#jordan fischer

[vintagerocker69]

Happy 80th Birthday too the original (Jumpin Jack Flash) Keith Richards, while others of your age are possibly in Care homes , thinking about a new hip operation. You have just released a new album that's No 1 all over the World. And next year with the Rolling Stones are performing live in the USA covering 20 + Gigs. You are one of the last remaining stepping stones of the Afro American Bluesman that travelled to Chicago from the Delta. The epitome of cool style and dress , one of the coolest Cats on this planet. 🎸🎙🎵✌️

[trixierosewrites]

Happy STS! What are your characters’ attitudes surrounding death? Do they fear it, or are they comfortable with it? Do they believe in an afterlife?

Happy STS, and what an excellent ask for Memento Vivere, AKA the murder and death game!

Aidan, of course, is the way he is because he is a coward. He's terrified of death. His attempts to avoid his own assassination are alluded to - both in Aidan's own thoughts about Cassie, and from Isabella - because Aidan is desperate. It makes for an interesting contrast with the callous way he treats the lives of people around him (Amy, for example, who he literally talked into suicide) for sure.

It's pretty clear in the text that Cassie and Nate are at least passively suicidal, partially because they're really miserable in their day to day lives? Hector isn't suicidal, as such, but he does take an all-or-nothing approach to life, which leads to his death.

Dante, before getting trapped into the murder and death game, was completely non-suicidal; she gets risky and prepared to die if it's necessary after watching both the people she loves die in front of her, but she makes her accusation believing herself to be correct, so it's not a suicide attempt.

Isabella genuinely doesn't believe she will die.

Jordan doesn't want to die but she'd rather die quickly than slowly, which is pretty fair. John had no intentions of dying any sooner, but he does expect his death to come soon on account of being in his seventies and not the healthiest. Miriam is completely ambivalent about death; maybe it'll be interesting.

Dawn and Hugh are both terrified of death, but both addicted to danger; Hugh because he digs his own grave and makes his own problems and Dawn because they're an adrenaline junkie.

Thanks for the ask! <3

[the-unlucky-trevor]

I just HAD to come up with these quotes for some HPMA emcees

Jordan: So yeah, my top surgery went really well

Ellery: Great! My bottom surgery is next week. Can't believe we're both magic and trans!

Eli: I just hit Fischer with my car

[casualoptimist]

Notable Book Covers of 2023

[romeochamberlain]

((Jordan Fisher)) // actor, avatar 400*640)

https://imgbox.com/g/GjUmyLlEfQ

[denimbex1986]

'Cork’s finest is about to go supernova. With Christopher Nolan’s imminent historical thriller Oppenheimer, the incomparable Cillian Murphy makes the leap from big-screen supporting favourite to bona-fide blockbuster lead. It’s been a long time coming, and early buzz suggests that Nolan’s epic – which stars Murphy as theoretical physicist, J Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb” – features a career-best turn from the Ballintemple native.'

[booksteacupandreviews]

Authors I discovered in 2022

What new authors did you discover in 2022? #BookTwt Check out mine on my #bookblog by following the link and let me know if you have read any of these authors or their books?⬇️

[harmslength]

(Mostly) NSFW Headcanons - Part II

Disclaimer: Slight spoilers ahead so be warned. Just covering movies I have seen before or know a decent amount about the character. Overall, just my own personal opinions. This is just for shits and giggles so feel free to disagree. I’m also very aware that I’m being a hater rn.

Red Eye (2005) | Wes Craven - Jackson Rippner

• FREAKY ASS DUDE

• probably would learn everything about you before asking you out

• mean asf, like definitely the type to pick on you and call you a cry baby

• loves, loves, loves roleplay, specifically: CNC (Burglar x Sleeping Victim)

• big on humiliating you, probably the type to hold your head down while giving head. Likes his balls being sucked..

• feral mf, loves to use his teeth (ankle biter energy) and eats pussy like a champ [insert slurping noises]

Perriers Bounty (2009) | Ian Fitzgibbon - Michael McCrea

• top contender for best in bed

• grimey little dude.. but hey, bums know how to lay pipe like it’s their god given purpose

• not attached to any particular fetish or kink just very experimental and kinky

• 3 words: tongue in ass. There I said it. Specifically from the back, he will stick his tongue in places god hasn’t even seen.

