#sea hawk supremacy

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The Full Series! Disney Princesses of Pride Power

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Him with gray hair is literally how I imagine chet

[birdsofthefictionalworld]

Bird Spotlight: The Zu, Final Fantasy XV

The Zu is one of the many bird-like creatures in the final fantasy universe. In most depictions it is a darkly colored, aggressive bird with prominent teeth. Here. shining a spotlight on the Zu to talk about its similarity to several real-world species, both past and present.

Part 1: Specificity

To start off, lets look at the bird’s real-world counterparts. The Zu’s overall body plan is undeniably vulturine, with its heavy barrel shaped body and long (mostly) naked neck. But its specific classification managed to surprise me.

On a cursory view, I has believed that the Zu took sole inspiration from Andean Condors, due to their similar color scheme and vulturine appearance. But on closer inspection, the Zu actually bears a far greater physical resemblance to Old World Vultures.

That iconic white ruff around the Zu’s neck was the first feature that drew my eye. It has a remarkable similarity to the Andean Condor’s white ruff. Especially when paired with the black covert feathers, but that is where the similarities end. The Zu has major features that point me into another direction, the Feet and the Pants.

The Zu’s feet are undeniably Acciptridae, a clade which includes Eagles, Hawks and old world Vultures. The toes are thick, and the talons curve sharply upwards before coming down to a deadly point.

New world vultures(Cathartidae), on the other hand, have what is affectionately refereed to as chicken feet, with relatively smaller and weaker toes and talons. These birds have a far weaker grip strength and are less likely to attack with their feet(this is personal experience lmao). In the FFXV, one of the Zu’s main attacks is stomping.

The next feature, just above those big ol’ stompy feet is the Pants. The Zu’s bright, showy and stylish outfit choice is another feature missing from the new world vultures group. And when we look over to the old world vultures, this type of downy leg coverings are found only in the subfamily Aegypiinae, such as the Lappet-faced Vulture(Torgos tracheliotos).

Assuming that the Zu's design comes from a specific clade(aka an Andean Condor's ruff wasn't pasted onto an an old world vulture) we could narrow the classification down further. The Zu’s white ruff then indicates that the Zu likely belongs to genus Gyps, with its real world cousins including species such as the Eurasian Griffin Vulture(Gyps fulvus).

So yeah, African Vulture Supremacy(I still love condors I promise)

Part 2: Fantasticality

Moving on from the real, I would also like to point out several parts of the Zu’s design that, while completely fictitious, are still pretty damn cool.

For one, the body proportions. One of the things common bird-like monster design(that hurts my poor birdbrain) is the sheer impracticality of wingspan. The FFXV Zu? is Gorgeous. The wingspan is absolutely massive, around 4x its basic body length, which matches perfectly to the wingspan of its real world counterparts.

Speaking of that second set of wings, they may have an important function. The Zu’s teeth also bear a striking resemblance to extinct Pelagornis a genus of prehistoric pseudo-toothed birds. The reason that birds initially lost their teeth, despite their use for holding on to slippery prey, is because teeth are heavy. So, if the Zu had some vital function that prevented it from loosing its teeth a second set of wings to help hold up that burden while in flight could be a necessary trade off.

The final trait I would like to mention in this spotlight is wing shape, because the Zu actually has two distinctive wing shapes on its two sets of wings. The upper set are a basic long-distance soaring shape common to vultures, but the second set appear to be a mix between the shapes for soaring such as the Ruppell's Vulture(Gyps rueppelli)and the high-speed sustained flight shape common for migratory sea-birds, such as the Magnificent Frigatebird(Fregata magnificens).

I was not able to track down a species with wings quite like them, but I would love input from if anyone has a guess.

That about wraps up this spotlight, it ended up waay longer than i intended :p.

I plan to do several more spotlights for various fictional birds from all sorts of media, so come and follow if you would like to see them. I will be tagging this series #spotlights as well #bfw(my general works tag).

If anyone has any good medias for me to look at birds in, send me an ask! I would love to hear about them!

Photo Credits in order

Andean Condor: Mason Maron - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML421687901) Bald Eagle: Ian Davies - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML31692591) Black Vulture: Enrique Mejía - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML617197078 ) Lappet-faced Vulture: Roland Bischoff - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML204748881) Eurasian Griffon Vulture: Richard Bartz - Wikimedia Commons (File:Gyps_fulvus_Richard_Bartz.jpg) Ruppell's Griffon Vulture: José A Cortés Guerrero - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML618960228) Pelgaornis sp.: Peter Trusler - National Geographic (truth-of-the-pelagornis-pseudotooth) Magnificent Frigatebird: Connor Cochrane - Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML436416971)

To find most of these photos at the source you can go to macaulaylibrary.org/asset/[insert ML# here]

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I kept thinking of that poll from yesterday about writing down a list of 100 fav movies and so I just gave it a quick try...

Alien (don't make me choose between 1&2)

Heathers

The Breakfast Club

Nightmare on Elm Street (1, 3, 7)

but I'm a cheerleader

Star Wars 4, 5, 6

The Faculty

The Goonies

Terminator (1, 2, Dark Fate)

The Proposal

Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar

The Lost Boys

Imagine Me & You

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Princess Mononoke

Laputa - Castle in the Sky

My Neighbor Totoro

The Iron Giant

Titan A.E.

