#the prisoners run the prison...in 1947!

[iamrunning-low]

Deforest Kelley's Filmography

(Incomplete, 53 still to be found)

Links directly to each episode or movie for free (Because I don't believe in paying for stuff)

Most of these will be YouTube, Internet Archive, ok.ru, or other sites that should be safe, but a few are from sites with a lot of redirects, I suggest using an ad blocker. I use the Brave web browser, it comes with a adblocker.

I will put a star(★) next to any link you need an adblocker for. if it says to download an app, just switch the page to desktop mode.

Nothing has to be downloaded; if a link doesn't work, if you find an unsafe site, or if there are any other errors. please tell me. (there are a few episodes on YouTube that are mislabeled but they should be the right episode)

I am only allowed 100 embedded links per post, so any new links will be line text.

If you've found any other links to the episodes I haven't found yet, pretty please send them to me <3

Time to Kill (1945)

Fear in the Night (1947)

Variety Girl (1947)

Beyond Our Own (1947)

Public Prosecutor: Case of the Man Who Wasn't There (1947)

Gypsy Holiday (1948)

There are copies of this archived at the UCLA Library, but they are all nitrate film and can only be handled by professionals. I think you can request to view them, but you have to go there in person.

Canon City (1948)

Duke of Chicago (1949)

Malaya (1949)

Life of St. Paul Series: Ambassador for Christ (1949)

The Men (1950)

Studio One: The Last Cruise (1950): https://archive.org/details/studio-one-the-last-cruise-cut-2

Speak No Evil (1950)

The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong: The Golden Women (1951)

The Web: Shine, Mister? (1951)

Armstrong Circle Theatre: Breakaway (1952)

Your Jeweler's Showcase: The Hand of St. Pierre (1952)

Taxi (1953)

The Lone Ranger:

The Legion of Old Timers (1949) Gold Train (1950) Death in the Forest (1953)

The Revlon Mirror Theater: Dreams Never Lie (1953)

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse: Frozen Escape (1953)

Waterfront:

Shipper, Beware (1954) The Race (1954)

Duffy of San Quentin (1954): https://watchseries.bar/movie/duffy-of-san-quentin/174278 ★

The Lone Wolf:

The Murder Story (1954) The Las Vegas Story (1954)

Your Favorite Story:

The Man Who Sold His Shadow (1953) Inside Out: The Story of Bunder-Runger the Jailbird (1954)

Public Defender: The Murder Photo (1954)

Cavalcade of America: The Medal for Miss Walker (1954)

City Detective:

An Old Man's Gold (1953) Crazy Like a Fox (1954)

Mayor of the Town:

Long May It Wag (1954) Minnie's Job (1954) The Poet (1954)

The Loretta Young Show: Decision (1955)

House of Bamboo (1955)

Illegal (1955)

The Millionaire: The Iris Miller Story (1955)

Studio 57:

Storm Signal (1954) Vacation with Pay (1955)

The View From Pompey's Head (1955)

Matinee Theatre: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1955)

Gunsmoke: Indian Scout (1956)

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1956)

You Are There:

The Capture of John Wilkes Booth (1953) The Surrender of Corregidor (1954) The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas (1955) The Gunfight at O.K. Corral (1955)

Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin (1955): https://www.tumblr.com/spawksstuff/780662310126665728?source=share [clip]

Spindletop - The First Great Texas Oil Strike (1955) The Heroism of Clara Barton (1956) (clip) The Fall of Fort Sumter (1956)

Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Science Fiction Theatre:

Y..O..R..D.. (1955) The Long Day (1955) Survival in Box Canyon (1956)

Strange Stories: Such a Nice Little Girl (1956)

The Adventure's of Jim Bowie: An Eye for an Eye (1957): https://watch.plex.tv/watch/show/the-adventures-of-jim-bowie/season/1/episode/26?

Navy Log:

Cigar-Box John (1957) Nightmare off Brooklyn (1957)

Gunfight at O.K. Corral (1957)

Code 3: Oil Well Incident (1957): https://watch.plex.tv/watch/show/code-3/season/1/episode/12?

The Web: Kill and Run (1957)

Schiltz Playhouse: Hands of the Enemy (1957)

The O. Henry Playhouse:

Fog in Santone (1957) The Hiding of Black Bill (1957)

Raintree County (1957)

Boots and Saddles: The Marquis of Donnybrook (1957)

Playhouse 90:

The Edge of Innocence (1957) Point of No Return (1958)

The Silent Service:

The U.S.S. Spearfish Delivers (1957) The Gar Story (1957) The Archerfish Spits Straight (1958)

M Squad:

Pete Loves Mary (1957) Diamond Hard (1957) Hideout (1958)

The Law an Jake Wade (1958)

Steve Canyon: Operation Jettison (1958)

The Rough Riders: The Nightbinders (1958)

26 Men: Trail of Revenge (1959) [clip]

The Californians: The Painted Lady (1959) (use desktop)

Special Agent 7: Border Mascarade (1959)

Northwest Passage: Death Rides the Wind (1959)

Rawhide: Incident at Barker Springs (1959)

Mackenzie's Raiders: Son of the Hawk (1959)

Warlock (1959)

State Trooper: The Patient Skeleton (1959)

The Lineup: The Chloroform Murder Case (1959)

Mike Hammer:

I Ain't Talking (1959) Bride and Doom (1959)

21 Bacon Street: The Hostage (1959)

Trackdown:

The End of an Outlaw (1957) The Jail Break (1958)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AKCNe8Mn8yKkH5S-XdKsYDMmo8hxxRKy/view Hard Lines (1959) (begins at 22:32) Quiet Night in Porter (1959)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wZRJIYLP7Zs_jX5S3vU2HsIRB1ZxEqfx/view

Wanted: Dead or Alive:

Secret Ballot (1959) The Empty Cell (1959)

The Man from Blackhawk: Station Six (1959)

Black Saddle: Apache Trail (1959)

The Magical World of Disney: Elfego Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid (1959)

Alcoa Theatre:

Johnny Risk (1958) 333 Montgomery (TV version) (1959)

333 Montgomery (1959)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective:

The Limping Man (1959) The Adjuster (1959)

Zane Grey Theater:

Stage for Tucson (1956)

Village of Fear (1957): https://youtu.be/Ppn8GhXXlbU?si=uxcs-w-23H4VuJ5X

Shadow of a Dead Man (1958): https://youtu.be/7PCxtCn_XJE?si=RHPAc_IULg0FdE1T

Calico Bait (1960): https://archive.org/details/lv_0_20250605005938/lv_0_20250605110209.mp4#

Johnny Midnight: The Inner Eye (1960)

Markham: Counterpoint (1960)

Two Faces West: Fallen Gun (1960)

Riverboat: Listen to the Nightingale (1961) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xnVme0X3urNtzKSQELNUkcrXJf06G_u0/view

Tales of Wells Fargo: Captain Scofield (1961)

Assignment: Underwater: Affair in Tokyo (1961): https://youtu.be/gf2drne3NkM?si=F24-jxt773fY-t1h (clip)

Coronado 9:

Loser's Circle (1960) Run, Shep, Run (1961)

Lawman:

The Thimblerigger (1960) The Squatters (1961)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tu6iDm37jqhXY327Gfw9IlwrXPg7Zydk/view

The Deputy: The Means to the End (1961)

Bat Masterson: No Amnesty for Death (1961)

Stagecoach West

Image of a Man (1961): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fWwEk-hp-WSEFGOYzpHkmwvXjS08fDqs/view The Big Gun (1961): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfX6-wDGQOwwWyID4NdD5Mzkqno8JES7/view

Shannon: The Pickup (1961)

Cain's Hundred: The Fixer (1961)

Perry Mason: Case of the Unwelcome Bride (1961) (make sure to click on bride again to view video)

Route 66:

The Clover Throne (1961) 1800 Days to Justice (1962)

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Treasure (1962)

Laramie:

Gun Duel (1962) The Unvanquished (1963)

The Gallant Men: A Taste of Peace (1963)

The Dakotas: Reformation at Big Nose Butte (1963)

77 Sunset Strip: 88 Bars (1963)

Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1953)

The Virginian:

Duel at Shiloh (1963) is 1x15 https://watchseries.bar/tv/the-virginian/10180 ★

Man of Violence (1963) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SzVex5abww0gHdNEOUR-qwSIWWI8qHrq/view

Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Slattery's People: Question: Which One Has the Privilege? (1964)

Black Spurs (1965)

Town Tamer (1965)

Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

The Fugitive: Three Cheers for Little Blue Boy (1965)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EZBxHG-YscPAbeLlf-WTfgKS5WgI6lmu/view

The Donna Reed Show: Uncle Jeff Needs You (1965)

Apache Uprising (1965)

Bonanza:

The Honor of Cochise (1961) The Decision (1962) Ride the Wind Part 1 (1966) Ride the Wind Part 2 (1966)

A Man Called Shenandoah: The Riley Brand (1966) https://drive.google.com/file/d/13-bkwBGrr3XJpk9xYDIoABZes9jCYKkc/view

Laredo: The Sound of Terror (1966)

Death Valley Days:

The Breaking Point (1962) Coffin for a Coward (1963) Devil's Gate (1965) Lady of the Plains (1966)

Waco (1966)

Police Story (1967)

Ironside: Warrior's Return (1970)

The Silent Force: The Judge (1970)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors: Giants Never Kneel (1970)

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law: Make No Mistake (1971)

Room 222: The Sins of the Fathers (1971)

Night of the Lepus (1972)

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak: I Never Said Goodbye (1973)

(series is considered partially lost media)

The Cowboys: David Done It (1974)

The Littlest Hobo: Runaway (1981)

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)

Sourses:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001420/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeForest_Kelley

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OjqfnmsrtfDAieWASYNFJhVIq23HwaSg

Thank you to:

@iamenits

@spawksstuff

@forecast0ctopus

@spaceageslacker

@/Hellbat_the_Destron on youtube

Last Update: 6/8/25 8:50 PM PDT

[snovyda]

Being from the former Soviet Union is, when your parents gather with their old friends, they share memories and stories thqt start with, "Remember when we were 15 years old, in that labour camp, and they made us run several laps around the camp after the curfew time?"