Broken (2012) | Rufus Norris - Mike Kiernan

• spontaneous and sensual. Probably an exhibitionist lowkey

• can be a bit selfish at times, but definitely makes it a priority to make you cum.

• could definitely see him having a thing for stockings or thigh highs

Inception (2010) | Christopher Nolan - Robert Fischer

• if a boy was a princess it would be him

• DADDY ISSUES

• all bark no bite, he’s a bottom if I’ve ever seen one. Loves being told what to do and how to take it

• big fan of praise and humiliation

• will dom at times but definitely is not his preference

Watched the Detectives (2007) | Paul Soter - Neil Lewis

• Puppy

• horny teenager vibes, probably would fuck you in his office while your bent over his desk

• loves roleplay but in the vanilla way like: cop x criminal, stepsiblings 🤭, strangers, Bonny and Clyde. Just overall loves recreating cheesy pornos.

• loves when you’re all natural down there

• definitely likes to think he’s the one in charge but you would absolutely wear the pants in the relationship

• whiny asf, likes to whimper and pout. Big on theatrics.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005) | Neil Jordan - Patricia Kitten Braden

• the queen herself 👸

• another top contender for best sexual partner

• pillow princess, loves to be taken care of but will absolutely do the same for you. Definitely giving switch vibes

• super tender and sensual, could definitely see a friends to lovers trope here

• LOVES to tease and loves sexual tension. Wandering hands and subtle glances kind of shit

Sunshine (2007) | Danny Boyle - Robert Capa

• needy little freak but in a subtle way

• you would probably have to make the first move

• would probably zone out during sex ngl

• classic fan of gripping hips and neck kisses, relatively vanilla but open to exploring

• nonchalant lover but good bf overall

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | Christopher Nolan - Jonathan Crane

• say it with me now— Mommy Issues

• don’t be afraid to join in— daddy issues

• probably grew up with his grandma or two loving parents that he despises deeply

• sick little gremlin, probably into sounding or golden showers

• two words: doggy style 😎

• he’s a switch, but mostly doms because he gets off on the thought that he’s better than you

• big on quickies, hump and dump kind of dude. Casual sex, but not super big on multiple partners

• so repulsed by the thought of sex that either the utter crippling shame of it turns him on so much that he acts like a deranged animal

• or is so repulsed that it hinders him and only does it when absolutely necessary

28 Days Later (2002) | Danny Boyle - Jim

• Jim, Jim, Jim — I love him with my whole heart and my whole pussy

• hear me out.. probably the best sex out of everyone HEAR ME OUT

• this man is DEVOTED okay!! Bro would take out an army base of 20 men just to get a lick of pussy (more so, a gentle sensual kiss, shared between two troubled lovers)

• you know he’ll eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Probably would bring his own bib and cutlery js 🙄

• not overly kinky, in fact probably a bit inexperienced, but satisfaction is guaranteed.

[fvcking-damage]

i multitasked the whole day today, so below the cut is the list of free agency signings as of july 1st, 2024, 7:30 pm est

