#portugal mafia

[rosesandalfazemas]

Watch your tone when you're talking to me...

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’

The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy that is contingent on the exploitation of people and nature, according to the UN’s outgoing leading environment and human rights expert.

David Boyd, who served as UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2018 to April 2024, told the Guardian that states failing to take meaningful climate action and regulating polluting industries could soon face a slew of lawsuits.

Boyd said: “I started out six years ago talking about the right to a healthy environment having the capacity to bring about systemic and transformative changes. But this powerful human right is up against an even more powerful force in the global economy, a system that is absolutely based on the exploitation of people and nature. And unless we change that fundamental system, then we’re just re-shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.”

The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment was finally recognised as a fundamental human right by the United Nations in 2021-22. Some countries, notably the US, the world’s worst historic polluter, argue that UN resolutions are legally influential but not binding. The right to a healthy environment is also enshrined into law by 161 countries with the UK, US and Russia among notable exceptions.

Boyd, a Canadian environmental law professor, said: “Human rights come with legally enforceable obligations on the side of states, so I believe that this absolutely should be a game-changer – and that’s why states have resisted it for so long.

Boyd said: "By bringing human rights into the equation, we now have institutions, processes and courts that can say to governments this isn’t an option for you to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and phase out fossil fuels. These are obligations which include regulating businesses, to make sure that businesses respect the climate, the environment and human rights."

Over the course of his six-year mandate, Boyd met thousands of people directly affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, plastic waste, toxic air, and dwindling food and water supplies, while undertaking fact-finding missions to Fiji, Norway, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Portugal, Slovenia, Chile, Botswana and Maldives.

“Powerful interconnected business and political elites – the diesel mafia – are still becoming wealthy from the existing system. Dislodging this requires a huge grassroots movement using tools like human rights and public protest and every other tool in the arsenal of change-makers.”

On his first trip as special rapporteur to Fiji, Boyd met with community members from Vunidogoloa, a coastal village left uninhabitable by rising sea water, who were forced to relocate to higher ground. Last year in Botswana, he met with Indigenous people from the Kalahari desert no longer able to handle the worsening heat and water scarcity.

Over the past 30 years, the world has pinned its hopes on international treaties - particularly the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris accords – to curtail global heating. Yet they do not include mechanisms for holding states accountable to their commitments, and despite some progress, greenhouse-gas emissions have continued to rise and climate breakdown is accelerating.

It’s not just taxpayer subsidies propping up polluting industries and delaying climate action. The same multinationals are involved in negotiating – or at least influencing – climate policy, with a record number of fossil-fuel lobbyists given access to the UN Cop28 climate talks last year.

Boyd said: “There’s no place in the climate negotiations for fossil-fuel companies. There is no place in the plastic negotiations for plastic manufacturers. It just absolutely boggles my mind that anybody thinks they have a legitimate seat at the table.

“It has driven me crazy in the past six years that governments are just oblivious to history. We know that the tobacco industry lied through their teeth for decades. The lead industry did the same. The asbestos industry did the same. The plastics industry has done the same. The pesticide industry has done the same.”

In his final interview before handing over the special rapporteur mandate, Boyd said he struggles to makes sense of the world’s collective indifference to the suffering being caused by preventable environmental harms.

[shayshaybiscuit25]

CAA has the Evans family’s nuts in a vice!

Why do you think they call them the mafia of Hollywood?

They have to post or like to make it look real to the public.

But all those who are intelligent and have been here from the beginning of this clown show knows the full truth and receipts.

It’s just a matter of time the last hurrah for her.

So she will be forgotten and sent back to Portugal to carry on her escorting and yacht girl activities.

[undeadhetalian]

The Hetalia Cast as DND classes

England is multiclassing because I can't decide lol

I am too lazy to decide all the races sorry

More characters and notes below

Notes:

if some of these look really familiar to you, I've taken inspiration from another DND Hetalia post (it's old so Idk how to find it now)

Italy as a bard would be heavily reliant on his instrument (the lute) to motivate his allies in battle while France would be the type who would jump in with his sword, but also values ​​finesse over brute strength

Russia is a Frost sorcerer because in canon, General Winter haunts and attacks him every year, yet is simultaneously his greatest ally, which really fits the sorcerer theme - you never asked to be born with this power and it serves as both a blessing and a curse

the coward rogue subclass is absolutely perfect for Romano - This man is just as cowardly as his brother, but then we also see him fighting the freakin mafia to save Spain even though he is terrified of them!

