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Caitríona Balfe attends the "Ford v Ferrari" press conference during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on 10 September 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
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Collider Media Studio Returns To TIFF With Some of the Biggest Names in Hollywood
With the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) just around the corner, we’re thrilled to announce that Collider Media Studio will be returning to the Toronto International for another round of exciting interviews with support from Range Rover Canada. This year we have one of our bigger line-ups ever with scheduled talks with the top talent of the festival including Bobby Carnavale, Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gilian, Cobie Smulders, Ben Foster, Olympic Gold Medal Boxer Claressa Shields, Chloë Sevigny, Henry Golding, Beatrice Grannò, David Gordon Green, Pamela Anderson, Max Minghella, Orlando Bloom, John Turturro, Caitríona Balfe, Soul Rasheed, Brett Goldstein, Imogen Poots, Jee Young Han, Dakota Johnson, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Ron Howard, Ana De Armas, Isabella Rosellini, Ed Burns, Shamier Anderson, Minnie Driver, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Ryoo Seung-wan, Sandra Oh, Haley Joel Osment, and Gretchen Mol to name a few.
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Caitríona Balfe attends the "Ford v Ferrari" press conference during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on 10 September 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
I had this dream last night where Swan Queen and SuperCorp met at Stortbrook.
That fic where Daisy Johnson was Emma's foster sister and fought a dragon? That was like that, but instead it was SuperCorp.
Lena and Kara were on a road trip in Maine, their car broke down near the town and they were hanging around Granny's waiting for the repairs being made.
They were trying to stay incognito and only succeeding because everyone in Storybrook was too busy with curses and local gossips to care about the news about National City or Metropolis. Well, maybe Henry knew, but he's Henry. Of course he would know.
Anyway the dragon's defeated and our ladies start a friendship. I mean, imagine Lena and Regina talking about magic ("I thought magic didn't exist outside Storybrook") and Emma and Kara laughing about their idiot witch "friend" and sharing about the heaviness of the hero mantel.
Also, which couple isn't a couple yet and the other makes them realise? ("Oh no, we're not married. Right?")
Here's my poster of my official version of my version for my DisneyElseWorld's Pixar's...
INSIDE OUT 2!
I saw the new Inside Out 2 trailer, and they made Anxiety, Ennui, Embarrassment, and Envy bad by betraying the old emotions. Lots of crazy stuff is about to happen! We don't know what's going on, lots of details are there too. But what would the ElseWorld version be like?
SO!
For my idea. I have 6 new emotions, the OC emotions like, Courage, Surprise, Pride, Trust, Shame, and Frustration.
MAIN VILLAIN
I am using on of my oc villains, Spite, to be the main villain of the AU second movie.
OTHER CHARACTERS
Characters like Nia, the assistant of Ego, she runs the business with him but she tries to avoid him to help others. Bud, Courage's blood cell buddy, he doesn't speak but he's sweet, nervous, cute and got some attitude. And Brain, the big boss of Riley's mind, and the emotions need his help to stop Ego.
What New Places Would the Emotions Go To?
In this AU, far from HQ and Long Term Memory, instead of the back of the mind being empty, there is a huge mind-filled city called Mindtopia, aka, The City of Riley, where everything in the mind has everybody for Riley's Inner Workings in her mind. That also includes Headquarters. And guess what, they're not the only company, there's also banks, council buildings, restaurants, malls, houses, apartments, and everything for Mind Workers after they work at Long Term Memory. And The Mind Councilman, Chairman, is the Mind Prime Minister.
Returning Cast like...
Amy Poehler as Joy, Bill Hader as Fear (YES! I'm bringing Bill Hader back! He's so much funnier then I expected), Lewis Black as Anger, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Kensington Tallman as Riley, Diane Lane as Mrs. Andersen, and Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen.
Recast Alert!
I actually like Liza Lapira playing Disgust. After what Mindy Kaling did in Velma, it wasn't enough for me. Because the show and her are piles of shit to me.
With All-Star Cast like...