NHL FREE AGENCY - JULY 1ST, 2024

- tyler bertuzzi 4x5.5m w/hawks

- sam carrick 3x3m w/nyr

- jake guentzel 7x9m w/bolts

- christ tanev 6x4.5m w/leafs

- brett pesce 6x5.5m w/devils

- yakob trenin 4x3.5m w/wild

- teuvo teravainen 3x4.5m w/hawks

- tyler toffoli 4x6m w/sharks

- jonathan marchessault 5x5.5m w/preds

- steven stamkos 4x8m w/preds

- oliver ekman-larsson 4x3.5m w/leafs

- anthony mantha 1x3.5m w/flames

- sam lafferty 2x2m w/sabres

- matt roy 6x5.75m w/caps

- elias lindholm 7x7.75 w/bruins

- david perron 2x4m w/sens

- brady skjei 7x7m w/preds

- anthony stolarz 2x2m w/leafs

- laurent broissoit 2x3.3m w/hawks

- brandon montour 7x7.14m w/kraken

- viktor arvidsson 2x4m w/oilers

- nikita zadorov 6x5m w/bruins

- brenden dillion 3x4m w/devils

- sean monahan 5x5.5m w/cbj

- danton heinen 2x2.25m w/canucks

- kevin sterlund 2x2m w/utah

- jake debrusk 7x5.5m w/vancouver

- jason zucker 1x5m w/buffalo

- william carrier 6x2m w/canes

- pat maroon 1x1.3m w/hawks

- cam talbot 2x2.5m w/detroit

- jake bean 2x1.75m w/flames

- jonathan drouin 1x2.5m w/avs

- alec martinez 1x4m w/hawks

- brandon duhaime 2x1.85m w/caps

- tyson jost 1x775k w/caps

- tomas nosek 1x775k w/florida

- derek forbort 1x1.5m w/canucks

- michael amadio 3x2.6m w/sens

- matt grzelcyk 1x2.75 w/pens

- zach aston-reese 1x775k w/vegas

- chandler stephenson 7x6.25m w/kraken

- max jones 2x w/bruins

- ryan lomberg 2x2m w/flames

- joel edmundson 4x3.85m w/kings

- josh brown 3x1m w/oilers

- tanner laczynski 2x775k w/vegas

- devin cooley 2x775k w/flames

- jacob bryson 1x900k w/sabres

- matt dumba 2x3.75m w/stars

- brendan smith 1x1m w/stars

- nicolas aube-kubel 1x1.5m w/sabres

- erik gustafsson 2x2m w/detroit

- anthony duclair 4x3.5 w/isles

- ilya lyubushkin 2x3.25m w/stars

- jack campbell 1x775k w/detroit

- taylor raddysh 1x1m w/caps

- craig smith 1x1m w/hawks

- max jones 2x1 w/bruins

- anthony beauvillier 1x1.25m w/pens

- nils lundkvist 1x1.25 w/stars

- ian cole 1x3.1m w/utah

- casey desmith 3x1m w/dallas

- jani hakanapaa 2x1.5m w/leafs

- vincent desharnais 2x2m w/vancouver

- alexander wennberg 2x5m w/sharks

- billy sweezey 2x775k w/bruins

- aj greer 2x850k w/florida

- alexandre carrier 3x3.75m w/preds

- bokondji imama 1x775k w/pens

- kaapo kakhonen 1x1 w/jets

- riley tufte 1x775k w/bruins

- cole koepke 1x775k w/bruins

- jordan oesterle 2x775k w/bruins

- troy grosenick 1x775k w/wild

- jeffrey viel 2x775k w/bruins

- connor carrick 1x775k w/oilers

- scott wedgewood 2x3m w/preds

- warren foegle 3x3.5m w/kings

- christian fischer 1x1.125m w/detroit

- sean walker 5x3.6m w/canes

- shayne gostisbere 3x3.2m w/canes

- colton white 2x775k w/devils

- blake lizotte 2x1.85m w/pens

- parker kelly 2x825k w/avs

- stefan noesen 3x2.75m w/canes

- kevin stenlund 2x2m w/utah

- colin miller 2x1.5m w/jets

- kiefer sherwood 2x1.5m w/vancouver

- eric robinson 1x950k w/canes

- eric comrie 2x825k w/jets

- calvin de haan 1x800k w/avs

- jeff skinner 1x3m w/oilers

- tj brodie 2x3.75m w/hawks

- zemgus girgensons 3x850k w/bolts

- ben meyers 1x775k w/kraken

- chris dreidger 1x775k w/florida

- ilya samsonov 1x1.8m w/vegas

[futurebird]

Trolling the Neighbors

"Stone dropping by Conomyrma bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A new technique of interference" DOI:10.1007/s00040-022-00876-2

Ants are not often thrilled to have other ants as neighbors. They sometimes express distaste by locating their garbage pile on the nest entrance of unwanted ants next door. They may even collect debris for the singular purpose of plugging up the offending hole.

