A happier, healthier one.

Topless Robby hoisting himself out of a pool, Robby pulling a face because he’s gotten brain freeze from eating ice cream, Robby driving with the hint of a smile on his face somewhere up the coast.

“This is why you’re going to lose the bet.” Dana says gesturing at the phone when she catches wind of it. “It doesn’t take a neurosurgeon to see that they’re in love.”

It’s three days later that Robby comes into work with a smile on his face and a little sun burn on his nose. He has ‘Baby’ playing in his ears because he’s still riding high from the weekend the two of you have spent at Geneva-on-the-Lake.

Sun, sea and sex, there’s nothing like it.

He swings into the security office, taking his time to review the betting board. The stakes are torn between you robbing him blind and killing him mid coitus. There’s still some debate as to whether it’ll be intentional or not.

He takes the polaroid picture out of his top pocket, using one of the magnets to fix it to the board amongst the post-its.

It’s one from two days ago of you both on the beach in Ohio. You’re wearing a white lace dress with an orchid woven in your hair and he’s looking into your eyes, his lips curved up into a smile as he says I do.

Married, he writes on the bottom, his wedding ring glinting in the light from the fluorescent. March 29th 2025

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[batboyblog]

Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #33

Sep 6-13 2024

President Biden marked the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act and highlighted efforts to stop gender based violence. the VAWA was written by then Senator Biden and he often talks about it as his proudest legislative victory. The act transformed how the federal government dealt with domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In part because of the connection to Joe Biden, President Trump and the Republicans allowed the VAWA to expire in 2019. President Biden passed a new reauthorization, with new protections for women against cyber crime, in 2022. On the VAWA's 30th anniversary President Biden announced $690 million in grants to support survivors of gender-based violence.

President Biden and Vice-President Harris announced a new rule to force insurance companies to treat mental health care the same as medical care. The new rule takes on the use by insurance of restrictive practices like prior authorization, and out of network charges, it also closes a loophole in the law that allowed state and local government health insurance not to cover mental health.

The Biden-Harris administration announced that 50 million Americans, 1 in every 7, have gotten health insurance through Obamacare's marketplaces. Under Biden a record breaking 20.8 million enrolled this year. Since the ACA was passed by President Obama and then Vice-President Biden it has transformed American health care bring affordable coverage to millions and getting rid of "preexisting conditions". During the Presidential debate Vice-President Harris defended the ACA and the need to keep building on it. Trump after 9 years of calling for its repeal said he only had "concepts of a plan" on what to do about health care in America.

The IRS announced that it has recovered $1.3 billion in back taxes from wealthy tax dodgers. For years Republicans have tried to underfund the IRS hindering its ability to police high income tax payers. President Biden in his Inflation Reduction Act ensured that the IRS would have the money it needs to chase high income tax cheats. In February 2024 the IRS launched a program to go after over 100,000 people, making $400,000 or even over $1 million a year who have not filed taxes since 2017. The IRS also launched a program to collect from tax payers who make over $1 million a year who have uncontested debt of over $250,000. Between these two efforts the IRS has collected over a Billion Dollars in back taxes from the richest Americans, so far this year.

The Department of The Interior and White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi highlighted green energy efforts on public land. Highlighting two projects planned in Nevada officials talked about the 41 renewable energy projects approved on public land under the Biden-Harris Administration. These projects over 25 gigawatts of clean energy, a goal the Administration's climate plan set for the end of 2025 but met early this year. With the new projects in Nevada this is enough energy to power 12.5 million homes, and the Bureau of Land Management is another 55 utility-scale project proposals across the West.

The Department of The Interior announced $236 million to help fight forest fires and restore landscapes damaged by recent wildfires. Under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Administration has spent nearly $1.1 billion dollars to combat deadly wildfires which have over the last 10 years grown in size and intensity thanks to climate change.

The Department of The Interior announced $157 million in wetland conservation. The money is focused on protecting bird habitats. It will protect and preserve thousands of acres of wetlands across 7 states.

