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HELLO YES CAN WE SCREAM ABOUT “THE FALL” TOGETHER, IT’S KIND OF RARE TO FIND ANOTHER FAN OF THAT MOVIE SO I RARELY TALK ABOUT IT OKAY IT’S ONE OF THE RARE MOVIES I CAN GET EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT

SO I’M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW

SO IF ANYONE ELSE IS READING THIS: BASICALLY IT LOOKS PRETENTIOUS AND OVER THE TOP BUT IN FACT IT’S THE VERY VERY SMALL STORY OF TWO PEOPLE IMAGINING A STORY TOGETHER AND IT’S SO TOUCHING

THEY ARE BOTH WOUNDED AND BORED AND THEY ARE MAKING A BIG EPIC, THE ADULT NARRATES AND THE KID IMAGINES THE VISUALS

SO THEY LOOK LIKE THIS

BUT IN THEIR IMAGINARY WORLD THEY LOOK LIKE THIS

AND WE QUICKLY NOTICE THAT THE ADULT’S STORY ISN’T VERY ORIGINAL, THE GUY JUST TAKES A LOT OF ELEMENTS FROM A LOT OF EXISTING THINGS TO CREATE HIS STORY

BUT THE KID, ALEXANDRIA, IMAGINES ALL THE VISUALS AND SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE IMAGINATION AND IT’S PURE EYE CANDY

I MEAN

THE COLORS

THE COLORS LOOK AT THE COLORS

ALSO SHE DISTORTS SOME DETAILS BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING HE’S SAYING, FOR EXAMPLE IN HIS STORY THERE’S AN “INDIAN” AND HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE A STEREOTYPICAL & KINDA OFFENSIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CHARACTER BUT THE ONLY “INDIAN” SHE KNOWS IN REAL LIFE IS FROM INDIA

SO IN HER VERSION HE LOOKS LIKE THIS

ALSO LOOK AT THAT TEAM THERE’S A MASKED BANDIT WHO CAN’T PICK AN ACCENT AND AN INDIAN WARRIOR AND AN EXPLOSIVES EXPERT AND A BADASS EX-SLAVE AND CHARLES MOTHERF█CKING DARWIN IN A WEIRD-ASS COAT 

NOT PICTURED HERE: A MYSTIC COVERED IN MUD WHO KEEPS LIVING BIRDS IN HIS STOMACH AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE MASKED BANDIT WHO’S BASICALLY A SELF-INSERT CHARACTER FOR ALEXANDRIA

ALSO THEIR WHOLE STORY IS SLOWLY INFLUENCED BY THEIR OWN LIVES AND I’M NOT GONNA SPOIL ANYTHING ELSE BUT IT’S BOTH CLEVER AND SIMPLE

BASICALLY THERE’S A MOVIE

IT’S CALLED “THE FALL”

I LOVE IT

IT’S BEEN NINE YEARS AND I’M STILL SCREAMING

hoverboardbandit:

These are their stories.

donna-remembers:

tramtheram:

It’s amazing how often Donna is needed to tell the Doctor to stop. It makes me wonder what would have happened had she seen eleven during some episodes.

The Doctor doesn’t need a gaggle of women who basically step aside and let him do whatever beacause they have a fucking crush on him.

He needs someone to yell out “oi! Spaceman you stop it right now or i’ll slap you so hard you won’t need a tardis to see tomorrow!”

Or the quiet voice of reason that says “that’s enough, you can stop now.”

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BEST COMPANION.

milsae:

Girl doodles

drst:

This woman is a gift.

sizvideos:

Korean restaurant for singles

Video

OMG is it just one or both people who press “Yes”??? This is awesome and hilarious!! 

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Claire has a very vague idea of what "cool Claire" would actually look like

n64thstreet:

The Rock greets the millions in WWF No Mercy, by Aki/THQ.

salesonfilm:

The Masque of Red Death (Roger Corman, 1964)

Whites Quit Working With Black Mississippi Judge, Then He Got Sacked:

yosoynickelz:

showmethebeautiful:

Do with this as you will be this is racism at it’s finest.

Summary: This black judge in Mississippi was charged with misconduct because he refused to send drug users to prison - instead he would send them to local rehab centers, which statistically, has kept drug users from usage again. Moreover, he was so popular with the vote in his county, holding 55% of the vote, Sheriffs and deputies stopped sending criminals to his court. Even one bailiff refused to open his court by saying the “all rise.” He is the first black judge in this county for over 149 years and he is currently suing the government for his forced removal. 

