Cannibal Girls (Ivan Reitman, 1973).

Why Hill Top Road is most certainly not the only portal:

A theory I didn’t type out because I had thought to eventually write a fanfic about it, but here you go because it’s the last possible day for me to post a called shot with my tma theory without tmp lore being involved.

Section 1 - The Tree

When we’re first introduced to Hill Top road in MAG 08, the statement giver provides us with his gut-check instinct about the tree on the premises, which cast odd shadows and “creeped him the hell out”, culminating with him feeling the need to destroy it.

This tree, as we all understand by the end of MAG 196 - This Old House, is a symptom of the crack in reality seeping out from underground, but let me draw your attention to MAG 127 - Remains to be Seen, where Jonah hires Doctor Jonathan Fanshawe to visit Albrecht von Closen in the Schwartzwald, otherwise known as the Black Forest in Germany. When his carriage arrives, what does he see but some absolutely heinous tree that absolutely must be killed:

and then, later on:

A single tree so inexplicably foul, it inspires the urge to kill it dead. Section 2 - Underground In MAG 59 - Recluse, the orphan Ronald Sinclair wanders into the basement of Hill Top Road, and recounts his observations of the room:

Compare this with Anya Villette’s description in 114 of the unlisted HTR basement, involving unfinished masonry and damp earth

As a curious parallel, in Albrecht Von Closen’s experience descending down the strange, isolated mausoleum in the Schwartzwald, the tree-punctured, decaying stone stairway yields to a room with books touching walls so weather exposed, the statement giver is unable to tell if the books are truly touching walls at all, or are in fact bordered in with bare soil.

And what item did Albrecht find conspicuously on the floor of Johann von Württemberg’s mausoleum, the subtler mystery detail hidden by the much thematically larger mystery of the books? Section 3 -The coin anomaly Inside this strangely placed, isolated mausoleum in the Scwartzwald, Albrecht von Closen found a coin, dated the year the count Ulrich II of Württemberg passed away.

Interestingly, in both our universe and the in-fiction one, Eberhard I succeeded Ulrich II, and not any bastard named Johann. Our dear Archivist comments on this in the same breath as dismissing it as coincidence, which historically means it definitely isn’t. 

Preposterously familiar for anyone who’s spent any amount of time thinking about the obvious HTR-based disappearance/reappearance/time skipping of Anya Villette (MAG 114) and Anne Kasuma nee Willette (MAG 08). Kind of curious how this absolutely cursed book collection shows up in proximity of a cursed tree that people are urged to kill, in a weird mausoleum nobody has any record of, alongside a coin of a man who may not have existed and definitely wasn’t a lord or any sort of royalty and yet there’s currency commemorating him? This is not the end of the Scwartzwald anomalies, though. You see, this coin…went missing. Section 4 - Profound violence, and an eyeless man It’s unclear the circumstances of how Albrecht lost this coin, though given that he wrote his statement in 1816, I suspect it fell out from a pocket during Albrecht’s very next encounter which causes him to flee the Black Forest entirely. The encounter where the guy who keeps creeping around the outside of the mausoleum, issuing vaguely intimidating warnings, decides to accost Albrecht and reveals himself to have empty eye sockets, and the ability to “see” regardless. 

The identity of the Eyeless man remains unknown definitively, as he runs off as if he was startled by some sort of predator, but in some Absolute Hunt Bullshit that seems to follow pretty much immediately, there was a murder that same year that investigators briefly thought was committed by Albrecht’s host and nephew, Wilhelm.

An eyeless man, a cursed tree, the profound violence of a hunt, the man who doesn’t belong with a history that couldn’t be true. And that’s not to mention the incredibly cursed vibes of both locations. To wit, in MAG 196 regarding the nature of these cracks in the universe:

Compare this to Albrecht’s description of the Schwartzwald:

