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I have a lot of poly carapacian headcanons and idk what to do with them all, so I figured I'd put them here... I hope this is not annoying, and if you don't want to address any of this, you can totally ignore it if you like.

okay so first is the kind of obvious dynamic: PM/WV/AR. I like to imagine that AR is sort of in a more chill space in the relationship where it doesn't really have to be romantic, but sometimes it kinda is?? idk, some part of me just really loves the trio and thinks they should all be giving each other kisses, but I also think that PM and WV have something particularly special, and these three probably wouldn't feel much pressure to rigidly define anything anyway. AR is just vaguely part of it somehow.

additionally, PM/WQ. is so. adorable??? like, PM started as a humble mail carrier, but when the enemy gave her a sword and asked her to slay her queen... PM immediately went to said queen and sought council, right away. zero hesitation, full trust. and WQ decided to entrust PM with her ring, implicitly making PM the kingdom's chosen champion in a time of crisis. all of this reads like a fairy tale, but then later, after PM has done the best she could, and everything seems to have gone wrong, WQ and PM are still alive, and they find each other. they have an opportunity to get to know each other far better than they ever could've in the midst of their prior hierarchical power imbalance. and WQ still has so much faith in PM, and wants to give her more power and agency, and it's all a bit overwhelming to PM, but WQ isn't abandoning her in all this... she's offering to help her, through whatever may come. and that just makes my heart explode with fondness.

I also feel like, due to how much WV hates monarchies, PM wouldn't really take up the title of queen, nor would anyone... but PM would probably be instrumental in helping shape whatever system of leadership the carapacians decide on in the future. additionally, I feel like WQ would find WV to be really charming. she's only really romantically involved with PM, but I have this headcanon that WV kind of reminds her of WK. I think WQ and WK, while they were king and queen, were more like very good friends who had a politically pertinent union... WK and WQ are still good friends, but the time when SBURB dictated their roles is now over, and I think they're both thriving, and happy for one another, no matter what. but yeah... WV and WK seem like they're both gentle souls. WQ would really enjoy that PM and WV have the relationship they do.

also also, I did not expect to like AR/Slick as much as I definitely do in your art... I think that'd maybe be something that causes a bit of contention early on, cuz PM definitely is still prickly about Slick in general, but AR is simply not immune to Spades Slick: knife-wielding trash goblin.

speaking of which! I love thinking about the shipping dynamics between the midnight crew.

-Slick and Droog have their obvious dynamic... Droog knows how to handle Slick at his worst. the chemistry between them is really strong.

-I like the idea that Slick and Boxcars have a sort of mutual grumpiness towards life's inconveniences ("you really hate time travel" etc) and it actually mellows Slick out when he's around Boxcars, cuz Slick ends up mirroring the fact that Boxcars is just kinda surly about that stuff, rather than being violently vitriolic. although... Boxcars can also appreciate Slick's destructive side. it's very "go get em boss!" like, they bond via getting in fights and patching each other up later.

-Slick and Deuce are true chaos hours. between the two of them, there is very little thinking, a lot of poor impulse control, and much knives/bombs. Deuce is still very sweet and well intentioned, but destruction is destruction, and Slick isn't picky about intent. somehow this works out in the form of like... something detonates, and if questioned, Deuce will look sheepish and apologetic, and Slick will just grin like the asshole he is. Deuce takes this as high praise from Slick, and honestly, Slick would absolutely kill anyone who decided to try and mess with Deuce.

-Droog and Boxcars have this really sweet relationship in my mind, where they'll go out for coffee sometimes. somewhere nice that Slick wouldn't fully appreciate. and Droog will just kind of vent and scheme... he's still composed, but he lets his guard down a little, it's actually kind of cute. Boxcars just listens even though he can't really follow a lot of it. that's actually fine though... Boxcars is here to help Droog get out of his own head when he's starting to overthink things and needs a simpler perspective for contrast. once Droog is about 15 levels of logic beyond what Boxcars can think about, Boxcars will just kinda be like "I have never in my life had a situation be this complicated, and I've been fine so far." and Droog replies, "it's just because I've been around." but he also smiles and just focuses on his coffee and nothing else for a moment. side note: the tall and bulky vs. tall and lanky body type combo is excellent from a purely design-driven standpoint.

