#Watergate 26

[todaysdocument]

Analysis, Index and Particularized Claims of Executive Privilege for Subpoenaed Materials

Record Group 460: Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution ForceSeries: Transcripts of In Re Grand Jury Proceedings

[hand stamp in upper right corner of the document] FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NOV 26 1973 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAMES E. DAVEY, Clerk [hand written check mark covers the hand stamp] IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM ) ISSUED TO RICHARD M. NIXON, OR ANY ) SUBORDINATE OFFICER, OFFICIAL OR ) Misc. No. 47-73 EMPLOYEE WITH CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF ) CERTAIN DOCUMENTS OR OBJECTS ) ANALYSIS, INDEX AND PARTICULARIZED CLAIMS OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE FOR SUBPOENAED MATERIALS Pursuant to the special court procedures issued on October 30, 1973, the President of the United States through his counsel submits herewith an analysis and an index of the subpoenaed materials and particularized claims of executive privilege where applicable. All materials subpoenaed are primarily identified in the subpoena as related to one of a series of specified conversations, one of which was a telephone conversation and the remainder of which was conducted in personal meetings. For each conversation, the subpoena demands production of "1. All tapes and other electronic and/or mechanical recordings or reproductions, and any memoranda, papers, transcripts or other writings, relating to" the specified conversations. This submission treats each conversation covered by the subpoena separately, in the order of the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 of the subpoena. (The materials covered by Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the subpoena were voluntarily provided by the President to the Special Prosecutor for the Grand Jury's use when the subpoena was issued.) PART I Item 1(a) of the subpoena relates to "Meeting of June 20, 1972, in the President's Executive Office Building ("EOB") office involving Richard Nixon, John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman from 10:30 a.m to noon (time approximate.)" [full transcript at link]

[anotherpapercut]

I have 115 titles in my "to listen to" tag on Libby 😩 how in the fuck am I gonna listen to all of these books?? they range from 4-28 hours long 😭😭

[storiesbyrhi]

Eddie's March 1986 Timeline

I've spent too long thinking about how hungry Eddie must have been, and how he probably just wanted a hot shower and warm bed. Now you have to think about it too.

Feel free to reblog with thoughts, feelings, additions, corrections, or anything else. xo Rhi

FRIDAY 21 (The Hellfire Club)

BALLS into LAUNDry baSKETS

mEAN an' scARY?

The Hellfire Club campaign ends with Vecna's defeat at the roll of Lady Applejack's 20

Eddie witnesses Chrissy's murder and runs

He arrives at his chosen hiding place of Reefer Rick's boathouse at some point between Friday night and Saturday morning

SATURDAY 22 (Vecna's Curse)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 1

Food: beer and what appears to be a few bags of snack food; Max finds the trash for these in the boathouse

Dustin, Max, Steve, and Robin search for Eddie, after Max's statement that he probably witnessed Chrissy's death

They find him in Rick's boathouse hiding under a tarp, using a broken bottle as a weapon

The public is not yet aware of Eddie's connection

SUNDAY 23 (The Monster and the Superhero)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 2

Food: three bags of snacks including Yoohoo and Honeycomb cereal

Eddie is still wielding the broken bottle and sleeping in the boathouse when the same group brings Eddie supplies and news

The police are proactively searching for Eddie as their prime suspect

The public is still not aware of Eddie's involvement

MONDAY 24 (Dear Billy)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 3

Food: the snacks from the previous day should have lasted till now

We don't know what Eddie does on this day

TUESDAY 25 (The Nina Project, The Dive)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 4

Food: SpaghettiOs from Rick's kitchen cupboard

Eddie calls the gang asking for a food drop and a six-pack' it appears to be the first time he goes into Rick's house; Rick's neighbours notice the movement inside

Jason and co. find Eddie, he escapes as Patrick is murdered by Vecna over Lover's Lake

He spends the night wet and wandering the forest, eventually landing at Skull Rock

(The Dive) Jason gives a statement to law enforcement that Eddie is a vessel for Satan and is killing people with demonic powers

WEDNESDAY 26 (The Dive, The Massacre at Hawkins Lab, Papa)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 5

Food: the supplies the gang brings him at Skull Rock

Law enforcement gives a press statement that names Eddie as a person of interest and give notice of a town meeting that day for the public to attend

Eddie steals a construction site radio and is reunited with the party at Skull Rock

At the town meeting, people ask why Eddie has only been officially named now and why he hasn't been arrested already; Jason makes his case to the town about the murders being "ritualistic sacrifices," and calls Hellfire a cult, handing out the club's yearbook photo; the parents of the gang are visibly shaken while the rest of the town stand up and begin a witch hunt

Meanwhile, Dustin hypothesises there is a gate nearby; they begin to search for it, eventually locating it in Lover's Lake

Steve dives for it but is pulled back under the water and through watergate into the Upside Down

(The Massacre at Hawkins Lab) Nancy, Robin, and a reluctant Eddie go through watergate after him

While the fruity four are in the Upside Down, the kids are with their parents and law enforcement; the two groups eventually find a way to communicate

On their respective sides of the world, the two groups travel to the Munson trailer

Sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday's early hours, Robin and Eddie go through the trailer's gate

(Papa) On her way through the gate, Vecna catches Nancy and shows her his vision of the future - it's a message; Vecna lets Nancy go, and she and Steve go through the gate

THURSDAY 27 (Papa, The Piggyback)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 6

Food: none that we see

The party is reunited and relocate to Max's trailer; they listen to Nancy's experience, then form a plan

After Eddie hotwires an RV and a trip to The War Zone, the party stops in a scenic field to create weapons and prepare

(The Piggyback) That night, their plan is launched

After, they believe they have won against Vecna, at least for now, with his 'physical' body in the Upside Down being attacked as well as his supernatural abilities/his mind; it is ambiguous if the gates have closed for good

In the fight, Hawkins is ripped apart along four lines (likely not actual geographical fault lines) that meet in the town centre, resulting in a blast felt by everyone

Max barely survives the fight; she has been blinded and her limbs broken, but El manages to save her; she is left in a coma

Eddie deviates from the plan and appears to die in Dustin's arms

"2 DAYS LATER" / SATURDAY 29

The news reports, "It's been less than 48 hours since a 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the quaint town of Hawkins" and says seismologists are calling it "A natural disaster of near-unprecedented scale"

It's still reported that Hellfire is a cult led by Eddie, who remains the prime suspect in the murders but is presumed dead; a local church has a banner with the bible verse Jason quoted out front - the town of Hawkins will always hate Eddie

Dustin meets Wayne, who routinely replaces Eddie's 'missing' posters due to hate graffiti; Dustin gives him his nephew's iconic necklace and calls Eddie a hero; we, like Wayne, are to assume Eddie is dead

Eddie's body is never discussed or seen again; he was likely left in the Upside Down

Will tells Mike that Vecna is hurting but definitely alive; Will has been connected to One/Vecna since season one, and his connection is stronger now he has returned to Hawkins

Upside Down 'particles' begin to fall from the sky as dark clouds roll in, the 'earthquake' fissures are still smoking and glow red, the clouds are nearly black, and the grass and flowers wilt and rot

Vecna's red lightning appears in the sky promising he will return, but... will Eddie?

