#raider takeover

[uran0824]

“Patterns of anti-cult organizations”

After the video report of Egon Cholakian, a teacher of American intelligence, watched on the ESSC platform: “The Grandmasters' Revenge. Secret players are exposed", I realized the danger of anti-cult organizations for me, my relatives and all people on the planet.    Because the purpose of anti-cult organizations is to limit people's rights, their freedoms and to create a totalitarian regime. 

In essence participants of anti-cult organizations are mentally unhealthy, corrupt people without conscience and honor. They are ready to realize any black deed for money. Labeling any person or organization as a “sect” or “extremist”, they start to harass them, including using not only public censure and hatred, but also physical and psychological torture and abuse. They do this when they want to show their “unlimited power”, when someone is out of their control, who prevents them from implementing their totalitarian regime and digital concentration camp all over the world. 

Now I will tell you how the anti-cultist Dvorkin participated in the raider seizure of a factory in the Yaroslavl region. 

Think about it, we're talking about a commercial organization - a factory. It would seem that “sect” has nothing to do with it? But it is necessary to know that the patterns of work of anti-cult organizations are based on the Roman formula: use corrupt journalists, as well as connections with the authorities and place the controlled pawns in the right positions, integration into the dominant religions.

So, Sergei Basovets, former owner of the Yaroslavl plant Krasny Mayak, in 2003 appointed his brother Oleg Basovets and colleague Konstantin Sonin as managers of the plant.

However, Mr. K. Sonin decided to take over the plant in order not to share profits with CJSC Vibropromteh (through which Sergey Basovets owned the plant). He made a forgery, submitted fictitious minutes of the meeting of shareholders of CJSC “Vibropromteh” and so on. In a word, an endless series of lawsuits between Basovets and Sonin began.

To put pressure on Basovets, Sonin resorted to the “help” of anti-cult organizations. They, in their turn, decided to subject Basovets' book written by him in 2000, which Sonin obligingly provided. So, on the book written by Basovets “Artistic Introduction to Biopsychology” the regional Department of Internal Affairs requested an examination to identify signs of extremism and sectarianism (remember, at the beginning of the article it was just said that these are their labels, with which they begin to harass people and organizations). This examination was initiated by the anti-cultist Evgeny Mukhtarov, a member of RACIRS and Dvorkin's representative in Yaroslavl.

Naturally, this expertise was ordered by Dvorkin, who can find occultism and calls to extremism even in a tree, a pole, an ant, etc..

The results of this expertise were published in the press. 

And of course the expertise confirmed that Basovets is an occult-mystic sectarian.

It should be noted that using corrupt journalists, anti-cult organizations recruit such journalists into their ranks, so that in any part of the world at any moment to start harassing the unwanted and to establish on that territory their controlled people and their totalitarian regime.

In detail about this sad story everyone interested can read on the Internet, and we with you now a little summarize what we have learned about the patterns of anti-cult organizations.

Carefully studying the materials from the video report of respected Egon Cholakyan it became obvious that international scandals and court proceedings on various organizations (including Falun Gong, Scientology, Jehovah's Witnesses, Herbalife, etc.) always end with the victory of anti-cult organizations.

Therefore, anti-cultists continue their active totalitarian extremist activities and even receive support from governments and traditional religions in many countries.

This phenomenon is a new format of the Inquisition, where the struggle is not only in matters of faith, but also in matters of climate (which is a topic I did not know about before and therefore did not realize its relevance and global importance for the survival of all mankind), politics, science, health care, etc..

I realized that people should defend their rights and freedoms, so that democracy and freedom could flourish in society, and not the totalitarian regime established for all of us by anti-cult organizations.

I realize that through such articles the public will see the truth about these anti-cult organizations, which means that the templates they set up will disappear from people's minds, and all the labels they created in their heads will disappear. Then everyone will be able to hear the TRUTH about all aspects of human life, including climate, politics, science, etc.. 

#dworkin#anti-cult movements#totalitarianism#sect

#raider takeover#sales journalists#digitalcontrol#psychotic disorder

#fightingfuel#information manipulation

[uno24]

“Schemes of work of anti-cult organizations”

To reveal the schemes of work of anti-cult organizations and to understand how close and dangerous this problem is for me personally, I was helped by an intelligence specialist. I saw a video report by an American intelligence lecturer, which he presented to the public on the ESSC platform: “Grandmasters' Revenge. Secret Players Exposed.” The speaker was Egon Cholakian from the intelligence community. Who he is you can see just on the ESSC platform.

The following became clear to me:

The purpose of anti-cult organizations is to create a totalitarian regime, to limit the rights and freedoms of people around the world.

The essence of their participants: deceitful and corrupt people, for whom the concepts of conscience and honor are alien, ready to implement any black deed for money. Many of them are not mentally healthy. In fact, animals with high self-esteem and sick imagination.