Or your grandma gets sad because her grandfather ended up buried somewhere in a forest because her family had been banished from their village and had to live in a hut they had built themselves in a forest for years.

Or other memories of the relatives who died in multiple famines (most recent one being in 1946-1947, simply because the USSR refused to accept humanitarian aid from the West in the aftermath of WW2).

The USSR was not just a police state, it was a prison on itself.

[justforbooks]

Who was Lee Miller?

Why the model-turned-war photographer is finally getting her due

A surrealist with an incisive eye, finding the beauty and absurdity of everyday life. A model who posed for Vogue and sat for Pablo Picasso and Man Ray, but whose fashion career was suddenly cut short. A war photographer who embedded with the US military to chronicle the harrowing events of World War II — and posed defiantly in Hitler’s bathtub on the day of his death.

Lee Miller was an American artist who remade herself many times without straying from the principles that guided her life and career. When she died in 1977, her photographic work had largely been forgotten; her own family was unaware of the scope of her practice, and what she witnessed in the war, until they found her cache of negatives. Now, five decades later, she’s the subject of the Kate Winslet-led biopic “Lee,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, as well as a recent monograph of her work and an exhibition at mega-gallery Gagosian in New York, where some of her prints were for sale.

Her son, photographer Antony Penrose — whose father was the British surrealist painter Roland Penrose, whom Miller married in 1947 — has made it his life’s work to bring attention to his mother’s legacy. He co-directs her archive with his daughter, Ami Bouhassane, and has authored multiple books about Miller, including the most recent, “Lee Miller: Photographs.” For the past decade, he’s consulted on “Lee” as it came together, and has finally begun its run in both the United Kingdom and Spain.

“There were movies proposed and very nearly made before,” Penrose said. “This is the one that we’ve been waiting for, because I feel it is a brilliant rendition of Lee’s life, values and personality.��

He still recalls how “bewildering” it was when he and his late wife, Suzanna, found some 60,000 of her negatives and prints in their attic shortly after Miller’s death. She had developed a unique surrealist way of looking at the world, capturing everyday eccentricities that play with the viewer’s perception: a scratched-up door at a jewelry store becomes a small explosion of sparks; tar spilled on the street glistens darkly like some deep-sea or cave-bound creature.

But her range was staggering. Here was Elsa Schiaparelli supine among two cheetah sculptures, and Marlene Dietrich posing in dramatic sun in the designer’s ruched house coat. Here was a crowd of people spitting on four women, their heads shaved, as they went to trial for accusations of associating with Nazis. Here were the bodies of concentration camp victims in Dachau, and the liberated prisoners standing over a pile of human bones.

“None of us — and that includes my father — knew the scope of Lee’s work, particularly her war work,” Penrose said of his mother. “She deliberately didn’t tell him what was going on, because she didn’t want him to be worried.”

After the war, Miller struggled with depression and alcohol dependency, decades before post-traumatic stress disorder — and its symptoms — was officially recognized. When the occasional curator or art historian would turn up to better understand the depth of her work, Penrose said Miller would deflect the focus and downplay her career. It’s only been through her archive that he was able to understand the life she lived.

“It was a voyage of discovery,” Penrose added. “It was like finding a person that we had not known before — way beyond our kind of understanding and knowledge.”

Reinventing herself

For many years, Miller was remembered primarily for her modeling work in New York and with the reductive label of “muse” during her time in Paris. She sat for Pablo Picasso as he painted her in lurid yellow and green, illustrating her “extraordinary wit and liveliness… and a very bold, confrontational approach to life,” according to Jason Ysenburg, a director at Gagosian and co-curator of the gallery’s show “Lee Miller and Friends”.

She was also often remembered — but not credited — for her portrait collaborations with Man Ray, with whom she was romantically involved and remained friends throughout her life.

“Those images of Lee were as much by Lee as by Man Ray,” added Richard Calvocoressi, the show’s other co-curator.

Miller has been described by many as a supermodel on the cusp in her early twenties, a period just before she met Man Ray. But she was seemingly blacklisted by fashion clients overnight, after a portrait of her by the photographer Edward Steichen was licensed for a Kotex ad promoting menstrual products.

“She absolutely came to a crash stop. Nobody wanted the Kotex girl modeling their frocks,” Penrose said. “She didn’t even know that the photograph was going to be used for that purpose — it was bought through an agency.”

Though Miller used the setback as a sign to shift her practice, sexist social structures continued to shape her career. Art historians and curators of the 20th century relegated female surrealists — many of whom appear in Miller’s images, like the painter Leonora Carrington and the photographer Dora Maar — to the sidelines of the movement when they were, in actuality, crucial figures; Penrose recalls that his own father referred to them more as “muses” than artists in their own right, despite their prolific outputs.

But despite the imbalances within their group, Miller’s time with her friends ahead of World War II was seemingly idyllic. She’d left Paris in 1932 for New York when her relationship with Man Ray ended, and then unexpectedly married Egyptian businessman Aziz Eloui Bey and moved to Cairo. When she spent the summer of 1937 back in Paris and met Roland, it sparked a two-year affair (and series of love letters when they were apart), that eventually resulted in the dissolution of her marriage.

Some of Miller’s emblematic images of the period show their vacations across the south of France from beach outings with Roland, Picasso and Maar and the model Ady Fidelin, to a picnic that has drawn comparisons to Édouard Manet’s famed painting “Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe” as a topless Fidelin is pictured alongside Man Ray, the poet Paul Éluard and artist Nusch Éluard.

But as Ysenburg points out, the tumult of the era had already begun — Nazism brewed in Germany and the Spanish Civil War broke out, prompting Picasso’s monumental and career-defining work “Guernica” which was painted the same year Miller returned to Paris.

“It was a community that in the sense that they were friends and lovers,” Ysenburg explained. “It seemed a very carefree time for them in a world that was changing very quickly.”

She saw ‘what we’re missing’

Many artists fled Europe in the 1940s, and Miller could have gone back to New York to safety, Penrose said. But she’d settled down with Roland in London and refused to leave, instead becoming a photojournalist for British Vogue, documenting women who were contributing to the war efforts, and taking both fashion and street images during the Blitz.

Later, she was accredited as an official correspondent with the US armed forces — one of just four such female photographers. During this period, in Normandy and in Munich she worked closely with the Life photojournalist David E. Scherman. Together, they entered Hitler’s apartment with soldiers on April 30, 1945, the same day that Hitler shot himself in his bunker in Berlin. Just that morning, Miller and Scherman had taken photographs in Dachau; Miller tracked mud from the concentration camp all over the apartment’s floor before stripping down to pose in the bathtub. She took the same photo of Scherman, who was Jewish, as well.

“Those boots carried her that morning around the concentration camp, and now she’s grinding the filth of that place into Hitler’s nice clean bathroom,” Penrose said. “They prove that she’s not there as a guest in his house. She’s a victor.”

Even as Miller faced the harrowing effects of the war across Europe — sights that would take a toll on her in its aftermath — she still maintained her keen artist’s eye. After all, she believed there was nothing “more surrealist, more mad, more nightmarish” than the war, according to Calvocoressi.

“Even in the most dangerous and demanding circumstances, she’s still looking out for weird, quirky images,” Penrose said. “I find that that so endearing — the hallmark of her artistry is just to see what we’re missing.”

Miller took her last assignment for Vogue in the early 1950s, as Penrose notes that she could no longer meet deadlines because of her declining mental health. But she didn’t stop photographing, taking some 1,000 photographs of Picasso as Roland worked on his biography, which published in 1958.

Penrose said that throughout the course of her career, she was always “looking for the metaphor” in her surroundings. Of the many poetic moments she captured, one took place in front of the Vienna Opera House in Austria’s capital in late 1945 amid the lingering destruction of war. Framed by twisted metal support beams and rubble, the soprano Irmgard Seefried is photographed singing an aria from the Italian opera “Madame Butterfly,” in what Penrose believes to be an image set up by Miller — who captured her with arms outstretched, completely in silhouette.

