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REAL TALK – The conversations we must have… A lot of folks aren’t going to want to hear this, but they need to hear this — so take a few minutes to watch this segment. HARD TRUTH: A Democratic ticket hasn’t won a majority of white voters since 1964, yet the party will probably throw everything they’ve got into trying to win them over, yet again, instead of lifting up the voice of Black women, defending the importance of the Black male vote, and engaging with Latino voters — other than in the last two weeks before Election Day when they panic. That’s part of the problem. LEADERSHIP AND ELECTEDS SET US UP FOR DEFEAT: Those who were part of the coalition that helped take down our sitting Democratic president just three months before the general election share in the responsibility for our loss at the top of the ticket. They should not think they can lead us back to success — and we shouldn’t follow their lead. I’m reevaluating where my support is grounded. Maybe you should too. We need strategic change in order to win again! LAST THING: Black women, and Black men right behind them, are the backbone of the Democratic Party. The party is in real danger of losing us in the next fight. Some would say they already have. How the party handles the aftermath will be telling. Rebuilding without brick and mortar will not lead to success.
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REAL TALK – The conversations we must have… A lot of folks aren’t going to want to hear this, but they need to hear this — so take a few minutes to watch this segment. HARD TRUTH: A Democratic ticket hasn’t won a majority of white voters since 1964, yet the party will probably throw everything they’ve got into trying to win them over, yet again, instead of lifting up the voice of Black women, defending the importance of the Black male vote, and engaging with Latino voters — other than in the last two weeks before Election Day when they panic. That’s part of the problem. LEADERSHIP AND ELECTEDS SET US UP FOR DEFEAT: Those who were part of the coalition that helped take down our sitting Democratic president just three months before the general election share in the responsibility for our loss at the top of the ticket. They should not think they can lead us back to success — and we shouldn’t follow their lead. I’m reevaluating where my support is grounded. Maybe you should too. We need strategic change in order to win again! LAST THING: Black women, and Black men right behind them, are the backbone of the Democratic Party. The party is in real danger of losing us in the next fight. Some would say they already have. How the party handles the aftermath will be telling. Rebuilding without brick and mortar will not lead to success.

Christopher Webb

158,139 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

I think it’s time to talk about it 🙂‍↕️ I was delaying it because the scene messed me up in every possible way. From the moment he entered the room panting in anger, to the moment he subconsciously hid her behind his back to protect her when he heard the Kordağlıs were coming. When he entered the room like that (and he even knocked, but… since when does Serhat knock? 🌚), he scared her, because a part of her knew exactly how crazy this would make him. Because despite everything he did, despite the divorces and all the silence, she always knew he cared. And hell… he DID 😭 Serhat shouting “You can’t marry” in the same place where he once told her “It’s your life, I’m not responsible for it”??? C I N E M A! Yıldız gasping, crying, trying to catch her breath while arguing… #BiranDamlaYılmaz , you did NOT have to be this perfect 😭 When she said “Bir kere sen çıldır, yeter,” she was at her limit. There was that tiny second of silence while she was desperately gasping, and he just looked at her, helpless, not knowing how to save both of them from this mess. Y: You gave up on me. S: No, YOU gave up on me. With all disrespect… Sir??? I know he didn’t mean to hurt her, I know he was hurting too, but accusing HER of giving up, when from her POV he is the one who let go? She is the only one living in uncertainty from day one. He can’t expect her to read his mind. When she asked him to say he didn’t give up on her… imagine his position. Everything she said, he wanted to agree with. “I didn’t give up on you. I remember kissing you. I was about to divorce Melek and marry you.” He was swallowing everything, suffering in silence, because in his mind saying that would be selfish. He was still trying to avoid that red zone. NOW. THE MIRROR SCENE. First of all, why is no one talking about how he grabbed her with ONE HAND without even looking at her? He knew exactly where she was. Her surprised gasp?? His husky voice??? #ilhanşen canım abim, if you continue like this, Serhat will be the last character I watch from you because I will ascend to heaven. Have mercy on me big boy 🌚 Making them watch themselves in the mirror was WILD, Ercan hocam. If the scene was 100% intense, the mirror made it 10000%. His hand on her waist, her looking so tiny. His other hand slowly moving her hair. His face on her head next to her ear, sniffing her scent, looking… lustful, angry, desperate. The mix of desire and rage in his eyes??? EXCUSE ME??? He didn’t even touch the tattoo on her chest. He was locking her in place, making sure she couldn’t escape (as if she could). When he turned her around, he kept her trapped in his arms. He wasn’t testing her. He KNOWS she loves him. He was trying to speak without words. “This is what I feel. I messed up. But this is what I want.” But she needed words. She DESERVED words. He definitely was going for a kiss , and she pulled away. Because she is angry. Hurt. M convinced her she is a burden, and he never denied it with words. His silence confirmed everything in her mind. When he closed his eyes in that silence, realising that by trying to protect her with silence, he destroyed her AGAIN! Her cracked voice saying, “You still didn’t say you didn’t give up on me,” I wanted to hug her and cry until sunrise 😭 Then she put her strong mask back on, telling him not to enter her room like that, because she will soon be engaged💔 And btw, I’m 100% sure if it wasn’t for the Kordağlıs, he would NOT have left without kissing her. In my head, they kissed. There is no universe where Serhat left that room untouched after that tension. I tried my best to write with my sanity on! Just an advice 👀 try to catch ilhan’s panting in the beginning 🤤 they are delicious🫦 I know it turned out to be too long but the scene is quite long and full of details. I am sure I still can talking about it with another essay🤣 but I won’t don’t worry. #HalefKöklerinÇağrısı #Yılser
2:54