Jake Johnson (the Spider-Verse films) as the new outside leader emotion known as Courage, Sam Richardson (Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken) as Surprise, Kate McKinnon (Ferdinand & Saturday Night Live) as Frustration,
Andrew Rannells (Trolls 3) as Trust, Randall Park (Paw Patrol: The Movie) as Pride, Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family and The Secret Life of Pets films) as Melancholy, Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live and The Cat In The Hat) as Aunt Feely & Mrs. Andersen's Anger, Henry Winkler (Barry, Monsters At Work) as the mind algorithm/brainiac boss of the mind known as Brain, Nathan Fillion (Monsters University & Cars 3) as the villainous and hilarious, but very evily whiny, yet hateful, Spite,
Zooey Deschanel (Surf's Up and Trolls) as Ego's sarcastic female assistant, Nia, Lucas Neff (Raising Home and Monsters At Work) as Yes Man, Will Forte (the Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs films) as Mind Gate Guard Jimmy, Peter Sohn (Ratatouille, Lightyear, and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse) as the emotions new best blood cell companion buddy named Bud, Stephen Root (Barry, and King of the Hill) as Mind
Natasha Rothwell (the Sonic films) as Riley's middle school P.E. coach, Mrs. Hutch, Thomas Barbusca (Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life) as Jordan, Haley Tju (Amphibia) as Kelli, Beanie Feldstein (Neighbors 2) as Riley's bully, Frances, and Josh Peck (Drake & Josh and Drillbit Taylor) as Frances' friend, Nate.
CREW
Written & Directed by Josh Cooley
Co-Directed by Bob Peterson and Ronnie Del Carmen
Produced by Mark Neilsen, p.g.a.
Executive Produced by Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Jonas Rivera
Story by Josh Cooley and Pete Docter
Edited by Kevin Nolting
Cinematography by Patrick Lin and Kim White
Production Designer Craig Foster
Story Supervisor Peter Sohn
Additional Dialouge by Dan Scanlon, Bill Hader, and Amy Poehler
“Does Michael Gray live here?” you asked the boy who answered the door.
He reeked of alcohol and cigarattes and looked very criminal.
Mama had warned you that Henry’s real family were all criminals and not good Catholics, but Michael —it was never Henry in private— was your brother even if you did not share blood.
He was your brother until the man with the black coat came and he decided to leave.
You had never understood why Michael would leave; let alone why he pretended the Johnsons never existed.
After all, it was mama and papa who helped him heal after what happened to him at the orphanage, it was them who raised him and nurtured him as if he was their own child.
Mama cannot have babies, so she took in children and became a better mother than the one her children had before.
You, like some, didn’t have a good family. Your mother was cruel and hurt you until the Parish took you away and gave you to the Johnsons.
The Johnsons used to be a family up until Michael left like a ghost.
After him, the woman who says she is your mother showed up and demanded they hand you over.
Your mother had very powerful friends, some that ran charities like the one she used to take you away from mama and papa.
The Shelby Foundation, that was the one she used to take you away from your real family.
She was not a good woman; she was cruel and evil and wanted you to marry a man old enough to be your grandfather because he has money and things rich people like her care about.
The Johnsons couldn’t help you, every time you ran to mama and papa, your mother would send bad policemen to drag you away.
“Go to Henry, little love.” Your mama had said kissing your head and crying as she snuck you to the train station. “Ask for Michael Gray, your brother will ask his cousin to protect you and that woman will never come near you again.”
And so you had.
You had taken what you could carry and arrived at Small Heath wondering why Michael would want to live here.
The country was beautiful, clean and safe.
How you wished Thomas Shelby had never come looking for your brother!
“Who’s asking?” the boy looks at you with curiosity, like he’s never seen a country girl before.
“His sister, Y/N Johnson. It’s an emergency, can you please tell him that.” You ask, hoping he cannot tell why you are so nervous.
“If it’s an emergency, you better come inside, girl.” An older woman, not that old, but like maybe in her late twenties or early thirties, says as she rocks a baby behind the boy who opened the door.
“Name’s Esme, that is Finn Shelby. Michael isn’t here, but you can wait inside before it starts to rain again.” She said as Finn closed the door behind you.
“After Mr. Shelby showed up and you left, my mother showed up saying that mama couldn’t be trusted to look after us and they took us all away. My mother said that the Shelby Foundation let her do that. That because the Russians killed Mrs.Shelby and let her take over the board, she could close all the foster homes in Birmingham if I tried to run away again.” You explained to Mrs. Gray and your brother and his cousins.
Grace Shelby had died, but she had been a stupid woman. Only a stupid person would trust your mother with something so precious like children.
Grace never saw the bruises, never heard the words she said, never saw how she tired to sell you to the highest bidder.
Polly and Michael could help you; you just don’t see how the man who let the orphanage be run by such a wicked woman could be of any help.
“You’ll stay with me at my place, Tommy, you’ll put men to keep an eye out for trouble and tomorrow morning I’ll be giving that fucking bitch a piece of my mind.” Michael’s mother ordered and let you cry on her shoulder. “We’ll keep you safe.”
