#stoolpigeon

[isthenextchapterofdgmoutyet]

D.Gray-man characters as Unparliamentary Language

Allen: Clown of the House. a trained seal. of intestinal fortitude.

Kanda: Kookaburra. alternatively, a yahoo. e.g. "kanda yahoo"

Lenalee: idle vapourings of a mind diseased

Lavi: accused of turning parliament into a kangaroo court

Tyki: could go down the Mount Eden sewer and come up cleaner than he went in

Link: a stoolpigeon.

Cross: Financial Frankenstein

Komui: scuttles for his political funk hole (allowed)

Reever: the energy of a tired snail returning home from a funeral

Miranda: a ridiculous mouse

Marie: "I am a Country member!" / "I remember." (read in Aussie accent; allowed)

Bookman: a silly old moo.

Bak: above the truth

Alma: "If you were my husband, I would poison your tea." (source unclear)

also Tyki: his brains could revolve inside a peanut shell for a thousand years without touching the sides

Wisely: half the members of the opposition are crooks. "I withdraw my statement: half the members of the opposition are not crooks."

Millenium Earl: "I would cut the honourable gentleman's throat if I had the chance"

[infinitcnexus]

Little Naraku

A rather sizeable district located at the Gluttony ward of New Ch’thon, Little Naraku is best described as an Asiantown where many demons of Eastern descent calls home. While some are those who have died but was accidentally sent to New Ch’thon instead of Naraku by Graysen, the city’s own gaudily dressed and perpetually overworked lynx Reaper, others are natural-born demons and sinners that have immigrated there from the Eastern underworld for various reasons. Relatively speaking, the district is just as chaotic as the rest of the city. Although there are civilians who would want nothing more than live out their (after)lives in peace, it’s not uncommon to hear about feuds and conflicts that involves cultivators and practitioners of Eastern magick, ex-soldiers with unresolved wounds, and members of the yakuza, triad, and simple gangsters.

And yet, despite their differences, most, if not all, of the people of Little Naraku share a mutual distrust for New Ch’thon Enterprise, a megacorp that rules over the city with an iron fist and profits from the misery of its denizens. Before Liu took up the mantle of being LN’s leader and protector, occupying his position was one Akira Futoshi. A lowly member of an equally unremarkable yakuza family in life, Akira met an unceremonious end when he got ran over by a speeding truck while running away from the family’s furious patriarch, who caught him red-handed when he tries to seduce his girlfriend in secret. An opportunistic cad until the bitter end, he made the most out of his afterlife, even it means selling out to NCE on a regular basis, all the while spinning one excuse after another and surrounding himself with as many yes-men as possible.

However, he wasn’t able to anticipate Liu Yang-fei, whom he views as nothing more but a blind and harmless former mob boss fit only as a stoolpigeon, betraying him and staging a coup of his own. Instead of executing the defeated Akira, Liu opted to exile him and his remaining loyalists from Little Naraku, warning them to never show their face in LN again if they value their lives. Nowadays, there are only a few who had the curiosity to wonder Akira’s current whereabouts.

At the present day, business at Little Naraku is more-or-less stable, and often times prospers under Liu’s stewardship. Putting his experiences as a mob boss to good use for the sake of his newfound community, he was able to “negotiate” with NCE to give the district more power to govern itself. It may not be completely cut off from the rest of New Ch’thon, but any unscrupulous corporat who fail to pay attention to their manners and surroundings may find themselves, without a warning, cut down by a scarred tanuki in samurai armor who often accompanies Liu as though he was the dragon’s shadow. 

[hitchell-mope]

Jackass. And his poor, poor stoolpigeon.

[dlinesofamerica]

Grenada HS in Mississippi, sent in by @_.sterl_ghee._ #drumline #drums #band #grenadahighschool #stoolpigeon #DrumlinesOfAmerica https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Iq41ZBFpJ/?igshid=1rgd0eczjyrzn

[eric-sadahire]

Cardinal: I thought you were an Irish Setter

Beagle: I thought you were a stool pigeon

Cardinal: Sitting goes against everything I stand for

Beagle: I can’t stand your bad puns anymore

[spyderskiss]

The case nobody wanted go thrown out today when Pearline Wyte alias Pearly White supper club singing sensation and suspected Black Widow Bride of Baltimore walked into FBI headquarters unexpectedly 2 days after being declared a victim of foul play herself. The note the songbird wrote after handing deputies her own wanted poster stated she claimed the bounty and was willing to testify against Frank notorious leader of that group of gangsters known on the street as #obituaryboys. Ms Wyte though unable to speak due to having died after being strangled by her own pearls until her throat was crushed and her windpipe cut out. The police were shocked at her appearance and her demands. Can a person collect their own bounty? Can you claim a reward or testify after being declared dead? Can you even be tried or arrested after your death? Inquiring minds want to know. Tune in tomorrow for the latest twist in this plot. #mwestmore #mckenziesmakeupchallenge #makeupchallenge #zombie #filmnoir #gangsters #charleston #roaring20s #greatgatsby #mafia #syndicate #sfxmakeup #wantedposter #stoolpigeon #thedeaddontdie #sometimestheycomeback Makeup Artist/ photographer - @nightmaresdayscreams Model- @spyderskiss @tinsleytransfers purchased from @mostlydeaddotcom (at Selbyville, Delaware) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCfHPUYpQtH/?igshid=11y5mgyzqea9l

[ask-80s-rinandlen]

Hello, Mrs. and Ms. Kagamine! Looking funky!! >:3 You two really cool outfits. If only in my time i could have clothes like these! >:D

(@askrinstoolpigeonkagamine)

P. S I really love your ask-blog! ❤️🍊🍌

Rin: I'll make sure that you're the best dressed girl in your time!

(Len wants to go along so that he can get some food)

@askrinstoolpigeonkagamine

[marat]

Rules for life

If you don't let stoolpigeons break you up,

If you don't let vigilantes break you up,

If you don't let race hatred break you up,

You'll win. 

What I mean is, take it easy, but take it.

[murderballadeer]

multiples of 13 for spotify wrapped!

13 - hills of west virginia by phil ochs

and the red sun of the morning was smiling through the trees as the darkness of the night was quickly fading and the fog hugged the road like a cloudy, cloudy sea as we drove through the hills of west virginia

26 - kern river by merle haggard

there's the south, san joaquin, where the seeds of the dust bowl are sown there's a place called mount whitney, where the mighty kern river comes down well it's not deep nor wide but it's a mean piece of water, my friend so i may cross on the highway, but i'll never swim kern river again

39 - the mary ellen carter by stan rogers

and you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow with smiling bastards lying to you, everywhere you go turn to and put in all your strength of arm and heart and brain and like the mary ellen carter, rise again!

52 - talking union by pete seeger

if you don't let red-baiting break you up, and if you don't let stoolpigeons break you up, and if you don't let vigilantes break you up, and if you don't let race hatred break you up, you'll win. what I mean, take it easy, but take it!

65 - city boy by phil ochs

i'm just a city boy, born and raised from these rooftops i have gazed where the grass was made of steel i've never plowed a field 'til the pavements start to peel, i'll be a city boy

78 - seasons of my heart by johnny cash

the seasons come, the seasons go we get a little sunshine, rain and snow just the way that it was planned to be but there's no seasons of my heart while you play the leading part 'cause the flowers will bloom eternally

91 - still in town by johnny cash

to love you so and still not have you will destroy me, in time so i'm goin' away, where nobody knows me and get you off my mind i've packed my things a dozen times but unpack is all i do yes, i'm still in town, still around and still in love with you

[sarahgarlic]

Now, if you want higher wages let me tell you what to do You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you. You got to build you a union, got to make it strong, But if you all stick together, boys, it won't be long. You get shorter hours, better working conditions, Vacations with pay. Take your kids to the seashore.

It ain't quite this simple, so I better explain Just why you got to ride on the union train. 'Cause if you wait for the boss to raise your pay, We'll all be a-waitin' 'til Judgment Day. We'll all be buried, gone to heaven, St. Peter'll be the straw boss then.

Now you know you're underpaid but the boss says you ain't; He speeds up the work 'til you're 'bout to faint. You may be down and out, but you ain't beaten, You can pass out a leaflet and call a meetin'. Talk it over, speak your mind, Decide to do somethin' about it.

Course, the boss may persuade some poor damn fool To go to your meetin' and act like a stool. But you can always tell a stool, though, that's a fact, He's got a yaller streak a-runnin' down his back. He doesn't have to stool, he'll always get along On what he takes out of blind men's cups.

You got a union now, and you're sittin' pretty, Put some of the boys on the steering committee. The boss won't listen when one guy squawks, But he's got to listen when the union talks. He'd better, be mighty lonely Everybody decide to walk out on him.

Suppose they're working you so hard it's just outrageous And they're paying you all starvation wages. You go to the boss and the boss would yell, "Before I raise your pay I'd see you all in hell." Well, he's puffing a big seegar, feeling mighty slick 'Cause he thinks he's got your union licked. Well, he looks out the window and what does he see But a thousand pickets, and they all agree: He's a bastard, unfair, slavedriver, Bet he beats his wife!

Now, boys, you've come to the hardest time. The boss will try to bust your picket line. He'll call out the police, the National Guard, They'll tell you it's a crime to have a union card. They'll raid your meetin', they'll hit you on the head, They'll call every one of you a goddam red, Unpatriotic, Japanese spies, sabotaging national defense!

But out at Ford, here's what they found, And out at Vultee, here's what they found, And out at Allis-Chalmers, here's what they found, And down at Bethlehem, here's what they found: That if you don't let red-baiting break you up, And if you don't let stoolpigeons break you up, And if you don't let vigilantes break you up, And if you don't let race hatred break you up, You'll win. What I mean, take it easy, but take it!

[mariacallous]

United Kingdom

In the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the following words have been deemed unparliamentary over time: bastard,[40] blackguard, coward, deceptive,[41] dodgy,[42] drunk, falsehoods,[43] git, guttersnipe, hooligan, hypocrite, idiot, ignoramus, liar, pipsqueak[citation needed], rat, slimy, sod, squirt,[44] stoolpigeon, swine, tart, traitor,[45] wart.

In addition, accusations of 'crooked deals' or insinuation of the use of banned substances by a member are considered unparliamentary language (all attributable to Dennis Skinner).[46] An accusation that an MP's presence in the house has "been bought" is also unparliamentary.[47]

The word 'dodgy' when used by Ed Miliband, was not however, found to be unparliamentary.[48]

In 2019, in the run up to the Conservative leadership election, SNP leader Ian Blackford accused Boris Johnson of being a racist. Asked to withdraw the term by the speaker, Blackford confirmed that he had informed Johnson about his intention to use it and qualified his statement. The speaker then allowed it to stand.[49] In the following week he accused Johnson of being a liar ("has made a career out of lying"). No request was made by the speaker to withdraw this statement.[50]

Northern Ireland

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, William Hay, gave a ruling in the chamber on 24 November 2009 on unparliamentary language.[51] In essence rather than making judgements on the basis of particular words or phrases that have been ruled to be unparliamentary in the Assembly or elsewhere the Speaker said that he would judge members' remarks against standards of courtesy, good temper and moderation which he considered to be the standards of parliamentary debate. He went on to say that in making his judgement he would consider the nature of members' remarks and the context in which they were made. In 2013, Hay ruled that insinuation of MLAs being members of proscribed organizations was unparliamentary language.[52]

Wales

In the National Assembly for Wales the Presiding Officer has intervened when the term "lying" has been used. In December 2004, the Presiding Officer notably sent Leanne Wood out of the chamber for referring to Queen Elizabeth II as 'Mrs Windsor'.[53]

The last one is what killed me.

[littlemisssquiggles]

Pinehead Headcanons: Oscar’s Noble Move

So the thumbnail for tomorrow’s ninth episode is out and naturally this squiggle meister got a few things to muse over before it drops. 

What I’m mostly curious about for tomorrow’s episode is the build up to the inevitable moment that is going to go down. Y’know what I’m talking about. I believe it’s safe to speculate that Oscar may attempt to convince Ruby one more time regarding telling the truth to Ironwood.

What would be interesting if the ‘reveal scene’ plays out almost similarly to what happened in V6CH2? Imagine if…Oscar gives the Relic to Ironwood and provides him the same information about Jinn that he once gave Ruby. However, somehow I don’t see tomorrow’s reveal playing out exactly like last season considering one small detail.

Let’s not forget the angle of what happened happen in the V6 finale between Ruby and Jinn. If I may recall, there was a bit of foreshadowing involved there with Jinn warning Ruby about abusing the power of lamp the way she used it to get herself out of trouble with the Leviathan.

What would happen if Ruby were to summon Jinn's power again without a question? The last time Ruby used Jinn in such a manner, the mystical genie of the lamp made sure to warn our little red rose that she wouldn't allow her to do so a second time.

“I’m sorry. I don’t have a question for you. I just…I just needed a little more time.” “I know and while you don’t seek knowledge, just this once, I shall give it freely. I will not allow you to use me without a question again; even if this was clever…”

Ever since I reviewed the last episode of V6, I’ve been quite curious about what Jinn meant by that. For her to say that she wouldn’t allow Ruby to use her again without a question, it makes me wonder what the consequences of that might entail. 

On one end, I’m envisioning a scenario where Ruby might attempt to use Jinn in such a manner for a second time (because obvious foreshadow is obvious, am I right?) and either Jinn would not appear since she would obviously know that Ruby isn’t seeking knowledge again or…would it be a case where Jinn would outright punish Ruby for using her in such a fashion in spite of her last warning.

Since the Lamp of Knowledge comes with its own set of ground rules to use it, does it come with its own set of penalties as well? What would happen?

Somehow I'm picturing Jinn sort of holding Ruby or whoever practically hostage in the Realm of Revelations until a question is asked. As a matter of fact, what if…Ruby ends up backed into a corner where out of fear that Oscar would use the lamp against her, Ruby attempts to get the lamp away from Oscar similar to what Oz tried to do with her.

Let’ say, Ruby succeeds in grabbing the lamp from Oscar or at least touching it, calling for Jinn---but unlike like last time, Jinn doesn’t appear to Ruby in her moment of desperation. So it’s this extremely sad moment where a desperate Ruby keeps calling for Jinn in hopes that the genie would help her this time but nothing happens so it just makes things worse for Ruby since her saying Jinn’s name leads to the Atlesians---Ironwood and co---to question who Jinn is; just like she once did when Oz had tried to stop her.

All eyes are on Ruby at this point thus highlighting the synopsis for the episode:

“…Will you tell the truth? Or will someone tell it for you? The answer will make all the difference in the world.”

So it’s a scenario where Ruby is forced to come clean but it’s not just Oscar who pushes Ruby to tell the truth. Imagine if…Ruby is put on the spot with an aggravated Ironwood; still brooding from his meeting with the Council where he possibly lost his seat thanks to Jacques, demanding that someone speak up and tell him what’s really going on…only for Yang, of all people to say something. Maybe she’s followed up by Blake or in not-so-surprising twist--- Nora.

So Yang and Nora basically reveal small bits of the truth but it’s not the whole story. Or rather it’s a case where Ironwood and the Atlesians are in disbelief of what they were telling them. That’s when eyes fall to Ruby again with the final call still falling to her lap to make the right move.  

This is where I’m conflicted and why I’ve been more of an advocate for Ruby seeing the error of her ways through Oscar’s encouragement and fessing up of her own choice. 

My reason for not wanting for Ruby to wind up in the same spot as Ozpin is, not just because of the obvious rehash of that particular scene from last season; but more because the show has built Ruby up to be this influential figure who always makes the right call in the end. Beyond that, I actively did NOT want for it to come to Oscar putting Ruby in the same horrible position where he uses the lamp on her like what she did with Oz.

While I feel like that’s more likely going to be how things play out, that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Seriously I don’t want that. I feel like that would be the expected thing to happen to at this point and from a story standpoint, I still don’t want it since it would be the expected thing.

As a matter of fact, the more I think about it, the more I realized that it would probably be more fitting if Oscar does a more extreme version of what he did in the Dojo scene from V5.

Remember how I said in my analysis of that scene that Oscar challenging Ruby on her emotions in that moment was his way of knocking down her apathetic nature during that moment and forcing her to finally confront her true feelings on how the Fall of Beacon affected her?

While this episode could play out like a reverse version of V6CH2, I can also easily see if being the Dojo Scene 2.0 with Oscar once again putting Ruby in a position where she has to confront the truth of her own actions. She may not like this approach but by the end of it all, she ends up feeling better about herself for being honest with her feelings and rather than be upset with Oscar, she’d end up appreciating and respecting him a bit more for getting her to open up the way he did; if that makes sense.

So rather than expecting Oscar to use the lamp on Ruby, here’s what I’m hoping for:

I’m hoping for Oscar to challenge Ruby on revealing the truth. I expect him to call her out on her way of handling things the same way he did back during V5, backing Ruby into an emotional corner where she has no other choice but to fess up; this time not just for herself but for everyone involved in this whole charade.

Call me stubborn but this squiggle meister still wishes to believe in the Ruby who would do the right thing in the end and I also still want to believe that Oscar would do the same. He will believe in Ruby to make the right call, even if it has to come to a point again where he feels inclined to push her to this point.

I don’t exactly know how this will be done however; I want to bank on Oscar not using the Relic on Ruby. I want to hope for Ruby to reveal the truth for herself since she would’ve been brought to this point of no return as instigated by Oscar challenging her, just like her did back in Mistral. I feel this way would be more in line with the characterization of Oscar we’ve received so far in the show since it feels like how he would approach it.

I can see Oscar backing Ruby into a corner, just like in V5, where she is forced to do nothing but tell the truth. What I think would be interesting is how Ruby reacts to it? What would make the difference is what call Ruby choses to make this time?

Will she chose to come clean about the truth to their Atlesian comrades (repeating herself back in the V5 Dojo Scene) or will she make the same mistake as Ozpin did in Argus leaving Oscar no choice…but to tell the truth for Ruby.

While everyone is probably expecting Oscar to be the Stoolpigeon---I mean Informer, I’m looking for my boy to play the Judge. 

I feel like Oscar will give Ruby the choice the tell truth herself and in the event that she doesn’t do it, he’ll do it for her.

 Do you know what would be an interesting twist and a real honourable thing for Oscar to do that would make others think even more highly of him? 

Imagine if…Oscar revealed the truth about Salem, by word of mouth rather than wasting the Relic, but takes responsibility for everything? 

Like he basically tells Ironwood that everything that has happened was as a result of mistakes made by his predecessors including Oz and as his successor, he plans on rectifying it. So Oscar basically tells Ironwood that if he should get mad at any person and hold anyone accountable, it’s him.

Imagine if…the truth comes out and Oscar just takes responsibility for all of it making the JNR_QRWBY feel like trash because since Oz’s departure, all Oscar has done is pretty much take the brunt of punishment for Ozpin’s actions and now here he is this time actively choosing to take the fall, not just for Oz but for them as well.

I actually think it would be pretty freaking cool if Oscar did that for the group and Oz. Will it happen? Probably not but who knows?

I will take anything else over Oscar using the Relic on Ruby because I really don’t think he will use the Relic. I don’t want the last question to be wasted on a recap either. I feel like it’d be more compelling if Oscar raises the Relic to Ruby in a threatening manner, giving her the choice to come clean. And in the event that she doesn’t, Oscar will tell the truth anyway.

Like legit tell the truth. The last question is too important to waste on a rehash of events. So Oscar tells the truth to Ironwood but rather than have Ironwood point fingers at Ruby and the others for their actions, Oscar instead tells Ironwood to let him take responsibility since in retrospect, everything that has happened up until this point---the good, the bad and the ugly---are as a result of choices made by the Wizards including Ozpin and as the Tenth Wizard, Oscar felt inclined that it was his duty to not just accept the burdens of the choices that his past selves made---understanding their tough choices--- but to also make things right.

I can see Oscar calling out Oz’s mistakes but not in a way that’s chastising. It’s an understanding way leading into him making his own choice to do what he could to make a different move than his predecessors.

Or something along those lines. I can very well be very wrong about this in the end but…I dunno. Like I said, I’ll take anything over Oscar using the Relic on Ruby. I want Oscar to make a good choice but also expect him to make a move that feels like something he would do that’s within his character. I dunno. I guess we’ll see for tomorrow’s episode.

Overall, I’ll be paying close attention to the Rosebuds for this new episode since, as I’ve said before, they are the drivers of this subplot so I’m looking forward to the exchange of words and looks made by these two smaller, more honest souls. It should be a ‘fun’ episode.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)

[stablestshady]

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[chrisalanjones]

Apparently this is what happens to stool pigeons who talk . . #stoolpigeon #avenuec #alphabetcity #eastvillage #manhattan #newyork #newyorkcity (at Avenue C)

[magnetdude]

Saw this guy sporting the 312 leg band. Seems a bit bewildered by all the art! Not quite sure if he's from Chicagoland. #stoolpigeon #pidegon #bandedpigeon #312 (at Centennial Lakes Park)

[aufwiedersehenpet-blog]

"What are talking about 'your stool'?...." #aufwiedersehenpet #stoolpigeon