[mushrubes]

I was made for lovin’ you

Masterlist | Stranger things masterlist |

What happens when Eddie ‘the freak’ 

Munson meets Hawkins high’s angel, Y/n 

Henderson?

Chapters : 

1 | Lunch

2 | The meeting

3 | d&d

4 | the incident

5 | Aftermath

6 | Finding Eddie

7 | Explanation

8 | Suspect

9 | Investigating

10 | Trouble

11 | In danger

12 | Time

13 | Caught

14 | Max

15 | The Creels

16 | Uh oh

17 | Skull Rock

18 | Open gate

19 | Upside down

20 | Watergate

21 | S.O.S

22 | Escape

23 | Safe

24 | Confessions and explanations

25 | Plans

26 | Weapons

27 | Hero

28 | Two days later

29 | It’s a date

[ultra-nohai]

Trance Vortex 8

Sorry if I haven't released Trance Vortex 8 yesterday, but here it is!

CD1 01 FUTURE BREEZE Smile 02 DARIO G Sunchyme 03 AVICII Levels (Brayden Nohai's NY2K Remix) 04 L.A. STYLE James Brown is Dead 05 WATERGATE Heart of Asia 06 SUREAL Always On My Mind (Jan Driver Remix) 07 DJ SAKIN & FRIENDS Protect Your Mind (Braveheart) 08 PAUL JOHNSON Get Get Down 09 BAND DAVION Pub Feed (Nohai Neurowave Radio Edit) 10 YOMANDA Sunshine 11 STARPARTY I'm In Love 12 O.T. QUARTET Hold That Sucker Down 13 EIFFEL 65 Move Your Body 14 N-TRANCE Set You Free 15 DEE DEE The One 16 NOVASPACE Time After Time 17 ORIBTAL Halcyon + On + On 18 CYGNUS X Positron 19 VOO DOO & SERANO Blood is Pumpin' 20 AB LOGIC The Hitman

CD2 21 SASH! Gimme Tonight 22 FRAGMA You Are Alive 23 SYLVER Lay All Your Love on Me 24 AQUAPLEX MEETS JUNKPROJECT Brightness 25 PREZIOSO ft. MARVIN Let Me Stay 26 UMBOZA Cry India 27 FLOORFILLA Sister Golden Hair 28 BABE INSTINCT Disco Babes from Outer Space 29 FELIX Don't You Want Me 30 TODD TERRY Something Goin' On 31 TRANSFORMER 2 Just Can't Get Enough 32 JOSH WINK Higher State of Consciousness 33 SKINKY PINK Last Train to Kings Cross 34 BAMBOO Bamboogie 35 RATTY Sunrise 36 U96 Heaven 37 iiO At The End 38 DELERIUM Truly 39 PETER RAUHOFER Break 4 Love 40 KILLERLOOP MEETS JOHN B. NORMAN Chimai

[hillaryisaboss]

On #PresidentsDay, remember & share what we could have had again — the Clinton Era:

—Surplus

—22 million new jobs

—4-balanced budgets due to the superb compromising ability of Bill Clinton

—7 million fewer Americans living in poverty

—Minimum wage up 20%

—Assault Weapons Ban

—Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

—Campaign Against Teen Pregnancy: all-time low abortion rates

—Office on Violence Against Women

—Violence Against Women Act

—Children’s Health Insurance Program: 8.9 million children insured

—Family and Medical Leave Act

—Incomes rising at all income levels

WATERGATE:

Youngest lawyer ever appointed to an impeachment trial. 26-year-old Yale Law graduate Hillary Rodham.

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND:

Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South.

FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS:

Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm.

The joke in Arkansas was that they “hired the wrong Clinton.”

FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES:

Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program — providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access.

In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China:

“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.”

TWO-TIME NEW YORK SENATOR:

Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families.

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE:

Passed the first-ever U.N Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming: “human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights” on the world stage), and made it so trans Americans can legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries — more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillary’s tenure. Her primary focus was on women’s rights and health, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from.

*Three-time popular vote winners

*Two-time White House occupants

Presided over our last great era — the pragmatic 1990s.

“Don’t hate the player, hate the game.”

The Clintons: two players that got actual results for the American people.

Vilified for playing the game and winning.

Haters have been hating since Arkansas.

Happy Presidents Day Bill & Hillary.

Made for the White House.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Should be in the Oval Office right now.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

#3MillionMoreVotes

#TrumpIsIllegitimate

#StolenBy #Russia & #Comey

We were robbed.

2016 was stolen from the American people.

We should be outraged forever.

#PutinDestroyingUsFromTheInside

Don’t believe the Russian-bots when they lie and spread propaganda about the Clintons.

The Clintons are a good family that genuinely cares about the American people.

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” ~President Bill Clinton

❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💙

[gardensgrey]

When people say Hillary should just "shut up and go away," I think back on this photograph. It's from the 3rd Presidential debate where Hillary destroyed Trump. He was humiliated. Remember? It was the debate where Hillary quipped back: "Well, that's because he [Putin] would rather have a *puppet* as President." The look on Trump’s face was priceless. No one had so thoroughly deconstructed and dismantled “The Donald” to his face -- in-front of millions. Maybe that’s why he still holds such a grudge against Hillary? And guess what? Hillary was right (as usual). Putin feared Hillary after witnessing her tenure as Secretary of State. He also realized Trump was a charlatan that stupid Americans would vote for. This led to a massive Russian propaganda effort to sway the election in Trump's favor. Ultimately, Trump won most of the swing states by less than 1% -- 80,000 total votes made Donald Trump the winner of the electoral college. This illegitimate victory has forever undermined our democracy and standing in the world -- exactly what Putin wanted. A weaker America. Twice in the last 20 years a Republican has lost the popular vote but won the electoral college. I simply can’t wait for the day a Democrat wins the electoral college but loses the popular vote. Republicans will freak out and never shut up about it. Point is -- Hillary proved during the debates that she is highly intelligent, articulate, tough, and can out-debate pretty much anyone. Hillary warned us first and she was right about pretty much everything: --The “deplorables.” --Trump's dangerous temperament: "A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." --Dog-whistling to racists. --Collusion with Russia (Trump has never been able to win a fair fight -- I hope it was worth it, Donnie!) So when I hear people say Hillary should go hide under a rock, I look back at the debates. Why? Because after watching them no one can deny that Hillary Clinton has irreplaceable wisdom and irreplaceable experience. No one can deconstruct and dismantle Trump the way Hillary can. From his dog whistling to racists, dangerous temperament, and treason with a foreign government to steal the Presidency, Hillary calls out Trump like no one else can. I rarely see someone who is able to cut through Trump’s BS so articulately. That's why to this day Trump still attacks Hillary. He can't get over it. He can't get over the fact that she got 3 million more votes than he did (even despite Comey and Russia interfering). Deep down Trump knows he is a puppet that won because of outside forces (primarily the electoral college). On the contrary, Hillary is the rightful choice of the American people. Trump is an illegitimate President. Imagine if Russia and the FBI had favored Hillary and hurt Trump. Imagine if a Republican had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. Would Fox News ever get over it? At the end of the day no woman has ever been a Presidential nominee for a major U.S. party. No woman has ever won the popular vote by 3 million votes. Except for former Yale graduate, lawyer, First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, two-time New York Senator, and Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. Personally, I'm loving the unfiltered Hillary. We truly need her voice now and forever. So never discount or dismiss Hillary's wealth of knowledge and ability to dismantle and deconstruct Trump. Hillary humiliated buffoon Trump during the debates. Never forget this. And remember -- any man with this resume would have easily won the Presidency: WATERGATE: Youngest lawyer ever appointed to an impeachment trial. 26-year-old Yale Law graduate Hillary Rodham. CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND: Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South. FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS: Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm. The joke in Arkansas was that they “hired the wrong Clinton.” FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program — providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access. In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China: “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” TWO-TIME NEW YORK SENATOR: Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Passed the first-ever U.N. Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming: “human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights” on the world stage), and made it so trans Americans can legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries — more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillary’s tenure. Her primary focus was on women’s rights and health, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from. “I’ve been called many things by many people. Quitter is not one of them.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton “When you stumble, keep faith. And when you’re knocked down, get right back up, and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary has shown us that we must never give up. To always be resilient. “Onward Together!” -- Hillary’s new organization that is helping train, equip, and fund progressive candidates across America.