“I’m sorry, Y/N, you must think I’m the worst brother in the world.” Michael said once you had gone home with him and his mother.
They were nice, even if a bit rough around the edges.
They would kill for you, not because they cared for you, but because you were Michael’s sister and that made you family.
Thomas Shelby would make a deal with the Oddfellows —that thing your mother belonged to— and Polly will make sure no child has to suffer because your mother is in charge of their lives.
“Did you ever read the letters I sent you?” you ask knowing the answer to that.
Michael had a selfish streak about him, mama tried to love him out of it, but she never could.
Always about him, never about anyone else. Always a bit of a prick.
He had been so selfish in thinking he could be with his real family that he decided to forget all about you. As if you didn’t matter to him at all.
Always selfish, always a prick.
But he will always be your brother.
“I’m sorry, Y/N. I should’ve been a better brother.” Michael apologized and you wondered if that was why you accepted his lousy apology.
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“Aunt Pol said you like horses.” Finn says with that stupid grin Michael used to get when he was showing off in front of the girls.
“Yeah, the Johnsons have a farm. Loved horses as long as I remember.” You admitted as the two of you walked by the canal.
You liked Finn. He was your age; he wasn’t as intimidating as his brothers and you got along like a house on fire.
It had been months since you showed up, Tommy had nearly died and gotten better, Michael’s bitchy rich girlfriend left after Polly threatened to tell him that there had never been a baby and she used the money for drugs, and still there was no way to save you from that man your mother had sold you to.
You, a girl of 16, were to marry some old baronet at the end of the year come hell or high water.
“Maybe we could go riding later, Esme’s new mare is really sweet and I know she won’t mind if you took her for a short ride.” He suggests with a blush, was this his way of asking you on a date?
“I’ll have to ask Polly if she’ll let me.” You say hoping she’ll say yes.
Like she’d ever say no, not when she knows how much you like Finn.
Hátigen A vicc, hogy az Apollo 11 legénységének is van csillaga a tv-ben nyújtott tevékenységért. Talán a Holdtagadók Társasága szponzorálta :) Végülis: Churchill meg irodalmi Nobel-díjat kapott :)
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As of 2023, the Walk of Fame comprises 2,752 stars, which are spaced at 6-foot (1.8 m) intervals. There is a $75,000 sponsorship fee upon selection. The fee is used to pay for the creation and installation of the star, as well as maintenance of the Walk of Fame.
Donald Trump valamivel leöntve. Nem akarom tudni, hogy mivel öntötték le ennek a derék, becsületes, szőke, fehér hazafinak a csillagát.
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As of this evening, the new episodes of "The Legend of Vox Machina," Season 2 (7, 8 and 9) are Number 1 on Amazon's Top 10. Be sure to catch the Watch Party for Episodes 7, 8 and 9 on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 10:00PM Eastern (7:00PM Pacific) on the Critical Role Twitch channel.
This Thursday on Critical Role, the most frequently asked question was "Where was Ashley?" Work? Vacation? No one knows, but she appeared in this week's episode of Critical Role (Campaign 3, Episode 47) via satellite location.
Speaking of Ashley Johnson, those of us who enjoyed "Talks Machina" and "Between The Sheets" with Brian Foster will be happy to hear Brian is ready to take on the world and do what he does best! Brian started the year with a brand new set for his Twitch stream and will be conducting interviews again on his new set, something so many of us have been waiting for since we realized "Between The Sheets" was over.
If you love "The Legend of Vox Machina" the animated series, "Talks Machina" can give you some behind-the-scenes insights from each of the cast members from the original campaign. "Talks Machina" Playlists can be found here:
Talks Machina Episodes For Campaign 1
Talks Machina Episodes For Campaign 2
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Today was the inaugural run for Brian's new set. He's still perfecting the package and probably will be for the next few broadcasts, but the interviews have been lined up and he's ready to go! Ashley looked incredibly comfy on the couch and I loved being able to hear about the people they've met and the places they've been together as snippets of their history slipped into the conversation.
For those of us who have missed seeing Henry on the set of "Talks Machina" with Brian, good news! Brian's new, comfy set comes complete with doggos! Henry and Bullock can be seen hanging out wherever they are most comfortable throughout the stream.
In addition to his interview schedule, Brian is poised to do a complete "The Last of Us" game playthrough once the PC version is released by Naughty Dog on March 28th. If you love HBO's "The Last of Us" series, it's a great opportunity to learn more about the source material and perhaps learn some behind the scenes tidbits if Ashley is around while the gameplay is streaming. For those unfamiliar with both the game and the HBO Live Action Series, Ashley Johnson is the voice of Ellie in the game and makes an appearance in the series as Ellie's mother.