I think it’s time to talk about it 🙂‍↕️ I was delaying it because the scene messed me up in every possible way. From the moment he entered the room panting in anger, to the moment he subconsciously hid her behind his back to protect her when he heard the Kordağlıs were coming. When he entered the room like that (and he even knocked, but… since when does Serhat knock? 🌚), he scared her, because a part of her knew exactly how crazy this would make him. Because despite everything he did, despite the divorces and all the silence, she always knew he cared. And hell… he DID 😭 Serhat shouting “You can’t marry” in the same place where he once told her “It’s your life, I’m not responsible for it”??? C I N E M A! Yıldız gasping, crying, trying to catch her breath while arguing… #BiranDamlaYılmaz , you did NOT have to be this perfect 😭 When she said “Bir kere sen çıldır, yeter,” she was at her limit. There was that tiny second of silence while she was desperately gasping, and he just looked at her, helpless, not knowing how to save both of them from this mess. Y: You gave up on me. S: No, YOU gave up on me. With all disrespect… Sir??? I know he didn’t mean to hurt her, I know he was hurting too, but accusing HER of giving up, when from her POV he is the one who let go? She is the only one living in uncertainty from day one. He can’t expect her to read his mind. When she asked him to say he didn’t give up on her… imagine his position. Everything she said, he wanted to agree with. “I didn’t give up on you. I remember kissing you. I was about to divorce Melek and marry you.” He was swallowing everything, suffering in silence, because in his mind saying that would be selfish. He was still trying to avoid that red zone. NOW. THE MIRROR SCENE. First of all, why is no one talking about how he grabbed her with ONE HAND without even looking at her? He knew exactly where she was. Her surprised gasp?? His husky voice??? #ilhanşen canım abim, if you continue like this, Serhat will be the last character I watch from you because I will ascend to heaven. Have mercy on me big boy 🌚 Making them watch themselves in the mirror was WILD, Ercan hocam. If the scene was 100% intense, the mirror made it 10000%. His hand on her waist, her looking so tiny. His other hand slowly moving her hair. His face on her head next to her ear, sniffing her scent, looking… lustful, angry, desperate. The mix of desire and rage in his eyes??? EXCUSE ME??? He didn’t even touch the tattoo on her chest. He was locking her in place, making sure she couldn’t escape (as if she could). When he turned her around, he kept her trapped in his arms. He wasn’t testing her. He KNOWS she loves him. He was trying to speak without words. “This is what I feel. I messed up. But this is what I want.” But she needed words. She DESERVED words. He definitely was going for a kiss , and she pulled away. Because she is angry. Hurt. M convinced her she is a burden, and he never denied it with words. His silence confirmed everything in her mind. When he closed his eyes in that silence, realising that by trying to protect her with silence, he destroyed her AGAIN! Her cracked voice saying, “You still didn’t say you didn’t give up on me,” I wanted to hug her and cry until sunrise 😭 Then she put her strong mask back on, telling him not to enter her room like that, because she will soon be engaged💔 And btw, I’m 100% sure if it wasn’t for the Kordağlıs, he would NOT have left without kissing her. In my head, they kissed. There is no universe where Serhat left that room untouched after that tension. I tried my best to write with my sanity on! Just an advice 👀 try to catch ilhan’s panting in the beginning 🤤 they are delicious🫦 I know it turned out to be too long but the scene is quite long and full of details. I am sure I still can talking about it with another essay🤣 but I won’t don’t worry. #HalefKöklerinÇağrısı #Yılser

Maurora🫦

25,206 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

🚨🇺🇸 CORN POP STORY TIME — THE FULL INTERVIEW DROPS TODAY! 🇺🇸🚨 This is the FULL, UNCUT INTERVIEW with a SINGLE MOM who says she’s been FORCED TO LIVE NEXT TO A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE right here in AUGUSTA. She didn’t come to me looking for attention. She came to me because she says she was OUT OF OPTIONS. 📞 She told me she called AUGUSTA DISPATCH asking for help. According to HER, she was told to TAKE IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA. Well… HERE WE ARE. 👀 🎥 In this interview, she shares what SHE SAYS she’s witnessing every single day: 💀 A FATAL OVERDOSE connected to activity at the house. 🚔 POLICE CALL AFTER POLICE CALL. 💉 NEEDLES ON THE GROUND. 🚗 CONSTANT DRUG TRAFFIC — DAY AND NIGHT. 💔 DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES. 👩‍👦 And what it’s like trying to RAISE HER CHILD in the middle of it all. ⚠️ THIS ISN’T SOME POLITICAL TALKING POINT. This is a MOTHER telling HER STORY in HER OWN WORDS. 🔥 HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE TO SPEAK UP BEFORE SOMEONE FINALLY LISTENS? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE OVERDOSES? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE POLICE CALLS? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE KIDS HAVE TO GROW UP SURROUNDED BY THIS? 🎙️ I gave her a platform because EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR STORY HEARD. If the people in charge won’t listen… 📱 THE PEOPLE WILL✊ When I stopped back YESTERDAY to check on her, she told me something that honestly made me laugh. 😂 She said when she told an AUGUSTA POLICE OFFICER that she had gotten CORN POP involved… “THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS!” 🤣 Then she said something that really makes you think. 🏃‍♂️💨 “The druggies run inside as soon as they see you walking down the street. They’re more afraid of YOU than they are of the Augusta Police Department.” 🤔 LET THAT SINK IN. I’m not a cop. I’m not the government. I’m just a guy with a camera who’s willing to SHOW UP, LISTEN, ASK QUESTIONS, AND SHINE A LIGHT on what people in AUGUSTA say they’re dealing with. 🚨 WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW. LISTEN TO HER STORY. THEN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. 🇺🇸 EXPOSING THE TRUTH. 💥 FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ⚡ BECAUSE WHEN THE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING… THE CORN POP NETWORK WILL. TheUnquirer The Maine Wire #️⃣ #CornPopStoryTime #AugustaMaine #ExposeTheTruth #CommunityFirst #PublicSafety #EnoughIsEnough #CornPopNetwork
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🚨🇺🇸 CORN POP STORY TIME — THE FULL INTERVIEW DROPS TODAY! 🇺🇸🚨 This is the FULL, UNCUT INTERVIEW with a SINGLE MOM who says she’s been FORCED TO LIVE NEXT TO A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE right here in AUGUSTA. She didn’t come to me looking for attention. She came to me because she says she was OUT OF OPTIONS. 📞 She told me she called AUGUSTA DISPATCH asking for help. According to HER, she was told to TAKE IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA. Well… HERE WE ARE. 👀 🎥 In this interview, she shares what SHE SAYS she’s witnessing every single day: 💀 A FATAL OVERDOSE connected to activity at the house. 🚔 POLICE CALL AFTER POLICE CALL. 💉 NEEDLES ON THE GROUND. 🚗 CONSTANT DRUG TRAFFIC — DAY AND NIGHT. 💔 DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES. 👩‍👦 And what it’s like trying to RAISE HER CHILD in the middle of it all. ⚠️ THIS ISN’T SOME POLITICAL TALKING POINT. This is a MOTHER telling HER STORY in HER OWN WORDS. 🔥 HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE TO SPEAK UP BEFORE SOMEONE FINALLY LISTENS? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE OVERDOSES? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE POLICE CALLS? 🔥 HOW MANY MORE KIDS HAVE TO GROW UP SURROUNDED BY THIS? 🎙️ I gave her a platform because EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR STORY HEARD. If the people in charge won’t listen… 📱 THE PEOPLE WILL✊ When I stopped back YESTERDAY to check on her, she told me something that honestly made me laugh. 😂 She said when she told an AUGUSTA POLICE OFFICER that she had gotten CORN POP involved… “THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS!” 🤣 Then she said something that really makes you think. 🏃‍♂️💨 “The druggies run inside as soon as they see you walking down the street. They’re more afraid of YOU than they are of the Augusta Police Department.” 🤔 LET THAT SINK IN. I’m not a cop. I’m not the government. I’m just a guy with a camera who’s willing to SHOW UP, LISTEN, ASK QUESTIONS, AND SHINE A LIGHT on what people in AUGUSTA say they’re dealing with. 🚨 WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW. LISTEN TO HER STORY. THEN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. 🇺🇸 EXPOSING THE TRUTH. 💥 FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ⚡ BECAUSE WHEN THE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING… THE CORN POP NETWORK WILL. TheUnquirer The Maine Wire #️⃣ #CornPopStoryTime #AugustaMaine #ExposeTheTruth #CommunityFirst #PublicSafety #EnoughIsEnough #CornPopNetwork

