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Stu Armstrong to Vancouver reunites him with Gauldy 🥹 just need them to sign GMS, and Ciftci now a proper reunion
#ryan gauld#stuart armstrong#scotland national team#scotland nt#dundee united#vancouver whitecaps#mls
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Paul McCartney: Give My Regards To Broad Street
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MPL/Parlophone 1C 064-26 027 1
Released: October 22, 1984
#meine photos#vinylcollection#1984 music#vinyloftheday#vinylcommunity#paul mccartney#stuart elliot#david gilmour#ann dudley#george martin#john paul jones#alan donney#david willis#dougie robinson#henry mackenzie#jack armstrong#john barclay#ray swinfield#tommy whittle#linda mccartney#louis johnson#jeff prcaro#steve lukather#charles loper#jerry hey#lawrence williams#thomas pergerson#jody linscott#gabrielli string quartet#dave mattacks
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New Scotland Yard: The Wrong-Un (1.7, LWT, 1972)
"What happens to them if they do get away with it?"
"Nothing, really; transfer to different prisons, serve their time. The system goes on."
"And stays the same."
"Yes."
"All a bit pointless, isn't it?"
#new scotland yard#the wrongun#1972#lwt#classic tv#tony hoare#paul annett#john woodvine#john carlisle#stuart henry#billy murray#alun armstrong#john woodnutt#james mellor#christopher sandford#kenneth oxtoby#frederick hall#michael deacon#kenneth watson#forbes collins#ian patterson#a murder inside a prison sees our dynamic duo sent in to investigate‚ and once again Carlisle's shifting personal politics are on the slide#here he's positively frothing at the mouth about the evil ways of the imprisoned; it fits tbf with his pro death penalty sentiments from#back in ep2. Woodvine is the quieter voice of... what? not quite empathy but something close perhaps. that's not to say that the scenes of#interrogation are not uncomfortable and aggressive‚ but he breaks into rare good humour when meeting a crook he himself had put away. by#the close of the episode he's even sharing (very subtle) critiques of the prison system as a whole with the unusually progressive warden.#a young cast of then unknowns includes future stars Armstrong and Murray among the inmate population‚ but this isn't really a 'guest star'#type of episode‚ with plot and ensemble cast taking focus. Annett's bleak footage of trudging feet in prison uniform which opens and closes#the ep leaves little doubt on where he stood on the prison reform debate‚ but it isn't translated enough into the script i dont think#or at least‚ it could certainly have gone stronger and aimed for more impact. but perhaps not within a weekly cop show eh?
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I hope Tumblr can forgive the piquant way these Twitter anons phrase some things, because the above mapping is basically correct, except that the phenomenon mapped is bigger than America's recent generational divides—bigger, in fact, than America. I give you, for example, the peroration of an article by friend-of-the-blog Nancy Armstrong. The article was published in 2001, before social media and when the Zoomers were still in the cradle. Armstrong's polemical target is Richard Rorty, whom she likens to the Victorian English liberals Mill and Arnold, seeing all three as panicked by the encroachment of popular heterogeneity upon the sphere of a unified national culture, whether late-19th-century English culture or late-20th-century American culture. For the purposes of anon's framing, Rorty (b. 1931) is a Boomer and Armstrong (b. 1938) is a Zoomer, but, as you see from the dates, that can't be right. What anon takes to be American Zoomer ideology goes back at least to the first Late Victorians who rebelled against Arnold (Mill/Arnold = Boomers; Pater/Wilde = Zoomers), themselves the distant founders of our queer politics defined by the separation of sign (gender) from referent (body), which, as anon rightly says, have become the power politics of empire today in a world-historical incidence of what I have in a narrower but related circumstance traced as the path "from counterculture to hegemony."
