Bubbles the Vampire

Bubbles the Vampire

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Recovering university history prof now corporate sell out, miniatures/war gamer, duplicate bridge player, traveler, music lover, cheese fanatic, OG Pooligan.

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The French History Podcast
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Three weeks ago the French government told students they would get nothing. Three weeks of protesting later & the government is providing $4.4b for schools. The students won.

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Cindy Banda voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills. 🍊🤡 When cancer came, the ensuing scramble to make ends meet was painful enough to rearrange her priorities, and she started to think about voting Democratic for the first time apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comShe voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the billsCindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer. Despite the single mother's positive outlook, the financial strain combined with the high cost of living is overwhelming.

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32 people have been killed in school shootings in the US this year. The only death related to the French protests is someone had a heart attack while protesting. You are safer in a French riot than an American school. French people don't need to sit down, Americans need to stand up.

Bubbles the Vampire
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My father, who grew up in Queens, would characterize Warner's attitude as: "hurrah for me and fuck all the rest of yuhs."

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“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

politico.comDo You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.
Bubbles the Vampire
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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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Her last words were: Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose. The blade fell on MA at 12:15. Tens of thousands came out to see the spectacle & when executioner Charles-Henri Sanson raised her severed head, the crowd reacted spontaneously with thunderous chants of "vive la republique!"

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MA's remains were tossed into an unmarked mass grave in the Madeleine Cemetery. She and Louis were exhumed in 1815 during the Restoration and reburied at the traditional resting place for French royalty at the Basilica of St. Denis.

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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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Unlike Louis who had a closed carriage, MA was taken to the Place de la Concorde where the guillotine awaited her in an open cart. She was continuously insulted and spat upon for the hour it took the cart to make its way to the guillotine. A Constitutional priest (supporter of Revolution) sat with

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her in the cart, but she ignored him. She approached the scaffold and mounted the steep stairs with some assistance. She maintained her composure the entire time. As the executioner and his assistants were preparing the apparatus, MA accidentally stepped on the toes of her executioner.

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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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I appeal to all mothers who may be here." Her impassioned remarks drew sympathy (otherwise thought impossible) and those charges were dropped. She was, nevertheless, found guilty on 16 October and sentenced to death by guillotine. In her final hours she wrote a letter to Louis' sister Elizabeth

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asserting her clean conscience & reaffirmed her love for her children & her Catholic faith. The letter never made it to Elizabeth (who was also guillotined 8 months later). She was forced to change without privacy, had her hair roughly cut, her hands bound tightly behind her & she was put on a leash

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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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to the fate that befell Louis. The trial began on 14 October. MA was permitted a lawyer to aid in her defense, but they had less than 24 hours to prepare a defense. She was charged with depleting the national treasury, high treason by conspiring with the enemy against the interests of France and

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incest, an explosive and salacious charge even for Revolutionaries. During her trial the evidence for treason was overwhelming, but MA refused to answer charges of incest declaring, "If I did not respond, it was because it would be against nature for a mother to reply to such an accusation. On this

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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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Temple, a medieval fortress in Paris (torn down in mid-19th century). In July 1793, Louis-Charles, the 8 year old son of Louis XVI and presumed heir, was stripped away abruptly from MA and given to a hand picked Revolutionary, a cobbler by training, who was to "reeducate" the boy with Revolutionary

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principles. MA never saw him again. She was then moved to the Conciergerie in central Paris to a single cell. After the Carnation Plot was uncovered in late August 1793, Robespierre reasoned MA was too dangerous to hold. They thought of ransoming her but ultimately decided on a trial similar

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On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette, former Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris. She was 37. 1793 had been a tumultuous year. Louis XVI had been guillotined in January 1793, France faced the prospect of imminent invasion by foreign armies, the economy was in

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a free fall and anti-Christianization had torn the country in two. Counter-revolutionary revolts covered nearly half the country. Robespierre and his associates, at the head of the Committee of Public Safety, ran the country as a dictatorship. Since August 1792 MA and her son had been held in the

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I'm in Western Arkansas right now and when I left Northeast Ohio it was 41°. The heat index at 6:30 p.m. here and now is 95° and I'm seeing yard signs for people that put up Christmas holiday lights. This math ain't mathing for me. 🤪

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Random thought: I just saw a sign for a lost dog. I wonder if dogs understand their name with different accents... "Sparky" sounds a lot different if it's spoken by somebody from New NYC or someone from the UP of Michigan... Or Italy. If someone calls the dog in a strange accent, does it answer? 🤔

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Best-selling car in France vs. USA in 2023. The Renault Clio's MPG is 53 to 67 MPG (about 4.2 to 5.3 liters per 100 km). The Ford F-150's MPG is 10-26 (9 to 23 liters per 100km).

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September 15, 1963... Let us never forget the four young girls who were mudered in the terrorist bombing by the KKK at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Say their precious names: ADDIE MAE COLLINS DENISE MCNAIR CAROLE ROBERTSON CYNTHIA WESLEY

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Precisely.

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Rep. Greg Murphy: "It's a challenge. The economy is challenging these days and I think a lot of people focus on that, but hopefully people focus more on the overall image, not just necessarily in the moment, of what the purpose of each party was."

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Trump might be the only person on the planet with the audacity to think he can bribe us all with our own money. . . . He wants to use tariff money?? You mean the same tariffs we're paying as consumers? 🙄 Wouldn't $5,000 in the hands of every adult citizen cause MORE inflation? What a clown.

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Can you just imagine the pandemonium, especially on the right, if Obama did something like this?? 🙄

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Vance appears to walk back Trump’s offer of $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms – US politics live

theguardian.comVance appears to walk back Trump’s offer of $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms – US politics liveVice-president suggests payment would not go to all and would be paid for by tariff revenues despite supreme court rulings against much of Trump’s program * US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims * Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Vice-president JD Vance appeared to partially row back on Donald Trump’s outlandish claims that every adult citizen in the US would receive $5,000 if the Republicans retain the House and Senate in the midterm elections. In a nearly two-hour speech, Donald Trump capped off his first night remarks at the GOP midterm convention by pleading with Republicans to “pretend that I’m running”. The president centered himself in the battle to control Congress, and acknowledged that candidates are more successful when he is on the ballot. He offered an ominous outlook if Republicans fail to retain power. Throughout his remarks, Trump also tried to campaign on behalf of Republicans in competitive midterm races. While he made fun of Ken Paxton’s clothing choices and the way he speaks, he praised the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas as “the single greatest attorney general” in the state’s history, while also branding his opponent James Talarico as a “disaster”. Earlier, Democratic senator John Fetterman made a surprise virtual appearance at the Republican midterm convention, delivering a video address supporting Dave McCormick, a Republican senator in Pennsylvania. Fetterman, who has increasingly broken with his party since his election in 2022, said in the video that he would always reject “extremes and socialism”, repeating an oft-used Republican critique of the Democratic party’s increasingly popular left wing. Meanwhile, several Republicans who are facing tough races have chosen not to attend the convention in Dallas. This include Susan Collins, the five-term incumbent senator from Maine, and Dan Sullivan – the Republican senator from Alaska who is facing a tough contest against former Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola. Continue reading...