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As a side note, if you loved "The Last of Us" in any of its forms, Pedro Pascal will be hosting Saturday Night Live tomorrow, February 4th on NBC.
If you love "The Legend of Vox Machina" please be sure to watch it as often as you like on Amazon Prime to keep the good energy going!
i wanted to wait a week before i gave my thoughts because i was in a bad headspace the day it took place and i felt that affected my viewpoint on it, but now that am i feeling better i realize that i have a lot of the same feelings.
overall, it was fine. i’m someone who played the game and have been a fan for ten years. this game is actually what got me into zombies (and yes despite what the creator said… they’re zombies.) like a lot people say, it was too short and felt rushed, especially because we had so little time with ellie and joel in favor of an origin story scene (i will get to that later). if you take out that scene + the recap and the behind the scenes feature, the time spent with ellie and joel is only 32 minutes long. we only had a half an hour to tie things together and it really showed. this is the biggest detriment to the episode (in contrast, episode 3 is about an hour and 15 minutes. we had almost double that time to spend with bill and frank, which i loved but that’s not the point.)
as for the origin scene, as great as it was and as thrilling as it was to see ashley johnson (the original voice and mocap for ellie) as her mother, i would have rather we had seen this earlier or just for the finale to be longer. it’s unnecessary. we don’t get it in the game, and it was originally a story that neil druckmann had made post writing the game. i would have loved it in a different context, but again i just wish that the ep would have been longer because i feel like this is a main detractor from the finale.
moving on, the rest of the episode plays pretty close to the game. the giraffe scene was amazing, i liked how the characters opened up more (specifically joel about his attempted suicide, something that wasn’t in the game). i kind of laughed at his john wick style shooting and that he must have had his super hearing from the game, but gained a greater appreciation after listening to the podcast and hearing that the reason why he had such an upper hand is that he dropped his humanity and was completely calm because he felt so strongly in what he had to do. the music was somber instead of action-oriented. everyone else was panicking.
now about his decision: it’s the trolley problem essentially, but with more variables. in the show, it’s presented that ellie’s death was necessary and there would be a vaccine created, no questions asked. i read an article where medical students were sounding off about how ludicrous this was and i have to agree. in the game, we are at least shown some x-rays that demonstrate that the cordyceps was definitely in her brain.
but the thing is, the entire story of the last of us is about love and what it makes us do. we are shown this time and time again; joel going on the journey out of devotion to tess, bill and frank living fulfilling lives, kathleen going on a rampage for her killed brother, henry having to kill sam and then killing himself, ellie and riley, etc.
joel loves ellie as much as he loved his daughter, and that love is what leads joel to save her. whether that’s the right decision or not is irrelevant because this is what the entire series has been leading to, the fostering of a relationship that seemed impossible back in episode one. if joel had let ellie die, even if it were to potentially save the world or whatever (which i contest wouldn’t happen anyway because the fireflies would pick and choose who could get it, also how are they supposed to mass produce and distribute it, etc), their journey would feel wrong. i fully believe that ellie knows that joel is lying to her, and now their relationship could be back at square one because of the lack of trust.
season two (and three? it might be broken up into two according to the director) won’t be here until 2025. and unless they make some MAJOR changes from the second game, it’s going to be even more divisive than the first season. i did not like the second game, but that’s another rant for another time.
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Title: NCIS History Special Agent VietNam
Authors: Douglass Hubbard Jr.