AND ALL THIS IS TO SAY, in my heart I know it’s true that there are more portals, because as a patreon subscriber I got to submit a question for the Q&A And do you know what they did? Do you know what happened to my question? They reworded it beyond recognition, to a thing that was NOT what I was on about at all. I asked about the potential for other Cracks in reality to exist currently, like the hints for Schwartzwald or The Eschatology Door in Paris, and do you know what they rewrote the question to be about (but still put my name on so I KNOW it was supposed to be mine) (also please dont go find it, it’s embarrassing how they butchered my ask and also it has my human name on it and I don’t know yall like that tbh, so just take my word for it)? The question they answered was if different places and countries had their own regionally specific fear domains, like Paris for example. Which like, obviously?? I forget how exactly they rephrased it, I was on a walk listening and my ears went hot and my eyes went wide and I KNEW I HAD SOMETHING WITH A MELTY HOT CORE OF TRUTH TO IT. Pure adrenaline, sign me up for the Fucked Up Red String Tower where People Judge Marble Domain I guess, but I feel it in my GUTS now. And you know, maybe the question was rewritten by a staff member before they ever saw it, any number of things could have happened along the pipeline. It seems bizarre to me that they’d even leave it in after choosing to rework it that hard, though. But I’ll tell you what, the question posed was about cracks in reality, not fear domains. And I feel CLOSE to something. In Annabelle’s own words, 

Indeed, few have ever thought much of it at all. Perhaps there are many such places across the Earth. Perhaps it is unique. Certainly, no-one has known either way.

(PS don’t get me started on MAG 134 - Time of Revelation, DON’T GET ME STARTED ON IT)

Transcripts lovingly taken from https://snarp.github.io/magnus_archives_transcripts/ All the screenshots have alt texts with the contents in plain text. Mainly, the goal I set here was to get it out there before TMP, so I can feel very very clever if they ever address it. Also, this is my first effortpost using this editor and BOY YA'LL WEREN'T KIDDING.

Beside You (Ron Speirs x Reader Oneshot)

Pairing: Ron Speirs x Female!Reader

Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff

For @brassknucklespeirs (Happy birthday, lovely!! I hope you like this💖 )

A/N: Me, using a Marianas Trench song for a ficlet? You’re damn right lol 😆

When your tears are spent

On your last pretense

And your tired eyes refuse to close

And sleep in your defense

You didn’t let yourself cry until you were alone, Ron knew that much, so when he saw you disappear into the stillness of the frigid Bastogne night, he knew exactly where you were headed. 

The days of ruthless shelling by the Germans had felled several trees in the nearby area, splintering them to bits…all except one, which lay across the snow a good 8-10 feet away from the rows of foxholes, tucked away behind a steep embankment, away from view. 

It was the perfect place to seek refuge for a brief second and as the company’s only combat nurse, God, did you need it. Try as he might, Doc Roe couldn’t be everywhere at once and that was where you came in. 

From your first day with Easy, you’d made it your mission to get to know every single trooper so that even in the heat of battle, when someone screamed “Medic!”, you could recognize their voice in an instant and get there. You would talk to them as you treated them, about anything they wanted: their families, their hometowns, sports teams, films, whatever they needed to keep them focused and awake. These men were trusting you with their lives and you would not let them down. You were friendly, hardworking, and dedicated to your field and your company; you never let gunfire or explosions hinder you. If you were needed, you were there. 

It was your warm and selfless nature that had first caught the eye of the infamous Ronald Speirs. You captivated him. How could someone so generous, so full of life, be here, in a place like this? You were an angel trapped in Hell but it didn't dim your shine, not even for a moment. You would give the shirt off your back to anyone who needed it, always the first to lend a hand and the last to quit at the day's end. 

Your vitality and generosity meant that you made friends easily, something that the withdrawn and mysterious Ron so envied. Like a magnet, people just gravitated towards you, happy to bask in your energetic glow, and Ron would watch quietly from the sidelines with a goofy smile on his face like a smitten schoolboy. You were like human sunshine, a balm to his hardened & war-torn soul.

When it's in your spine

Like you've walked for miles

And the only thing you want is just to

Be still for a while

But Bastogne…Bastogne was a whole different beast, even for someone as dynamic and exuberant as you. The conditions were abysmal, supplies almost nonexistent, and tensions running sky-high. 

 Most of the men you treated were lovely and appreciative of your care, but some… some weren’t. 