[kp777]

By Mike Allen, Zachary Basu

Axios

April 7, 2023

If Republicans step back and look beyond the legal and social-media spectacle of Donald J. Trump, they'll see screaming political sirens everywhere they gaze.

Why it matters: The GOP's political trouble has been unfolding slowly but unmistakably, starting even before Trump's loss to Joe Biden in 2020.

First, the 2018 House elections were a disaster for Republicans: Democrats had a net gain of 40 seats to take over the House — their largest gain since the post-Watergate election of 1974.

Then Trump lost the presidency.

Next, Republicans blew two runoff elections in Georgia and lost control of the U.S. Senate. The runoffs took place a day before Trump backers stormed the Capitol.

Then, Republicans won the legal fight over abortion as Trump-appointed justices helped to ensure the reversal of Roe v. Wade. But the GOP lost a series of political battles over it afterward — a reflection of polls indicating that most Americans support abortion rights. GOP-led state legislatures have shown no signs of slowing their push to enact stricter abortion bans, suggesting continuing political backlash.

Republicans put high-profile election deniers on the 2022 midterm ballot in key state and federal races — only to see several lose winnable elections.

Republicans blew a chance to control the Senate by nominating too many hard-to-elect-in-a-swing-state Trump facsimiles. Their hopes of a big House majority were erased for the same reason, creating constant headaches for new Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Just this week, progressive Democrats triumphed in two of this year's most consequential elections. Brandon Johnson, a teachers' union organizer, was elected Chicago mayor. In swing state Wisconsin, Democrat-backed Janet Protasiewicz flipped the state Supreme Court to liberals in a landslide, after leaning into her support for abortion rights.

Senate Republicans have been gifted a historically favorable 2024 map — but hard-right candidates who appeal to the GOP base again threaten to inject uncertainty into at least five winnable races.

Trump is driving an agenda dominated by vengeance and victimhood, diverting Republicans from the inflation- and crime-centered messages that helped them in the midterms.

Reality check: Trump, if anything, is stronger and more likely to win the GOP nomination than he was after the November midterms.

Republicans in Congress have rallied to Trump's defense since his indictment.

By the numbers: For all his growing popularity among Republicans, Trump remains wildly unpopular nationally.

Polls show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who trails Trump by an average of 26 points among Republicans — would fare far better than Trump in a matchup against President Biden.

Biden's approval rating has hovered around 42%, a dismal figure — but still better than Trump's.

The bottom line: Put polls aside. How likely does it seem that Trump will do better with persuadable voters than his 2020 loss when you toss Jan. 6, a 34-count Manhattan indictment and possible federal indictments into the mix?

[thelordofshrimp]

I posted 677 times in 2022

That's 354 more posts than 2021!

185 posts created (27%)

492 posts reblogged (73%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@glassamphibians

@buoyantsaturn

@rainnows

@marbleheavy

@trollisgirl

I tagged 500 of my posts in 2022

Only 26% of my posts had no tags

#shrimp monologuing - 74 posts

#asks - 40 posts

#will solace - 27 posts

#pjo - 22 posts

#nico di angelo - 19 posts

#fic - 18 posts

#solangelo - 18 posts

#my fic - 15 posts

#al tag :) <3 - 13 posts

#marble my dear - 13 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#my cell and home phone and my mom's cell and work phone and my best friend's home phone and my dad's old phone and my bf's and also cartalk

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

ghost files good

159 notes - Posted September 25, 2022

#4

Height survey results!

Sample: Internet users (n=120) contacted via Google Forms, no identifying or demographic information collected, but all assumed to be fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series. 118 entries used for data analysis, 2 entries discarded for not knowing how to behave

Results:

[height on vertical axis is in cm because google sheets hates the imperial system, and for good reason, too]

Discussion: There is a large range present for most characters, especially towards the lower end, but Coach Hedge is fairly universally regarded as the shortest, with Jason and Frank being the tallest.

183 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

#3

Annabeth voicing her agreement to one of Will's "i am in love with one (1) scruffy dark haired alt Big Three boy" speeches

Will furiously insisting that it is Not The Same while internally realizing it is Actually Kind Of The Same and questioning several of his feelings towards Percy

318 notes - Posted June 5, 2022

#2

Lies Nico di Angelo believes about the modern world thanks to his boyfriend, in no particular order(thank you to @yonemurishiroku for inspiration):

you have to walk backwards through corn mazes so the ghosts can't sneak up on you from behind (why the Ghost King believes this, nobody knows)

the paper in a hershey kiss is meant to be eaten

the paper in a fortune cookie is also meant to be eaten and you have to do it to claim your fortune

planes stay up because their wings flap so fast you can't even see them move

you can make electronics work better by yelling at them

the ice cream man plays the song when the truck is empty

shaking a soda makes it taste better (short-lived)

hot dog made of real dog

spiders on the moon and that's why we can't live there

Watergate was when Nixon flooded the White House bathroom and then opened the door and got the whole White House wet

.mp4 files aren't real, and an iPod is just a really really tiny radio

Lady Gaga is also not real

426 notes - Posted October 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Jesse. Jesse meth isn't the only thing we're cooking. Because today's video was sponsored by Hello Fresh.