“In a way, it’s a reversal, because you would have expected the singer to be beautifully lit from all kinds of sources.” Penrose explained.

“Gone is the costume. gone is any kind of glamorization… what we have is this absolute passion, about the triumph of art over destruction.”

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

[eretzyisrael]

President Sisi, how can you say Jews were not persecuted in Egypt?

Once numbering 80 – 100,000, there are fewer than a handful of Jews left in Egypt. Yet ‘Jews were never persecuted in Egypt,’ President Sisi of Egypt declared to US secretary of state Anthony Blinken. Here is Edmond Haddad’s response in JNS News: 

Carefree days on Abu Kir beach in Egypt in 1938 (History of Egyptian Jews Facebook page)

Let me tell you about oppression and persecution: In 1947, my uncle went to prison for 15 months for purchasing a train ticket to Tel Aviv. In 1948, my father broke his arm trying to prevent the burning of his factory. He was beaten in 1950 because of his religion.

In May of 1956, Jews employed by Egyptian public institutions were sent on vacation, then dismissed. When he announced the blockade of Akaba, then-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dared the “Jews” to come—not Zionists or Israelis, but Jews. On Nov. 23, 1956, Egypt’s Minister of Religious Affairs declared, “All Jews are Zionists and enemies of the state.” Imams read this statement in mosques across Egypt.

In 1962, I went to the bank with my mother to open a savings account. After the teller saw on my identification card that I was Jewish, he threw the money I gave him back at me and told me that Jews could not have savings accounts in Egypt. Muslim teachers in my school often told us that Jews were not wanted in Egypt, so we’d better not talk in class.

In 1967, all Jewish homes and property were confiscated. All male Jews were put in detention camps for anywhere from six months to three years. Just before Nasser died, all the prisoners were deported and their families expelled.

I summarize two eyewitness accounts from my cousin Gamliel and Ibrahim Farhi, who were both imprisoned in Egyptian detention centers: The police arrested all Jewish males over the age of 18. Their businesses, cars, furniture and possessions were confiscated or auctioned off. The prisoners were taken to Abu Zaabal prison. “No one was called by their name there,” I was told. There were no watches, no shoes and only women’s names for the prisoners. The prisoners were forced to undress and run around the yard while the guards beat them. Their heads were shaved. Most were raped. They were fed white cheese full of worms and bread full of bugs. For six months, their families didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive. This torture continued day and night. Nasser released them only in June 1970.

At the time, Egyptian Jews were of mixed education, wealth, religious observance and political beliefs. The wealthier members of the community founded banks, owned department stores and traveled freely abroad because they could afford the bribes required. Most Jews were stateless, because their applications for Egyptian citizenship were almost always denied.

Many Jews converted to Christianity or Islam and tried to assimilate. Jews spoke several languages, but not Hebrew. They were often ambivalent about the State of Israel. Some spoke against Israel even after they were expelled from Egypt. Most of the middle-class and wealthy Jews immigrated to the U.S., Brazil, Argentina and France. Most of the poor Jews immigrated to Israel.

In Egypt, Jews were continually harassed, insulted and mocked. The secret police would knock on their doors in the middle of the night and ask them when they were leaving Egypt. Had they bought their tickets? They had better leave within a week or else. Over 35,000 Jews left or were expelled after the 1956 war. By 1967, there were about 2,000 Jews left in Egypt. Today, there are only two Jews in the entire country.

President Sisi, although you and some of leaders of the Egyptian military have close relations with Israel, most Egyptians continue to hate Israel and Jews. In 2016, a member of the Egyptian group Tawfik Okasha was physically attacked and expelled because he invited an Israeli diplomat to his home for dinner. A 2023 survey of Arabs living in countries that have signed peace agreements with Israel found that 84% don’t support the agreements.

President Sisi, how can you honestly say that Jews were not targeted in Egypt or other Arab and Muslim countries? While living in Egypt, I was ashamed of being Jewish. I was a slave in Egypt and did not realize I was free after we left. I missed my home, school and “comfortable” life. It took years for me to realize that my life changed for the better because I could now live as a Jew and be proud of my heritage.

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[niknatts-knickknacks]

OC: Aisling O'Reilly

Name: Aisling Mary O'Reilly

Alias(es): Corporal O'Reilly, Mark, Corporal, Subject, Asset, Shadow, Phoenix

Gender/Pronouns: Female, she/her

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Height: 5'6"/168cm

Weight: 180lbs/81.6kg

Hair Color: Brown/Auburn

Hair Length: 

As a young adult: long (down to her mid-back)

In the military: standard military cut, grew out slightly during captivity

During Commandos: kept shorter and curled

During HYDRA: initially kept neat and styled in a slicked back bun, much like the ballerina cover the Red Room used; later, after the subsequent break between HYDRA and the USSR, it became unkempt and shaggy

Directly after Freedom: kept shaggy for a year until she trusted someone enough to cut it; worn in a trendy, shoulder-length bob with layers

On the run: again got shaggy and long; split ends trimmed by herself; usually in a braid to keep it out of her face

With the Avengers: neat when down; still wears curls (Victory Curls and pre-war/victory styles); braid(s) for missions

After Captain America: Civil War: Still better maintained; braids/whatever style fits the target location

Eye Color: Hazel initially. See Body Modifications

Birthday: September 11, 1922

Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan, USA

Religion: Catholic

Family:

Mother: Mary O'Reilly

Father: Seamus O'Reilly

Siblings: 

Matthew Seamus O'Reilly - 7.19.1921

Mark Seamus O'Reilly (twin) - 9.11.1922

Luke Seamus O'Reilly - 3.23.1926

Colleen Mary O'Reilly - 1.22.1928

Saoirse Mary O'Reilly - 10.13.1930

John Seamus O'Reilly - 5.4.1932

Body Modifications:

Right Eye: 

A glass eye from 1947-1964

Blue

A mechanical eye from 1964-2016

It is clearly robotic

Has a red star as the iris (a gift from the Soviets)

functions fully as a regular eye

does have storage for footage (not any left by time of escape)

nightvision capabilities

Right Side:

a series of plates, not unlike the Winter Soldier's arm, that make up her right side. 

Underneath is a mess of wires and organs

Tattoos

Right arm

Full sleeve of a phoenix wing forming out of flames

Left Thigh

a wing with years underneath

These years correspond to the deaths of the Howling Commandos

Powers: Is a Mutant

Can see and store objects in peoples' auras

only she can access the stored objects

it does not matter how far away someone is; once she has seen their aura, she can store/remove objects from them

should they die before her, the objects are lost forever

upon her death, all objects will appear around the ones who have stuff in their auras

Occupation: 

Birth-1943: Farmer

June 1943-November 1943: Soldier

November 1943-January 1945: SSR Agent

January 1945-July 1945: USSR/HYRDA Prisoner

July 1945-March 2009: HYDRA Asset/Experiment

March 2009-September 2009: Unemployed (recovering)

September 2009-December 2011: Fight Instructor at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

December 2011-September(?) 2015: Rogue Agent

September 2015-June 2016: Avenger

June 2016-November 2018: Rogue Agent

Beyond: No idea yet. Story will change starting in 2015 because I don't like Age of Ultron

Quick Background: Born to Irish immigrants in 1922, Aisling is a boisterous, outgoing girl. She always gets into fights, particularly to defend family and friends from racist remarks. When Mark (twin) gets drafted, she takes his place, as he is not cut out for war. She cuts her hair, leaving the locks on her bed when she runs away in the middle of the night. She takes her brother's place in the 32nd Infantry of the US Army and is deployed to Germany. She is captured by HYRDA in August of 1943. By October, she is the last of the 32nd Infantry remaining. After the subsequent rescue by Steve Rogers, she joins the SSR (after nearly facing prison time). She falls with Bucky from the train in January of 1945. In 2009 she sees a flash of red on a mission and sabotages it, escaping into the public. She is taken in by the X-Men, whom she stays with for about 2 years. She goes rogue and takes out HYDRA bases by herself until she is eventually rescued by the Avengers and taken to the tower. During this time she discovers a base that was training an elite tracking team to find her; only one dog remained. She rescues and adopts him, taking him with her to take down HYDRA. Once rescued, she hides her identity from the team, which leads to a massive fallout. During the events of Captain America: Civil War, she sides with Team Cap and ends up imprisioned in the RAFT. She is broken out and goes to recover in Wakanda. After that, she joins Steve in his quest for vengeance. 

[sean-gaffney]

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault contents

The list is out! Let's dig into what's on the new Looney Tunes Blu-Ray set out in June!

First disc: 25 shorts, new to DVD and Blu-Ray, but most have been restored and were streaming on Max before Max decided to pull every cartoon from streaming.

As with previous Collector's Choice releases, the cartoons are in alphabetic order. I guess they feel chronological would be too dull?

1) Bars and Stripes Forever, 1939, directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and Cal Dalton. Essentially a spot gag cartoon around a prison. Has been released on laserdisc and (unrestored) as a DVD extra in 2010 to a movie. Restored for streaming on the "Ride" app.

