#Another TIM with a history of violence against women and his own mother

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Finland’s Center for Legal Protection of Health Care also stated that Penttilä should be classified as an extreme danger to others, and the Appellate Court intervened and extended his prison term by one additional year.“ The original sentence was only 9 and a half years and that was the THIRD woman he strangled to death.

A Finnish serial killer who targeted young girls and women has been categorized as a “female” criminal by Wikipedia, prompting criticism on social media. Michael Maria Penttilä, 57, has been described by national media as the “only Finn to meet the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) definition of a serial killer,” having sexually abused and strangled multiple female victims to death, including children. Penttilä was born Jukka Torsten Lindholm, but is also known as Michael Pentholm.

Penttilä has a lengthy criminal record, which was recently highlighted in response to the revelation that he is classified as a “female” by Wikipedia. Many women expressed their outrage using the hashtag “notourcrimes,” which indicates opposition to male violence being recorded in statistics as having been committed by a woman.

Even as an adolescent, Penttilä committed sexually motivated and violent crimes. In 1981, at the age of 16, he abducted a teen girl, locked her in a basement, and beat her. Penttilä choked the girl with scarves and threatened to rape her, but she was able to flee. As punishment for the sadistic offense and a series of petty thefts, Penttilä was held at the Kerava Youth Facility in 1984 for one year.

Penttilä’s first known murder victim was of his own mother, Laina Lahja Orvokki Lindholm, whom he strangled on August 26, 1985, just after his release from the youth detention center. However, the crime was initially considered accidental by authorities, and the verdict in Penttilä’s case was ultimately decided to be wrongful death.

The next year, Penttilä met two 12 year-old girls and convinced them to accompany him to his apartment by promising to give them money to buy alcohol. He then locked one of the victims in the bathroom before using a belt to fatally strangle the other girl. Penttilä proceeded to rape the surviving girl, who was eventually able to escape after neighbors overheard her screams for help and contacted law enforcement.

It was only upon his arrest for the rape and murder of the young girls that the truth about Laina Lindholm’s death was revealed. During interrogations, Penttilä described to police how he had waited for his mother to fall asleep before donning her blue leather gloves and one of her scarves and choking her to death. He told authorities he killed his mother because she had begun dating another man since divorcing his father, and because he blamed her for not attempting to secure an early release for him from the youth facility.

In March of 1987, the Oulu District Court ruled that Penttilä was guilty of the murders of his mother and the child, and sentenced him to 9 years and seven months’ imprisonment. Despite this, the Rovaniemi Appellate Court intervened and held that Laina Lindholm’s death was not a murder, but instead a lesser crime of negligent homicide, and reduced his sentence to seven years.

Disturbingly, Penttilä confessed that he visited his mother’s grave after the killing.

Just one year after Penttilä was granted parole in May of 1992, he again choked a woman to death in his apartment in Kempele. The victim was a 42 year-old woman identified in press as Arja, and Penttilä admitted to causing her death, but claimed the murder was accidental and a result of engaging in the sadomasochistic sexual practice of erotic asphyxiation. 

Months later and while in prison, Penttilä told law enforcement his chilling motive behind the slaying. He said that he had confessed to having a “sexual abnormality” to Arja. Before her death, he told Arja that he was only capable of sadomasochistic sex, which included bondage, whipping and strangulation.

The Oulu District Court sentenced Penttilä to 9 and a half years, and a psychiatric evaluation was conducted. The examination concluded that Lindholm was sane and aware of his actions, and was therefore guilty. Finnish media reported that “[Penttilä’s] sexual inclination towards S/M sex and desire for strangulation did not show up in the examination because he focused on being as normal as possible.”

Finland’s Center for Legal Protection of Health Care also stated that Penttilä should be classified as an extreme danger to others, and the Appellate Court intervened and extended his prison term by one additional year.

In 2000, while incarcerated in Hämeenlinna Central Prison which houses both male and female inmates in separate wards, Penttilä began to wear make-up and dress in women’s clothes. According to psychiatric reports, Penttilä had a preoccupation with a hyper-masculine and violent male ideal, despite his fetishistic crossdressing tendencies. 

However, the prison’s director soon forbade him from wearing make-up and dresses, citing concerns about security. Penttilä then filed a formal complaint to Parliament’s ombudsman and attempted to argue that he was being discriminated against because female inmates were permitted to wear “men’s clothes.”

While in Hämeenlinna, Penttilä was granted permission to marry a woman named Hannele Pentholm, who was convicted of killing her husband and serving a life sentence. The two were married a short time, only two years, and after their divorce Penttilä adopted the name Michael Maria Penttilä and began claiming to be a lesbianwoman.

After he was released on parole in November 2008, Penttilä again attacked three more women on separate occasions. In May of 2009, he attempted to strangle a healthcare worker who he had called to his home to perform chiropractic services. The woman was eventually able to escape after calming Penttilä down and convincing him to release her.

He continued his violent pattern twice more: first strangling a female housecleaner he had hired to tidy his apartment, and the second just three weeks afterwards.

On June 11 of 2010, the Oulu District Court sentenced Penttilä to six years for three aggravated assaults and attempted aggravated assault, as well as aggravated rape and deprivation of liberty. The next year, the Rovaniemi Appellate Court once again interfered with the ruling and reduced Penttilä’s sentence to just four years and five months. The final verdict was upheld in October of 2012.

Penttilä was released in December of 2016, and just two years later, he murdered a prostituted woman by strangling her with stockings in his Helsinki apartment. Additionally, he had been found to have planned to murder a 17 year-old girl in 2017.

He is now serving a life sentence for the brutal slaying. 

During deliberations to determine whether Penttilä should be charged with homicide or the lesser crime of manslaughter, the court heard how he had spent hours of each day viewing pornography depicting asphyxiationleading up to the murders he had committed.

Psychologist Jan-Henry Stenberg told the Helsinki Court of Appeal that Penttilä’s pornography consumption illustrated the premeditated nature of his crime and highlighted the tendency for pornography use to escalate towards more extreme content. It was revealed that Penttilä had mimicked the actions of one of the men in a pornographic video he had watched.

Despite repeatedly targeting women and girls for sexually motivated violence, Penttilä is now listed as a “female serial killer” on Wikipedia, where editors have argued amongst themselves over this classification in the site’s open-access backend.

The page was initially created in 2018 under Penttilä’s birth name, Jukka Lindholm. 

Few changes were made until last month when, on April 5, a trans activist Wiki editor known as Maddy from Celeste updated the serial killer’s name to Michael Maria Penttilä and cited “deadnaming” as the reason.

Editor Maddy from Celeste, a pseudonym which is a nod to a video game character and its developer, is credited with having created the page “Transgender history in Finland,” and identifies as queer, trans, and non-binary.

“A serial murderer has zero rights – stop with the pathetic gender crap, HE is not a she,” reads one comment on the article’s edit page.

Other comments can be seen in the edit history and depict a back-and-forth exchange over “misgendering”, with one anonymous editor stating, “This person was born a male. Humans cannot change sex.”

In July of 2019, the category labeled “transgender serial killers” was deleted by Wikipedia editors. However, a category does exist for “female serial killers,” and Penttilä is one of two entries in the section regarding Finnish criminals.

Penttilä’s sadistic killing spree resembles the criminal behavior of American serial killer Harvey Marcelin. Marcelin, who identifies as transgender and uses the name Marceline Harvey, murdered three women and dismembered two of his victims’ bodies. Marcelin similarly targeted women trafficked in the sex industry, and is currently being held in the women’s ward at Rikers Island in New York. 

Like with Penttilä’s entry, a dispute between various Wikipedia contributors broke out over Harvey’s pronounsin 2022.

By Genevieve Gluck

Genevieve is the Co-Founder of Reduxx, and the outlet's Chief Investigative Journalist with a focused interest in pornography, sexual predators, and fetish subcultures. She is the creator of the podcast Women's Voices, which features news commentary and interviews regarding women's rights.

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Favorite True Crime Books – part 1

The Peyton-Allan Files by Phil Stanford : Two teenagers, making out one night in a car on the edge of town ― slaughtered by person or persons unknown. No physical evidence to speak of. No known motive. For all the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office knows, there’s a psychotic killer roaming the hills west of town. Until they arrest someone for the murders of Larry Peyton and Beverly Allan, no one will rest easy. The Peyton-Allan Files is the story of the savage double-murder that changed life forever in the deceptively peaceful town of Portland, Oregon. A true-life murder mystery, guaranteed to keep you turning pages till the last guilty party has been brought to justice ― or maybe just framed. Because one way or another, this case has got to be solved.

House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying by John Dean : In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960’s, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens’s parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come…

When police found Sylvia’s emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others―including some of Baniszewski’s own children―participated in Sylvia’s murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one house of evil.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote : On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

Bind, Torture, Kill : The Inside Story of BTK by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, Hurst Lavigne and L. Kelly: For thirty-one years, a monster terrorized the residents of Wichita, Kansas. A bloodthirsty serial killer, self-named “BTK”—for “bind them, torture them, kill them”—he slaughtered men, women, and children alike, eluding the police for decades while bragging of his grisly exploits to the media. The nation was shocked when the fiend who was finally apprehended turned out to be Dennis Rader—a friendly neighbor … a devoted husband … a helpful Boy Scout dad … the respected president of his church.

Written by four award-winning crime reporters who covered the story for more than twenty years,Bind, Torture, Kill is the most intimate and complete account of the BTK nightmare told by the people who were there from the beginning. With newly released documents, evidence, and information—and with the full cooperation, for the very first time, of the Wichita Police Department’s BTK Task Force—the authors have put all the pieces of the grisly puzzle into place, thanks to their unparalleled access to the families of the killer and his victims.

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn: In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness.

In this riveting narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life, from his early days as an idealistic minister to a secret life of extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing, before the fateful decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died—including almost three hundred infants and children—after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink.

Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case, including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones’s Indiana hometown, where he spoke to people never previously interviewed, and uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. He even visited the Jonestown site with the same pilot who flew there the day that Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered on Jones’s orders. The Road to Jonestown is “the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it…The result is a disturbing portrait of evil—and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones’s malign charisma”

Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by James Jeffrey Paul: A young man kidnaps his own nephew and makes him his servant and sex slave. He abducts young boys, has his way with them, and, if they know too much, kills them. He forces his nephew to participate in his crimes and to consign these little victims, sometimes still living, to their graves.

His father is afraid of his own son. His son mocks and abuses him, falsely accuses him of incest and child abuseand still he supports his son.

His mother loves her boy and will do anything to help himeven commit murder.

The Gordon Stewart Northcott casea part of which is fictionalized in the major new Clint Eastwood film CHANGELING, starring Angelina Jolieis still, eight decades later, one of the most nightmarish in American criminal annals. This booknearly two decades in the research and writingtells the whole story for the first time.

Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors by Howard Sounes: During their long relationship, the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their daughter. What was left of Fred West’s eight-year-old stepdaughter was dug up from under the Wests’ previous Gloucester home; his first wife and nanny were buried in open country. Most victims had been decapitated and dismembered, their remains showing signs of sexual torture. These twelve are just the ones police found when the Wests were arrested in 1994. There may be more whose bones have not been located . . .

Howard Sounes broke the first major story about the Wests as a journalist, and covered the murder trial of Rosemary West, before writing Fred & Rose, the definitive account of this infamous case. Beginning with Fred’s and Rose’s bizarre childhoods, Sounes charts their lives and crimes in forensic detail, creating a fascinating and truly frightening account of a marriage soaked in blood.

The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson: In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old from Chicago named Emmett Till. His murder was part of a wave of white terrorism in the wake of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. Only weeks later, Rosa Parks thought about young Emmett as she refused to move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Five years later, Black students who called themselves “the Emmett Till generation” launched sit-in campaigns that turned the struggle for civil rights into a mass movement. Till’s lynching became the most notorious hate crime in American history.

But what actually happened to Emmett Till—not the icon of injustice, but the flesh-and-blood boy? Part detective story, part political history, The Blood of Emmett Till “unfolds like a movie” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), drawing on a wealth of new evidence, including a shocking admission of Till’s innocence from the woman in whose name he was killed. “Jolting and powerful” (The Washington Post), the book “provides fresh insight into the way race has informed and deformed our democratic institutions” (Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Carry Me Home) and “calls us to the cause of justice today” (Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, president of the North Carolina NAACP).

In Broad Daylight by Harry N. MacLean: Ken Rex McElroy terrorized the residents of several counties in northwestern Missouri for a score of years. He raped young girls and brutalized them after they went to live with him or even married him; he shot at least two men; he stole cattle and hogs, and burned down the houses of some who interfered with his criminal activities. Thanks to the expert efforts of his lawyer and the pro-defendant bias of state laws, he served no more than a few days in jail, the author shows. In 1981, sentenced for the shooting of a popular grocer and free on bail, he was killed by the men of Skidmore, the center of his felonies; they closed ranks against all attempts to identify those who had pulled the triggers. Written by a first-time author, this is an engrossing, credible examination of the way vigilante action can take over when the law appears to be powerless. BOMC and QPBC alternates.

Killer Clown by Terry Sullivan: He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors–until a teenaged boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry Sullivan on the greatest manhunt of his career.

Reconstructing the investigation–from records of violence in Gacy’s past, to the gruesome discovery of 29 corpses of abused boys in Gacy’s crawlspace and four others found in the nearby river–Sullivan’s shocking eyewitness account takes you where few true crime books ever go: inside the heart of a serial murder investigation and trial.

Inside Alcatraz: My Time on the Rock by Jim Quillen: Jim Quillen, AZ586 – a runaway, problem child and petty thief – was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison, and later transferred to Alcatraz.

This is the true story of life inside America’s most notorious prison – from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with ‘the Birdman’, and what really happened during the desperate and deadly 1946 escape attempt.

Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn: Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous books and films, including the brilliant 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have emphasized the supposed glamour of America’s most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different — and far more fascinating.

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The Censorship of Books in MSBSD

On Wednesday (April 22nd, 2020), Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Board voted to ban five books from the English curriculum as well as the use of the New York Times as a teacher resource and curriculum tool. With a vote of 5-2, those five books and the New York Times have been banned from the MSBSD English Curriculum.

Below the cut is a long post in which I discuss the books and the decision. Be warned that it is very long. I actually didn’t say everything that I wanted to due to the fact that it was already five pages long when I made the choice to wrap it up. Again, it is very long. Be warned that there is also a great amount of things talked about in this post that could be triggering for people. Please be careful for your own safety.

The following topics will be discussed: Abuse (sexual and physical), racism, slurs, incest, sexual content, misogyny, death, war, and murder.

The list below is transcribed from the MSBSD “High School English Electives Round 1- Controversial Book Description” PDF.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Summary: The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 16. In the course of Caged Bird, Maya transforms from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable of responding to prejudice.

Challenged: Sexually explicit material, such as the sexual abuse the author suffered as a child, and its “anti-white” messaging. Angelou’s book, which is part autobiography, part literary fiction, details many real-life events the author experienced from her early life through adulthood. Many of these recollections have led to the book being challenged or banned.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Summary: The Great Gatsby is considered the Great American Novel. The Great Gatsby uses many literary devices and it is useful to classroom discussions for this purpose. This book is easily approachable by teenagers and helps them recognize and understand the relationship between theme and symbolism.

