In the Golden Age, Steve Trevor gave Diana the nickname, “Angel”, because having been delirious from his injuries, Themyscira seemed heaven-like with her being the “angel” that saved him. “Angel On The Wing” is also the title of track #3 on Wonder Woman’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
I’m kind of wondering if this article is prepping for a bigger article this weekend. Looks purely like an article for background information that can be referenced later…
Well, regarding the alleged embezzling, I think it’s good to keep in mind that not everything that CDAN publishes is accurate. There are always a lot of people in Hollywood submitting things to that site with various agendas. Those agendas are never held in check or verified by the publisher (CDAN) to ensure accuracy for the readers. There are a LOT of things submitted to that site that seem purely based on fan speculation or a pr rep needing to get a certain rumor out to benefit a certain pr agenda. I do not believe that everything published there should be taken as fact.
That said, I think what some people like to forget is that Harry got in this situation by not listening to what his family likely told him. Harry was dumb, lonely, and desperate to get married. So now he is. He could have waited to get married for another 6 months. If it’s the true love that Harry and Megs fans like to say it is, then there is no reason they couldn’t have had a wedding further down the road. Except they didn’t. And now it probably isn’t going to work out for a bunch of reasons including that Tweedledee and Tweedledum aren’t suitable for a long-term relationship.
Prince Fuck-Up will do what he does best: fuck up.
Let’s always remember that Megs got this far because she had one particular person behind her: Harry.
As long as Harry is behind her, then the palace will be behind her. Once he’s not, then she truly has problems that her pr games will not fix. She doesn’t have the money or the power to take on the palace in the press.
Pt 2 I know she has a pr firm pumping out content like crazy especially in the US media. Anyone who knows pr can recognize this and also recognize where she is going with this – a very ugly divorce. Yet the tarot readers don’t see this. You however do not seem to be making these assumptions and so you seem more reliable to me. So to annulment. Harry’s best chance for his future is the annulment and the “sources” have been saying that will be the attempt. con’t
Pt 3 so kudos to you for picking up on that. She needs the “I a martyr to their suffocating ways just like Diana” divorce so how do they get to annulment? I’d bet Harry does not want to be seen as the bad guy so he won’t initiate break up what do you think? Consistent great observations from you – love it!
1) Which tabloids are you referring to? There is a wide variation in reporting amongst various publications. You have to consider that there are US and UK tabloids. Both of which come from a variety of angles.
2) As I understand it, tarot readers read the cards based on the questions asked. If the tarot reader isn’t asking about merching, then they’re not going to get cards about merching. I have seen references in Naomi’s readings about a possible loss of money for Harry and Megs. Some people assume that could be a loss of merching money. Generally, the tarot readers are going on about the relationship between Harry and Megs, and whether or not she’s going to bail or if they’re going to break up. I don’t know that everyone is aware of the merching issue outside of close royal watchers. And even then, some royal watchers give Megs a pass anyway.
3) Regarding the pr firms, same thing. The tarot readers are reading the cards about the relationship between Harry & Megs. They’re not asking about whether or not Megs will run out of money to pay her pr firms. Or what new thing she’ll have them issue a press release on. That’s an entirely different issue.
4) I think it’s totally possible that Harry initiates the process, but that doesn’t mean we’ll see it as publicly as we would like. He’s a fickle, whiny bitch. Once he realizes that his new life will always revolve around having to deal with his wife’s bullshit relatives and her drama, the newlywed glow just kind of instantly fades. I mean, does Harry get press on his own anymore? Not really. And that’s got to burn his inner famewhore to no end. Megs really has nowhere to go. The divorce process in the UK means that she can’t ditch people as easily as she ditched Cory and Trevor. Fleet Street will be on her ass, and once the palace pr isn’t going to protect her, things will be much more difficult for her on the public relations front. In fact, let’s remember that the reason she’s able to flood the presses with her pr rep’s emails is because the palace is backing her due to Harry. Fleet Street isn’t going to come at her with all the resources that they could when the palace is still backing her. Her only real audience is the US, but even then she pales in comparison to regular celebrities and the daily Trumpalooza. Odds are, she would get lost in the US press if/once Trumpy gets impeached next year.
No he wouldn’t. The royal family is about blood. Perhaps when he married they could grant him a title, maybe, but he wouldn’t be given anything. That’s just not how it works. The royal family have a lot of titles because they have a lot of people but they’re actually very strict about who can get what.
Norway doesn’t have titles anymore beyond the immediate royal family. Nobility titles were done away with through legislation in the 19th century.