You'd first heard the mutterings after the deaths of two Replacements. One had been shot by a sniper that no one had spotted in time and the other had taken the brunt of a particularly nasty firefight. Campbell and Ulrich were both good kids and in both cases, you had done your best with what little you had but it just wasn’t enough. The wounds were too severe and you didn't have the equipment needed to perform a surgery that risky nor could you do it by yourself, on the battlefield of all places. All you could do was kneel beside them, hands bathed in blood, and whisper broken apologies for not being able to do more as they passed.

Eugene, all too familiar with this sort of loss, told you that you needed to forgive yourself. 

“There was nothin’ more you coulda done for 'em, cher,” he said as he handed you half of a bandage he'd scavenged. 

But in your heart, you just couldn’t believe that and neither could some of the boys. 

Roy Cobb had been especially close with Campbell and he had no qualms about telling the newest replacements and anyone else who would listen exactly what he thought had killed his friend and it wasn't the sniper's bullet. 

"What killed him was her damn incompetence," he'd announced, deliberately loud enough for you to hear. "She should've let Roe or Spina treat him, then maybe he would've survived." 

"Nobody wanted her here in the first place either," a mortarman named Lombardi added. "They should've given us a third medic instead of some nurse!"

Doc Spina was way out of earshot but your friend Eugene, who had been nearby, had already begun to argue in your defense when you had marched over to the disgruntled group. 

These were men you had treated in the past, you realized as your tormented fury began to build. You'd risked your life to save these ungrateful assholes and you knew damn well that the moment they needed you on the battlefield, you'd have to do it again. and again. and again.

Cobb shot you a dirty look and muttered something involving the word “useless” and that was all it took. Heart pounding in your ears, you hauled off and punched him so hard that his nose began gushing blood, but the damage had already been done. 

Speirs had heard the commotion from his foxhole and seeing you storm off, tears of frustration and hurt pricking your beautiful eyes, sent an icy rage coursing through his veins that surprised even him.  

Who the fuck hurt you like that?

He was going to find out.

The wrath blazing like hellfire in his eyes as he stalked over was enough to make even grown men cower and the guilty parties quailed under his gaze. Ron dragged each one by the collar behind the nearest tree trunk, pinning them one by one with his forearm across their throats before they could blink. 

“From now on, you will treat (Y/N) with the utmost respect,” he intoned, his voice eerily calm as he applied just enough pressure on their throats to make them cough. “You will treat her as if she were me. And if I ever get wind that you’re mouthing off at her or otherwise mistreating her again, so help me God, there won't be enough left of you to mail home in a cigarette pack. Is that clear?”

"Y-Yes sir," they'd gasped out and grudgingly, he let them dart back to their foxholes one by one like mice.

He had more important things to worry about.

And if your heart wears thin

I will hold you up

And I will hide you

When it gets too much

I'll be right beside you

Seeing you cry tore Ron's heart in two. You were sitting on that felled tree just behind the embankment, hunched over, face buried in your hands as your shoulders shook with silent sobs. 

You were so overcome by your own anguish that you didn’t even hear him approach. Instead, he appeared beside you like a sudden dark spectre against the white snow, making you jump. 

“Holy shit,” you yelped, hurrying to brush the tears from your cheeks. “Damn it, Sparky, warn a girl next time, will ya?”

Ron stood awkwardly beside you, hands shoved deep into his pockets, and you swore you could see a small flush of pink creeping up his cheeks and it wasn’t from the cold. 

“Sorry,” he replied with a sheepish smile. “I forget I do that sometimes. I just…I was… I wanted to see if you were okay.” 

He cursed inwardly. 

What a stupid thing to say, Ron, he berated himself. She’s crying. Does she look “okay” to you?

You tried to return the smile but only succeeded in a wan grimace.

“I’m not okay yet but I will be.” 

You sighed sadly and gestured to the red cross armband on your arm. 

Overwhelmed or not, you were needed.

“I have to be.”

“(Y/N)…May I…Er, if you don’t mind, that is…?” Unable to quite get the words out, he just nodded to the empty spot beside you, earning him a genuine smile from you that filled his chest with warmth. 

“Absolutely,” you replied with a small sniffle, lightly patting the place next to you on the log and effectively putting him out of his tongue-tied misery. “I’d like that a lot.”