In our present cultural milieu, it is even less practical to believe that the cultural turn can be reversed by detaching politics from culture and restoring the mimetic priorities of old-fashioned realism than to long for the aesthetic autonomy of New Criticism or look for hope in the inspirational works of our literary tradition. To come to this conclusion is to admit that any responsible political action rests on understanding the degree to which the world we inhabit actually depends on the way that we read and represent the things and people in it. Changing an established world picture is an admittedly monumental task that may well begin and end in the literary classroom. But precisely because our Victorian forebears were so successful in establishing their picture of the world as the world itself, the fantasy that one can remake one’s culture through criticism is not only a legacy that they bequeathed to us. That fantasy also offers an effective means of displacing the picture of a world divided into homogeneously populated nations that our Victorian forebears worked so hard to put in place. The crises that arise when that old ideal of the nation is severely challenged do not disrupt or threaten American culture. Our culture is a culture in crisis, and some of us like it that way.
—Nancy Armstrong, "Who's Afraid of the Cultural Turn?" differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, 12.1 (2001)
#nancy armstrong#richard rorty#cultural studies#cultural criticism#john stuart mill#matthew arnold#walter pater#oscar wilde#literary theory
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so I can’t vid anything til at least October when it cools down but am looking for ideas & music suggestions. I do have a backlog to do but those are more ones I have music for but not ideas. so currently obviously I have Gerhardt’s planned & several for Eliot/Parker, but if ya’ll have anything for Frankenwolf, Sark/Rachel, Nico & Ruby (Abc’s Somewhere Between), Jack/Sara (Betrayal), Ray/Katey (ER), Jake/Leslie, Arthur/Gwen, Robin/Kate (BBC Robin Hood), Ragman etc, send em to me!
#devon sawa#betrayal#Stuart Townsend#ray x katey#shane west#Malaya Rivera Drew#robin x kate#jonas armstrong#Joanne Froggatt#arthur x gwen#ragman#arrow#frankenwolf#joe dinicol
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Some 1980s goodness, because I adore Craig and Sofia's story so much and sometimes I just wanna draw them. Mostly him, to be fair, but... sigh. Them.
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Shiv, Logan – or Cousin Greg? Who will come out on top in Succession? As the hit drama’s final season approaches, it’s all-out war for the title of CEO at Waystar Royco – but who will claim the ultimate prize?When Jesse Armstrong announced that the upcoming season of Succession would be the last, you probably felt a wave of palpable excitement and dread. Excitement because there will finally be a succession on Succession, and we’ll get to see which member (or members, or former members, or non-members) of the Roy family (or not) will gain control of Waystar Royco. But dread because, Christ, we’ve seen the pain these people can inflict on one another. Who knows what emotionally crippling depth-charge they’ll deploy now we’re in the endgame. As season four begins, here’s a ranking of the main cast, from least to most emotionally devastated. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/21/shiv-logan-or-cousin-greg-who-will-come-out-on-top-in-succession
#Succession#Television#Jesse Armstrong#Culture#Television & radio#Brian Cox#Jeremy Strong#Matthew Macfadyen#Drama#Stuart Heritage#Culture | The Guardian
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Oh?! A 19th-century US military uniform? I wonder what-
:| (this is at the Reagan museum)
Yeah uh interesting...they did John Brown dirtyyyyyy
I wish they got into shenanigans in this movie instead of trying to kill John Brown and sex a lady :/
what the FUCK is this cast list
#the movie ever#i wonder if its good at all#jeb stuart#john brown#ronald reagan#george armstrong custer
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Pet Shop Boys' song picks for various radio interviews for Nonetheless
BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley (April 25, 2024)
Chris
Black Beauty theme (childhood song)
Bedsitter by Soft Cell
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead (death song)
Neil
The Young Ones by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (childhood song)
Bedsitter by Soft Cell
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams (death song)
BBC Radio 6 with Lauren Laverne (April 26, 2024)
Chris
Was That All It Was by Jean Carn
This Time Baby by Jackie Moore
Native New Yorker by Odyssey
Neil
Borderline by Madonna
I Want You by Marvin Gaye
Born Slippy by Underworld
Greatest Hits Radio with Jackie Brambles (April 28, 2024)
Chris
Baby Love by The Supremes
For Once in My Life by Glen Campbell
Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap!