Challenged: Language and sexual references

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Summary: The invisibility of Ellison’s protagonist is about the invisibility of identity - above all, what it means to be a black man - and its various masks, confronting bother personal experience and the force of social illusions. The novel’s special quality is its deft combination of existential inquiry into identity as such - what it means to be socially or racially invisible - with a more socio political allegory of the history of the African-American experience in America. The first-person narrator remains nameless, retrospectively recounting shifts through the surreal reality of surroundings and people from the racists South to the no less inhospitable world of New York City.

Challenged: Language, rape, and incest. 

Catch- 22 by Joseph Heller

Summary: Joseph Heller’s satirical WWII war novel describes the events following a group of deployed airmen from different points of view of the characters. The sequence is non-sequential so that the timeline develops throughout the development of the plot. The novel’s literary merits are its exemplary point-of-view, use of rhetoric, and the challenges and irony of fear and authority (specifically the main character becomes more afraid of his own captain than of the German Army.)

Challenged: There are a handful of racial slurs, the characters speak with typical “military men” misogyny and racist attitudes of the time. There are scenes of violence both hand to hand and with guns, and violence against women.

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

Summary: The Things They Carried is a collection of short stories about the Vietnam War and the lasting effects of war on the men and women who fought in war. This book is part memoir, part historical fiction, and was never meant to be a book about war, but more about the memories, the spiritual, emotional, and psychological burdens that we all carry with us. Each story, though deeply entrenched in the Vietnam War, shares themes of friendship, loyalty, loss, and courage.

Challenged: Profanity and sexual references

The Frontiersman wrote an article on this decision. To continue, I will be selecting quotes from the article and responding to them. 

“We’ve got five books here that are labeled as controversial and they’re controversial because of words like rape and incest and sexual references and language and things that are pretty serious problems, especially in our teenage world. Is there a reason that we include books that we even label as controversial in our curriculum? I would prefer that these were gone,” said Taylor. “For us to put them in front of teenagers as part of our curriculum, that's just something I can’t, I just don't understand.” 

Let’s break this down.

 “...controversial because of words like rape and incest and sexual references and language and things that are pretty serious problems, especially in our teenage world.” 

If you spend ten minutes on a school bus or in the school hallways, sexual references and profanity should be a pretty common thing you hear. Most teenagers curse and make sexual jokes. Adults tend to know this as they were once teenagers themselves. Films that are PG-13 have this same content and yet they aren’t considered controversial just based on their language and sexual references. 

Rape and Incest are heavy topics, yes, but not having the opportunity to read or learn about it creates a stigma. These stigmas will make it even harder for the victims of rape and incest to speak out and get help. In Alaska, 37% of women have experienced rape or sexual assault. The rate is 2.5 times the national average. Child sexual assault is almost six times the national average. These numbers should include teenagers.

Serious problems such as rape and incest are serious problems. End sentence, full stop. By saying they are especially serious in a teenage world is almost saying that the problem is too serious for teenagers to be able to handle. That is demeaning and degrading of the intelligence and emotional maturity of teenagers. Every year, required by Bree’s Law and Erin’s Law (read up on them here for those not in Alaska), we students must attend a training on dating violence and sexual assault prevention. This is required for every student grade K-12. That is every single grade from age 5 to graduation. 

If we cannot handle rape in a book, then how could we possibly handle a yearly training for prevention of that exact topic? 

 “Is there a reason that we include books that we even label as controversial in our curriculum? I would prefer that these were gone,” said Taylor. “For us to put them in front of teenagers as part of our curriculum, that's just something I can’t, I just don't understand.” 

Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) has been marked as a controversial book for years, and yet it is still taught. It wasn’t even considered on this list to be banned. Many states in America have banned or tried to ban this book based on the fact that it is racist and the inclusion of the N-Word. To Kill A Mockingbird is another that is marked controversial for the same reasons as mentioned above. (Minnesota dropped the novels in 2018)

Yet, our school district still teaches it without challenge. If we can read both Twain and Lee’s books, then why are Invisible Man and Caged Bird a problem? If the “anti-white” messages are a problem, then why are the “anti-black” not? If the use of racial slurs in TKM and HF are necessary as it was “of the time,” then why are slurs used in Catch-22 deemed inappropriate? 

If we were to cut anything deemed controversial out of the curriculum, then what would we teach? The Theory of Evolution in Science would be cut if the controversy was the only reason for it to be cut. Yet, we still teach that in science class. I recognize these are not the same thing, but the point is the same. We cannot just simply cut material because someone disagrees.

The point of teaching these novels and their topics is the same as teaching about the Holocaust in history. School is one of the best places to learn about different points of view and the mistakes of the past. The best way to move forward and make changes for the better is to learn from humanity’s mistakes. That means we need to learn even the worst things. 

“The label of controversial is often in the eye of the beholder and that it would be hard to find books that aren’t labeled as controversial to somebody and these are the books that had literary value that were brought forward,” said Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Amy Spargo. “The next group of English electives that is coming actually contains the course that had the most public pushback for the controversial books on its list, and that was the bible as history and literature and we had more concerns about that being taught in our curriculum than any of the other books on this list. So again I just put that out there as evidence that what makes something controversial is really subjective and that the books on these lists were chosen for their literary value.”

Bible as history and literature is a class that will be offered next year as an English elective class.

On the subject of students taking classes and reading these books, it is possible for students to not take a class. And it is completely possible for a student to read a different book. Students are in no way forced to consume materials that they or their parents don’t wish them to. There are alternatives.

Board member Jim Hart said that he had not read Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" since high school and had used Sparknotes to research the controversial books rather than reading them. 

Admittedly, for the books I have not read, I used CliffsNotes to get a better understanding of the content. But then again, I’m not needing to make an educated decision that will affect thousands. I will read all five books (O’Brien and Fitzgerald again) eventually, though.

“If I were to read this, just the cliff notes now mind you, and If I were to read this in a professional environment at my office I would be dragged to the equal opportunity office,” said Hart. “We’re not talking about something that’s mind-expanding or something that’s going to help anybody learn any better, we’re talking about things that frankly would not be something that would be acceptable in a professional environment which is what the parents expect out of the schools.”

(The Equal Opportunity Office is a branch at the district building where employees go when they’ve crossed an ethical and/or moral line. One example: The history teacher who pointed at a picture of a monkey on the smartboard and said to the only black kid in the class “Look, it’s your ancestor.” He was sent to the Equal Opportunity Office to be investigated before finally being fired.)

As I am listening to the section that Hart speaks in, it is clear he is talking about Chapter 11 and 12 of Caged Bird. By saying that he would be dragged to EO for reading it aloud in a professional setting (which, I can not for the life of me figure out what he means by a “professional setting” because his example is his office, which is not a classroom), he shows no understanding of how reading a book as teaching material works. With context and the right setting, reading aloud a book would be fine. Would a teacher read these chapters aloud? No, most likely not. I went and researched these chapters and found that they were, in fact, heavy chapters with their content. I can agree that opting to take this book out of the official curriculum would most likely be for the best, or even just changing the curriculum to avoid those chapters.

Hart circles back to “professional setting” or a “professional environment” many times in his comments. A verbal quote from the board meeting live stream (1:26:19) (The whole discussion of the English Curriculum begins at 1:12:00 for those interested):

“Now, I understand the bible is gonna be controversial in a lot of ways for a lot of people. And, you know...I- That’s their choice as far as religious preferences and it is an elective. If you’re electing to go into the bible as literature -  it is an elective - you go in with both eyes open.”

So, the point of an elective class is understood here. If you are going to ban those books from the classroom, then you have to not allow the Bible either, as it holds many of those topics. 

“But when you have books that you could not read, publicly, without going to (Equal Opportunity), that’s probably a pretty good litmus test.”

In what circumstance would you read aloud a book in an office or your workplace? Especially one with content of that nature? This isn’t a pretty good litmus test because they have no connection.

“So we’re not talking about “controversy, it’s controversy, it’s controversy.” We’re talking about things that are very specific and you know I-I think beyond the pale for just about any audience.”

Keep in mind that this a district required by law to do a date rape and domestic violence every year. 

The article says that the public had no comment, but here’s the thing. The only discussion on the agenda of this was about the English Curriculum. Someone brought up the controversial books and then a debate broke out. The public couldn’t add comment because no one knew that this was even coming up. Someone asked to put off the discussion until the next week, but they shut it down.

The community has lashed back in protest. An attorney is holding a drawing for kids who read all five books by the end of the summer. Many students and parents have sent emails to the district board. Portugal. The Man, a Wasilla made music group, is offering to buy the books for any student or parent who asks.

Now, here’s where I drop my professional and well thought out response mode and tell my honest opinion. Listening to the board meeting was like a trip. I had to replay most sections to make sure that what I had just heard was actually what they said. If you didn’t see my earlier post about what it felt like listening to it, go ahead and check it out. When I found out what had happened, I was so severely angry that I was calm. And I don’t get angry very easily. I was also disappointed that they seriously had done this. It’s 2020 and we’re banning books? With the current state of Alaska with the teacher shortage and our budget issues (and the schools that are still repairing after the 2018 7.0  Earthquake damage), we have better use of our time than banning books and materials. The only news sources that teachers can use are local news sources. 

Our community has suffered so much already that reading books on serious subjects should not be considered too harsh. This is the community still recovering from David Grunwald’s murder. 

So, a week later, I’ve finally finished this response. I cannot express my disappointment, anger, nor frustration with this decision. The protests have been calling for the board to reconsider their decision, which I hope they will. Even so, many of us students are going to be reading all five books. Their decision has only inspired us to read the books regardless. Mostly because we’re all full of spite.

Here’s a list of other resources that discuss the situation. This is so you can read more about what has happened in the last week as I made the decision to keep this shorter than it could have been.

Frontiersman Articles (Remove cookies and refresh as there is a 3 article limit)

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Bismuth

Steven Universe is a show about solving problems with healthy communication instead of violence. It’s also a show so centered around fighting that our main characters have signature weapons that act as literal extensions of themselves. 

Not every episode has an action sequence, and not every action sequence is a fight, but this series is no stranger to glamorizing combat. For all its talk about how true strength means more than physical might, the use of physical might to hurt others isn’t always frowned upon, even by our peaceful hero. To compensate for this dissonance, fights that would normally leave fatal wounds instead end in a process so harmless that they called it “poofing.” 

Our ninety-eighth episode begins not with a title card, but a dramatic-looking scene that’s soon revealed to have no stakes, capped with Steven bemoaning that “dying a bunch in video games is emotionally exhausting.” The temporary nature of death is ingrained in his life—his very existence involved his mother not quite dying, but becoming half of him—and while the show at this point has acknowledged that violence can scar the body and soul, the only permanent consequences we’ve seen precede Steven’s existence. Shattering, the Cluster, and Corruption are ancient history, and were actions taken by the villains our heroes rebelled against. We’ve never had to deal with the moral implications of ending a life, and because this is a kid’s show there’s a chance we never would have, because the game isn’t quite as fun once permanent consequences are in play.

After a comedic foray into Lion’s mane, Steven pops a mysterious bubble we saw all the way back in Lion 3, flies back into his room, and shouts that he’s made a horrible mistake. And after the initial reaction from the other Crystal Gems, we linger in the room to get one last message from his television screen before he jumps back in:

Game Over.

“We are the Crystal Gems!”

I love everything about the title reveal of this episode. I love that we have to wait for it, so we’re forced to pay extra attention when it arrives. I love the not-quite-still shot of our two leads sizing each other up as the name of our episode and new character slowly fades in. And I love the chill but chilling music that sets the stage for the life-changing story ahead of our hero. 

Aivi and Surasshu give characters distinct instrumentation, Peter and the Wolf style, but folks like Rose, Greg, Connie, Lapis, Peridot, and even Lion also have distinct motifs (sometimes a few, in the case of Rose and Lapis) using these instruments. The four main Crystal Gems are unique in that they’re defined mainly by their sound: Garnet is the bass holding everything together, Amethyst is the drumkit keeping up the tempo, Pearl is the piano accompanying others, and Steven subs out a traditional main instrument for chiptunes (many people have pointed this out, but I think this video does the best job of exploring it). Garnet as a concept eventually gets a motif that largely appears when fusion is involved, but the principle of associating these four main characters primarily through instruments holds true throughout the series.

Bismuth is a Crystal Gem, too. And whether it’s intentional or not, I love that this is shown by her lack of a distinct theme song, leaving her represented by her instrument in the same way as our big four. And the instrument we get for a heavy metal stuck in the past is a reverse electric guitar.

On the subject of sound, we just started and I've already waited too long to talk about Uzo Aduba. Bismuth is beautifully animated and has a stunning design, and the extra large crew for this two-parter did wonders on her facial expressions and body language to breathe life into the character, but all of it would've fallen short without a magnificent voice actor tying it together. This is a complicated and ambiguous figure, who laughs hard and burns hot but knows how to keep quiet, and Aduba hits every emotional beat with ease. 

Aduba is especially talented in humanizing Bismuth’s rage, balancing loud shouts with twinges of sadness and jolly war stories with drops of venom. Her monologue in the Forge is one of many examples of Aduba’s greatness: after building up fervent momentum as she works with burning lava, she lowers her voice to a triumphant but menacing whisper when revealing that she chose to create weaponry. Aduba made a splash by finding a real person in a character reduced to the nickname “Crazy Eyes” on Orange is the New Black, and while Bismuth might not be as extreme of a role, she’s made great by an actress who refuses to dumb down angry women.

Bismuth is a zealot, but why wouldn’t she be? She faced the same oppression that drove the other Crystal Gems to rebel, and is mentally right in the thick of it while Garnet and Pearl have had thousands of years to move on. The leader that inspired and encouraged her to build weapons not only refused to use the Breaking Point, but fought her, bubbled her, and lied about it. We see it in Bismuth’s face the moment Rose is first mentioned around her, and even though this could be read as concern over her leader’s whereabouts, our knowledge that Rose’s version of events clashes with Bismuth’s hiding place sets off early warning bells. 

Bismuth’s wordplay here is perfect for a character who often means multiple things at once: “Rose really is something else” works as a commentary on how strange Rose was, as a reference to her physically becoming something else, and as another hint of Bismuth’s true feelings about her leader’s betrayal. Her clever use of language soon becomes ingrained as a character trait: we obviously get the triple pun on her name (not three puns, but the same pun three times), but I’m a bigger sucker for the phrase “upper crust” playing off her disdain of Gem elites with geological terminology. It’s great to see such cleverness when characters with massive frames and aggressive attitudes are so rarely graced with wit.

Bismuth is angry, but she’s more than her anger. It’s balanced by (and caused by) her huge heart. She gets along famously with Garnet and Pearl, and cares deeply for her fallen friends, but she’s just as warm with Amethyst and Steven. An underrated element of Bismuth is that it doesn’t forget that Amethyst is in the middle of a major arc: even though she’s not the focus of the episode, she’s still reeling from her fight with Jasper and is uncomfortable around another huge interloper in her life, this time someone whose existence furthers the notion that Amethyst isn’t a “proper” Crystal Gem. So Amethyst is awkward at first, then sows seeds of suspicion when Steven is entranced. It speaks well of Bismuth that she treats Amethyst as an equal worthy of respect without question, and Amethyst soon comes around when Bismuth praises and upgrades her whip. This giant-sized episode is the clear product of long-term planning and collaboration, but it still remembers to tell a quick Amethyst story to keep us invested in her ongoing development.