You’ve misunderstood the question. It relates to an earlier discussion about titles in Britain if Meghan had a child. No one is saying Marius will get a title, we’re talking about the imaginary British title. That’s why it’s tagged with British royal family and not Norwegian royal family
I understood the question quite well thank you. I stated what I had to say because Norway no longer has nobility like Sweden or Denmark. And it’s been that way for a longtime.
I said what I had to say earlier because using Norway in the question regardless of Marius’s status doesn’t make any sense. Marius cannot have a title not just because he’s not born from the royal line, but because Norway does not have nobility at all. There are no earls or duchesses in Norway. Nobility was abolished in the 19th century. King Harald cannot make Marius an earl even if he wanted to. It’s against the law. Literally. Huge difference compared to Sweden and Denmark where Carl Gustaf and Margrethe can bestow titles.
So, OF COUSE, the UK is more title heavy than Norway. The UK gives out honorary titles to those who are not even citizens, e.g. Angelina Jolie. The only people in Norway allowed to have titles are those born into the royal family. Sweden or Denmark would have made a more suitable mention in the question.
I have a hard time believing that the CoE would go for that one. Video exists of the event. None of the commentators were saying that they didn’t look like they didn’t know what they were doing. There was months of buildup. The wedding didn’t come out of nowhere. Megs had a chance to bail well before she took whatever to deal with the stress of walking down the aisle with millions watching. Same with Harry.
What you’re essentially describing is what happened to Ross & Rachel during a Friends season finale where they were in Vegas and got married while drunk.
That is clearly not what happened at Windsor on May 19th this year.
Sorry, but the Xanax excuse isn’t going to cut it. If you stop and think about it, then it would set a precedent for all sorts of annulments within the CoE. For that reason alone, it’s not going to happen.
No he wouldn’t. The royal family is about blood. Perhaps when he married they could grant him a title, maybe, but he wouldn’t be given anything. That’s just not how it works. The royal family have a lot of titles because they have a lot of people but they’re actually very strict about who can get what.
Norway doesn’t have titles anymore beyond the immediate royal family. Nobility titles were done away with through legislation in the 19th century.
Tom Cruise is not scared of heights. And he can fly helicopters? (Not only can he fly them, he does it well enough to perform stunts.) In this rough 30-minute reel of behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of Mission Impossible: Fallout, you get to see how many of the movie’s best stunts are done. Note: you’ll need to skip around a bit…there’s a lot of less exciting bits in there too. But don’t miss the car/bike stuff at the beginning, Cruise flying/hanging from the chopper, and, holy shit, the skydive choreography at the end, where the actors and camera folks dance intricately in a military cargo plane with the back hatch open before just jumping out of it, Cruise acting all the way.
You can tell when watching the film that you’re seeing practical effects. Special effects are getting really really good, but movies like this with real people driving real vehicles…they just feel different. Special effects sometimes break the fourth wall (and not in a good way); if it looks fake, your brain says “that’s fake”, and then you’re just a little less invested in what’s going on in the story.
MM can say she’s from LA but so are 5+million other regular joes. And Hollywood is the seediest place I’ve ever visited in my life. The BLVD with the walk of fame is wretched. The studios are are located behind gates in the valley. There is no “actual” Hollywood. Celebs hang out on Sunset or in Malibu & I can’t see MM ever being able to afford any places there or having the clout to get in anywhere that wasn’t a place for wannabes or hangers on. She is LA. Generic. Basic. Bitch. They are a 2/3
3/3 They are a dime a dozen there. Its not the impressive place you think it is, folks.
Tell me about it. I rented a room in Venice Beach in the nineties. Glamour had nothing to do with it, although I hear it’s super pricey now.
Four Swedish police officers’ New York vacation was interrupted when a fight broke out on the subway. The train operator called for support, and — being cops and all — they dutifully stepped in to help until local authorities arrived.
The visiting cops had to subdue the two men involved in the fight, which no doubt takes skill to do safely. But it’s how they did their job after they gained control that really impressed people.
Say it louder for those in the back to hear. Calmly and unarmed.
Cops who help people, calmly disable a situation and restore public order rather than flex their authority, escalate the situation leading to a shit storm? Interesting….
There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.
Does anything in their chart say when they would divorce/file annulment? And I agree with you on the oct. thing, a whole bunch of tarot readers have said that that’ll be a bad month for them
I just haven’t gotten around to that one yet, so I guess I’ll combine them since I just posted it above.