The US Senate approved President Biden's nominations of Adam Abelson, Jeannette Vargas, Mary Kay Lanthier, and Laura Provinzino to federal judgeships in Maryland, New York, Vermont, and Minnesota respectively. This brings the total number of federal judges appointed by President Biden to 209. When Biden entered office 318 district judges were Republican appointees and 317 Democratic, today 368 are Democratic appointments and just 267 are Republican. President Biden is the first President in history to have the majority of his appointments not be white men and he has appointed more black women to the bench than any President ever.

[tecontos]

Foi tão gostoso. (Abril-2025)

By; Rhinara

Ola a todos, me chamo Rhinara e isso aconteceu comigo ha uns 15 dias atrás, sou uma mulher comum , sou loira 1.60 e 55 kgs, nao sou de chamar atenção.

Entao vamos lá , sou casada a 12 anos e sou feliz tenho um bom emprego , meu marido tbm uma boa casa dois filhos ,mas nunca sai do convencional na cama com ele sempre foi muito simples o nosso sexo.

Ele tem um amigo desde infancia que ficou viuvo em 2017, um homem lindo 1.86 uns 90 kgs olhos castanhos claros ( mel ) e um charme e muito discreto tem uns 36 ou 37 anos e um filho a cara dele e sem sacanagem eu sou tarada nele ( inclusive escrevo porque ele me falou para escrever q eu sentiria bem ).

Pois bem! Lá em casa houve um churrasco e para variar ele foi com o filho, sempre muito gentil uma das minhas amigas gostou dele , mas como ele tava com o filho nao deu muito mole pra ela , e depois de umas horas conversa vai e vem eu o perguntei;

- e ai nao vai casar de novo não

Ele sorriu ( que boca ) e disse;

- só se fosse com vc

Fiquei molhada na hora, ja pelas tantas o meu marido bebado , ele veio se despedir me deu um abraço um beijo no rosto e se foi .

No dia seguinte 2º feira ele me ofereceu carona após o trabalho, eu recusei pois nao era tao longe de casa, da pra ir a pé , mas aceitei,  depois ele me chamou pra tomar café em uma confeitaria perto aceitei , la falei pra ele da minha amiga ele riu e falou;

- se fosse vc quem sabe

Voltamos pro carro , nao sei o que deu na minha cabeça pedi a ele pra passar um pouco adiante pois sabia de um motel, ao passar em frente comentei que nunca tinha ido, ele olhou pra mim e falou;

- vc tem coragem .

Falei; - tenho sim

Ele entrou e discretamente passou a mao na minha perna, me arrepiei toda , ao chegar no quarto ele foi me beijando e tirando meu vestido, eu ali ja era dele nao queria saber mas de nada ha não ser fuder rsrsrs e gozar e muito.

Ele tirou minha calcinha e ainda com roupa chupou minha buceta com volúpia, aquela lingua me sugando eu pegava a cabeça dele e gritava

- nao para , vai poe a lingua chupa

Ate que gozei, meu rosto estava com um seblante de riso e felicidade , ele tirou a roupa, que pau, uns 17 cm normal e delicioso , botei na boca parecia que nunca tinha chupado antes, lambia como uma doida e chupava seu saco e batia punheta, olhava pra ele e via a cara de satisfação , como é bom dar prazer quase gozo só em ve-lo gemer , chupei ate ele gozar na minha boca , saiu um pouco pelo canto da boca e eu falava;

- quero tudo ate a ultima gota

Ele gemia e passava freneticamente a mao no meu cabelo e eu pedia mas, ele deitou eu cavalguei como se fosse a ultima foda da minha vida, ver aquele membro dentro de mim, aquele macho me chupando nao demorei gozei de novo e mas violento ainda, pedi a ele pra nao gozar dentro pois estava no meu dia fertil , pedi pra gozar na minha boca

Ele me pois de 4 e com fortes estocadas me levou nas nuvens ai quando ele falou que ia gozar virei rapidamente, botei a boca e chupei, a porra foi parar na minha garganta mas quanto mais chupava mais eu queria .