63,814 notes - Posted October 25, 2022

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[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Mass Marriages And World Control | TO THE MOON Part 1 17 Apr 2023 #unification #Cult #Religion

This is the story of the Sun Myung Moon and the rise of the Unification Church. I first noticed them at the mass wedding in South Korea in early 2020. While doing research the story just became bigger and bigger and I knew I had to cover them. This is Part 1 of that story. They are The Moonies

Music: https://pastebin.com/6vQnz8Ff https://imgur.com/a/AfrprNo

https://twitter.com/condapapa_

Chapters: 00:00 Prologue 06:10 The Early Life of Sun Myung Moon 09:08 Basic Practices and Theology of The Unification Church 13:37 Unification Church and KCIA 14:56 The 1970's, Nixon and Watergate 18:39 Koreagate 22:03 “Weak” Democrats 24:04 Bo Hi Pak vs Donald Fraser 26:24 Koreagate Report 28:11 The Moon Organization 30:15 The Washington Times 33:02 Background Of The Washington Times 35:14 Inchon: The Worst Movie Of All Time 37:11 Reagan Loves the Times 38:40 Pruden and Coombs Leadership 44:08 The Death of Heung Jin Moon 46:31 Black Heung Jim Nim 48:42 Moon’s Pardon Denied and The Cold War 51:53 Moon and Nicaragua and The Contras 58:41 Moon and Bolivia and Klaus Barbie 01:06:54 End of The Cold War 01:08:09 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) And American Freedom Coalition (AFC) 01:09:46 Moon And HW Bush 01:11:44 Moon In The 1990's And Chinagate 01:13:26 Moon and Korean Reunification 01:16:22 Nansook Hong In The Shadow Of The Moon 01:19:15 The Tragedy Of The Six Marys 01:22:31 Moon's Last Actions 01:25:00 Why Moon?

https://linktr.ee/condapapa

[asdadasdsblog]

Top journalists find out: U.S. bombing of Nord Stream is the first step in the "European destruction plan”

On September 26, 2022, four underwater "shocks" occurred in the Baltic Sea, followed by the discovery of three leaks in Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II, two Russian gas pipelines that carry energy directly to Germany, causing a large amount of gas to leak from the pipelines into the nearby sea. The incident is considered to be a deliberate sabotage because explosive residues were detected in the waters of the "leak" points.

 Pictures of the sea area at the Nord Stream spill site

At first, people speculated that it was Russia, because by September, the Russian-Ukrainian war had been going on for more than half a year, and the two sides still had no winner. But if you think about it a little, you will know that it can't be done by Russia, because this is a pipeline to transport natural gas to Europe. Russia gives gas and receives money. The war in Russia is tight, and the military expenditure is huge. How can it be possible to cut off the financial path at this key node?

Is that Ukraine? Ukraine, which is overwhelmed by war, should not have this time and energy. The European Union? Most likely, because the EU has publicly condemned Russia for many times and adopted a series of sanctions, and some countries have even publicly severed diplomatic relations with Russia. America? The most suspect is that he used NATO to provoke the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and secretly sent war funds and weapons to Ukraine. The war between Russia and Ukraine was deadlocked, which cut off Russia's grain and completely defeated Russia in the world situation. American hegemony won, which is very in line with the interests of the United States.

The truth surfaced.

On February 8, 2023, independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh released an article entitled "How American Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline" to the world. The article is an exhaustive account of how the U.S. National Security Service planned, President Joe Biden personally ordered, the U.S. Navy implemented, and the Norwegian military cooperated to secretly blow up the Nord Stream gas pipeline over a period of nine months.

As Seymour Hersh mentioned in his article, Biden and his foreign policy team, National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan, Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State for Policy Victoria Newland have long viewed the Nord Stream pipeline as a "thorn in the side," and Nord Stream One has been supplying cheap Russian gas to Germany and much of Western Europe for more than a decade, with Russian gas accounting for more than 50 percent of Germany's annual gas imports alone, and the European region's reliance on Russian gas has been seen by the United States and its anti-Russian NATO partners as a threat to Western dominance.

Thus, in December 2021, after more than nine months of secret discussions with his national security team, Biden decided to sabotage the Nord Stream pipeline, with deep-sea divers from the U.S. Navy's Diving and Salvage Center carrying out the plan to secretly plant the bomb. Under the cover of the NATO maritime exercise "BALTOPS 22" in June 2022, the U.S. deep-sea divers planted eight C-4 explosives on the pipeline that could be remotely detonated, and in September of the same year, in time for the onset of winter in Europe, a Norwegian naval aircraft dropped a sonar buoy to detonate the explosives and destroy "Nord Stream".

Who is Seymour Hersh?

Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer, one of the country's leading investigative reporters. In the American press, Hersh is a person who is not afraid of powerful people and even keen to fight against them.

In 1969, he was recognized for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. in the 1970s, Hersh made a splash when he reported on the Watergate scandal, a political scandal in the United States, in The New York Times. Most famously, he was the first to expose the inner workings of the CIA's secret surveillance of civil society organizations. In addition, he reported on U.S. political scandals such as the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia, the U.S. military prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, and the exposure of U.S. use of biological and chemical weapons.

In the American press, Hersh is a big No. 1, with numerous sources in the White House, and has never let up on the disclosure of American political scandals. Although his anonymous sources have been criticized by his peers, his articles have all been confirmed at a later stage. This coverage of the Nord Stream story should be no exception.

There are early signs that the United States bombed Nord Stream.

 Biden had told German Chancellor to shut down Nord Stream II

As early as Feb. 7 of last year, Biden bullyingly declared that "if Russia initiates military action, Nord Stream 2 will cease to exist and we will terminate it. Secretary of State John Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Newland have both publicly threatened to destroy the Nord Stream pipeline, and Newland even testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 26, 2023 that "I think the administration is very pleased to know that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is now a pile of scrap metal lying on the ocean floor."

 ITAR-TASS: Newland's words prove that Washington approved the terrorist attack in Nord Stream.

The collective silence of the U.S. media on the Nord Stream incident is further confirmation of the Russian allegations. In the early days of the Nord Stream pipeline explosion, none of the U.S. mainstream media had studied in depth whether Biden's earlier threats against the pipeline had been fulfilled. It is easy to see that the mainstream media in the U.S., which has always claimed "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press," has been infiltrated by capital and controlled by politics, and none of the U.S. media dared to speak out on issues that really touch the core interests of the U.S.

In the "American democracy" on the manipulation of freedom of expression, Seymour Hersh in the U.S. press is considered one of noble and unsullied. His article accusing the U.S. of being behind the Nord Stream behind the scenes an immediate international sensation, with Russian and European media reprinting the story. However, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal continued to remain silent, not reporting Hersh's article or even the White House's denial.

U.S. back-stabbing allies is the norm

Russia has been sanctioned by the European Union several times since the Russian-Ukrainian war began, and the EU has basically cut off its ties with Russia. "The Nord Stream pipeline is the only remaining trade link between the two sides, and the blowing up of the Nord Stream is considered a warning to Germany.

Germany, as the "leader" of the EU, ideologically places more emphasis on the autonomous will of Europe, and if it gets a constant supply of cheap natural gas from Russia, it will reduce its dependence on the United States and will not be able to keep pace with the United States in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, therefore, the United States must destroy the German energy "artery ", a warning to the autonomous forces represented by Germany.

In addition, the disruption of Nord Stream has further interrupted gas trade between Russia and Europe, and for three years, Europe will not be able to import gas directly from Russia. To solve the gas dilemma, it is not without solutions, importing liquefied gas from the United States at a cost of $ 270 million a LNG ship is one of the few options, which is in the interests of the United States.