Corn Pop from Maine

23,484 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Watch this Channel 9 footage of what happened in Blacktown on Saturday. Hundreds of cars snaking down Flushcombe Road. Families pulling in with near-empty tanks. Mums, dads, tradies, pensioners — all just trying to get through another week. And for one day, petrol wasn’t $1.80 or $2 a litre… it was 78 cents. I took $10,000 of the electoral funding the AEC gave me and put it straight behind the bar at Blacktown Metro. Every cent went back to the people who paid it in the first place. No middlemen. No photo ops for the major parties. Just real relief for the people of McMahon who are getting absolutely smashed by this ‘cost-of-everything’ disaster. I was there from start to finish. I filled tanks, I pushed Craig’s car up the hill when he ran out of fuel waiting in the queue, I listened to story after story from people who are doing it tough. One bloke told me he’s been skipping meals so his kids can eat. A young mum said filling the car used to be her biggest weekly stress — yesterday, it wasn’t. That’s what giving the money back looks like. Meanwhile, Anthony Albanese is out there claiming Labor has been “focused every day on helping with the cost of living.” Chris Bowen, who’s supposed to represent this seat, dug up a 12-month-old photo trying to pretend he cares about Blacktown. Mate, if you cared, you would’ve done something before families were choosing between fuel and food. This is the same government that’s given us 25%+ electricity price hikes and fuel prices that have jumped 24% in a year. They lecture us about the “transition” while ordinary Australians pay the price. Seats like McMahon — outer suburban, working people, the backbone of this country — cop it the worst. And the major parties treat us like we don’t exist until election time. I’m not a career politician. I’m a businessman who’s sick of watching Australia get run into the ground. That’s why I’m stepping up as an Independent voice for McMahon. I took the full $32,000 AEC funding I was entitled to and I’m giving every dollar straight back to the community — $10k on fuel yesterday, and the rest through proper community grants that local groups can actually use. Because this money isn’t mine. It’s yours. Fuel should be 78 cents a litre every single day, not just for one Saturday when a private citizen decides to do something about it. We used to make our own fuel. We used to have cheap, reliable energy. We used to have a country that worked for the people who built it. If you’ve had enough of the spin, enough of the cost-of-everything going up, enough of politicians who promise but never deliver — what do you think needs to happen next? Would you rather see more direct action like this or just keep waiting for the majors to fix it? What’s one thing the government could do tomorrow that would actually help families? Drop your own stories from the weekend (or any week) in the comments — I read every single one. And if you believe it’s time to fix Australia, hit repost and spread the word. We can do better. We must do better. I just want Australia back.
1:59

Watch this Channel 9 footage of what happened in Blacktown on Saturday. Hundreds of cars snaking down Flushcombe Road. Families pulling in with near-empty tanks. Mums, dads, tradies, pensioners — all just trying to get through another week. And for one day, petrol wasn’t $1.80 or $2 a litre… it was 78 cents. I took $10,000 of the electoral funding the AEC gave me and put it straight behind the bar at Blacktown Metro. Every cent went back to the people who paid it in the first place. No middlemen. No photo ops for the major parties. Just real relief for the people of McMahon who are getting absolutely smashed by this ‘cost-of-everything’ disaster. I was there from start to finish. I filled tanks, I pushed Craig’s car up the hill when he ran out of fuel waiting in the queue, I listened to story after story from people who are doing it tough. One bloke told me he’s been skipping meals so his kids can eat. A young mum said filling the car used to be her biggest weekly stress — yesterday, it wasn’t. That’s what giving the money back looks like. Meanwhile, Anthony Albanese is out there claiming Labor has been “focused every day on helping with the cost of living.” Chris Bowen, who’s supposed to represent this seat, dug up a 12-month-old photo trying to pretend he cares about Blacktown. Mate, if you cared, you would’ve done something before families were choosing between fuel and food. This is the same government that’s given us 25%+ electricity price hikes and fuel prices that have jumped 24% in a year. They lecture us about the “transition” while ordinary Australians pay the price. Seats like McMahon — outer suburban, working people, the backbone of this country — cop it the worst. And the major parties treat us like we don’t exist until election time. I’m not a career politician. I’m a businessman who’s sick of watching Australia get run into the ground. That’s why I’m stepping up as an Independent voice for McMahon. I took the full $32,000 AEC funding I was entitled to and I’m giving every dollar straight back to the community — $10k on fuel yesterday, and the rest through proper community grants that local groups can actually use. Because this money isn’t mine. It’s yours. Fuel should be 78 cents a litre every single day, not just for one Saturday when a private citizen decides to do something about it. We used to make our own fuel. We used to have cheap, reliable energy. We used to have a country that worked for the people who built it. If you’ve had enough of the spin, enough of the cost-of-everything going up, enough of politicians who promise but never deliver — what do you think needs to happen next? Would you rather see more direct action like this or just keep waiting for the majors to fix it? What’s one thing the government could do tomorrow that would actually help families? Drop your own stories from the weekend (or any week) in the comments — I read every single one. And if you believe it’s time to fix Australia, hit repost and spread the word. We can do better. We must do better. I just want Australia back.