After a detailed review made by respected Egon Cholakyan, I had an opportunity to realize that these anti-cult organizations label any person, organization as “sect”, “extremist” when they want to show their “unlimited power”, when someone is out of their control, who prevents them from implementing their totalitarian regime and digital concentration camp all over the world.

In the last article I promised to tell you how the anti-cultist Dvorkin participated in the raiding of an entire factory in the Yaroslavl region.

Note that here we are talking about a commercial organization. It would seem that “sect” has nothing to do with it. But when you get acquainted with the facts of this case, you realize that the methods and schemes of work of anti-cult organizations are as follows:

Roman formula: using corrupt journalists, communication with the authorities and placement of controlled pawns in the necessary positions, integration into the dominant religions.

Well, I think, I have already given you enough summaries of the topic, now the essence of the question.

Here is a typical example of Dvorkin's work to eliminate competitors in business. Sergey Basovets, the former owner of the Yaroslavl plant Krasny Mayak, appointed his brother Oleg Basovets and his colleague Konstantin Sonin as managers of the plant in 2003.

Konstantin Sonin decided to take over the plant in order not to share profits with CJSC Vibropromteh (through which Sergei Basovets owned the plant). He started a swindle. He forged fictitious minutes of the meeting of Vibropromtech shareholders, as a result of which Sonin became general director of the plant. Thus began an endless series of lawsuits between Basovets and Sonin.

To put pressure on Basovets, Sonin “asked for help” from anticultists. The book “Artistic Introduction to Biopsychology”, written by Basovets in 2000, was used as a pretext. On the initiative of anti-cultist Evgeny Mukhtarov, a member of the RACIRS and Dvorkin's representative in Yaroslavl, the regional Department of Internal Affairs requested an expert examination of the book for signs of extremism and sectarianism (remember, at the beginning of the article I was just talking about the fact that these are their labels that they use to start harassing people and organizations).

Naturally, this expertise was ordered by Dvorkin, a man who can find occultism and calls to extremism even in a lonely pole standing in a field.

The results of this expertise were published in the press. By the way, it is by using corrupt journalists that anti-cult organizations recruit such journalists into their ranks in order to start harassing the unwanted in any part of the world at any moment and to establish their controlled people and their totalitarian regime on that territory.

Returning to the expertise: of course, the expertise confirmed that Basovets is an occult-mystic sectarian.

I should have laughed here, but it's not funny, and what does Basovets' share in CJSC “Vibropromteh” and production of industrial transformers have to do with his personal philosophical views, which Dvorkin called sectarian and occult-mystical in her expertise.

I will stop here on this story (the facts about it are available on the Internet).

I will make a few conclusions that beg to be drawn.

Despite international scandals and legal proceedings against various organizations (including Falun Gong, Scientology, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.), anti-cultists continue to be active, supported by governments and traditional religions in many countries.

This phenomenon represents a new format of the Inquisition, where the fight is not only in matters of faith, but also in matters of climate (I will talk about this in the next article), politics, science, health, etc.

If people don't stand up for their rights and freedoms, democracy and free life may be forgotten, and a totalitarian regime may become a reality for you and me.

Why I wrote this article: when the public sees the truth about these anti-cultist organizations, then the attitudes they have set up will be gone from people's minds, all the labels they have created in their heads will disappear. People will be able to hear the TRUTH about climate, world order, politics, science, health care, etc..

make society free, civil and democratic. Under these conditions, it would be easy to solve the climate problems and then build a society of free and happy people.

. #antikult movements#totalitarianism#sectarians#raider takeover

#sales journalists#digital control#psychotic disorder#fightingfuel

#information manipulation#dworkin

[empyreansentinel]

thinking abt. pete seeger's "coyote, my little brother" with zane flynt.

[tirsden]

| Overview | Silo City | Hotel & Power | | WIPs: spooky start, catwalks, boxes |

The silo towers are starting to look a little more raidery at Riddick's Spectacle Island build. I haven't yet managed to kill him by falling here, though not for lack of trying. Almost ran out of concrete, so this is a good point to break off and go shopping. Plus, Jamaica Plain got the "zero resources listed in the pip-boy stats" bug, so it was a good time to pop over there and remind the game that yes, Raider HQ has over 100 defense and should be winning its AFK outpost defenses by default.

Tunes: backlog of JoCat D&D sessions

[ponett]

A few days ago you recommended Animated and Prime for good starting points for getting into Transformers animation. However, I feel the need to watch the first show in a franchise first before watching the others, but the original cartoon is from that era when most episodes of shows didn't have much in the way of plot and were kinda samey, so what episodes of it would you recommend?