Although the EU has been following the footsteps of the United States to sanction Russia and support Ukraine. However, the EU is actually the real "ingrate". As an ally of the United States, the European economy, an indirect participant in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is in a recessionary quagmire, during which it has encountered repeated back-stabbing by the United States. As a result of the continuous provision of military resources to Ukraine, which has led to the imminent depletion of its weapons stockpile, the energy crisis is being harvested by the United States, and the trade subsidies of the United States have taken away the factories of Europe, Europe is struggling with weak economic growth and has become the real victim of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Hersh's revelation is a blow that shows once and for all that "allies" are just "tools" for the U.S. to achieve its interests, with the ultimate goal of weakening and dividing the EU, whose economic woes today are part of the U.S. plan. In Biden's view, the Nord Stream gas pipeline is a tool for Russian President Vladimir Putin to weaponize natural gas to achieve his political ambitions. But in reality, it is the bombing of Nord Stream that is evidence of the U.S. manipulation of the world with hegemony.

Perhaps this winter Europeans are frozen to the bone, just the beginning. Maybe someday in the future, the economic lifeline of Europe is in the hands of the Americans, and it's no surprise.

U.S. hegemony repeatedly attacks other countries

In fact, the U.S. has been plundering and exploiting other countries in the world to satisfy its own interests through wars and sanctions, and seizing geopolitical interests through hegemonic means. All countries that do not provide "services" to the United States are subject to his retaliation. The United States has never stopped acting so that it can continue to have a hand in the international arena.

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in the name of fighting al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and launched the nearly 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, which has brought a profound disaster to the Afghan people. After the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan, the U.S. still did not relax its plundering of Afghanistan, illegally freezing some $7 billion in foreign exchange assets of the Afghan central bank to this day.In February 2022, President Biden signed an executive order requesting that half of these assets be used to compensate the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The U.S. military frequently steals Syrian oil and plunders its wealth. The Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources issued a statement in August 2022 saying that more than 80 percent of Syria's average daily oil production of 80,300 barrels in the first half of 2022, or about 66,000 barrels, had been plundered by "the U.S. military and the armed forces it supports. The U.S. raids and plunder of Syria's national resources have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there.

The United States has deliberately sabotaged energy facilities in other countries for its own personal gain. In the late 1970s, the Sandinista National Liberation Front of Nicaragua overthrew the U.S.-backed Somoza regime and formed a new government in Nicaragua. As a result, the U.S. tried to cause social unrest in Nicaragua through various means. Encouraged by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Nicaragua's Contras targeted key economic resources, and from September to October 1983, they launched five attacks on Nicaragua's oil facilities, which lasted for seven weeks and led to a huge crisis in Nicaragua.

The U.S. has always "seized" under various banners and made a lot of money, and then always got back in one piece, which means that the so-called "order" and "rules" in the U.S. are just tools and pretexts to serve itself and satisfy its own interests. This means that the so-called "order" and "rules" of the United States are just tools and pretexts to serve themselves and satisfy their own interests.

Things are far from over

After the North Stream pipeline explosion, natural gas continued to leak from the pipeline.On September 30, 2022, the Norwegian Institute for Atmospheric Research said that a large methane cloud had formed over the area after the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion and was spreading, with at least 80,000 tons of methane gas spreading into the ocean and atmosphere.

The Norwegian government has foolishly helped the U.S. execute the detonation plan, becoming the perfect puppet of U.S. hegemony in Europe, and while it may have gained temporary benefits, it has caused long-term harm. The massive amount of greenhouse gases will have an irreversible negative impact on all European countries.

What does the United States have to say about this? Nothing. The U.S. handled the vinyl chloride chemical incident on its own turf with a mess, the lives of Ohioans were taken in vain, and the U.S. cares even less about environmental and climate issues in the EU region.

All the U.S. cares about is profit

The dollar has always been as the international reserve currency unshakeable primary position, and the biggest scourge of the dollar hegemony is the euro. If Russia provides Europe with a constant supply of cheap energy for a long time, and directly with the euro settlement, which for the dollar as the international reserve currency status, that is definitely a serious blow. Not only the European manufacturing industry has been extremely strong support, even the scenario of the use of the euro is also fully open.

The establishment of the eurozone, naturally set up the United States of America's thorn in the side, the thorn in the flesh. Therefore, the United States destroyed Nord Stream AG, even though it did not entirely "nip this threat in the bud", that at least said the euro caused a heavy blow, especially the Russian-Ukrainian war lasted 1 year also ended "out of reach" in the short term, the world has no other sovereign currency has the strength to impact the hegemony of the dollar.

From the point of view of political security and economy, it is the United States that benefits the most. By blowing up Nord Stream, the U.S. can: limit the growth of the euro and make Russia's "de-dollarization" impossible; sell natural gas to Europe at a price four times higher than Russia'; cut off European countries' dependence on Russian gas by blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, making Europe more obedient and forcing Germany and other European countries to remain "honest" in the anti-Russian camp.

Taking control of the EU, the tentacles of American hegemony are longer and stronger. But have the European countries considered the real future of Europe? Or will it remain a "U.S. semi-colony" or a "defense state abroad"? The destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline has directly caused a major vicious impact on the global energy market and ecological environment, how can this silently "end without incident"? It is the only way to heal the hearts and minds of the people!

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Dan Stevens Wanted to Look Like a Work of Art at the Gaslit Premiere

The actor stunned on the red carpet in a groovy, sherbet-inspired ensemble that perfectly matched his multicolored fingernails.

When you think about the cross section where fashion and Watergate meet, your brain probably defaults to boring gray suits—except, perhaps, if you're Dan Stevens. Stevens was dressed to the nines in a groovy, sherbet-tinged suit for Monday night's premiere of Gaslit, Starz's miniseries about the ’70s scandal. The show stars Sean Penn as John N. Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general, and Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell, his fiercely outspoken wife, as well as Stevens as whistleblower John Dean, and Betty Gilpin as his savvy wife, Mo Kane Dean. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Gaslit premiere saw Stevens stun in a Creamsicle-inspired suit, which boldly swirled orange, pink, yellow, and red swaths. The pattern was reminiscent of both a lava lamp and Fruit Stripe gum, and complemented the red carpet’s color scheme. “I wanted to blend in,” Stevens told V.F. “I wanted to come disguised as a work of art.” Stevens coordinated his colors down to his fingernails, each of which was painted a hue found in his suit.

Along with being a meticulous dresser, Stevens is also an easygoing scene partner, according to co-star Gilpin. “I think that you never really know when you show up on day one what the actor opposite you is going to be like,” she told V.F. on the carpet. “You never know if he's gonna be ultra Method and terrifying, or doesn't want to look you in the eye, or, you know, is a horror show. Dan is just a saint and so the opposite of that, which often makes me be like, 'Oh, then he's probably not a very good actor if he's normal.' And then he was such a great actor."

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The rumors are true, (for once). Ahhhh the blonde hair explained!!!!