ISBN: 9780915266333
Tags: A-1 Skyraiders, AUS Catherine Anne Warnes (Murdered) (Vietnam War), CH-46 Sea Knight, CIA Bill Bludworth, CIA Foster Fipps, CIA Robert Gambino, CIA William Colby, H-34 Choctaw, HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, HKG Hong Kong, HKG Royal Hong Kong Police, John F. Kennedy, KHM Cambodia, KHM General Lon Nol, KHM Khmer Rouge, KHM Kompong Som, KHM US MSTS SS Columbia Eagle Incident (1970) (Vietnam War), KHM US MSTS SS Mayaguez Incident (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, LAO Nong Khai, LAO Vientiane, Law Enforcement, Military Intelligence, Military Police, Nungs, OV-1 Mohawk, OV-10 Bronco, PHL US USAF Clark Air Force Base, PHL US USN Naval Station Sangley Point, PHL US USN NCSA Philippines, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Lyndon B. Johnson, PRK North Korea, RUS VMF Russian Navy, RUS VMF Submarine Force, SGP Singapore, SpecOps, THA Bangkok, THA RTAFB Don Muang Royal Thai Airbase, THA Thailand, THA USMC MCAB Rose Garden/Nam Phong (Vietnam War), True Crime, UH-1 Huey, UK MI6/SIS Secret Intelligence Service, US Alvin Glatkowski (Mutineer) (Vietnam War), US Ambassador Henry Nolting, US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, US Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, US AP Malcom Brown (News), US Bob Hope (Entertainer), US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US Clyde McKay (Mutineer) (Vietnam War), US DEA Drug Enforcement Agency, US Edwin Ross Armstrong (Defector), US Horst Faas (News), US Maw Maw (Black Power Organization), US MSTS Military Sea Transportation Service, US NBC Garric Utley (News), US Project 100000 (Vietnam War), US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US Special Agent Basic School - Washington DC, US Students for a Democratic Society, US USA 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles), US USA 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Redcatchers), US USA 23rd ID (Americal), US USA ASA 8th Radio Research Station, US USA ASA Army Security Agency, US USA CIC Army Counterintelligence Corps, US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA General William Westmoreland, US USA Green Berets, US USA Kitsie Westmoreland, US USA MI 525th Military Intelligence Group, US USA MI Army Military Intelligence, US USA Special Forces, US USA United States Army, US USAF General Robert Rowland, US USAF OSI Office of Special Investigations, US USCG United States Coast Guard, US USCG USCGC Chase (WHEC-718), US USMC 12th Marines, US USMC 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Bn, US USMC 1st MarDiv, US USMC 1st MAW, US USMC 3rd MarDiv, US USMC 3rd Marine Counterintelligence Team, US USMC 4th Marines, US USMC 4th Marines - 3/4, US USMC 5th Marines, US USMC 7th Engineer Bn, US USMC 7th Marines, US USMC 9th Marines, US USMC General Herman Nickerson, US USMC General Leonard Chapman, US USMC General Lewis Walt, US USMC General Paul X. Kelley, US USMC General Robert Cushman, US USMC Major Les Barrett (Provost Marshall), US USMC Major Roger Simmons, US USMC Marine Security Battalion, US USMC Robert Garwood (Defector) (Vietnam War), US USMC Salt and Pepper (Defectors) (Vietnam War), US USN Admiral Earl F. "Rex" Rectanus, US USN Admiral Robert S. Salzer, US USN Commander Joseph Rochefort, US USN Construction Battalions (Seabees), US USN LtCdr John G. "Jack" Graf (POW) (Vietnam War), US USN MSC Military Sealift Command, US USN Naval Security Group, US USN NCSA Naval Counterintelligence Support Activity, US USN NCSU Naval Counterintelligence Support Unit, US USN NISO Naval Investigative Service Office, US USN NISOSF San Francisco, US USN NISRA Naval Investigative Service Resident Agency, US USN NISSU Hong Kong, US USN NISSU Naval Investigative Service Satellite Unit, US USN ONI Office of Naval Intelligence, US USN SEALS, US USN UDT Underwater Demolition Team, US USN USS Blue (DD-774), US USN USS Card (AKV-40), US USN USS Hampden County (LST-803), US USN USS Pyro (AE-24), US USN Washington Navy Yard, USAF Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS), USMC 1st Force Recon Co, USN Admiral Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr, USN Admiral Jerome H. King, USN HA(L)-3 Seawolves, USN NIS Naval Investigative Service, USN PBR Patrol Boat River, USN PCF Patrol Craft Fast Swift Boat, USN US Navy, USN USS Pueblo (AGER 2), USN VAL-4 Black Ponies, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM 4th Coastal Zone, VNM An Hoa Basin, VNM An Long, VNM AN Thoi, VNM Annamite Mountains, VNM Arizona Territory, VNM ARVN General Hoang Xuan Lam, VNM ARVN General Nguyen Chanh Thi, VNM AUS ADF Australian Army Training Team (Vietnam War), VNM Ba Sac River, VNM Battle of Hue City (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Khe Sanh (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Saigon (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Ben Hai River, VNM Ben Tre, VNM Ben Tre Province, VNM Binh Thuy, VNM Bright Light Operations (Vietnam War), VNM Buddhist Monk Thich Tri Quang, VNM Ca Lu, VNM Cam Lo, VNM Cam Lo River, VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM Camp