Mulan

The Little Mermaid

Lilo & Stitch

The Emperor's New Groove

Brave

Maleficent

The Hunger Games

GhostBusters (this franchise has no bad entry)

Scream (much like with Alien the third comes in last, but here the whole franchise is one big banger)

The Sixth Sense

Signs

Stardust

X-Men: Days of Future Past (I love almost all foX-Men films though, but 2 and DoFP are the best)

Avengers, Age of Ultron, Infinity War, Endgame (let me put them in a row and I will not pick any more from the MCU)

The Dark Knight

Back to the Future

Jurassic Park

The Lord of the Rings (SEE please)

North by Northwest

Witness for the Prosecution

Some Like it Hot

Mulholland Drive

Raiders of the Lost Ark (also Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, no wait probably more so 3>1, the others are fine)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Charlie's Angels + Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Pirates of the Caribbean (1, 2, 3)

Stephen King's IT Chapter One (funny enough I probably wouldn't qualify Two as a fav on its own, though it's a good and necessary second half of the story, but Chapter One is where it's at)

Carrie (1976)

The Mist (black-and-white is dope)

Misery

Stand by Me

Spaceballs

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Adventures in Babysitting

The Invisible Man (2020)

Pitch Black

Sunshine

The Cabin in the Woods

Evil Dead (especially 2)

Event Horizon

The Blob (1988)

Death Becomes Her

Steel Magnolias

A Fish called Wanda

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (German Dub supremacy though, Volle Kanne Hoshy)

Stranger than Fiction

An American Werewolf in London

The Silence of the Lambs

Starship Troopers

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Mamma Mia

Little Shop of Horrors

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Moulin Rouge

The Craft

A Chinese Ghost Story

Lady Vengeance

Silver Hawk

Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words (had to look up the English title, hey it's Jet Li's version of Indiana Jones and I have a soft spot for this one, even though it's far from Li's best and has so many flaws due to being a nightmare production)

Parasite

Mallrats

St. Trinian's

Ginger Snaps

The Fountain

Galaxy Quest

Elvira - Mistress of the Dark

Cruel Intentions

St. Elmo's Fire

Shaun of the Dead

Rock'n'Roll High School

The Prestige

Underworld (the first above all else)

Resident Evil (especially Afterlife)

Playing by Heart

The Heat

Kill Bill

Ever After

Donnie Darko

Happy Death Day

Trick 'r Treat

D.E.B.S.

Wait, how have I already reached 100? There aren't even the quirky films (like TiMER) or the fun horror trash (my love for Deep Blue Sea is endless). Didn't dive into European films (Amélie) or specific German stuff (bandits). I can do a 100 list for horror alone easily (omg not even The Haunting on here).

Anyway do not question how my mind wandered from title to title, also there is zero ranking involved. Damn, there are five on the list that I don't own on DVD or BD. hmmmm... What does favorite movie even mean? Who knows. In any case for the past few months I've gone back far more to stuff I already know instead of watching new things (that I plan to watch some day, but well, it never felt right).

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[khaleesiofalicante]

Ooh, tell us your thoughts at the end of every season for She-ra

-J💜

Okay season 1:

Adora, Bow and Glimmer must be protected at all costs

Glimmer's mother is cute lol

Side note: that episode with the glimmer's aunt was hilarious

I love the animation!!!

side note: I have been skipping the intro since episode one so I have no idea how the song actually goes. all I know is if I hear "on the edge of darknessssss" I am hitting "skip intro" sorry fam the beat is too fun/peppy for me

I love adora but do they have to go through the she ra sequence every time she says "for the honour of gray skull" dsfjhfjsd

side note: still not sure what or who gray skull is

Do I like Catra? No. But every time she says 'hey, adora' in that voice do I think of my malec au where magnus says 'hey, Alexander'? maaaaaybeeeee

I don't like Entrapta (yet) like girl what are you doing omg

Scorpia is so gay it's painful to watch but I love it

My favourite princess (other than glimmer) is mermista

Sea-Hawk rights

This show has a lot of himbos - me likey

And gays yay!

SWIFT WIND SUPREMACY

Shadow weaver theory: there was like a weird statue thing in the episode with glimmer's aunt. like a magician or whatever who ran away or something. Is that SW??? Or maybe she is Mara? The previous she ra????

Hodark is so lame like I cannot take that man seriously sorry

Bow is the best. All the best bois love archery.

Weirdly interested in learning more about Glimmer's father. is he a dilf? I feel like he is a dilf.

I will download season 2 tonight!!!

[opedguy]

China Warns U.S. on Pelosi’s Visit to Taipei

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Aug. 19, 2022.--Showing just how bad U.S.-Chinese relations have gone under 79-year-old President Joe Biden, China issued a stern warning about 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 9D-Calilf.)  upcoming visit to Taipei.  China has been locked in a better fight to dominate the Island nation of Formosa, a refuge for Chinese nationalists fleeing the 1949 Maoist Revolution led by Gen. Chiang Kai Shek.  Biden officials led by 59-year-old Secretary of State Tony Blinken and 45-year-old National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan have so deeply insulted Beijing that there’s no room for error in U.S.-China relations.  No president in modern history has done more to wreck U.S.-Russian and U.S.-Chinese relations than Biden, for some unknown reason likes provoking 69-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin and 69-year-old Chinese President Xi Jinping.  Biden’s insults keep flowing like a broken pipe.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said there would be serious consequences if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi goes ahead with her expected entourage visit to Taipei in August.  “If the U.S. side obstinately clings to this course, China will definitely take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Lijiian said, acting like the Biden ordered a U.S. aircraft carrier and flotilla through the South China Sea.  Things have gotten so bad under Biden’s leadership, that the margin for error is minute.  Generations of U.S. president maintained close relations with Chinese Taipei.  Things changed dramatically when former President Jimmy Carter signed the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, ending the 1954 Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty.  Since the Maoist Revolution, Beijing knows to keep its hands off Chinese Taipei.

Biden’s wise-guy attitude has leaked through every aspect of U.S. foreign policy.  Biden let his years as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee get to his head, thinking he some kind of foreign policy scholar.  Biden is a shell of his former self, ravaged by age but protected by the Democrat Party defending the octogenarians like Pelosi.  While no decision is officials yet for Pelosi to lead a delegation to Taipei, Beijing watches U.S. moves like a hawk.  Pelosi is supposed to lead a delegation to Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, Jakarta, spending some down time in Hawaii, something Pelosi thinks in the perfect summer vacation.  But give the volatile relations between the U.S. and Beijing, Pelosi and the Democrat leadership should not push things to the breaking point.  Biden said May 23, breaking a longstanding rule of “strategic ambiguity,” that he would defend Taiwan.