I can't see Prussia as a barbarian/fighter because of his past as the Teutonic Knights

In my DND fic, Spain's subclass is Oath of the Eternal Flame, but his canon self strikes me as a chaotic good character so I had to go with Dawn Phoenix

Austria is Diplomacy because of canonical reasons

Greece would make a good barbarian/fighter (he probably rivals Germany in terms of strength) but I decided to go with cleric because Greek mythology and his "quest for knowledge" - his patron god would be Athena

Netherlands would definitely sell every gun he makes (he canonically sold weapons to Spain even though they were at war with each other?)

I originally wanted to make Portugal a rogue since it suits his personality better but I was struggling to find a good ocean-related subclass for him (There's Sea Assailant but it confuses me because there's no explanation on the origin of the magical abilities so it looks more like a Sorcerer-Rogue hybrid to me and Port doesn't really give off sorcerer vibes)

Portugal irl is a pretty religious country but the hetalia character doesn't really match these vibes so warlock makes sense for him Ig (at least in comparison to Prussia). Edit: you know what? The Fathomless is actually perfect - he could be drowning at sea at some point in history and accepted the patron's offer to save himself

Turkey loves picking fights in canon so champion is perfect for him

Vietnam just vibes well with the way of mercy - Idk why

[bumble66]

False SA allegations are apparently less terrifying than coming out as gay?!

Trigger Warning: Discussions about SA and casting couch. I recently saw this reblog from blea74. There someone claims to have worked for CAA, the PR firm Chris Evans is still under. You can read everything this person said here:

Something important was mentioned that some people still deny when I talk to them privately about this whole Portugal PR mess: "but to my understanding and digging a little deeper, there was some tantrums on both sides here. Chris not wanting to do things, and her forcing it by whatever nonsense she has in her pocket. I will divulge my suspicions of that, but it's probably within your imagination. And yes CAA suits would do that. They would also tell the parties involved it's over or "do this and you're finished" and then change their mind. As long as the date on the paper hasn't expired they can really do whatever they want." When confronting people with the fact that Hollywood is basically a mafia, many refuse to believe me because it sounds too much like a conspiracy theory. However, not too long ago I came across this article:

I don't know much about Vin Diesel because I don't watch idiot movies like Fast & Furious (I actually only like horror movies) but it doesn't matter which social media platform, almost every time Vin Diesel is written about in connection to the SA allegations, many people in the comment sections reply: "How? He is gay." Where there is smoke, there is fire and just because someone has children and wife, doesn't mean they are hetero. See: Will Smith or John Travolta.

Shortly after the allegations against Diesel, I saw this discussion by a youtube channel called HoneyBadgerRadio:

At 33:50 the discussion becomes interesting in relation to our PR theories. They already started to talk about Vin Diesel before my time stamp but at 33:50, the celebrity expert called Lauren B comes on the show and discusses how this accusation could just be PR to make Vin Diesel appear as a "masculine" straight man. The discussion I highlight goes on until 48:14. I recommend listening to these 15 minutes but the most important thing you'll learn is that: False allegations are apparently less terriyfing than coming out as gay. I remember a similar story regarding this soccer player called Ronaldo or something... but I digress.

And when you think about it: Hollywood is hypocritical again! They push the agenda that toxic masculinity is bad but use examples of toxic macho behavior to promote their stars??! And it also demonstrates to what lenghts some of these PR firms go in order to paint a certain narrative. So when an anonymous CAA anon claims that Chris and other celeb dudes could be forced into certain behavior, unless they want to kiss their careers good-bye, it is actually not so hard to believe.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil’s biggest drug gang has gone global

The First Capital Command is now a mafia with links throughout Europe

Football matches are tense affairs in Brazil. That is doubly true when they take place in prisons. In August 1993 a game in a São Paulo jail ended in horrific fashion. Eight inmates attacked their opponents, killing at least two. Covered in blood, they proclaimed the birth of a new gang: the First Capital Command (PCC). Thirty years later the PCC is Latin America’s biggest gang, with estimates suggesting it has 40,000 lifetime members and another 60,000 “contractors”. That would make it one of the world’s largest crime groups. And on November 6th a leaked report by Portugal’s security services claimed the group has 1,000 associates in Lisbon, the capital. The PCC is going global.