2) Beauty and the Beast, 1934, directed by Friz Freleng. The 2nd experiment with color cartoons, after which they'd go back to B&W for a bit. It's in 2-strip Cinecolor as Disney still had a monopoly on Technicolor. A girl dreams she's in Toyland, but gets menaced by The Beast. Freleng's first solo Merrie Melodies cartoon. Has been released on laserdisc. Restored for streaming on Max.

3) A Day at the Zoo, 1939, directed by Tex Avery. Blue Ribbon reissue. Public Domain. A spot gag zoo cartoon. Features Egghead (not getting into the Elmer Fudd argument, don't go there) as a running gag. Has been released on laserdisc. NEWLY RESTORED!

4) The Dixie Fryer, 1960, directed by Robert McKimson. Foghorn Leghorn runs into the chicken hawks who were after Bugs in Backwoods Bunny. Restored for streaming on the "Ride" app and Amazon Prime. NEW TO HOME VIDEO!

5) Double or Mutton. This… was put out on Collector's Choice 4, so is likely an error? We'll see. [EDIT: Yes, it is on the set by accident. They'll add an extra cartoon next set to make up for it.]

6) Each Dawn I Crow, 1949, directed by Friz Freleng. A parody of the radio show The Whistler, with the narrator driving a rooster crazy with paranoia that Elmer Fudd is going to kill him. Jerry Beck famously hates this cartoon. Has been released on a few VHS tapes, and unrestored on a 2006 DVD extra. Also streamed on iTunes. NEWLY RESTORED!

7) Easy Peckin's, 1953, directed by Robert McKimson. A fox tries to raid a chicken coop, but keeps running into the rooster guarding it. Restored for streaming on Max. NEW TO HOME VIDEO!

8) Feather Dusted, 1955, directed by Robert McKimson. Foghorn Leghorn has to deal with Miss Prissy's son "Egghead, Jr.". LOTS of cuts for TV to remove gunplay, it will be unedited here. Was on a lot of VHS releases, and has been restored for Boomerang and Amazon Prime.

9) A Fox in a Fix, 1951, directed by Robert McKimson. A fox tries to raid a chicken coop, but keeps running into the dog guarding it. Better than Easy Peckin's, which has a very similar plot. Was released once on VHS, and was restored for Max.

10) Good Night Elmer, 1940, directed by Chuck Jones. Elmer Fudd tries to go to bed but is too stupid to make it there. Another one on Jerry Beck's least favorite list, and I have to agree. It's amazingly frustrating to watch. Came out on VHS and Laserdisc, also restored for Max.

11) The Goofy Gophers, 1947, directed by Art Davis, was originally planned by Bob Clampett before he left the studio. Blue Ribbon. The debut of the titular gophers, as well as the dog who is their nemesis in their first three cartoons. Bugs Bunny cameo at the end. Released on laserdisc. Streamed on Max, but they used a 1995 dubbed print. NEWLY RESTORED?

12) I'd Love to Take Orders from You, 1936, directed by Tex Avery. A young scarecrow boy wants to be scary like his dad, but finds it's harder than it seems. One of Tex's cutest cartoons. Has been released on laserdisc, streamed restored on Max.

13) A Kiddies Kitty, 1955, directed by Friz Freleng. Sylvester hides from a bulldog and ends up as the pet of a young girl, but her abuse/affection ends up hurting him worse. Came out on VHS, was released restored on Max. Apostrophe was missing in the original title as well.

14) Let It Be Me, 1936, directed by Friz Freleng. Blue Ribbon. The debut of "Emily the Rooster", who dumps her hayseed boyfriend for Bing Crosby rooster, only he turns out to be a massive asshole. One of two films that had Bing threatening to sue Schlesinger. Released on laserdisc, had a restored release as a Blu-Ray extra last year. Streamed restored on Max.

15) Of Fox and Hounds, 1940, directed by Tex Avery. Blue Ribbon. The debut of Willoughby, a dumb dog. This is basically A Wild Hare, only with a fox in place of Bugs and the dog in place of Elmer. Came out on laserdisc and VHS. NEWLY RESTORED!

16) Quackodile Tears, 1962, directed by Art Davis, his only director's credit after 1949. Daffy is forced to sit on his egg while his wife goes out… only the egg gets swapped with an alligator egg. Came out on VHS way back when. Was supposed to be on the Daffy Duck DVD, never was. Streamed restored on Max.

17) Ready, Woolen and Able, 1960, directed by Chuck Jones. This is a wolf and Sheepdog cartoon, you know how they go. Was released on VHS on the Wile E. Coyote sets, as back then they did not care if it wasn't quite him. Streamed restored on Max.

18) Robin Hood Makes Good, 1939, directed by Chuck Jones. Blue Ribbon. Classic "slow, Disney-esque" Jones, as a squirrel is bullied by his older brothers about who gets to play the bad guy. Was on laserdisc, came out on DVD and Blu-Ray unrestored as an extra. Streamed restored on Max.

19) The Squawkin' Hawk, 1942, directed by Chuck Jones. Blue Ribbon. The debut of Henery Hawk, and the debut of Michael Maltese and Chuck Jones as a writer/director powerhouse. Henery wants chicken for dinner, and goes out to find some, his father tries to stop him. Was out on laserdisc and VHS, unrestored on Blu-Ray. Streamed restored on Max.

20) Terrier-Stricken, 1952, directed by Chuck Jones. The second Claude Cat/Frisky Puppy cartoon. Came out on VHS and unrestored on DVD. Streamed restored on Max.

21) Tweet and Lovely, 1959, directed by Friz Freleng. Sylvester tries to catch Tweety, with hilarious results. This was on VHS a lot, and was on a foreign Blu-Ray restored. It also streamed restored on Max.

22) Tweety's Circus, 1955, directed by Friz Freleng. Sylvester tries to catch Tweety, with hilarious results. Lots of violence cut for TV, mostly involving a lion. Was on laserdisc, VHS, and that foreign Blu-Ray. Streamed restored on Max.

23) Two's a Crowd, 1950, directed by Chuck Jones. The first Claude Cat/Frisky Puppy cartoon. Claude going through a washing machine tends to get cut. Came out once as a DVD extra, its only home media release. Streamed restored on Max, with its correct opening rings.

24) Wild About Hurry, 1959, directed by Chuck Jones. Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon. The one that ends with him in the steel ball rolling everywhere. Came out once on VHS, also streamed restored on Max.

25) Zip 'n Snort, 1961, directed by Chuck Jones. Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon. The one that ends with him trying to outrun a train while his feet are covered in grease. Has been released a LOT on VHS, laserdisc, and DVD, all unrestored. Streamed restored on Max.

It's a nice list of cartoons. Nothing censored except for violence, so still playing it safe.

The second disc has stuff already released to DVD restored, but in Standard Defintion. These will be HD restorations.

Golden Collection 2: Ain't She Tweet, Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z, Hare Conditioned, Rhapsody Rabbit, Snow Business, Zoom and Bored Golden Collection 3: Bye Bye Bluebeard, Daffy Duck and Egghead, Gonzales' Tamales, Odor-able Kitty, Rabbit Punch Golden Collection 4: Cat-Tails for Two Golden Collection 5: Red Riding Hoodwinked Golden Collection 6: Birth of a Notion, Hare Trigger, Horton Hatches the Egg, Much Ado About Nutting Foghorn Leghorn DVD: Banty Raids, Little Boy Boo, Two Crows from Tacos Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl DVD: Daffy Dilly Bugs Bunny Hare Extraordinaire DVD: Hare Trimmed Pepe Le Pew DVD: Past Perfumance The Essential Daffy Duck: Porky's Duck Hunt Porky Pig Hilarious Ham DVD: Tom Turk and Daffy

Also a very nice list of cartoons. This has a bit more controversy, with two Pepe Le Pew cartoons (he's been unofficially banned), two Speedy Gonzales cartoons (ditto), and Two Crows from Tacos, another one with heavy Mexican stereotypes.

Statistics!

B&W cartoons: one. Color cartoons: 49

For the first disc, 1 Hardaway/Dalton, 3 Avery, 6 Freleng, 4 McKimson, 9 Jones, 2 Davis (one started by Clampett)

Bugs: 1 cameo. Daffy: 1. Elmer Fudd: 2. Egghead: 1 (still not going there). Foghorn Leghorn: 2. Coyote/Roadrunner: 2. Wolf/Sheepdog: 2 Goofy Gophers: 1. Henery Hawk: 1. Sylvester: 3. Tweety: 2. Claude/Frisky: 2. One-shots or close enough: 9.