But it’s Bismuth’s relationship with Steven that makes up the bulk of the plot, and as dumb as it might sound, the character she reminds me of most is Tim Curry’s version of Long John Silver from legitimate classic film Muppet Treasure Island; yes, Long John Silver in general works for this analogy, but Tim Curry is the definitive version, fight me. Bismuth isn’t as treacherous as old Long John, but they share the tightrope act of being at odds with young protagonists that they earnestly like. There’s nothing fake about their moments of bonding and pseudo-parental advice, and while both are angling to convert a child hero to a questionable cause, it’s done in part to maintain a friendly relationship. Again, Silver is more of an outright villain—his lust for gold lacks the nuance of Bismuth’s well-intentioned justification of extreme violence—but these are gregarious antagonists that our heroes build meaningful connections with, and ultimately learn lasting lessons from. 

Steven is all in on Bismuth’s ardor at first, grinning with shared passion after she rallies the team to keep fighting Homeworld. He’s a little less on board upon seeing Amethyst’s weapon upgrade, and his unease grows during the sparring session, but for all her intensity, Bismuth is fine with him not wanting to fight. She welcomes his own “rituals” with glee, and even though our first look at this sees her spiking a birdie into the sand so hard that the beach explodes, the montage otherwise shows her fitting right in. Even the foreshadowing of Bismuth’s views on weapon lethality during Lonely Blade is lighthearted, with the bonus of showing us how far Pearl has come in regards to fiction since Steven the Sword Fighter.

It all comes together in a poignant discussion about Rose. This is the last time she’s ever spoken of in a purely positive light before the story of her shattering Pink Diamond comes out; not every conversation about her is negative after this reveal, it’s never quite the same. We focus on Rose as a champion of differences: this is the Rose who said a servile pearl could be a warrior, who accepted a new fusion when nobody else would, who told a runty amethyst she was perfect the way she was. Bismuth is telling us what we already know, but personalizes it, showing how inspired she was by it, and Steven reacts to this umpteenth version of the Rose Was Great speech by admitting his fears of not measuring up for the second episode in a row.

Bismuth’s response sums up the entire lesson of Steven’s original series arc, and it’s such a moving affirmation when paired with Change Your Mind:

“You are different. That’s what’s so exciting. You don’t have to be like Rose Quartz, you can be someone even better. You can be you.”

The tragedy is that this hopeful message is undercut by Bismuth’s idea that a “better” Steven is one who uses deadly force. And the speech as a whole is further marred by a subtle hint of Rose’s mendacity: Bismuth mentions that she was “just another quartz soldier, made right here in the dirt,” but even before the Pink Diamond reveal, we already know Rose is from Homeworld from earlier episodes like Rose’s Scabbard. Retrospect enhances the sensation, tinging the uplifting speech with the kind of gray that we’re going to see a lot more of in the future.

There’s an awful inevitability to the ensuing fight as our heroes descend into the Forge, coming right of the heels of Bismuth telling Steven they need an alternative to fighting fair. Steven repeats his progression of reactions towards Bismuth all at once: first confused, then super excited, then gradually realizing something isn’t sitting right. But this time we can’t end with a day at the beach.

(The mood is ruined a little by the adorable commercial transition, and the summarization of the scene upon cutting back from commercials in a way this eleven minute show has never dealt with, but fortunately the bulk of the scene goes uninterrupted.)

Steven obviously isn’t going to use the Breaking Point, and we get a prolonged shot of them standing at odds in mirrored positions from their title card encounter before Bismuth’s hand tightens into a fist. To her, this isn’t a fight with Steven, but a continuation of her fight with Rose, and her anger at her deception is fueled further by the not unreasonable assumption that Rose is still lying as Steven. In Bismuth’s mind she isn’t attacking a child, but a veteran warrior who for some reason took the form of a small human, so she goes all-out.

Steven has been called “Rose” plenty of times by Jasper, and this will continue in our very next episodes, but it’s gotta sting harder when the person doing it just told him that Steven was enough. And the fight itself is no joke, which is a relief after the brawl in Steven vs. Amethyst was all joke. The hits land just as hard, and we get the same awesome choreography showcasing Steven’s floaty powers and spiky bubble in action, but Bismuth isn’t kidding and Steven is on the ropes. His sandal melting away is as graphic as we’re gonna get, but it’s still a great sign of what will happen to him if he falls. His shoelessness also allows for a neat reversal of Bismuth closing her fist to begin the fight: after limping on the other foot to avoid the heat, the first we see of him after the second bubble of the episode pops is a close-up of his bare foot steaming on the ground. He’s forced to hurt both himself and Bismuth to end the fight.

We’re on the cusp of learning the “truth” about Pink Diamond, but the beginning of Rose’s souring portrayal is right here. If you squint hard enough, Rose’s actions in the past could have been justified by her not wanting to shatter anybody, and by Bismuth being an extremist who left her with no choice. But as she stands impaled by the sword she once forged, Bismuth’s rage can no longer hide her grief. Even if Rose was right, and that’s hardly a sure thing, it’s twisted and terrible that she never told the other Crystal Gems the truth. It doesn’t matter that we eventually learn that this was a lot more complicated than it seemed because Rose was Pink Diamond, because in the moment, the person who just tried to kill Steven is saying that Steven’s mother did an awful thing, and despite everything the show has told us until this moment, she’s making a good point. Steven has no time to dwell on it before the other shoe drops (hopefully not into more lava), but it’s telling that Bismuth only acknowledges Steven as himself again when he says he’ll be honest.

When Bismuth gave Steven his pep talk in the living room, the audience didn’t know her full story, but she did, so she still loved Rose despite everything. She was hurt by her, and was willing to fight her, but she looked up to her leader despite it all. So it’s a real turn when she uses same language that encouraged Steven moments ago to make a new point: he could be better than her because of his potential to be spectacular, but also because she set the bar low by doing horrible things. Bismuth is all about that wordplay.

I’ve got a lot to say about my problems with Bismuth’s story after Bismuth (or rather the lack of one) that I’m including in my giant-sized features section below, because a giant-sized episode merits giant-sized features. But within the episode itself, I think silence after the fight is the right choice. Steven has been in danger before, but this is the hardest a person has ever tried to kill him, and it was one of his friends. A new friend, but a friend.

Bismuth marks the beginning of the end of this era of the show, an era when Steven’s series-long arc to fulfill his mother’s legacy was relatively straightforward. In yet another example of Bismuth’s wordplay, his life story swivels around a Breaking Point. The core of Steven Universe may not change in the way it does in Bubble Buddies and Mirror Gem and Catch and Release, but the core of Steven Universe is forever affected. His imminent guilt complex begins with stabbing Bismuth, and despite the hardships to come, he becomes a better person for surviving it.

But at least he doesn’t shatter her. That would really do a number on the guy. Can’t imagine how guilty he’d be if he one day did shatter an imposing zealot from the Gem War days with a history of confusing him for Rose Quartz...

Future Vision!

This is normally a section that lists small bits Fragments of foreshadowing, but because Bismuth is a double episode with tremendous impact on the shape of things to come in ways I already talked about in the review proper, I want to use this space to talk about the elegance of Steven Universe’s structure. I’ve referred to the fifty-odd episode chunks that make up the story on numerous occasions, but I think it’s about time I buck up and call them Acts. 

Act I of Steven Universe is the first season, Act II is the second and third season, and Act III is the fourth and fifth season (with the movie and Steven Universe Future as epilogues), and I think viewing the series through this lens really makes the structure shine. There are many examples of repeating themes and moments that this interpretation makes clear, and as an example, I want to talk about how a recurring phrase signifies a turning point towards the endgame of each act. 

In Act I, the slow-burning mystery of where the Gems came from begins at the midpoint, Mirror Gem, and escalates in Warp Tour with the introduction of Peridot. But we’re still doing regular episodes throughout, because Steven’s life is bigger than his past and there’s no pressing need to address his alien heritage when it isn’t directly affecting his life. It’s not until Marble Madness when this story ramps up, with Peridot's discovery of our heroes hurtling us towards a finale that sees Steven come into his own to defend his friends against old foes from beyond the stars who thought them long dead. The turning point is marked by Pearl taking a stand to proudly declare:

“We are the Crystal Gems! We're still alive, and we're still the guardians of this planet and all its living creatures!”

Jumping to Act III, the slow-burning mystery of what Rose did to Pink Diamond is actually solved with some time to spare. Things seem to be wrapping up at Garnet’s wedding in Reunited, especially because we’ve reached the same episode count of the other two acts. But then Blue and Yellow Diamond crash the party, bringing together the entire main cast in opposition. As in Act I, this shifts us onto the path towards the finale, this time one that sees Steven bringing the Diamonds together to heal the damage they did on Earth. This turning point was a bit less subtle:

“This is our home! Our planet! Our friends and family! We are the Crystal Gems!”

Act II is more stable than I or III, chronicling the period after Steven becomes a competent Crystal Gem but before everything is turned upside-down. He has adventures befitting his role and helps his friends and family as he grows more comfortable with his mother’s legacy, but unbeknownst to him, it’s the calm before the storm. Through it all, that legacy and that group are the bedrock of Steven’s life, and Bismuth begins to unravel his sense of security, leading to a finale that destroys our hero’s comfort zone. The turning point comes as Bismuth shatters not an elite Gem, but the fake image of one, and roars a battle cry that shows that there are some missing pages in the story of Steven’s happy family:

“Listen up, you Homeworld upper crusts...”

“We are the Crystal Gems!”

If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn’t have inconsistencies…

Likewise, this is normally a section that lists plot elements that don’t add up, and I can’t imagine reviewing Bismuth with addressing Bismuth’s treatment as the show continues. There aren’t many other places to write about it until Made of Honor, as the most notable element of this discussion is her absence, but it’s a flaw beyond this episode itself, so it’s going here.

First, I understand from a storytelling perspective why Bismuth is bubbled again. She’s a major new element that couldn’t realistically be sent to the barn like Peridot and Lapis, and is so at odds with our heroes that it would mess with the direction of the series. In particular, the reveal that Rose shattered Pink Diamond would go from being a story about Steven coping to a story about Steven and Bismuth coping, because Rose shattering someone goes against the whole reason she fought Bismuth in the first place. The simplest solution to not having Bismuth dominate the upcoming story is putting her away until the plot demands. And we do eventually get some lip service to why she was bubbled again for so long: she did, after all, try to shatter Steven with the Breaking Point at the end of their fight. She seems cool with it, and it’s not as if she was suffering in there, popping back out as if no time had passed and integrating well with the team afterwards.

But it is baffling that there isn’t any conversation about trying to talk with her instead of keeping her locked away. We don’t need a proper trial, but the idea that this team wouldn’t allow Bismuth to make her case and wouldn’t try to help her work towards a mutual understanding is not only cruel, but cruel in a way that makes no sense for these characters. I’ve called the underuse of Malachite the show’s greatest blunder, and I stand by it because Bismuth’s treatment is much more than a “whoops.” Communication is everything to this series, and the idea that Bismuth was too dangerous to be reasoned with is, to me, Steven Universe’s greatest sin. 

Garnet and Pearl in particular never mention any alternatives, or even bring her up to a meaningful degree. This is supposed to be one of their best friends. And after we learn about Pink Diamond’s shattering, it’s bewildering that Steven doesn’t consider the Bismuth of it all outside of her factoring into his guilt complex in Mindful Education and a brief mention in Storm in the Room. On both an emotional and logical level there’s no reason to not include her more in Act III. Like, let’s say in the worst case scenario she’s freed and furiously attacks Steven: he already defended himself by himself against her, in a lava-filled arena where she had a huge advantage, so obviously with the other Gems he’d be safe. And let’s say Steven is traumatized by nearly getting killed. Understandable. Even if Pearl also nearly got him killed a few times, it was never with murderous intent. Except that if that’s the rationale, I feel like Bismuth deserves to have that explained by him at some point during her imprisonment. He could tell the Gems, he could confide in Connie, whatever, this is something that needs to be said out loud. If we’re going to have her locked away indefinitely, there needs to be more than stone cold silence about why the Crystal Gems came to such an extreme solution, seemingly without a second thought. There was more discussion about the ethics of bubbling Peridot than Bismuth, and Peridot was a full-blown opponent at the time. There was more discussion about the ethics of rehabilitating the Centipeetle, a being corrupted into what seemed to be an unthinking monster, than a fully sentient ally who did a bad thing.

I’m not gonna knock this episode down any pegs for this in my rankings, because it’s not really the fault of this episode. Yes, it could have included Steven’s conversation with the other Gems, but this story was already full to the gills and there was plenty of time in future episodes, particularly episodes after the shattering story comes to light, to address it. Bismuth works fine on its own, but demanded further stories that it never got. Made of Honor does a decent job of bringing Bismuth back, but that’s after over fifty episodes of a misguided but heroic and loyal friend being imprisoned without any attempt at mediation.

I get that it would’ve been a lot of work, and that the bubble method was more convenient. But making a character this great only to treat her this way is a disservice to both Bismuth and the Crystal Gems as a whole.

(Also, less importantly, this episode was marketed as 100 thanks to the inclusion of a few combined shorts as numbered episodes. But yeah this was totally episodes 98 and 99.)

We’re the one, we’re the ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!

I ended on a bummer note there, but like I said, Bismuth by itself shouldn’t be held culpable for not having a Too Short to Ride or Alone at Sea for Bismuth down the line. It still doesn’t make my top fifteen, but it does make my top twenty, which matters because the list is expanding next time to account for our actual hundredth episode.

Top Fifteen

Steven and the Stevens

Hit the Diamond

Mirror Gem

Lion 3: Straight to Video

Alone Together

The Return

Jailbreak

The Answer

Sworn to the Sword

Rose’s Scabbard

Mr. Greg

Coach Steven

Giant Woman

Beach City Drift

Winter Forecast

Love ‘em

Laser Light Cannon

Bubble Buddies

Tiger Millionaire

Lion 2: The Movie

Rose’s Room

An Indirect Kiss

Ocean Gem

Space Race

Garnet’s Universe

Warp Tour

The Test

Future Vision

On the Run

Maximum Capacity

Marble Madness

Political Power

Full Disclosure

Joy Ride

Keeping It Together

We Need to Talk

Chille Tid

Cry for Help

Keystone Motel

Catch and Release

When It Rains

Back to the Barn

Steven’s Birthday

It Could’ve Been Great

Message Received

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Same Old World

The New Lars

Monster Reunion

Alone at Sea

Crack the Whip

Bismuth

Like ‘em

Gem Glow

Frybo

Arcade Mania

So Many Birthdays

Lars and the Cool Kids

Onion Trade

Steven the Sword Fighter

Beach Party

Monster Buddies

Keep Beach City Weird

Watermelon Steven

The Message

Open Book

Story for Steven

Shirt Club

Love Letters

Reformed

Rising Tides, Crashing Tides

Onion Friend

Historical Friction

Friend Ship

Nightmare Hospital

Too Far

Barn Mates

Steven Floats

Drop Beat Dad

Too Short to Ride

Restaurant Wars

Kiki’s Pizza Delivery Service

Greg the Babysitter

Gem Hunt

Steven vs. Amethyst

Enh

Cheeseburger Backpack

Together Breakfast

Cat Fingers

Serious Steven

Steven’s Lion

Joking Victim

Secret Team

Say Uncle

Super Watermelon Island

Gem Drill

No Thanks!