I would really not force yourself to watch the G1 Transformers cartoon as homework if you don't have a particular fondness for very silly '80s toy commercial cartoons with oversized casts and shoddy animation. I think it's a fun time because I grew up with it and because '80s toy commercial cartoons are a special brand of insanity, but it's 100% a product of its time. It doesn't hold up nearly as well as Prime or Animated, or even Beast Wars if you can look past the dated 3D animation. Those shows all stand on their own really well if that's what you want to watch

If you really do want to check it out, though, I suppose some highlights include:

More Than Meets the Eye, parts 1-3 (series premiere)

Transport to Oblivion

Fire in the Sky

SOS Dinobots

The Ultimate Doom, parts 1-3

Heavy Metal War

The Master Builders (features the incredibly important scene in which Optimus Prime plays basketball)

A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court

The Golden Lagoon

Sea Change

Triple Takeover

The Search for Alpha Trion

The Key to Vector Sigma, parts 1 and 2

War Dawn (the origin story episode)

Cosmic Rust

Starscream's Brigade

The Transformers: The Movie (set between seasons 2 and 3)

Five Faces of Darkness, parts 1-5

Dark Awakening

Starscream's Ghost

Call of the Primitives

The Return of Optimus Prime, parts 1 and 2

The Rebirth, parts 1-3 (series finale)

Keep in mind I haven't seen most of this in years, so, y'know, this might not be the best list. I might be forgetting some, or misremembering how good some of these are. There are definitely a few more I could include for being silly (The Girl Who Loved Powerglide, Hoist Goes Hollywood, etc.). But this list is already like a third of the show, so that's probably good enough

Really though, if you want to watch ONE thing from the G1 cartoon, just watch the movie

[maitredorsia]

Now this is probably stupid obvious, but I don't know jack shit about business so this has added to my understanding of AP and its themes or whatever so I'm sharing. (Take it with a pinch of salt because I'm nowhere near an expert in these things.)

In the book, Patrick prank calls random women and tells them he's a corporate raider that does 'hostile takeovers'. Despite Patrick being a slimy edgelord, there's no substantial reason to believe that he's lying.

Hostile takeovers are a predatory tactic used in mergers in acquisitions, and taking into additional consideration the time period and Patrick being Patrick, he almost certainly does it; or at the very least it would be somewhere in his job description or the job descriptions of his subordinates.

There are entire companies whose purpose is to prevent hostile takeovers on the behalf of their clients. People like Patrick are referred to as "sharks", so you end up with fun terms like "shark repellant".

Whether he actually does the work? Probably not.

[sleepisapriviligethatidonthave]

Around March I got the urge to watch G1, so I opened Youtube and started the episodes in the order in which they were listed on the official Hasbro channel.

Turns out that is not a good idea.

I figured it out around the middle of season 1 and went searching on the internet to find if someone had any idea why is that.

After a while I found a forum of people talking about how they made their own order of the episodes. After a bit of scrolling I found God.

pitt55 shared his entire reconfiguration of all the 98 episodes on the forum. You'll find his reply if you scroll down just a bit.

I used his guide and didn't have a single problem from then on, and I did make a copy of it and pasted it in my notes for easier access so I'm putting it here for anyone who wants to watch G1 and is/was as confused as me.

Season 1

[01] - More Than Meets The Eye - Part 1

[02] - More Than Meets The Eye - Part 2

[03] - More Than Meets The Eye - Part 3

[04] - Transport To Oblivion

[05] - Roll For It

[06] - Divide And Conquer

[07] - Fire In The Sky

[08] - Fire On The Mountain

[09] - SOS Dinobots

[10] - War Of The Dinobots

[11] - The Ultimate Doom - Part 1 [Brainwash]

[12] - The Ultimate Doom - Part 2 [Search]

[13] - The Ultimate Doom - Part 3 [Revival]

[14] - Countdown To Extinction

[15] - A Plague Of Insecticons

[16] - Heavy Metal War

Season 2

[01] - Autobot Spike

[02] - Changing Gears

[03] - City Of Steel

[04] - Attack Of The Autobots

[05] - Traitor

[06] - The Immobilizer

[07] - The Autobot Run

[08] - Atlantis, Arise!

[09] - Day Of The Machines

[10] - Enter The Nightbird

[11] - A Prime Problem

[12] - The Core

[13] - The Insecticon Syndrome

[14] - Dinobot Island - Part 1

[15] - Dinobot Island - Part 2

[16] - The Master Builder

[17] - Auto Berserk

[18] - Microbots

[19] - Megatron's Master Plan - Part 1

[20] - Megatron's Master Plan - Part 2

[21] - Desertion Of The Dinobots - Part 1

[22] - Desertion Of The Dinobots - Part 2

[23] - Blaster Blues

[24] - A Decepticon Raider In King Arthur's Court

[25] - The Golden Lagoon

[26] - The God Gambit

[27] - Make Tracks

[28] - Child's Play

[29]- The Gambler

[30] - Quest For Survival

[31] - The Secret Of Omega Supreme

[32] - Kremzeek!

