theactualcluegirl:

keire-ke:

princessnijireiki:

nabyss:

benepla:

benepla:

marvel is disney’s forever cash cow! it appeals to children, teens, and sweaty adults! it’s all quite loud and colorful, with the same safe formula every time, but with different directors and tweaks to make it whatever the fuck memorable each time. plus the reliance on violence to push the plot will give them those dank US military checks until explosions go extinct. truly we live in horrific times but i don’t really care 

thank u all for letting me know the military quit cutting checks for the MCU after Avengers because they got offended bc the fictional magic men are an alternative to the american military. i’m sorry i was misinformed but more importantly that’s really, really, really, really, really fucking funny

Really (about military)?😕 I am not even surprise because Captain America The Winter Soldier is lowkey critic of it.

They actually namedrop Operation Paperclip in Winter Soldier, which shocked me when I watched it the first time— when Zola talks about how the Nazi-analogue group Hydra survived in plain sight, with direct approval from the US government on top of its infiltration into the government itself.

Operation Paperclip irl was a (now declassified) government ratline program where the US selected notable Nazi scientists, engineers, etc., to sponsor for American immigration with new identities to protect & hide their old identities, sparing them from punishment for their war crimes so long as they continued their work here on behalf of the American government rather than the Third Reich.

I remember watching the film & going, “Ah, so that’s why there’s fewer government vehicles & military extras than is the standard for scenes of this scale, they gave up the DOD money.”

All of which—

• positioning Captain America in direct opposition to a fake government agency infiltrated by fake Nazis & saying that the Nazis corrupted everything so badly that he had to throw the whole agency away…
• and then that pissing off real government & military officials, who methinks doth protest too much;
• (because those military personnel were/are still touchy over public perception of what the US gov’t. actually did during & after WW2, versus the myth of American heroism pushed by mainstream media & public education in this country; the truth disrupts the status quo, even with make believe Nazis, and thus unacceptable)
• and who then decided to take away funds they had previously earmarked for this franchise back when they were happy to use it as positive propaganda/for recruitment & advertisement

—is, in fact, really, really, really, really, really fucking funny.

(1) I didn’t think I could love Winter Soldier more, and yet here we are,

(2) At the same time subsequent movies keep pushing Good Guy With Gun as The Only Reasonable Way, so clearly someone is still trying to score.

Also, another “amusing” tidbit about Operation Paperclip: Most of those scientists were settled at NASA think-tanks, almost all of which ‘just happened to be’ in the South. Jim Crow country, to be exact, and some of the same places that are seeing the sharpest outbreaks of Neo Naziism today.

Because racist Nazi grandpas are heroes to racist Nazi grandkids on the US dime, don’tchaknow.

butchsombra:

followers who show up regularly in my notifications: i see you and i appreciate you so much

rowanthesloth:

A bipartisan report released by the CIA, FBI, NSA, and ODNI stated unequivocally that Russia, under orders from Putin, carried out a far-reaching cyber operation with the goal of interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections.

One branch of this attack involved fake Russian accounts spreading disinformation, discord, and inflammatory content (in a word, propaganda) across many social media platforms, most notably Facebook and Instagram, but also tumblr. The Department of Justice indicted 13 Russians and 3 Russian companies for these actions. The defendants referred to their activities as “information warfare”, and stated that their goal was to “spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.”

In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, President Trump has dismissed reports of Russian meddling as “ridiculous”, and has publicly stated that he believes Putin’s assertions that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections.

We should all be concerned about outside powers seeking to interfere with the integrity of our elections, regardless of which candidates or parties benefit from such interference.

• As the midterms approach, be wary of voices sowing discord, fear, and despair. Look for solutions and ways to help instead.
• Be wary of anyone who says your vote doesn’t matter. It does.
• Be wary of anyone who says that “both sides” are the same. They’re not.
• Be wary of anyone who says an election result is a foregone conclusion. It isn’t.
• Be wary of anyone who argues for ideological purity and categorical rejection of “flawed” candidates. Perfect people do not exist.
• Be wary of sharing posts from sources you do not recognize or know to be trustworthy. Always corroborate with a reputable source.

These people want you to stay home on election day. They don’t want you to exercise your rights and your power at the ballot box. Remember, voter turnout is always lower in non-presidential years, which means your vote counts for more.

sandersstudies:

xtltokio:

marisatomay:

y’all ever see a sibling interaction in media and just know….it was written by an only child

It’s weird when sibilings apologize in the movies. Because sibilings only apologize when they did something really really bad, like murder someone or something, otherwise the sibilings just casually start to talk to each other as if nothing had happened.

Siblings in a movie making up: I’m so sorry I hurt you…you’re not only my sister, you’re my best friend.

Siblings in real life making up: Lmao idk if you’re still mad bitch but look at this meme really quick.

I hope I’m doing it right