#world powers

[pilloclock]

(Not my meme)

[vox-anglosphere]

Two cousins, both Emperors, in King Edward VII's funeral procession.

[torahapologetics]

Hidden Racism in Some People From Ashkenazi/Sephardic Communities #israel #bible #ashkénaze #torah

[imthefailedartist]

I saw a video of a guy saying that he doesn't think Americans landed on the moon because he's been spending time with us, and we don't seem smart enough for a feat that grand. It was funny.

However, it got me thinking.

Let's say it was true. In 1969, America faked the moon landing. Do you understand how smart we'd have to be to get away with faking the moon landing for 55 years. Think about how much work that would entail constantly.

It'd be what we spend the majority of government funding on.

That one lie would change everything.

We'd have to put the kibosh on any nation even thinking they can go to the moon. We'd actually heavily implement green initiatives. Space exploration would be over. No private billionaires funding Mars habitat projects. They'd have to make Earth so wonderful to live on so that no one ever tries to get to the moon or space again.

We'd have world domination, peacefully. I'm talking countries wouldn't even know that we've usurped them and if they ever realized they wouldn't care.

We'd be living in The Village (2004).

We'd never get that great video of Buzz Aldrin punching that asshole.

How would we make nice with Russia? I guess we wouldn't, right? It'd probably just be destroyed. Same for China. Maybe we'd tell them, and they'd Truman Show their people. Maybe more of a North Korea.

They'd disappear Neil, Buzz, and Mike after the press tour. Same for the engineers and scientists who worked on Apollo 11. They would never make the press tour. It would be they died upon re-entry or they're stranded. Space would become enemy number one

What would they say is the reason no one can go to space? Would it be the radiation is too strong, an unkillable deadly bacteria, space monsters? What could they say to make space, the final frontier, terminus non grata?

Would media like Star Trek, Lost in Space, Dune, Forbidden Planet, and Rocky Horror even be allowed to be made? Or maybe they would, but they'd all have the end message be, "Space=Bad." You can't risk anyone thinking good thoughts about it.

Say goodbye to the First Amendment. American education, would it be worsened or made better. Would schools focus more on the arts less on math, science, and literacy?

Speaking of science, how would that affect what we know of space in understanding of Earth and life in it? Well, I guess about the same as we know now. We didn't need to go to space to have accurate maps, planetary mathematics and chemistry, etc. Space exploration just confirmed what we already knew.

There was a great episode from The Truth Podcast told if Apollo Lunar Module Eagle wasn't going to be able to leave the Moon's surface told from Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins POV.

[theotherjourney7]

“People keep saying that Britain has a “noble tradition” of taking in refugees, citing the kindertransport as proof. Simon Heffer did it again on Radio 4 this morning. But here’s the problem.

The reason it was the *kinder* transport - the reason that it focused on children - was that Britain, like most countries across the world, refused to take in Jewish adults, even as Jews faced the threat of Nazi persecution.

The Home Secretary of the time told the House of Commons there was public "anxiety and suspicion" about "alien immigration on any big scale". So Jewish groups and their allies came up with an alternative designed to be more palatable: help for children

That’s why families were torn apart, with heartbreaking scenes as Jewish parents handed over their children to get them to safety. Most would never see each other again.

The 9,000 or so children who would be saved through the kindertransport would be forever grateful to Britain for saving their lives. But they were a tiny, tiny fraction of the many millions of Jews who would be murdered.

To quote the late, much-missed David Cesarani: Britain "was prepared to allow refuge for children, but not for adults who might enter the labour market."

Or the historian Louise London: "Admission saved the children's lives. Exclusion sealed the fate of many of their parents."

Again, for those 9,000 or so, the kindertransport was a literal life-saver. But it’s not quite proof of a "noble tradition" of welcoming refugees.”-Jonathan Freedland

[presidentsandpeople]

Pentagon 'conscious' of experiences Wisconsin army base's battle to feed, warmth Afghan refugees - Presidents And People

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Pentagon 'conscious' of experiences Wisconsin army base's battle to feed, warmth Afghan refugees

[bookworm555]

G O D it has been a loooong time since I've drawn any of these characters, and it shows x'D (I think at least five years? The last time I remember sketching them was 2016.)

But I definitely had fun drawing and coloring them all. (It was so hard to draw Paula's face in these, though; I had to figure out how to make her eyes look half-lidded without her looking stoned x'D. She's just supposed to look breezy and flippant, not a pothead fjejfjwj)

In contrast, Elts, Liene, and Liutas were very simple to draw. Even in this different style I had no issues.

I literally listened to 'Sexy' (from the Mean Girls musical), 'Young Girl Talking About Herself', 'California Gurls', and 'Bubblegum Bitch' on loop while drawing Paula xD. ...I feel like that sums up her...quirky...personality xD (Meanwhile, I jammed out to the Mamma Mia West End Cast soundtrack while drawing the ELL trio.)

Elts, Liene, and Liutas have different reactions to Paula's antics:

Elts: -_-

Liene: ;^;

Liutas: ^w^

Each of Paula's lines was taken from either the actual story or the WP joke comics. The first one is from the 'Beach Episode' comic, the second one is Paula ripping on one of Ivan's outfits (good for her; he's a dick xD), and the third one is from the Halloween special where Candace dresses as Jane (and Paula thinks that is ridiculous xD)