Deitei ja era quase 7h da noite fui tomar banho com ele, me esqueci do tempo , falamos um pouco sobre o assunto , mas falamos muito em gozar de novo rsrsrsrs

Deitei liguei a tv um cara comia o cu da mulher , pensei olhei pra ele e falei;

- topas ? É A minha 1º vez (não era, mas disse pra deixar ele mais doido)

Ele pegou um creme me deitou de bruços e passou a beijar minha costas e bunda passou a lingua la dentro do meu cuzinho, passou o creme e colocou um dedo depois outro, doeu um pouco mas deixei , fiquei de 4 ele colocou a cabeça , fiquei imovel (pois doia) nao aguentei e deitei toda, ele veio e colocou e entrou mas fácil ( mesmo assim vi estrelas ) com a mao embaixo do meu corpo ele passava a mao na minha buceta isso ajudou aliviar a dor , de repente entrou tudo ( caralho como dói ) e bombando a dor virou prazer, ele tava doido, me senti a tal e de dor passei a gozar, e o melhor, ele gozou dentro , la dentro do meu cuzinho, ele esporrou tanto que saiu , nao conseguia me mexer fiquei parada imovel e ele la todo dentro ( delicia ). Nos arrumamos e fomos embora.

Acreditem gozei 3 vezes e gozaria mais, e agora to louquinha querendo mais.

Enviado ao Te Contos por Rhinara

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The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (2012-2016)

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.

His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab (2015-2017)

Kell is one of the last Antari--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.Kell was raised in Arnes--Red London--and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski (1992-2013)

For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf. 

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world -- for good, or for evil. 

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all. And the Witcher never accepts defeat. 

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986-2008)

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle.

To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl--and herself--than first meets the eye.

In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused. The Witch has placed a spell on Howl. Does the clue to breaking it lie in a famous poem? And what will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl's castle?

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (2000-2020)

As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks.

So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry’s seeing dollar signs. But where there’s black magic, there’s a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry’s name…

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (1911)

Peter Pan, the book based on J. M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1966)

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of in exhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth.

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (2012-present)

When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (1995-1997)

Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill--and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. 

 As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom.

Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin (1968-2001)

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.

This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

[tillythemenace]

Ok Like I WILL be real, I used to be such a RTTE hater (not at first just around when the last 2 seasons were airing) because of the plot and character inconsistencies that used to piss me off to no end (some of them still do lmfao but I don't take them as seriously). But it's been since 2017 (I didn't even watch season 6 because I was so unmotivated and left the fandom around that time) it's almost 8 years since I saw it, and upon rewatch, idk I guess I got to appreciate so much of what I DID love and what I didn't, I just laughed it off.

To me sure, some things ESPECIALLY in the later seasons are not canon, cause the inconsistencies are just way to big to ignore, I DO NOT like how they treat certain characters, specially female ones and even Hiccup pissed me off certain instances. But I will be real, after HTTYD 3????? idk I guess RTTE is not THAT bad, so I guess all my ire went there instead of this show. At least I felt like in RTTE the writers put more love and time and development to most of the things I can live with, sure Astrid and Toothless and Stoick are still the ones that suffer the most, but in GENERAL?? I feel a LIL more love put into the stories than in the entirety of HTTYD3 (most of it tho cause I do like SOME things)

I can forgive canon, plot and character inconsistencies now and appreciate it for what it is. Not many shows get to pull this off and I think this one does (at least the first 4 seasons which is still a LOT). I have felt a warmth for HTTYD I haven't felt in years and a lot of it is from RTTE. Obviously the movies will always be superior like there's NO comparison. But in RTTE I can take refuge at least whereas in HTTYD 3 I CAN'T, which is sadly part of the trilogy and movie canon that I CANNOT separate from, I mean I WILL -- to me, HTTYD 3 can easily be NOT canon but still I have to live with it's EXISTENCE and constant reminder that it's a THING.