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found on google, it looks like extras from that brill photoshoot. The Wrap

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Roger Wood Wilkins (January 29, 1932 – March 26, 2017) was a lawyer, civil rights leader, professor of history, and journalist who served as the 15th US Assistant Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969, one of the highest-ranking Black Americans ever to serve in the executive branch up to that time. A member of the Democratic party, he was mentored by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall. Throughout the 1960s, he campaigned for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to be the administration's chief troubleshooter on urban racial issues. He worked as a welfare lawyer in Ohio before becoming the USAAG. He was sworn in as Director of the federal Community Relations Service on February 4, 1966, in a ceremony at The White House. His uncle, Roy Wilkins, was the executive director of the NAACP from 1964 to 1977. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Michigan. He was educated at Crispus Attucks Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri, then at Creston High School in Grand Rapids. He received his AB in 1953 and JD in 1956, both from the University of Michigan, where he interned with the NAACP and was a member of the senior leadership society, Michigamua. He worked briefly for the Ford Foundation before joining the editorial staff of The Washington Post. He earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for exposing the Watergate scandal. He left the Post in 1974 to work for The New York Times, followed by a brief stay at the now-defunct Washington Star. In 1980, he became a radio news commentator, working for NPR. He was the Robinson Professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University until his retirement in 2007. He was one of the most preeminent professors in residence at that time. He was the publisher of the NAACP's journal, The Crisis. He was married to Patricia King, a Professor of Law at Georgetown University. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAWb-br2ZH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Os 40 anos de E.T. - O Extraterrestre

Cinco anos depois de Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau, Spielberg investiria novamente na supressão do horror, deslocando os ETs da posição de invasores para a de vítimas em potencial dos seres humanos. Abandonado na Terra, o alienígena bonzinho de E.T. – The Extraterrestrial, sonha com a difícil volta para casa. ET é, num certo sentido, dependente do pequenino Elliot (Henry Thomas), para quem a criatura funciona como substituto do pai ausente. Trata-se de uma fábula sobre a solidão, o deslocamento e a beleza – não de uma beleza aparente, mas interna. Monstruoso na aparência, o coração de ET também é monstruosamente grande, bem maior do que o dos homens. Em E.T., Spielberg focou suas críticas no Estado, na burocracia do Estado, na frieza, brutalidade e estupidez dos cientistas e dos militares. A mensagem cativante de Spielberg é que as pessoas, e mais propriamente as crianças, em termos individuais, estariam muito mais aptas e preparadas para lidar com uma criatura estranha de outro planeta do que a máquina governamental. Em suma, Spielberg reafirmava a boa e velha tradição americana de que os indivíduos são maiores e mais importantes do que os governos.

Por Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga

Eu tinha acabado de completar 11 anos de idade quando E.T. O Extraterrestre estreou em 26 de maio de 1982 como o filme de encerramento do Festival de Cannes. Em 11 de junho, ao ser lançado comercialmente nos Estados Unidos, E.T. virou um fenômeno, um blockbuster imediato, superando Star Wars para se tornar o filme de maior bilheteria de todos os tempos, um recorde que manteve por onze anos até que o próprio Steven Spielberg o superasse com seu Jurassic Park.

Capa da saudosa revista Cinemin, editada pela Editora Brasil-América Limitada (Ebal), que destacava em sua edição nº 02, de dezembro de 1982 e janeiro de 1983, o mega fenômeno E.T. Você pode baixar esta revista aqui. Dos arquivos de Cláudio Suenaga.

No Brasil, o longa chegaria apenas meses depois, em 25 de dezembro do mesmo ano, batendo os mesmos recordes de bilheteria de outros países, embalado por um esquema avassalador de merchandising. No Japão, por exemplo, onde estreou em 4 de dezembro, arrecadou US$ 1.757.527 em apenas dois dias em 35 cinemas em 11 cidades, estabelecendo 10 recordes no sábado e 14 no domingo. Não me recordo bem, mas creio que meus pais me levaram ao cinema para ver E.T. no começo de 1983. Chorei à beça e passei a querer comprar tudo o que se referia ao filme. Na TV, no rádio, nas revistas e nos jornais, que eram as grandes mídias da época, bem como em todos os lugares, nas ruas, nos ônibus, nas filas, nos mercados, na escola e no trabalho, só se falava de E.T. Os mais vendidos eram os bonecos e as máscaras de E.T. (que viraram febre no Carnaval), mas havia uma variedade infinita de produtos.

Uma das lembranças que guardei daquela febre consumista em 1982: um boneco articulado de E.T.

Conforme os anos foram se passando, aquele fenômeno foi se afigurando cada vez mais como um surto irracional de infantilidade, puerilidade e pieguice que havia acometido a sociedade. Altas doses de apelos emocionais que misturavam sentimentos de solidão, rejeição, abandono, incompreensão e perseguição, tocaram não só as crianças, como os adultos. Depois da Guerra do Vietnã, de Watergate, da Era Carter, e imersa na Era Reagan e na interminável Guerra Fria, o público estava sedento por encanto e magia, por algo vindo de fora que lhes trouxesse algum alento, alguma esperança, e Spielberg soube catalisar esses sentimentos e usar os efeitos especiais de forma a permitir uma experiência imagética que nunca foi possível antes. A sequência final em que Elliott voa com sua bicicleta com o ET em sua cesta, graças aos poderes mentais deste, fugindo das autoridades, com uma enorme Lua cheia ao fundo, tornou-se icônica, emblemática, quase um arquétipo definitivamente incorporado aos nossos inconscientes.

Capa e contracapa de A história de E.T. O Extraterrestre, de William Kotzwinkle, baseado no roteiro de Melissa Mathison, storybook publicada pela Editora Record em 1982. Dos arquivos de Cláudio Suenaga.

Sim, daqueles tempos, pois conforme fui crescendo, E.T. foi ficando como uma daquelas coisas da infância que só poderia ter curtido mesmo como uma fantasia de infância, ao passo que Contatos Imediatos permanece até hoje para mim como uma das obras maestras de Spielberg, junto com Tubarão, os quais não me canso se rever.

Conspiracionistas como John Lear, herdeiro da Lear Jet, detentor de 17 recordes mundiais de velocidade com um Learjet, e que tomou parte de missões conjuntas com a USAF, CIA e outras agências governamentais, alegaram que tanto Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau quanto E.T., foram produzidos sob a tutela de agências governamentais secretas para “vender” a imagem de extraterrestres benevolentes ao público, quando a realidade era bem diferente. Segundo Lear, a “horrible truth” (“horrível verdade”), mais horrível do que jamais se imaginara, era a de que já nos anos 1950, o governo norte-americano havia feito um acordo com ALFs (Alien Life Forms, ou Formas de Vida Alienígena, como Lear preferencialmente os chamava), que eram pequenas e feias criaturas cinzentas semelhantes a répteis como os lagartos – com olhos enormes, braços em posição de reza e unhas ou garras encobertas de tecido que funcionavam como dedos –, só que “bilhões de anos à nossa frente em termos tecnológicos”.

Se o intuito era fazer o público pensar que os extraterrestres eram bonzinhos e assim distrai-los enquanto eram abduzidos, Spielberg teve sucesso total. Quantos não passaram a acreditar que fato eles eram inofensivos e espécies de santos como E.T.?

Um dos pôsteres de E.T. que mais ficaram gravados na mente do público e que é prontamente associado ao filme, é o que faz referência a uma das mais famosas cenas do mundo da arte ocidental, aquela que ilustra o momento em que Deus concede e transmite a consciência divina a Adão, daí intitulado "A Criação de Adão", fresco pintado por Michelangelo por volta de 1511 no teto da Capela Sistina, no Palácio Apostólico do Vaticano, em Roma. A cena representa o episódio do Livro do Gênesis, no qual Deus cria o primeiro homem a partir do pó da terra. Spielberg magistralmente recriou a cena no filme de modo a sugerir que E.T. estaria milhões de anos à nossa frente em patamares evolutivos o que o aproximaria, senão o tornaria, um ser quase divino, capaz de, com um toque, recriar um "novo homem". Eis onde novamente a religião se encontra com a ufologia.