Matthew Camenzuli

63,935 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

Cole Caufield’s first moments in the NHL: “When I got called up at the end of the 2021 regular season, I didn’t even think I was going to play. We were on a road trip out west, and I was just along for the ride. Healthy scratch. Get acclimated. Practice with the guys. And man, those were some guys. Shea Weber. Carey Price. Eric Staal. Corey Perry. Tyler Toffoli. I was coming into that room probably looking like the water boy. I couldn’t have been more starstruck. We’re at a morning skate in Calgary, and it was a bag skate, of course. I’m thinking I’m going back to the hotel for a nice nap, throw on the suit, sit up in the press box and have a Gatorade. We’re on the bus and somebody tells me, ‘Hey, you’re playing tonight.’ I thought they were joking. I said, ‘Oh my God, we just bag skated. I’m toast.’ I called my parents and my brother, and that was an awesome moment, just them getting choked up and saying, ‘We’ll be watching you on TV.’ That was the hardest nap of my life. I couldn’t even sit still. I mean…. I’m somebody who started skating in diapers. Me and my brother used to watch the NHL and be playing carpet hockey in full gear in the living room, pretending that we were those guys. I demanded to wear my hockey socks and everything. So yeah, that night in Calgary was pretty much the greatest 15 minutes and even plus-minus of my life. I thought that was probably going to be it — a couple games at the end of the season. But we had a few injuries, and somehow I ended up in the playoff lineup. Everything went so fast that I don’t even think I had time to be nervous. I’ll never forget, I was just so happy to be there and so amped up that we were at a morning practice at the start of Round 2 against Winnipeg, and we’re just supposed to be warming up the goalies, right? Nice and easy. We’re in the shootout line, and I get up to the front, and I had this goosebumps moment where I guess it finally sunk in like, ‘You’re a Montréal Canadien. You’re coming down on Carey Price right now. This is unbelievable.’ I came flying down like a bat out of hell at a freaking morning practice after Game 2 of a playoff series — guys are literally still yawning, stretching — and I absolutely rip one on net. As soon as I let it go, I thought, Oh s***. I smoked Carey right in the face. The sound was insane. Everybody stopped. You could have heard a pin drop in there. All I could think was, Is Shea looking at me? Is he going to kill me? I wanted to dig a hole in the ice and hide. Thank God, it was Carey Price. He shook it off like it was nothing, and he’s the chillest guy ever, so he wasn’t even mad at me. But then I skated back to the line and one of our vets just looked at me and said…. ‘Hey kid?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘Don’t ever f****** do that again.’ Noted. Noted. I think I went five-hole on Carey for the next two months. The puck never left the ice.” Cole Caufield | Canadiens Montréal
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Cole Caufield’s first moments in the NHL: “When I got called up at the end of the 2021 regular season, I didn’t even think I was going to play. We were on a road trip out west, and I was just along for the ride. Healthy scratch. Get acclimated. Practice with the guys. And man, those were some guys. Shea Weber. Carey Price. Eric Staal. Corey Perry. Tyler Toffoli. I was coming into that room probably looking like the water boy. I couldn’t have been more starstruck. We’re at a morning skate in Calgary, and it was a bag skate, of course. I’m thinking I’m going back to the hotel for a nice nap, throw on the suit, sit up in the press box and have a Gatorade. We’re on the bus and somebody tells me, ‘Hey, you’re playing tonight.’ I thought they were joking. I said, ‘Oh my God, we just bag skated. I’m toast.’ I called my parents and my brother, and that was an awesome moment, just them getting choked up and saying, ‘We’ll be watching you on TV.’ That was the hardest nap of my life. I couldn’t even sit still. I mean…. I’m somebody who started skating in diapers. Me and my brother used to watch the NHL and be playing carpet hockey in full gear in the living room, pretending that we were those guys. I demanded to wear my hockey socks and everything. So yeah, that night in Calgary was pretty much the greatest 15 minutes and even plus-minus of my life. I thought that was probably going to be it — a couple games at the end of the season. But we had a few injuries, and somehow I ended up in the playoff lineup. Everything went so fast that I don’t even think I had time to be nervous. I’ll never forget, I was just so happy to be there and so amped up that we were at a morning practice at the start of Round 2 against Winnipeg, and we’re just supposed to be warming up the goalies, right? Nice and easy. We’re in the shootout line, and I get up to the front, and I had this goosebumps moment where I guess it finally sunk in like, ‘You’re a Montréal Canadien. You’re coming down on Carey Price right now. This is unbelievable.’ I came flying down like a bat out of hell at a freaking morning practice after Game 2 of a playoff series — guys are literally still yawning, stretching — and I absolutely rip one on net. As soon as I let it go, I thought, Oh s***. I smoked Carey right in the face. The sound was insane. Everybody stopped. You could have heard a pin drop in there. All I could think was, Is Shea looking at me? Is he going to kill me? I wanted to dig a hole in the ice and hide. Thank God, it was Carey Price. He shook it off like it was nothing, and he’s the chillest guy ever, so he wasn’t even mad at me. But then I skated back to the line and one of our vets just looked at me and said…. ‘Hey kid?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘Don’t ever f****** do that again.’ Noted. Noted. I think I went five-hole on Carey for the next two months. The puck never left the ice.” Cole Caufield | Canadiens Montréal

The Players’ Tribune

36,343 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

how to use claude code + 3 MCPs + 2 AI tools to go from cold idea to live A/B test in 1 session (full workflow): 1. connect ideabrowser as an MCP. pull your project context like ICP, positioning, offer, growth strategy directly into the terminal. 2. use ideabrowser skills to generate a lead magnet concept tailored to your niche. it builds the strategy doc and saves it as a file. 3. open paper (connected to claude code). design your landing page visually and iterate on hero, sections, components. design and code stay in sync. dont necessarily need figma here. 4. deploy the landing page. wire up humblytics for analytics like traffic, scroll depth, heat maps, funnel tracking, full attribution. 5. run a no-code A/B experiment directly from claude code. it dynamically swaps your headline on the live site. 6. store the results back into Idea Browser (pro plan) so your agent compounds context over time. every future decision is informed by past data. 7. everyone can build landing pages now. the gap is knowing what to test, how to get customers, and how to optimize. this stack/workflowcloses that gap. amirmxt showed me this live and i can't stop thinking about the arbitrage. 99.999% of people don't know this stack exists. it's like when 5 cent facebook ads were around, arbritrage is all over again. episode is finally live on The Startup Ideas Podcast (SIP) 🧃 (full demo there) this one is different. send it to a friend who likes ideas and automating businesses. 100% free to watch this and get your creative juices flowing (let me know what you want me to cover next) watch
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how to use claude code + 3 MCPs + 2 AI tools to go from cold idea to live A/B test in 1 session (full workflow): 1. connect ideabrowser as an MCP. pull your project context like ICP, positioning, offer, growth strategy directly into the terminal. 2. use ideabrowser skills to generate a lead magnet concept tailored to your niche. it builds the strategy doc and saves it as a file. 3. open paper (connected to claude code). design your landing page visually and iterate on hero, sections, components. design and code stay in sync. dont necessarily need figma here. 4. deploy the landing page. wire up humblytics for analytics like traffic, scroll depth, heat maps, funnel tracking, full attribution. 5. run a no-code A/B experiment directly from claude code. it dynamically swaps your headline on the live site. 6. store the results back into Idea Browser (pro plan) so your agent compounds context over time. every future decision is informed by past data. 7. everyone can build landing pages now. the gap is knowing what to test, how to get customers, and how to optimize. this stack/workflowcloses that gap. amirmxt showed me this live and i can't stop thinking about the arbitrage. 99.999% of people don't know this stack exists. it's like when 5 cent facebook ads were around, arbritrage is all over again. episode is finally live on The Startup Ideas Podcast (SIP) 🧃 (full demo there) this one is different. send it to a friend who likes ideas and automating businesses. 100% free to watch this and get your creative juices flowing (let me know what you want me to cover next) watch

GREG ISENBERG

57,852 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

ANOTHER DAY MINNEAPOLIS HOLDS POLITICAL HOSTAGES!!!!!! Yesterday Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis police department and numerous media outlets, all conspiring to brainwash and force a certain narrative, put out LIES about Jake and his security BLAMING THEM FOR THEIR RABID VIOLENT RESIDENTS causing chaos and destruction. FIRST OF ALL, Jacob Frey said them driving up onto the sidewalk was to insight violence.. WELL actually, Jakes security spoke with the police before the rally to discuss where they could go and gave them their exact plan. THE POLICE NEVER SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE. They also went to city hall beforehand and spoke with their security to plan where Jake and their vehicles could pull up to!!!! WHY DO YOU THINK THE BARRICADES WERE ALREADY SET UP THERE? NEXT, if you watch the video footage I have attached you will see Jake and his security simply pulled up in the trucks in their designated area, while the people who were waiting for them across the street began giving orders for violence OVER A MICROPHONE and they all rushed over to him and start attacking him. They swarmed the truck, climbed inside, brutally assaulted everyone in there, threw objects at them, slashed their tires, held knives up at them, and we’re trying to jab them in the skull with the bottom of a stop sign. These violent animals were trying to kill Jake and his Security, and left them shielding themselves in the back of their truck. THE POLICE THEN STOOD IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK AS THE TRUCK MOVED AT A SNAILS PACE, and the police created a barricade, so the truck was able to get out of there and they could flee for their lives. SO NO, There was never a time a truck drove through people or into people. THE POLICE REMAINED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK, GUARDING THEM OUT UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO LEAVE. There was also no one on the sidewalk when the trucks arrived and I have attached that picture also on this post. Jake was unable to even speak any words before they began attacking him!! Also, in the video you hear a man by the name of Andrew Mercado, continuously, screaming that this is what happens if Jake comes to his city… and threatening to kill the man standing next to Jake in the truck. That is premeditated attacks and threats against somebody they do not like because of words. It is clear as day these people came there to insight a riot and even using their own words, wanted to kill them! Now Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Police Department and the local news work together trying to cover up what truly happened yesterday. Unfortunately, for them, it is all on video and they will be exposed for taking in political prisoners for their own disgusting satisfaction and into appears the violent thugs that control their city. Please help Jake and his Security as we fight this battle.
4:28