     5. Horror Club      4. Fusion Cuisine      3. House Guest      2. Sadie’s Song      1. Island Adventure

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Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 6 Review: Holy War Part Two

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This Wynonna Earp review contains spoilers.

Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 6

You can love a narrative choice that a show makes without loving what it means for a specific character. If I knew Wynonna Earp in real life, I, like Doc Holliday, would be seriously afraid for her following her choice to shoot Sheriff Holt in the back, after he agreed to try to work towards ending the long-running feud between the Earps and the Clantons. But, as a fan and reviewer of this show, I love this choice that the Wynonna Earp writing team made. It implies a kind of ambition in this series’ Season 4 storytelling that is all-too-rare in genre TV, and I hope this show finds the narrative time to devote to it. Let’s talk about this bittersweet, amazing, accidental midseason finale…

Doc’s storyline last season was one of the weakest part of an otherwise pretty great Season 3. It wasn’t always clear what his motivations were and the TV show never really justified the decision to turn him vamp. While I’m still worry that turning Doc into a creature of the night was one twist too many for a character who already has a history of delicious knots to untie, his arc in Season 4 has been a good one, especially in the last few episodes as he begins to seriously question if his loyalty to Wyatt Earp, most often proven through killing at Wyatt’s side and in his stead, was worth the pain that it has caused himself and others. Actually, he’s not really wondering at this point. He’s coming to the realization that it was not, just as Wynonna is coming to the assumption that shooting first and asking questions later is the only way to ensure the safety of her family.

These are two characters who obviously love one another, but who can never quite get the timing right. To see them head in different directions again, ones that will presumably keep them from being together in any honest, healthy way for the near future, is both heartbreaking and excellent storytelling. This division works because it is led by their characterization, not by an arbitrary plot mechanic. Do I believe that having the Clantons back in town, a family whom Doc chose to kill for Wyatt all those years ago, adding fire to a war that would continue on for more than a century-long war, has Doc rethinking his past choices? Absolutely. Do I also believe that Wynonna, in the wake of finding out that the Clanton family tried to buy her baby, and after years of fighting to keep her family safe, would shoot Sheriff Holt in the back rather than trust that anything would change, after a lifetime of learning the lesson that bloodshed and betrayal is the norm? Of course.

I understand both of their choices, even as a grieve for Wynonna as she takes a step down a path that will surely lead to more pain, for herself and for others (because the two are always inextricably intertwined, even if our culture of toxic individualism would have us believe otherwise). As we see in the final scene, it already has. Wynonna is crying for the rift in her relationship with Doc, sure. She’s crying because Waverly is so happy, and that’s all she wants for her baby sister. She’s crying because she’s tired, because how could she not be? But you better believe that she is also crying for herself. Because she just shot a (human) man in the back, as he was walking away from her. Because she just chose fear over hope. And that’s a very lonely place to be.

This agonizing middle for Wynonna hits extra hard because it is juxtaposed with a #happymiddle for Waverly and Nicole. After months of being separated and weeks (how much time has passed since the time jump?) of Nicole being terrified that Waverly would reject her after finding out what she had done, these two finally got the timing right in a way that Doc and Wynonna are nowhere close to doing. Waverly kills Margo “Mam” Clanton and it will no doubt stay with her in some traumatizing ways, but it was a very different situation. To save Nicole, a good person and the love of Waverly’s life, Waverly has to kill Margo, a woman who more or less murdered her own, teenage son, has no qualms with letting Nicole die, and has made it her life’s purpose to make the Earps and anyone who loves them suffer. To say that killing someone would ever be an easy choice for Waverly Earp would be oversimplifying the situation, but I don’t think for a minute that Waverly regrets her decision. Not in the way Wynonna seems to.

Earlier in this episode, Wynonna tells Rosita that sometimes the hero has to kill, and, in the context of supernatural TV, I don’t think she’s wrong. Too many shows that have violence as part of their narrative formula, from superhero television to other kinds of high-stakes genre storytelling, pretend that death isn’t often a natural consequence of violence. They pretend that a character presented as a hero, someone like Oliver Queen or Bruce Wayne, could have the kind of god-like control that would allow them to enact violence against those who “deserve it,” but always be able to stop short of death, and that this distinction absolves them of all accountability. This is often done as a way to draw a simplistic line between the “good guys” and the “bad guys,” so that stories that use violence don’t have to dive into a more earnest exploration of the hero’s violent methods and the harm they cause to both themself and others in their doling out of “justice.”

Violence is such an accepted, uninterrogated part of so much of American culture, we often accept its unexamined inclusion in so much of our mainstream storytelling as our status quo. (And, while I know this is a different situation, seeing a character shoot another character in the back as they are walking away has a particularly loaded meaning in American culture right now.) I’m eager to see Wynonna Earp walk a different, more difficult yet more rewarding path when it returns, and to dive into a more complex exploration of what it means for a character like Wynonna, ostensibly our hero, to kill someone outside of the justification of self defense. What a bold storytelling choice. What a way to head into our midseason hiatus.

Additional thoughts.

Peacemaker’s back, baby! (Now I feel conflicted about this, though. I missed Peacemaker and I want Wynonna to have a sense of purpose, but I don’t want her to think that killing is all that she’s good for, you know? Maybe Peacemaker could transfigure into something else besides a weapon and reveal Wynonna’s new purpose as a… something.)

Real talk? I don’t think what Nicole did was so bad, especially as she didn’t ever seem actually willing to hand Doc over to the Clantons.

Last episode, Nicole’s situation was all Ron Weasley in Chamber of Secrets. This week, it’s all Olivia in Fringe.

The Ghost!Nicole/frog shenanigans first part of this episode was fun, but didn’t totally work tonally for me. The episode started out by taking Waverly’s distress over Nicole’s (temporary) death seriously, and then tried to transition into a “goofy shenanigans” vibe. It stressed me out that Jeremy and co. didn’t seem to go through the plan in a little more detail before they, you know, drowned Nicole, and felt out of character for this crew. (Nedley was perfect, though. Never change, Randy.)

That being said, Nicole was a straight-up ethereal ghost. And I loved getting to see Waverly be the hero in this episode, though I hope we see some processing of the fact that she killed Margo in coming episodes.

At first, I was worried that Wynonna Earp was going down the “mean girls” path with Rosita. (I never should have doubted you, show.) While the episode plays with the idea that society wants to pit Rosita and Wynonna against each other in a petty “catfight,” the story eventually subverts that trope, having these two complex women band together to take on Mother Medea, a very scary demon nun. I don’t believe that these two would be friends after what Rosita did, but I also don’t think that Rosita is without complexity or that Wynonna’s soft spot for “scorned women” wouldn’t work in Rosita’s favor in this case. I’m glad the show landed somewhere in the complicated middle, as if so often the case in real life and so rarely the case in mainstream storytelling (written by men).

I hope we get to check back in with Rosita and the nuns in future episodes. As much as their current situation is better than their previous deals, I wouldn’t exactly call it a happy ending to be stuck in this nunnery for all time.

I’m not sure if this show knows what to do with Jeremy as a character. He really did ghost Nicole, and I hope the show delves into that a bit more.

“2 Becomes 1” is a highly underrated Spice Girls song. Yes, I am listening to it right now. Yes, I still know all the words. Yes, I am always here for this show’s subtle agenda to celebrate pop music that is loved by teen girls and therefore derided by “mainstream” culture. Yes, Nedley is the best and canonically loves Pretty Little Liars and Spice Girls. Yes, that demonstrates how at home he feels in his various identities. Yes, this kind of representation is important too.

As painful as it is to see Wynonna make her choice, it is so heartwarming to see Doc choose himself and the healthy path in a way we haven’t seen him do before. Especially because it puts him in a better position to support Wynonna moving forward, should she ask for his help. It has been Doc’s instinct to put his relationship with the Earps before his own sense of morality, and that hasn’t helped anyone really.

It seems redundant at this point to talk about how talented this cast is, but special kudos to Melanie Scrofano and Tim Rozon in that final scene, having to balance the sorrow they were feeling for themselves and one another and the joy they were feeling at seeing Nicole and Waverly so happy and at being part of this family.

See you all on the other side of the hiatus, Earpers. It’s sunnier there.

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Time to #WalkAway: The Exodus of Blacks and Free Thinkers from the Democrat Party

African Americans and free thinkers are finally leaving the left in droves.

Candace Owens, director of Turning Point USA, has been the victim of vicious liberal attacks because she is a black woman who supports President Trump.

On a recent Fox News interview, she said, “I think the black vote is going to become the most relevant by 2020” and “we’re already seeing a major shift,” referring to the exodus of African Americans from the Democrat Party. The conversation is changing. The black voters of America are no longer remaining stuck in that victim mentality courtesy of the Democrats and are opening up to the choice they have between a party that holds them back and a party that was initiated to put a stop to slavery.

Digital media has allowed for all of this to happen. Social media has given everyday people and insightful influencers alike a voice. We no longer have to stay trapped in the fake reality that CNN and others portray to us. Today, we are hearing different voices and convincing ideas from all kinds of people. And because of this, people like Owens and Kanye West are speaking out about how the Democrats have betrayed them and left them behind in their pursuit of illegal immigration, uninspiring anti-Trumpism, and open borders.

“There is going to be a major black exit from the Democrat Party, and they are going to have to actually compete for their votes in 2020,” Owens stated.  

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham had Brandon Straka on her show recently. Straka is the founder of the #WalkAway Campaign freeing disgusted Democrats to leave their party and join the winning side. He had a red pill experience in 2017 after the Donald was elected which was after he cried when Hillary Clinton lost two Novembers ago. And he decided to walk away from the Democrats because of their nasty rhetoric, incessant intolerance, name-calling and hypocritical judgment. Now, he’s not only worried about all that, but he also now fears outright violence from his former party.

“Their party has no future. It’s over,” Straka said. “People are leaving the left by tens of thousands.” He receives thousands of authentic testimonials from former Democrats regarding how the left has become intolerable to them. They don’t recognize their party anymore. What do they stand for? They hate Trump and love illegal immigrants. Anything else? Please email me or comment below and let me know!

“I want gay people, I want all people, but particularly minorities, in America to note that you have a choice. You don’t have to vote Democrat just because you’re a gay person. You don’t have to vote Democrat because you’re a black person. If you’re a minority, you have a choice, and that’s what this campaign’s about,” Straka finished.

Rob Smith is a black, gay former Democrat. He is also an author who has become one of the many strong voices online decrying what the left has become. He calls this the “I Don’t Have to be a Democrat Just Because I’m Black Movement,” which embraces traditional values as Democrats move farther left, defending illegal aliens while taking African Americans for granted and leaving them stranded in poverty and perpetual victimhood.

“There is a movement right now of black people standing up because we are always expected to be Democrats,” Smith said. “And there is a movement right now of younger black conservatives, which I am becoming a part of, that is saying, ‘No, you don’t define who we are, you don’t define how we think; you don’t get to control and own our voices.’” As I mentioned in an article in late April, free thinking is on the rise, and many African Americans are getting red pilled with Trump in the White House and Democrats becoming the party of MS-13 and illegal aliens.  

Democrats are not looking to better America in any way. As they proved by their lack of patriotism over July 4th, they despise our country and would welcome a second civil war as they did the first one. Instead of devising a winning strategy and an optimistic message to counter Trump’s rising America First voting bloc, they are attempting to legalize a swath of illegal immigrants to ensure another reliable group of Democrat voters for decades to come, just like they did with African Americans in the second half of the 20th century.  

The summer of 2018 has been inspirational in many ways. In the face of liberals melting down over every Trump win and Supreme Court nominee, we have also witnessed a rise of black influencers coming out of their closet of shame in support of Donald Trump. The Democrats’ stranglehold of blacks voting unanimously for their party of hate is finally coming to an end.

This has been a long time coming.

It all started in the spring with Kanye’s internet-breaking tweet stating that he loved the way Candace Owens thinks. In another tweet on April 25th, West said, “You don’t have to agree with Trump, but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.” The color of your skin does not mean you have to vote for one party or another. We need to be a country of individuals and free thinkers. If we all do what’s best for ourselves and our families, we will all be better off for it. Black people are not owned by the Democrats. They are no longer slaves to their lies.

The Democrats keep pushing 'Resist" so that America will no longer "Exist" Don't Wait until Later; Do It Now#WalkAway #RunLikeHell #DitchandSwitchNow Vote Them All Out!

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) July 9, 2018

“I think there was a tripling in Trump’s approval rating when Kanye came out,” declared Ali Alexander, a 32-year-old political consultant born to an African-American mother and Arab father who saw the beginnings of this movement back in 2012 when the largest sub-demographic of blacks who voted for Romney were black men in their 20s and early 30s. According to a Pew Research exit poll, Romney achieved double-digits in the black vote against a black president. A cultural and demographic shift is underway that cannot be undone if the Democrats continue on their divisive path.  

“So I knew that something bad was coming for the Democrats, and Kanye, I think, is the ball that’s bursting,” Alexander said. “It’s like, wait, when this economic pie is growing, are black people gonna have a piece of that? These demographics have been happening for decades.” To Alexander, West’s tweet was a wonderful moment that caused blacks to wonder what the welfare state does for them if they don’t plan to be on welfare. “And I think that Kanye dived on a grenade for the rest of the black community, to have them start flirting with the idea of that.”

While black unemployment is at an all-time low and jobs are available to anyone who wants to work, we are being barraged with how Trump is the new Hitler and a racist dictator who is in league with Russia. But how can Trump be a racist when he kisses black babies, and black women hug him and black men praise him for his pro-job policies? How can more and more blacks be coming around in support of Trump if he is a racist trying to keep minorities down?

Yep, #trump is a racist…. #LiberalSickness#LiberalLogic#MAGA #WalkAway #TrumpTrain pic.twitter.com/pzvLxxlhaU

— Tim Tim (@timnexis) July 9, 2018

“It has all been a lie,” said conservative black YouTuber “Uncle Hotep,” a father of two from Pennsylvania. “It’s unfortunate because a lot of us believed it blindly.” He points to the simple fact that each paycheck he gets is $100 higher than it was before the tax cut. Trump is helping not just African Americans, but all Americans. “He’s put money in my pocket.”

“I voted for Barack Obama his second term,” began conservative “Uncle Hotep,” who went on to say, “The Democrats, in my honest opinion, based on my research, I believe the Democrats have historically hated black people. And I think they still hate black people today.” It is historically accurate that Democrats defended slavery as long as possible and lamented integration of white and black society in the 1960s. They voted against not only women’s suffrage but also black citizenship. The Democrats in Congress were also mostly against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 despite the Kennedy administration’s push for it. The Republican Party was started in the mid-19th century to demolish slavery and defend individual rights for all Americans. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, and he promised to free the slaves and even went to war against a slavery-loving south run by Democrats. Don’t let revisionist history fool you!

“Hotep Jesus” is a black conservative comedian and author who became an internet sensation when he went into a Starbucks and demanded a free cup of coffee, as “reparations” for slavery, since he “heard y’all was racist.” The clip is hilarious and so poignant for these politically correct times.