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Moon Girl is something of a unique Golden Age heroine in that she was the only super powered character to appear in EC Comics, whose usual stock in trade was lurid horror and crime stories. She had a short-lived comics career that lasted less than two years between 1947 and 1949, but in her main six issue run she managed cram at least three adventures into each edition, meaning there were several adventures in her canon, frequently reprinted in subsequent years. Moon Girl was the brainchild of writer Bill Woolfolk and illustrator Sheldon Moldoff and first appeared in The Happy Houlihans #1 (Fall 1947) before being given her own title soon after. She had a similar backstory to Wonder Woman, in that she originated from a semi-mythical tribe of Scythian warrior women, amongst whom she was the Princess of the Moon, and came to the modern world to fight injustice. However, Moon Girl was not suffused with the Amazon code of peace, and rather than try to convince bad guys of the error of their ways as was WW’s wont, she was more likely to crack them across the jaw with a super-powered fist, as displayed in the second of the two pages featured here. Her super powers (strength, super speed and telepathic control of her own moonship) derived from a piece of actual moon rock, known as the “moonstone”

Interestingly, Moon Girl also had a partner, Prince Mengu, a former suitor, defeated by the princess in a physical contest to win her hand, but whom she later realised she loved. Mengu then accompanied Moon Girl on her adventures, and, refreshingly, the pair worked on equal terms, with the princess the more powerful of the two. The partnership meant that a number of the early stories were entitled Moon Girl and the Prince. The heroine’s alter ego was secretary Claire Lune, a junior school history teacher, her name being a bit of a giveaway if you were linguistically inclined.

The Moon Girl adventures were good rollicking fun and it is a shame the character was retired so quickly, but EC’s niche market meant Moon Girl was always an incongruous addition to the stable and her title eventually became a romance and then a horror comic - in fact some of her adventures, which featured the supernatural, prefigured this shift. There was a brief reboot of the classic Moon Girl in 2010, but she has nothing to do with the eight year old Marvel comics genius of the same name.

The story featured is as camp as it is fantastic, and is entitled, Plunderers From The Past, appearing in Moon Girl #6 (March 1949). The tale involves shipwrecked ne’er-do-wells from history being freed from their frozen suspended animation by Von Krupp, a Nazi criminal genius, to commit crimes at his behest. They eventually receive their comeuppance at the hands of Moon Girl who escorts the defeated sorry band to prison with a neat line in trash talk. It would be nice to see the classic Moon Girl revived - perhaps as a member of Birds of Prey…

Sources: comicbookplus and the Moon Girl (EC Comics) Wikipedia page.

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Noirvember: They Made Me a Fugitive/I Became a Criminal (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947)

I knew almost nothing about They Made Me a Fugitive (also titled I Became a Criminal) going into it other than that it's British noir and it stars Trevor Howard. I've been wanting to watch some Trevor Howard stuff, so I was glad to find that he was in something I could watch for Noirvember. This ended up being probably one of the biggest surprises of the month for me, because this really is a stunning post-war noir with some great performances, an incredible aesthetic, and an incredibly dark, bleak tone throughout its entire runtime.

Howard plays Clem, a war veteran and former POW who takes up with a gang of criminals run by the ruthless Narcy (short for Narcissus, which might be the most on the nose character name in the history of time) when things are tough in the post-war years. But the gang is far more dangerous than he expected, and when he refuses to take part in any jobs involving drugs, the gang sets him up to take a murder rap and he ends up in prison. But when Narcy's ex girlfriend visits Clem in prison to tell him that the member of the gang who actually committed the murder on Narcy's orders is starting to feel guilty about the set up, Clem escapes to try to clear his name.

One of the qualifying aspects of noir is a film's themes and how they relate to and explore the tension and uncertainty of the war and post-war years, and I think They Made Me a Fugitive has one of the clearest voices in that regard that I've seen in noir. This is a story that is explicitly about the state of the world following the war, the way it changed the culture and brought a certain amount of violence to the surface, the way returning veterans gave so much, from their lives to their mental health, to fight for their countries only for their countries to leave them behind when the war was over, and what happens when a country trains a person to be violent and kill for them in war only to abandon those same people once they no longer need them. It's a world where the people who were already pre-disposed toward violence and cruelty like Narcy have the freedom to come to the surface and take a certain level of power, while people who were otherwise peaceful and not prone to violence like Clem were left in positions where they had few other places they could turn. They Made Me a Fugitive isn't particularly subtle about any of this, but I think that's okay. While noir can be subtle, I think it also operates well when it's something of a blunt instrument, blatantly and loudly holding a mirror up to the world left behind in the wake of a decade long depression and horrific war.

The movie is gorgeously filmed and has an incredibly strong sense of atmosphere. From its opening moments it sets up a tone that very much feels like the hopeless postwar world it takes place in. Pretty much every moment is shrouded in darkness, with the majority of scenes taking place at night and with deep shadows that fill up so much of the frame. There's great use of both wide shots that highlight the isolated position Clem finds himself in and extreme closeups to really show the intensity of what's crossing the characters' faces. And usually those closeups are during moments of more intense, unsettling emotion, when Clem has been pushed too far or when we're allowed to see the absolute viciousness that comes out on Narcy's face.

The characters are another hugely important aspect of solidifying the bleakness of the world. There really isn't a single character who acts out of pure selflessness or who helps because it's the right thing to do. When he escapes, Clem never comes across someone who helps him out of the goodness of their own heart. They're either so deeply suspicious of Clem that even though they offer help, he's unable to trust him, or they're only willing to offer help if he agrees to do something awful for them. Even Sally, Narcy's ex-girlfriend who's probably the most decent person in the story, wasn't motivated to try to help Clem out of the goodness of her heart. She was originally motivated by Narcy dumping her to take up with Clem's girlfriend. It's simple, but it's such a good decision, to have even the most decent character in the movie motivated by something that was at least initially selfish. It does so much to show what kind of world this world this is.

The performances in the movie are all excellent, but it's obviously Howard as Clem and Griffith Jones as Narcy really own this movie. Howard is one of the greatest actors of all time, despite how underappreciated he is at least in the States, and he's able to walk the thin line of keeping Clem sympathetic while not making him feel too much like a morally upstanding hero. You can tell that there's a good man in there, but that it's been buried under the crushing weight of hopelessness that serving in the war, being a POW, and returning to a country that seemingly has no place for him has left behind. There's a tiny flicker of hope that Sally's ignited in him, but even with it and the grim determination it inspires, it still feels like that hopelessness is something he cannot shake. Griffith is truly terrifying as Narcy, a true psychopath who measures up as one of the most horrifying noir villains. Whereas Clem's involvement in crime feels more like a necessity that comes from being abandoned by the country he serves and he has a clear aversion to having to hurt or kill people, with Narcy it feel pretty obvious that he's doing it because he enjoys it, right down to and especially the violence. His motivations are purely and completely selfish, and it even feels like he WANTS to hurt people, even when he doesn't necessarily have anything to gain for it.

It's a bleak, sad picture, and that never lets up, even in the very end. It does such a masterful job of making the viewer feel encompassed by the same kind of hopelessness that encompasses Clem. And as a result it ends up being one of the most effect statements about the post-war world to come out of the era.

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so sorry for the bother! may you recommend me some usuk fics? I have no qualms with any genre but I'll be honest, I fear I won't be able to read fics past 50k due to lack of free time

Heck yeah you can! I have a few bookmarked on my Ao3 page - do recommend you have a look there as well as everything below!

I do like a long fic, but I have some one shots as well that I like to come back to. A few of these are a bit old and call back to a different time in fandom, so be mindful of that. Some are ones that everyone has read. Some are explicit, some have attitudes and approaches towards nationhood that haven't aged that great or weren’t that well conceived of to begin with etc., etc...

So essentially... use your discretion.

There is more. There is a lot more. Maybe I'll make a part two or something. But for now…. here's a monster.

Under the Read More as there is lots of links and words.

*****

Tinstars

So Complicated (One-Shot)

It comes every year. Its influence is ubiquitous, seeping into every facet of society like a toxin. The greatest of men crumble to their knees in its wake. You can’t run, or beg, or plead. It has no empathy, no mercy. It will tear out your soul and consume you, piece by wretched piece, until there is nothing left. So basically, it’s Valentine’s Day and something weird happens and then England is there.

Strange Powers (Multi-Chapter)

America thought it would be funny to turn the device on himself. What’s the worst that could happen? Y’know, aside from accidentally falling in love with your friend. A continuation of “America’s strange invention” from the end of Comic Diary 8.

Tinstars manages to write both funny and heartwarming scenes at the same time, and keeps very close to canon characterisation whilst they're at it. Their America is such a goddamn weirdo. The romance scenes are soft, and England is proactive and bamboozled by how bizarre his chosen partner apparently is. Just classic good fic.

*****

PennyLane

Born on the Fourth of July (One-Shot)

It’s America’s Bicentennial and the celebration is going to be epic. Despite England’s bouts of ill health he suffers during this time of the year, he knows his duty, and his duty is to attend the festivities and play his part. But this celebration doesn’t turn out as either America or England thought it would. (Set during America’s Bi-Centennial, 1976)

All Roads Lead (One-Shot)

It’s WWII, and England is a prisoner in a German POW camp. America’s mission it to rescue him before the Germans discover who he really is.

Obviously Penny had to be on this list. She has also written two great human au fics, but I like my canon historical fics just a wee bit more. Arthur is almost always in some form of distress and in need of some...healing attention (cough cough) in these fics, but never to the point of outright wimpiness. Just excellently written and characterised fics.