ANOTHER DAY MINNEAPOLIS HOLDS POLITICAL HOSTAGES!!!!!! Yesterday Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis police department and numerous media outlets, all conspiring to brainwash and force a certain narrative, put out LIES about Jake and his security BLAMING THEM FOR THEIR RABID VIOLENT RESIDENTS causing chaos and destruction. FIRST OF ALL, Jacob Frey said them driving up onto the sidewalk was to insight violence.. WELL actually, Jakes security spoke with the police before the rally to discuss where they could go and gave them their exact plan. THE POLICE NEVER SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE. They also went to city hall beforehand and spoke with their security to plan where Jake and their vehicles could pull up to!!!! WHY DO YOU THINK THE BARRICADES WERE ALREADY SET UP THERE? NEXT, if you watch the video footage I have attached you will see Jake and his security simply pulled up in the trucks in their designated area, while the people who were waiting for them across the street began giving orders for violence OVER A MICROPHONE and they all rushed over to him and start attacking him. They swarmed the truck, climbed inside, brutally assaulted everyone in there, threw objects at them, slashed their tires, held knives up at them, and we’re trying to jab them in the skull with the bottom of a stop sign. These violent animals were trying to kill Jake and his Security, and left them shielding themselves in the back of their truck. THE POLICE THEN STOOD IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK AS THE TRUCK MOVED AT A SNAILS PACE, and the police created a barricade, so the truck was able to get out of there and they could flee for their lives. SO NO, There was never a time a truck drove through people or into people. THE POLICE REMAINED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK, GUARDING THEM OUT UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO LEAVE. There was also no one on the sidewalk when the trucks arrived and I have attached that picture also on this post. Jake was unable to even speak any words before they began attacking him!! Also, in the video you hear a man by the name of Andrew Mercado, continuously, screaming that this is what happens if Jake comes to his city… and threatening to kill the man standing next to Jake in the truck. That is premeditated attacks and threats against somebody they do not like because of words. It is clear as day these people came there to insight a riot and even using their own words, wanted to kill them! Now Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Police Department and the local news work together trying to cover up what truly happened yesterday. Unfortunately, for them, it is all on video and they will be exposed for taking in political prisoners for their own disgusting satisfaction and into appears the violent thugs that control their city. Please help Jake and his Security as we fight this battle.

Jake Lang - January 6 Political Prisoner 🇺🇸

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A teeny tiny notice before I proceed with my analysis. If you have a problem with either Cihan or Alya, don't bother reading. Because I don't take sides. I don't watch or think or write through the lens of Alya vs Cihan. Both characters are dear to me. And, if that's the way you roll, by all means, proceed. Analyzing Episode 36. Season 2 aka Of Strengths, Weaknesses, and The Last Nail in the Coffin Evvveeettt. Another episode, another meltdown. Just another day in the CihAl fandom. Ngl, it took me two days to even think about writing my regular analysis post, because the negativity was more potent than usual. Or maybe my resistance is waning, who knows? But that's not what we're gonna focus on today. This day, we analyze the words and actions of the heart and soul of Uzak Sehir, aka Alya and Cihan Albora. But we'll do so within the framework of strengths and weaknesses, because to me, that's what really comes to the fore in ep36. Alya Albora Alya Albora was especially heartbreaking this episode. And coming from someone who gets their heartbroken regularly because of Alya, that's saying something. The episode starts with the zombie-man opening his eyes (I think this PoS is just lying there pretending to be a vegetable, but that's for another time). And the look Alya has on her face when she looks at Cihan is indescribable. Almost as if everything inside her is pleading, 'Please don't regress back to where we just came from.' Because she fears, even as she tries to check on the zombie, that the closer Frankenboran gets to waking up, the further Cihan will drift from her. And, to an extent, her fears are proven right when Sadakat brings up divorce again. See, Alya doesn't come from strong family roots. She believes her biological mother abandoned her for most of her adult life. Then she has Caroline, who tries to fill all the empty spaces abandonment leaves in little Alya, but doesn't manage to succeed too much. As I've said before, Alya's primary fears stem from being abandoned and being a burden. That's what she tries to protect herself from. Those walls around her heart are in place to keep her from suffering that same pain again. That's both her strength and her weakness. While the fear pushes Alya to love harder, to push past difficulties, to rise from the ashes over and over, it also makes her more aloof. She doesn't find it as difficult as Cihan to leave behind 'family' ties because she's never experienced just how forceful those bonds can be. When it falls to her to choose between her love for Cihan and whatever she had with Boran, she picks the former without much guilt. But there's another factor that helps keep her from feeling much remorse for Boran, and that's the way her former husband treats her. Before Alya finds out about the will, her anger at Cihan is at an all-time high, and there's no question of any relationship developing between the two. After the will, however, that's a different story. So, when it falls to her to choose, she can do so easily, with her conscience at rest. And we see that so clearly in the way she announces she won't return to Boran even when he wakes up. Now, let's focus on the tricky bit. The weaknesses. Because Alya fears being a burden, being imposed on someone, adding to their strain, anything other than clarity can't help but raise doubts. When Cihan doesn't answer her question of 'Where will you stand?' with a clear with you or with you, distrust raises its ugly head. She starts asking herself if their relationship is what Cihan really wants now that Boran is back in the picture. She starts wondering whether Cihan will be able to shoulder the burden their relationship will add to his already weighed-down shoulders. It's harrowing to watch her be drawn to Cihan one instant, and pull back the next. Not because she doesn't love him, but because she can't bear to be another weight on Cihan's existence. That's what we see when she's shivering with fever. She wants him close, but she also doesn't want him to suffer. She keeps asking Cihan to leave, but he refuses to budge. And, that cures and hurts at the same time. For some reason, when she says, 'I'm also trying to find a way,' I couldn't help but feel that a part of her is already reverting back to the old Alya. The longer Cihan refrains from giving Alya a clear answer, the more her doubts grow. The more their 'impossibility' takes over her love. The closer she grows to wanting to leave. This time, if she attempts to leave, it won't be because her feelings overwhelm her. It'll be because she can't bear to see Cihan hurt anymore. Cihan Albora Oh boy. I can already hear the jeers of 'coward' and 'gavat' (which, by the way, I find to be a really ugly word) ringing in my ears. Well, fcuk that. Let's get back to our analysis. I talked about how Cihan seems to be stuck between suppression and surrender when it comes to his guilt. And, I did think that almost losing Alya would break that spell. But, clearly, that's not the road that Gulizar wants to take. Perhaps she does want it to come down to conflict. I'm not sure yet. What I am sure of is that Cihan is already aware of what he wants. And it's not wanting to be BFFs with Boran at the expense of Alya, guilt be damned. You can see it in the way his answers get bolder every time Sadakat asks him about a divorce. This episode is the first time Cihan states outright that the burden of 'conscience' isn't his to bear because he merely did what Boran asked of him. In other words, he didn't plan on falling in love with Alya, but it happened, and if there's any blame in that, it's not on him or Alya. Here's what irks most people. He doesn't ever talk about what he wants. It's always 'What if Boran wants this' or 'What if Boran wants that.' In other words, it's a form of misdirection on his part. He knows what's in his heart, but he doesn't want to say it out loud. Another scene where you can clearly see what his choice will be is when he's taking care of Alya during her fever. The more Alya insists that he leave, the more he digs in his heels. Until finally, he says, 'I won't allow anyone to hurt you, I won't allow anyone to harm you, and that's how it will be until I draw my last breath.' People don't say things like. 'That's how it'll be as long as I live,' if they're not sure about what they want. This is Cihan's strength. His love, protective instincts, and his code of sticking up for the people he loves. Unfortunately, like Alya, that's also his weakness. Cihan's been trained to fight for his family and his people to his very last. And, that's one HUGE reason why he can't verbalize what's already screaming inside his mind and his heart. We know he can't live without Alya, he says as much in the last episode. He keeps buying time because he knows once he states those words - there's no turning back. And he knows exactly how ugly things could go because dealing with ugly has been his entire existence. People won't be kind to him or Alya in the place where they live (think back to how Demir sends his goons to insult Alya's mom). And besides all that, what if Boran doesn't want to let go? That's when shit will truly hit the fan, because once Cihan says he's with Alya, he'll be fighting his brother, standing up to his mother, breaking his family apart, endangering Albora with internal strife, and worst of all, risking Alya and Deniz's safety. And remember, unlike Alya, who can control her conscience because of an extenuating factor, Cihan has no such relief. So, what you see is a man trying to survive an impending hurricane in a straw hut. He knows when that storm hits, and it will, things will go to hell. Besides all that, there is his stupid conscience that just won't shut the hell up because of that code of his. To me, that's not cowardice. That's a man standing at the edge of a life-changing truth, and being undone by the gravity of it. It's almost as if his soul is negotiating with reality, hoping to avoid collateral damage, while grieving for the version of himself he knows won't survive after he states his truth. As we can see in the scene where he and Alya are saying goodbye, they're already a family. His heart has already made the choice, so much so that in that scene, even Sadakat and Nare see the invisible bonds tying Cihan to Alya and vice versa. It's not a question of if, merely when. The Last Nail in the Coffin The question on everyone's mind is, what will it be? The last nail in the coffin of Cihan and Boran's brotherhood. The point of no return. To me, the way things are shaping up, there will be a clash. Will the showdown happen when Boran wakes up, or will Cihan learn the truth about his brother and finally be set free? I don't know. I've always had the inkling that Boran isn't what he claims to be. I guess we'll find out soon. But until then, I'll be watching. Gladly. For both my babies. Till next time, happy reading, y'all. #CihAl #UzakŞehir
2:11