(Jordan Dean has recorded Camponotus consobrinus in Australia doing this, and it seems Dorymyrmex aka Conomyrma do it too. Here is a link to the time-stamp in his video about this interaction. This has also been documented in the lit by Hodobler in 1984 only he observed Camponotus consobrinus nests being blocked by Iridomyrmex pruinosus, or rainbow meat ants... implying multiple nest blocking interactions in multi-species communities of ants)

This behavior is called "stone dropping" or "soil dropping" in the lit. (Rather than "trolling") sometimes "nest-plugging"

See Also:

Nest-plugging: interference competition in desert ants (Novomessor cockerelh" and Pogonomyrmex barbatus) Deborah M. Gordon, Museum of Comparative Zoology and Society of Fellows, Harvard University

Tool use in pavement battles between ants: first report of Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using soil-dropping as an interference strategy

Konkurrenzverhalten und Territorilat in Ameisenpopulationen. In: Eisner, Holldobler, Lindauer (1984) Information Processing in Animals vol 3. Fischer, New York, pp 25 70

[dear-indies]

full list of biden letter 2:

Aaron Bay-Schuck Aaron Sorkin Adam & Jackie Sandler Adam Goodman Adam Levine Alan Grubman Alex Aja Alex Edelman Alexandra Shiva Ali Wentworth Alison Statter Allan Loeb Alona Tal Amy Chozick Amy Pascal Amy Schumer Amy Sherman Palladino Andrew Singer Andy Cohen Angela Robinson Anthony Russo Antonio Campos Ari Dayan Ari Greenburg Arik Kneller Aron Coleite Ashley Levinson Asif Satchu Aubrey Plaza Barbara Hershey Barry Diller Barry Levinson Barry Rosenstein Beau Flynn Behati Prinsloo Bella Thorne Ben Stiller Ben Turner Ben Winston Ben Younger Billy Crystal Blair Kohan Bob Odenkirk Bobbi Brown Bobby Kotick Brad Falchuk Brad Slater Bradley Cooper Bradley Fischer Brett Gelman Brian Grazer Bridget Everett Brooke Shields Bruna Papandrea Cameron Curtis Casey Neistat Cazzie David

Charles Roven Chelsea Handler Chloe Fineman Chris Fischer Chris Jericho Chris Rock Christian Carino Cindi Berger Claire Coffee Colleen Camp Constance Wu Courteney Cox Craig Silverstein Dame Maureen Lipman Dan Aloni Dan Rosenweig Dana Goldberg Dana Klein Daniel Palladino Danielle Bernstein Danny Cohen Danny Strong Daphne Kastner David Alan Grier David Baddiel David Bernad David Chang David Ellison David Geffen David Gilmour & David Goodman David Joseph David Kohan David Lowery David Oyelowo David Schwimmer Dawn Porter Dean Cain Deborah Lee Furness Deborah Snyder Debra Messing Diane Von Furstenberg Donny Deutsch Doug Liman Douglas Chabbott Eddy Kitsis Edgar Ramirez Eli Roth Elisabeth Shue Elizabeth Himelstein Embeth Davidtz Emma Seligman Emmanuelle Chriqui Eric Andre Erik Feig Erin Foster Eugene Levy Evan Jonigkeit Evan Winiker Ewan McGregor Francis Benhamou Francis Lawrence Fred Raskin Gabe Turner Gail Berman Gal Gadot Gary Barber Gene Stupinski Genevieve Angelson Gideon Raff Gina Gershon Grant Singer Greg Berlanti Guy Nattiv Guy Oseary Gwyneth Paltrow Hannah Fidell Hannah Graf Harlan Coben Harold Brown Harvey Keitel Henrietta Conrad Henry Winkler Holland Taylor Howard Gordon Iain Morris Imran Ahmed Inbar Lavi Isla Fisher Jack Black Jackie Sandler Jake Graf Jake Kasdan James Brolin James Corden Jamie Ray Newman Jaron Varsano Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen Biggs Jason Blum Jason Fuchs Jason Reitman Jason Segel Jason Sudeikis JD Lifshitz Jeff Goldblum Jeff Rake Jen Joel Jeremy Piven Jerry Seinfeld Jesse Itzler Jesse Plemons Jesse Sisgold Jessica Biel Jessica Elbaum Jessica Seinfeld Jill Littman Jimmy Carr Jody Gerson