-Droog is fascinated by Deuce. I mean, Droog could plan a whole heist down to the finest detail and make sure everything goes perfectly... or... he could plan like half a heist? and then just include Deuce and know that he's a total wild card and nothing about how he functions can really be accounted for ahead of time. the guy is a total sweetheart, you really can't be mad at that. Droog will refer to him as their bad luck charm as a term of wicked endearment.

-Deuce and Boxcars are just cute. probably the most chill pair out of all of them... if it was just the two of them, they'd probably have a very wholesome, normal life and relationship. neither are all that ambitious on their own. also, I think Deuce really likes cooking but isn't very good at it, and Boxcars is good at cooking in a practical sense, but thinks it's kind of a chore... unless he's doing it with someone as an actual activity. the two are complimentary to one another in a lot of little domestic areas.

in addition to this, I definitely include Ms Paint and Snowman in the midnight crew polycule whenever I think about it. Snowman and Slick have their near deadly bullying thing, and Ms Paint and Slick have their cute romance, so Ms Paint and Snowman actually have a bit of an "I can fix him/I can make him worse" rivalry. I like the idea of Ms Paint being really nice, but in a very determined, hard work kind of way. and Snowman? Snowman is a bitch and I love her. I imagine she and Ms Paint doing a lot of bantering back and forth, and Snowman is actually kind of caught off guard by how much she likes it, to the point where she gets kind of pushy in seeking this sort of attention from Ms Paint. which makes Slick want to compete for that attention, but also both of these women are gorgeous, and Ms Paint definitely holds her own against Snowman, so he's not fully outrageously jealous. Ms Paint just has a lot on her plate. just a whole lot to deal with.

as for the rest of the crew...

-Droog and Ms Paint are aligned in their efforts to try and keep Slick breathing. and when Ms Paint puts her mind to it, her wits are pretty sharp, so Droog is actually very fond of her. he'll try to handle certain people's draining whims whenever it seems like she's getting a little burnt out, and she really appreciates that he notices.

-Boxcars and Ms Paint are like, best friends. they will literally set aside whole days to just hang out, maybe go to a bar, or swing dancing, or they'll sit in a diner and chat after lunch until it's almost time for dinner. if either one of them needs a hug, they are each other's emergency contact.

-Deuce comes to Ms Paint for advice a lot. he has the well meaning urge to do something nice for the people around him whenever it occurs to him, but his ideas always come out hair brained, and Ms Paint is really good at heading that off and giving him better ideas to actually act on. the two of them both like stuff like baking and gardening... they share busybody hobbies.

-Droog and Snowman are just a large helping of flirty venomous mirth, covered in the thinnest veneer of class. it's great. but also sometimes she'll go to him to complain about Slick and Droog is like, the polite equivalent of "bitch, I know! but you're out here throwing rocks at a hornets nest, idk what you expected!" and then they bicker for an hour or two and everything is fine.

-Boxcars is kind of scared of Snowman. he's very easily flustered around her because she's pretty, but also Boxcars thinks she's really unhinged and doesn't trust her. she knows this, loves it, and exploits the hell out of it.

-my very particular headcanon for Deuce is that he hardcore misinterprets Snowman and Slick's relationship as a case of star-crossed lovers from rival gangs, and he gets all giggly about how romantic it all is, like something out of a novel or something! and both Snowman and Slick are like "ew, what? no! gross! I know you caught us making out that one time, but that was hate-fueled!" Deuce is practically the only one who can really make Snowman feel 100% flustered. she is not composed about this. he thinks they protest too much, he's right, isn't he? suuuuure, sure. "hate" is what's going on there. yup, gotcha. *wink*

bonus thing: I reeeeeally want Snowman to pal around with Terezi and Vriska. Snowman, as a fully suave former queen, has the experience of these two nerd gremlin teenagers coming up to her and telling her that she reminds them of their RP characters. and instead of Snowman taking them under wing and mentoring them, they drag her fully into the teen girl nerd pit. they have sleepovers, and Terezi paints everybody's nails so they look god awful, and Snowman tries to brush Vriska's hair while they watch movies and eat cheetos and skittles. they wanna set up DnD at some point and all three are constantly bugging people to join. Slick can't even make fun of this, Snowman owns the hell out of it. it's called fun, cretin.

so yeah. that's the totally normal amount of headcanons that I have about the sprawling carapacian polycule situation.