The gang’s network of allies began in South America. A decade ago the PCC formed an association with some of the world’s biggest cocaine-traffickers. Based in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, this “super gang” is dedicated to joint ventures in drugs and money-laundering. Local media thought it sounded like Mercosur, the regional trading bloc. They named it “Narcosur”. The PCC has separate relationships with Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, a human-trafficking group, too.

But in recent years, the PCC has concentrated on building ties with Europe. In 2021 a record 303 tonnes of blow were seized in the European Union (see chart). The farther it is shipped, the bigger the margins. Previously the PCC bought coke wholesale in Bolivia for $1,500 per kilogram, got it onto a ship in a Brazilian port, and sold it on for $8,000 per kilogram. By setting up a base in Europe, members can sell that kilogram for over $30,000.

Members of the PCC are thought to be present in half a dozen European countries, including Britain. The gang runs over 50% of Brazil’s drug exports to the continent, says Lincoln Gakiya, an organised-crime prosecutor from São Paulo. It mostly works with Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta, Europe’s biggest mafia. The two syndicates have partnered for years. ‘Ndrangheta brokers are regularly arrested in Brazil, where they make hefty deals. In May an investigation by Europol, the EU’s police agency, revealed that the ‘Ndrangheta was shipping the PCC guns from Pakistan. It collaborates with Albanian and Serbian drug gangs, too.

Continue reading.

[starry-blue-echoes]

Ok rapid fire

Jojo Pose by Apollo Fresh ;)))

The Joestars in general: Light em up x Radioactive by Exostomp Music, Sinners by Barns Courtney, Glitter & Gold by Barns Courtney, Legacy by THINKTANK, Cannonball by 8 Graves, Children of the Stars by Bella Goldwin x Oliver Lie (they're the joeSTARS), Revolution by The Score, Larger Than Life by pinkzebra, Industry Baby by Lil Nas X, Red by Aviators (acoustic version), STAR WALKIN' by Lil Nas X, We Rise by Aviators

Golden WInd: Gansta's Paradise by Coolio

Stardust Crusaders: Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears, Around The World by Daft Punk

Diamond is Unbreakable: No Lullaby by Siames

Jonathan: House of Memories by Panic At The Disco (him towards Dio if that makes sense), Warriors by Imagine Dragons, Witness the Masterpiece by GANYOS (man carries the whole joestar legacy on his back), Warrior Spirit by Samuel Day, FALLEN LEAVES by Miracle of Sound

Joseph: World at our feet by Timmy Trumpet, Can I Get A Witness by Sonreal

Jotaro: Crossfire by Stephen (all the shit that happened in sdc), In My Zone by Moody Mourad (his self reliance), Horizon by Amongst Wolves (Dio's influence over his whole life+his trauma), Ghost of You by Charlie PS (more dio trauma), Hey Brother by Avicii, I Am a Stone by Demon Hunter, Dead Weight by BRKN LOVE, Tough Guy by BENEE, Godhunter by Aviators (he kills Dio, which means "god in italian so), Knee Socks by Arctic Monkeys (vibes), Freight Train by Smash Into Pieces

Josuke: Die Young by Kesha, La La La by Area 21, Listen Up! by Excuses Excuses

Giorno: Dare To Dream by Glow Beets (I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream,), Tidal Wave by Portugal. The Man (he turned the entire mafia in italy on it's head in a week)

Jolyne: Angels by Vicetone, THAT BITCH by Bea Miller (could work for Ermes as well), Hell No! by Mel Senese, Deal With It by Ashnikko (her avoidance of marriage to Anasui lul), Mother's Daughter by Miley Cyrus, Bad Things by NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Dio: Making Love To the Dead by Beginners, Applause by Lady Gaga, Rituals by Jiovanni Daniel, Vampire by Lazyboy Empire, Bad by Royal Deluxe, Villain by Garvie, Liar by Jake Daniels, Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land by Marina, Oh No! by Marina, Villain by K/DA, Good To Be Bad by CRMNL, Phonky Town by PlayaPhonk (dio walk), The Cult Of Dionysus by The Orion Experience, Supernatural by Barns Courtney, Babylon by Dirt Poor Robins, Brad Pitt by COIN, The Rose That Poisoned The Ground by El Misti (he fucked up the entire joestar family), I'm Back by Royal Deluxe (him coming back in part 3), Forevermore by Ghost Nation, Don't You Dare Forget The Sun by Get Scared, The Greatest by REACH (there's a lyric which goes "the one with the greatest seed" and dio has like four kids lmao), Hypnotized by Set It Off (the flesh buds)