Neil
Girl Don't Come by Sandie Shaw
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack
BBC Radio 3 with Jess Gillam (June 8, 2024)
Neil
Ich Habe Genung (Cantata No 82) by J.S. Bach
Générique by Miles Davis
Symphonia Virginum: O Dulcissime Amator by Hildegard von Bingen
September Song by Kurt Weill; sung by Lotte Lenya
Tracks of My Years with Vernon Kay (June 9, 2024)
Chris
Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes
Fame by Irene Cara
Never Give You Up by Sharon Redd
Let Me Love You For Tonight by Kariya
A Love So Beautiful by Roy Orbison
Neil
I Am The Walrus by The Beatles
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone by The Temptations
Do Anything You Wanna Do by Eddie and the Hot Rods
This Is Not America by David Bowie
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack
Artists in Residence - Queer (Nov. 11, 2024)
Homosexuality by Modern Rocketry
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat
Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed
I Was Born This Way by Carl Bean
Dizzy by Olly Alexander
Shoot Your Shot by Divine
Menergy by Patrick Cowley
Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen
Never Give You Up by Sharon Redd
Hideous by Oliver Sim (ft. Jimmy Somerville)
In the Evening by Sheryl Lee Ralph
If Love Were All by Judy Garland
Artists in Residence - Producers (Nov. 12, 2024)
I'm So Hot For You by Bobby O
Hey DJ by Worlds Famous Supreme Team (Stephen Hague)
Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones (Trevor Horn)
I Like You (Shep Pettibone Mix) by Phyllis Nelson (Shep Pettibone)
Point of No Return by Exposé (Lewis Martineé)
Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer
Hold That Sucker Down - Builds Like a Skyscraper Mix by OT Quartet (Rollo)
Balcony Scene from Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong
So Hard - D Morales Red Zone Mix by Pet Shop Boys (David Morales)
The Loving Kind by Girls Aloud (Xenomania)
Say You Will by Kanye West (Andrew Dawson)
It's Automatic by Zoot Woman (Stuart Price)
The Meeting Place by The Last Shadow Puppets (James Ford)
Artists in Residence - Miserablism (Nov. 13, 2024)
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You by Stevie Nicks
One Day I'll Fly Away by Randy Crawford
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths
Baltimore by Nina Simone
Alfie by Cilla Black
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime by The Korgis
Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor
Parlez-moi de Lui by Françoise Hardy
By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glen Campbell
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye
I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore by Dusty Springfield
I'm Not In Love by 10cc
Let's Stay Together by Tina Turner
I Can't Give Everything Away by David Bowie
Artists in Residence - Remixes (Nov. 14, 2024)
Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys Remix) by Blur
Young Offender - Jam and Spoon Trip-O-Matic Fairytale Mix by Pet Shop Boys
Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys Remix) by David Bowie
Flamboyant (Michael Mayer Kompakt Mix) by Pet Shop Boys
Insanely Alive (Pet Shop Boys Radio Edit) by Wolfgang Tillmans
Miserablism (Moby Electro Mix) by Pet Shop Boys
Queen of Ice (Pet Shop Boys 7" Mix) by Claptone
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore (Peter Rauhoffer's Roxy Anthem Mix) by Pet Shop Boys
Think Of A Number (Pet Shop Boys Magic Eye 12" Remix) by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Can You Forgive Her? (M.K. Remix) by Pet Shop Boys
Love Comes Quickly (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) by Pet Shop Boys
Dancing Star (Solomun Remix) by Pet Shop Boys
A Red Letter Day (Trouser Enthusiasts Autoerotic Decapitation Mix) by Pet Shop Boys
#pet shop boys#psb#ive been meaning to do this but then new interviews kept popping up 😭#anyway proof chris is also a romantic skjddk
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The Universal Classic Monsters Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) in digibook packaging on October 3 via Universal. Designed by Tristan Eaton, the eight-disc set is limited to 5,500.
It includes 1931's Dracula, 1931’s Frankenstein, 1932’s The Mummy, 1933’s The Invisible Man, 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera, and 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon.
All eight films are presented in 4K with HDR10. The Spanish version of Dracula is also included. Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.
Dracula is directed by Tod Browning (Freaks) and written by Garrett Fort (Frankenstein), based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan star.