So yeah... I have a new appreciation for RTTE as a whole. So far my rewatch has been filled with NOTHING but pure joy and laughter and yes some nostalgia, but damn, hasn't it been a total treat that I'm SO GLAD I got to revisit rn, not only YEARS later but also because I've been rediscovering myself actually grown and understanding about a lot of things in my life. So this newfound love is more than welcome.

[spectre-0ne]

So, the TAG website used to be a thing. I had a big wave of nostalgia at 5am and decided to test it on the way back machine.

I was not disappointed.

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2015

I couldn’t get far, since it was only a sign-up page buuuut I did get the ambience clip that plays. I remember you used to be able to do puzzles and missions to train be to part of IR. My stupid 10y/o brain couldn’t figure it out.

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2017 (ish?)

This one has A LOT, however most of the games, vehicle and character info and gallery stuff didn’t work (I wasn’t expecting it to anyway)

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2020

This one had plenty, but I didn’t test any of the tabs since I was expecting the same result as the 2017 one. It’s basically got the current format (as I post this) now, but with more tabs and DLC.

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Cecilia Nowell at The Guardian:

On the campaign trail this year, Donald Trump routinely criticized US media. The president-elect called for CBS to be stripped of its broadcast license after it aired an interview with Kamala Harris, refused to participate in an interview with 60 Minutes and routinely called journalists the “enemy of the people”. But perhaps no American media has attracted as much ire from the president-elect as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – a non-profit corporation created by federal law in 1967 to distribute funding to public media organizations like PBS and NPR.

“NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social in April. “THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!” As the Trump prepares to take office next month, public media organizations – such as NPR and PBS, which have aired longtime favorites such as Curious George and All Things Considered – are readying themselves for funding cuts and other attacks against their programming. After Trump was re-elected in November, NPR member stations circulated a report warning that “it would be unwise to assume that events will play out as they have in the past” where funding is concerned, the New York Times reported Friday, and PBS board members received an update from political consultants earlier this month. Trump and his allies have repeatedly called for the federal government to cut all funding to public media. In March 2017, Trump called for Congress to cut all funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the first proposed budget of his presidency – a call he repeated throughout his presidency.

In response to a 2020 effort to defund public media, the PBS president and CEO, Paula Kerger, issued a statement noting that “PBS and our member stations have earned bipartisan Congressional support because of the vital role that public television plays in homes and communities across the country. For 50 years, PBS has served as a trusted source for educational and thought-provoking programming, including school readiness initiatives for children, support for teachers and caregivers, public safety communications and lifelong learning across broadcast and digital platforms.” But the conservative playbook Project 2025 has continued echoing conservative calls to cut funding to PBS and NPR, stating that the new Trump administration should strip public media of federal funding and licenses for noncommercial education stations.

[...] In November, shortly after Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Musk coauthored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal with Vivek Ramaswamy (the two have been tasked with leading a “department of government efficiency”, an agency Trump claims he will create). In it, the pair identified the $535m Congress allocates each year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as one line item they would cut to reduce federal expenditures. As recently as this week, Musk posted on X that “legacy media must die”. Although these attacks against public media are growing more concerted, they’re not new. Every Republican administration has aimed to defund public media since the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded. American public media traces its origins to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, passed under Lyndon B Johnson’s administration. A public-private partnership, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting connects 1,190 public radio stations and 356 public television stations with federal grants, allowing those stations to maintain editorial independence and also raise funds from members and sponsorships. Today, 99% of the US population lives within listening range of at least one public media station.

The attacks on NPR and PBS should worry us all, as it is part of Donald Trump's authoritarian war on press freedom.