Wammu: Eye of The Storm by Watt White

(no Esidisi bc I don't know enough about his character)

Kars: Black Mambo by Glass Animals (vibes really), La Espada by Eternal Raijin, Bird by Joh Yoban

Kira: Slavonic Epoch by Tombstone (repairing the mistake he made of letting the enemy know his identity and fixing it), Houdini by AViVA (mans barely escaped getting killed. and he's insane), Hey Brother by Jakob Samuel ("your secret's well protected" "and the ghost under your bed so far away" "the devil's coming"), Faith by Karen Aoki ( ;) )

Diavolo: Dark Red by Steve Lacy (his paranoia towards getting his identity discovered), Play Dirty by Kevin McAllister (mentions the devil and he "plays dirty" by almost killing his own daughter to make sure no one finds out his identity)

Pucci: Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga, Preaching To The Choir by Alex Runo (he is literally a priest), Honey I'm Home by GHOST (religion in like. an evil way), Devil by Alex Runo (more religion), Creature by Half Alive, The Beast by Old Caltone (heavy religious vibes), Preach by SAINT MOTEL, Babylon by Dirt Poor Robins, My Church by Aviators (he is religious), Lust For A Vampyr by I Monster (dio follower)

Speedwagon: One Way Mirror by Christopher Kenji (mans literally had BLADES IN HIS HAT he was so inventive and had a lot of tricks up his sleeve)

Caesar: Rise Up by Smash Into Pieces (reminds me of how his life was cut short and he spent his last moments to help Joseph win), Put In The Time by Future Royalty (he put his all into hamon training), Curses by The Crane Wives (the zeppeli curse), All That Glitters by Earl (vibes ONLY), Skyfall by Adele, Blossom by Reckless Jacks

Kakyoin: Skin and Bones by Cage the Elephant, Brothers by SIAMES (his first friends with the sdc were like his brothers), Washing Machine Heart by Mitski (this song has the vibes of something dying too young), Take The Fall by JAXSON GAMBLE ( he dies to help the crusaders), Mountain Sound by Of Monsters And Men, Skyfall by Adele (both Caesar and Kakyoin get this song ok), It's All Happening by SAINT MOTEL, Cherry's Bent by STRAINJER (cherry), All Comes Crashing by Metric, Fish in a Birdcage by Fish in a Birdcage (kakyoin as a child being alone, and probably hoping to be surrounded by people that understood him)

Avdol: Exposed by Matt Fees, Pheonix by Fall Out Boys (fire, he basically came back to life), Fire by Barns Courtney, Grumpy Sun by Shannon Clark & the Sugar (vibes again)

Polnareff: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes, Enchante by Dirt Poor Robins, When Honor Dies by Miracle of Sound

Okuyasu: Losemyhead by littleDEATH, Bang by Sir Sly

Koichi: Stockholm Syndrome by Sofia Karlberg

Bruno: River by BRKN LOVE (it has his vibes ok), White Lies by Max Frost (him to Diavolo), Dance with the Devil by Fame Cartel (the devil...LIKE DIAVOLO?)

Abbacchio: Hurt by Oliver Tree, Lovely by Billie Eilish BUT the cover by Beneath My Skin, Cold World by 8 Graves, Bittersweet by The Galactic Effect

Naranchia: D.A.N.C.E. by Justice (you know why)

Mista: All Eyes On You by Smash Into Pieces, Kick by Saint Chaos, Bullet by SAINT MOTEL, Roses Or Blood by Actice Captive

Trish: High Waist To Hell by Cloudy June, Bubblegum Bitch by Marina And The Diamonds

Fugo: Go To War by Nothing More (shows his anger AND Fugo was originally supposed to be an enemy spy), Bad Faith by 8 Graves

Ermes: Deal With It by Ashnikko (look it fits her too ok. it has her sass), Might Heart by Acid Arcade, My Time To Shine by UPSAHL, YES MOM by Tessa Violet, Bad Things by NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS

F.F.: Wait A Minute! By Willow Smith (vibes), Jackpot by TheFatRat (more vibes), Bad Things by NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Weather Report: Better Off Dead by 8 Graves (him after getting his memories back), New Depression by Mark Doucette (also him after getting his memories back), Lost by Ghost Nation (his memories are lost), Rain by Grandson (rain), Veteran of the Psychic Wars (he had his memories stolen which had a lot of trauma a stuff)