*****

Smoochy-Ryoko

Chiaroscuro (One-Shot)

Alfred often hides his sadness and fear under a carefree mask and that Arthur is the only one who really understands. Aka Arthur spoils Alfred, the fic.

There's gonna probably be a lot of oldie but goodies on this list, and this is the first. It is weird reading these fics back from 2011 and realising how much of the political landscape has changed for sure. Regardless, Arthur defends Alfred, runs him a bath, and they snuggle. Perfect!

*****

Sakuratsukikage

Where the Shadows Are (Two-Parter)

A night in England's house, 1947. Sometimes it feels like the war is never over. Language, mentions of war, dealing with a psychological disorder (PTSD), established relationship.

If Life's a Dance, Sometimes You Miss a Step (One-Shot)

America and England have a real fight despite their committed relationship. 

They do not get brought up in recommendation posts anymore which is a shame because their writing is impeccable. They have a huge catalogue of fic all on Livejournal, so I recommend having a peruse and seeing what catches your eye!

*****

RobinRocks

Paper Crown Kings and Pinwheel Queens (Multi-Chapter)

"What is a nation without humanity?" "I don't know," England said flatly. "Spades. Supremacy. Sickness …The thing that ate him." Cardverse without Cardverse: in which the suits are weapons rather than kingdoms.

Lavender's Blue (One-Shot)

The Suit Kingdom exists as a manufactured barrier between the bloodied human and dying fairy realms as the twentieth century slides ever closer to a second war. The story of a human king, his fairy queen and the worlds between them.

A is For (Multi-Chapter)

Alfie. Which Arthur totally called him last night. And thus begins Alfred's quest to get him to say it again. Set in the early 1950s, after the war.

I feel like this one is divisive nowadays. She is a very good writer technically, but oftentimes her Arthur and Alfred (especially her Arthur - who is often obtuse the point where plots move at a snail's pace because he just won't be honest to Alfred and it can genuinely be infuriating) can cross over into completely unlikeable and unsympathetic. That may be the point but... ymmv on where your limit of empathy for those boys are. I tend to think you'll have better luck with her one-shots or smaller multi-chapters. She also has an incredibly creative mind for aus, no-one quite comes up with off the wall fantasy like she does. A if For is by far her most conventional fic, along with 1912 and 1915, I think her most famous ones about the Titanic and Lusitania. Lavender's Blue was supposed to be a multi-chapter but what we got was an excellent one-shot (fairy Arthur guys... fairy Arthur!!!), and the the twist at the end of Paper Crown Kings and Pinwheel Queens still makes me go what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu a decade later.

*****

StarDropDream

Highway Cloudbusting (Multi-Chapter Three Volume Fic)

Sick of politics and business as usual, England decides to indulge a rare moment of spontaneity and go on a roadtrip. He should have known that America would want to tag along. And they both should have known that the trip would set them down a path they couldn't turn away from. / Just because you confess your feelings doesn't mean everything will fall into place from there - and England and America both have things they need to understand and accept about themselves and each other. / "I want to hold your hand".

Coffee and Cigarettes / With a Hole in My Heart (One-Shots)

Alfred made a promise to himself that he would never surrender to anyone, never relinquish his control. / Arthur was afraid to give himself completely to Alfred. These two fics mirror each other with the same concept but placed on each person in a different universe: how to get the boys to bottom. It's far more emotive than it sounds.

I mean... not to throw my hat into the ring but StarDropDream is the best USUK writer the fandom has ever had (oh yes I said it)! Her characterisations are spot on, the emotions will, if the time is right, actually have you choking up, and the sex is... nice (just joking it's the most emotive and hot and beautiful sex I've ever had to joy to read). I have already spoken about Lying in that Sound Tonight and on and on it goes. They are just brilliant. Their long fics are the exact right kind of little plot lots of feelings, and their one shots are snapshots of something that you know is so much deeper. Just honestly, go through their catalogue for Arthur and Alfred, great stuff.

*****

Miaou Jones

Darts of Pleasure (Three One Shots)

Arthur could have Alfred's brilliance and warmth in his life—if only he could let himself. / Alfred remembers the very first time he and Arthur got together, with a closing reflection on the events from the beginning of Amsterdam. / In many ways and with many words, even if not those exact three, Arthur tells Alfred he loves him.

If you want smut they're the author for you! Phew! And they even do the unforgivable and make it either A) Hot as hell or B) Emotive as fuck. I also very much enjoy Star Light, Star Bright, but I won't recommend it here, as whilst USUK is the emotional centre of the fic, it involves Arthur and Ivan sleeping together at Potsdam and the framing of it is deliberately dubious.

*****

ElapsingSpiral

Al and Artie do Blackpool (Multi-Chapter)

It’s time for Arthur’s annual holiday, only money is a tad short: Blackpool it is then. Still, if Arthur’s going to England’s Capital City for Tackiness, he’s taking somebody else down with him. Poor Alfred.

Dating Advice for Germans and Americans (Multi-Chapter)

Ludwig and Alfred have one thing in common: questionable taste in the people they turn to for expert dating advice.

These two fics are set in the same universe but don't have to be read in order to understand what's going on. It's blindingly obvious that the author is British on account on how scary accurate Arthur is characterised. Their one shots of him taking Alfred to a greasy cafe or a car boot sale are sweet and nostalgic, but these two longer fics are incredible, and I feel like they never got the attention they deserved, even when they were published in 2009/10. The GerIta in Dating Advice is also incredible, and the contrast between the way Ludwig and Feli have issues versus Alfred and Arthur is so well done. Ludwig and Arthur's friendship being based on pragmatism before they realise that they actually get along (to the point where Feli thinks there's an affair going on) is well written too.

Arthur is incredibly love sick in these stories, desperate to be loved and be wanted for himself and the incidents which split him and Alfred apart are genuinely heartbreaking because he doesn't really do anything massively wrong. It's this legacy of shit behaviour that people won't cut him a break, and Alfred is the one who has a learning curve of understanding that Arthur really wants is to belong to someone, and how him asking for the same in return is not the red flag Alfred thinks it is.

The fics are also bloody hilarious. Incredibly dry. Tragically their Livejournal was deleted where there were many other fics (the GerIta... gone T_T) but alas. Gone into the void. Hmm. I suppose you can tell which one is my favourite right? I just want more people to read these ones. Please.

*****

Orestiad

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A few months into their 4-year long exploration mission, Alfred is starting to form an unhealthy attachment to the ship’s AI.

This one fucked with me. They set up like four different ways you know it's going to go tits up. We've all seen Space Odyssey. Arthur as an AI is begging for trouble. The Kill Switch that Alfred is the only one with access to. Arthur getting attached to Alfred. It's all going to go downhill. And then it swerves in a brilliant parallel to earlier in the fic and it's like, oh no there truly is no fate worse than being loved by something not human is there. God or otherwise.

*****

Rierin

Written in the Stars (One-Shot)

Alfred wakes up after an assassination attempt to find Arthur at his bedside. He's told he and Arthur are engaged— but the last thing Alfred remembers is the Revolutionary War, and all he feels for Arthur is anger and resentment bordering on hatred.

Amnesia fic make Abbie go brrrrrrr. Genuinely not much to it than that. Arthur is so wonderfully pathetic in this fic and I mean that in the best possible way.

*****

Kink Meme Fills

The frustration here is I literally just copied and pasted a bunch of responses onto my pc for my own personal consumption without noting the original web url like a fool so excuse me whilst these listings are a bit more haphazard. I would have a nosey through the USUK livejournal page which indexed them up until Part 22. They are missing the later ones and ones that were back filled, so I would also go through the Finished Fills List and - if you feel like really going through it - the plain old Fills List.

Listen. Somewhere in those hundreds of pages is a fill where the entire Commonwealth catches wind that Arthur is pining after Alfred. Antigua is the first to figure it out; Canada is last. Someone went to the effort of writing all (well, at the time, some more nations have joined recently) the nations of the Commonwealth reacting, including Scotland who gets metaphorically possessed by the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle and goes hunting for his missing brother who is being held captive by Oz and Zee. Some nations don't care because they are well within their rights not to care a fig what England does, some are aggressively supportive because honeymoon tourism and many just wish the America and England would spit it out and put everyone out of enduring their misery. I have it saved on my computer, but lord knows where it is in the depths of the Kink Meme. It's a sweet one. Worth sifting for... Good luck.

Whew! Okay. I'll call it quits there. Big boy. Hope there's something of interest in here! Old and new!

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Linda Darnell and George Sanders in Forever Amber (Otto Preminger, 1947)

Cast: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Richard Haydn, Jessica Tandy, Anne Revere, John Russell, Jane Ball, Robert Coote, Leo G. Carroll, Margaret Wycherly. Screenplay: Philip Dunne, Ring Lardner Jr., Jerome Cady, based on a novel by Kathleen Winsor. Cinematography: Leon Shamroy. Art direction: Lyle R. Wheeler. Film editing: Louis R. Loeffler. Music: David Raksin. 