But anyway…for me one of the significant things about this shit show is that Harry is in his Rahu-Ketu dasha. That is, he is running the time period of his karmic axis. Those two grahas are not actual planets/graha; they’re chaya graha (shadow planets). The results of a Rahu-Ketu or Ketu-Rahu dasha are said to be unpredictable because you’re susceptible to all sorts of karma from you current and previous lives that need to play out. One of the reasons I was convinced that Tweedledee and Tweedledum would not make it to the altar was a) due to the possible craziness of a Rahu-Ketu dasha, and b) because there is another European royal who was engaged to someone else during a Rahu-Ketu dasha, called off the wedding, ran off across the sea, met someone else, and has had a seemingly happy marriage with children ever since (not counting a planned move to Florida).
So, Harry’s Rahu-Ketu dasha ends this October. Does that mean all of the crazy will go away? Doubtful. As long as Megs is around, Harry will be stuck with her crazy shit, which includes but is certainly not limited to her family. But it wouldn’t surprise me if a large portion of the crazy shit happens between now and then. It is–in a certain sense–his karma for this shit to happen. Doesn’t matter if he likes it or not. It is his karma–whether you see it as good, bad, or just karma.
There is a reason why I wrote a long ass response to this question. And part of the reason for it is…have you seen the divorce requirements in the UK for England and Wales? They’re much more archaic than what exists in the US or specifically California, where Megs is from.
ONE: “If you’ve been married at least a year.” These two suckers have to make it to their one-year anniversary if they want to get a divorce.
TWO: There are five options listed on that government website on grounds for divorce. They are:
Adultery
Unreasonable behavior
Desertion
Separated for more than 2 years
Separated for at least 5 years
There is no “irreconcilable differences” as grounds for divorce like many Americans–including Megs–are used to. Not to mention I love the details listed in the elaboration.
This probably won’t be an option for these nitwits because I don’t think this marriage is going to last that long. I love that there’s a time limit on the adultery as a rationale for divorce though. I don’t think such a thing exists in the US.
Also not going to be a divorce option for them. Megs can’t pull the physical violence card or allude to it like it has been insinuated by her father. She has an RPO. She doesn’t spend all her time with Harry like her diehard fans like to imagine. It would be fucking tough to prove in court because the palace has all the pr and legal power. Same with verbal abuse. Drunkenness or drug-taking could apply equally to them both. Harry has more to lose with that accusation, but then there’s still the palace who would have an army of lawyers that Megs wouldn’t be able to handle. She wouldn’t have the cash to battle them in court. Just not going to happen. Just doesn’t seem like a possibility, even remotely that either of them could file for divorce with “unreasonable behavior” when you’re making kisses in front of photographers at polo games solely to change the conversation from whatever Papa Markle just said to Fleet Street.
Also another unlikely option for these to to file for divorce. Just can’t see it happening.
Ah, yes, legally separated for a few years and then divorced. This is the option the royals go with. Except, can you see the BRF wanting her around when Harry realizes he’s done with her and they have no children? Charles, Anne, and Andrew ALL had children when they divorced. Think of the current shit show going on now with Samantha and Papa Markle complaining about being cut off from Megs and disowned and stating that Megs could end up dead like Diana. It would be much, much worse if the Markles are talking to Fleet Street about how the BRF is mistreating Megs while a separation prior to a divorce happens. The Queen and the rest of the royal family will want to avoid THAT DISASTER. It would be way worse than what is currently going on now. Like, I can’t even imagine those pr disasters and problems. It would be Christmas for Fleet Street every single day of the week!
I think an annulment is a very likely possibility. We’re not in the end game yet, so hard to say for sure. But I think at some point in October, it will likely become obvious to those who aren’t Harry and Meghan fans what way this is going to go.
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.
The Native Land site is a collaborative effort to map the approximate boundaries of the territories and languages of the indigenous nations in the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.
Libraries are a national infrastructure, at the ready to meet some of the greatest challenges our communities face. You can’t put a price tag on the benefits America’s 120,000 public, school, research and special libraries offer our communities every day.
The least we can do is authorize and fund the only federal agency dedicated to advancing innovation, lifelong learning and civic engagement through libraries.
1. All technological change is a trade-off. For every advantage a new technology offers, there is always a corresponding disadvantage.
2. The advantages and disadvantages of new technologies are never distributed evenly among the population. This means that every new technology benefits some and harms others.
3. Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas. Every technology has a philosophy which is given expression in how the technology makes people use their minds, in what it makes us do with our bodies, in how it codifies the world, in which of our senses it amplifies, in which of our emotional and intellectual tendencies it disregards.