I meant to post this a while ago but forgot, think I know who this is but i won't call you out lol. It'd be a damn shame to leave all the HCs in the ask box. I guess I'm only noisy about shipping WV and PM (adorable) and AR and Slick (i cannot resist is idiocy) but i like hearing everyone else's ships a lot :>

#homestuck #carapacians #headcanons #asks #ask #im not gonna go off on more of my ships i aint spoiling bt those are pretty obvious already lol #remind me to make a shipping chart with those 4 though i should really post it on here.#LONG POST #VERY LONG POST

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rockmiyabideusexmachina · 4 years

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2020 Megaman Valentine’s Day Contest - Cat. 1 (Talent) Results!

Thank you to everyone again for your patience! This is getting posted way later than I wanted to. As much as I try to keep it short and sweet, I never do, so bear with my walls of text.

For the talent category this year, the theme was about killing Mega Man with kindness. More specifically, entrants had to create their own original love/Valentine’s-themed Robot Master or equivalent boss character that was created to defeat Mega Man with the power of love! Even though the theme title and concept alluded more to the classic Robot Master character contests, designs for any series were acceptable. But other than one Navi and one Reploid entry, everyone stuck to a Classic-series themed creation. So you were all pretty consistent!

There were a total of 16 entries for this category this year. Thank you all for your participation! It was extremely hard to choose winners for this category, because you all had really clever and creative concepts based off of this theme. So thank you for thinking up such clever and cool characters!!

Also thanks to Reploid 21XX for the coloring book prizes and for some additional insight.

Again, raffle prize winners will be contained in both posts, so keep an eye out between your name and your art. Not all raffle prize winners are contained in this post. I’ll be contacting all winners soon enough, so sit tight! Might be late after work tonight, so don’t panic if you don’t hear from me right after this is posted.

Your category winners and full gallery of entries are right here, after the break:

Category 1 (Talent) - Dr. Wily’s Greatest Creation: Killing Mega Man With Kindness

[Full Talent Gallery]

1.) @mo-sketchbook:

*For coming in 1st, mo-sketchbook has won $100 via Paypal, or a prize of their choice up to that value AND a Rockman 7 Coloring Book.*

First and foremost, I appreciate all the effort you put into covering so many aspects of your creation, from the various design viewpoints, weapon get form for Mega Man, and showing the weapon in action. I really loved all the things you integrated into the design to give off the feeling that it is a love-based character. The “love bug” form, cherub-like Heat/Plug-type facial features, and how you utilized hearts in different ways for his design and powers.

I’m no Keiji Inafune, but I feel like this is a concept he would greenlight, in terms of it following his Robot Master design formula. It doesn’t need to be super detailed or flashy, but still fits the mold very well! The thought of the hearts missing their target and love energy then getting weaker is actually pretty clever, too. Cute, and I wuv it.

2.) @peachycircuits:

*For coming in 2nd, peachy has won $50 via Paypal, or a prize of their choice up to that value AND a Rockman 7 Coloring Book*

As usual, on the technical side of things, your art is one of the more polished and clean entries of the bunch. Combining a couple different aspects - swans as a creature known as a symbol of love, bonded for life like in marriage, and turning that into an inseparable pair of Robot Masters, was a clever way to think about your design, in terms of the theme of this category.

And then echoing that with the iconic Swan Lake, making them ballet dancers, is like taking Tundra Man and Gemini Man’s concept up another notch. Plus, not gonna lie, amused seeing Mega Man getting equipped with a tutu. LOL So even if it’s not as heart-themed as most of the other entries, I totally liked how you thought outside the box a little bit for this.

3.) Komito Amae:

*For coming in 3rd, Komito has won $25 via Paypal, or a prize of their choice up to that value*

I figured a cupid-styled arrow theme would pop up in a bunch of entries, but your Reploid, Beta, here caught my eye. Both in terms of the hearts, arrows and wings incorporated into her armor, and the pretty sweet looking buster that she and X both have equipped.

While I’m not sure how it would play out in the game, I think it would be interesting to suddenly take control of random enemies in a stage, and be able to change perspective as them for a short time, after you have shot them. Whether it would be to take out an enemy horde, or perform a task X can’t that the enemy could, it would be different! Can’t see it quite having the same powerful effect on a Maverick boss, but it’s certainly neat to think about how that could work!

And the rest of the wonderful entries, in alphabetical order by alias:

@autobot-bumblebee:

*Raffle Prize Winner* Dreamwave Comics: Issue 4 Page 15

I’m sorry you didn’t win a cash prize this time! Please don’t take me hostage! I totally loved the creative vintage chocolate factory mascot backstory, along with making your entry like an Ariga-styled character sheet page. Certainly get that retro feel with her clothing design. Her rose blade kinda reminds me of other hand-turned-blade-like-weapon characters, such as Alan Gabriel in the Big O or Ed transmuting one in FMA. Which is always a snazzy transformation for a robot!

@drewblossom:

In all honesty, if I hadn’t placed you in the humor category, I think this would have very likely been somewhere in the top 3 for this category. A cuddly teddy bear with a massive Ariga-Quick Man-sized heart for a chest, extending flailing tube arms, who just wants to hug Mega Man to death is so amusing and awesome of a design. Hugs for everyone!

FluffyFrostyFury:

Your take of heat-seeking arrows and the added high jump powers were certainly a different take compared to the other cupid-styled creations. Definitely would be nice gameplay bonuses when equipped. I like how Mega Man also has the wings sprout out of his head, to mimic Cherub Woman’s pigtails, rather than the usual spot you would assume, on his back.

HealerCharm:

Hahaha, I love how your creation has caused Mega Man to wave the white flag after falling in love...wait, it isn’t White Day, and he should be giving her a gift if it was! XD Her hair tied up into a heart was a creative touch, much like how her dress flows into all those heart shapes. Adorable!

@inanehipsterslang:

Um, can...can I count on you to vote for Bernie this election year?

Remember kids, it’s what’s on the inside that counts, looks don’t matter. Everyone deserves love, even those you consider ‘vermin.’ This was certainly an unexpected take on the theme, and gave me a good laugh, too. ‘Boiling-hot water...with a hint of citrus!’ It burns, but it smells so lemony-fresh!! XD But the two different moves fit together well, to protect and attack.

I like how you still incorporated a heart shape into Rodent Woman’s design with, both in her chest shape and the “nostril” area which is echoed in the Rodent Rover. And also props for giving her the non-armor form, unique compared to other entries.

Mattasaurs:

On the one hand, your design feels so different for a Robot Master, and maybe more Navi-like. But then I get the Astro/Galaxy-type eye vibe, and sort of a Plant Man~ish body with Devil hands feel, and see how it’d fit into Classic. It’s a unique look, and I liked it the more I inspected it. I really do love the idea of the heart bubble entrapping more and more enemies, and the big ol’ group hug ending up bursting their love bubble. It’s a different concept that stood out!

Minnie:

Our Navi of the bunch combined the love bug and cupid design, but your concept changed up the attack to suck out the energy of it’s target. Which almost made me think she should have an arrow-like mosquito nose, to feast on her target that way. XD I liked your wing shield concept and RiCO-styled skirt of hearts. Rock gets some cool shades in his Love Soul/Cross form, and I get the ProtoSoul vibe, with the shield transferring to his arm as well.

@pstart:

Another Heat/Plug-type design Share Man looks cute and sleepy, but is also “clumsy and weak.” His ability is to share body parts, so “the danger is in him sharing his less than ideal parts with his opponents.” It’s a totally neat concept, to see Mega Man lose his buster almost by accident, and now be powerless to stop Share Man. His split color scheme drives home the concept that his parts might not all be his own, and sort of a Frankenstein bot at times. Props to that idea!

While his weapon gives Mega Man the power to make enemies docile and sleepy, I really almost want to see Mega Man get dumb parts of enemies, too! Helmet switched to a Met helmet, Batton wings, a big Suzy eye! It’s now I’ve got your power...but...but what am I supposed to do with it? XD

RetroNinjin:

Unlike most others, your entry pushed the heart theme heavily in her armor design around the entire head and shoulder parts, so I definitely felt the love vibe. The color scheme fits well. Just would have liked to have had seen a little more information about her attack and concept.