Dracula special features:
Alternate score version by Philip Glass
Dracula (1931) Spanish version directed by George Melford
The Road to Dracula
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Dracula: The Restoration
Dracula Archives
Monster Tracks
Trailer gallery
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (The Indivisible Man) and written by Garrett Fort (Dracula) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar), based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff star.
Frankenstein special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer
Audio commentary by historian Sir Christopher Frayling
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Universal Horror
Frankenstein Archives
Boo!: A Short Film
100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
Monster Tracks
Trailer gallery
Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.
The Mummy is directed by Karl Freund (Dracula) and written by John L. Balderston (Dracula). Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, and Arthur Byron star.
The Mummy special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Jensen
Audio commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy
The Mummy Archives
100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era
Trailer gallery
An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes is his long-lost princess.
The Invisible Man is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by R.C. Sherriff (Goodbye, Mr. Chips), based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel. Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, and Una O'Connor star.
The Invisible Man special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer
Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed
Production Photographs
100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters
Trailer gallery
A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
The Bride of Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by William Hurlbut. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Elsa Lanchester star.
The Bride of Frankenstein special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen
She’s Alive! Creating The Bride of Frankenstein
The Bride Of Frankenstein Archive
100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
Trailer gallery
Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
The Wolf Man is directed by George Waggner (Operation Pacific) and written by Curt Siodmak (I Walked with a Zombie). Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. star.
The Wolf Man special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver
Monster by Moonlight
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
The Wolf Man Archives
100 Years of Universal: The Lot
Trailer gallery
Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.
Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and written by Eric Taylor (The Ghost of Frankenstein) and Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, and Edgar Barrier star.
Phantom of the Opera special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
Production Photographs
100 Years of Universal: The Lot
Theatrical trailer
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career.
Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell star.
Creature from the Black Lagoon special features:
Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver
Back to the Black Lagoon
Production Photographs
100 Years of Universal: The Lot
Trailer gallery
A group of scientists try to capture a prehistoric creature luring in the depths of the Amazonian jungle and bring it back to civilization for study.
Pre-order Universal Classic Monsters Collection.
#universal monsters#dracula#frankenstein#the mummy#creature from the black lagoon#the wolf man#bride of frankenstein#phantom of the opera#the invisible man#horror#classic horror#dvd#gift#the bride of frankenstein#tristan eaton#wolf man
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OH i forgot. uhh. here's a version with just the background + the reference image i used for the location
as is evident i still... really gotta work on my perspective. (but hey! this is how you learn.)
ripping up a transfer and a photograph of you
admittedly not my best -- but i'm still pretty happy with how it turned out! (especially for having been from over a year ago atp.) uhh. based off of Green Day's song Stuart and the Ave. (and a little inspiration from Standing In The Rain, by Billy Talent -- those two are inextricably linked in my head for some reason.) this was -- not the look i originally envisioned, if anything i was originally going to try something stylistically based off of a couple Billy Talent album covers (Billy Talent & Afraid of Heights) -- but . c'est la vie
uhh. oh yeah this was done in ibispaint x!
that's all i got really
wait actually. stuart and the ave. was really fun to learn on mandolin.
(now that's it.)
#green day#billie joe armstrong#green day fanart#green day fan art#billie joe green day#stuart and the ave.