[vintagelasvegas]

Silver Palace to Mermaid's, 1956-2016

Silver Palace (1956), 32 Fremont St, Las Vegas. The casino was built in place of the W. R. Thomas building and had six different casinos names over its 60 years, aka Carousel Club, Gambler's Hall of Fame, Sundance West, Sally Sally's, and Mermaid's.

Silver Palace ('56-'64)

'54-55: The casino is planned in ’54. The W.R. Thomas building on this corner is deemed unsafe by the city and demolished in Jan. ’55. The casino also takes the place of Silver Cafe, closed Jan. ’55 after being sold to the casino group by owners Sui Mong Fong and Kim Fong.

'56: Silver Palace premiere opening is 5/25/56, with grand opening 6/8/56. Spinning Wheel Corp is the owner with over 20 licensees. Earl Snyder, president. Zick & Sharp, architect; Lee Linton, interior design. The casino is modern, with the city’s first escalator, casino, restaurant, and slot machines designed to resemble medieval castles. Signs by Heath Sign Co of Los Angeles. The casino is open only six months, closed by IRS, Nov. 30.

'58: Silver Palace reopens, 5/20/58, operated by Marion Hicks and parters of the Thunderbird. The restaurant is Louigi's Broiler.

'59: Silver Palace and Louigi's Broiler closed 6/30/59.

'61: Silver Palace reopened by Myron Lewis, 5/5/61.

'63: Lewis remains property landlord as Melvin Axler group takes over Silver Palace business in Oct.

Carousel Club ('64-'74)

'64: Renamed Carousel Club in Aug; Whiskey A' Go-Go in the basement floor. Carousel Club closed 9/23/64.

'65: Carousel Club reopened by B. Mclaney group in Jun. Carou-Cellar discotheque in the basement in Jul. Building sign changed to “McLaney’s Carousel.”

'67: Carousel Club licensees change to Salvator A Rizzo, Robert Ayoub, Rocco Paravia in Apr. American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees leader Tom Hanley accuses the casino of taking orders from hidden owners, prompting Gaming Board investigation; AFCGE pickets the club in Aug-Sep. Owners close on 11/19/67 citing IRS charges.

'68: YESCO sues Carousel owners for unpaid sign lease in Jul. Marty Kutzen as Marlee Inc. buys the club with a Teamsters loan, reopens 8/30/68. “McLaney’s” removed from the sign.

'69: Al Garbian buys Marlee Inc, Carousel Club.

'73: Deil Gustafson buys Marlee Inc., Carousel Club.

Gambler's Hall of Fame ('74-'76) Sundance West ('76-'79)

'74: Carousel’s name changed Gamblers Hall of Fame in summer; remodeled by architect Lee Linton, and Ad-Art designer Charles Barnard.

'76: Gambler’s Hall closed 2/4/76 after bankruptcy petition is filed against the casino by a lender. Al Sachs buys the casino out of bankruptcy in May. Sachs reopens as Sundance West, 7/1/76. Facade updated, signs by Ad-Art.

'78: Cosmo's Underground restaurant opened by Tony Calabrese in the lower level of the building.

'79: Sundance West sold to Herb Pastor, closes for remodeling in Dec. Facade updated, signs by Ad-Art.

Sassy Sally's ('80-'99) Mermaid's ('99-'16)

'80: Reopened as Sassy Sally's, 4/1/80. Sally was the name of Pastor's babysitter.

'94: Cosmo's Underground closes.

'99: Casino remodeled as Mermaid's.

'06: Pastor sells Mermaid's, along with Glitter Gulch and La Bayou, to son Steve Burnstine (Granite Gaming Group).

'16: Burnstine sells Mermaid's, along with Glitter Gulch and La Bayou, to Derek and Greg Stevens. The property was demolished in 2017.