Joe Hipps Joe Quinn Joe Russo Joe Tippett Joel Fields Joey King John Landgraf John Slattery Jon Bernthal Jon Glickman Jon Hamm Jon Liebman Jonathan Baruch Jonathan Groff Jonathan Marc Sherman Jonathan Ross Jonathan Steinberg Jonathan Tisch Jonathan Tropper Jordan Peele Josh Brolin Josh Charles Josh Goldstine Josh Greenstein Josh Grode Judd Apatow Judge Judy Sheindlin Julia Garner Julia Lester Julianna Margulies Julie Greenwald Julie Rudd Juliette Lewis Justin Theroux Justin Timberlake Karen Pollock Karlie Kloss Katy Perry Kelley Lynch Kevin Kane Kevin Zegers Kirsten Dunst Kitao Sakurai KJ Steinberg Kristen Schaal Kristin Chenoweth Lana Del Rey Laura Dern Laura Pradelska Lauren Schuker Blum Laurence Mark Laurie David Lea Michele Lee Eisenberg Leo Pearlman Leslie Siebert Liev Schreiber Limor Gott Lina Esco Liz Garbus Lizanne Rosenstein Lizzie Tisch Lorraine Schwartz Lynn Harris Lyor Cohen Madonna Mandana Dayani Mara Buxbaum Marc Webb Marco Perego Maria Dizzia Mark Feuerstein Mark Foster Mark Scheinberg Mark Shedletsky Martin Short Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mathew Rosengart Matt Lucas Matt Miller Matthew Bronfman Matthew Hiltzik Matthew Weiner Matti Leshem Max Mutchnik Maya Lasry Meaghan Oppenheimer Melissa Zukerman Michael Aloni Michael Ellenberg Michael Green Michael Rapino Michael Rappaport Michael Weber Michelle Williams Mike Medavoy Mila Kunis Mimi Leder Modi Wiczyk Molly Shannon Nancy Josephson Natasha Leggero

Neil Blair Neil Druckmann Nicola Peltz Nicole Avant Nina Jacobson Noa Kirel Noa Tishby Noah Oppenheim Noah Schnapp Noreena Hertz Odeya Rush Olivia Wilde Oran Zegman Orlando Bloom Pasha Kovalev Pattie LuPone Paul & Julie Rudd Paul Haas Paul Pflug Peter Traugott Polly Sampson Rachel Riley Rafi Marmor Ram Bergman Raphael Margulies Rebecca Angelo Rebecca Mall Regina Spektor Reinaldo Marcus Green Rich Statter Richard Jenkins Richard Kind Rick Hoffman Rick Rosen Rita Ora Rob Rinder Robert Newman Roger Birnbaum Roger Green Rosie O’Donnell Ross Duffer Ryan Feldman Sacha Baron Cohen Sam Levinson Sam Trammell Sara Foster Sarah Baker Sarah Bremner Sarah Cooper Sarah Paulson Sarah Treem Scott Braun Scott Braun Scott Neustadter Scott Tenley Sean Combs Seth Meyers Seth Oster Shannon Watts Shari Redstone Sharon Jackson Sharon Stone Shauna Perlman Shawn Levy Sheila Nevins Shira Haas Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Tikhman Skylar Astin Stacey Snider Stephen Fry Steve Agee Steve Rifkind Sting & Trudie Styler Susanna Felleman Susie Arons Taika Waititi Thomas Kail Tiffany Haddish Todd Lieberman Todd Moscowitz Todd Waldman Tom Freston Tom Werner Tomer Capone Tracy Ann Oberman Trudie Styler Tyler James Williams Tyler Perry Vanessa Bayer Veronica Grazer Veronica Smiley Whitney Wolfe Herd

Will Ferrell Will Graham Yamanieka Saunders Yariv Milchan Ynon Kreiz Zack Snyder Zoe Saldana Zoey Deutch Zosia Mamet

[trixierosewrites]

wip intro: Memento Vivere

(Because in all my posting about it, I appear to have never done a WIP intro.)

tag | character intros | cover

Featuring high stakes, little time, secret identities, messy relationships with violent resolutions, and a lot of character death.

GENRE: horror thriller

POV: third person limited (to Aidan Whitney)

STATUS: third draft

LENGTH: novella, estimated 25k words

(placeholder) SUMMARY:

Aidan Whitney, four times ex-prime minister, wakes up chained to a bed in a room with ten other people. The only way to escape? Making accusations that kill the accused, and, if incorrect, kill the accuser.