Once a famous "dirty book," Kathleen Winsor's Forever Amber wouldn't raise eyebrows or blood pressures in the average book club of today, but it was one of Hollywood's hottest properties in the 1940s. The bidding war was won by 20th Century Fox, which followed the example of Gone With the Wind by announcing a search for the actress who would play the glamorously wicked Amber St. Clair. Though the part originally went to Peggy Cummins, producer Darryl F. Zanuck finally decided that she looked too young to play the mature Amber, and when she was sidelined by illness just as filming began, she was replaced by Linda Darnell. John Stahl, the original director, left the film at the same time, and Otto Preminger stepped in. He disliked the book and asked for a script rewrite, but Preminger also delighted in trying to get things past the censors, who were all over the project. The result is a middling costume drama with too much material from the book to fit comfortably in its two-hour run time. Amber is an ambitious lass raised in a Puritan household who, when Charles II is restored to the throne, latches on to a handsome Cavalier, Bruce Carlton (Cornel Wilde), and heads for London. When Carlton is commissioned as a privateer by the king (George Sanders) and sets sail, Amber, who is pregnant with Carlton's child, is left with a little money that gets swindled away from her and lands in Newgate, the debtors' prison. She gives birth, escapes from prison, makes a living by thievery, goes on stage, attracts the eye of the king, marries an elderly earl, nurses a returned Carlton through the plague, inherits the earl's fortune when he dies during the Great Fire, and becomes the king's mistress. All of this immoral behavior should mean, under the Production Code, that she gets punished accordingly, but somehow the movie manages to finesse that with only a little emotional stress at the end. Forever Amber got condemned by the Catholic church and banned in a few places, but it was evidently bowdlerized enough to survive and make money. The truth is, it's a little dull. It comes to life occasionally when Sanders is on screen being royally wicked, but Darnell, with a blonde dye job and wig, never gets a chance to do more than be cautiously wicked and suffer prettily. The Technicolor is also rather dark and muddy, although that may be the result of an aging print. 

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Events 6.5 (after 1960)

830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress in the and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons. 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm. 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. 1284 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. 1288 – The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors. 1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. 1644 – The Qing dynasty's Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty. 1794 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue. 1798 – Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. 1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched. 1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. 1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe. 1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution. 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper. 1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. 1873 – Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.[ 1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris. 1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place. 1893 – The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.[ 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage. 1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position. 1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out. 1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day". 1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red"). 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. 1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. 1944 – World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day. 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. 1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people. 1947 – Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. 1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament. 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements. 1959 – The first government of Singapore is sworn in.

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The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the free public library system of Baltimore, Maryland. Its Central Library is located on 400 Cathedral Street and occupies the northeastern three quarters of a city block ... Wikipedia

Departments: Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled

Address: 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201

Architect: Edward Lippincott Tilton

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Gaza-Palestine: Over 100 Years of Oppression and the 2023–2025 Genocide

Introduction

Palestine is not just a land—it’s a people, a history, and a tragedy of one of the longest and bloodiest occupations in the modern world. From the early days of British colonial betrayal to the 2023 Israeli genocide in Gaza, the story of Palestine is one of resistance against violent dispossession.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has waged a relentless war on Gaza, killing over 33,800 Palestinians—including more than 14,500 children and 9,100 women (Gaza Health Ministry). The world watches in silence as a modern genocide unfolds.

The Historical Background of Palestine

Ancient History to Ottoman Rule

Palestine, located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, is home to some of the oldest civilizations and sacred to Muslims, Christians, and Jews. It was ruled by Islamic empires for over 1300 years, including the Umayyads, Abbasids, and Ottomans (1517–1917).

Zionism and British Betrayal

In the late 1800s, a European political movement called Zionism, led by Theodor Herzl, aimed to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. In 1917, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, promising Palestine to Zionists—despite Arabs forming 90% of the population.

British Mandate and Jewish Immigration

Between 1917 and 1947, Britain ruled Palestine, enabling mass Jewish immigration from Europe. Tensions grew as Palestinians were displaced, killed, and discriminated against. Armed Zionist groups like Irgun and Haganah began campaigns of terror.

The Nakba (Catastrophe) – 1948

In 1948, Zionists declared the State of Israel, and launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing:

Over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled their homes

More than 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed

Massacres like Deir Yassin killed entire families

This was called the Nakba, or “Catastrophe.”

“The old will die and the young will forget.” – David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel

But Palestinians did not forget.

Occupation and Apartheid: 1967–2023

The 1967 War and Occupation

In the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. Since then:

Over 700,000 illegal Israeli settlers have occupied Palestinian land

Israel imposed checkpoints, walls, and military law on Palestinians

Gaza was turned into an open-air prison after Israel’s 2005 “withdrawal”

Gaza Siege (2007–Present)

In 2006, Hamas won democratic elections in Gaza. Israel responded by imposing a complete blockade:

Entry and exit restricted

Food, medicine, and fuel limited

Water and electricity cut

Over 2 million people trapped

UN officials have repeatedly called Gaza “unlivable.”

The October 7, 2023 Attack and Israeli Genocide

How the War Started

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack inside southern Israel, killing around 1,200 Israelis, most of them military or settlers. In retaliation, Israel launched a full-scale war on Gaza.

But Israel’s actions quickly became a massacre of civilians.

The Numbers: A Humanitarian Catastrophe

As of April 2025 (Gaza Health Ministry and UN sources):

Over 33,800 Palestinians killed

Over 14,500 children dead

Over 9,100 women killed

More than 75,000 injured

Over 1.7 million displaced

Entire families have been wiped out. Schools, hospitals, mosques, and refugee camps have been bombed.

“Nowhere is safe in Gaza.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Documented War Crimes by Israel

Bombing of Hospitals and Schools

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital bombing killed hundreds

UN-run schools used as shelters were bombed

Entire neighborhoods flattened

Use of Banned Weapons

Human Rights Watch confirmed white phosphorus used on civilians

Causes horrific burns, banned in densely populated areas

Targeting of Aid Workers

Over 180 UN and aid workers killed

7 World Central Kitchen workers killed in April 2024 while delivering food

Deliberate Starvation

Israel blocked food and medical aid for months

Gaza’s population faced mass famine, especially children

"This is a war against humanity." – Doctors Without Borders

Global Reaction: Hypocrisy and Silence

Despite clear evidence of war crimes, Western powers, especially the US, continued to fund and support Israel:

Over $15 billion in U.S. military aid sent to Israel since October 2023

The U.S. vetoed multiple UN ceasefire resolutions

Germany, UK, France gave political cover

But people across the world protested:

Millions marched in London, Paris, Cape Town, Jakarta, Lahore, and New York

Banners read: “Stop the Genocide”, “Free Palestine”, “End Apartheid”

Why This Is Genocide – Not War

This is not a conflict between two equal sides. Israel is a nuclear power with one of the most advanced militaries on Earth. Gaza has no army, no navy, no air force.

Legal experts at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and UN Human Rights Council have begun investigating genocide and crimes against humanity.

“Israel has genocidal intent. Their leaders have said so publicly.” – Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

The Pattern: Over 100 Years of Zionist Terror

This violence is not new. It is the continuation of Zionist ideology that views Palestinians as obstacles.

Pre-1948: Zionist militias killed and expelled Palestinians

1948: Nakba

1967: Occupation

2008–2021: Repeated Gaza assaults

2023–2025: Full-scale genocide

Conclusion: Palestine Will Never Die

Palestine is not just a land. It’s the spirit of a people who have refused to die despite 100 years of oppression. From the olive trees of Nablus to the ruins of Gaza, the world sees their pain—and their strength.

The truth is out. Israel’s crimes are documented. The world can no longer claim ignorance.

Silence is complicity. Justice for Palestine is a global moral duty.

References and Sources

Al Jazeera – www.aljazeera.com

UN OCHA (Occupied Palestinian Territories) – www.ochaopt.org

Gaza Health Ministry (2024–2025) – via Al Jazeera, Reuters

B’Tselem (Israeli Human Rights Group) – www.btselem.org

Amnesty International – www.amnesty.org

Human Rights Watch – www.hrw.org

UNRWA (Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees) – www.unrwa.org

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) – www.msf.org

International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings, 2024

BBC and CNN reporting on World Central Kitchen killings

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Public Eye - A Mug Named Frank (Season 5 Episode 1; 7 July 1971)

Having finally managed to get back in business on his own again at the end of Season 4, Public Eye's fifth season returned to focusing on Frank Marker's (Alfred Burke) cases. However, a new location move to Windsor and Eton was in store and so this episode focuses on this transition from Brighton to Windsor.

This season was also meant to be the first in full colour but due to the effects of the ITV Colour Strike where technicians switched off the colour TV equipment in a pay dispute, 5 episodes of this season were recorded in black and white instead, including this season opener. However, it can be argued that this episode being in black and white was a happy accident as this enables the use of the Season 4 opening titles featuring Marker on Brighton Beach to ensure a seamless transition between the Brighton and Windsor eras.

This episode, written by Michael Chapman opens with Marker in a supermarket where he notices elderly woman Evelyn Stuart (Nora Nicholson) surreptitiously dropping items into her bag with the intention of shoplifting. After 'accidentally' making her drop her shopping to prevent her getting into trouble, she invites him round to her home for tea as thanks for his apparent help, but when she catches on to what he really did, she throws him out, but later apologizes and invites him back.