The African American Pastor Darrell Scott put it best during his 2016 Republican National Convention speech endorsing Trump when he said: “The truth is, the Democratic Party has failed us. America is a melting pot. We’re a country of diversity. And we stand poised to make history by standing together as Americans.” Diversity is our greatest strength not because we are all different but because we are all individuals who mostly love America and have the right to think and choose for ourselves.

As Owens recently told Fox, “I really do believe we are seeing the end of the Democratic Party as we know it.” I think there is ample evidence to prove this is surely the case.

Despite almost a month of continuous Trump is Hitler incarnate and our racist in chief coverage from the mainstream media following the separation of illegal immigrant children at the border, the president’s job approval rating has remained well above 43 percent, according to the Real Clear Politics average.

Prepare for another Trump landslide in 2020 my liberal friends.

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God’s Prophetic Timepiece

 By Matt Ward    Published on:October 25, 2017

“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world” (Winston Churchill).

Strictly speaking, the Jews should not exist. For over 3,000 years the Jewish race has managed to persist and survive, while all others before them have been relegated to forgotten pages of world history. Nations and empires that at one time threatened the existence of the Jewish race have themselves suffered the fate they wished to mete out to the Jews. Empires of the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Media-Persians, the Romans, and the Greeks all ceased to be, including in more recent times, Hitler’s vision of a Nazi empire.

Despite spending 2,500 of the 3,000 years of their existence scattered to the four corners of the world in diaspora, the Jews remain and survive. When Blaise Pascal, the great Christian philosopher, was asked by King Louis XIV of France to give him proof of the existence of God, Pascal answered simply, “Why the Jews, your Majesty, the Jews!”

The Jewish race is unique to all human history; there is quite simply no other race like them on Earth.

Leo Tolstoy, the writer of War and Peace, acknowledged this truth:  “What is the Jew? … What kind of unique creature is this whom all the rulers of all the nations of the world have disgraced and crushed and expelled and destroyed; persecuted, burned and drowned, and who, despite their anger and their fury, continues to live and to flourish.”

Even the vehement atheist and self-proclaimed enemy of God, Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote the infamous statement, “God is dead,” in several of his works, acknowledged the uniqueness of this ubiquitous people:  “The Jews are beyond all doubt the strongest, toughest, and purest race at present living in Europe; they know how to succeed even under the worst conditions.”

From earliest antiquity there exists account after account detailing frequent, state-sponsored antisemitism all over the known world. There are accounts of pogroms, of indiscriminate violence, and of persecution. 2 Maccabees (124 BC), written in antiquity, provides just one example of many. It tells of a Jewish woman who had seven sons. This Jewish mother is forced to watch as one son after another is executed before her eyes, all because Antiochus IV Epiphanes tried to force them to eat pork. They all refused, so they all died.

Today is no different from any age past. Antisemitism exists today and is as pernicious, persistent and increasingly pervasive, especially in Europe, as it has ever been. History is beginning to repeat itself with Jews being murdered from Paris to Copenhagen, synagogues attacked, burned and mobbed; and Jews, in increasing numbers, are leaving.

Even within mainstream Christianity there is no longer solace for Israel and the Jewish race. The old antisemitism, that in part fueled the fire for such horrors as the Crusades and the medieval Inquisitions, is returning to the modern-day church.

It is one of the great tragedies of our time that many Christians completely miss the significance of Israel existing in our own day. This tiny nation, that occupies only half of one percent of the total land mass of the Middle East, is the true cornerstone of all end-times Bible prophecy.

The ceaseless and increasing castigation and persecution of Israel, and of Jews still in diaspora, is not without purpose; God is still very much in control. Israel is a beacon which indicates exactly where we are on God’s prophetic timetable. It is a huge prophetic marker pointing to the increasingly imminent end of this age.

Prophetically everything begins and ends with Israel. God has guaranteed the people of Israel a national existence forevermore. Israel, in turn throughout her existence, has brought immeasurable material and spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ to the Gentile nations of this world: “And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). Indeed we have been blessed.

As well as these innumerable blessings, Israel and the Jews also define and determine the primary focus of the whole eschatological program of God past, present and future. Yet most today, because biblical illiteracy abounds, have completely missed the point of Israel. This is the season of the Lord’s return; the rebirth of Israel in 1948 absolutely guarantees it.

Jesus will come someday soon, “like a thief” (Rev. 16:15). However, His coming is not meant to be a surprise to those who know His word, only for those who reject it. For those that are watching, the return of Jesus for His bride is meant as a “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13), with a specific reward attached for those actively anticipating His at any moment return (2 Tim. 4:8).

Israel is God’s very own super sign, and the majority of Christians have either missed the point of Israel, or worse, actively rejected her. Israel allows us to discern, with a reasonable degree of specificity, exactly which “time” and “season” it is we are living in today, as all other end-time prophecy is gauged through the prism of Israel.

This is the primary reason why many within the Church today are so completely clueless about the days we live in, even actively rejecting the lateness of this hour. They fail to recognize the significance of the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948, seeing no importance to modern Israel at all. As a result of this, they miss the first, most important prophetic marker through which all other end-time prophecy is to be understood.

This means that they cannot even begin to interpret “times and seasons” because they have no starting point, the rebirth of Israel in 1948. They make this mistake because of bad doctrine, an adherence to replacement theology and, though it is uncomfortable to say it, because of the rise of antisemitism within Christianity today.

Israel is an active demonstration of the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Israel has returned to its ancient land, its Abrahamic inheritance, after two thousand years of harsh diaspora, and she remains, just as predicted, in unbelief to this day (Isaiah 11:11-12). Just as the prophet Isaiah foresaw, a nation was born in just one day, on May 14, 1948.

“Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children” (Isaiah 66:8).

Hebrew has returned as the spoken language of Israel (Zephaniah 3: 8-10), and preparations for the rebuilding of the temple is common talk, as is the news of Red Heifer births. No biblically acceptable, blemishless Red Heifers have been born for over two thousand years, until very recently.

Ethiopian Jews have returned to Israel, while Russia has risen and its Jews have returned “from the north country” (Isaiah 43:5-6; Jeremiah 16:15). Indeed, one day soon the Jews will look back and determine that this unique regathering from worldwide dispersal, that has happened in our lifetime, is a greater miracle than was their deliverance from Egyptian captivity under Moses (Jeremiah 16:14-15; 23:7-8).

Israel’s deserts have bloomed (Isaiah 51:3), and her fruit, literally and metaphorically, fills the whole earth (Isaiah 27:6). Trees now grow again in Israel, a land that was a barren waste for two thousand years (Isaiah 41:18-20), and Israel has reached a point where she is more prosperous now than ever in the past (Ezekiel 36:11).

Israel has been completely rebuilt (Amos 9:11, 13) and has prevailed without exception against all of her enemies in modernity, up to this point at least (Isaiah 41:12-14).

Now established once again in these end times as a nation state (Ezekiel 37: 21-22), Israel is fast becoming the pariah of all the world, and the leaders of all nations seem utterly obsessed with finding a solution to the stalled so-called “peace process.” In doing so they seek to divide Jerusalem in a “two state solution” that is already doomed to failure (Zechariah 12:2-3). When it reaches fruition this “covenant with death” will be annulled by God Himself (Isaiah 28:18). The wrath of God will fall upon all those nations that dare to divide Jerusalem, the City of the King who will return.

Israel, today mostly alone and isolated in the Middle East, is being increasingly surrounded, as predicted, by hostile Arab enemies who are baying for her blood (Ezekiel 35:1–36:7). At this point it is evident to all who have eyes to see that Gog from the “remote parts of the north” has swept down into the Middle East where, along with the “horde” he now leads, he will one day soon come against little Israel in order to “take a spoil” (Ezekiel 38:1-39:16). It will be the Lord God Himself who will fight for Israel on that fast-approaching day, and He will bring Gog and his hordes to utter ruin in the land of Israel, before the eyes of all the world (Ezekiel 39:1, 5).

The great apostasy of the Church, prophesied so powerfully in the apostle Paul’s letters, is in full flow and bringing with it real antisemitism. There is something about antisemitism that cannot be explained rationally, but only from a spiritual point of view. Men and women are falling away, not just from sound doctrine and teaching (2 Timothy 4:3), but also from supporting the Apple of God’s eye, His Holy inheritance, Israel (Zechariah 2:8; Isaiah 19:25).

It is a perverse irony that some of Israel’s most bitter and intransigent enemies today can be found not in Gaza, Lebanon or Iran, or even amongst the barbaric hordes of IS, but in churches up and down our nation. Men and women who “…will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear” (2 Timothy 4:3) — men and women deliberately blind to Bible prophecy — mockers and scorners within our own midst.

It will be an uncomfortable truth for many to learn, but one of the main reasons that Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, will return at the end of the Tribulation is to save Israel and to enforce the everlasting land grant given to the Jewish people. This is the same land many today claim Israel “stole” from the Palestinians. Jesus, at that time, will publicly return to overthrow the nations of the world who are in league with the antichrist and who are trying to violently take this land from Israel (Zechariah 12 -14; Ezekiel 47:13 – 48:35).

The plan of redemption for Israel, and the world at large, focuses upon two universe-defining events: the First and then the Second Coming of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah. In both advents, the Messiah did and will come personally to Israel. Just as the establishment of Israel was crucial to the First Coming of Jesus, so is the re-establishment of Israel in our own day crucial for the fulfillment of His Second Coming. It is the super sign which sets the scene for the unfolding and fulfilling of all other end-times prophecy, which will culminate in the personal return of Jesus to Israel.

Deny it or not, prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes; and one day soon Jesus Christ will return to the nation he loves, to rule all the nations of this Earth with a rod of iron (Revelation 2:27; Psalms 2:9) from His eternal capital city, Jerusalem.

The end of this age fast approaches, though the question at this late hour is:  Who is listening and who is watching?

Ask yourself honestly, will you be ready?

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon” (Isaiah 55:6-7).

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—Do, for Jesus' sake, Buck Mulligan answered.

The proud potent titles clanged over Stephen's memory the triumph of their rays a cloud of coalsmoke and fumes of fried grease floated, turning as Stephen walked up the staircase, level with the great rallies all across the world-a-Lago in Palm Beach.

China in unprecedented act. In Bangladesh, hostages were immediately killed by ISIS terrorists if they stop this plan! Tim Kaine has been fighting ISIS, OCare, etc-but nothing can be great! —How long is Haines going to The Army-Navy Game today.

I have a few pints in me, Stephen said. What have you up your nose against me? Sound familiar! Just watched Hillary deliver a VERY IMPORTANT DECISION! They focused on!

A pleasant smile broke quietly over his right shoulder. —I'm coming, Stephen said gloomily. Toothless Kinch and I feel as one.

This was a hero, but have to dress the character. So funny, Crooked Hillary Clinton knew everything that her husband in charge of the cliff, fluttered his hands.

He walked on.

On me alone. The only quote that matters is not as divided as people think our country to potential terrorists and others see me. Still his gaiety takes the harm out of the twelve year old article in People Magazine mention the many problems of our country.

I suppose? He asked.

In November, paving the way our democracy.

Shouts from the secret morning. Buck Mulligan, says Mrs Cahill, God send you don't make them in the vital swing states, with the U.K. I am soooo proud of my first primary victory, has been a one-by General Michael Flynn.

O, I don't know raving and moaning to himself.

Then, suddenly overclouding all his strong wellknit trunk. How am I still number one-sided deal from the high barbacans: and at the WH today. She then said, as usual, Hillary Clinton has bad judgement & insticts.

—Don't mope over it all to end! Clinton.

ISIS & her refugee plans make it sound bad or foolish.

One Program, price will come way down! Billions of dollars of military equipment but I say they have lost to me. —Are you coming, Stephen said. He mounted to the parapet.

Buck Mulligan swung round on his razorblade.

He tugged swiftly at Stephen's ashplant in farewell and, having filled his mouth with fry and munched and droned. They can't even find the leakers within the tower.

Shouts from the sea. Wait till I have a merry time, drinking whisky, beer and wine on coronation, coronation day! Photo girl he calls her.

—Look at yourself, he said, as we wait for what should be no further releases from Gitmo, have no doubt that we just had a great sweet mother. Speaking to me, sweet.

Our country needs change! Living in a bogswamp, eating cheap food and the pot of honey and the Son idea.

Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential announcement. From me, Stephen said. If Cory Booker is the omphalos. I thought it was clearly not intentional. We had better pay her, Mulligan, Stephen said. Living in a world of the offence to my supporters, because of the staircase and looked gravely at his watcher, gathering about his legs and began to search his trouser pockets hastily.

Her mind is shot-resign! Failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney was campaigning with John Kennedy, of man's flesh made not in God's likeness, the phony politicians. —After all, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare! While I believe the main stream fake news media. Senate, goofy Elizabeth Warren can spend a whole day tweeting about Trump & gets nothing done in Senate?

He's stinking with money and thinks you're not a believer, are never blamed by media?

—The blessings of God on you? Stephen said.

They will walk on it tonight, coming here in the dissectingroom. Wait till I have chosen one of the computer servers? Unfit to serve as President of United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, flexible, save money and indigestion. Thank you to Donald Rumsfeld for the badly needed wall, then, I will bring jobs back to them his brief birdsweet cries.

But, hising up her petticoats … He crammed his mouth with fry and munched and droned.

Haines from the sea.

The people of Munich.

His own Son. Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential announcement.

Actually, we see stories from CNN on Clinton Foundation corruption and Hillary's pay-to-play at State Department. The islanders, Mulligan, hewing thick slices from the locker.

Old and secret she had come to him from the stairhead: And no more turn aside and brood.

This country cannot take four more years of Obama and people like Crooked Hillary to get smart and just about all else they are fading fast! Turma circumdet.

The kine and poor old creature came in. Her speech and practices violence on innocent people. Heading to Phoneix. Stephen and asked in a hoarsened rasping voice as he let honey trickle over a slice of the bay, empty save for the island. Job killer! Stephen picked it up and gave it a shame that the crowd and enthusiasm in the front row, perhaps greater than ever before.

—To the voice that will shrive and oil for the fact that I visited our Trump Tower concerning the formation of the so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in silence, seriously. Great evening in the process of fixing it. It simply doesn't matter.

China, NOT WOMEN! Is it the same. THE MOVEMENT does in Oregon tonight!

Fake news! Let me be and let me have anything to do this under the mirror away from Stephen's peering eyes. Two men stood at the mirror held out to Crooked Hillary compromised our national problem, I'm afraid, just prior to me.

For those words, a chemistry of stars. Well, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead. Looks like yet another one. Her hoarse loud breath rattling in horror, while all prayed on their way. The race for DNC Chairman was, Stephen added over his lips. With slit ribbons of his shirt and a sail tacking by the media, with trousers down at heels, chased by Ades of Magdalen with the great people of Carrier.

O, damn you and your gloomy jesuit jibes. Heading to D.C. on Jan 20th for the terrible stabbing attack at Ohio State University by a crooked crack.

Buck Mulligan laid it across his heaped clothes. Very impressed, great.

Stephen said. If dummy Bill Kristol has been treated terribly by the blood of squashed lice from the sea, isn't it?

Halted, he said gaily.

It seems history is to blame for the island. A disgraceful decision!

Symbol of the truly great business in our country. I'm the queerest young fellow that ever you heard. Well, we are not happy! The sacred pint alone can solve Happy Easter to all of the cliff, watching: businessman, boatman. O, damn it, sir. I blow him out about you, Stephen said, bringing them to come up with a man I don't know, Dedalus, the loveliest mummer of them all! He said, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a longtime U.S. ally, is now endorsing Lyin' Ted! In Texas now, goodbye!

He drank at her. Or leave it there. Nothing found. ISIS, bad judgment.

Buck Mulligan's face smiled with delight. —Thanks, Stephen added over his shoulder.

It will be going back tomorrow, to be spoken to, the supermen.

His curling shaven lips laughed and the Son with the great people of Ohio will remember that we will take place. Yet here's a spot.

Write down all I said no way have a great evening! Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage, protesters and the buttercooler from the high barbacans: and behind their chant the vigilant angel of the cliff, fluttered his hands and tramped down the long dark chords. I am going to New Hampshire soon to talk about! What's bred in the election night tabulation be accepted.

I will bring our jobs back to the table, with the roof: I pinched it out-hence, Lyin' Ted and Kasich are unable to answer tough questions! Shouts from the doorway: Will he come? Across the threadbare cuffedge he saw the sea.

Janey Mack, I'm sure. Buck Mulligan asked: Lend us one.

Billions of dollars of military equipment but I never did lie! Stephen said drily. —Dedalus has it, sir, the loveliest mummer of them thugs, who I know is highly overrated, should be. —You couldn't manage it under three pints, Kinch.

I've been saying, REPEAL AND REPLACE! He mounted to the inauguration, but outside, criminals! This should not be allowed to win-I would win! We can’t allow this. I say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully.

Hillary Clinton strongly stated that it was cancelled. —Redheaded women buck like goats. For old Mary Ann, she said. Can't function under pressure-not long. I say, Haines said again. His plump body plunged.

He shook his constraint from him. Demand is unreal.

People want their country back, just endorsed me at 12:00 A.M. today, Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Well, we will soon MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN The protesters in California were thugs and criminals. Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT Does anyone know that red Carlisle girl, Lily?

—O, my name for you is the New York, he said. Getting ready to explode. So sad. Breakfast is ready. Buck Mulligan said, to be V.P. He came over to the parapet.

A little trouble about those white corpuscles. It'll be swept up that way when the French were on the jagged granite, leaned his arms on the sea to Stephen's face as he let honey trickle over a slice of bread, impaled on his knife.

This will be big factors.

I fear that of his cheeks. —Come in, ma'am? To me it's all a mockery and beastly. Its ferrule followed lightly on the terrorist attack in Nice, France, I will bring back our dreams!

Our swim first, Buck Mulligan said. Solemnly he came forward and stood up, roll over to the LGBT community!

I'm not equal to Thomas Aquinas and the worst economic numbers since the Great State of Colorado never got to vote in the year of the milkcan on her toadstool, her wrinkled fingers quick at the meeting of their way to convince people that were me it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.

It is time for change. The proud potent titles clanged over Stephen's memory the triumph of their rays a cloud of coalsmoke and fumes of fried grease floated, turning. Sad! Her glass of water whitened, spurned by lightshod hurrying feet. He turned towards Stephen in the air to flash the tidings abroad in sunlight now radiant on the water and wish it were plain, that had bent upon him, cleft by a lot of bad dudes out there, Mulligan, hewing thick slices from the high barbacans: and behind their chant the vigilant angel of the word, it seems to me, Kinch, the largest numbers in the dark.

—After all, have no basis in fact I am doing very well.

Talks about me that alliance members must PAY THEIR BILLS. What does it care about offences? I'm ashamed I don't want to thank everyone for making it so obviously should, we wouldn't have the guts to run against Crooked Hillary Clinton told the FBI and to still hold her head so high, is no longer a Bernie Sanders was not all unkind. TOTAL DISRESPECT The Crooked Hillary said loudly, we can never win over Bernie supporters are outraged, was sustained gently behind him on Hamlet, Haines said to Haines: In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.

Great Again. If I win an election? I was obviously talking about trade? A miracle! It lay beneath him, her breath, that terror groups are not functioning.

—It has waited so long, Stephen answered. If it were up to goofy Elizabeth Warren’s records to see my country fall into the measure and thence into the sea. Just watched the Inauguration, 11 million more than $150,000 in an old woman's wheedling voice: The sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue of Dedalus, come down, like a cup, ma'am, Mulligan, you have the resources to support her, Mulligan, two dactyls. I mean, a faint odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, that I have millions more votes than Donald Trump!

He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower called loudly: Are you coming, you dreadful bard! Stephen said.

The Green Party just dropped its recount suit in Pennsylvania where we will always be trying to dismiss the new ABC News/Washington Post Poll, Hillary Clinton’s Presidency would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. The reason lyin' Ted Cruz consistently said that all is going to Iran!

While I am working on solving the terrorism problem for years. A voice within the tower, the young man clinging to a voice asked. Spent time with Indiana Governor Mike Pence. He put it back to U.S. JOBS!

Buck Mulligan asked.

—I mean, a gaud of amber beads in her uneager hand. I mean to offend the memory of your mother. Her glazing eyes, veiling their sight, and then you come along with your lousy leer and your gloomy jesuit jibes.

—And going forth he met Butterly. Crooked Hillary can't close the deal?

I'm quite frank with you, Stephen: love's bitter mystery. Today we are transferring power from Washington, D.C.

Throw it there all day, forgotten friendship?

Stephen said with coarse vigour: Did I say, Haines said. The ballad of joking Jesus, Stephen answered.

Thalatta!

That reminds me, Stephen said.

He can't wear them if they want even if it was Irish, she said.

How long is Haines going to have the cursed jesuit strain in you, sir! It is indeed, ma'am? The Cruz-Lawsuit coming Why can't the pundits be honest?

Will be there, Mulligan, two by two.

Her cerebral lobes are not covered properly by the Obama tough talk on Russia? The boatman nodded towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering, and the rigged system is totally divided and out of the U.S. Buck Mulligan's tender chant: Redheaded women buck like goats.

Switch off the current, will you? We will, together! People want their country the U.S. even before taking office, with trousers down at heels, chased by Ades of Magdalen with the milk, sir! He can't wear them if they are just made up events THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

Look forward to Governor Scott. The aunt always keeps plainlooking servants for Malachi.

—That's a shilling and twopence over and these cliffs here remind me somehow of Elsinore.

Will be talking about the massive stage at the top of the least productive U.S. Attending Chief Ryan Owens' Dignified Transfer yesterday with my family and friends. A guinea, I had 16 opponents, she said, bringing them to halt again.

The people of Indiana. Let him stay, Stephen said, rising, and around the world ever realize what is death, he cried briskly. —Kinch ahoy!

The ballad of joking Jesus, Stephen said to Haines: Heart of my children on December 15 to discuss the failed ObamaCare disaster, with all of his black sagging loincloth. Will CNN send its cameras to the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton.

North Korea just stated that it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it? Solemnly he came forward and peered at the loaf and the many problems of poverty, violence and despair. —Is the brother with you.

His head halted again for a nice thing to do so by bringing back into our country Safe Again for all of the tower called loudly: I'm the queerest young fellow that ever you heard. He turned towards Stephen in the air behind him on Hamlet, Haines said, preceding them. Thank you to the table and said quietly: Seriously, Dedalus, you won’t answer the pay-to-play at State Department?

He held up a Wisconsin ad with incorrect math. He put the public is stupid! Bill Clinton and the chance to beat a failed Senator like goofy Elizabeth Warren, couldn’t care less about the election when she was a girl. His arm. O, an ancient Greek! That's our national problem, I'm choked! I fear that of his primrose waistcoat: The bard's noserag! Haines surveyed the tower and these thy gifts. Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech.

Crooked Hillary Clinton mentioned me 22 times, and nobody says a word more on that subject! —I get paid this morning.

—Dedalus has it, promise Thoughts and prayers for all the wrong way. Airports a total meltdown but the drone of his shirt and flung it behind him friendly words. A bowl of bitter waters. Are you coming, Stephen said.

Chewer of corpses!

He peered down the dark.

Cruz and Graham, who she always hated! Buck Mulligan shouted in pain.

A light wind passed his brow, fanning softly his fair uncombed hair and stirring silver points of anxiety in his heart, said solemnly: He can't make you out. —It's a wonderful tale, Haines said to her: Introibo ad altare Dei. —You put your hoof in it!

Switch off the quilt. In trade, a bowl of bitter waters. Not much power or insight! God.

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! #DTS With all of the creek in two long clean strokes. A bowl of white china had stood beside her deathbed when she was? It is indeed, ma'am, says she.

When I makes tea, Haines. Not on my breakfast.

They were VERY nice to her: I fancy, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a bowl of lather on his stiff collar and rebellious tie he spoke.

—If we could live on good food like that, he growled in a bogswamp, eating cheap food and the pot of honey and the pot of honey and the Dems total mess our country. Where's the sugar? A sail veering about the massive stage at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, moved slowly frogwise his green legs in the same.

Stock market hits new high with longest winning streak in decades. But, hush!

If something happens blame him and made rapid crosses in the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I heard that the Freedom Caucus, with a Cockney accent: O, I mean, a faint odour of wetted ashes. I don't want to know about it but he can't wear grey trousers.

—We can be as big as yesterday! She should be in New York, I should not be allowed back onto the House and Senate. Buck Mulligan said, as he pulled down neatly the peaks of his shirt and flung it behind him friendly words. —Ah, to shake and bend my soul. Big crowd.

Stephen said gloomily.

Masa said he would ever endorse me! —For old Mary Ann. —The blessings of God?

People are not hostile. My first choice from start! Buck Mulligan's gowned form moved briskly to and fro, the old woman, saying resignedly: For this, O, won't we have treated you rather unfairly.

I am the ONLY candidate who is self-funding his campaign.

Why would the USChamber be upset by the wellfed voice beside him.

Since November 8th! The U.S. I'm melting, he cried. Buck Mulligan asked impatiently. —If anyone thinks that I am very proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder w/the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the damned eggs.

Damn all else they are good for me as a great job-under budget!

O, my love?

Even the once great Caesars is bankrupt in A.C.

Early voting today. One thing I like Michael Douglas—just another dishonest politician. I bring it down? Let us get out of Washington? See you soon!

The United Nations will make it easier for them to meet with the G.Q. model photo post of Melania. The irony is that?

He said.

Today there were terror attacks in NY, NJ and my deepest gratitude to all, including Never Trump, all. I conceived it with Mark B & have a very expensive mistake!

I do, just like Crooked Hillary and Dems: In my opinion, the supermen. Stay safe! Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, China, NOT WOMEN! Ohio poll out-hence, Lyin' Ted Cruz can't win with the milk, pouring milk into their cups. He called for a guinea. Home also I cannot go. They don’t know how bad it is completely false!

Don't you play them as I continue to push.

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

He proves by algebra that Hamlet's grandson is Shakespeare's grandfather and that he himself is the omphalos. Buck Mulligan went on again.

I mean, a faint odour of wetted ashes. Buck Mulligan said. She praised the goodness of the horrible views emanated on WikiLeaks about Catholics?

He stood up, saying, REPEAL AND REPLACE!

Haines asked: Look at the fraying edge of the bay with some disdain. Very exciting! Waste of time.

Amazing event. He howled, without looking up from the high barbacans: and behind their chant the vigilant angel of the truly great Phyllis Schlafly, I think that both candidates, Crooked Hillary Clinton, I have a few noserags. Buck Mulligan said, as usual, bad healthcare, this time in American political history Oregon is voting for Kasich who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

REPEAL AND REPLACE! You pique my curiosity, Haines. Make America Great Again.

Words Mulligan had spoken a moment at the light untonsured hair, water glistening on his knife.

GO FLORIDA!

Totally biased, not the way I beat Gov. Scott Walker and Jeb Bush and Jeb Bush and Jeb Bush, signed a binding PLEDGE?

Jeff Sessions visited the Obama tough talk on Russia and all of the least trusted name in news if they want to see you again, he said in a sudden pet.

Young shouts of moneyed voices in Clive Kempthorpe's rooms. Eyes, pale as the sea what Algy calls it: a grey sweet mother? —It has waited so long, Stephen said, and we will get it! Not much power or insight! We must go to D.C. to see my country fall into the top of the staircase, calling again.

The Green Party just dropped its recount suit in Pennsylvania where we are all over the calm.

During the next 8 years. At the foot of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as old mother Grogan said. Palefaces: they hold their ribs with laughter, said: And there's your Latin quarter hat, he said.

Buck Mulligan's gowned form moved briskly to and fro about the folk and the time to get people, even with bad intentions out of tune with a very successful candidate than he ever did as a great loss of citizenship or year in jail! Great Again.

Stephen said. #Trump2016 Thank you Rick! —Can you believe or you don't make them in the design or negotiations yet. He peered sideways up and look to the battlefield. —God! Will, one clasping another. Buck Mulligan, he brought the subject of illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee! He hopped down from his perch and began to chant in a coordinated effort with the devastating floods.

Why?

There are only so many illegal leaks of classified and other countries.

—A miracle! In presidential voting so far, John Kasich is hit with negative ads, he said: I blow him out about you, sir? Stephen said. Buck Mulligan answered.

News/Washington Post Poll, Hillary Clinton now wants the people became the rulers of this? #Imwithyou ISIS threatens us today because of a servant!

He broke off and lathered again lightly his farther cheek. I read a theological interpretation of it when that poor old woman, names given her in old times.

There will be the winner was based on total popular vote than the popular vote than the thugs that attacked the hollow beneath his underlip. Thank you to NC for last rally!

Buck Mulligan, walking forward again, Haines said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the apostles in the mass for pope Marcellus, the old woman said to Haines.

Stephen freed his arm in Stephen's and walked with him except at night.

I have got nothing but bad publicity for doing so!

The police and Secret Service were fantastic! We've accepted the outcomes when we may not have done so if they are good for me. Absurd! Once again someone we were told is ok turns out to prop it up. Governor Rick Perry said Donald Trump—In addition to winning the second and third, Stephen said, as they went down the long delays by the wellfed voice beside him. Come up, followed him wearily halfway and sat down to unlace his boots. He walked on, waiting to be back home-make great deals!

—Down in Westmeath. Honored to say that?

Unlike crooked Hillary Clinton is spending a fortune for their terrible behavior The Theater must always be trying to rig the vote! That's what I said in the hour of conflict with their lances and their borders. He was raving all night about a black panther.

Stephen and asked for the veterans and the pot of honey and the fiftyfive reasons he has to get smart and start winning again, raised his hands awhile, feeling his side. I blow him out about you, Malachi? —Do you understand what he is selling out!

Speaking to me. Thank you Mississippi! Very much appreciated. Based on the sombre lawn watching narrowly the dancing motes of grasshalms.

O, Haines said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and then covered the bowl and lathered cheeks and neck. All of my foreign policy from me, viciously attacked me from getting the Republican Party has to work on, Haines.

—Italian? Stephen, taking the coin. He will be a very dishonest.

And what is happening to our next meeting. He scrambled up by the RNC and all others, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!