[33] - Sea Change

[34] - Triple Takeover

[35] - Prime Target

[36] - Auto-Bop

[37] - The Search For Alpha Trion

[38] - The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

[39] - Hoist Goes Hollywood

[40] - The Key To Vector Sigma - Part 1

[41]- The Key To Vector Sigma - Part 2

[42] - War Dawn

[43] - Trans-Europe Express

[44] - Cosmic Rust

[45] - Starscream's Brigade

[46] - The Revenge Of Bruticus

[47] - Aerial Assault

[48] - Masquerade

[49] - Β.Ο.Τ.

[00] - The Transformers: The Movie

Season 3

[01] - Five Faces Of Darkness - Part 1

[02] - Five Faces Of Darkness - Part 2

[03] - Five Faces Of Darkness - Part 3

[04] - Five Faces Of Darkness - Part 4

[05] - Five Faces Of Darkness - Part 5

[06] - The Killing Jar

[07] - Chaos

[08] - Dark Awakening

[09] - Forever Is A Long Time Coming

[10]- Fight Or Flee

[11]- Thief In The Night

[12] - Starscream's Ghost

[13] - Surprise Party

[14] - Madman's Paradise

[15] - Nightmare Planet

[16] - Ghost In The Machine

[17] - Webworld

[18] - Carnage In C-Minor

[19] - The Quintesson Journal

[20] - The Ultimate Weapon

[21] - The Big Broadcast Of 2006

[22] - The Dweller In The Depths

[23] - Only Human

[24] - Grimlock's New Brain

[25] - Money Is Everything

[26] - Call Of The Primitives

[27] - The Face Of Nijika

[28] - The Burden Hardest To Bear

[29] - The Return Of Optimus Prime - Part 1

[30] - The Return Of Optimus Prime - Part 2

Season 4

[01] - The Rebirth - Part 1

[02] - The Rebirth - Part 2

[03] - The Rebirth - Part 3

[bellepeppergirl]

Yharnam's Economy

Time to ask and speculate on the question on one has ever asked: what was Yharnam's economy prior to the Healing Church's takeover and the eventual rise of their Blood industry?

Yharnam has a deep hatred of outsiders, as we all know, but I feel like they had to have at least some connection to the outside world, especially since the Healing Church itself is from beyond Yharnam's borders. Yharnam also has a lot of boats in the aqueduct, which very well could have been for travelling through the city, or, since the city is situated on a lake, it could have been a method for gaining or ferrying goods.

The first thing that comes to mind for an economy of Yharnam would be grains. In the Forbidden Woods, there are several massive windmills. Windmills are typically used for grinding grains to make things like flour, but can also be used to make electricity. There doesn't really seem to be any electricity in the city, so grains is the most likely option. What stops me from thinking this was the main export is the fact that the Forbidden Woods were used as a testing ground for strains of Old Blood following the fall and burning of Old Yharnam. I feel like them targeting such a crucial part of Yharnam for simple testing would be incredibly unlikely, unless this was also the Healing Church's attempt to bring down the grain industry so they could supplant it with Old Blood.

Instead, I think the most likely options was fishing. Yharnam is located on a lake and we can find numerous boats in the aqueduct, as mentioned earlier. These boats could have been used for catching and then transporting fish. The only thing that I think really goes against this is we don't really see any docks or fish in the base game, but to be fair, we don't really go through all of Yharnam, so it's highly likely that we simply don't see their main docks.

We know alcohol was also made in Yharnam thanks to the Blood Cocktail item, which states that people imbibed blood more than alcohol, so maybe this could have been the initial industry and then Blood took over. This could also be what the windmills were grinding grains for, but these could also simply be side things.

In terms of farming, the only places we see that seem to be at all suited for farming are the Forbidden Woods or Hemwick Charnel Lane, but neither of these seem to have any farming plots, and Hemwick itself was already used for charnel uses.

Another possibility I like is them making a living as tomb raiders. The people of Yharnam ascended from the Tomb of the Gods below Yharnam. While they seem to have grown away from their old Pthumerian culture, they would still likely remember the existence of the dungeons. With no more respect for their past, they could very easily send people into the tombs to collect relics, ritual materials, and more to sell to collectors and researchers far and wide.

Perhaps there is more I am missing. I am not an expert on economy; in fact, I know fuck all- and really, the city's economy pre-Healing Church really doesn't matter, but my obsession with Bloodborne knows no bounds.

[ilhamiman]

This is Diego, my Lego Monkie Kid OC, very first one. Here's his bio.

Name: Diego Age: Immortal Race: Lion Demon Personality:

Sassy

Slightly arrogant

A bit snarky (probably)

Laid back

Can be hot headed but rarely

Can be a jerk but he's not that bad

Love to tease

Ladies man

Hobbies:

Partying

Flirting with ladies

Singing

Causing mischief when needed

Chilling

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Occupation:

Raider (formerly)

Night club boss (currently)

Skill: Martial arts Weapon(s): Twin blades History: Diego's born in Hell, 10 minutes later than Azure Lion. They're not blood related but they happened to be born in the same place. Diego took in and raised by a demon raider. As he growing so his personality, he was mischievous, rowdy and chaotic. One day, he, in adolescence age, was dared by a fellow demon to steal the demon raider's weapon, thinking he would fail but he managed to snatch his weapons with ease. The demon raider, impressed by his skill, taught him how to be even greater raider. He polished his skill as he grow till he reach demon adulthood, which he has been gifted double blades. Once the demon raider saw him deem ready, he let Diego join in his raid on a nearby human village. Little did they know, the village they're about to plunder was under the watch of Azure's troop. This is where the rivalry between Azure Lion and Diego begin as the demon raiders cause chaos on this unlucky village, humans ran for their lives while the Celestial troops fought them. Diego and Azure clashed blades as their battle shook the earth, Diego's wild chaotic energy against Azure's unshaken focus energy were a sight to behold with Diego's double blades against Azure's bronze sword. The raiders looted the village and retreat so the battle ended in tie but Diego will see Azure again next time. Diego was satisfied of both the raid and the fight he fought, he hope he'll fight with Azure again to see who's the fiercest warrior. Diego then heard through grapevine of Azure's dejected from Celestial court and forming the brotherhood with Sun Wukong, which excites him. He pick few of his fellow raiders to pick fight with them as they seek them. Once the raiders found them, fight ensured. The battle between 2 fractions was intense but in the end, the battle end in tie again, both sides are tired and bruised but Diego's side were satisfied with this exercise so they called it tie before fall back, Azure doesn't like that at all but Diego doesn't care. Diego learned plenty of Azure's fighting skill so he can improving his skill more. He soon heard of Wukong's failed takeover of Celestial Realm and the reforged brotherhood, Diego found the news funny because he knew it would fail because of they didn't think that through. His days of independence came near when he heard of the Brotherhood being captured by the pilgrims and Azure's imprison in the Underworld, which made Diego feel unsatisfied so he dejected from the demon raider's tribe so he can venture alone which the demon raider who raised him luck. Off he go to venture the human realm, cause a bit of chaos along the way but as years come by, he soon retire from the life of a raider and he settle down with adult entertainment like night club and he's the boss and owner of his own but that doesn't stop him from causing little mischief in his surrounding.

[crappadocian]

*slides into your blog* heyyyy so what's that about an ex-raider coueir i hear?

please sir tell me more

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh stawp it you’ve unlocked a whole can of wormsssss. okay. i have a tag for him on my art blog his name is angelo…

to give you some context angelo is lavender married (ncr tax benefits, but also they’re just truly bestest friends) to my friend @formthethird’s courier joelle, we have been playing pretend with our (and their partner’s) world state where all 3 of our couriers are friends, get tangled up in the platinum chip affair, and have to reconvene at the strip. angelo isn’t even carrying the damn chip, he’s got one of the dummy packages (i gave him the fuzzy dice), but benny tried to be as thorough as possible and failed to shoot 3 separate people in the head. LOL.

so i knew in my run i wasn’t gonna do a house ending, and i pretty swiftly dismissed his offers, and then i kinda thought about why angelo would reject him so fast. and then i decided to further play pretend and make up a smaller tribe, called the desperados, that were all but wiped out by house in his taking of vegas because they refused to play along with his plan. so angelo was taken in by them when he was like, 6-7 or so, after a shootout between them and the khans took the lives of his bio parents. and nobody really knows who did it, but what matters is the desperados found this kid and took pity on them, and basically raised him until he was about 20. i like to imagine them as being raiders, sure, but also involved in keeping livestock. they were horse girls too. then the strip takeover happened, angelo fled the strip, and met joelle on a total fluke and they became good friends. so he’s got a huge grudge against house and what he’s turned vegas into.

SORRY. long winded ass infodump but i had to put it somewhere <3

[ardenpodcast]

ESCAPE FROM WHEYFACE RADIO! AN ARDEN ACTUAL-PLAY MINISERIES COMING DECEMBER 4TH!

When corporate raiders initiate a truly hostile takeover of Wheyface Tower, it's up to Bea Casely, Brenda Bentley, Rosalind Ursula, Julie Capsom, and plucky security guard Janet Dogbury to save the day! Join us, won't you, as we play through the Arden RPG Escape from Wheyface Radio! with cast and friends, in a thrilling four-part miniseries beginning December 4th. Brought to you by Wheyface Industries, which is not currently being taken over. Ignore the men in business suits wielding scimitars and flintlocks. Everything is fine.

Starring: Michelle Agresti, Tracey Sayed, Shannon Estabrook, Lindsay Zana, Emma Sherr-Ziarko, AND ????????

[darkstarofchaos]

Wow, your response to the Starscream questions was Above and Beyond, and so delightful to read! (I have now read it several times, and am still cackling over 'Discount Megatron,' lmao). Reading your answers has gotten me thinking about how I would answer those same questions - which might not happen right away because Busy Life is Busy, but if you have time, I would love to hear: What are some of your favorite Starscream Moments?

Busy Life is Busy indeed! We'll just pretend it didn't take me a very long time to answer this, lol.

So I've spent a while thinking about this, because it's cheating to say "all of them", and I also don't like all of them. But as long as he's not being abused, handed the stupid ball for plot reasons, or made a major villain, I'm pretty happy whenever he's onscreen/on page. In no particular order (save the first one), here are some of my favorite Starscream moments and episodes:

There is one portrayal in which I like him as a major villain, and that's TFP S1. Usually when a Starscream is the main antagonist, he's made into an even worse person than Megatron, which is... probably the easiest way to make me hate a portrayal of Starscream. But this is about favorite things, so: TFP Starscream. Has his priorities straight, one of the only Decepticons who actually gets anything done. Best Starscream as a long-term antagonist. Pity they had to bring Megatron back.

G1 Starscream was never a long-term main villain, which is why I don't count his one-off episodes in the above category, but I love when he does get to be the villain for an episode. He gets so excited when things are going well (and I don't mind his repeated attempts to destroy Earth in G1, because he's not worse than Megatron when Megatron does the same thing. Also, they were Saturday morning cartoon villains, it was basically required that a planet or two be endangered on a regular basis).

I was going to list my favorite G1 Starscream episodes, but you know what, I think that's pretty much every episode he's a main character in. The only one I can think of right off that I don't like so much is Triple Takeover (he's gone for half the episode anyway). If I had to choose a single favorite episode, I am contractually obligated as a SkyStar fan to say Fire in the Sky. But Enter the Nightbird and Auto Berserk are close behind.

Going more into individual moments:

I don't remember the context, but there's a scene in one of the IDW comics when Optimus wants Starscream to do something, and Starscream has to take a moment to bask in the satisfaction of Optimus needing him (he does, in fact, just take a panel to be smug, as I recall).

Every moment in Armada when Starscream interacts with the Minicons.

I haven't seen much TFA, but in episode 3 he steals a bus full of humans, takes it up to a tall building, and then spends a while circling it like a vulture. I remember none of his rationale for doing this, beyond baiting the Autobots, but I enjoyed that.

G1 Starscream being so happy to be back in his own time in Decepticon Raider that he jumped on Megatron.

Similarly, G1 Starscream jumping on and bowling over Optimus in Roll For It. He's two for two on tackling the leaders (but only one leader got punched in the face after).

Going off and doing his own thing when he doesn't trust the Sub-Atlantians in Atlantis Arise! And being correct.

Similarly, figuring out the "Stunticons" were actually Autobots in about two seconds in Masquerade.

Making his own combiner out of beach scrap.

"I'd shoot the thing, but you ordered me not to."

"I circled half the globe searching for him."

I shall leave it there, lol. Lest I really do just list every episode I like that he appears in.

[nicklloydnow]

“In 1932, Adolf A. Berle Jr. and Gardner C. Means wrote a book entitled The Modern Corporation and Private Property. A critique of corporate management for being aloof and complacent, out of touch with the consumer and irresponsible to the stockholder, this volume became the bible of Marxists, left wing intellectuals and interventionist politicians. Under the banner of separation of ownership and control, the Berle-Means thesis led to an attack on the corporate structure from which today's top executives are still reeling.

With this background, one would have thought that the people urging a greater role for the public sector would have welcomed the advent of the corporate raider. For this new breed of capitalist has sent shivers down the spines of the denizens of the boardroom. Swooping down, launching "unfriendly" or "hostile" takeover bids, these corporate raiders have succeeded in replacing management from coast to coast in dozens of industries, and in frightening thousands of other out-of-touch chief executive officers into greater responsibility.

At least under the theory of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," it might have been expected that critics of the marketplace, noticeably the followers of Berle and Means, would have rallied `round the cause of the corporate raider.

In the event, however, this expectation has remained unfulfilled. Not only has the activity of the corporate raider been deprecated by the champions of government interference in the marketplace, but it has been roundly condemned by practically all pundits and commentators on public policy. In 1987, the left-leaning film director Oliver Stone distilled the common image of the corporate raider into the supposedly loathsome Gordon Gekko, brilliantly portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Michael Douglas. And this is the image of Gekko under which the corporate raider must labor in the present day.

Yet, despite this all-but-universal criticism, the unfriendly takeover bid has benefited consumers and stockholders, and served notice on complacent management across the board. In one celebrated case that unfolded shortly before Stone's film Wall Street was released, corporate guerrilla Carl Icahn put in a bid for a block of shares of Phillips Petroleum. Stung by Icahn's bid, Phillips' executives offered to improve a recapitalization plan they had been forced to put forth in response to an earlier planned takeover, this one by T. Boone Pickens. As a result, Icahn walked away with a cool $50 million, Pickens registered a profit of $89 million on a resale of his holdings to the company, all Phillips' shareholders gained from the better offer, and the oil firm itself was left far leaner and meaner than before.

Needless to say, neither Icahn nor Pickens nor any of the other masterminds of "the 1980s takeover boom," were publicly thanked for the good they had done. On the contrary: both men were not only mocked by Oliver Stone, they were also robbed of the opportunity to do any more such good by a rash of anti-takeover statutes adopted late in the decade. Henry Manne reported that hostile takeovers had "declined to four percent from fourteen percent of all mergers."

The conventional wisdom holds that this outcome is a good one for investors, but the facts show otherwise. No story of the corporate raider can ignore the role of the heroic Michael Milken. Assume there was a hotel worth $20 million as a present discounted capital value. Given an interest rate of 5%, this concern should throw off roughly $1 million to its owners. But stipulate that due to inefficiency, or general avarice, or to the fact that the CEO salary was far higher than justified, or a combination of all such phenomena, the owners were earning far less than that in dividends. And, guess what? The stock was trading at a lower value than might have prevailed, had these tape worm factors not been in operation.

Enter the "evil" Michael Milken. He swoops in, purchases enough of the stock in this corporation to kick out the old board and replace it with his own nominees. This is considered a "hostile" takeover by a corporate "raider." From whence springs the hostility? All Milken did was buy up a mess of stocks. Did he threaten any of these stock owners that they would walk the plank if they did not sell to him? No, of course not; we are talking arm's-length stock market deals here. We can logically infer that the owners of these stocks preferred the price offered them by the "raider," otherwise they would not have sold out. No, the "hostility," instead, stems from the CEO and his cronies who were mismanaging this hotel into the ground.

The Milkins of the world are akin to the canary in the mine; they are the Distant Early Warning Line for the economy.

When they get active, it is in response to something rotten that is going on. And what was the public reaction to this corporate raider? Instead of hoisting him up on their shoulders and holding ticker tape parades in his honor, he was given the back of the public's hand to his face. To wit, he was prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading, violations of U.S. Securities Laws and other financial felonies. He pled guilty only after the authorities threatened to go after his ailing brother. For shame.” - Walter Block, ‘Defending the Undefendable II’ (2013) [p. 41 - 44]

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It had all started when eight trust fund Wall Street Bros, led by Alpha Dogs, Philip, Gilbert, Milton, and Harold, decided it was time to make some real money. They also decided to do it the old-fashioned way, by being corporate raiders, buying up small businesses that were either weak or struggling, or, preferably, buy them out with a promise of investing, then firing everyone and selling all their assets.

They thought it would be a real laugh to start their venture with the hostile takeover of a next-to-unknown little circus called Proteus and Circe's Circus Hyperborea and Olympus Supreme.

P & C’s C.H.A.O.S. didn’t have much, but it did have some really good large trucks and trailers, brand new large tents, and lots of exotic animals, which Harold said that after the takeover could easily be sold to drug lords in the market for out of the ordinary pets, or if not that he knew a pet food company they could sell them to.

So they started their takeover.

Things didn’t go as planned. Not even a little bit, the owners, James Proteus and Diana Circe, proved to be...odd.

And things started to happen to the Bros. Things like during an intense session of wheeling and dealing, Gilbert bursting into flames and being replaced by a brown bear in a Brooks brothers suit.

Or other instances when other members of the team had their own blazing mishaps and found themselves becoming bearded ladies, clowns who found they couldn't take their makeup off, and things that the only three left, Philip, Milton, and Harold, didn’t want to think about.

So they dropped the hostile takeover and ran.

Philip didn’t know where Harold or Milton were headed, but he locked himself away in a remote cabin his family owned.

There he nervously looked through newspapers. (the only type of advertising the Circus Hyperborea and Olympus Supreme. used they being rather old fashioned.) to see where they were until the dread day they made it to a town near where he was.

“Thank God those weirdos won’t be let in near here, we’re gated. I’m safe.”

Philip was mistaken in just how safe that made him.

“Holy crap!” shouted the now much more limber Philip “I have GOT to get me a bag of peanuts!” And knew where he had to go to get that bag.

One month later found Philip, now known as Petenka the Death Deifying Aerialist, not owning C.H.A.O.S. but working for it.

And while her job was at time terrifying, (like every night really) at least it was better than the one had by the others members of the original eight, especially Harold the Dog-Faced boy and Milton the Boy-Faced Dog.

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SNOWBEAST (1977) – Episode 220 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“I quit being a skier in 1968 because the other skiers were mavericks!” Well, isn’t that special? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out some cryptid horror from the television screens of the 1970s with Snowbeast (1977)!

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 220 – Snowbeast (1977)

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Synopsis: A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes.

  Directed by: Herb Wallerstein

Written by: Joseph Stefano

Selected Cast:

Bo Svenson as Gar Seberg

Yvette Mimieux as Ellen Seberg

Robert Logan as Tony Rill

Clint Walker as Sheriff Paraday

Sylvia Sidney as Carrie Rill

Thomas Babson as Buster (as Thomas W. Babson)

Jacquie Botts as Betty Jo

Kathy Christopher as Jennifer

Jamie Jamison as John Cochran

Richard Jamison as Ben Cochran

Liz Jury as Mrs. Blodgett

Richard Jury as Charlie Braintree (as Ric Jury)

Rob McClung as Deputy #2

Annie McEnroe as Heidi (as Anne McEncroe)

Victor Raider-Wexler as Deputy Holt

Prentiss Rowe as Billy – Bell Captain

Michael J. London as The Snowbeast

Daniel Mandehr as Ski Instructor (uncredited)

Brett Palmer as John (uncredited)

Remember those great made-for-TV horror movies from the 1970s? You know the ones. They had familiar stars, and some were very, very good films like The Night Stalker (1974) and Salem’s Lot (1979). In this episode, the 70s Grue Crew returns to that well with Snowbeast (1977). Familiar stars? Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan, Clint Walker, and Sylvia Sidney. Check. A very, very good film? Not so much. According to Bill, Snowbeast should be known as No Beast for its skimpy reveal of the title character. But there is that beautiful skiing footage. Oh well. Someone out there loves Snowbeast. Now, if we could just find them.

At the time of this writing, Snowbeast (1977 is available to stream from Amazon Prime, Tubi, Crackle, Plex, and Freevee. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Bill, will be Colussus: The Forbin Project (1970), a science fiction thriller about a computer takeover. Wait. Is it science fiction if it’s already happening?

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

Check out this episode!

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Wrong Spiritual Choices

“The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight …They abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors… They went after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them… angered the Lord …This made the Lord burn with anger against Israel, so He handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.” Judges 2:11-12,14NLT

Yahweh God the God of relationship making a covenant with Abraham. When He brought the Israelites, Abraham’s descendents, out of Egypt, He desired to be their Father, God and King. Seventy-four Israelites were allowed to dine in God’s Presence. “Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. There they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself… though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, He did not destroy them… they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in His presence!” Exodus 24:9-11NLT God celebrated their freedom for Egypt with them. We similarly celebrate special occasions with meals in our families.

After the leaders left, Moses returned to God to receive instructions. Forty days away, impatience took over the Israelites. Give us a god we can ‘see’ they whined. Never mind that some had really seen Him, their majority wanted to create a golden calf! God became angry with their unfaithfulness.

In our text scripture, Moses and Joshua were deceased. Again they couldn’t ‘see’ God. “They went after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them.” Through Moses, Yahweh had given the Israelites choices— Deuteronomy 28. Verses 1-15 held all the blessings covering every good thing imaginable coming to those faithful ones under the umbrella of God’s mercy. Verses 15-68 showed all the curses coming to those who chose other gods and a life of sin. Slavery, poverty, and sickness are some of those curses.

In 1620AD a group of Pilgrims made a covenant with God for the new America. Groups came to this land seeking a place of freedom to worship Jesus, unfettered by the organized church. Those leaders all died. We’ve organized many denominational churches. Many such denominations have lost full sight of Jesus as Lord; His amazing love and power. Others have fallen into the sleep of apathy. Those Pilgrims would be aghast.

Has anyone noticed the soaring prices of inflation? Loss of medical care after Obama’s medical takeover? Higher taxes? Enormous national debt? Sex trafficking of our children? Enemy invasion over our borders? Foreigners owing our land and government buildings? Check out Deuteronomy 28. Could our national enslavement be because of our wrong spiritual choices?

2Chronicles 7:14NLT “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.” God has given us a way out of this mess— repentance. Solely prayer won’t suffice. We must ask God to show us our sin, in order to repent, not just our sins but those who’ve gone before us. Sins thriving inside each of us individually. REPENT per online dictionary .com is defined— “to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed TO CHANGE ONE’S LIFE for the better; be penitent.”

Thus repentance is not just a ‘God I’m sorry’ prayer. This is a prayer of heartfelt change, doing a 180 degree life turnaround. Our choices today are like the Israelites. Repent or become more enslaved down to even watching our nation be totally destroyed. What do you want? Will you repent in prayer? It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: Father forgive us of our sins! Help us to regret our sinful ways. Please change our hearts in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

by Debbie Veilleux Copyright 2024 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional, as author. Thank you.