RoninApprentice:

Mega Man having a “Wing Man” to set him up is a hilarious and clever idea! I give you kudos for thinking outside the box a bit on your concept and theme here. The shipping chart certainly drives the idea home, too. You still give him a classy/formal look, and keep the wing man aviation origin apparent in his attack style. Certainly a different idea having the heart bowtie transfer to Rock’s helmet in the form change, but it really doesn’t look that bad there, opposed to around his neck like it would be normally.

@star-crossed-swords:

Different from the other cupid concepts, Eros Woman utilizes a Search-Man like targeting system to hit her targets. I like the heart scope addition over her and Rock’s eye when they go into firing mode. You took a different approach to the wing concept compared to others, echoing Cinnamon’s hairstyle in many respects. But it certainly fits with the rest of her design nicely, and looks good for Mega Man’s equipped form.

@star-shaped-soul:

Love that you were able to both include a drawing and your own sprite, to mix in with the weapon equip ones. That is one powerful crush Mega Man has on his enemies now! I feel bad for Crush Man with how big and heavy those snare trap hands of his are. This seems like a Robot Master too cute for Wily to design; more like he stole him and added horrible, cruel hands onto him! This is taking a crush on someone to a whole different level! XD

Yuri Kadry:

When equipped with Cupid Man’s power, I like the visor Mega Man gets. I think this is also a clever use of the weapon, having enemies shot attracted to one another, causing them to collide into each other. Well thought out! Love the original sprite art, and he stands out nicely against the pinks and purples in the background.

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tekmodetech · 6 years

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‘The Voice’ finale: Chloe Kohanski wins even though Miley Cyrus dropped her

Chloe Kohanski, left, and Addison Agen watch for outcomes of “The Voice” finale from host Carson Daly. (Trae Patton/NBC)

To the shock of only a few followers of NBC’s “The Voice,” Chloe Kohanski was topped the winner of Season 13 on Tuesday evening. Not solely did the 23-year-old psychadelic rocker from Nashville dominate the iTunes charts along with her performances after virtually each episode, however the celeb coaches deemed her a frontrunner the primary time they heard her sing.

“I feel you can be within the finale,” Blake Shelton declared at Kohanski’s blind audition in October, when she wowed everybody with Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.” Certainly, she went on to conquer the different acts within the last 4, which included teenage people prodigy Addison Agen, pop-soul powerhouse Brooke Simpson and nation crooner Purple Marlow. Kohanski, who beforehand labored at a espresso store as she launched into a solo profession, now has a recording contract with Common Music Group.

Nevertheless, issues virtually went very in another way — as a result of Kohanski may have been eradicated early on when she was dropped by her coach, Miley Cyrus, through the “knockout” spherical. Fortunately, because of a particular rule added within the fifth season, the opposite coaches get one shot to “steal” the artist who loses the knockout. Shelton and Jennifer Hudson each swooped in to supply Kohanski a spot on their groups, and Kohanski selected Shelton.

[‘The Voice’ launched Danielle Bradbery’s music career. But then she had to find her own path.]

Cyrus, again as a coach for the second time on “The Voice,” was decided to win with one in all her artists, notably over Shelton, who has now received six occasions. So Kohanski’s victory actually twists the knife. Why did Cyrus make such an enormous mistake and let the clear frontrunner go?

You possibly can truly hint it again to the season premiere in September, when Cyrus declared her true aim for the season: Uncover a rustic music star. “I’m right here to win ‘The Voice’ with a rustic artist,” Cyrus introduced, as she tried to steer Marlow, a 40-year-old Tennessean who referred to as himself “nation as corn bread,” to hitch her group.

Billy Ray Cyrus, a particular visitor adviser this season on “The Voice,” together with his daughter, coach Miley Cyrus. (Trae Patton/NBC)

Cyrus doubled down on her nation roots this season, reminding everybody about her residence in Nashville and legacy standing as “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter. There are just a few potential causes for this: First, to get underneath Shelton’s pores and skin for the sake of drama on the present. (Nation contestants, equivalent to Marlow, clearly flock to Shelton.) Second, “Voice” winners who search careers in Nashville tend to have more success than their friends in different genres.