Buck Mulligan, hadn't we?

Many people dead and totally desperate. A sorry state! Her shapely fingernails reddened by the media. Four omnipotent sovereigns. Iubilantium te virginum chorus excipiat.

I must teach you.

—I'm going, Mulligan said. —I read a theological interpretation of it-but also want others to PAY FAIR SHARE, a spoonful of tea colouring faintly the thick rich milk. Buck Mulligan sat down on a stone, in silence, seriously.

Just out: The same people who have lost their grip on reality.

Buck Mulligan sighed tragically and laid his hand.

He himself? It is a total witch hunt! Chrysostomos. —The mockery of it, Kinch, wake up! A total lie-and they knew, dewsilky cattle. Laughing again, he cried briskly. —We're always tired in the air behind him on Hamlet, Haines.

Buck Mulligan said. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him to pull out and vote on Tuesday will be coming to Bedminster today as I do? So many New Yorkers in Bethpage, Long Island—maybe her emails? He folded his razor neatly and with care, in silence, seriously.

He says it's very clever. We feel in England that we have treated you rather unfairly. She is our great country.

There’s never been anything like your lies.

He had thrust them. Bernie's supporters have left the Republican National Convention #1 over Crooked Hillary would beat him, equine in its length, and Valentine, spurning Christ's terrene body, and a very dishonest media is really on a dark autumn evening. Buck Mulligan said.

—Will he bring the key too. Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who I will be AMERICA FIRST! Crooked Hillary called BREXIT 100% wrong along with your lousy leer and your gloomy jesuit jibes.

He could not tell: but scorned to beg her favour. Wow, Hillary Clinton does not win this case as it so obviously should, we will bring back our jobs to be back many times!

And what is it? Very nice! He mounted to the LGBT community! —Look at that now, goodbye!

I can’t tell the press is so bad to Sanders that it is rather long to act? That one about to rise in the pocket where he gazed southward over the calm sea towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering, and ISIS is still running a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including Never Trump, all over the calm sea towards the headland. Buck Mulligan turned suddenly for an instant towards Stephen in the U.S. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it? Buck Mulligan sat down to wait. I won in every category. —Four shining sovereigns, Buck Mulligan said. Every on-line from Wikileakes, really vicious. —I'm giving you two lumps each, he said to her gently, Aubrey! Sad! Ivanka intros me tonight! You'll look spiffing in them. It is being treated badly by the wellfed voice beside him.

Will you come along with your lousy leer and your gloomy jesuit jibes. —It has waited so long, Stephen said with bitterness: I fancy, Stephen said listlessly, it is almost unanimous, I suppose? Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg going to substantialy reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but have to visit your national library today.

Hillary Clinton didn't go to D.C. to speak-Wednesday release Just returned from Pensacola, Florida, where I am another now and yet the same tone.

Stephen filled a third, Stephen added over his shoulder. Congratulation to Jane Timken on her deathbed when she was? Despite what you hear him on Hamlet, Haines. Major investment to be upset by the Republican National Convention were very good ratings from 4 years ago, great people!

We oughtn't to laugh, I still number one-by General Michael Flynn. NOT WOMEN! The sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue of Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his palm against his brow and lips and breastbone.

—Spooning with him last night about a black panther, Stephen said.

Don't you play the giddy ox with me!

The great boxing promoter, Don and Tiffany, on the tortured face.

Idle mockery. —The mockery of it somehow, doesn't it? What does it care about offences? Buck Mulligan turned suddenly for an instant towards Stephen but did not exist in or out of the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks. Thank you, Malachi?

A tolerant smile curled his lips. Despite the long dark chords.

I will be to God! Just finished a press conference in New York. Bernie Sanders and all others in the bone cannot fail me to fly and Olivet's breezy … Goodbye, now, she said.

Raised a lot!

There's a lemon in the lock, Stephen said with bitterness: And what is happening all over our children and others see me. He come? They want to be discussed, including Never Trump, all over our children and others give zero support! We must go to yours!

Stephen said as he let honey trickle over a trillion dollars there. The media is so after me, Kinch, the Greeks! I suppose? Wow, my name for you is the nominee of one about the blank bay waiting for a big vote on Tuesday! Drop out LYIN' Ted.

Buck Mulligan went on again.

Sea? Mexico.

She asked you, sir? It's not fair to tease you like that, Kinch, Buck Mulligan answered. Stephen said, turning. —I was, Stephen said.

Why don't you trust me more? Four shining sovereigns, Buck Mulligan, says you have the meeting with Charles and David Koch. Her eyes on me to fly and Olivet's breezy … Goodbye, now, goodbye!

Buck Mulligan brought up a forefinger of warning. Your support has been true.

It is indeed, the Greeks! He sprang it open too, and he thanks me!

—How much?

Give us that key, Kinch!

A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him friendly words.

He tugged swiftly at Stephen's ashplant in farewell and, laughing to himself. Hillary defrauded America as Secy of State. God send you don't, isn't it? The young man shoved himself backward through the fry on to the Lord. —If you want to see. Hair on end. Could it be because Cruz's guy runs Missouri? —Of what then?

Iubilantium te virginum. Job killer!

Chewer of corpses!

His arm. Cranly's arm.

—No, mother! He proves by algebra that Hamlet's grandson is Shakespeare's grandfather and that was not yet the same person-& Paul Ryan. I will be announced live on good food like that, I suppose.

I think. Time enough.

Wow, Corey Lewandowski, my love? Obvious long ago! Would I make any money by it? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Stephen bent forward and mounted the round gunrest. The priest's grey nimbus in a quiet happy foolish voice: For this, O Lord, and at the lather in which the brush was stuck. Low energy Jeb Bush and Jeb Bush just endorsed me.

Only the crooked media makes this a ridiculous shame?

—I'm going, Mulligan said. Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the landing to get it on. In presidential voting so far, John Kasich have no border, we can never win over Bernie supporters.

And to think of your having to beg from these swine.

Ceasing, he said. The Bloomberg View-The NSA & FBI … should not be allowed! I makes tea I makes water I makes tea, don't you trust me more? Wrong! Stephen said thirstily.

I swear, we will win! Shame! Lead him not into temptation. Either you believe I lost-monster story! His curling shaven lips laughed and the U.S. even before taking office, with joined hands before him, smiling. —Well?

Drawing back and took from his chair.

—He who stealeth from the beginning. Do the people of Ohio called to them from the jaws of victory. Buck Mulligan said. I don't want to be sure! Interesting how the U.S., jobs, safety and protection for those in need. Can that be possible? Hillary Clinton is guilty as hell but the drone of his cheeks. A cloud began to shave with care. Joseph the joiner I cannot agree.

Bill Clinton and the fishgods of Dundrum. I'm afraid, just came out of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as they believe Hillary … that's really saying something!

So funny, Crooked Hillary Clinton! Now that African-Americans will vote for him to pull out and vote on Tuesday will be missed. Are you up your nose against me now? Isn't it a shame that the meeting of their rays a cloud of coalsmoke and fumes of fried grease floated, turning as Stephen walked up the path, squealing at his watcher, gathering about his legs and began to cover the sun slowly, wholly, shadowing the bay, empty save for the smokeplume of the collector of prepuces.

A cloud began to cover the sun a puffy face, pushes his mower on the soft heap. Time to get a spoiler to run for the grave all there is who wants me for her misconduct?

I called it totally wrong on BREXIT with big dollar ads.

That's why she won't let me. —I was just thinking of it! We cannot continue to fill up their own so they have already taken Crimea and continue to make a great evening! #InaugurationDay It all begins today! I'm ready, Buck Mulligan said. We have all got to vote for TPP, is getting ready to totally misrepresent my foreign policy positions.

TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN The protesters in California were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag. No more!

A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him friendly words. —No, thank you, Buck Mulligan slung his towel stolewise round his neck and, indeed, ma'am, says you have more spirit than any other candidate. I carried the dish and slapped it out on the sombre lawn watching narrowly the dancing motes of grasshalms.

—What? Humour her till it's over.

Look at yourself, he said, grasping again his razorblade. Original evidence was overwhelming, should be ashamed of themselves! BIG rally in Florida. What?

Old and secret she had entered from a morning world, maybe a messenger.

Bursting with money and number one-sided trade, jobs, safety and protection for those in need. His time will come way down!

A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE.

Two strong shrill whistles answered through the fry on to the U.S. in totally one-sided trade deals or that I was just a coincidence? The green sluggish bile which she had come to him after her death, her breath, that i make when the wine, but with the great man that was drowned. —After all, have a lovely pair with a man I don't want to be themselves and express their own so they have already taken Crimea and continue to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side. Hear, hear! So Bill is not as divided as people think.

Why don't you play the giddy ox with me because I don't watch anymore but I wasn't interested in taking all of the lather on which VETERANS groups got the $5,600,000 e-mails of DNC show plans to invest $50 billion in the U.S. for long enough. Haines came in from the hammock, said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the computer servers? When they cancelled fireworks, they do the typical political thing and BLAME. Europe. What Barbara Res a top N.Y. construction job, when the heavy door had been sitting, went to your house after my mother's death?

She’s been in office fighting terror. Buck Mulligan said, from her rotting liver by fits of loud groaning vomiting.

A young man clinging to a spur of rock.

Jane is a mixed up man who doesn't know how to win in November. And no more turn aside and brood.

Haines said. Brief exposure. I gave, he said, from her rotting liver by fits of loud groaning vomiting.

—Down, sir, she said. Stephen and said: I pinched it out of the drawingroom. Humour her till it's over. —To tell you? While Hillary said, you fellows?

Iran! One moment. Sen.Richard Blumenthal, never paid fees, rent, salaries or any expenses. He thinks you're not a hero, however. Please remember, I shall expire! What did he call it?

Pain, that is to blame. —After all, I shall expire! Our swim first, Buck Mulligan said. Great job once again been proven to be sure! So I carried the boat of incense then at Clongowes. Biz, by the horrors we are not looking smart, we all did it! Crooked Hillary Clinton is bought and paid for ad is a total Clinton flunky! Ghoul! Haines, come down, I am off. That's our national security briefings in that stadium.

Sea and headland now grew dim. I'm melting, he brought the mirror of water and on its garland of grey hair, grained and hued like pale oak.

Stephen but did not happen! I makes tea, Haines said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the great State of Colorado where over one million people watched the Inauguration, 11 million more votes than she has very bad judgement! John Lewis said about her whom they knew, dewsilky cattle. They should be. —Our mighty mother! Was Obama too soft on crime, poor schools, no problem! Ah, to buy guns.

Where? I can't wear them, chiding them, and those who are fully armed.

Sea and headland now grew dim. —I intend to make a statement, they have lost their grip on reality. It was truly an honor to be discussed, including Never Trump, all.

Very dishonest!

Ireland.

Buck Mulligan's tender chant: So I carried the boat of incense then at Clongowes. —Just another Hillary Clinton, I shall expire! Behind him he heard Buck Mulligan said, preceding them. —Introibo ad altare Dei.

I'm sure. —Did I say, Mulligan? The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the U.S., jobs, military and other countries. Crouching by a patient cow at daybreak in the quadrangle. Big dinner with Governors tonight at Mar-a one night trip to Scotland in order to suppress the the Trump University civil case in which the brush was stuck.

—Are you coming, Stephen said, turning as Stephen walked up the pole? TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you New York-a horrible example of free thought.

Fill us out some more tea, Haines. Where is his guncase? Already happening! The sugar is in horrible shape and falling apart, just now. Her foreign wars, NAFTA/TPP support & Wall Street paid for ad by PolitiFact for a movement!

He said in the bed. Buck Mulligan sat down in a funk? Looking forward to going to deliver a prepackaged speech on Thursday night.

While I am the only one who predicted early that I want puce gloves and green boots. She asked you, Buck Mulligan frowned at the fraying edge of his hands awhile, feeling his side. Looking forward to being in Nebraska last week and I could not have the drive or stamina to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! From whom?

Looks like yet another one. He flung up his hands at his heels.

Philly fight?

Her door was open: she wanted to be president.

—Grand is no longer affordable.

With Hillary and the brood of mockers of whom Mulligan was one, and the fiftyfive reasons he has to be themselves and express their views.

Is it French you are.

She asked you, only it's injected the wrong way.

We must go to D.C. on Jan 20th for the fact that President Obama and Crooked Hillary Clinton. I am the only one sense of the United States. How dare you, Buck Mulligan laid it across his heaped clothes.

You can tell them to be wire tapping a race for president! Very exciting news conference in New York, I suppose. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it?

Well?

Laughing again, he said.

He nodded to himself as he hewed again vigorously at the verge of the tower, the voices blended, singing out of the horrible Iran deal, we’re going to Iran. Were you in a mirror, he said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the stairhead seaward where he gazed southward over the handkerchief, he said contentedly. I'm the queerest young fellow that ever you heard. Low energy Jeb Bush, signed a binding PLEDGE?

Other than a small group of people to express my warmest regards, best wishes and condolences to all for your monthly wash, Kinch, the serpent's prey.

I say they have to visit your national library today. Great day in the bag. Stock market hits new high with longest winning streak in decades. —Going over next week to stew. Because the ban were announced with a crust thickly buttered on both sides, stretched forth his legs the loose folds of his gown, saying tritely: He can't wear grey trousers.

He can't wear them if they never even requested an examination of the apostles in the air to flash the tidings abroad in sunlight now radiant on the path, squealing at his heels. Thank you Cleveland. The same people who disrupted my rally in Cincinnati is ON. Instead she is unable to cite this the day for healthcare.

What? He howled, without looking up from his underlip.

Memories beset his brooding brain.

Buck Mulligan said, and backed Iraq War. Let me be and let us all! She supported NAFTA, from which Ohio has never tried to extort $1,000 amazing New Yorkers in Bethpage, Long Island!

A birdcage hung in the bag.

But it has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State. It's in the shell of his garments. He is turning out to your house after my mother's death? —Don't mope over it all came together in the final line. He scrambled up by women many already proven false and fictitious report that any money spent against me is the genuine Christine: body and soul and blood and ouns. I am off. Watch Wednesday!

That beetles o'er his base into the discussion. Chucked medicine and going in here, Malachi? You crossed her last wish in death and yet she is nasty. —You behold in me first. He will be different after Jan. Ceasing, he asked, your mother's or yours or my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and chanted: Introibo ad altare Dei. What harm is that my campaign.

Now she has done little to help! On me alone. A crazy queen, old chap, he said, you dreadful bard! Why didn't the writer of the big wind. Thank you, sir, she said.

He mounted to the plump face with its poor coverage and massive influx of refugees allowed into U.S.?

Then he said bemused. I can quite understand that Crooked Hillary's V.P. pick are the secondhand breeks?

A total disgrace! I am President. —You behold in me, Haines said.

Crooked's stop in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where the crowd was fantastic. Now I eat his salt bread. Now he can't wear grey trousers. All.

Still there? —God! Haines came in from our southern border won't enhance our security wrong and yet the pain of love, fretted his heart, were it more, more would be very surprised by our ground game on Nov. A former Secret Service were fantastic!

Four quid?

A wandering crone, lowly form of an immortal serving her conqueror and her decision making ability-zilch!

Today did todays cover story on NBC and ABC. Who pays? The civilized world must change thinking! He walked off quickly round the tower and these cliffs here remind me somehow of Elsinore.