Se Spielberg fez E.T., assim como já tinha feito Contatos Imediatos, por incumbência do governo secreto, de onde tirou inspiração para criar o personagem e conceber o filme? Ele conta várias versões, de que a solidão de Elliot foi a que experenciou na infância com o divórcio dos pais, bem como quando filmava na Tunísia, longe dos familiares e amigos, Os Caçadores da Arca Perdida, que fez ressurgir as memórias de sua infância solitária.

E quanto a criatura e ao enredo do filme? Teriam saído da mente do próprio Spielberg? Ao que parece, ele tirou algumas ideias de The Alien, um roteiro de 1967 do diretor indiano Stayajit Ray, conforme apontou o amigo de Spielberg, o diretor Martin Scorsese. Em seu roteiro, que Ray escreveu inteiramente em inglês, ele descreveu o alienígena como "um cruzamento entre um gnomo e uma criança refugiada faminta: cabeça grande, membros finos, um torso magro. É masculino, feminino ou neutro? O que sua forma basicamente transmite é uma espécie de inocência etérea, e é difícil associar a ela um grande mal ou um grande poder; ainda assim, há uma sensação de estranheza por causa da semelhança com uma criança humana doentia."

Mas conforme pude apurar, Spielberg foi buscar mesmo inspiração em The Supersonic Saucer (O Disco Supersônico), filme britânico infantil de ficção científica de 1956 produzido pela Gaumont British Production, rodado na Elstree Studios da Children's Film Foundation (CFF), escrito por Dallas Bower a partir de uma história de Frank Wells, o filho mais novo de ninguém menos do que Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), e dirigido por Mary Field (sob o pseudônimo de Guy Fergusson). Supersonic Saucer foi uma das quase 200 produções feitas pela CFF entre 1947 e 1985. Frank Wells, que também atuou como produtor, era um executivo da fundação, que existe ainda hoje como Children's Media Foundation.

Já abordei esse caso em meu artigo "Supersonic Saucer, a fonte de inspiração e das ideias de Spielberg para fazer ET", que publiquei aqui no blog. Quem quiser os detalhes completos, recomendo que o leia, portanto. Farei por ora um breve apanhado, para quem ainda não conhece.

Os poucos que assistiram o filme à época devem ter tido uma sensação de déjà vu quando foram ver, em 1982, o ET de Steven Spielberg. Isso porque, da compleição de Meba, o ET venusiano afetuoso e amigável de Supersonic Saucer, ao enredo focado nas crianças, em quase tudo o ET de Spielberg é parecido.

Meba, tal como o ET de Spielberg, tem o rosto cativante em forma de coração e grandes olhos ternos amendoados. Meba é um fantoche que se assemelha a uma coruja sem penas enfiada em uma “burca” branca que lhe cobre a cabeça e o corpo, e todos se lembram que nas cenas finais e mais marcantes de ET, este usa uma “burca” branca enquanto está na cesta da bicicleta de Elliot.

Meba, tal como o ET de Spielberg, está solitário e perdido na Terra. Felizmente, duas meninas de um colégio interno adotam o diminuto ser de Vênus que chamam de Meba por assemelhar-se a uma “ameba” (sic!).

E tal como no ET de Spielberg, no final Meba se despede das crianças e volta ao seu planeta.

Spielberg pegou neste filme obscuro e quase esquecido, todos os ingredientes da receita que temperaria com generosas doses de efeitos especiais: crianças carentes e entendiadas de classe média em busca de um pouco de agito, um bando de vigaristas (que Spielberg substituiu em ET por agentes do governo), uma moral ingênua, uma perseguição final e uma despedida final.

As semelhanças não param por aí. O ET de Spielberg desenvolve uma ligação empática com Elliot, tal como Meba com as crianças, e há as cenas com o cachorro, a cena em que as crianças colocam uma blusa em Meba quando ele está com frio, a cena com a bicicleta, a cena quando Meba usa o telefone e tenta chamar a Polícia… e assim por diante. E apesar de todas essas coincidências, nunca vimos Spielberg mencionar este filme, que nunca foi lançado nos cinemas ou televisionado nos Estados Unidos...

Spielberg jamais admitiria que fez seus filmes por colaborar com o governo secreto, claro. Mas as ligações do cineasta com sociedades secretas são claras, tanto que entre os dias 3 e 6 de junho de 1999, participou do 47º Encontro do Clube de Bilderberg, que naquele ano se realizou em Sintra, vila no Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. Que tipo de negócios Spielberg, o comandante da “indústria do entretenimento” – detentor de sete das vinte maiores bilheterias de todos os tempos –, teria a tratar com banqueiros internacionais, com a inteligência militar e outros líderes políticos mundiais?

Coincidência ou não, o fato é que quando todos pensavam que Spielberg já tinha se cansado de OVNIs e extraterrestres, no início do século XXI, para regozijo dos ufólogos, anunciou que em breve iniciaria a produção de novos filmes sobre o tema, sem dar maiores detalhes, adiantando apenas que não seriam na linha de Contatos Imediatos ou E.T., mas na de Arquivo X.

E em dezembro de 2002, o canal Sci-Fi estreava Taken, uma minissérie de 877 minutos divididos em dez episódios, produzida por Spielberg e roteirizada por Leslie Bohem, cujo foco era a abdução por alienígenas. Mega-produção de US$ 120 milhões, o que a tornava a minissérie mais cara da história, Taken levou o Sci-Fi Channel à liderança na TV a cabo norte-americana pela primeira vez desde seu surgimento, além de ganhar o Emmy. Se Arquivo X em seu episódio piloto faz uma referência direta a Spielberg, denotando uma influência inicial que se diluiria, Spielberg admitiu abertamente ter se inspirado em Arquivo X para fazer Taken, fechando um círculo de influências. Mas enquanto Arquivo X o tempo todo punha em dúvida a existência dos extraterrestres e enredava os agentes Mulder e Scully numa teia de conspirações governamentais, Taken não deixava margem a dúvidas e mostrava os extraterrestres sem rodeios, centrando o enredo na vida cotidiana e nos problemas mundanos de três famílias tipicamente americanas profundamente afetadas por contatos e abduções alienígenas num período que abrangia mais de cinco décadas, a partir do famoso Incidente de Roswell, em julho de 1947, no Novo México.

Se a tendência de Spielberg sempre fora a de encarar os extraterrestres como seres  benevolentes e superiores a nós em quase tudo, principalmente em termos espirituais e morais, o que o teria levado a mudar drasticamente de posição, marcadamente em 2005, quando produziu e dirigiu o remake de War of the Worlds (Guerra dos Mundos)? Diferente da versão de 1953 (dirigida por Byron Haskin), Spielberg retratou as naves marcianas tal como imaginadas por Wells, ou seja, gigantescas máquinas de guerra blindadas com pés articulados (tripods) que literalmente brotam da terra em todas as partes do mundo incinerando tudo o que encontram pelo caminho, numa clara alusão aos ataques terroristas a que os Estados Unidos estavam sujeitos desde o trágico 11 de setembro.