Biden’s comments about Taiwan throw gasoline of burning embers in Beijing, looking to pick a fight with the U.S.  Given the sate of world affairs with Biden fighting a proxy war against the Russian Federation, the White House can ill-afford  to provoke the Peoples Republic of China [PRC].  Biden’s State Department knows that China has entered into a strategic alliance with Moscow to counter U.S. supremacy.  Now fighting a proxy war in Ukraine against Putin, Biden has few options before the U.S. is at war witth the world.  Biden thought his Western Alliance against Moscow was enough to bring Putin to his knees but he sadly miscalculated.  Putin has found many allies to compensate for U.S. and EU sanctions against the Kremlin.  When it comes to China, Biden continues to ignite the flames.  Remember Biden said repeatedly that the Feb. 24 Ukraine War was “unprovoked and unjustified.”

Biden show astonishing tone deafness to what he does to antagonize Russia and China.  He can’t imagine that supplying Ukraine unlimited advanced U.S. weapons antagonized the Kremlin.  When it comes to the run-up to the Ukraine War, Putin asked Biden for months to renegotiate security arrangement for Ukraine, all of which rejected by Biden, calling Putin’s ideas “non-starters.”  So Biden likes to provoke Putin and Xi Jinping, then deny that he did anything wrong.  When it comes to Ukraine, look how the war morphed into not a border dispute between Ukraine and Russia into a U.S. proxy war to topple the Russian Federation. Biden expressed his views clearly March 26 in Warsaw, Poland, saying that Putin should not remain as Russian President.  Biden’s views were echoed by 69-year-old Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who said April 26 that the aim of the war was to degrade the Russian military.

When it comes to Beijing, Biden is treading on thin ice with Pelosi planning a visit to Taipei in August, part of her summer vacation.  “The United States must be fully responsible for all the consequences caused by this,” said Lijian, warning the U.S. that Beijing will not take more U.S. provocation.  Beijing knows Pelsoi’s critical track record against the PRC.  If the U.S. wished to change its posture to Taiwan, they should rescind the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, recognizing only one China, the one in Beijing.  Visiting Taipei kicks dirt in Xi Jinping’s fact, only making an already tense situation worse.  If China invades Taiwan, what is Biden going to say, China’s actions were “unprovoked and justified?”  Biden has enough on his plate to create a new critical incident in Beijing.  Whatever Pelosi’s vacation plans, she should reroute her itinerary away from Taipei holding her meetings on Zoom.

About the Author

John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.

[atrayo]

Channeled Angelic Prophecy of the Jewels of Truth Series on Chinese Militaristic Hegemony Triggers WW3

Hello All,

I'm somewhat nervous about making this entry blog post regarding it's a very very controversial topic. It would come off as China-bashing, which in fact it is more an alarmist entry regarding an East vs. West power struggle that gets out of hand with a conflagration of a World War in its wake. This almost seems like history repeating itself less than a century ago with the Japanese Imperial ambitions of the 1940s spreading across the South Pacific.

I get skittish when I receive such automatic writing missives from the angels as a cautionary form of tough love. As repent all ye who enter here type of phenomena. For my part, I usually bury these statements in my notebook collection of these channeled statements. However, I deemed this one more so detailed with 8 Points of No Return as qualifiers for WW3 with China versus the World triggers itself. I intuit that this is 75% locked in already as ill-fated destiny up to 85% potentiality.

This is my caveat I hope to God I'm awful wrong as having drunk the Kool-Aid as Coco for Coco-Puffs loony toons basket case in this regard. With that stated, I feel more a prophet of doom than an Inspirational spiritual poet as my usual devotion. The statement 3,048 dovetails also upon the commencement of WW4 in 2075 by the European Federation as an Empire, not today's European Union.

Interweaving through all this the angel nameless as they often are without egos speaks about my "Jewels of Truth" series surviving eons (?) from now as a recorded spiritual philosophical angelic discourse with humanity. Talk about a shameless plug in all places and on this apocalyptic topic.

Prophecy of WW3 & WW4:

3048) What is to become of what you call the "Jewels of Truth" legacy of our spiritual angelic discourse with you in the centuries and eons following the end of your life on this earth dearest "Ivan the Atrayo". A future global religion as a cross-pollination of spiritual traditions not unlike that of the Persian Bai-Ha religion but one that actually succeeds in becoming truly globalized. A meta-Worship of the Abrahamic Creator God gets pinched transcending its original roots in around 150 years plus. As can be said from wingtip to wingtip of the Imperial Hawk as the standard for a New World Order.

We the angelic heavenly host didn't wish to alarm you dear Navi (Hebrew for Prophet, ie my first name spelled backward "Ivan") with such an infamous statement as you deem alarmist. However, you amongst many others are canaries in the coal mine seeing the writing on the wall as false placating by China is practically a foregone conclusion in world history to come.

With all this said take this as a pinch of salt to add flavor to the human condition as a cautionary tale of woe if ignored en-masse. As you stated in your introduction above, this is our Tough Love for humanity to glean what it may from our stance to date. Humanity can steer around this for the writing on the wall can still be whitewashed over with bravery if mutual reconciliation is so desired between the superpower of China and the rest of the World.

Allow us to start backward as it may with the future disaster of World War 4 in the region of the world that you presently call Ukraine. Mother Russia is no more a threat for China in WW3 made them their conscripts but that comes later in this statement. The peoples of Ukraine are ancestrally pure stalk of Euro-Slavic genetics and the future European Federation as a dystopian version succeeds the European Union after the rampant famines and plagues scorch the earth post WW3. The European Super Continent unites more so akin to the Ancient Roman Empire of yore with democratic tendencies only for its elite castes. Thus the seeds of distrust and acrimony are sowed once more by barbarians at their gates of the empire.