I just think this is an interesting piece because here we are being told “if you want to see the change, be the change”. Here is a brotha who put in the work to be that change and still white supremacy works to dismantle our efforts.

annalisekeatting:

Things I need more of: Ms. Marvel and Wolverine interacting

“Wait–so what was the most upvoted story?”

“Umm… Cyclops and Emma Frost’s romantic vacation in Paris?”

“This is the worst day of my life”

A new survey from the Centers of Disease Control shows the least number of people in 15 years reporting they didn't get medical treatment because of the cost.

During the first three months of 2015, 4.4 percent of Americans surveyed said they went without health care at some point in the past 12 months because they couldn't afford it, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research released on Tuesday.  

That's the lowest percentage of Americans forgoing health care since 1999, when 4.3 percent of respondents said they abstained from medical care because they couldn't afford it. It's also the first time since 2002 that the number dropped below 5 percent.

In addition, the uninsured rate dropped in the first quarter of 2015 to 9.2 percent, down from a high of 16 percent five years ago, when Obamacare was first passed but not yet implemented. According to their survey results, 15.8 million fewer people were uninsured by April of this year than in 2013, before the law's insurance benefit provisions kicked in.

That's very good news. However, it's not to say that high costs still aren't a barrier to health care. In fact, more than 60 percent of the still uninsured say they are still uninsured because they can't afford it, including many who fall in the Medicaid gap. Among the newly insured, about 40 percent "report feeling vulnerable to high medical bills and say they have encountered problems with health care costs."

It's gotten tremendously better with Obamacare, but there's still work to be done to make sure that health care really is affordable for everyone.

“The city of Palmyra, noble for its situation, the riches of its soil and its pleasant streams, encloses its fields with a vast compass of sands,” wrote Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder in Natural History (in 77 AD). “And as if shut out by nature from all other lands, it is by a peculiar lot between two mighty empires, the Romans and the Parthians, wherein discord is ever the first object on both sides.”

That cultural discord remains in Palmyra today. New satellite images reveal that the ancient city’s iconic Temple of Bel has been blasted to rubble by terror group ISIL.

Constructed in 32 AD, the once-splendid Temple of Bel was nearly 2000 years old. It was “one of the most important religious buildings of the 1st century AD in the East and of unique design,” according to UNESCO, which lists Palmyra as a World Heritage site.

Just weeks ago, on Aug. 19, ISIL was reported to have publicly murdered Khaled al-Asaad, an 81-year-old archaeologist who had worked to preserve Palmyra’s antiquities for decades.

ISIL often justifies its claims to vandalism—including the destruction of nearby Baalshamin temple—as part of a purge of idolatrous relics. Smaller historical artifacts claimed to have been pillaged by ISIL have also been sold on the black market to unscrupulous collectors, apparently to fund the self-declared caliphate’s activities.

Palmyra’s ruins were once so beautiful that, according to legend, they inspired 17th- and 18th-century Western travelers to revive classical architecture in the West. Very soon, there may be nothing left to see. For a look at Palmyra before the ravaging of the historic site, see the photos below, or tour UNESCO’s photo gallery here.

 

 

 

In this beautiful video by Te to Te to Te, artisan Yasuo Okazaki, known for his signature Naruko Kokeshi style, demonstrates how he crafts the dolls from spinning blocks of wood, how they are shaped, then fitted together before the paint is painstakingly applied. Okazaki learned the Naruko style from his father, who trained him in the craft. Te to Te to Te also offers a really great online guide to the different Kokeshi dolls that come from all over Japan.

The Naruko style of Kokeshi developed at Naruko hot springs. One of the unique characteristics of these Kokeshi is that their heads squeak when turned. They have kind faces and flared shoulders and skirts. The stripes at the top and bottom of the body are painted on the lathe, and the body is often painted with a chrysanthemum motif. The bangs are painted like the dolls sent as gifts from the Imperial Palace. Naruko Kokeshi wear a red headdress.

via WTF Japan Seriously

Courtney shared this story from Super Opinionated.

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Some said American football on the internet would never happen. The NFL and the major broadcast TV networks have one of the strongest business relationships in the world, and neither party would do anything to jeopardize that. Well, it appears that’s changing, perhaps faster than anyone thought.