When you're overwhelmed

And you've lost your breath

And the space between the things you know is blurring nonetheless

You hadn't exactly intended on telling Ron your whole life story but before you knew it, it all came tumbling out: how you'd grown up, what had inspired you to become a nurse, how much you loved what you did but hated what it did to you, and Speirs listened quietly, hanging onto your every word. 

But when you admitted the toll it took on you to know how little a difference you were making, he balked.

“No difference?” He repeated, his hazel eyes wide with shock. “Are you kidding? Do you…Is this because of what those assholes back there said?” 

You sniffled again with a deflated shrug.

“Assholes or not, I think they made their feelings pretty clear. It'd probably be better for everyone if I just put in for a transfer.”

When you try to speak

But you make no sound

And the words you want are out of reach

But they've never been so loud

Your words echoed in Speirs' head like enemy gunfire. 

Transfer…Transfer...Transfer…

Ron felt like you'd just slapped him clear across the face. Come to think of it, he would've preferred it if you had. It would've certainly hurt less than the realization that he would lose you before he'd ever even told you how he felt. 

He'd never been any good at romance. To be honest, he'd never really tried. Girls back home flocked to him like flies to honey but he'd just felt uncomfortable with the attention and tried to set them up with his buddies instead, all of whom were dying for a date. 

Ronald Speirs was a man of action; communication was not his strong suit, which was one of the myriad of reasons he admired you. 

You, who somehow effortlessly made friends wherever you went. 

You, whose smile spread warmth on even the coldest winter day. 

You, whose kindness made everyone that spoke to you feel not only heard but understood.

You who brought the light of springtime to his ever-present darkness, like Persephone to Hades.

He had never understood why you had made it your mission to befriend him since Day 1 when everyone else avoided him like the Plague but he was glad you did. His intimidating gaze and badass reputation didn’t scare you one bit and you had assured him with your usual friendliness that it would take more than some rumors to scare you away.

He couldn’t let you slip away now.

Trust in me, trust in me

Don't pull away

Just trust in me, trust in me

Taking a shaky breath and exhaling, the tiny clouds curled up into the frosty air in spirals as you stood up. After smoothing some of the ice off your clothes, you gave Ron one last, small smile. 

“Thanks for listening,” you said earnestly before remarking with a self-deprecating laugh, “I promise not to be so depressing next time.”

You had just turned to leave when an invisible force compelled him to reach out and grasp your hand at the last second.

“Wait…Please.” 

'Cause I'm just trying to keep it together

Because I could do worse and you could do better

The silence was deafening. You stared at Ron, too stunned to speak, and he stared right back, the green and gold flecks in his hazel eyes catching the moonlight. 

Had it been any other time, you might’ve found it almost funny to see the infamous “Killer” Speirs at a loss for words just from holding your hand but right now…Right now, you could feel a tornado of butterflies in your stomach and you could tell that he was feeling them too.

“(Y/N), I…” he started before cutting himself off with a shake of his head. “Look, I’m no good at this and I’m sure you’ve probably got someone special writing you from back home already but…”

He rubs the back of his neck nervously with his free hand and you tilt your head, silently, as you watch him. 

You’ve never seen him this anxious before, not even in battle. 

Truthfully, you didn’t know a man like Ronald Speirs could get anxious. If the roar of gunfire and artillery didn’t faze him, you had thought nothing could.

“If you’re serious about transferring out, then you should at least know that you’ve made a big difference here, to the men…and to me…” 

He cleared his throat stiffly. 

“Especially to me.” 

Your eyes must’ve been the size of dinner plates. 

Was he saying what you thought he was saying?

“You are without a doubt, the bravest…the most dynamic…the most selfless woman I know,” he continued as his hazel eyes locked intensely with your (E/C) ones.

“Everything about you…You’re just amazing to me. And I know you don’t feel appreciated and with how things have gone lately, I don’t blame you one bit but damn it, (Y/N), you have to understand that you are vital to this company, not just for what you do but for who you are. We need you here.” 

Ron took a shaky breath, exhaling into the frigid night air, before saying quietly, “I need you here.”

I will stay (right beside you)

Nobody will break you

He started to say more but before he could, you dropped his hand and launched yourself at him, knocking the breath out of him as your lips met for the first time. He gently took you into his embrace, causing both your hearts to race, the both of you smiling against each other’s lips. But in your eagerness to deepen the kiss, your teeth clashed slightly against his, sending you into a fit of giggles when you pulled away seconds later.