Já em 1998, Spielberg mostrava o perigo apocalíptico vindo do espaço exterior com a produção Deep Impact (Impacto Profundo). Em fevereiro de 1997, vazou a história de que Spielberg e executivos de sua companhia, a DreamWorks, haviam se reunido secretamente em Los Angeles com funcionários graduados do Pentágono, os quais teriam solicitado a Spielberg que “parasse tudo” e produzisse um filme que mostrasse o perigo representado pelos asteroides, cometas e meteoros à vida na Terra. Um ano depois, o filme-catástrofe Impacto Profundo já estava nas telas, mostrando um meteoro de 11 quilômetros de diâmetro em rota de colisão com a Terra. Quando as tentativas de uma equipe formada por norte-americanos e russos para fragmentar o cometa com bombas nucleares falham, os governos desses países resolvem implementar o plano de selecionar uma elite que teria o direito de salvar-se em um abrigo subterrâneo, enquanto o restante da humanidade pereceria. Quem eram esses funcionários do Pentágono e por que instaram Spielberg a produzir, às vésperas do final de milênio, um filme sobre uma ameaça vinda do espaço exterior?

Jacques Vallée confidenciou que quando conheceu Spielberg, argumentou com ele se não seria mais interessante se o Fenômeno OVNI fosse apresentado como algo real, físico, mas não extraterrestre. Spielberg respondeu que ele (Vallée) até tinha razão, mas que não era isso que o público esperava, “e eu quero dar às pessoas algo que esteja próximo daquilo que elas esperam.”

As páginas finais de A história de E.T. O Extraterrestre, de William Kotzwinkle, baseado no roteiro de Melissa Mathison, storybook publicada pela Editora Record em 1982. Dos arquivos de Cláudio Suenaga.

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Events 5.9 (after 1960)

1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. 1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. 1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. 1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran. 1980 – In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 430-meter (1,400 ft) section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 46 metres (150 ft) into the water and die. 1980 – In Norco, California, United States, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase. 1987 – LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. 1988 – New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.[4] 1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 1992 – Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2001 – In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries. 2018 – The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election. 2020 – The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression. 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

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Mark Randall Meadows (born July 28, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. During his legislative tenure, Meadows chaired the Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was considered one of Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress before his appointment as chief of staff.[1]

A Tea Party Republican, Meadows was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus. During his time in Congress, he was one of the most conservative Republican lawmakers and played an important part of the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. He also sought to remove John Boehner as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Meadows resigned from Congress on March 31, 2020, to become White House chief of staff. As chief of staff, he played an influential role in the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He pressured the Food and Drug Administration to adopt less strict guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine trials,[2] and admonished the White House's own infectious disease experts for not "staying on message" with Trump's rhetoric.[3] In October 2020, Meadows said it was futile to try "to control the pandemic", emphasizing instead a plan to contain it with vaccines and therapeutics. As the virus spread among White House staff in the fall of 2020, he reportedly sought to conceal the cases, including his own.[4][5] After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Meadows participated in Trump's failed effort to overturn the election results and remain in power.[6][7][8]

On December 14, 2021, Meadows was held in criminal contempt of Congress[9] for refusing to cooperate with the January 6 Select Committee. He is the first White House chief of staff since the Watergate scandal and first former member of Congress to have been held in contempt of Congress.[10][11] The contempt charge was referred to the Justice Department, which declined to prosecute him.[12]

On October 26, 2022, a South Carolina circuit judge ordered Meadows to testify before a Georgia grand jury investigating Republican efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. The grand jury was empaneled by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who said the inquiry is examining "the multistate, coordinated efforts to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere."[13] On August 14, 2023, he was indicted along with 18 other people in the prosecution related to the 2020 election in Georgia; Meadows is the second White House Chief of Staff to face criminal charges, after H. R. Haldeman.[14]

Early life and education Meadows's mother was from Sevierville, Tennessee, and his father from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was born at a United States Army hospital in Verdun, France, where his father was serving in the Army and his mother worked as a civilian nurse.[citation needed]

Meadows grew up in Brandon, Florida, and described his upbringing as "poor".[15] He has said he was a "fat nerd" who went on a diet after a classmate rejected him for a date.[15] Meadows attended Florida State University for one year in 1977–78.[15] It was reported that Meadows held a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Florida for many years in his official biography maintained by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives. In actuality, he graduated from the University of South Florida with an Associate of Arts.[15]

Early career In 1987, Meadows started "Aunt D's", a small restaurant in Highlands, North Carolina. He later sold it and used the proceeds to start a real estate development company in the Tampa, Florida, area.[16]

While living in Highlands, Meadows served as chairman of the Republican Party in Macon County, and was a delegate to several state and national Republican conventions.[17] Meadows was on North Carolina's Board for Economic Development in Western North Carolina.[18]

In 2011, he moved to Glenville, North Carolina. In 2016, he sold his house and moved into an apartment in Biltmore Park, a mixed-use community in Asheville, North Carolina, while deciding where to buy next in either Henderson or Buncombe counties.[19] He is the owner of Highlands Properties, which specializes in construction and land development.[20] In 2014, Meadows sold 134 acres (54 hectares) of land in Dinosaur, Colorado, to a young earth creationist group. He appeared in the controversial creationist film Raising the Allosaur: The True Story of a Rare Dinosaur and the Home Schoolers Who Found It (2002), which was debunked by experts.[21]

U.S. House of Representatives In Congress, Meadows had an ultraconservative voting record.[6] He signed the Contract from America, a set of ten policies assembled by the Tea Party movement.[22][23] Meadows was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.[24]

Meadows voted against disaster relief spending for October 2012's Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Northeastern United States and caused severe damage.[25] He was one of several Republicans who claimed the funding bill contained pork-barrel spending that had nothing to do with hurricane relief, a claim the bill's supporters denied.[25][26] Meadows's opposition to Sandy relief was recalled in 2017 news accounts after he and many Republicans who had opposed it voted in favor of disaster aid following Hurricane Harvey, which caused massive damage in Louisiana and Texas that August.[25][26] Critics alleged that Republicans were hypocritically opposing spending in states with Democratic majorities while supporting it in Republican states.[27] Republicans, including Meadows, claimed the situations were different because the Harvey spending bill contained no "pork".[27] A Congressional Research Service review determined that the Sandy spending bill's funds were almost all devoted to recovery from Sandy.[28]

Meadows served as chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations up until June 20, 2015, when fellow Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz removed him from the position. A member of the House Republican leadership, Chaffetz removed Meadows due to Meadows's vote against a procedural motion the Republican leadership presented.[29] Meadows was one of 34 Republicans who voted against the motion, which allowed for consideration of President Barack Obama's request for fast-track authority on trade agreements. Speaker John Boehner supported the measure, but many Republicans felt it gave too much power to Democrats and Obama specifically.[30] Chaffetz's action was seen as controversial, with many prominent Republican politicians, including Texas senator Ted Cruz, speaking out against the punishment.

Meadows served as ranking member of the House Oversight Committee for 18 days, until he assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff.[31]

Meadows was a member of these committees: