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Gangster Cinema Central

507,783 次观看 • 1 个月前

Sen. Kennedy: Is Russia our friend? Gen. Smith: Sir, they're not. Sen. Kennedy: Between Ukraine and Russia, who do we want to win that war? Gen. Smith: Obviously, we want Ukraine to stand independently and not be consumed by Russia. Sen. Kennedy: When Putin went into Ukraine, he thought he was going to roll in and take it over in two days like thunder on a summer night, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I believe he did. Sen. Kennedy: But Ukrainian people have fought back, haven't they? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir, they've fought back. Sen. Kennedy: And they now have some of the most sophisticated drone technology in the history of the world, don't they? Gen. Smith: Sir, they do. They're doing very well with drones. Sen. Kennedy: And with limited resources they have, they're giving Russia curb-stomping, aren't they? Gen. Smith: I would say they are. Sen. Kennedy: In fact, with their limited resources, they've knocked out 40% of Russia's oil export capacity. Since January, using their drones and limited cruise missiles, they've hit oil and gas facilities within Russia over 100 times. Not on the border, within Russia. Right? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir. Sen. Kennedy: And Putin was so scared, he almost had to cancel Russia's military parade, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I will take your word for that, sir. Sen. Kennedy: Okay.
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Sen. Kennedy: Is Russia our friend? Gen. Smith: Sir, they're not. Sen. Kennedy: Between Ukraine and Russia, who do we want to win that war? Gen. Smith: Obviously, we want Ukraine to stand independently and not be consumed by Russia. Sen. Kennedy: When Putin went into Ukraine, he thought he was going to roll in and take it over in two days like thunder on a summer night, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I believe he did. Sen. Kennedy: But Ukrainian people have fought back, haven't they? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir, they've fought back. Sen. Kennedy: And they now have some of the most sophisticated drone technology in the history of the world, don't they? Gen. Smith: Sir, they do. They're doing very well with drones. Sen. Kennedy: And with limited resources they have, they're giving Russia curb-stomping, aren't they? Gen. Smith: I would say they are. Sen. Kennedy: In fact, with their limited resources, they've knocked out 40% of Russia's oil export capacity. Since January, using their drones and limited cruise missiles, they've hit oil and gas facilities within Russia over 100 times. Not on the border, within Russia. Right? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir. Sen. Kennedy: And Putin was so scared, he almost had to cancel Russia's military parade, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I will take your word for that, sir. Sen. Kennedy: Okay.

Kate from Kharkiv

2,315,937 次观看 • 3 个月前

📺 $TSLA HITS CRITICAL PIVOT: WHY $400 DECIDES THE NEXT BIG MOVE Please ❤️like and 🔁share with fellow Tesla traders/investors $TSLA has likely completed the first major upside leg from the $349.97 channel bottom into the expected resistance zone around $444.60 and the low $450 s. Now that it has been tested, #TSLA faces a major decision point between continuation higher or a deeper corrective phase. The bigger technical issue is that $TSLA is running directly into layered resistance in the low $450 s, including the important weekly descending channel resistance between $453.29 and $453.91. This resistance cluster could cap upside not just this week, but potentially through much of June. The recent rejection from that zone increases the probability that Tesla may spend the next several months trading in a wide range between the mid-$340s and the low-$450s rather than immediately breaking out into a new impulsive rally. * #Tesla is entering Tuesday under heavy pressure after closing Monday at $409.99, with the technical picture now centered around one critical pivot: $400.57 – the rising channel support. A close below it would likely confirm bearish continuation and trigger a move toward the next downside target at $381.49 within days. More importantly, losing $400.57 on a closing basis would strongly increase the odds that $TSLA eventually revisits the larger support zone around $349.97 sometime by late June or within the next 3–5 weeks. Tesla may need a deeper reset after becoming extended into major resistance. * “Soft resistance” sits at $422.00. Reclaiming it on a closing basis would fill a gap and potentially signal that the current selloff has exhausted itself. If $TSLA can recover and close back above $422 quickly, it would likely trigger a momentum reversal that could send the stock back toward the low-$450s within 3–5 trading days. * So, a close below $400.57, we have an accelerated downside toward $381.49 within days and higher probability of revisiting $349.97 over the next month or two. BUT a hold or reclaim of $400.57 and a close back above $422 would trigger a momentum reversal and lead to a retest of the low-$450s possible within days to a week. If Tesla can ultimately close a week above $453.91, it would mark a major breakout into a new long-term bullish phase. * So, $TSLA is now sitting at one of the most important technical inflection points it has faced in months. The stock has already completed the initial rally target from the March-April lows. Now the market must decide whether this is simply a pause before another breakout toward $540+, or the beginning of a larger corrective reset back toward the mid-$300s before the next major leg higher later in 2026. * Watch the full analysis for May 19, 2026 in this short video🔽
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📺 $TSLA HITS CRITICAL PIVOT: WHY $400 DECIDES THE NEXT BIG MOVE Please ❤️like and 🔁share with fellow Tesla traders/investors $TSLA has likely completed the first major upside leg from the $349.97 channel bottom into the expected resistance zone around $444.60 and the low $450 s. Now that it has been tested, #TSLA faces a major decision point between continuation higher or a deeper corrective phase. The bigger technical issue is that $TSLA is running directly into layered resistance in the low $450 s, including the important weekly descending channel resistance between $453.29 and $453.91. This resistance cluster could cap upside not just this week, but potentially through much of June. The recent rejection from that zone increases the probability that Tesla may spend the next several months trading in a wide range between the mid-$340s and the low-$450s rather than immediately breaking out into a new impulsive rally. * #Tesla is entering Tuesday under heavy pressure after closing Monday at $409.99, with the technical picture now centered around one critical pivot: $400.57 – the rising channel support. A close below it would likely confirm bearish continuation and trigger a move toward the next downside target at $381.49 within days. More importantly, losing $400.57 on a closing basis would strongly increase the odds that $TSLA eventually revisits the larger support zone around $349.97 sometime by late June or within the next 3–5 weeks. Tesla may need a deeper reset after becoming extended into major resistance. * “Soft resistance” sits at $422.00. Reclaiming it on a closing basis would fill a gap and potentially signal that the current selloff has exhausted itself. If $TSLA can recover and close back above $422 quickly, it would likely trigger a momentum reversal that could send the stock back toward the low-$450s within 3–5 trading days. * So, a close below $400.57, we have an accelerated downside toward $381.49 within days and higher probability of revisiting $349.97 over the next month or two. BUT a hold or reclaim of $400.57 and a close back above $422 would trigger a momentum reversal and lead to a retest of the low-$450s possible within days to a week. If Tesla can ultimately close a week above $453.91, it would mark a major breakout into a new long-term bullish phase. * So, $TSLA is now sitting at one of the most important technical inflection points it has faced in months. The stock has already completed the initial rally target from the March-April lows. Now the market must decide whether this is simply a pause before another breakout toward $540+, or the beginning of a larger corrective reset back toward the mid-$300s before the next major leg higher later in 2026. * Watch the full analysis for May 19, 2026 in this short video🔽

Wicked Stocks

14,691 次观看 • 3 个月前

I’ve been closely following the saga around the burial of Zambia’s 6th president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who passed away in South Africa on 5 June 2025. The bitter relationship between the late former president and the incumbent, Hakainde Hichilema Hakainde Hichilema, has cast an even darker shadow over Zimbabwe’s sisterly nation. The Lungu family has publicly rejected President Hichilema’s attendance at the planned state funeral, while Hichilema has insisted on attending in his official capacity ,as head of state ,to preside over the burial. After days of back-and-forth negotiations between the family and the Zambian government, it appeared on Sunday that a consensus had finally been reached. The South African government played a significant role in mediating between the two sides, going as far as arranging for the South African National Defence Forces to perform a formal march-past of the casket before the body was to be flown home. Plans were in place for the usual military honours to receive the late president in Zambia, with high-ranking officials ,including President Hichilema ,expected to be present at the airport. Then, just as everything seemed to be settled, the family reversed its decision. The burial would no longer take place in Zambia. Instead, they declared that Edgar Lungu would be laid to rest in South Africa. This abrupt change has caused a massive diplomatic and political embarrassment ,not only to Hichilema’s administration and the people of Zambia, but also to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African government, and its citizens, who had shown respect and hospitality in honouring a fellow African statesman. What a sad and deeply unfortunate situation. Why can’t the protagonists bury the hatchet ,even for a moment ,and allow the former head of state to be laid to rest with the dignity his office once carried? Politics can be so toxic. In this case, it’s bitterness to the grave.
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I’ve been closely following the saga around the burial of Zambia’s 6th president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who passed away in South Africa on 5 June 2025. The bitter relationship between the late former president and the incumbent, Hakainde Hichilema Hakainde Hichilema, has cast an even darker shadow over Zimbabwe’s sisterly nation. The Lungu family has publicly rejected President Hichilema’s attendance at the planned state funeral, while Hichilema has insisted on attending in his official capacity ,as head of state ,to preside over the burial. After days of back-and-forth negotiations between the family and the Zambian government, it appeared on Sunday that a consensus had finally been reached. The South African government played a significant role in mediating between the two sides, going as far as arranging for the South African National Defence Forces to perform a formal march-past of the casket before the body was to be flown home. Plans were in place for the usual military honours to receive the late president in Zambia, with high-ranking officials ,including President Hichilema ,expected to be present at the airport. Then, just as everything seemed to be settled, the family reversed its decision. The burial would no longer take place in Zambia. Instead, they declared that Edgar Lungu would be laid to rest in South Africa. This abrupt change has caused a massive diplomatic and political embarrassment ,not only to Hichilema’s administration and the people of Zambia, but also to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African government, and its citizens, who had shown respect and hospitality in honouring a fellow African statesman. What a sad and deeply unfortunate situation. Why can’t the protagonists bury the hatchet ,even for a moment ,and allow the former head of state to be laid to rest with the dignity his office once carried? Politics can be so toxic. In this case, it’s bitterness to the grave.

King Jay🇿🇼

27,033 次观看 • 1 年前

🗣️ Mikel Arteta has to make changes for Crystal Palace. 🔄 “December is the month where players get injured more than ever. If there’s one thing Mikel Arteta struggles with. It's rotation and Arsenal are paying the price for it right now. “Benjamin White playing three games in a row straight off a long-term injury. That's pretty unnecessary. Gabriel playing a friendly when he reportedly wasn't 100%, that was questionable as well. “Situation with Benjamin White, he's now out, Gabriel out, soon to return. Saliba not fully fit, even Mikel said that himself. He had to rush him back. That was a risk, which breeds more injuries. It's a vicious cycle. “Hincapie had an injury the other day against Everton, where Calafiori sort of like went into him and he even had to have like a look like a like a deep heat or something on on him like a bit of pain relief. “So he's probably not even look hundred percent. No one seemed to pull that up at the end of the match, but he didn't look like he was moving that comfortably. He did complete the 90 minutes. Of course, Mosquera. Another one who's not available. I feel like at the moment with Arsenal there's one position just gets absolutely pummeled. So at the moment, it's the defence. At the start of the season, it was all the strikers. So now we're packed up front, we're ruined in defence. So there's not many options. “I read an article the other day where it said, December is the month where players they get injured more than ever because there's so many games, the load is so high, it's just it's just too much. “I mean, even Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United, the most durable player in football pretty much, and he got injured from a hamstring the other night. It just goes to show what this period's like for the players. “So I think Mikel has a duty to look after the players, they just had a week off. It's the first week they've had off in since like international break and it's not going to change until February, so it's not going to stop. “Mikel has a duty to look after these players and make sure this doesn't derail our season. Arsenal haven't won the Carabao Cup since 1993, before I was even born. I've never seen us win it. I've always wanted us to win it, but I'm not going to get upset if we don't win it. I think Mikel's under a lot of pressure this season to bring home silverware but if it's not the Premier League or Champions League, it's going to be the same result. “I think this match is a match for rotation. I think it's a match for Noni Maduweke, Ethan Wainieri. Marli Salmon, even Josh Nichols at right-back. Timber needs a rest. Saliba probably needs a rest. Hincapie may need a rest, given the extent of his injury. I think the players are on the limit at the moment. “I think we're very close to being beyond the limit for Arsenal. We're in a very good position, thanks to Mikel and the players and the staff, everything right now. But let's not ruin that over a Carabao Cup. “We need to win a trophy, but a Carabao Cup isn't going to relieve the pressure on Mikel Arteta, I'm afraid. It's just not. You know what's coming if he wins it. Oh, he's not won the Champions League. He's not won the Premier League. Doesn't matter. “Obviously, it would be delightful to win. a trophy, like even when he won the FA Cup, he has won a trophy for Arsenal, major trophy, but that was a long time ago, and this season's the season in my opinion. “He needs to prioritise what matters for him. Here's a starting 11 I'd go with. Got Josh Nichols in there, Marli Salmon. I know Josh and that have been actually training with the first team ahead of this match, so. I wouldn't be surprised to see the likes of him in the squad. “You never know, he might start. Knowing Arteta though, he probably won't start, but I'd like to see him start. What's your opinion on it? Should Arteta rotate massively?“
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🗣️ Mikel Arteta has to make changes for Crystal Palace. 🔄 “December is the month where players get injured more than ever. If there’s one thing Mikel Arteta struggles with. It's rotation and Arsenal are paying the price for it right now. “Benjamin White playing three games in a row straight off a long-term injury. That's pretty unnecessary. Gabriel playing a friendly when he reportedly wasn't 100%, that was questionable as well. “Situation with Benjamin White, he's now out, Gabriel out, soon to return. Saliba not fully fit, even Mikel said that himself. He had to rush him back. That was a risk, which breeds more injuries. It's a vicious cycle. “Hincapie had an injury the other day against Everton, where Calafiori sort of like went into him and he even had to have like a look like a like a deep heat or something on on him like a bit of pain relief. “So he's probably not even look hundred percent. No one seemed to pull that up at the end of the match, but he didn't look like he was moving that comfortably. He did complete the 90 minutes. Of course, Mosquera. Another one who's not available. I feel like at the moment with Arsenal there's one position just gets absolutely pummeled. So at the moment, it's the defence. At the start of the season, it was all the strikers. So now we're packed up front, we're ruined in defence. So there's not many options. “I read an article the other day where it said, December is the month where players they get injured more than ever because there's so many games, the load is so high, it's just it's just too much. “I mean, even Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United, the most durable player in football pretty much, and he got injured from a hamstring the other night. It just goes to show what this period's like for the players. “So I think Mikel has a duty to look after the players, they just had a week off. It's the first week they've had off in since like international break and it's not going to change until February, so it's not going to stop. “Mikel has a duty to look after these players and make sure this doesn't derail our season. Arsenal haven't won the Carabao Cup since 1993, before I was even born. I've never seen us win it. I've always wanted us to win it, but I'm not going to get upset if we don't win it. I think Mikel's under a lot of pressure this season to bring home silverware but if it's not the Premier League or Champions League, it's going to be the same result. “I think this match is a match for rotation. I think it's a match for Noni Maduweke, Ethan Wainieri. Marli Salmon, even Josh Nichols at right-back. Timber needs a rest. Saliba probably needs a rest. Hincapie may need a rest, given the extent of his injury. I think the players are on the limit at the moment. “I think we're very close to being beyond the limit for Arsenal. We're in a very good position, thanks to Mikel and the players and the staff, everything right now. But let's not ruin that over a Carabao Cup. “We need to win a trophy, but a Carabao Cup isn't going to relieve the pressure on Mikel Arteta, I'm afraid. It's just not. You know what's coming if he wins it. Oh, he's not won the Champions League. He's not won the Premier League. Doesn't matter. “Obviously, it would be delightful to win. a trophy, like even when he won the FA Cup, he has won a trophy for Arsenal, major trophy, but that was a long time ago, and this season's the season in my opinion. “He needs to prioritise what matters for him. Here's a starting 11 I'd go with. Got Josh Nichols in there, Marli Salmon. I know Josh and that have been actually training with the first team ahead of this match, so. I wouldn't be surprised to see the likes of him in the squad. “You never know, he might start. Knowing Arteta though, he probably won't start, but I'd like to see him start. What's your opinion on it? Should Arteta rotate massively?“

Connor Humm

77,413 次观看 • 8 个月前

This Is One Of The Most Eye Opening Interviews You’ll Ever Hear. In 1992, A Real Communist Party USA Meeting Was Held In California At The University Of Berkeley. Many Of The Attendees Ended Up Working In The Barack Obama Administration Their Goal “Use the environmental movement to take down the free enterprise system in America.” 🚨 “Back in 1992, uh, an older friend of my father who was from Saint Louis asked me to go to this meeting that the Communist Party USA was having at the University of California Berkeley. And he had studied communism and written books about communism back in the sixties and stuff. And he was curious Because if you remember back in 1989, the Berlin Wall had come down, and everyone was saying communism is dead. It's over. Then in 91 in December, the Soviet Union dissolved. And so this is 6 months later, the summer of 92, and the Communist Party USA is having a meeting. So he asked me to go out to this meeting. He said, would you go out there and just see what they're talking about? Because we we won. This thing's over. And so I went to that. And for 3 days, I sat there in breakout sessions and lectures and and listened to these hardcore communists. And and one thing shocking about it too, I thought it'd be college radical since it was at Berkeley, so I dressed like a college radical with some radical t shirt on it. I walk into the autumn the auditorium, there's 14 or 1500, 50, 60, and 70 year olds with briefcases. And I thought, woah. This is actually serious. It's not just some radicals. And many of those exact people, as I researched them later, ended up being in Obama's cabinet in 2008. And that's what motivated me to make movie because I rise these are the people that were at this communist meeting with me back back in 1992. But at that meeting, they laid out this plan how they wanted to take America down from the inside. They were gonna focus all their energies on that now. They've been focusing on it for a while, but they realized they could never outspend America because capitalism, free enterprise is so successful. And they kind of that woke them up. Okay. We gotta go to plan b. They they just keep building more and more. And, of course, we had all the years of Reagan where he'd really built the military up, so they realized We're in trouble here. Um, and so that's what they talked about to me and how they were going to do that from the inside, and I didn't think that much about it, went on with my life. But then again, 16 years later in 2008 from 92, when I remembered what they had talked about, like, one thing, uh, that is so clear how it had changed. They had said back in 92, we're gonna use the environmental movement to take down the free enterprise system in America.” I can’t transcribe it all due to X’s text limits but this is a CRAZY listen… This is the systematic takedown of America from the inside under the disguise of Climate Change
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This Is One Of The Most Eye Opening Interviews You’ll Ever Hear. In 1992, A Real Communist Party USA Meeting Was Held In California At The University Of Berkeley. Many Of The Attendees Ended Up Working In The Barack Obama Administration Their Goal “Use the environmental movement to take down the free enterprise system in America.” 🚨 “Back in 1992, uh, an older friend of my father who was from Saint Louis asked me to go to this meeting that the Communist Party USA was having at the University of California Berkeley. And he had studied communism and written books about communism back in the sixties and stuff. And he was curious Because if you remember back in 1989, the Berlin Wall had come down, and everyone was saying communism is dead. It's over. Then in 91 in December, the Soviet Union dissolved. And so this is 6 months later, the summer of 92, and the Communist Party USA is having a meeting. So he asked me to go out to this meeting. He said, would you go out there and just see what they're talking about? Because we we won. This thing's over. And so I went to that. And for 3 days, I sat there in breakout sessions and lectures and and listened to these hardcore communists. And and one thing shocking about it too, I thought it'd be college radical since it was at Berkeley, so I dressed like a college radical with some radical t shirt on it. I walk into the autumn the auditorium, there's 14 or 1500, 50, 60, and 70 year olds with briefcases. And I thought, woah. This is actually serious. It's not just some radicals. And many of those exact people, as I researched them later, ended up being in Obama's cabinet in 2008. And that's what motivated me to make movie because I rise these are the people that were at this communist meeting with me back back in 1992. But at that meeting, they laid out this plan how they wanted to take America down from the inside. They were gonna focus all their energies on that now. They've been focusing on it for a while, but they realized they could never outspend America because capitalism, free enterprise is so successful. And they kind of that woke them up. Okay. We gotta go to plan b. They they just keep building more and more. And, of course, we had all the years of Reagan where he'd really built the military up, so they realized We're in trouble here. Um, and so that's what they talked about to me and how they were going to do that from the inside, and I didn't think that much about it, went on with my life. But then again, 16 years later in 2008 from 92, when I remembered what they had talked about, like, one thing, uh, that is so clear how it had changed. They had said back in 92, we're gonna use the environmental movement to take down the free enterprise system in America.” I can’t transcribe it all due to X’s text limits but this is a CRAZY listen… This is the systematic takedown of America from the inside under the disguise of Climate Change

Wall Street Apes

1,452,304 次观看 • 2 年前

Footage of Phil Taylor hitting incredibly rare 240 shot in darts resurfaces ahead of World Championship semis DARTS Phil Taylor is responsible for an incredibly rare 240 score which is no longer possible in darts. Taylor is quite possibly the greatest darts player in history, with a record 16 world titles to his name and an incredible 85 major titles overall. 'The Power' holds a series of impressive records, including the most televised nine-dart finishes with 11 and the first player to produce two nine-darters in the same match. But the 64-year-old also produced an uncommon 240 shot back in 1993, when competing in the UK Matchplay. The tournament took place at the Aquarius Club, Chesterfield and was televised by ITV's Yorkshire television. And in a first in the competition, Taylor threw 240 - the maximum score one could achieve with three darts. 240 was made possible because at the time, games were being played on a 'Quadro' board - which had been brought in by Harrows Darts Technology the previous year. The board featured an an extra ring between the double ring and the outer bull, which meant you could get quadruples as well as trebles. The highest possible checkout was 210 from two quadruple 20 and then the bull - but Taylor went and achieved the maximum score against Jocky Wilson, who went on to reach the final in a losing effort to Dennis Priestley. The announcer screamed "240!" as they do these days when 180s are scored. Taylor's effort is believed to be the second 240 hit captured on camera, with Wilson, Shayne Burgess, Bob Anderson and Peter Evison also later matching the achievement during the event. The board was in play for a few years but according to Patrick Chaplin, darts players were regularly confused by the fact there were so many combinations that were tough to remember. Referees and callers also had great difficulty in having to quickly work out the scores. It was discontinued in 2000 and not seen in a professional capacity for a long time but a 2025 version has been released, giving it a more modern take on the classic. On the non-standard board, an eight-dart finish from 501 is possible.
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Footage of Phil Taylor hitting incredibly rare 240 shot in darts resurfaces ahead of World Championship semis DARTS Phil Taylor is responsible for an incredibly rare 240 score which is no longer possible in darts. Taylor is quite possibly the greatest darts player in history, with a record 16 world titles to his name and an incredible 85 major titles overall. 'The Power' holds a series of impressive records, including the most televised nine-dart finishes with 11 and the first player to produce two nine-darters in the same match. But the 64-year-old also produced an uncommon 240 shot back in 1993, when competing in the UK Matchplay. The tournament took place at the Aquarius Club, Chesterfield and was televised by ITV's Yorkshire television. And in a first in the competition, Taylor threw 240 - the maximum score one could achieve with three darts. 240 was made possible because at the time, games were being played on a 'Quadro' board - which had been brought in by Harrows Darts Technology the previous year. The board featured an an extra ring between the double ring and the outer bull, which meant you could get quadruples as well as trebles. The highest possible checkout was 210 from two quadruple 20 and then the bull - but Taylor went and achieved the maximum score against Jocky Wilson, who went on to reach the final in a losing effort to Dennis Priestley. The announcer screamed "240!" as they do these days when 180s are scored. Taylor's effort is believed to be the second 240 hit captured on camera, with Wilson, Shayne Burgess, Bob Anderson and Peter Evison also later matching the achievement during the event. The board was in play for a few years but according to Patrick Chaplin, darts players were regularly confused by the fact there were so many combinations that were tough to remember. Referees and callers also had great difficulty in having to quickly work out the scores. It was discontinued in 2000 and not seen in a professional capacity for a long time but a 2025 version has been released, giving it a more modern take on the classic. On the non-standard board, an eight-dart finish from 501 is possible.

Richardlewisevans

336,287 次观看 • 1 年前

Detroit Mayor's Ex-Lover Says She Used Him for Kickbacks Detroit cops are scouring the city trying to kill the story, which feels like Kwame 2.0 By Charlie LeDuff Charlie LeDuff Detroit — Mayor Mary Sheffield has man troubles. First, there is the demolition contractor being investigated by the FBI for allegedly poisoning the city with toxic dirt. Sheffield’s first instinct was to tell the public she didn’t vote to give her former lover city contracts. That turned out to be a $59 million lie. Now comes her latest Himbo eruption. And this one threatens to burn down City Hall. Sheffield’s handlers do not deny her relationship with businessman Marvin Walker. There are too many salacious photographs and videos for that. But Sheffield’s minions are quietly whispering to reporters that if any money changed hands between the two, it was Sheffield helping out her former lover when his funds were short. For his part, Walker claims that he was Sheffield’s bagman while she was a member of city council, acting as the courier who collected illegal kickbacks on her behalf and deposited them in her mailbox. Walker came to meet me with a heavy portfolio of videos, text messages, and screenshots. Walker described an ornate scheme—one of many—where Sheffield used her public position and municipal contacts to help steer lucrative real-estate deals to a pair of prominent businessmen. Those men, in turn, would provide Walker with the quid-pro-quo: wads of cash as thick as a head of cabbage. Walker estimates that he collected and delivered at least $200,000 to Sheffield. In one screenshot, Walker is sitting in his car with a bundle of high-denomination currency. “7,000. In your mailbox,” he wrote along with a photo of the cash. “Thank you,” she replied. The rationale for his alleged criminality? “I loved her, man,” Walker said. “I would have done anything for her. But now she’s throwing me under the bus.” Then Walker showed some wedding photographs of him and Sheffield taken in Las Vegas in 2022. It wasn’t a real wedding, said Walker, who is married with children. They were just “playing house.” As he was talking about the Vegas getaway, Walker’s telephone rang. It was Detroit Chief of Police Todd Bettison. Photographs and videos of Walker and Sheffield were starting to appear on social media, and the Chief wanted Walker to take them down. “How am I supposed to take them down when I didn’t put them up?” Walker asked the top cop. “I don’t got nothing to do with that.” City Hall refuses to answer questions about Walker’s relationship with Mayor Sheffield, except to say, “[We] highly recommend you consider the source and motivation behind what is being said.” Detractors paint an unsavory portrait of Walker. He’s been called slum lord, a car thief, and a manipulator who uses his properties to house homeless women and then use them as his own personal harem. Walker denies it all. Nevertheless, police confirm that they have asked the county prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Walker for criminal sexual conduct. And last week, Detroit police came 12 deep to lock and shutter Walker’s midtown building for code violations. Also, plain-clothes detectives have been scouring local car dealerships inquiring about whether Walker had engaged in title fraud. But car titles were not the only thing detectives inquired about. “They asked us if we knew anything about his and the mayor’s relationship,” one surprised salesperson recalled. “It was fucking crazy. I mean, we’re just a car dealership, what were we supposed to know about that?” In response, Walker’s lawyer has made overtures to the FBI. They’re looking to cut a deal. “I did whatever she asked of me,” Walker said, as we spoke in the parking lot of one of his moldering properties. Clay-faced women stared from their porch stoops. “Now, when I needed her help, she turns on me. I’m not going out like that,” he said. But this story doesn’t end with Walker. Earlier this month, Chief Bettison phoned Jahdante Smith, a high-strung and hard-charging activist who had posted intimate images of the couple online. Smith recorded the call with the Chief. “I did see some of the posts you made, the post with Mary kissing Marvin,” Bettison said. “What I would like for you to do, I would like for you to take those pictures down off your Facebook page. I would like for you to do that. I’m asking you.” Smith refused. Then last week, as Smith was walking downtown with his 7-year-old son, four uniformed cops jumped out of their squad cars, cuffed Smith, and seized his cellphone. “They never presented a warrant, didn't articulate suspicion, they just snatched my phone,” Smith said. “This administration is off the hook, man. Not good.” When contacted by telephone, Chief Bettison said, “It’s an open investigation, I cannot comment on it.” This shouldn’t be taken as a story of lust, but rather a story about the lust for power and money. It’s a story about judgment and the company Mary Sheffield keeps. A scorned and sleazy lover trying to settle a score. A mayor using the police force as a personal palace guard. It’s fair game for the public to ask if their city is being run like an organized crime racket. Are we going back to the bad old days in Detroit? Maybe. Or maybe the bad old days never left and we just couldn’t see it.
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Detroit Mayor's Ex-Lover Says She Used Him for Kickbacks Detroit cops are scouring the city trying to kill the story, which feels like Kwame 2.0 By Charlie LeDuff Charlie LeDuff Detroit — Mayor Mary Sheffield has man troubles. First, there is the demolition contractor being investigated by the FBI for allegedly poisoning the city with toxic dirt. Sheffield’s first instinct was to tell the public she didn’t vote to give her former lover city contracts. That turned out to be a $59 million lie. Now comes her latest Himbo eruption. And this one threatens to burn down City Hall. Sheffield’s handlers do not deny her relationship with businessman Marvin Walker. There are too many salacious photographs and videos for that. But Sheffield’s minions are quietly whispering to reporters that if any money changed hands between the two, it was Sheffield helping out her former lover when his funds were short. For his part, Walker claims that he was Sheffield’s bagman while she was a member of city council, acting as the courier who collected illegal kickbacks on her behalf and deposited them in her mailbox. Walker came to meet me with a heavy portfolio of videos, text messages, and screenshots. Walker described an ornate scheme—one of many—where Sheffield used her public position and municipal contacts to help steer lucrative real-estate deals to a pair of prominent businessmen. Those men, in turn, would provide Walker with the quid-pro-quo: wads of cash as thick as a head of cabbage. Walker estimates that he collected and delivered at least $200,000 to Sheffield. In one screenshot, Walker is sitting in his car with a bundle of high-denomination currency. “7,000. In your mailbox,” he wrote along with a photo of the cash. “Thank you,” she replied. The rationale for his alleged criminality? “I loved her, man,” Walker said. “I would have done anything for her. But now she’s throwing me under the bus.” Then Walker showed some wedding photographs of him and Sheffield taken in Las Vegas in 2022. It wasn’t a real wedding, said Walker, who is married with children. They were just “playing house.” As he was talking about the Vegas getaway, Walker’s telephone rang. It was Detroit Chief of Police Todd Bettison. Photographs and videos of Walker and Sheffield were starting to appear on social media, and the Chief wanted Walker to take them down. “How am I supposed to take them down when I didn’t put them up?” Walker asked the top cop. “I don’t got nothing to do with that.” City Hall refuses to answer questions about Walker’s relationship with Mayor Sheffield, except to say, “[We] highly recommend you consider the source and motivation behind what is being said.” Detractors paint an unsavory portrait of Walker. He’s been called slum lord, a car thief, and a manipulator who uses his properties to house homeless women and then use them as his own personal harem. Walker denies it all. Nevertheless, police confirm that they have asked the county prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Walker for criminal sexual conduct. And last week, Detroit police came 12 deep to lock and shutter Walker’s midtown building for code violations. Also, plain-clothes detectives have been scouring local car dealerships inquiring about whether Walker had engaged in title fraud. But car titles were not the only thing detectives inquired about. “They asked us if we knew anything about his and the mayor’s relationship,” one surprised salesperson recalled. “It was fucking crazy. I mean, we’re just a car dealership, what were we supposed to know about that?” In response, Walker’s lawyer has made overtures to the FBI. They’re looking to cut a deal. “I did whatever she asked of me,” Walker said, as we spoke in the parking lot of one of his moldering properties. Clay-faced women stared from their porch stoops. “Now, when I needed her help, she turns on me. I’m not going out like that,” he said. But this story doesn’t end with Walker. Earlier this month, Chief Bettison phoned Jahdante Smith, a high-strung and hard-charging activist who had posted intimate images of the couple online. Smith recorded the call with the Chief. “I did see some of the posts you made, the post with Mary kissing Marvin,” Bettison said. “What I would like for you to do, I would like for you to take those pictures down off your Facebook page. I would like for you to do that. I’m asking you.” Smith refused. Then last week, as Smith was walking downtown with his 7-year-old son, four uniformed cops jumped out of their squad cars, cuffed Smith, and seized his cellphone. “They never presented a warrant, didn't articulate suspicion, they just snatched my phone,” Smith said. “This administration is off the hook, man. Not good.” When contacted by telephone, Chief Bettison said, “It’s an open investigation, I cannot comment on it.” This shouldn’t be taken as a story of lust, but rather a story about the lust for power and money. It’s a story about judgment and the company Mary Sheffield keeps. A scorned and sleazy lover trying to settle a score. A mayor using the police force as a personal palace guard. It’s fair game for the public to ask if their city is being run like an organized crime racket. Are we going back to the bad old days in Detroit? Maybe. Or maybe the bad old days never left and we just couldn’t see it.

Michigan Enjoyer

112,548 次观看 • 2 天前

Fifty years later… and it still hurts. On this date 50 years ago — March 18, 1976 — the Alabama Men’s Basketball program suffered one of its most painful NCAA Tournament losses, as the three-time SEC champions fell to the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers, 74-69, in Baton Rouge. For Alabama fans who remember, the heartbreak hasn’t faded with time. In an era before modern seeding, the 32-team NCAA Tournament was organized geographically, and it handed the Crimson Tide a brutal draw — landing in the Midwest Regional alongside the No. 1-ranked, undefeated Hoosiers. What should have been a later-round clash between heavyweights came far too early in a Sweet Sixteen showdown. Alabama didn’t back down and went basket-for-basket with one of the greatest teams in college basketball history, trading shots and momentum deep into the second half. With 5:11 remaining, Indiana clung to a 67-65 lead in what had become a classic. Then came the moment that still gets talked about five decades later. On a fast break, Alabama center Leon Douglas took a pass, lowered his shoulder and collided with Indiana’s Kent Benson. From nearly half court, referee Booker Turner whistled Douglas for a charge — a call that changed everything. Instead of a potential tying basket or momentum swing, possession flipped and Alabama never fully recovered. Indiana held on for the 5-point win, the closest game of its legendary postseason run. The Hoosiers won every other NCAA Tournament game by double digits, including an 86-68 victory over Michigan in the national championship, finishing a perfect 32-0 — the last undefeated champion in men’s college basketball history. T.R. Dunn led Alabama with 16 points, while Anthony Murray added 15, Douglas finished with 12 and Keith McCord chipped in 11. The Crimson Tide ended the season 23-5 overall and 15-3 in SEC play — a campaign that deserved a deeper March run. Two years later, the NCAA introduced seeding, a change that likely would have kept teams like Alabama and Indiana from meeting so early. But history doesn’t change — and neither does the feeling. Fifty years later… Tide fans still see that charge.
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Fifty years later… and it still hurts. On this date 50 years ago — March 18, 1976 — the Alabama Men’s Basketball program suffered one of its most painful NCAA Tournament losses, as the three-time SEC champions fell to the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers, 74-69, in Baton Rouge. For Alabama fans who remember, the heartbreak hasn’t faded with time. In an era before modern seeding, the 32-team NCAA Tournament was organized geographically, and it handed the Crimson Tide a brutal draw — landing in the Midwest Regional alongside the No. 1-ranked, undefeated Hoosiers. What should have been a later-round clash between heavyweights came far too early in a Sweet Sixteen showdown. Alabama didn’t back down and went basket-for-basket with one of the greatest teams in college basketball history, trading shots and momentum deep into the second half. With 5:11 remaining, Indiana clung to a 67-65 lead in what had become a classic. Then came the moment that still gets talked about five decades later. On a fast break, Alabama center Leon Douglas took a pass, lowered his shoulder and collided with Indiana’s Kent Benson. From nearly half court, referee Booker Turner whistled Douglas for a charge — a call that changed everything. Instead of a potential tying basket or momentum swing, possession flipped and Alabama never fully recovered. Indiana held on for the 5-point win, the closest game of its legendary postseason run. The Hoosiers won every other NCAA Tournament game by double digits, including an 86-68 victory over Michigan in the national championship, finishing a perfect 32-0 — the last undefeated champion in men’s college basketball history. T.R. Dunn led Alabama with 16 points, while Anthony Murray added 15, Douglas finished with 12 and Keith McCord chipped in 11. The Crimson Tide ended the season 23-5 overall and 15-3 in SEC play — a campaign that deserved a deeper March run. Two years later, the NCAA introduced seeding, a change that likely would have kept teams like Alabama and Indiana from meeting so early. But history doesn’t change — and neither does the feeling. Fifty years later… Tide fans still see that charge.

Tide Hoops History

13,765 次观看 • 5 个月前

Madame Figaro Hommes Interview cn→en ❓: How have you been recently? What does your daily schedule look like? 🐱: I’ve been very good lately, but… it’s a secret na. Recently I haven’t been feeling too well physically, because I’m in the middle of rehearsing for a concert. The ZeeNuNew “Crazy in Love” concert in Thailand is coming up very soon, so I’ve been practicing really hard. And after the concert, I also hope that one day I’ll be able to go to China to meet everyone. ❓: Since your debut, when have you been the happiest? 🐱: I think it would be the showcase. Because at the showcase I can sing, I can let everyone hear my new songs, and so many fans come to see me. Some fans even flew in from other provinces especially for it, and some were local. I’m really grateful to everyone who came that day to cheer me on. Singing is really a lot of fun. ❓: If you had a day with no work scheduled, how would you arrange it? What would you do? 🐱: I’d want to… sleep. I’d stay at home and sleep, and then watch anime that I like, and I’d also want to play games. Because right now I’ve stockpiled a lot of anime, and there are many games I want to play but haven’t had time for. I’d like to stay at home and just eat and sleep, sleep and eat, that kind of thing—and then get chubby. ❓: What has been the happiest moment for you recently? 🐱: It would probably be when I went on a trip to the seaside in another province. Yeah, I don’t really remember who I went with anymore. But that trip was really happy and really fun; it felt like a real vacation. We didn’t go there for work, we truly went there just to travel. And we stayed quite a while—four days and three nights. ❓: Could you recommend a movie you watched recently and a book you read recently? 🐱: I usually just like watching anime. Recently I’ve gotten hooked on an anime called Kaiju, and I’ve been watching it on Netflix. And as for a book I’ve finished reading recently? When it comes to books, I actually read manga; I don’t really read other kinds of books. If you mean books other than manga, then the last time I read one of those was probably back when I was in school—about two years ago. As for manga, the one I read most recently was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. ❓: Do you want to visit the cities in China where your fans live? 🐱: I do, I really do. Because normally, I might only get the chance to go because of a concert or some other work. But I feel like I rarely have the opportunity to go to China to see our fans. Usually, it’s the fans who fly over during concerts or other events to come and see us. If I get the chance, I want to go there to find them, so that they don’t have to go out of their way to come see me—I’ll go see them instead. #ZeeNuNew #NuNew
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Madame Figaro Hommes Interview cn→en ❓: How have you been recently? What does your daily schedule look like? 🐱: I’ve been very good lately, but… it’s a secret na. Recently I haven’t been feeling too well physically, because I’m in the middle of rehearsing for a concert. The ZeeNuNew “Crazy in Love” concert in Thailand is coming up very soon, so I’ve been practicing really hard. And after the concert, I also hope that one day I’ll be able to go to China to meet everyone. ❓: Since your debut, when have you been the happiest? 🐱: I think it would be the showcase. Because at the showcase I can sing, I can let everyone hear my new songs, and so many fans come to see me. Some fans even flew in from other provinces especially for it, and some were local. I’m really grateful to everyone who came that day to cheer me on. Singing is really a lot of fun. ❓: If you had a day with no work scheduled, how would you arrange it? What would you do? 🐱: I’d want to… sleep. I’d stay at home and sleep, and then watch anime that I like, and I’d also want to play games. Because right now I’ve stockpiled a lot of anime, and there are many games I want to play but haven’t had time for. I’d like to stay at home and just eat and sleep, sleep and eat, that kind of thing—and then get chubby. ❓: What has been the happiest moment for you recently? 🐱: It would probably be when I went on a trip to the seaside in another province. Yeah, I don’t really remember who I went with anymore. But that trip was really happy and really fun; it felt like a real vacation. We didn’t go there for work, we truly went there just to travel. And we stayed quite a while—four days and three nights. ❓: Could you recommend a movie you watched recently and a book you read recently? 🐱: I usually just like watching anime. Recently I’ve gotten hooked on an anime called Kaiju, and I’ve been watching it on Netflix. And as for a book I’ve finished reading recently? When it comes to books, I actually read manga; I don’t really read other kinds of books. If you mean books other than manga, then the last time I read one of those was probably back when I was in school—about two years ago. As for manga, the one I read most recently was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. ❓: Do you want to visit the cities in China where your fans live? 🐱: I do, I really do. Because normally, I might only get the chance to go because of a concert or some other work. But I feel like I rarely have the opportunity to go to China to see our fans. Usually, it’s the fans who fly over during concerts or other events to come and see us. If I get the chance, I want to go there to find them, so that they don’t have to go out of their way to come see me—I’ll go see them instead. #ZeeNuNew #NuNew

ชีร์ลี่🫧丨พึกพึก & นูนู่

16,257 次观看 • 9 个月前

Every Wall Street giant that owns an AI data center is suddenly looking for a buyer. And NONE of them want to be the last one holding it. Three of them made their move in the last two weeks: Vantage Data Centers is exploring an exit. Its owners, Silver Lake and DigitalBridge, are weighing a listing at around $100 billion, or a sale, or a stake sale. It would be the largest data center IPO ever done. Three days earlier, CyrusOne started the same process. KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners met Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and the banks pitched for roles on a listing that could come as early as 2027. Last month, Switch hired Goldman and JPMorgan to take it public at close to $80 billion including debt, possibly by the fourth quarter. Three different companies moved inside the same 14 days, and the same handful of investment banks took every call. And these are the exact same firms that BOUGHT these companies off the public market four years ago. Between June 2021 and early 2022, private equity took the data center industry private. Blackstone bought QTS. KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners took CyrusOne private in a deal worth about $15 billion. DigitalBridge and IFM took Switch private for about $11 billion. Together those deals ran past $35 billion. By 2023 there were only two pure-play data center companies left on the public market. The logic at the time was that data centers burn cash for years before they pay, and public shareholders hate that. But private money was patient, and private money could wait. Four years later, the AI boom arrived and every one of those buildings became a gold mine. So follow this: Switch went private at about $11 billion in 2022. Its owners now want close to $80 billion for it. That is roughly 7x, in four years, on the same buildings. And DigitalBridge sits on both sides of this. It owns a piece of Vantage and it took Switch private. It is now looking for the door on BOTH. The question now is who is supposed to buy. There is no bigger private buyer left to sell to. These are already the largest infrastructure funds on Earth, and the price tags now run to $100 billion. The only pocket deep enough is the public market, which means anyone with a brokerage account or an index fund. The people who bought low from the public are now organizing to sell high back to the public. And they are doing it while telling everyone the buildout is just getting started. KKR raised a record $19.2 billion for its newest infrastructure fund this month, and in June launched a separate company with over $10 billion committed to finance more construction. So one hand raises fresh billions to build more data centers, and the other hand sells the finished ones to whoever will take them. None of this proves anyone thinks the boom is ending. Selling into strength is what these firms are paid to do, and every one of these deals is early stage and might never happen. But the timing tells you something: The most sophisticated infrastructure investors alive spent four years accumulating these assets in private, and all decided in the same two weeks that now is the moment to find someone else to own them. Four years ago these firms decided the public market was too impatient to own data centers. Now they want the public market to own them again, at 7x the price. Quite suspicious.
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Every Wall Street giant that owns an AI data center is suddenly looking for a buyer. And NONE of them want to be the last one holding it. Three of them made their move in the last two weeks: Vantage Data Centers is exploring an exit. Its owners, Silver Lake and DigitalBridge, are weighing a listing at around $100 billion, or a sale, or a stake sale. It would be the largest data center IPO ever done. Three days earlier, CyrusOne started the same process. KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners met Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and the banks pitched for roles on a listing that could come as early as 2027. Last month, Switch hired Goldman and JPMorgan to take it public at close to $80 billion including debt, possibly by the fourth quarter. Three different companies moved inside the same 14 days, and the same handful of investment banks took every call. And these are the exact same firms that BOUGHT these companies off the public market four years ago. Between June 2021 and early 2022, private equity took the data center industry private. Blackstone bought QTS. KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners took CyrusOne private in a deal worth about $15 billion. DigitalBridge and IFM took Switch private for about $11 billion. Together those deals ran past $35 billion. By 2023 there were only two pure-play data center companies left on the public market. The logic at the time was that data centers burn cash for years before they pay, and public shareholders hate that. But private money was patient, and private money could wait. Four years later, the AI boom arrived and every one of those buildings became a gold mine. So follow this: Switch went private at about $11 billion in 2022. Its owners now want close to $80 billion for it. That is roughly 7x, in four years, on the same buildings. And DigitalBridge sits on both sides of this. It owns a piece of Vantage and it took Switch private. It is now looking for the door on BOTH. The question now is who is supposed to buy. There is no bigger private buyer left to sell to. These are already the largest infrastructure funds on Earth, and the price tags now run to $100 billion. The only pocket deep enough is the public market, which means anyone with a brokerage account or an index fund. The people who bought low from the public are now organizing to sell high back to the public. And they are doing it while telling everyone the buildout is just getting started. KKR raised a record $19.2 billion for its newest infrastructure fund this month, and in June launched a separate company with over $10 billion committed to finance more construction. So one hand raises fresh billions to build more data centers, and the other hand sells the finished ones to whoever will take them. None of this proves anyone thinks the boom is ending. Selling into strength is what these firms are paid to do, and every one of these deals is early stage and might never happen. But the timing tells you something: The most sophisticated infrastructure investors alive spent four years accumulating these assets in private, and all decided in the same two weeks that now is the moment to find someone else to own them. Four years ago these firms decided the public market was too impatient to own data centers. Now they want the public market to own them again, at 7x the price. Quite suspicious.

Ricardo

70,858 次观看 • 14 天前