Third, and maybe most significantly, Miley Cyrus — the goddaughter of Dolly Parton — has signaled she desires to be taken extra severely by the nation music group. She feels those fans abandoned her in her pop star days, when she twerked with Robin Thicke and was bare on a wrecking ball. Her newest album, “Youthful Now,” leans extra into the singer-songwriter realm. “The truth that nation music followers are afraid of me, that hurts me,” Cyrus told Billboard this year.

Anyway, Cyrus was initally thrilled to have Kohanski on her group. Through the blind auditions, she made a convincing argument about how they’d related style in music. “I’m obsessive about Miley,” Kohanski gushed, selecting Cyrus over Shelton and Hudson, who additionally spun their chairs round.

Then got here the knockout spherical, by which coaches select two of their singers to compete towards one another after which ship one house. On Oct. 30, Cyrus paired Kohanski towards Ashland Craft, a gifted 21-year-old nation singer from South Carolina. After her blind audition, Cyrus efficiently persuaded Craft to hitch her group, saying she needed to show her right into a “punk rock Dolly Parton.”

“Blake actually is the king of nation, that’s for certain, however they want a queen,” Cyrus stated. “And I might hope that may be me.”

Within the knockout, Kohanski sang a shocking model of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide,” whereas Craft belted out a wonderful twist on Bon Jovi’s “Needed Lifeless or Alive.” Cyrus fretted over who to decide on, however her desire appeared apparent in rehearsals when she informed Craft, “You would be the feminine Chris Stapleton.” Contemplating Stapleton’s critical acclaim and sales figures, that’s as excessive a praise as you will get in Nashville. Cyrus clearly already had visions of Craft’s nation stardom.

“Chloe did an incredible, superb job. You might be so gifted,” Cyrus stated. “I simply should go together with my intestine, and the winner of this knockout is Ashland.” Inside seconds, Shelton and Hudson pounced, and pleaded to steal Kohanski.

“I simply assume you’ve got such an exquisite message to have the ability to share. I actually do assume you can win,” Hudson stated.

“I’ve needed you on my group each single time you’ve set foot on that stage,” Shelton stated. “There’s nothing that may compete on this present with an artist who is aware of precisely who they’re.”

Kohanski went with Shelton, who referred to as her “probably the most iconic voice we’ve ever had on this present.” With a agency grasp on her inventive id, Kohanski knocked her performances out of the park each week. Her psych rock spin on ’80s songs in particular (“Time After Time,” “Complete Eclipse of the Coronary heart,” “Name Me”) struck a chord with viewers, and she or he consistently acquired iTunes bonuses for her songs making it within the High 10 on the charts.

By the way, Kohanski’s cowl of “Landslide” — the track that nearly bought her eradicated by Cyrus — broke a document for the highest-charting track from the knockout rounds in “Voice” historical past. If Cyrus hadn’t been so preoccupied along with her nation music objectives, maybe she would have chosen in another way. (Although to her credit score, Craft made all of it the best way to the High 10 earlier than being voted out by viewers.)

Shelton, in the meantime, all the time appeared to deal with Kohanski as his precedence; even over Marlow, his different singer within the last 4.

“I’ve been sitting on this seat for 13 seasons and I’ve by no means heard a extra well-rounded voice than that proper there,” Shelton informed Kohanski at one level. “I’ll be damned in case you’re not a star, Chloe.”

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firedupreadytogousa-blog · 7 years

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Day 9 (1/28): Temporary Ban for Muslim Countries Leaves Out Main Countries of Previous US Terror Attacks (Which Trump Happens To Have Business Ties To)

Featuring: -Yesterday, In Trumpland- The Resistance Report- Weekend Actions-

-YESTERDAY, IN TRUMPLAND-

RED ALERT! The Trump administration has demanded that all ads for Obamacare be canceled! That is $5 million of already paid ads just going down the drain. And you know how many procrastinators sign up late. There is always a surge in signups the last few days, so essentially the GOP are being assholes. You have until JAN 31st to sign up on healthcare.gov. So do so NOW!