A teeny tiny notice before I proceed with my analysis. If you have a problem with either Cihan or Alya, don't bother reading. Because I don't take sides. I don't watch or think or write through the lens of Alya vs Cihan. Both characters are dear to me. And, if that's the way you roll, by all means, proceed. Analyzing Episode 36. Season 2 aka Of Strengths, Weaknesses, and The Last Nail in the Coffin Evvveeettt. Another episode, another meltdown. Just another day in the CihAl fandom. Ngl, it took me two days to even think about writing my regular analysis post, because the negativity was more potent than usual. Or maybe my resistance is waning, who knows? But that's not what we're gonna focus on today. This day, we analyze the words and actions of the heart and soul of Uzak Sehir, aka Alya and Cihan Albora. But we'll do so within the framework of strengths and weaknesses, because to me, that's what really comes to the fore in ep36. Alya Albora Alya Albora was especially heartbreaking this episode. And coming from someone who gets their heartbroken regularly because of Alya, that's saying something. The episode starts with the zombie-man opening his eyes (I think this PoS is just lying there pretending to be a vegetable, but that's for another time). And the look Alya has on her face when she looks at Cihan is indescribable. Almost as if everything inside her is pleading, 'Please don't regress back to where we just came from.' Because she fears, even as she tries to check on the zombie, that the closer Frankenboran gets to waking up, the further Cihan will drift from her. And, to an extent, her fears are proven right when Sadakat brings up divorce again. See, Alya doesn't come from strong family roots. She believes her biological mother abandoned her for most of her adult life. Then she has Caroline, who tries to fill all the empty spaces abandonment leaves in little Alya, but doesn't manage to succeed too much. As I've said before, Alya's primary fears stem from being abandoned and being a burden. That's what she tries to protect herself from. Those walls around her heart are in place to keep her from suffering that same pain again. That's both her strength and her weakness. While the fear pushes Alya to love harder, to push past difficulties, to rise from the ashes over and over, it also makes her more aloof. She doesn't find it as difficult as Cihan to leave behind 'family' ties because she's never experienced just how forceful those bonds can be. When it falls to her to choose between her love for Cihan and whatever she had with Boran, she picks the former without much guilt. But there's another factor that helps keep her from feeling much remorse for Boran, and that's the way her former husband treats her. Before Alya finds out about the will, her anger at Cihan is at an all-time high, and there's no question of any relationship developing between the two. After the will, however, that's a different story. So, when it falls to her to choose, she can do so easily, with her conscience at rest. And we see that so clearly in the way she announces she won't return to Boran even when he wakes up. Now, let's focus on the tricky bit. The weaknesses. Because Alya fears being a burden, being imposed on someone, adding to their strain, anything other than clarity can't help but raise doubts. When Cihan doesn't answer her question of 'Where will you stand?' with a clear with you or with you, distrust raises its ugly head. She starts asking herself if their relationship is what Cihan really wants now that Boran is back in the picture. She starts wondering whether Cihan will be able to shoulder the burden their relationship will add to his already weighed-down shoulders. It's harrowing to watch her be drawn to Cihan one instant, and pull back the next. Not because she doesn't love him, but because she can't bear to be another weight on Cihan's existence. That's what we see when she's shivering with fever. She wants him close, but she also doesn't want him to suffer. She keeps asking Cihan to leave, but he refuses to budge. And, that cures and hurts at the same time. For some reason, when she says, 'I'm also trying to find a way,' I couldn't help but feel that a part of her is already reverting back to the old Alya. The longer Cihan refrains from giving Alya a clear answer, the more her doubts grow. The more their 'impossibility' takes over her love. The closer she grows to wanting to leave. This time, if she attempts to leave, it won't be because her feelings overwhelm her. It'll be because she can't bear to see Cihan hurt anymore. Cihan Albora Oh boy. I can already hear the jeers of 'coward' and 'gavat' (which, by the way, I find to be a really ugly word) ringing in my ears. Well, fcuk that. Let's get back to our analysis. I talked about how Cihan seems to be stuck between suppression and surrender when it comes to his guilt. And, I did think that almost losing Alya would break that spell. But, clearly, that's not the road that Gulizar wants to take. Perhaps she does want it to come down to conflict. I'm not sure yet. What I am sure of is that Cihan is already aware of what he wants. And it's not wanting to be BFFs with Boran at the expense of Alya, guilt be damned. You can see it in the way his answers get bolder every time Sadakat asks him about a divorce. This episode is the first time Cihan states outright that the burden of 'conscience' isn't his to bear because he merely did what Boran asked of him. In other words, he didn't plan on falling in love with Alya, but it happened, and if there's any blame in that, it's not on him or Alya. Here's what irks most people. He doesn't ever talk about what he wants. It's always 'What if Boran wants this' or 'What if Boran wants that.' In other words, it's a form of misdirection on his part. He knows what's in his heart, but he doesn't want to say it out loud. Another scene where you can clearly see what his choice will be is when he's taking care of Alya during her fever. The more Alya insists that he leave, the more he digs in his heels. Until finally, he says, 'I won't allow anyone to hurt you, I won't allow anyone to harm you, and that's how it will be until I draw my last breath.' People don't say things like. 'That's how it'll be as long as I live,' if they're not sure about what they want. This is Cihan's strength. His love, protective instincts, and his code of sticking up for the people he loves. Unfortunately, like Alya, that's also his weakness. Cihan's been trained to fight for his family and his people to his very last. And, that's one HUGE reason why he can't verbalize what's already screaming inside his mind and his heart. We know he can't live without Alya, he says as much in the last episode. He keeps buying time because he knows once he states those words - there's no turning back. And he knows exactly how ugly things could go because dealing with ugly has been his entire existence. People won't be kind to him or Alya in the place where they live (think back to how Demir sends his goons to insult Alya's mom). And besides all that, what if Boran doesn't want to let go? That's when shit will truly hit the fan, because once Cihan says he's with Alya, he'll be fighting his brother, standing up to his mother, breaking his family apart, endangering Albora with internal strife, and worst of all, risking Alya and Deniz's safety. And remember, unlike Alya, who can control her conscience because of an extenuating factor, Cihan has no such relief. So, what you see is a man trying to survive an impending hurricane in a straw hut. He knows when that storm hits, and it will, things will go to hell. Besides all that, there is his stupid conscience that just won't shut the hell up because of that code of his. To me, that's not cowardice. That's a man standing at the edge of a life-changing truth, and being undone by the gravity of it. It's almost as if his soul is negotiating with reality, hoping to avoid collateral damage, while grieving for the version of himself he knows won't survive after he states his truth. As we can see in the scene where he and Alya are saying goodbye, they're already a family. His heart has already made the choice, so much so that in that scene, even Sadakat and Nare see the invisible bonds tying Cihan to Alya and vice versa. It's not a question of if, merely when. The Last Nail in the Coffin The question on everyone's mind is, what will it be? The last nail in the coffin of Cihan and Boran's brotherhood. The point of no return. To me, the way things are shaping up, there will be a clash. Will the showdown happen when Boran wakes up, or will Cihan learn the truth about his brother and finally be set free? I don't know. I've always had the inkling that Boran isn't what he claims to be. I guess we'll find out soon. But until then, I'll be watching. Gladly. For both my babies. Till next time, happy reading, y'all. #CihAl #UzakŞehir