“Are you…Will you stay?” Ron asked tentatively, still holding you as if you were made of glass. “Please?”

At first, you were tempted to jokingly mull it over but the fear in his golden-green eyes immediately banished the thought from your mind. 

This was Ronald “Killer” Speirs. This was a man who had stared Death in the face without blinking, a man whose ferocity and resolve on the battlefield were practically legendary, a man who could take a life with the same ease as one swats a fly…and yet, here he was before you, putting his whole heart in your hands, a heart most people didn’t even know he had.

“Of course I’ll stay,” you reassured him, the moonlight dancing in your eyes as you gazed into his. “As long as you'll be mine, that is.”

Ron gingerly cupped your face in his hands, the silky smoothness of his soft baritone voice making your heart skip a beat.

“Sweetheart,” he murmured as another slow smile spread across his face. “I’ve always been yours.”

And if your heart wears thin

I will hold you up

And I will hide you

When it gets too much

I'll be right beside you

Nobody will break you

Deer Black Out by Ulrich Jesse K Baer

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Deer Black Out is a(n obsessional re) mediation of violence and trauma through the trans/coalescence of identities surfacing and resurfacing within a manuscript of serialized poetry, influenced by HD, Zukofsky, and Ronald Johnson. It's sort of like a body, the movement of which you can only recognize emerging within a field of static. Just the outlines. A deer! In ramifying lines, this poetry creates a self-reciprocating dialogue with the very act of self-replication. The language exists as the prosthetic support that co-creates and conditions the Baerself's emergence into the real.

Mod opinion: I found this one through a goodreads friend and I'm so excited to read it at some point! It sounds incredible.

Metal Mania #8 — Page 2

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Well, here it is! The most venomous attack on your ears your eyes will ever read! Since Ron has been away, it’s been up to me to make sure the show goes on. Ronald has been hanging out with Ulrich Roth, getting blitzed blazing drunk, seeing all my favorite bands…I hate him! The biu Cheese boy himself should be returning in about a month and we’ll begin work on issue #9 which will include: Steve Hammond interviews Venom, plus many interviews and reviews of bands Ron’s been seeing—Budgie, Baron Rojo, Uli, Scons, Y&T, Accept, Merciful Fate, Silver Mountain, Judas Priest, a history and evolution of Anvil Chorus, Metallica and lots more metal. Though this issue has’nt turned out perfect (I’ve had rewalk all the steps Ron took for his first publishing venture) and it’s a bit late, I think it’s worth it as its a double sized issue. Please appreciate the fact that this is a one man operation. Special apologies for all hte spelling fuck ups and to any ignorance or negligence I may have demonstrated in these pages. 

Special Thanx to: The Record Vaulters, The corner liquor store, Ron, the Aardschok screw, Mike (Mr.) Varney, The Vienna Boys Choir, Scabie Crowders, Adam the ignoramous, Dudley, Mike, Thundercrowders, KUSF, Ness Aquino, The Waldorf, The do-nut shop, The worsening posture boys, Jenny, The bum on market street, Guiness Stout and Tuborg Dark, Howie (for getting the Rampage rolling), Pimpin Sir Player Baby J, everyone who I forgot and especially all of you crazed metal maniacs out there! Yeeaaah! Metal Mania is published semi-monthly at $1- per copy (£1.00 in Europe) Metal Mania offices are located at 4340 20 St. San Fran., Calif. 94114 & at 1460 Webster St. San Fran., Calif. 94115 USA. This issue (c) copywright 1982 Axemuder Ltd. No part of this edition what so ever may be reprinted without written consent of this issue of Metal Mania’s editor—Ian Kallen. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. Unless the article is signed by someone else, all “me”s refer to me, Editor, Writer, Publisher and Big Cheese of the month: 