Anasui: Destination Unknown (the music video is explicit and when Anasui breaks out of prison he just follows Weather Report lmao), Beggin' by Maneskin, Come Back Down by Trevor Something (him to jolyne lmao)

Emporio: Saviour by Jennings Couch (him basically getting together the whole squad to save the day), Ship In A Bottle by Steffan Argus (survivor's guilt after watching all his friends die after failing to protect them), GOD OF FAILURE by WITCHZ (survivor's guilt again)

Songs I don't know what to do with but go somewhere: Eye For An Eye by 8 Graves, Freaks by Timmy Trumpet, Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier (I honestly just really love this song and feel as if it could fit someone in this list that is like...addicted to something and that's like their flaw or something. Maybe Dio with power), C'est La Vie by Weathers, Moonshine by Caravan Palace, Hold On by Unknown Chapters, Hell's Coming With Me by Poor Man's Poison, Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant, What, Me Worry? by Portugal. The Man, Menace by Rezz, The Wolf by Siames, After Midnight by Darren Day, Devil by Twice is Nice, Crash And Burn by Unlike Pluto, Bones by Imagine Dragons, One In The Same by BRKN LOVE, Let There Be Fire by Aviators

there's more characters I could've done but like it took literal hours to get all this so...anyway. lemme know what you think :)))

-ffa

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I am in awe and absolute terror of your power because anon how the every living fUCK DID YOU FIT THAT MANY CHARACTERS I A SINGLE ASK JESUS FUCKING CHRIST-

[painting-aphrodite]

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New Moon in Pisces

20th February 2023 7:05 GMT

Pisces is associated to ;

Sacrifice, charity, welfare, prayers, mysticism, spirituality, far away lands, isolation, behind the scenes activity, those who live a secluded life, emotions, creativity, illusions, confinements, self- undoings, hidden activity, spying, mafia undertakings, hospitals, mental health and endings.. etc.

Parts of the body - The feet, liver, lymphatic system.

Places - the seas, oceans, swimming / fishing sites, religious places, where chemicals, oils and medicines are kept.

The Sun and Moon will be conjoining at the first degree of Pisces. The specific details highlighted above shall become significant to both the general masses and the state - internally and externally.

A reemergences of traditional values, religious groups and a particular concentration can be placed upon all those workings which are usually hidden from sight. Spiritual aspirations, dreams and other ethereal realities become evident. Creating mental maps or indulging in the imagination can be common and beneficial throughout the month.

Seriousness and structure will be enforced, from behind the scenes and due to far away land activity. Do not believe all that you hear, as many things will be exaggerated, filled with lies. Many mannequins of deception shall be found posing - instigated by the left wing, criminal type currents.

Overshadowing the lunation is Saturn which is in a close conjunction to the celestial event - entering Pisces on the 8th of March ( see my Post for the New Year) new beginnings may require an extra push and disciplined approach - eventually leading to longer / more fruitful ripenings. Avoid acting on rushed or less thought out decisions.

Globally and politically some unconventional news is imminent, technological difficulties, hackings, re- scheduling’s, surprising or unexpected information communicated.

Completely fresh, inspirational and enlightening interactions on topics with other people. A heightening of senses and broadening of the intuitional faculties.

Venus moves out of its exaltation into its fall - in Aries. Women, finances, artists, relationships and all those affairs under the lordship of Venus are expanded.

There is fiery nature to Venus while passing through this sign - physical amusements, rise in opportunities linked to women , creatives or those domains tied to the planet.

Conjoining Jupiter, shedding light on opportunities, alluring experiences, financial gains and attraction towards faith, far away travel, philosophical and law related themes. ( see the new year post discussing Jupiter)

Countries ruled by Pisces.

Russia, Netherlands, Colombia, Portugal etc.

Inbox me for Astrological readings.

• Painting Aphrodite

[beardedmrbean]

Police in eight European countries raided 150 addresses Wednesday in a vast, coordinated swoop targeting the notorious Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia, Belgian prosecutors said Wednesday.

"It is likely the biggest operation ever carried out in Europe against the Calabrese mafia," a spokesman for the federal prosecutors' office, Eric van Duyse, told a news conference.

He said 1,400 police officers in Italy were involved in the raids, revising down a figure of 3,000 prosecutors had given earlier in a statement.

He said also that more than 1,000 police officers in Germany took part.