Eagle (Vietnam War), VNM Camp Evans (Vietnam War), VNM Camp Reasoner (Vietnam War), VNM Can Tho, VNM Carrier Pigeons (Vietnam War), VNM Cau Mau Peninsula, VNM Charlie Med, VNM Chau Doc, VNM Cholon - 95 Nguyen Duy Duong St, VNM Cholon - Five Oceans BOQ, VNM Cholon - Hong Kong BOQ, VNM Cholon - St. Francis Xavier Church, VNM Cholon Provost Marshalls Office (Vietnam War), VNM Chu Lai, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM Con Thien, VNM Cua Viet, VNM Da Lat, VNM Da Nang, VNM Da Nang - 20 Duy Tan Street, VNM Da Nang - 23 Doc Lap, VNM Da Nang - 23 Doc Lap Bar (Boom Boom Room / Blue Elephant) (Vietnam War), VNM Da Nang - Bridge Ramp (Vietnam War), VNM Dai Lac, VNM DMZ Demilitarized Zone - 17th Parallel (Vietnam War), VNM Dodge City, VNM Dong Tam, VNM DRV NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Phung Ngoc Anh - Dragon Lady (Assassin) (Vietnam War), VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Emperor Bao Dai, VNM Fall of Saigon (1975) (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Ryder (Vietnam War), VNM Gia Dinh, VNM Go Noi Island, VNM Green Beret Affair (Vietnam War), VNM Hai Van Pass, VNM Haiphong, VNM Han River, VNM Hill 327, VNM Hill 37, VNM Hill 55, VNM Hill 621 (Son Tra Mountain) (Monkey Mountain), VNM Hill 65, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail, VNM Hoi An, VNM Hue, VNM Hue - Hue University, VNM Hue - Le Loi Street, VNM Hue - Purple City, VNM Hue - The Citadel, VNM Hue - The Forbidden City, VNM Hue - Thua Thien Provincial Headquarters, VNM I Corps (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Kien Hoa Province, VNM LBJ Long Binh Jail - USARVIS US Army Vietnam Installation Stockade (Vietnam War), VNM Leatherneck Square (Vietnam War), VNM Liberty Bridge, VNM LZ Baldy, VNM Mekong Delta, VNM Moc Hoa, VNM Montagnards, VNM My Khe Beach (China Beach), VNM My Lai, VNM My Lai Massacre (1968), VNM My Tho, VNM Nam Can, VNM Nguyen Cao Ky, VNM Nguyen Van Thieu, VNM Nha Be, VNM Nui Mot (The Rockpile), VNM Nui Son Ga (Charlie Ridge), VNM Operation Market Time (1965-1975) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Sea Float/Solid Anchor (1969-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Starlite (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Parrots Beak, VNM Perfume River, VNM Phouc Tuong (Dogpatch), VNM Phu Bai, VNM Phu Quoc Island, VNM Plain of Reeds, VNM Port of Saigon, VNM Quang Ngai Province, VNM Quang Tri, VNM Que Son Valley, VNM Qui Nhon, VNM Rach Gia, VNM Red Beach Base Area (Vietnam War), VNM Route 1, VNM Route 4, VNM Route 535, VNM Route 9, VNM Rung Sat Special Zone, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN MP Quan Canh Military Police, VNM RVN ARVN MSS Provincial Military Security Service, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN General Duonh Van Minh (Big Minh), VNM RVN Marines, VNM RVN MSD Military Security Directorate, VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Diem, VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Nhu, VNM RVN RVNP Can Sat National Police, VNM RVN RVNP Police Chief Colonel Nguyen Van Luan, VNM RVN RVNP Treasure Fraud Repression Unit, VNM RVN SVNAF Da Nang Airbase, VNM RVN SVNAF General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM RVN VNN LDNN Lien Doi Nguoi Nhai Navy Frogmen, VNM RVN VNN LLHT Luc Luong Hai Thuyen Navy Coastal Force / Junk Force(Vietnam War), VNM RVN VNN Republic of Vietnam Navy, VNM RVNP CSDB Can Sat Dac Biet Special Branch Police, VNM Saigon, VNM Saigon - 98 Phan Dinh Phuong Villa, VNM Saigon - Brink BOQ (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon - Capital Kinh Do Theater, VNM Saigon - Caravelle Hotel, VNM Saigon - Cercle Sportif Saigonnais, VNM Saigon - Chi Hoa Prison, VNM Saigon - Continental Hotel, VNM Saigon - French Fort, VNM Saigon - Le Lai BEQ, VNM Saigon - Plantation Road, VNM Saigon - US Embassy (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon Provost Marshalls Office (Vietnam War), VNM Soi Rap River, VNM SOM SS Yellow Dragon Incident (Vietnam War), VNM Song Tu Cau, VNM Tam Ky, VNM Tan Chau, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Defense Attache Office (Vietnam War), VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Grey House (Vietnam War), VNM Thach Han River, VNM Thu Bon River, VNM Thua Thien Province, VNM Thuan An, VNM Tien Sa Peninsula, VNM Tu Cau Bridge, VNM U Minh Forest, VNM US CIB Combat Information Bureau - Da Nang (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US USAF Air Force Advisory Group (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC AHCB An Hoa Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC CAG Combined Action Group (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC Camp Horn (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC CAP Combined Action Platoon (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC DHCB Dong Ha Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC ECB Elliot Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC FLC Force Logistic Command (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC III MAF Marine Amphibious Force (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC KSCB Khe Sanh Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC MMAF Marble Mountain Air Facility, VNM US USMC QTCB Quang Tri Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC VCB Vandergrift Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USN Camp Tien Sa (Vietnam War), VNM US USN CBMU 301 (Vietnam War), VNM US USN CBMU Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (Vietnam War), VNM US USN COMNAVFORV Commander of Naval Forces Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US USN Da Nang Officers Club - Stone Elephant (Vietnam War), VNM US USN HSAS Headquarters Support Activity Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM US USN LSB Ben Luc (Vietnam War), VNM US USN LSB Logistic Support Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USN LSB Nha Be (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NAF Naval Air Facility Cam Ranh (Vietnam War), VNM US USN Naval Communication Station Cam Ranh (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NCSA Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NCSU Da Nang (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NCSU Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISOV Naval Investigative Service Office - Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISRA Da Nang (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISSU Cam Ranh Bay (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISSU Chu Lai (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISSU Quang Tri Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NISSU Vung Tau (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NSA Naval Support Activity - Da Nang (White Elephant) (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NSABT Naval Support Activity Binh Thuy (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NSAD Naval Support Activity Detachment - Cua Viet (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NSAD Naval Support Activity Detachment - Thuan An (Vietnam War), VNM US USN River Patrol Boat Flotilla Five (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM VNN VNI Vietnamese Naval Intelligence, VNM VNN VNNSB Vietnamese Navy Security Bloc, VNM VNN VNNSS Vietnamese Navy Security Service, VNM Vu Gia River, VNM Yankee Station (1964-1973) (Vietnam War)
Rating: ★★★★(4 stars)
Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Naval, Books.True Crime
Description:
“NCIS History-Special Agent Vietnam is a comprehensive account of naval counterintelligence and criminal investigations in Vietnam. Doug Hubbard's first-hand experience provides unique insights into this little explored topic of the war, and the addition of a broad spectrum of his photos complements the narrative with a real life appeal.
In an era when the term "terrorism" was not yet in vogue, NIS' investigations of insurgent attacks against US troops is a grim reminder of current threats our military faces in Afghanistan and around the globe on a daily basis.”
Michael Sulick, Former Director, CIA National Clandestine Service
“Although the Viet Nam War gives up its secrets grudgingly, former special agent Douglass Hubbard unveils an intriguing account of U.S. Naval Intelligence operations in the Republic of Vietnam. Drawing on his three years’ service in Vietnam and his subsequent research and interviews, Hubbard weaves a masterful story with 'NCIS History Special Agent Vietnam' that is equally inspiring and frustrating-just as the war itself proved to be.”
Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, USMC. (Ret.) author of the Battle History of the U.S. Marines
“Doug Hubbard Jr. explores the seamy underside of the Vietnam War from his ‘catbird seat’ as a special agent of the Naval Investigative Service. At the most there were never more than twenty-one of these Naval Intelligence officers serving in-country, and they had to deal with an overload of such unsavory matters as counter espionage, sabotage, black marketing, currency manipulation, simple theft, drug trafficking, subversion, rape, and murder. Sometimes these investigations came to a brilliant resolution that Sherlock Holmes would have applauded. More often they foundered because of command apathy or indifference.”
Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC, Chief of Staff of the First Marine Division in 1970, former head of the Marine Corps History Branch, and author of Frozen Chosin: US Marines at the Changjin Reservoir
“Doug Hubbard’s exposition with NCIS History Special Agent Vietnam defines a period of counterintelligence development in the Vietnam conflict and records its events for the first time. Compiled personal recollections of wartime special agents make this historical narrative a defining work in the legacy left by the group of Naval Intelligence professionals who devised rules for counterintelligence and force protection in the challenging and dangerous arena of Vietnam in the 1960s. Theirs was a monumental contribution to the U.S. government’s efforts to achieve stability in the Republic of Vietnam, particularly in the early days of the mission when much was accomplished by a select few.”