CBS announced today (Sept. 1) that it will stream multiple regular-season NFL games, four playoff games, and the Super Bowl, for free, without requiring a subscription to cable TV. The games will be available on computers and tablets as well as streaming devices like Xbox One, Apple TV, and Roku.

First on the streaming slate will be the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins in London on Oct. 4. Then CBS Sports will stream the Carolina Panthers vs. Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.

This comes only a few months after the NFL announced that Yahoo will provide the first-ever free, global stream of a regular-season NFL game (between the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills on Oct. 25, also to be played in London). Both the NFL and CBS seem willing to experiment with these relatively low-profile London contests, especially given that the league is keen to expand overseas and is already targeting viewers outside the US and Mexico with an international streaming package.

But for the most part, fans of the sport in the US are stuck paying for cable TV subscriptions (or signing up for DirecTV’s pricy NFL Sunday Ticket) if they want to watch NFL games. Other broadcast networks like Fox and NBC make some games available for streaming, but those require proof that you subscribe to a pay-TV provider.

What’s clear is that the networks now fear losing NFL viewers to cord-cutting, and are increasingly finding ways to put games online without threatening the existing infrastructure. It’s likely we’ll see more and more games find their way online—NBC and Fox could follow CBS’s lead. That said, the whole landscape isn’t going to change overnight. If you’re thinking this means pay TV’s stranglehold on America’s most popular sport is in serious jeopardy—think again. The networks have a $5-billion-per-year deal with the NFL that runs through 2022.

Elizabeth Arden

The FBI Vault

I have never been this torn in my WHOLE LIFE.

Apparently, director Rian Johnson is thisclose to choosing the female lead for Star Wars: Episode VIII, and a shortlist has emerged. And that shortlist is making me tear my hair out! Orphan Black‘s Tatiana Maslany, Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez, and Olivia Cooke of Bates Motel are all up for the role! We still don’t know what the role is, but as several insiders told The Wrap, all three ladies will be doing chemistry reads with John Boyega by the end of this month.

Now, we all know how brilliant Maslany is on Orphan Black. She plays multiple characters on one show, and she was already in the running for another Star Wars lead in Rogue One before the part went to Felicity Jones.

BUT, Rodriguez is brilliant on Jane the Virgin, and has proven her acting chops both on that show and in indie film. What’s more, it’d be nice to see more non-white faces in the Star Wars universe, don’t you think.

I’m the least familiar with Cooke’s work. Which, of course, probably means she’ll get the role, ’cause she’s probably brilliant, and I just don’t know about it.

But seriously, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DECIDE?!

What do you think? Who’d you love to see in Star Wars: Episode VIII, and what type of role do you think this lead will be?

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Backed once again by his band the Children of Batman, the Dark Knight has returned to kick butt and belt out metal.

feelsmoor:

lotrlocked:

thebestoftumbling:

The raptors in Jurassic World during filming…

I was hoping it would be like this

I wish they’d left it like this

Two recent Supreme Court decisions—Citizens United in 2010 and McCutcheon in 2014—make runaway spending possible, by allowing donors to give unlimited amounts to so-called super PACs and by eliminating limits on how many candidates donors can give to. “Outside spending by a tiny number of mega-rich donors has played an increasingly important role in each federal election since Citizens United,” the Brennan Center for Justice Analysis wrote in a report earlier this year. Academics Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page warned recently that the increasing influence of “economic elites” in politics threatens to undermine democracy itself. Even politicians complain about incessant fundraising that can take up half of every workday in Washington.

Nobody disputes that record amounts of money are pouring into political races. But the return on investment to big donors appears to be less than the fretting over the health of democracy suggests. “The money going into super PACs is not determinative in most elections,” says political scientist Adam Bonica of Stanford University. “Whether these donors give as shrewdly to politicians as they run their businesses is probably a resounding ‘no.’”

Yahoo Finance conducted its analysis by determining the “winning percentage” for the 10 biggest political donors—the percentage of candidates they gave money to who actually got elected. We also calculated the winning percentage for about 100 political-action groups—including super PACs—that received money from big donors during the last two cycles. (Full details on our methodology are at the end of this story). Here’s how each of the 10 biggest donors fared:

One top donor appears to have a high success rate -- former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has an 85% winning percentage. That could be because Bloomberg’s a political independent who tends to donate to electable centrist candidates rather than more controversial ones on the fringes.