Van Duyse said the European raids were triggered from a Belgian prosecutors' investigation opened five years ago "under the greatest secrecy".

The EU countries where the raids took place were Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia and Romania, prosecutors said.

In Belgium, there were 25 police raids, and 13 people were arrested, including at least six who were wanted under European arrest warrants issued by Italy.

[hee-blee-art]

I would really li r to hear as much as you're willing to tell us about glasses and ocelot 👀

oh I'd love to talk about glasses and ocelot /gen >:) [cw: guns, violence, murder]

glasses is a "commercial assassin / hitman" working as a long-term agent for a company that handles mostly white-collar contract kills. he's a very talented sharpshooter / sniper despite having fairly poor eyesight. has like half of a physics degree (dropped out). loves shooting, used to do archery as a kid / teen and would go to a (gun) shooting range to blow off steam in uni, where he was approached by a rep of the company he ends up working for and offered a job, which he leaves his entire life behind to take (for multiple reasons). his nickname comes from the fact that it's very uncommon for people in his "field" to wear glasses; most wear contacts or get corrective surgery if needed, but he hates both of those things, so it became a bit of a teasing nickname among his coworkers that stuck. his "real" name—which is to say the name attached to the new fabricated identity that he was assigned & assumed when he joined the company—is lixin zhao, but no one aside from his boss calls him that. is almost always detached, carefully collected, and guarded. he keeps everyone at arm's length or much farther, only has good social skills when he's undercover or acting on the job, and has essentially no hobbies. his job is his everything to him, and he's one of the company's top employees, but he has no life to speak of outside of it and nearly everyone who meets him outside of his on-the-job personas thinks he's rude, arrogant, generally unpleasant or just boring, save for two of his coworkers—cignetti and judge—who have a strange part-bully part-rival frenemy sort of affinity for him. very professional and careful on the job but also fairly irresponsible and self-destructive. sleeps with his gun in his bed. overall a pretty big mess of a human being, but good at hiding it. enjoys simple things in life—good cooking, fresh air, sunrises. privately, he loves the ocean, and whenever he is afforded the time and ability he goes to the beach or out on boats to surf, swim, or just stand at the water's edge, which are the only times he truly feels at peace. one of the best moment of his life was watching blue whales while undercover on a cruise near portugal—which was also where he first met ocelot.

ocelot simply calls himself a freelancer, but has been variously identified by others as an eclectic criminal, a professional torturer, a serial killer, a cult leader, a high-ranking mafia member, among others throughout his "career." he doesn't work for any kind of organization, but he has had lots of different affiliations at various times, most criminal, some famous, and few both. no one knows anything about his life before age 20 when he was among the crewmembers rescued from a collapsing oil rig in the north sea—no one could find any record of how he got there or of him at all before then. he is clever, charming, intelligent, ruthless, highly adaptive, and quite impulsive—though he is also very good at thinking on his feet, twisting situations in his favour, and claims to have very good luck. he's also just kind of a freak. operates according to a personal code and his own whims, which are both very strange and hard to discern. ocelot was a codename shared between several intelligence, investigative, and law enforcement entities that he kept managing to evade early in his career, and after a significant intel leak by a rogue hacker, it became his brand so to speak, and he liked it, so he started going by it almost exclusively. he has given his "real" name on several occasions as aksel gunnar, but no one has ever been able to confirm that in any concrete legal way at least, and assume that is another alias. he's somewhat of a celebrity criminal, though very few people know much about him, and no one knows or understands him holistically (himself included). he is extremely dangerous and wanted by lots of people, governments and criminal organizations alike, both dead and alive. would wax poetic with equal passion about arts, astronomy, ancient civilizations, power dynamics, cuisine, and gore. hates guns, loves knives. he has several distinctive tattoos, including norwegian rosemaling designs on his chest, a norwegian textile inspired band on his left arm, and a smiling stylized sun on his right forearm. he also has several distinctive scars, including the ones on the right side of his face and the left side of his neck. overall, he's very visible, and often times doesn't really bother trying to stay hidden. very brash, big ego, definitely a romantic in a fucked up kind of way. he's very intrigued by glasses, convinced that the reason that they keep running into each other is that they're fated to be in each other's lives in some significant way, a notion that glasses vocally detests, but he can't deny the strange way their paths seem to intertwine.

[tchouameninga]

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Why’s Ruben out here dressed like a gta character 😭💀

😭😭😭 he’s a mafia boss

and it’s so cute cuz john has his portugal kit on with the number 4 and his name in the back and everything

[thememecrown]

We Italians are something inexplicable.