Ian Kallen

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currently reading: black mouth by ronald malfi (which i don’t think i’d recommend to anyone yet) + listening to the audiobook version of siren queen by nghi vo (which i love so far and DO recommend). a few stories into a couple anthologies i’m picking at - corpsemouth by john langan and screams from the dark ed. by ellen datlow

last song: literally can’t stop listening to “bryan ray trout, 1999″ by the zells. one of the stupidest songs i’ve ever heard. SO fucking hooky though, oh my god. can’t get the “don’t call me on it / i fought skeet ulrich” part out of my head

last series: the only tv i’ve watched this week has been an old episode of 30 rock last night. the jackie jormp jomp one.

last movies: watched the Prey, the confusingly titled Predator prequel this past Friday! best Predator movie in years. 

currently working on: 19k words deep in my BodLang epilogue and it’s not quite finished so. that’s embarrassing. that’s my only active project atm but i’ve got other stuff lined up for after.

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CINE Beethoven (2020) Título original: Louis van Beethoven Alemania Dirección: Niki Stein Idioma: Alemán con Subtítulos en Español

Atención: Solo para ver en PC o Notebook Para ver el Film pulsa el Link: https://artecafejcp.wixsite.com/escenario-cafejcp/post/beethoven-2020

Reparto: Tobias Moretti, Colin Pütz, Anselm Bresgott, Ulrich Noethen, Ronald Kukulies, Caroline Hellwig

Género: Drama | Telefilm. Histórico. Música. Biográfico

SINOPSIS: Año 1779. Con 8 años, el pequeño Beethoven ya es conocido como un niño prodigio musical. Aprende a seguir su propio camino, para consternación de las personas que le rodean. Años más tarde, conoce a Mozart en tiempos de agitación política. Su carácter poco convencional y la Revolución Francesa provocan un incendio en su corazón: Ludwig no quiere servir a un maestro, sólo a las artes. Haciendo frente a tiempos de tragedias familiares y amor no correspondido, casi se da por vencido. Sin embargo, en 1972 llega a Viena para estudiar con Haydn. El resto de la historia ya es Historia…. Biopic sobre la figura del célebre compositor Ludwig van Beethoven, para conmemorar el 250 aniversario de su nacimiento que se celebra en diciembre de 2020. Apasionado por la música, la libertad y la verdad, su vida será una batalla contra las convenciones

Café Mientras Tanto jcp

Events 8.10 (after 1930)

1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a defensive German victory. 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. 1949 – An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense. 1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. 1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. 1961 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. 1966 – The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario. 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. 1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year. 1978 – Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. 1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. 1988 – Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. 1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. 1993 – Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw  shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw  event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island. 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony. 1997 – Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. 1998 – HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. 1999 – Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. 2001 – The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths. 2001 – Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2. 2003 – The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. 2009 – Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. 2012 – The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. 2014 – Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. 2018 – An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents. 2020 – Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.

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Eva and Ulrich Klever's Copy of Ronald Searle's Großes Katzenbuch https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2021/04/eva-and-ulrich-klevers-copy-of-ronald.html #RonaldSearle

dave mustaine, lars ulrich & ron mcgovney

Cannibal Girls (1973)

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sonsbeek 71: sonsbeek buiten de perken, Deel 2, Curated by Wim Beeren, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, 1971. Graphic Design: Wim Crouwel, Dirk Fortuin, Magda Tsfaty, and Jolijn van de Wouw / Total Design

Feat. Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Carl Andre, Ben d'Armagnac, Richard Artschwager, Bruce Baillie, Douwe Jan Bakker, Joseph Beuys, Ronald Bladen, Marinus Boezem, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Javacheff Christo, Tony Conrad, Hanne Darboven, Ad Dekkers, Ger Dekkers, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Pieter Engels, Groep Enschede, E.R.G., Hans Eijkelboom, Barry Flanagan, Fluxus, Hollis Frampton, Ernie Gehr, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Mike Heizer, Douglas Huebler, I.C.W., Ken Jacobs, joepat, Donald Judd, On Kawara, W. Knoebel, Hans Koetsier, Axel van der Kraan, Peter Kubelka, George Landow, Standish Dyer Lawder, Sol Lewitt, Richard Long, Walter de Maria, Mass Moving, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Mario Merz, Henri Moore, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Noord-Brabant Groep, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Panamarenko, Egbert Philips, Emilio Prini, Klaus Rinke, Peter Roehr, Ulrich Rückriem, Edward Ruscha, Fred Sandback, Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Wim T. Schippers, Paul Sharits, Eric Siegel, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson, Richard Serra, Kenneth Snelson, Michael Snow, Koert Stuyf and Ellen Edinoff, Shinkichi Tajiri, Sajiki and Yokoyama Tenjo, Carel Visser, Andre Volten, Hans de Vries, Lex Wechgelaar, Lawrence Weiner, Joyce Wieland