We also learn while Marker is having lunch at an Indian restaurant with his landlady Helen Mortimer (Pauline Delaney) that he has finally completed his probation but that business is going poorly in Brighton, in part thanks to the local police and solicitors all knowing about his spell in prison. Mortimer asks Marker if he will try and stay in Brighton but Marker already seems to be hinting that his future is not there even if he denies that he's planning to move away.

During this lunch Evelyn also shows up along with her son Gerald Gurney-Stuart (Barry Foster) and his wife Patricia (Jennifer Daniel). Gerald is a businessman from Windsor who is struggling financially and needs money to keep his business afloat, but the bank is refusing to lend him extra money and so has come to Brighton to visit his rich uncle Robert (Andre Morell) who he hasn't seen much of in the hope he'll give him the money he needs, visiting his mother too while he's at it.

When Robert refuses to give Gerald the money, he takes the valuable silver box on Evelyn's mantlepiece that was a birthday present to her from him. Patricia then hires Marker to investigate Gerald, concerned about what he might be up to. Gerald is trying to sell the silver box at an antiques shop in Eton run by Hubermann (Guy Deghy) but it turns out the silver box fits the description of one that was stolen in 1947, around the time Gerald gave it to her mother and complicating matters is that Marker recognizes Gerald from his time in prison…

It is also during this part of the episode we first meet Detective Inspector Firbank (Ray Smith) and Hubermann's assistant Nell Holdsworth (Brenda Cavendish) who we will be seeing more of in future episodes as well as the empty shop on Eton High Street that Marker will soon move into…

This is an extremely well-written episode that sets up Marker's eventual move to Windsor nicely and the case surrounding Gerald is also really interesting. Barry Foster gives an excellent performance as Gerald who can act in a very charming manner to his family but also give Marker some very cold treatment when he starts asking questions. Foster's portrayal of Gerald's ability to act in an underhanded manner to get what he wants is also very good, with Gerald taking the silver box from Evelyn under false pretences (claiming he wants to fix a broken hinge instead of selling it to fund his business) and lying to his bank manager's deputy during the manager's absence to try and get more money.

Nora Nicholson is also good as the elderly Evelyn Stuart who despite trying to shoplift from a supermarket and treating Marker badly at first is otherwise so friendly and kind it's difficult to hate her and we can only sympathise with her when her son takes advantage of her. Pauline Delaney remains as reliably solid as ever as Mrs Mortimer and her presence also helps nicely with the transition.

Ray Smith also makes a great first impression as DI Firbank who brings Marker in for questioning and is not best-pleased that Marker is a private detective, thus establishing the tone of their relationship to come as he often suspects Marker's motives but also has a grudging respect for his investigative abilities, though they will both start to trust each other more as time goes on.

There is also plenty of good location filming as Marker arrives in Windsor and walks Eton High Street, establishing his new location while there's a smaller amount of Brighton location filming for the last time. Perhaps the only flaw in this episode I can think of is that I wish we knew exactly what Gerald was imprisoned for as we never find out and knowing his crime could have given us more of a clue as to whether or not he actually stole the silver box in the first place.

Overall, A Mug Named Frank is an excellent opener to the fifth season of Public Eye that offers a gripping story and some very interesting characters. It also handles the transition between Brighton and Windsor extremely well and offers plenty of exciting potential for the episodes to come. Though we will miss Brighton and Helen Mortimer (but she would end up appearing twice more before the show's end), an exciting future in Windsor lies ahead for Marker…

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Arrivals & Departures . 09 July 1947 – 10 April 2024 . Orenthal James Simpson

Orenthal James Simpson was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023).

In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in rural Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died from prostate cancer in April 2024, at the age of 76.

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Holidays 9.3

Holidays

Andrew Luck Day

Armed Forces Day (Taiwan)

Beslan Remembrance Day

Brazilian Day

Broadcast Day (South Korea)

Cromwell’s Day

Day of Universal Alarm

Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism

Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)

Flag Day (Australia)

Foundation Day (San Marino)

Gaura Parba (Nepal)

Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)

Lost Day

Lower Case Letter Day

Memorial Day (Tunisia)

Merchant Navy Day (UK)

Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)

National Day of Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Harvey

National High Heels Day

National Shoot Your Shot Day

National Stephen Day

National Wilderness Day

Penny Press Day

Skyscraper Day

Tales and Tallows Day (Elder Scrolls)

Teasel Day (French Republic)

That Day I’ll Always Remember (in the song “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” by The Temptations)

Tokehega Day (Tokalau, New Zealand)

U.S. Bowling League Day

V-J Day (China)

Yamashita Surrender Day (Philippines)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Afternoon Tea Time Day

International Rosé Day

National Barbecue Baby Back Ribs Day

National Welsh Rarebit Day

1st Sunday in September

Bowling League Day (a.k.a. U.S. Bowling League Day) [1st Sunday]

European Day of Jewish Culture) [1st Sunday]

Father's Day (Australia, New Zealand) [1st Sunday]

Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California) [1st Sunday]

Joust of the Saracen (Italy) [1st Sunday]

Mushroom Day (Sweden) [1st Sunday]

National Commemoration Day (South Africa) [1st Sunday]

National Pastor’s Spouses Day) [1st Sunday]

Pet Rock Day [1st Sunday]

Pffiferdaj (Day of the Strolling Fiddlers, or Fiddlers' Festival; Alsace, France) [1st Sunday]

Running of the Sheep (Montana) [Sunday of Labor Day Weekend]

Tales and Tallows (Elder Scrolls)

Wakes Sunday [Sunday after September 4]

Working Mother's Day [1st Sunday]

World Goddess Day [1st Sunday]

World Koesister Day [1st Sunday]

Independence Days

Bir Tawil (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Qatar (from UK, 1971)

San Marino (founded, 301 C.E.)

Yeesland (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Barkley (Muppetism)

Bernard de Pailissy (Positivist; Saint)

Day of Mimi’s Well (Pagan)

Drexciya Day

Gregory I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Gregory the Great (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Wright (Artology)

Lawrence Welk Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Macnisius of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Mansuetus of Toul (Christian; Saint)

Marinus (Christian; Saint)

Paul Kane (Artology)

Remaclus (Christian; Saint)

Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))

Say No to Haggis Day (Pastafarian)

Simeon Stylites the Younger (Christian; Saint)

Wendy O. Williams Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 17 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [17 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [17 of 24]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [49 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [40 of 60]

Premieres

Bosko the Lumberjack (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Dime to Retire (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, by Culture Club (UK Song; 1982)

From Hare to Heir (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Funf Orchesterstucke (Five Pieces for Orchestra), by Arnold Schoenberg (1912)

Funny Business in the Books or The Library Card (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 210; 1963)

Going the Distance (Film; 2010)

Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown (Children’s Book; 1947)

Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo (Novel; 1939)

Listen Without Prejudice, by George Michael (Album; 1990)

Machete (Film; 2010)

The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey (Novel; 1929) [Alan Grant #1]

Never Go Back, 18th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2013)

The Prisoner of Zenda (Film; 1937)

Roll the Bones, by Rush (Album; 1991)

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Search for Tomorrow (TV Soap Opera; 1951)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Film; 2021)

The Sky Scrapper (Disney Cartoon; 1928)

Tenet (Film; 2020)

Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (WB Animated Film; 2005)

Topsy Turvy World, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 209; 1963)

The Trouble with Girls (Elvis Presley Film; 1969) [#30]

Today’s Name Days

George, Gregor, Silvia, Sophie (Austria)

Gordana, Grga, Grgur (Croatia)

Bronislav (Czech Republic)

Seraphia (Denmark)

Solveig, Veegi (Estonia)

Soila, Soile, Soili (Finland)

Grégoire (France)

Gregor, Phoebe, Silvia, Sonja (Germany)

Anthimos, Arhontia, Arhontion, Aristea, Ariston, Phoebe, Phoebi, Phevos, Polydoros (Greece)

Hilda (Hungary)

Fausto, Felice, Gregorio, Lorenzo, Marino, Rosa, Teodoro (Italy)

Bella, Berta, Klaudija, Klaudijs, Slaida (Latvia)

Bronislova, Bronislovas, Mirga, Sirtautas (Lithuania)

Alise, Alvhild, Vilde (Norway)

Antoni, Bartłomiej, Bazylissa, Bronisław, Bronisz, Erazma, Eufemia, Eufrozyna, Izabela, Jan, Joachim, Joachima, Manswet, Mojmir, Szymon, Wincenty, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Antim, Meletie, Neofit (Romania)

Belo (Slovakia)

Basilisa, Gregorio (Spain)

Alfhild, Alva (Sweden)

Page, Paige, Phebe, Phoebe, Phoebus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 246 of 2024; 119 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 35 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 19 (Jia-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 17 Elul 5783

Islamic: 17 Safar 1445

J Cal: 6 Aki; Sixday [6 of 30]

Julian: 21 August 2023

Moon: 82%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 22 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Bernard de Palissy]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 74 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 13 of 32)