Casino to Replace Oldest Building Erected Here. Review-Journal, 12/29/54; Songs May Open New Cafe. Review-Journal, 1/4/55; Appeals Group Told to Study Building Case. Review-Journal, 1/20/55; At Long Last. Review-Journal, 2/1/55; Silver Palace to Open Friday. Review-Journal, 5/24/56; Silver Palace Opens Doors on Fremont Street Friday. Review-Journal, 5/25/56; T-Men Close Silver Palace Doors. Review-Journal, 11/30/56; New Group Negotiates for Casino. RJ 7/1/59; Casino Center to Use Silver Palace for Meets. Review-Journal, 11/20/60; Carousel Padlocked by Owner. Review-Journal, 9/24/64; City Approves Carousel Licenses. Review-Journal, 4/6/67; Roy Vanett. Hidden Casino Owners Block Talks - Union. Review-Journal, 8/10/67; Gaming Pickets Hit LV Carousel. Review-Journal, 8/25/67; State Eyes LV Casino. Review-Journal, 9/26/67; Carousel Club Closes: IRS Demand Blamed. Review-Journal, 11/20/67; Carousel Wins Okay. Review-Journal, 8/30/68; Associated Press. Board OKs Nugget, Carousel stock sales. Review-Journal, 7/12/73; Garbian to be active in casino activities. Review-Journal, 12/27/74; Al Sachs hold keys to Gamblers Hall. Review-Journal, 5/3/76; Closed Down. Review-Journal, 12/7/79; Opening. Review-Journal, 3/9/80; Charles F. Barnard. The Magic Sign. ST Publications, '93.

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0BAMA ‘CRIME FAMILY’ : What's The TRUE ORIGIN Of Their Wealth⁉️

Barack and Michelle Obama’s net worth is estimated between $70M and $135M - a sharp rise from just $1.5M in 2008. How did they amass such wealth?

🔴 Between 2005 and 2016, the couple earned $20.5M in salaries and book royalties, per Forbes.

🔴 By his 2009 inauguration, Obama held $1.1M-$5.1M in US Treasury bills.

🔴 In 2017, they secured a $65M joint book deal.

🔴 Barack made $1.2M from just three Wall Street speaking engagements, with estimates of $400K per event - equal to his presidential salary.

🔴 Michelle reportedly charges $225K per speech, with 2018 book tour tickets ranging from $307 to $4,070 (Business Insider).

🔴 In 2018, they founded Higher Ground Productions and signed a $50M Netflix deal.

🔴 In 2019, they inked an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify, followed by a first-look deal with Audible in 2022.

POLITICAL DYNASTY GRIFTERS...

While mainstream outlets insist there’s nothing unusual about their fortune, a Kogod School of Business projection suggests the couple could earn $242.5M by the 2030s.

However, US conservatives on X are urging Elon Musk's DOGE community to INVESTIGATE the true extent of the Obamas' wealth, citing their lavish lifestyle and luxury properties.

Wall Street analyst and charity fraud expert Charles Ortel suspects the Obamas’ philanthropic ventures mimic the Clinton Foundation’s alleged fraud:

“The IRS… has never disciplined the Obamas for corporate mining naked partisan and personal enrichment schemes inside a ‘public charity,’ which is strictly and clearly illegal,” he believes.

Ortel notes the Obama-era FBI & DOJ failed to complete investigations into the Clinton Foundation’s alleged pay-to-play schemes. He believes the Clintons and Obamas pushed Russiagate and post-2020 lawfare against Trump to prevent him from using presidential powers to thoroughly investigate them.

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No, Trump didn’t sign an executive order to eliminate income taxes

If Your Time is short

President Donald Trump directed his Cabinet to explore the feasibility of creating an External Revenue Service to collect tariff revenues. Congress would need to pass a law to create the agency. 

Trump’s action does not eliminate the IRS or federal income taxes. 

Trump has proposed extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and further cutting taxes on certain income, including tips.

See the sources for this fact-check

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finished reading... i was looking for these panels in particular because i didn't remember them... and they weren't there... is there a second book? and addendum? will look later... (got the below pics from a post i reblogged)

im rereading my lesbian experience with loneliness again... i remember an ex friend said that it reminded them of me and it's still true...