Angela

Klaus observait la photographie posée sur le bureau comme une curiosité. C’était la même femme mais bien plus jeune. Cependant, elle gardait la même coupe de cheveux qui n’avait pas blanchi. Elle n’avait pas pris de rides non plus. Il reconnut l’homme à ses côtés, son premier mari. Ulrich Merkel n’habitait plus Berlin-Est depuis longtemps, préférant le calme de Magdebourg où il devint directeur de la jeune université de Physique. Toutefois, Klaus le rencontrait de temps en temps, lui demandant un rapport détaillé de ses recherches.

La porte s’ouvrit soudainement ! Angela sursauta en découvrant le chef-adjoint de la stasi en personne dans son bureau. Il avait toujours la fâcheuse réputation collée à la peau, celle d’être un homme impitoyable alors qu’il n’a jamais tué une mouche de sa vie. Klaus sourit, rassurant la jeune scientifique. Elle salua de la main avant de se diriger vers la table de travail. Elle connaissait la raison de sa présence. Alors, sans attendre, elle tendit un dossier puis, proposa à l’officier de la police secrète de la suivre, une fois le dossier lu.

Le couloir baigné par la lumière artificielle des néons, parut éternellement long. Surtout en raison du manque de portes de part et d’autre. Ils s’enfoncèrent profondément sans prononcer le moindre mot. Elle ne savait pas quoi dire, il voulait le voir de ses propres yeux. De temps en temps, son regard se dirigeait sur le dos d’Angela. Il ne lui trouvait aucun charme, cependant, malgré son apparence effacée de bonne petite scientifique travaillant pour le parti, elle avait un certain charisme qui le poussait à lui proposer d’entrer dans la politique. Mais en Allemagne de l’Est, tout le monde doit être à sa place : les scientifiques à leurs recherches, les sportifs sur les podiums, les politiciens au gouvernement et le peuple dans les usines à faire tourner le monde.

Enfin, ils arrivèrent à destination. Elle ouvrit la porte à double battants dans un grincement assourdissant. Ses collègues continuaient leurs travaux jusqu’à ce que l’un d’eux découvre la présence de Karl. Dès lors, ils se levèrent pour se mettre en rang comme de bons petits soldats. Encore une fois, la réputation du numéro deux de la police secrète l’avait précédée.

Le laboratoire n’avait rien de particulier. On était loin des centres paramilitaires du KGB ou de la CIA. Ici, il n’y avait pas d’arme nucléaire ni chimique. On n’étudiait pas non plus les virus en vue d’une guerre bactériologique car tout cela était révolu depuis la détente de 1997. Cette année avait vu la naissance d’un pacte de non-agression entre les deux blocs ennemis. L’URSS et les Etats-Unis comprirent qu’il n’était pas intéressant pour l’un comme pour l’autre de gagner cette guerre devenue couteuse. Alors, les frontières s’ouvrirent proposant des échanges économico-culturels. Mais personne n’était dupe et l’on savait qu’il s’agissait surtout d’échanges d’espions entre gentlemen.

Klaus salua chacun des physiciens présents. Il eut un petit mot particulier pour Heinrich : « Toujours amateur de western ? ». Le scientifique dégarni rougit, gêné d’être connu par cet homme si important. « La prochaine fois, j’apporterai la cassette d’un vieux film avec Ronald Reagan. Vous savez, c’est le comédien qui a perdu les élections présidentielles américaines, il y a trente ans. » ajouta-t-il tout en lui serrant la main. Ensuite, il demanda des nouvelles de la famille de Günther. Son fils avait obtenu le droit de traverser le mur pour travailler dans partie ouest de Berlin. Il repensa à un vieux projet qui le hantait depuis un matin de novembre 1989. Il s’était réveillé en rêvant de la chute du mur qui séparait la capitale. Et depuis ce jour, depuis la détente entre les deux Allemagne, il envisage de proposer la destruction de certaines parties du mur afin d’améliorer les échanges et de rapprocher les deux Allemagne. Mais avant, il avait besoin de bénéficier du travail d’Angela et de son équipe.