Maynard C. Anderson, former Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Security Policy
Review -
It was a decent book with a lot of historical information on the Vietnam War and NIS's members. The main problem with the book was how light it was on actual cases vs pages and pages of commentary of who was assigned when and where. Another major issue were the multiple misspellings (Viet Congo is a common one) and repeated paragraphs. It's not unreadable, but it had issues. But for the historical information, and a few insights into deserters, fraggings, and a few interesting cases, it's worth a read.
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My mother when I was maybe 11 told me at about 14 when I was old enough to carry a heavy backpack, we'd do a trip to Turkey. (I should note, I left with a backpack properly full of food after passing through Turkey for a little over two weeks, even if I couldn't cook it, due largely to the generosity of people there; that said, I was abruptly approached by the police just after receiving a thousand Turkish lira in cash from a seemingly kindly man which hardly seems like a coincidence and I strongly suspect connects to the "beggar's tomb" theme in my music video demo. He wanted me to wear underwear when I've been in a kilt the whole time, which is a dead giveaway he was connected to a system of donations and therefore not acting independently). I have to say, the national parks and other wilderness areas in Turkey were truly extraordinary, with beautiful mountains and woods, and I felt I did some great thinking there. We didn't get the trip in when I was 14 which I think is typical of my parents, whom I've completely cut off. They often have a scatterbrained idea about everything.
I've still been wondering about the feeling of maybe being a king I mention in the video. One possibility is in a past life I tortured a lot of treason suspects as a king, and this is just a punishment leading me to receive that karma.
Anyway, one of the potentially kingly insights I had deep in the Turkish forests was when I imagined touring the world, doing presentations to people who check people into flights, and explaining how we arrived at the exact policies to protect them from burnout on the job. The reader will have to bear with me, but I connect it to a story my mother told me about how a soldier noticed Asian soldiers blown to pieces in combat had no atherosclerosis, while American soldiers did. So here's how I connect it.
So, I imagined showing up for the presentation, and telling my story of my life, which Tony Robbins does often. I would include Jeff Harris and Jacob's website with the "Keeping it real" motto Eric Johnson and I couldn't think of anything better than, and how actor Ben Foster told me a story about Jacob eating teacher Mr. Flesner's fern. Then, like Henry Ford, where in his famous trial where he argued successfully he was not ignorant, I'd bring in a team of experts to help explain the policies for checking people into flights. The idea is everyone could be forced into a completely rigid form of behaviour, like a human robot, as one extreme, or there could be an "anything goes" policy for verbal and physical abuse on the other. So finding the sweet spot is the key, and we'd use a team of experts to narrow in on it. So as the king I'd answer some of the questions, and call on the perhaps 8 experts for the ones I didn't know. So there's a natural balance of rules and freedoms we'd be trying to hit the sweet spot of with experts in general.
And that I think connects to the different races and their different levels of intelligence. The more intelligent races would naturally have more rules in the above equation. The Asians with slanted eyes are one of the most intelligent races, so that might explain why they didn't have atherosclerosis and the Americans did, since they could naturally absorb more rules, and there are a complex set of dietary rules to prevent atherosclerosis that might be too much for the white Americans. But my theory is the Asians with slanted eyes, being savages, took their perfectionism to an extreme, so it's not just atherosclerosis they wiped out. Then, being savages, they developed a deep sense of superiority, and sat on it for as long as possible. If they hadn't been savages they wouldn't have been so easily deluded into essentially a form of "loserdom".
I was imagining Africans and Latin Americans who have had their lives and economies overrun by the Asians recently, would do the justice in Asia, to teach them not to be savages and to respect as part of that the less intelligent races. That seems like a really good way to teach the lesson and there are some other ideas I have for that.
The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced.
Best Picture
American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers)
Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers
Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers)
The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers)
Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers)
Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers)
The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer)
Best Directing
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson)
Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan)
Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara)
The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer)
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson)
Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
Past Lives (Written by Celine Song)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)
Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)
Best Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
The Eternal Memory (Nominees to be determined)
Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha)
To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)
20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath)
Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam)
Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius)
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Best Live-Action Short Film
The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk)
Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)
Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish… https://chorus.fm/news/oscars-2024-nominations/