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Camp Camp Spanish dub
Max: Héctor Emmanuel Gómez
Nikki: Lileana Chacón
Neil: Pascual Meza
David: Irwin Daayán
Gwen: Alondra Hidalgo
Neil “Niño Espacial” Armstrong Jr.: Monserrat Mendoza
Dolph Houston: Arturo Cataño
Harrison: Moisés Iván Mora
Nerris: Nycolle González
Ered Miller: Karen Vallejo
Nurf Nurfington: Raúl Anaya
Preston Goodplay: Óscar Flores
Intendente: Germán Fabregat
Cameron Campbell: Octavio Rojas
Sasha / Erin / Tabii: Carla Castañeda
Edward Pikeman: Jesús Guzmán
Billy “Serpiente” Nikssilp: Alan Fernando Velázquez
Stephan van Petrol: Juan Carlos Tinoco
Hecdor Repugnante: Eduardo Garza
Jasper: Arturo Castañeda
Bonquisha: Laura Torres
Daniel: Alan Bravo
Jen: Karla Falcón
Intenhermana: Gabriela Guzmán
Penelope Priss: Ruth Toscano
Candy: Violeta Isfel (Startalent)
Carl: Andrés López (Startalent)
Agentes Miller: Joaquín Cosio (Startalent)
Sra. Nurfington: Kate del Castillo (Startalent)
El Papá de Nerris: Kuno Becker (Startalent)
La Mamá de Harrison: Consuelo Duval (Startalent)
El Papá de Harrison: Javier Ibarreche (Startalent)
La Mamá de Nerris: Jacqueline Bracamontes (Startalent)
Teniente Stuart Houston: Salvador Cienfuegos (Startalent)
Buzz Aldrin: Rodolfo Neri Vela (Startalent)
La Abuelita de Preston: Elena Poniatowska Amor (Startalent)
Sr. Repugnante: Faisy (Startalent)
Sra. Repugnante: Favio Posca (Startalent)
Brian: Daniel Lacy
Vera: Alicia Barragán
Hwan: Pepe Vilchis
Dang: Miguel Ángel Ruiz
Clark Campwell: Gabriel Pingarrón
Muriel Campwell: Olga Hnidey
Ainsley: Alina Galindo
Louis: César Filio
Cameron Jr.: Ricardo Brust
#camp camp#cc max#cc nikki#cc neil#cc david#cc gwen#cc space kid#dolph houston#cc harrison#cc nerris#ered miller#nurf nurfington#preston goodplay#quartermaster#cameron campbell#cc sasha#cc erin#cc tabii#edward pikeman#cc snake#stephan van petrol#jermy fartz#cc platypus
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Those who have travelled to the moon:
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
Michael Collins
Pete Conrad
Dick Gordon
Alan Bean
Jim Lovell
John Swigert
Fred Haise
Alan Shepherd
Stuart Roosa
Edgar Mitchell
Dave Scott
Al Worden
Jim Irwin
John Young
Ken Mattingly
Charlie Duke
Gene Cernan
Ron Evans
Jack Schmitt
Soon, there will be more names on this list: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, Jeremy Hansen
#apollo program#apollo xi#apollo xii#apollo xiii#apollo xiv#apollo xv#apollo xvi#apollo xvii#artemis program#moon landing day#july 20 1969#moon landing#we're going back#artemis ii
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Brigadier General Hugh Mercer died on January 12th 1777 after being wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
Historians argue that, had it not been for his untimely and grisly death at the Battle of Princeton in 1777, Hugh Mercer, born in Aberdeenshire, would have been a greater leader than Washington and would rank as one of the greatest American heroes of all time.
Born on January 17h, 1726, at the manse of Pitsligo Kirk in Roseharty, Scotland, Hugh Mercer was the son of Reverend William Mercer and his wife Ann. At the age of 15, he left home to attend Marischal College at the University of Aberdeen to study medicine. Graduating as a doctor, he practiced locally until the arrival of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.
Rallying to the Prince’s colours, Mercer became an assistant surgeon in the Jacobite Army. He remained in this service until the Battle of Culloden. Mercer was forced to flee Scotland for America in 1747. Arriving in Philadelphia, he settled on the Pennsylvania frontier and returned to practising medicine. by 1758 he was, like many Scots who fled, serving in the British army, battling Shawnee and Delaware Indians, Mercer and his men took part in Lt. Colonel John Armstrong’s raid on Kittanning on September 8th, 1756. and became separated from his men. Alone following the battle, he made his way 100 miles on foot back to Fort Shirley where he received medical attention and was heralded a hero and promoted to the rank of Captain, it was here that Mercer was to become good friends with a man that would shape the remaining years of his life, also a Colonel at the time, his name was George Washington.
Before you start questioning his loyalty with being in the British army remember Washington was also in their pay at this time. After the 7 year war he settled back into private practice but 15 years later was elected as a Colonel of the Minute Men of Spotsylvania a Militia that would play an important part in the American Revolution, he had initially excluded from the elected leadership and branded a “northern Briton,” later being appointed Colonel in the Virginia Line part of the Continental Army which rose in revolt against British rule after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, once again he was fighting against “the auld enemy”.