We could fight over who makes the best food, who has the best city, start war for the Gioconda, stab each other in the back, arguing over a bucket (Modena and Bologna ... Don't ask me because i didn't understand anything either) we could fight about pineapple on pizza, we could fight about coffee and the correct way to make it (it really happens) we could insult mothers and the whole generation (both new and old)

We are a people known only for the mafia, pizza and mandolin... And for olive oil 💀 But you don't see all the stupidity we have.

I repeat, we may be assholes among ourselves, but when it comes to being stupid or ironic, we are united.

They paid homage to Pulcinella with an installation, and all Italy just said "that looks like a dick, a very big dick" and NOBODY. NOBODY. Not even the people of Naples (Pulcinella is a very well-known character in Naples, and respected ) argued about this definition.

Not to mention TV shows like Saremmo festival music, all of Italy comes together to comment and make memes, three days or more of fun. Or "Grande Fratello" , where famous people come into a house for a few months, and stuff happens, or "Uomini e Donne" Don't get me started, this program is awesome HAHAHAHAHA.

Not to mention that during the Eurovision, San Marino is afraid of being invaded by Italians if they do not vote for us (during the year they closed the Wikipedia page so as not to be vandalized with " May 14, 2017 at 5:00 The Italian army invaded the country. The Sammarinese army was taken by surprise and by 2:00 pm the Italian army had control of the situation. Sporadic fighting lasted until the morning of May 15. The military operation was: "the monkey's revenge", due to the betrayal, which occurred the night before, by San Marino, which gave only 3 points 2017, the leader of the p to the song "Occidentali's Karma" by Gabbani, engaged in the competition at the Eurovision Song Contest, Salvini has implemented the on 1 Marino for Scacc Italiano ") and the twees: " neighbors help each other, except San Marino " or people. who asks the president of the republic to declare war on San Marino or "Italy is a republic founded on the destruction of San Marino" or "remove the Rai signal from San Marino, right? They will receive the signal from Portugal better…" or "Good morning, how are we doing with the invasion of San Marino?" or "Goodbye San Marino, welcome Canada" or "after yet another ungenerous vote to the detriment of Italy (the nation whose territory they are illegally occupying)". or "Have we already decided which construction company will build the McDonald's in place of San Marino?" or people who were looking for workers around San Marino to build a wall around the city💀

One day I'll do some work on something like that, on an Italian show... It's gonna be fun, I promise.

[zooterchet]

Iranian-Hebrew Interests (The Shah)

In American intelligence terms, under Reagan and up until Trump, the Shah of Iran was known as corrupt; a British oil mogul, one percent of the entire country had electricity and gathered its wealth, and the Shah's inner circle of bankers and aristocrats had deprived the rest of Iran of the monetary income and fruits of the labor.

The Shah, was placed in power in the 1940s, by British Petroleum (BP), when the democratically elected Iranian Parliament, attempted to nationalize the oil, and seize it for Iranian profits to the people.

Truman's fledgeling spies (the same sorts that had started the Cold War after Brest-Litovsk, the exit of the Russians from World War 1 and the beginning of the Bolshevist international unions for the care of workers and pay to families of those in any class of labor), had cooperated with British intelligence's SOE (Special Operations Executive); the boatmen, supporting insertions of Royal Marines (heraldry experts; pot dealers, to create an umbrella for mercenary hired operatives, moving about at night with marijuana as their cover for the illusion of mere addicts; controlling neighborhoods, in fear).

The Shah, has a locking set of five interests, dating to the 1930s, and the Tehran conference, between Winston Churchill (Lords Parliament and Naval Minister, HMS and USS Navy services), Joseph Stalin (Politburo and Secretariat, measures of minutes of meetings for Orgburo appointments, merit classed badges and documentaries of suited positions of law), and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (private oil trades, out of Saudi Arabia, the kindergarten through senior year, K-12, investment in American textbooks, out of Beacon Hill, in Boston).

German Bund: The farm county prosecutor, fascist Leninism; the hamlet, as a military and police body of farmers, with National Socialist ideals of the Holy Roman Empire, to frame its laws; France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.

Ku Klux Klan: Those demoted in faith, as Romalians, having been held as prisoner, for free labors at hand shake under contract rifle's threat, inside nursing care; the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and Alcoholics Anonymous.