EXTRACT:

She arched an eyebrow, and he had to admit that the shorter cut made her more intimidating. Especially since he knew what her plans for him were. “You’d do well to shut up. I can kill you just as well without my knives.” “Oh, I’m well aware,” he said with a small smile. “But, then, why don’t you? You could use your hands, or step on that pad over there—” “And die?” “Well, it would kill me too, by the sounds of it.” “I might just kill you,” Cassie said, shaking her head. “It would make all our lives easier. And we wouldn’t have to listen to you fucking talk.” He smiled at her, all easy symmetry and perfect teeth, and that’s when she lunged at him.

CHARACTERS:

Aidan Whitney: ex-Prime Minister, politician, and an awful person; POV character; known for his ability to talk anyone into anything

Isabella Myers: a beautiful actor, cruel, and never drops the mask; known for dating and never committing

Cassie McGrath: criminal, assassin, and world infamous; known for escaping last minute

Hector Burgess: old money, the youngest of the group, cutthroat; known for being willing to do anything for his inheritance

Miriam Fischer: shy, sweet, and fiercely analytical; known by her clients (most of the time)

Jordan Walsh: self-obsessed, brash, manipulative; known for her book series, The River's Waltz

Dante Dean: a princess, sharp-witted, and a hopeless romantic; known for her scandalous affair and subsequent name change

Dawn Downs: nervous, liar, thief; known only by the absence of possessions in their wake

John Dalton: old, overly friendly, and looking for an heir; known by his company Cupid's Bow

Nate Pearce: average, bland, normal; known for nothing other than how well he blends in

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Honestly, being this close to being done is terribly exciting. I love this work and all its characters, and I hope you all will too!

TAGLIST: @planets-collide, @callmelyrae, @mthollowell-writes, @teratheo, @notwritinganyflufftoday

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[the-unlucky-trevor]

The kiddos according to Eli

Ivy: bestest fren

Daniel: best fren

Lottie: ✨my one true love✨

Robyn and Kevin: OTP! OTP!

Cassandra: daddy's girl; pretty a-hole

The Freys: pure a-hole

Jordan (as a bonus): cool

Feel free to do your own

[neverbesokind]

How was Hadestown Gilly?!

LITERALLY amazing.

I was so lucky to be in New York the same weekend Reeve Carney was doing his final shows as Orpheus, so the mood was so excited and loving and he is just such a wonderful and warm and lovely Orpheus.

The rest of the cast I was unfamiliar with, but all SO amazing. We actually had the understudy for Hermes, which at first I was sad about because Lillias White is so amazing and I would have loved to see her. However, her understudy, Malcolm Armwood, was SOOOO great. I don't even know why I worried.

Betty Who is the current Persephone and they really took me aback. I really feel like Persephone was the character I most felt the difference between cast recording and stage - she is in a ton of songs I didn't realize she was in, always emoting and showing her perspective on things. Betty also had such a humor and humbleness in the role - really loved them.

Huge highlight was Solea Pfeiffer as Eurydice - her voice is gorgeous gorgeous and she really shone. I do think she lacked the chemistry with Reeve that Eva had (for reasons that feel understandable for me, Eva and Reeve are literally dating irl), but she was so amazing and I look forward to seeing her flourish as Jordan Fischer takes over as Orpheus.

The stage was also sooooo cool. I know it so well and STILL I gasped at some of the reveals and stage effects.

Anyway, lifechanging experience. I feel SO lucky.

[bopinion]

2024 / 07

Aperçu of the Week:

"Time isn't the main thing. It#s the only thing."

(Miles Davis, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer - and among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of music)

Bad News of the Week:

Sometimes things get rough in the political business. Sometimes you get pelted with eggs, as the unification chancellor Helmut Kohl once did in the East. Or with a bag of paint, as happened to Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. Or even end up in a wheelchair like Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble, who was stabbed. However, all these incidents - as tragic as they are - are isolated cases. In which an individual perpetrator, often with a psychological problem that was not diagnosed in time, commits an individual act. It is certainly not possible to speak of a systemic problem. This seems to be changing in Germany.