Also, Trump signed 2 executive orders yesterday because of course he did:

- #1 “Extreme Vetting” (No One Knows What That Means Exactly)

Officially dubbed, “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” the order includes a temporary 120-day ban on refugees and visas of immigrants from 7 Muslim countries, excluding the ones that he has business interests in because remember he DID NOT divest anything and is STILL PROFITING FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Where the hell are all these people with these lawsuits!). Ironically enough, the Cato Institute reported that of the terror attacks that have happened, “Foreign nationals from those seven countries have killed a grand total of 0, yes 0, Americans.” In fact, “Terrorism by Muslims makes up one-third of 1 percent of all murders in the US.” Forget the fact that banning refugees from entering this country goes against all American Values, even if he thought he had cause, Trump didn’t even pick the right ones! Some of the countries on the list are known terrorist “hot spots,” but they haven’t committed acts of terror in the US. Vox helps us Break it down:

San Bernadino shooting that killed 14 people= US Born Pakistani and US legalized citizen of Pakistani descent

The Orlando nightclub shooter who murdered 49 people= US Born citizen of Afghan descent

The Boston marathon bombers= Kyrgyzstan, grew up in Boston

The militant who killed four Marines in TN= Kuwaiti Born US Citizen his parents being Jordanian and Palestinian

The attempted Times Square bomber= Pakistani-American

The infamous “underwear bomber”= Nigerian

The man who attempted to blow up a plane with explosives in his shoes= UK born, his mother was white, and his father was mixed race Jamaican

The man who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009= born in Virginia to Palestinian parents

The 9/11 Hijackers= 15 Saudi Arabians, 2 From the UAE, 1from Lebanon, and 1 from Egypt

Osama Bin Laden was from Saudi Arabia and his top dogs were all from Egypt

NONE of those countries are on this banned list! NOT A SINGLE ONE! And if anything this shows that people who would carry out an attack in the US are already here and are probably citizens.

Not to say that some countries on the list, like Iran, don’t make sense, but these countries are more likely to train other countries such as Yemen and Lebanon, to take out attacks against other Arabs, which is why those citizens are trying to escape the middle east in the first place. There was an incident this year when a Somali immigrant injured 10 people in Minnesota (But In NYC the American Subway slashers injured 11).

The order did say that the ban would be lifted only for those escaping religious persecution, meaning Christians Only. I wonder what the Pope has to say about this... But, with what the data show, (which i know a lot of people are allergic to facts these days) this is certainly not a serious counter terrorist move and if anything probably leaves us more vulnerable. But still, the likelihood of a US citizen being killed in an attack by an immigrant is 1 in 3.6 million. If you have a republican senator or representative, make them tell you where they stand and come with the facts! This is one of the most Un-American orders put forth thus far, and it’s only week 1.

Whether you are a republican or a democrat, we should all agree that this is NOT the right move!

- #2 “Military Preparedness” If he keeps this up we might actually need this one.

This one seemed more symbolic than anything else, but the President wants to add $300 billion dollars on top of the $584 billion dollars already budgeted to go towards building up the army for new planes, ships, tools and resources including upping the number of active duty troops by approximately 161,000. Sounds like a primer for war time type activities. So you’re probably wondering if this is a lot of money or what? Well we can tell you how much of our discretionary spending budget is spent on the military because unlike Spicer, we have charts… with actual facts:

NATIONAL DISASTERS. ACTUALLY SAD :(

Leaks Are popping up everywhere, and now they’ve extended to Iowa in probably the worst way possible. Less than 24hrs after Trump beamed about getting DAPL and Keystone XL pipelines moving again, IOWA suffered the worst pipeline leak it’s had in 16 years. You think folks might have changed their tune on these pipelines by now? Ugh, don’t hold your breath.

But hopefully IOWA can get some support because Trump still has not issued any Federal funds to help the Red States of Mississippi and Georgia recover from the deadly tornadoes that destroyed hundreds of homes. It’s been days, and still no response from FEMA. Must be because these Governors are not on Trump’s hit list for revenge; No time, gotta get that wall going you know? Thank goodness for Anheuser-Busch InBev for donating water to these poor people. Our thoughts are with them.