CocoLoco

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There’s an old clip that still makes people stop and watch all the way through: Mickey Thomas and Starship’s current female singer standing onstage, performing “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” with total commitment and not a hint of embarrassment. The red-haired woman in a graphic tee, shorts, and thigh-high boots sings and dances at the same time; the man in sunglasses and a patterned shirt waves his arms, leans into the mic, and carries himself as if it were still 1987. Even though commenters immediately spotted that they’re lip-syncing to the original recording, they perform as if they’re single-handedly saving the song. This is Starship’s 1987 hit, the theme song for Mannequin-the story of an unemployed artist who falls in love with a mannequin that comes to life. Diane Warren and Albert Hammond wrote it; Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas sang the duet. It went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earned an Oscar nomination, and the official video intercut scenes from the film with Grace Slick herself playing the living mannequin opposite Mickey Thomas. At the time it was dismissed as mere movie promotion. It became one of the most memorable videos of the decade instead. This concert clip is not that original video. Grace Slick retired long ago. The woman standing next to Mickey Thomas now belongs to a later generation of the band. Yet they still throw themselves into it completely: singing, dancing, interacting, never once looking like they’re just going through the motions. It’s the same energy Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito once brought when they put on matching white suits, pretended to play saxophone, and danced without a shred of self-consciousness in Billy Ocean’s video. Back then there was MTV. A single video played on a loop and the whole country watched it. Movie soundtracks were hit-making machines. Studios simply told the actors to jump into the video for fun, and they did—no branding meetings, no asking a stylist whether the outfit would diminish their star power. What about now? Everyone has their own playlists and algorithms; the first seven seconds have to hook the viewer or they swipe away. Stars (and even legacy bands) guard their images as tightly as pension-fund managers. Performing an old hit live while using a backing track to preserve the original vocal quality gets immediately called out. The kind of collective joy that comes from “everyone acting adorably silly together” is becoming rare. Everything is either too cool, too introspective, or too calculated. To be fair, we are remembering the best version of the past. The ’80s had plenty of bad songs and videos so strange you want to cover your eyes now. But that particular combination-a massive hit tied to a movie, famous people willing to goof off completely, and the atmosphere of an office year-end party that somehow became an international success-belonged to a system that no longer exists. It isn’t that no one wants to do it anymore. The conditions that once allowed it to happen naturally have disappeared. The next time you see Mickey Thomas and the red-haired singer performing “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” onstage, go ahead and watch it again. Not because the old music is better than the new, but because sometimes we need a reminder that there was a time when a band and Hollywood’s biggest stars were willing to stand up, sing, dance, pretend to play instruments, and no one thought it was weird at all. That’s the part worth remembering.
4:26