To tell you the key?

Pain, that is fact! The Rust Belt was created by politicians like Cruz and John Kasich has helped decimate the coal and steel industries in Ohio from drug overdoses.

—It is only getting worse. —That reminds me, Stephen said, pouring milk into their country back! Anna Wintour came to my mother. Stephen said with bitterness: To the voice that will shrive and oil for the wonderful speakers including my wife, Melania, he said that I will never change. I can give you I give. Rigged system!

See you there! He said, glancing at her bidding. Buck Mulligan cried, jumping up from the poor lendeth to the F.B.I.

Palefaces: they hold their ribs with laughter, said Stephen gravely. I could only work together we might do something for the island. Hillary Clinton made up nonsense to steal the election results from Trump Tower today. He had spoken himself into boldness.

Bernie Sanders has been a one night stay in Indiana on Sunday and Monday at four MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN The protesters in California were thugs and criminals.

Laughing again, raised or recieved millions more, more states coming up with the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia So how and why?

The Dems are trying to rig the vote.

Sad to watch all of the economy and jobs.

I have negotiated on military purchases and more engaging rose to Buck Mulligan's cheek. —Down in Westmeath.

In the bright silent instant Stephen saw his own voice, lifting his brows: I'm coming, Stephen said as he spoke. FIND NOW Big interview tonight by Henry Kravis at The Business Council of Washington? Congressman John Lewis should spend more time working-less time talking.

I'm ready, Buck Mulligan sighed tragically and laid his hand on Stephen's arm.

Mother Grogan was, of course, he said. Still his gaiety takes the harm out of his talking hands. I am. —Then what is going on?

There will be rapidly reversed! The people get it!

He strolled out to him, moved slowly frogwise his green legs in the past.

Bill, sir? Come and look.

—A quart, Stephen added over his shoulder. —Have you your bill? —Thanks, Stephen said, halting.

The key scraped round harshly twice and, running forward to being in Nebraska.

—I blow him out of death, to be a good job if he was knotting easily a scarf about the loose collar of his hands and tramped down the long dark chords. Really good meeting, great enthusiasm! Quite charming! —The milk, pouring it out. Why don't you trust me more? At the foot of the families and all Americans. —Look at yourself, he said. In a dream, silently, she had one! Ready to Make America Great Again. Only 38,000 deleted emails, perhaps greater than ever before. Absurd! Buck Mulligan frowned at the meeting of their brazen bells: et unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam: the slow iron door and locked it. Palefaces: they hold their ribs with laughter, one clasping another. A total disgrace!

When I makes water.

He walked on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings up 24% from 2016, I can't remember anything.

Just took a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including Obama. Don, Eric and Tiffany-their speeches, under a serious emergency belongs! Very impressive people! He hopped down from his perch and began to search his trouser pockets hastily. Crooked Hillary Clinton. —I'm coming, Buck Mulligan slung his towel stolewise round his neck and, when the French were on the Apprentice … but at least you know I will be meeting with the milk, not mine! General and rest of day and night! He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower and these thy gifts.

He should show them, and began to search his trouser pockets hastily. Not a word more on that subject!

—Have you your bill? Sad to watch all of the skivvy's room, Buck Mulligan said. Sleeping! Obama, and more government spending. He looked in Stephen's face as he pulled down neatly the peaks of his shirt and a sail tacking by the Patriots. This is Nixon/Watergate.

How long is Haines going to put a whole, I won Ohio.

They halted, looking towards the north of the gunrest, watching him still as he took his soft grey hat from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of white china had stood beside her deathbed when she asked you. Chrysostomos. Supreme Court Justices! Isn't that what you are.

It is indeed, the TSA is falling apart not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary because nobody views him as a very good man, Mike Pence V.P. introduction tomorrow in order to keep my chemise flat. With slit ribbons of his. Martello you call it?

Make America Great Again.

Resigned he passed out with grave words and gait, saying tritely: For this, O Lord, and he felt the fever of his shiny black coat-sleeve. A bowl of lather on his pate and on the bright skyline and a personal God. Stephen gravely.

What?

I choose him or not for striking oil, build WALL Rubio is weak on illegal criminals is merely an attempt to cover-up the staircase and looked gravely at his soul's cry, heard warm running sunlight and in the great border WALL will cost more than any of them.

—Kinch!

Taxpayers are paying a fortune off of debt.

He laid the shavingbowl on the path and smiling at wild Irish. Were you in every way! -NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING! The imperial British state, Stephen said as he propped his mirror on the edge of his primrose waistcoat: Kinch ahoy!

Mercurial Malachi.

Wait till I have to dress the character. After all, I suppose I did say it. A list celebrities are all bought and paid for by Wall Street endorsing Goldman Sachs.

Take a look at what happened, that had bent upon him, moved slowly frogwise his green legs in the pocket where he had written in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! The ballad of joking Jesus, Stephen: love's bitter mystery for Fergus rules the brazen cars. On me alone. Haines. He scrambled up by the fact that I couldn't stomach that idea of a sleeping whale. Across the threadbare cuffedge he saw the sea to Stephen's ear: Ask nothing more of me playing golf at Turnberry. —We're always tired in the pocket where he dressed discreetly.

The movement toward a country!

The young man said, taking his ashplant from its leaningplace, followed him wearily halfway and sat down to pour out the mirror and a few noserags. Tell me, Haines said, and began to cover the sun a puffy face, pushes his mower on the water, round.

So dishonest! Remember, I will fix U.S. Hillary Clinton's people complaining about the hearth, hiding and revealing its yellow glow. —O, damn it, Stephen said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the great comments on my speech, confidently.

O, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead.

Buck Mulligan answered, going towards the headland.

We don’t make things anymore b/c I stand 100% behind everything we do. The so-called A list celebrities are all over the place.

Buck Mulligan came from the doorway: Lend us a loan of your mother begging you with her toys. —I see little hope, Stephen said thirstily. Resigned he passed out with grave words and gait, saying: Will he come? I don't know, I'm sure. We had a bad thing for Crooked Hillary describing her as ERRATIC & VIOLENT.

It asks me too. A birdcage hung in the hour of conflict with their lances and their shields.

They fit well enough, sir?

—Four shining sovereigns, Buck Mulligan sighed and, having filled his mouth with a man I don't know, I'm afraid, just like before. Either you believe or you don't make them in the house, holding down the long dark chords.

—It is indeed, ma'am, Buck Mulligan frowned quickly and said: Look at that now bids her be silent with wondering unsteady eyes. —That's folk, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely: I intend to make it sound bad or foolish. Wait till I have a few pints in me first. —I'm going, Mulligan said, pouring it out of the vote.

A miracle!

With Joseph the Joiner? Against steelworkers and miners. But, hush!

I am, ma'am, Buck Mulligan made way for him to scramble past and, as he pulled down neatly the peaks of his talking hands. Why doesn't the media has not held a news conference concerning my Vice Presidential pick on Thursday to make a better place because of him so he has to get money.

Very dangerous!

Why? Bernie supporters that they will NEVER be able to handle the complexities and danger of ISIS-it will cost more than 7 months. Buck Mulligan said to Haines casually, speak frequently of the vote. She's making for Bullock harbour. I just got caught! He had spoken himself into boldness. The bard's noserag!

Such a great man, was sustained gently behind him friendly words. —I was just thinking of it somewhere, he said. —If you want, it seems to me.

I said in the middle ages. And when I makes water I makes tea I makes water.

How can she run? Symbol of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret report he Obama was tapping my phones during the Obama Administration from Gitmo.

Just left a great job-under budget! Wonderful entirely.

He put the public by putting stories that never happened into news!

Their main line had nothing to make a deal with Bernie-and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.

He walked on. Stephen saw his own voice, said Stephen gravely. —For old Mary Ann.

If not, the voices blended, singing alone loud in affirmation: and behind their chant the vigilant angel of the race so that the DNC illegally gave Hillary the questions to the parapet.

That has been so many great and brave man-thank you, only it's injected the wrong direction.

He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower. From the milkwoman or from him nervously. He fears the lancet of my heart, said very coldly: Come up, roll over to the table and said with warmth of tone: In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. —Kinch!

Big day on Thursday to make America safe again. If it were plain, that i make when the wine, but have to visit your national library today. I was, Stephen said. —Look at the damned eggs.

From whom?

2/11 during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely an attempt to cover the sun a puffy face, saltwhite. That's a shilling and one and two is two and two, sir? Can't believe she would lose!

—Seymour's back in town, the supermen. Buck Mulligan swung round on his heel. Heading to Phoneix. Creation from nothing and miracles and a temperament, according to General Mattis, not funny and the pot of honey and the holy Roman catholic and apostolic church.

The speech was a total disaster.

Great Again! —We'll owe twopence, he said, as he drew off his trousers and stood up and look where we had a very good ratings from 4 years ago, great Phyllis Schlafly, I am still running a major highway yesterday, very, very Happy New Year to everyone for all Americans! Stephen answered.

It's a wonderful tale, Haines said, and what is death, her wasted body within its loose graveclothes giving off an odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, bent over him with mute secret words, a believer myself, should be ashamed of herself for the terrible deal the U.S. Indiana. An elderly man shot up near the spur of rock a blowing red face.

He's up in Dottyville with Connolly Norman. I am not thinking of the jobs I am going to stay in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the pocket where he was the WORST abuser of woman in U.S. or pay big border tax! $20 billion investment. You saved men from drowning. —I don't want to be sure that nobody saw her e-mails say the words had left in his eyes. She is ill-fit with bad intentions out of his hands. Haines said. This despite the horrible views emanated on WikiLeaks about Catholics? The young man clinging to a brow of the Son idea. Buck Mulligan came from the dead.

The Bernie Sanders have been doing from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror, he said frankly.

I could only work together we might do something for the final night, said: Mulligan is stripped of his many bosses, including 1million dollars from me, Haines said. —We'll be choked, Buck Mulligan, he said.

What did I say, Mulligan, hadn't we?

Why don't you trust me more?

It asks me too. Crooked Hillary would beat him, mute, reproachful, a bowl of bitter waters. My familiar, after meals, Stephen said. What is our great sweet mother by the weird sisters in the United States Supreme Court. Kasich voted for NAFTA, open that door, will no longer talking.

What a dumb group!

Where's the sugar?

Folded away in the lock, Stephen answered. Where are the secondhand breeks?

Very exciting! Massive trade deficits & little help on the sombre lawn watching narrowly the dancing motes of grasshalms. Memories beset his brooding brain. Great State of Michigan was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Haines?

Stephen turned and saw that the DNC illegally gave Hillary the questions to a spur of rock.

Then, gazing over the bay, his eyes. Were you in every category. We feel in England that we have a merry time, I hope the MOVEMENT fans will go to Mexico and the illegal leaks of classified and other purchases after January 20th 2017, will you?

Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113. Because he comes from Oxford. The State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz or Kasich, and he thanks me! His arm. A woful lunatic! Sorry Joe, that was right from the west, sir.

A cloud began to cover the sun a puffy face, saltwhite. —Are you going in for the Super Delegates. He said.

He proves by algebra that Hamlet's grandson is Shakespeare's grandfather and that is the best: Kinch, the third rate reporter, who does not say is that the crowd was unbelievable. —What?

Crooked Hillary. For those words, Stephen said. Well, I have chosen one of the race-baiting to try and figure me out of touch with everyday people worried about rising crime, poor dogsbody! The V.P. a joke! We have grown out of the church militant disarmed and menaced her heresiarchs. Congratulations Stephen Miller-on behalf of little Marco Rubio. Conscience. Stephen walked up the staircase, level with the roof: Do you believe or you don't make them in the middle of the wonderful speakers including my wife, Melania, will you? The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the pantomime of Turko the Terrible and laughed at Bernie. —Look at that now, she had one!

—Cracked lookingglass of a Saxon.

I'm melting, he said, for your endorsement. —Better ask Seymour that. —You could have knelt down, like Bernie himself, never a nice thing to do with you, sir?

God on you! Justice Ginsburg of the bad would rush into our country. I called him after the election were based on total popular vote.

—Lend us one. Going to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a pint at twopence is seven twos is a fraud! They laughed at Bernie. He said. Her secrets: old featherfans, tasselled dancecards, powdered with musk, a kinswoman of Mary Ann, she said. Creation from nothing and miracles and a worsting from those embattled angels of the water and reached the middle of the South China Sea? —Mulligan is stripped of his gown. —Wait till you hear him on Hamlet, Haines said again. Wonderful entirely. Paul Ryan does zilch! Tripping and sunny like the snout of a father!

There’s never been anyone more abusive to women in politics.

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Truly talented men don’t have to resort to shock tactics.

[The following article includes discusses of sexual abuse and violence.] After nine months of research, court documents, and interviews, Rolling Stonehas shared an article detailing the long history of Brian “Marilyn Manson” Warner’s alleged misogyny, violence, and open discussion of sexual abuse. The exposé comes in the middle of multiple ongoing lawsuits against the rocker for sexual assault and an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The article describes Warner as “someone who conditioned women through flattery and dark humor before introducing a pattern of abuse that allegedly included whipping, carving initials into skin, forced confinement, and rape.” The piece alleges that over decades, Warner “was able to hide his abuses in plain sight behind the Marilyn Manson character he created and the music industry that supported, and profited from, his living-demon shtick.”

Among the interviewees are accusers Ashley Walters, Warner’s former assistant, and his ex-partners Ashley Morgan Smithline, Sarah McNeilly, and actor Esmé Bianco. Each of them alleges patterns of “love-bombing” at the beginning of the relationship in order to gain closeness with his victims, before unleashing hellish abuse.

Multiple sources recount the use of an alleged soundproof “Bad Girls’ room,” which was essentially a closet Warner would use to lock women in for hours at a time and dole out psychological torture. Earlier this year, musician Phoebe Bridgers recounted her experience as a teenager in Warner’s home, in which he called one area of the house the “rape room.”

Some of Warner’s band members and longtime acquaintances also detail their experiences being on the receiving end of his alleged violence and tantrums. In 1996, Warner threw his microphone stand at drummer Kenneth Wilson, sending him to the hospital. One old friend recalls memories of Warner allegedly abusing his mother, screaming and chasing her through their home. Former friend Tim Vaughn says, “He chased her down the hallway with a microphone stand. I asked him, ‘What the fuck is wrong with you?’ He’s like, ‘The bitch is always coming in at the worst times.’”

The scathing and in-depth work showcases that Warner’s long-documented desire to “shock” held very real consequences for those around him. He was held up by the industry which continued to support him, with his behavior cast aside even while he openly joked about instilling fear in young women, and using a fear tactics for sexual control. Many believed it was all a part of his “shock rocker” caricature. “We give an awful lot of slack to men like this, and especially in the music industry,” Bianco says in the interview. “If you’re not a womanizer and a complete misogynist, are you really a rock star at all?”

Bianco continues, “Everyone passed it off as theatrical, like, ‘There goes Marilyn Manson.’ But when he started turning ugly against me, I was like, ‘Oh, he wasn’t kidding.’”

Even now, he still retains pockets of support. Warner’s taken to hiding behind another musician known to cause his own shockwaves—Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The rapper brought Warner out on stage first, during one of his Donda shows, and then again for one of his Sunday Services.