One of the officers under Mercer was future president James Monroe. He rode through the ranks to Brigadier General distinguishing himself and involving himself with George Washington battle plans until January 3rd while on their way to The Battle of Princeton leading a vanguard of 350 soldiers, Mercer’s brigade encountered two British regiments and a mounted unit. A fight broke out at an orchard grove and Mercer’s horse was shot from under him. Getting to his feet, he was quickly surrounded by British troops who mistook him for George Washington and ordered him to surrender. Outnumbered, he drew his saber and began an unequal contest. He was finally beaten to the ground, then bayoneted repeatedly—seven times—and left for dead.
When Washington learned of the British attack and saw some of Mercer’s men in retreat, he himself entered the fray. Washington rallied Mercer’s men and pushed back the British regiments, but Mercer had been left on the field to die with multiple wounds to his body and blows to his head. (Legend has it that a beaten Mercer, with a bayonet still impaled in him, did not want to leave his men and the battle and was given a place to rest on a white oak tree’s trunk, while those who remained with him stood their ground. The tree became known as “the Mercer Oak” and is the key element of the seal of Mercer County, New Jersey.
When he was discovered, Mercer was carried to the field hospital in the Thomas Clarke House (now a museum) at the eastern end of the battlefield. In spite of medical efforts by Benjamin Rush, Mercer was mortally wounded and died nine days later on January 12, 1777.
In 1840 he was re-buried at Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery. Because of Mercer’s courage and sacrifice, Washington was able to proceed into Princeton and defeat the British forces there. He then moved and quartered his forces to Morristown in victory.
The second picture show a painting entitled George Washington at Battle of Princeton features in the foreground Hugh Mercer lying mortally wounded in the background, supported by Dr. Benjamin Rush and Major George Lewis holding the American flag. This portrait is the prize possession of Princeton University.
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The Democrats are in a bear market trend, and they have failed to comprehend that their policies are anti-free society and human nature. The major peak for the Democrats, measured as a percent of the combined Senate and House, was 1823, when they were part of Slavery. Then, it collapsed into the late 19th century and rose, initially championing state’s rights, but then was dominated by the Silver Democrats trying to inflate their way to prosperity. That collapsed once again, and then they switched to Marxism, which won the day with Roosevelt, who recognized Communist Russia and adopted the Marxist agenda, which peaked in 1937.
That Democratic victory in 1937 led to the Stock Market Crash that year as everyone feared a return to the Great Depression. The Democrats have constantly tried to seize control with that agenda of class warfare since 1937. Once they seized power under Biden in 2020, they reached at best 51% compared to Clinton, who had captured 58%. The Biden Administration then adopted the Woke Religion, but even in finance, every company that adopted this new Woke Religion indeed found that Go Woke = Go Broke. Even Disney was forced to shift direction when a family-oriented company turned anti-family, all in the name of this new Woke Religion. In all honesty, the best news for the Republicans is that the Democrats remain clueless as to why they lost so big because they are so deeply brainwashed that they cannot look at themselves even objectively.
The Democrats are so blinded by their hatred of Trump. Their attempt to imprison and discredit him only exposed their internal corruption and moral decay. They were so consumed with hate, throwing his name out 289 at their convention, that they convinced themselves nobody would vote for him. Because they are swamp creatures, they could not see how it was possible that people trusted Trump more than themselves and that he was personally more popular and trustworthy than Kamala.
The Democrats have debased the rule of law and engaged in the same evil that the former king of England loved to do—prosecute political critics. As John Stuart Mill wrote in his On Liberty, the Democrats used the Department of Justice for the sole purpose of Legal Persecution.
The Democrats are collapsing, and their failure to understand that they no longer represent the average American with promises of taxing the rich that does nothing for society but put more money in the politician’s pockets. They won only one time with FDR with that Marxist message, and it has been dying ever since. Bernie Sanders came out and slammed the Democrats for at least being objective. He said:
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
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