There’s an old clip that still makes people stop and watch all the way through: Mickey Thomas and Starship’s current female singer standing onstage, performing “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” with total commitment and not a hint of embarrassment. The red-haired woman in a graphic tee, shorts, and thigh-high boots sings and dances at the same time; the man in sunglasses and a patterned shirt waves his arms, leans into the mic, and carries himself as if it were still 1987. Even though commenters immediately spotted that they’re lip-syncing to the original recording, they perform as if they’re single-handedly saving the song. This is Starship’s 1987 hit, the theme song for Mannequin-the story of an unemployed artist who falls in love with a mannequin that comes to life. Diane Warren and Albert Hammond wrote it; Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas sang the duet. It went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earned an Oscar nomination, and the official video intercut scenes from the film with Grace Slick herself playing the living mannequin opposite Mickey Thomas. At the time it was dismissed as mere movie promotion. It became one of the most memorable videos of the decade instead. This concert clip is not that original video. Grace Slick retired long ago. The woman standing next to Mickey Thomas now belongs to a later generation of the band. Yet they still throw themselves into it completely: singing, dancing, interacting, never once looking like they’re just going through the motions. It’s the same energy Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito once brought when they put on matching white suits, pretended to play saxophone, and danced without a shred of self-consciousness in Billy Ocean’s video. Back then there was MTV. A single video played on a loop and the whole country watched it. Movie soundtracks were hit-making machines. Studios simply told the actors to jump into the video for fun, and they did—no branding meetings, no asking a stylist whether the outfit would diminish their star power. What about now? Everyone has their own playlists and algorithms; the first seven seconds have to hook the viewer or they swipe away. Stars (and even legacy bands) guard their images as tightly as pension-fund managers. Performing an old hit live while using a backing track to preserve the original vocal quality gets immediately called out. The kind of collective joy that comes from “everyone acting adorably silly together” is becoming rare. Everything is either too cool, too introspective, or too calculated. To be fair, we are remembering the best version of the past. The ’80s had plenty of bad songs and videos so strange you want to cover your eyes now. But that particular combination-a massive hit tied to a movie, famous people willing to goof off completely, and the atmosphere of an office year-end party that somehow became an international success-belonged to a system that no longer exists. It isn’t that no one wants to do it anymore. The conditions that once allowed it to happen naturally have disappeared. The next time you see Mickey Thomas and the red-haired singer performing “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” onstage, go ahead and watch it again. Not because the old music is better than the new, but because sometimes we need a reminder that there was a time when a band and Hollywood’s biggest stars were willing to stand up, sing, dance, pretend to play instruments, and no one thought it was weird at all. That’s the part worth remembering.

🌷🦋 Love Music 🎶 & Dance 💃🏻🕺🏻

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WATCH PIERS MORGAN vs. DOUGLAS MURRAY: PIERS MORGAN: Do you not feel that something has to give here, that this has to get resolved somehow, and that the only way to do that is, as with all these situations, you have to eventually compromise in some way? The problem for Netanyahu is that people think he is completely incapable of offering Hxmas any compromise. Therefore, there is no deal. So the families of the hostages are still there, and hundreds of thousands of protesters in Israel are on the streets of Tel Aviv right now. They are of the firm belief that it's his own intractable position on this, which is not going to allow any kind of ceasefire to be achievable. DOUGLAS MURRAY: But there it is again, if I can say so, Piers—it's the same thing. There’s this presumption that it’s Netanyahu who is uncompromising. We end up with this notion because Netanyahu is a democratically elected leader, so it’s assumed that some pressure can be brought to bear on him. In my view, it’s not Netanyahu who’s uncompromising—it’s Hxmas. They could have handed back the hostages last October. They could have chosen not to do any of this. I mean, they could have tried to build a state since 2005 when Israel withdrew from Gaza and handed the place over to them. Hxmas could have used the billions of dollars in aid that British, European, and American taxpayers gave them since 2006. They could have used that money to build up Gaza, to create a thriving, prosperous society. They could have made it a booming Mediterranean paradise. They could have created wealth for their people, but instead, what did they do? They built downwards instead of upwards. They constructed a tunnel network bigger than the London Underground, and they siphoned off the money, just like Yasser Arafat did before them, making themselves rich. Why is Ismail Haniyeh worth billions of dollars? Why is Khaled Meshaal worth billions? Why do their children live like princes in luxury apartments in Doha? Because they took the money from Americans, Brits, and Europeans and kept it for themselves, while leaving the people of Gaza in misery and poverty. Since 2005, there has been a complete counterfactual of what could have happened, but the Hxmas leadership didn’t want that. They’ve openly said they’re willing to use Palestinian children as human shields to manipulate world opinion. These are fanatics. They’re willing to sacrifice their own citizens to turn the world against Israel. Again, how do you negotiate with that? The assumption in the West today is that because we’re so comfortable, we believe peace is the norm and historically expected. But that’s not true. We always think wars end with compromise and coming to the table, to use the cliché. But historically, most wars end because one side wins, and one side loses. And one of the reasons, in my view, why there are endless rounds of conflict in this region is because Israel is never allowed to win, and Hxmas is always allowed to come out even. I think that simply sets up the next round of conflict. If Hxmas comes out of this with any fighting capability, then we will see another round of this war in a few years. So when David Lammy and others say we need a peace deal, I’d ask, on what terms? Everyone wants peace—except for Hxmas and the fanatics. Everyone else wants peace. All those people in the south, the kibbutzniks, the partygoers, and others who were murdered on October 7—they all dreamed of peace with their Palestinian neighbors, their brothers and sisters. Who made that peace impossible? Hxmas, from 2005 to today.
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WATCH PIERS MORGAN vs. DOUGLAS MURRAY: PIERS MORGAN: Do you not feel that something has to give here, that this has to get resolved somehow, and that the only way to do that is, as with all these situations, you have to eventually compromise in some way? The problem for Netanyahu is that people think he is completely incapable of offering Hxmas any compromise. Therefore, there is no deal. So the families of the hostages are still there, and hundreds of thousands of protesters in Israel are on the streets of Tel Aviv right now. They are of the firm belief that it's his own intractable position on this, which is not going to allow any kind of ceasefire to be achievable. DOUGLAS MURRAY: But there it is again, if I can say so, Piers—it's the same thing. There’s this presumption that it’s Netanyahu who is uncompromising. We end up with this notion because Netanyahu is a democratically elected leader, so it’s assumed that some pressure can be brought to bear on him. In my view, it’s not Netanyahu who’s uncompromising—it’s Hxmas. They could have handed back the hostages last October. They could have chosen not to do any of this. I mean, they could have tried to build a state since 2005 when Israel withdrew from Gaza and handed the place over to them. Hxmas could have used the billions of dollars in aid that British, European, and American taxpayers gave them since 2006. They could have used that money to build up Gaza, to create a thriving, prosperous society. They could have made it a booming Mediterranean paradise. They could have created wealth for their people, but instead, what did they do? They built downwards instead of upwards. They constructed a tunnel network bigger than the London Underground, and they siphoned off the money, just like Yasser Arafat did before them, making themselves rich. Why is Ismail Haniyeh worth billions of dollars? Why is Khaled Meshaal worth billions? Why do their children live like princes in luxury apartments in Doha? Because they took the money from Americans, Brits, and Europeans and kept it for themselves, while leaving the people of Gaza in misery and poverty. Since 2005, there has been a complete counterfactual of what could have happened, but the Hxmas leadership didn’t want that. They’ve openly said they’re willing to use Palestinian children as human shields to manipulate world opinion. These are fanatics. They’re willing to sacrifice their own citizens to turn the world against Israel. Again, how do you negotiate with that? The assumption in the West today is that because we’re so comfortable, we believe peace is the norm and historically expected. But that’s not true. We always think wars end with compromise and coming to the table, to use the cliché. But historically, most wars end because one side wins, and one side loses. And one of the reasons, in my view, why there are endless rounds of conflict in this region is because Israel is never allowed to win, and Hxmas is always allowed to come out even. I think that simply sets up the next round of conflict. If Hxmas comes out of this with any fighting capability, then we will see another round of this war in a few years. So when David Lammy and others say we need a peace deal, I’d ask, on what terms? Everyone wants peace—except for Hxmas and the fanatics. Everyone else wants peace. All those people in the south, the kibbutzniks, the partygoers, and others who were murdered on October 7—they all dreamed of peace with their Palestinian neighbors, their brothers and sisters. Who made that peace impossible? Hxmas, from 2005 to today.

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