The increasing aggression against the Greens is becoming more and more frightening. The platform of this party has always had a tendency to polarize. After all, they want to achieve fundamental change. And unlike The Left, which also wants this, they are regularly involved in governments. And stand out more in the context of the otherwise dominant "Keep it up..." - keyword "prohibition party". Of course you can be against it, comment on it on social media, take it to the streets and demonstrate. But please do so in a civilized manner, as it has to be in a democratic society.

Unfortunately, this discourse has not been civilized in recent weeks. It started when the Green Minister for Economic Affairs, Robert Habeck, was prevented from leaving a car ferry by angry farmers. There was a scuffle with the police, and the public prosecutor's office is now investigating on charges of coercion. And now a Green Party rally - on the traditional "Political Ash Wednesday" - had to be canceled at the last minute. Again because of angry farmers blocking roads. This time, several police officers were injured, cars were demolished and fires were lit. Even Interior Minister Nancy Faeser from the rival Social Democrats considers this to be unacceptable, calling it a "brutalization and poisoning of the discourse". She is quite simply right.

Good News of the Week:

Once a year, the Munich Security Conference MSC, the world's most important security policy meeting, takes place in Munich. It is characterized not only by the official conference programme, but also by the various meetings that take place behind the scenes. One pleasing example: Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at war for years. Under the mediation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, both heads of government have now met in Munich. And then actually announced that they wanted to resolve their conflicts peacefully.

The primary topic was, of course, the Gaza war with a tendency towards a full-size Middle East conflict. The tone towards Israel is becoming harsher. At the MSC, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for a Palestinian state to end the "vicious circle". And is even receiving support from China: this is the only way to achieve peaceful coexistence in the region, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was also present. It is fitting that French President Emmanuel Macron announced after a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Paris a few days ago that he does not want to close his mind to the recognition of a Palestinian state: "We owe this to the Palestinians, whose expectations have been trampled on for too long."

Naturally, the Ukraine war was also in focus. President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for further support at the security conference. There is a lack of long-range weapons. Kremlin leader Putin must not succeed in turning the next few years into a catastrophe. And the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has just died in a Siberian prison camp in an as yet unexplained manner, is a victim of Vladimir Putin, just like Ukraine, says Selensky. Shortly beforehand, he had signed a security agreement with Germany, which provides the most military aid to Ukraine after the USA.

Other remarkable things also happened in Munich. For example, US Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed that the USA is firmly rooted in NATO. Out of responsibility, but also out of self-interest. Donald Trump's current statements on the subject obviously make this statement seem necessary. "Take him at his word, take him seriously. He means what he says," said former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was also present in Munich.

And finally, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned: "What happens today in Ukraine could happen tomorrow in Taiwan." China's Foreign Minister Wang nonchalantly replied that "Taiwan (remains) part of Chinese territory and the Taiwan issue (is) an internal Chinese matter." Overall, I find it gratifying that even in these times, people are still talking. You get the impression that diplomacy and negotiations are not yet at an end.

Personal happy moment of the week and other categories...

I'm sorry: this week (which piece was published quite late anyway) left me no time to deal with "lighter topics". Next week!

Post Scriptum

It has become apparent: Donald Jessica Trump has been convicted of fraud in court in New York City. The fine amounts to a total of 463.9 million dollars. Many assume that he does not have this in cash. And therefore has to take out a loan or borrow against real estate. Curiously, this fits in with the proceedings - because they were about how Trump manipulated property values in order to obtain cheaper loans. This will now work neither for this personal loan, which he now needs, nor for future deals. That undoubtedly hurts him.

Another decision by Judge Arthur Engoron will hurt him even more. He not only stripped Trump of the management of his own company, but also banned him from doing business in the state of New York for three years, Donald Jr. and Eric for two years and the top managers Weisselberg and McConney for life. In short: the entire top management of the Trump Organization no longer has any say. Engoron transferred their supervision to retired judge Barbara Jones, who thus effectively became Trump's superior.

In Europe, we can only shake our heads at how a legally convicted fraudster and sexual offender can stay in the political business. In Germany, for example, several top politicians have already had to give up their careers because of incorrect citations in their doctoral theses. "He's been a fraud his whole life," commented author Tony Schwartz, who ghostwrote Trump's manifesto "The Art of the Deal". "Today it's just become official." Now it just needs to have a deterrent effect on his voter base. Dreaming will probably still be allowed...