The year is 2075 the European Continent was less so ameliorated by the nuclear holocaust of WW3 than that of the North American continental shelf. In some ways the traces of Chinese culture is stronger upon Europe for the Silk Road 2.0 of the Sino Belt and Road Initiative succeeds culturally and economically by far before the Chinese government uses it as a Trojan Horse. Chinese population centers of its mainland are akin to a lunar landscape post WW3. Thus its peoples migrant en masse onto Asia Minor what is the Middle East today and into the Eastern flanks of Europe. Such Chinese populations will be considered the barbarian mongrels for the dystopian European Federation thus WW4 ignites around the Black Sea of Crimea.

In twelve years what you consider as an alpha or new beginning Ivan. Will be the start of World War 3 with China upon the year 2033 Anno domino. Give or take 6 months after China crosses 8 Points of No Return that the angel of the Lord God sounds the trumpet of perdition on Earth. China for its part ascended to the righteous status of a superpower too quickly and anything that is achieved too soon is lost just as immediately. The greek tragedy of Icarus with the Sun melting the wax bindings of his artificial wings sends the young lad plummeting to his death.

It is a matter of fact that China has every right on God's Earth to succeed and be a proud nation of her ancestral peoples on a united front. However, as they have been victimized by the Japanese during the early 1940s and were the footstool of the British empire of the 19th century. They feel that payback is in order to the world with a chip on their shoulder, thus their Sino exceptionalism soon becomes a recipe for disaster for the rest of the world and her Asian neighbors.

Notwithstanding its currency manipulations as a temporary measure during the early 2000's to cheat its way to the top. This practice was soon discontinued due to not overheating with a meltdown their economies of scale were soon achieved globally. Next to their notorious one-two punch of lured infamy of intellectual property theft as sanctioned statecraft of technological theft transfers. It would allow the Chinese State to supercharge its beautiful minds to leapfrog the West and the grand USA at its own game.

The first ill-fated seal of WW3 was when China annexed and conquered Tibet during its Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse Tung. That set the tone of supremacy in an egotistical guise of reclaiming its lost Imperial Dynasties of centuries before of grandeur. The 2nd seal of WW3 was broken more so recently from what they learned in subjugating the Tibetan peoples. They carried over to their Muslim minority of the Uyghurs accomplishing their cultural genocide upon them as enslaved conscripts. The Western economic sanctions on its textiles from such a provincial region are little more than a slap on the wrist.

What the Chinese learned from the Tibetans and now the Uyghurs they are implementing on Hong Kong like the flap of the wings of a graceful dragon. Soon the 3rd seal of WW3 to be broken is the naval and aerial invasion of the democratic island nation of Taiwan off its mainland. These so-called rebels will soon experience the Chinese boot snapping their collective necks with the revenge of humiliating their might makes right doctrine.

The 4th seal of WW3 is already partially cracked open with China claiming its ancestral Imperial Dynastic seaways and now air passage routes in an outright fashion. Building naval airbase atolls out of the ocean a feat of engineering will soon pot mark the South China Seas like satellite landmines to the rest of the world. Naval commerce and air traffic are now harrassed including foreign military air traffic be dammed. Expect so-called enemy fighter pilots of Australia and other South East nations to be shot down outright. With naval cargo and oil freighters to be harassed by premature boarding inspections as so-called checks for illicit goods.

The 5th seal of WW3 to be broken is when Mother Russia is soon out witted by Chinese Hegemony. When the mafia state of the Russian government gets greedy in an oil dispute transfer with the Chinese it soon escalates to sour grapes all around. Leading up to China invading by land its armies seize Russian Southern Oil fields permanently. Thus Putin the Russian Czar's rule comes to an end as his Oligarchs soon replace him with a shill of a weak national leader to appease China. Opening the way in future years that the Russian army is at the beck and call of the Great Dragon of China as its conscripts by any other name.

The 6th seal of WW3 is when China tires of the North Korean Premiers games of Kim Jong-Un they annex North Korea without firing a shot. Installing a viceroy and begin massive industrial mining for the mineral riches of the North Korean Peninsula. Which ironically jump-starts the North Korean economy putting its citizens to work for an eventual rise out of poverty.

The 7th seal of WW3 is the greatly lauded Belt and Road Initiative as the Silk Road 2.0 becomes what it is advertised to do. A boon of Chinese engineering producing Infrastructure projects from China through the Middle East into parts of Europe as Sino goodwill public relations globally. It is a roaring success since similar projects brought Africa out of its schizophrenic famines and poverty up to 20 years ago. That all the foreign aid historically upon Africa could never do.

However, what looks good and feels good with much mutual economic prosperity triggers a fervor for Chinese hegemony abroad. Where southeast Asian nations of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia soon get the negative attention of Chinese interference as Big Brother. Frankly stated the Belt and Road Initiative becomes a proverbial Trojan Horse for the conscripted armies of Russia, North Korea, and China's armies. To seemingly roll upon in the guise of an inaugural guest-hosted military parade throughout the circuitous route becomes a bait and switch tactic.

The 8th seal of WW3 is that the unwelcome security occupation by the Chinese armies outside its mainland albeit as security guarantors is soon worn out. The remaining free nations declare war on China and within months a nuclear holocaust is triggered by the United States as a desperate first-strike policy.

Thus ensuring that Beijing its Capitol and Shangai as a modern port megalopolis of Chinese Supermacy is nuked several times by the Western nations of the US and Europe leaving it akin to a lunar landscape. The United States will receive the majority of Chinese Nukes rather than that of Europe as cited in the above introduction to this posting. The US island territory of Puerto Rico is hit directly upon Old San Juan its Capitol for it lacks a missile battery defense shield capability. All the island residents that remain leave over the ensuring years throughout the rest of the Caribbean (ie Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, etc...) and other parts of Florida.

All major primary and secondary American cities are hit once or twice by Chinese and Russian nuclear strikes such as Miami, Houston, Washington D.C., Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, Detroit, and so forth. Also, the missile defense shield battery purchased by Australia from the United States works as advertised. Sydney is spared a near-fatal strike however the radius concussion of such a nuclear missile detonation overhead causes an electromagnetic pulse knocking out its electrical grid. Its offshore island of Tasmania doesn't fare as fortunate it is hit directly annihilating its entire population. Lastly, the New Zealand Capitol of Christ Church is also hit directly by a Chinese nuclear strike.

World War 3 lasts for a mere 6 years time ending roughly by the end of the year 2039. Leaving what remains of China, Russia, North Korea, and its counterparts of the United States and Europe is a near catastrophe for the next 60 years plus to attempt recovery. The United States loses its superpower status soon to become the Federated States of America an empire by any other name dystopian. Chronic outbreaks of famine and various once curable diseases spread dysentery of water-born illnesses run rampant and plagues of Covid-19 and other forms of Influenza throughout the Americas.

However, in the decade to follow the Federated States of America invades its neighbor to the North as Canada. In order to seize its prized infrastructure and pastoral farmlands to maintain its hold of power. Slavery in America is institutionalized once more in order to cultivate its non-irradiated farmlands and strip mining. Hungry mouths cause riots and thus enslaving such unruly ungrateful once citizens is another act of desperation.

Africa and the rest of the Americas such as the Central and Southern regions fare way better from the Chinese and Russian nuclear attacks lest that of Columbia and Costa Rica. Ironically democracies take root here to one degree or another as they see the dystopian societies of Europe and that of North America and want no part of that turmoil. The Federated States of America partially fascist devolves into feudal Esque family houses of nobility as the once upper classes survive to a degree via tact and shrewdness.

Your "Jewels of Truth" series as our angelic discourse with humanity dearest "Ivan the Atrayo" survives mostly intact not unlike that of the affectionate Rumi and Hafiz as Spiritual Persian poets have done so. Since your channeled writings of us for now, over 26 years to date as Inspirational automatic writings as a clairaudient psychic technique has foretold. It Will be cherished by the generation of readers to come lasting centuries if not an eon or two more. Taken into the stars by futuristic human colonists leaving the earth out of necessity due to dwindling resources.

The 1st truly global earth religion subsumes your writings into one of its tomes of sacred literatures. Thus you'll be piggybacking onto another greatness by sheer good prosperous luck for the added measure as there are no accidents metaphorically speaking. To this, we remark a thank you for taking the courage to share this cautionary statement although your reservations have been noted in protest by us.

Go with God(dess) those of the eyes to see and the ears to hear between the rhetoric spoken by the greater national powers that be. There's is the agony soon to herald all into collective planetary ruin because of a game of brinkmanship that gets out of control soon enough. Pay attention and take actions that are peaceable via protests or be steamed rolled into oblivion. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Ivan "Atrayo" Pozo-Illas, has devoted 26 years of his life to the pursuit of clairaudient Inspired automatic writing channeling the Angelic host. Ivan is the author of the spiritual wisdom series of "Jewels of Truth" consisting of 3 volumes published to date. He also channels conceptual designs that are multi-faceted for the next society to come that are solutions based as a form of dharmic service. Numerous examples of his work are available at "Atrayo's Oracle" blog site of 16 years plus online. You're welcome to visit his website "Jewelsoftruth.us" for further information or to contact Atrayo directly.

[kevlarii]

Thoughts on hellenic military?

Greece is an very disadvantagious geographical position, and it borders with unruly, historically hostile countries, which is certainly the most important factor behind Greece’s unusually large military for a country of that size.The most likely threat to Greek sovereignty is undoubtedly Turkish aggression, but tensions are relatively high with FYROM as well. Albania has also historically been problematic.Conscription is maintaned for these reasons, and it does provide the armed forces with abundant manpower; however, I’ve read that low morale plagues the army (not sure about other branches), which is probably also influenced by the country’s dire economic situation.I do not have much information regarding Greek doctrine; I assume a future Greco-Turkish conflict would mainly take place in eastern Thrace, yet a number of Greek units are stationed on indefensible Aegean islands close to the Anatolian coast. I’m not sure.The Hellenic Army fields an impressive number of MBTs, SPGs and artillery pieces, ostensively to counterbalance Turkey’s numerical advantage. MBTs are also mostly Leopards and updated M48 Patton models, which are not Soviet-style cannon fodder (e.g. T-55s), but capable and effective machines; SPGs are just as worthy, with American workhorses such as the M109 being the most notable component.The Hellenic Navy also has an incredible total displacement; the underwater fleet consists of 11 submarines, which is almost as many as Turkey can field. Transport ships and landing ships also provide adequate amphibious warfare capabilities, as well as somewhat reducing the Aegean theater’s naturally complicated situation regarding supply lines.Mine-laying and submarine warfare capabilities could seriously hinder Turkish operations in the Aegean, as well as possibly blocking the Sea of Marmara and cutting off Turkey’s Black Sea Command from supporting the rest of the armed forces. However, the Turks themselves seem to be hellbent on preventing this scenario, as they have a number of dedicated minesweepers, and a potent underwater fleet, too.The Hellenic Air Force is equipped with numerous fighter jets, all aging designs but still adequate. The numbers are roughly half those of Turkey, but they are still enough to deny Turkish air supremacy, and somehow dispute Turkish air superiority.Air Defence is also adequate, with a number of Russian TOR system and some obsolete MIM-23 Hawk systems available. MANPADS are also available in good quantities.Taking everything into account, Greece is probably very close to its maximum military potential. Greece’s difficult geographical position significantly hinders a coherent pre-planning of military operations, as much is variable-dependant. Unfortunately, in pretty much all possible scenarios involving Turkey, almost all of the Aegean islands (possibly even Crete) would automatically be forfeit, as they are indefensible. All branches are numerically inferior to their Turkish counterparts, but not much can be done about that; the only thing I would  suggest is making use of historically good relation with Russia to obtain some S-400 or similar for more effective high-altitude Air Defence.Another significant weakness is the lack of any domestic industry capable of resupplying the armed forces. This is however somewhat mitigated by Turkey’s similar situation.In any case, Greece could arguably the considered the most important Balkan power by military potential.

[pizzazz-party]

ALRIGHT SO RECAP:

The “knowing how to flirt” scene was hilarious. (I made Susie flirt until she refused to deal with me lmao.) Kris supremacy.

I loved Lancer’s “lesser dad”… Keep telling yourself you don’t care lmao. In my head he sounds like Sea Hawk from she ra

Susie has this wonderful way of problem solving when she’s not trying to utterly crush her enemies. I was VERY surprised that Ralsei didn’t protest being thrown at the enemy tho.

——

SO FUN FACT. I ACTUALLY LOVE UNWILLING BETRAYAL AS A TROPE I JUST EAT THAT SHIT UP. I LOVE DRAMA.

God, I was so unsure of what to do this fight. At some point I just started throwing the heart onto as many enemy projectiles as I could, but as soon as I got close they all refused to hit me…

Lancer talking about his dad… you see I have this special talent. I know a potential bitch when I smell one…

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In progress notes I Took during the Final Boss Fight:

Don’t. Touch him. If you know what’s good for you mysterious hooded dad…

DONT FUCKING TOUCH HIM

wait ew go back to being covered in shadow

God for a second I though he was holding a very hideous d*ck in his hands. I feel like he should be cited for public indecency just for looking like that.

——

In progress notes after boss fight:

No, ralsei dear, please don’t cry

COLOR CHANGE COLOR CHANGE COLOR CHANGE

I WAS WONDERING WHEN THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

Wait was his face just in the shadows this whole time

Guys I think you should take Ralsei with you. I think Toriel would want to adopt this one.

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Goat mom… Kris, your mother loves you so much

I LOVE NOELLES DAD. THE POWER OF GOOD DADS COMPELS YOU

MR BURGER PANTS IS HERE TOO???

Lmao Asriel, accidental ladies man. I’m. Glad he got to grow up here, instead of dying tragically in his early childhood. And you know, all that other stuff.

——

Kris? Kris dear what are you— CHRIST.

CHRIST I HEARD ABOUT THIS IN PASSING BUT—

wait all that because you wanted some pie

…did you. did you put me back in yourself?

…

I don’t understand you? You don’t want to be controlled, I get that. But until we separate, permanently, I’ll try to take care of you the best I can.

[laresearchette]

Friday, March 25, 2021, Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: INSIDE PIXAR (Disney+) THE MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS (Disney+)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

AMAZON PRIME INVINCIBLE (Season 1) KAVALUDAARI LA TEMPLANZA CBC GEM BIG NEWS BOMB GIRLS (Season 1) CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 4) COOL DADDY ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU (Season 3a) HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING OUTREMONT AND THE HASIDIM THE SLOWEST SHOW SOMETHING UNDONE CRAVE TV BOURNE IDENTITY BOURNE LEGACY BOURNE SUPREMACY BOURNE ULTIMATUM DEEP BLUE SEA 3 DIRTY DANCING 2: HAVANA NIGHTS MOST RIDICULOUS (Season 3) PENELOPE POSSESSOR THE QUEEN TEEN MOM OG (Season 6 - 8) TREMORS: SHRIEKER ISLAND THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH

NETFLIX CANADA A WEEK AWAY BAD TRIP CROUPIER (1998) HONEST THIEF THE IRREGULARS MAGIC FOR HUMANS BY MAGO POP NAILED IT!: DOUBLE TROUBLE PAGGLAIT A WEEK AWAY NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Devils vs. Capitals (TSN2) 7:00pm: Oilers vs. Habs (SNWest/TSN3) 10:00pm: Jets vs. Flames

NBA BASKETBALL (SNNOW+) 7:00pm: Nets vs. Pistons (SN1) 7:30pm: Suns vs. Raptors (TSN5) 7:30pm: Celtics vs. Bucks (TSN5) 10:00pm: Hawks vs. Warriors (SN1) 10:30pm: Cavaliers vs. Lakers marketplace (CBC) 8:00pm: COVID Conspiracies; Sugar Shock:  Inside one of the world's most dangerous COVID-19 conspiracy movements; Canada's food labels fail to disclose added sugar content which makes some packaged foods appear healthier than they are.

ARCTIC VETS (CBC) 8:30pm: The team must remove a cyst from the eye of an arctic fox; a new research project designed to help polar bears; the rescue and release of a great horned owl.

CBC DOCS POV (CBC) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE):  Investigating a decades-old claim that a UFO crashed in a field near Ottawa, Canada.

POSSESSOR (Crave) 9:00pm:  Tasya Vos, an elite, corporate assassin, takes control of other people's bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets.

WYNONNA EARP (CTV Sci-Fi) 10:00pm: A deadly foe reemerges in the Ghost River Triangle, intent on finishing a job.

WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH (Crave) 11:05pm:  A security guard battles a group of tech-savvy terrorists after they take hostages inside a basketball arena.

[all-things-witchcraft]

Yule - Winter Solstice

Yule is also a celebration of the birth of the Sun King and nature’s renewal. We practice sympathetic magick by lighting fires or candles to encourage the sun to grow stronger.  

This is a time of new beginnings both physically and spiritually, the wheel of the year has made a complete circle. The darkest night of winter is a good time for self-examination and discovering the “seeds” of  spiritual growth or hindrance which are lying dormant within us. 

The Winter Solstice is the turning point in the natural cycle of the year, this darkest night in all the year is followed by a day that will dawn just a little earlier!

So, what exactly is Yule?

Yule takes place on the day of the winter solstice, around December 21 in the northern hemisphere (below the equator, the winter solstice falls around June 21). On that day (or close to it), an amazing thing happens in the sky. The earth's axis tilts away from the sun in the Northern Hemisphere, and the sun reaches its greatest distance from the equatorial plane.

Many cultures have winter festivals that are in fact celebrations of light.

In addition to Christmas, there's Hanukkah with its brightly lit menorahs, Kwanzaa candles, and any number of other holidays.  As a festival of the Sun, the most important part of any Yule celebration is light -- candles, bonfires, and more.

While it may be mostly Pagans who celebrate the Yule holiday today, nearly all cultures and faiths have held some sort of winter solstice celebration or festival. Because of the theme of endless birth, life, death, and rebirth, the time of the solstice is often associated with deity and other legendary figures. No matter which path you follow, chances are good that one of your gods or goddesses has a winter solstice connection.

Alcyone (Greek): Alcyone is the Kingfisher goddess. She nests every winter for two weeks, and while she does, the wild seas become calm and peaceful.

Ameratasu (Japan): In feudal Japan, worshipers celebrated the return of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who slept in a cold, remote cave. When the the other gods woke her with a loud celebration, she looked out of the cave and saw an image of herself in a mirror. The other gods convinced her to emerge from her seclusion and return sunlight to the universe.

Baldur (Norse): Baldur is associated with the legend of the mistletoe. His mother, Frigga, honored Baldur and asked all of nature to promise not to harm him. Unfortunately, in her haste, Frigga overlooked the mistletoe plant, so Loki - the resident trickster - took advantage of the opportunity and fooled Baldur's blind twin, Hodr, into killing him with a spear made of mistletoe. Baldur was later restored to life.

Bona Dea (Roman): This fertility goddess was worshiped in a secret temple on the Aventine hill in Rome, and only women were permitted to attend her rites. Her annual festival was held early in December.

Cailleach Bheur (Celtic): In Scotland, she is also called Beira, the Queen of Winter. She is the hag aspect of the Triple Goddess, and rules the dark days between Samhain and Beltaine.

Demeter (Greek): Through her daughter, Persephone, Demeter is linked strongly to the changing of the seasons and is often connected to the image of the Dark Mother in winter. When Persephone was abducted by Hades, Demeter's grief caused the earth to die for six months, until her daughter's return.

Dionysus (Greek): A festival called Brumalia was held every December in honor of Dionysus and his fermented grape wine. The event proved so popular that the Romans adopted it as well in their celebrations of Bacchus.

Frau Holle (Norse): Frau Holle appears in many different forms in Scandinavian mythology and legend. She is associated with both the evergreen plants of the Yule season, and with snowfall, which is said to be Frau Holle shaking out her feathery mattresses.

Frigga (Norse): Frigga honored her son, Baldur, by asking all of nature not to harm him, but in her haste overlooked the mistletoe plant. Loki fooled Baldur's blind twin, Hodr, into killing him with a spear made of mistletoe but Odin later restored him to life. As thanks, Frigga declared that mistletoe must be regarded as a plant of love, rather than death.

Hodr (Norse): Hodr, sometimes called Hod, was the twin brother of Baldur, and the Norse god of darkness and winter. He also happened to be blind, and appears a few times in the Norse Skaldic poetry. When he kills his brother, Hodr sets in motion the string of events leading to Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Holly King (British/Celtic): The Holly King is a figure found in British tales and folklore. He is similar to the Green Man, the archetype of the forest. In modern Pagan religion, the Holly King battles the Oak King for supremacy throughout the year. At the winter solstice, the Holly King is defeated.

Horus (Egyptian): Horus was one of the solar deities of the ancient Egyptians. He rose and set every day, and is often associated with Nut, the sky god. Horus later became connected with another sun god, Ra.

La Befana (Italian): This character from Italian folklore is similar to St. Nicholas, in that she flies around delivering candy to well-behaved children in early January. She is depicted as an old woman on a broomstick, wearing a black shawl.

Lord of Misrule (British): The custom of appointing a Lord of Misrule to preside over winter holiday festivities actually has its roots in antiquity, during the Roman week of Saturnalia.

Mithras (Roman): Mithras was celebrated as part of a mystery religion in ancient Rome. He was a god of the sun, who was born around the time of the winter solstice and then experienced a resurrection around the spring equinox.

Odin (Norse): In some legends, Odin bestowed gifts at Yuletide upon his people, riding a magical flying horse across the sky. This legend may have combined with that of St. Nicholas to create the modern Santa Claus.

Saturn (Roman): Every December, the Romans threw a week-long celebration of debauchery and fun, called Saturnalia in honor of their agricultural god, Saturn. Roles were reversed, and slaves became the masters, at least temporarily. This is where the tradition of the Lord of Misrule originated.

Spider Woman (Hopi): Soyal is the Hopi festival of the winter solstice. It honors the Spider Woman and the Hawk Maiden, and celebrates the sun's victory over winter's darkness.

Four thousand years ago, the Ancient Egyptians took the time to celebrate the daily rebirth of Ra, the god of the Sun.

As their culture flourished and spread throughout Mesopotamia, other civilizations decided to get in on the sun-welcoming action. They found that things went really well... until the weather got cooler, and crops began to die. Each year, this cycle of birth, death, and rebirth took place, and they began to realize that every year after a period of cold and darkness, the Sun did indeed return.

In some traditions of Wicca and Paganism, the Yule celebration comes from the Celtic legend of the battle between the young Oak King and the Holly King. The Oak King, representing the light of the new year, tries each year to usurp the old Holly King, who is the symbol of darkness. Re-enactment of the battle is popular in some Wiccan rituals.

What are your thoughts on Yule? How will you celebrate? Reblog and share your thoughts!

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[bisociallyawkwardandchad]

*princess prom*

Adora: Woah, this party is-

Mermista: Don't you dare say it.

Adora: lit af.

Mermista: *sighs*

Sea Hawk: HAHAHHSDA NOT YET!

Mermista: PUT THE TORCH DOWN!

[iamchikara]

And now, the Campeonatos de Parejas. Please note that the same things I mentioned earlier also apply here. Until the Lost Season is released in full, nothing designated Season Eighteen will be documented. This includes NPWD and alumni moving to Inactive.

Please note that, at this point in the timeline, Moustache Mountain are still the Campeones. If anything happens to change this, it will be documented in due time. At three points are Cornelius Crummels and Sonny DeFarge, who defeated Hiptoss Hank and Eddie the Elbow (11/13/16 Hour of Power), Dez Peloton (Temple of Doom), and NRG (Left Behind). They are our first three point challengers in quite a while. Congrats, Dickensians! At two points…

DUSTIN and Chuck Taylor TM, who defeated The Closers in a Four Corner Elimination Tag (Counting Backwards) and NRG (Supremacy)

The Closers (FKA Big Deal Security), who defeated Ropebreak Randy and Benny the Beal (11/13/16 Hour of Power) and Fire and Silver Ant (Tabula Rasa)

One Point Pack…

The Nightmare Warriors (Icarus and Frightmare), who defeated Eddie Kingston and Ophidian (Aniversario: The Lost World)

Princess Kimberlee and Oleg the Usurper, who defeated Flex Rumblecrunch and Blaster McMassive (Evil Ways)

Princess Kimberlee and Eddie Kingston, who defeated Hallowicked and Icarus (Aniversario: Catching Fire)

The Snake Pit (Ophidian and Shynron), who defeated Calhoun and MAM (The Secret of the Ooze)

The Osirian Portal, who defeated the Batiri (Cruise Control)

Dasher Hatfield and Heidi Lovelace, who defeated Icarus and Mark Angelosetti (Counting Backwards)

Space Monkey and Silver Ant, who defeated Juan y Wani (Supremacy)

Team Sea Stars, who defeated Hiptoss Hank and Benny the Beal (Tabula Rasa)

Juan Y Wani, who defeated Sylver and Nyte Hawk (Tabula Rasa)

Dez Peloton, who defeated Los Ice Creams (Orientation)

Hallowicked and Frightmare, who defeated the Batiri (Orientation)

Inactive…

Pinkie Sanchez and Nøkken, 3 points

Chuck Taylor and Drew Gulak, 1 point

Jervis Cottonbelly and Marion Fontaine, 1 point

Lucas Calhoun and Kevin Condron, 1 point

Missile Assault Man and Kevin Condron, 1 point

Frightmare and Blind Rage, 1 point.Billy Gunn and X-Pac, 1 point

Leaving the standings this iteration are Los Ice Creams.

[aion-rsa]

Link Tank: Michaela Coel on the Ending of I May Destroy You

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Have lingering questions about the ending of I May Destroy You on HBO? Here’s what show creator and actress Michaela Coel has to say.

“When I ask Michaela Coel whether she would make another season of her breakout HBO series I May Destroy You, she turns the question back on me. ‘What do you think?’ she responds in a genuine, but almost cheeky manner, laughing a little. I tell her that I think the series is a masterpiece, and that, while I would love to spend more time with the characters, the story does feel whole.”

Read more at Thrillist.

The video game industry is full of stories. Here are ten tales that would make awesome documentaries.

“This month sees the premiere of Pretending I’m A Superman, a documentary film chronicling the development and cultural impact of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. One of the most influential games of its generation, THPS brought real skateboarders into the development process to create a smash hit game that defined a genre and brought the sport to an even bigger audience.”

Read more at PCMag.

Graduate student Lisa Piccirillo has solved the Conway Knot, a problem that has stumped mathematicians for over half a century.

“The picture below may not look that complicated to people unfamiliar with knot theory, but it’s been confounding mathematicians for decades. Now, a graduate student-turned-MIT professor holds the honor of being the first person to solve the Conway Knot problem in 50 years, the Boston Globe reports.”

Read more at Mental Floss.

Amid the Xbox versus Playstation battle of 2020, Nintendo is reportedly working on a new Switch for 2021.

“Microsoft and Sony are going to battle it out for console supremacy with the release of the Xbox Series X and PS5 this fall. But it looks like Nintendo is looking to release an upgraded Switch sometime in 2021, according to a recent round of rumors and leaks.”

Read more at Gizmodo.

Bill & Ted Face the Music director Dean Parisot talks the roles of Bill and Ted’s daughters in the movie in this exclusive interview.

“After almost 30 years, bill and ted are back, but William S. Preston Esq. and Theodore Logan III are far from the most interesting characters in Bill & Ted Face the Music. While the movie’s core plot focuses on Bill and Ted’s attempts to travel into the future and learn the song they’ll eventually write to save the universe, the more interesting story is Bill and Ted’s daughters (played by Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine), who go an adventure back in time to assemble the best band ever.”

Read more at Inverse.

The best-selling author of The Night Circus and The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern, recommends these six books.

“Erin Morgenstern is the best-selling author of The Night Circus and The Starless Sea. That second novel, now out in paperback, features a magical underground library and mentions or alludes to many of her favorite works, including the six below.”

Read more at The Week.

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[khaleesiofalicante]

She-Ra Season 4 Thoughts:

Season 4 was THE shit. I loved the tension and the drama. 

Glimmer’s new look is *chef’s kiss*

Her personality is a bit...concerning (but I am liking this dimension of her tho???)

I miss Angella and the way she said ‘Glimmah’ :(

Micah is a himbo lmao I love him

Plot twist: I have adopted Hodark. 

I looooooove Scorpia. She really snuck up on me. 

All the princesses are my babies

Sea Hawk and Swift Wind supremacy 

I really love how stable and reliable Bow is - truly a well written character 

Double Trouble was so cool omg. But also I love how the character used they/them pronouns. Well done, writers!!

Light Hope was the villain(?) all along - SHOOKETH

I don’t wtf is going on between Hodark and Entrapta but I am here for it lol

Adora looked pretty with her hair down in the finale

Horde Prime sounds like one of those tele-evangelists men lol 

Mara is the most beautiful person I have ever seen bring her back!

Still hate Catra :)

And yeah - still haven't watched the title song <3