4. Technological change is not additive; it is ecological. The consequences of technological change are always vast, often unpredictable and largely irreversible.
5. Media tend to become mythic. Cars, planes, TV, movies, newspapers – they have achieved mythic status because they are perceived as gifts of nature, not as artifacts produced in a specific political and historical context.
His first idea about technology is perhaps the most apropos to the current moment:
The first idea is that all technological change is a trade-off. I like to call it a Faustian bargain. Technology giveth and technology taketh away. This means that for every advantage a new technology offers, there is always a corresponding disadvantage. The disadvantage may exceed in importance the advantage, or the advantage may well be worth the cost. Now, this may seem to be a rather obvious idea, but you would be surprised at how many people believe that new technologies are unmixed blessings. You need only think of the enthusiasms with which most people approach their understanding of computers. Ask anyone who knows something about computers to talk about them, and you will find that they will, unabashedly and relentlessly, extol the wonders of computers. You will also find that in most cases they will completely neglect to mention any of the liabilities of computers. This is a dangerous imbalance, since the greater the wonders of a technology, the greater will be its negative consequences.
Think of the automobile, which for all of its obvious advantages, has poisoned our air, choked our cities, and degraded the beauty of our natural landscape. Or you might reflect on the paradox of medical technology which brings wondrous cures but is, at the same time, a demonstrable cause of certain diseases and disabilities, and has played a significant role in reducing the diagnostic skills of physicians. It is also well to recall that for all of the intellectual and social benefits provided by the printing press, its costs were equally monumental. The printing press gave the Western world prose, but it made poetry into an exotic and elitist form of communication. It gave us inductive science, but it reduced religious sensibility to a form of fanciful superstition. Printing gave us the modern conception of nationhood, but in so doing turned patriotism into a sordid if not lethal emotion. We might even say that the printing of the Bible in vernacular languages introduced the impression that God was an Englishman or a German or a Frenchman – that is to say, printing reduced God to the dimensions of a local potentate.
Perhaps the best way I can express this idea is to say that the question, “What will a new technology do?” is no more important than the question, “What will a new technology undo?” Indeed, the latter question is more important, precisely because it is asked so infrequently. One might say, then, that a sophisticated perspective on technological change includes one’s being skeptical of Utopian and Messianic visions drawn by those who have no sense of history or of the precarious balances on which culture depends. In fact, if it were up to me, I would forbid anyone from talking about the new information technologies unless the person can demonstrate that he or she knows something about the social and psychic effects of the alphabet, the mechanical clock, the printing press, and telegraphy. In other words, knows something about the costs of great technologies.
Idea Number One, then, is that culture always pays a price for technology.
It is nearly impossible to read these paragraphs and not think about how social media (and the internet more generally) has shaped our culture in both good and bad ways…and those who still believe that services like Facebook or Twitter are “unmixed blessings”. The rest of the talk is equally thought-provoking and enlightening.
P.S. Postman made these remarks about 2 weeks after I started publishing kottke.org 20 years ago. At that time, very few people I knew or interacted with online saw anything but the positive aspects of the internet and personal publishing online. Should we have seen the weaponization of the internet coming? Perhaps. But then again, not a lot of people who enjoyed the simple pleasures of Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, and Lassie could have anticipated the government-shaping toxicity of Fox News and cable news in general.
Gotham City. Always brings a smile to my face. Batman (1989) | dir. Tim Burton
Jails are accelerants of human misery, and what they often do… is take very difficult, complicated life circumstances and exacerbate challenges that individuals and families and communities are facing. The idea that the default system should be money bail or jail for a broad range of offenses is not normatively defensible, or does it necessarily promote public safety.
Julian Adler, co-author of Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration (via nprfreshair)
Six statues dating back 2,000 years were discovered Saturday in the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Magnesia, located in southwestern Aydın province’s Germencik district.
Prof. Orhan Bingöl, who has been overseeing the excavations in the site since 1984, said four female and one male statues were unearthed in the ruins of a temple to Artemis, adding that one of the statues’ gender was unknown.
Bingöl said all statues were found in the same area and were in good condition of preservation, placed face-down next to each other.
“We know that, along with the ones being displayed in Istanbul, Izmir and Aydın, there have been nearly 50 statues unearthed from Magnesia ruins. Read more.
I was on about what classic Themyscira is but a lot of it is dated, like the Roman columns. I was taking a lot of the many things from the lore’s different influences, but then always marching it forwards and making it feel like a place you are desperate to go to. A place that feels real. — Patty Jenkins
We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
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