The Posse: Slavic mercantile interests, beguiling the Jews, those held in Torah under conviction of family from prison, inside Synagogue; the rackets, through boycott of good of contraband determined by activism of law, and contract labor drawn at tower control structure of command.

The Panthers: The five colors of the Panthers, the British ethic in terms of Afro-Nubian labor; Red, prostitutes, Green, income, Blue, remedial, Black, military, and Pink, prisoner. Together, a corrections union, demanding union labor, among any dark of skin, to deprive wealth and place under bond of jail and term, for seeking to assist others outside of union, even and especially if non-membered.

The Scottish: Those demanding their origin, as facially mogrified outside of proper vision, to be held under Arab Habeebi; those converts of Romalians, Pashas, and Italians, to Jewish logic, the Mafia; the blue and white crest, of any given dealer of heroin, forbidding sales of marijuana and stimulants, instead pressing interest in opiums and anti-psychotics and morphines and injectables.

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When I eventually with a ventura that supposedly hate Roma to defeat the queer mafia . Babes let me give u the heads up.... what happens in the usa with orthodox jews is exactly what happened in Portugal some of us identify as the legit Jews ancient Hebrews some of us are proud of being ciganos so i respect andre venturas decisions because we got no israel palestine over here its just Portugal so we do have to dialogue instead of giving drugs to one party and play the angels madre Teresa's de calcuta at the same time nd nothing he ever said showed me that it is his interest to destroy us in that form it's actually the ones silent or giving false information, censorship etc that are the most dangerous

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Omg what's your story graph?

It’s @ Augenstern :) (maybe I’ll have to change it to Museenkuss to stay on brand, but that’s where we’re currently at)

And you didn’t ask but the review is in German (it was a German book) and rereading it now made me giggle, so, if you want, here’s a translation of my review of “der Teezauberer” (the tea magician) by Ewald Arenz:

A tiny bit of context on the book since I give absolutely none (very stream of consciousness review): guy sells tea, adores tea and loves tea. He has a wife (who mostly appears sleeping next to him) and a child (no name) that he loves, maybe, and fantasises about leaving and/or cheating on the whole book before deciding to stop cheating in the end. He has magic powers that change the temperature of the room when he reads about tea. As he lives through his midlife crisis (at 30), he starts thinking there’s no more magic in the world etc and he should just leave his family to live with “the woman from Portugal” whom he read about as a kid and dreamt about ever since. Instead, he cheats on his wife with a bunch of other women. The world around him changes as he becomes more depressed, everyone starts dressing like historical figures (and mafia bosses…? That was so absurd) and riding horses, steam trains pop up etc etc. the magical realism could’ve been fun if the book had been written by someone else. I get what it was trying to do (love conquers all and doesn’t have to be perfect), but it sucked. Anyhow:

“He should’ve just written a book about tea and tea history, because it wasn’t enough for fiction [as in, the author didn’t have the means to write fiction]. In itself some ideas have potential (the concept of people magically change based on an inner force/need), but the execution was poor.

‘Whenever the protagonist reads or speaks certain words, the world around him changes’ — It seems as if the author has read inkheart, and now pretends he came up with the idea himself. Unfortunately it lacks the charm of inkheart. Everything is thrown together arbitrarily, the plot lags and falters. Yea is ordered desperately, only to be ignored for ages, then all tea cups are shattered and the longer-after tea is copied perfectly in a heroic session of tea-mixing. No stakes, no satisfying conclusion — and that’s a constant feature of all those vaguely interconnected episodes. Then the little pedophilic episode at the circus in the fog? It’s all very senseless.

But the worst part is how perfectly the book mirrors its own shortcomings. One [<- makes sense in German as a way to politely avoid saying “the author”] is ALMOST self aware enough to realise that none of the characters have any sense or purpose outside of being extras in this book about the protagonist. Nobody loved the protagonists brother as much as the protagonist, which is why we only learn about his existence on his funeral (on page 70), in a speech that’s about the main character. Then he is subsequently never mentioned again. His name? Age? Personality? Doesn’t matter.

All in all — a book about a protagonist who fantasises about cheating on his wife without qualities who adores him for no reason with a bunch of cliches. A domina who can only be tamed by him (and loves him). A literal dream woman (who loves him). A child? (That loves him).

And all of this written in a very kitschy writing style, packed full of metaphors that don’t make sense most of the time (someone peels themselves out of the fog as if out of fabric?).

Unfortunate.”

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