La cheffe du projet attendait devant une table sur laquelle reposait un énorme bloc de plomb dans une cloche de verre. Klaus s’approcha lentement, il ne quitta pas le métal des yeux espérant voir la magie s’opérer brusquement. Angéla actionna une manette puis appuya sur différents boutons, Tout à coup, une épaisse fumée envahit la calotte de barbotage jusqu’à faire disparaitre le plomb. Quelques étincelles jaillirent du brouillard artificiel. Après une dernière manipulation de la part d’Angéla, la nuage se dissipa faisant apparaitre de nouveau la masse devenue étonnamment jaune.

Karl resta subjugué par le métal transformé. Il regarda ensuite Angela avant de poser quelques questions mais il n’en eut pas le temps. « C’est bien de l’or !» annonça-t-elle avec un sourire éclatant. « Nous avons réussi ce que personne n’avait fait auparavant : Transformer le plomb en or ! ». La scientifique spécialisée en chimie quantique soupira brusquement, réalisant la teneur de ses mots. Toutefois, elle ne réalisait pas encore qu’elle venait d’entrer dans l’Histoire. Klaus réfléchissait déjà sur la manière d’utiliser cette fortune. Il voyait déjà le pays s’enrichir soudainement jusqu’à absorber le frère ennemi. Réunir l’Allemagne sous la bannière de la république populaire serait à coup sûr, la possibilité pour lui de devenir le leader incontesté du parti, et par conséquent, le futur patron du gouvernement. Lui aussi entrerait dans l’histoire comme le dirigeant qui aura unifié le pays.

L’expérience fut renouvelée sur des lingots de plombs ainsi que sur une statuette récemment moulée de la forme d’une chouette. Le choix de l’oiseau venait d’Angéla qui voyait en cet animal, la sagesse de la déesse Athéna, la philosophie. Klaus comprit le clin d’œil volontaire. Il avait lu le dossier personnel de Merkel. Il savait qu’elle n’aimait pas la doctrine politique du gouvernement actuel. C’était peut-être la raison pour laquelle il ne lui proposa jamais d’entrer en politique. Il avait peur qu’elle lui fasse de l’ombre où qu’elle détruise son idéologie. Lorsqu’elle offrit la statuette encore chaude, il hésita un instant. Puis, il se dit qu’elle ferait un bel effet dans sa bibliothèque, à côté de la médaille du mérite du parti.

Il accompagna une dernière fois Angéla avant la quitter. Le couloir parut toujours aussi long. Par-contre, ils avaient de quoi parler. Ils discutèrent sur les réserves de plombs encore disponibles dans l’université. Il proposa de lui en procurer plusieurs tonnes supplémentaires, de quoi remplir les caisses de l’Etat. Il remercia la jeune chimiste au nom du peuple qui ne manquerait plus jamais de rien. Elle soupira, il s’inquiéta mais fut soulagé lorsqu’elle demanda s’il ne craignait pas de dévaluer l’or. Il sourit avant de dire : « Non, l’homme reste trop cupide pour s’en détacher ! Et nous garderons bien le secret ». Elle frissonna en voyant le clin d’œil de l’homme le plus influent du pays. Elle le regarda sortir du bâtiment pour se diriger vers une voiture noire. Un homme en uniforme ouvrit la porte arrière pour le laisser entrer dedans. Ensuite, il s’installa au volant et quitta le parking vide de l’université. Les lumières des phares arrière s’évanouirent dans l’obscurité de la nuit, tandis qu’Angéla Merkel ressentit le froid sur ses épaules.

Sans en connaitre la raison, elle repensa au rêve de la nuit. Elle avait rêvé qu’elle était devenue la première chancelière d’une Allemagne réunie. Mais, elle savait que cela n’arrivera jamais… pas dans ce monde en tout cas.

Alex@r60 – septembre 2021

Photo : Angela Merkel et Ulrich Merkel, 1975

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