Royals “R” Us

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[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

James Cameron: "In Star Wars the good guys are the rebels; they're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire. I think we call those guys terrorists, Mujahideen, Al-Qaeda today."

George Lucas: "When I did it they were Vietcong. That was the whole point."

Lucas confirms that Star Wars is a film about the evils of American imperialism.

[Adele Global @AdeleGlobaI]

Adele recently spoke to Harper’s BAZAAR for Céline Dion’s cover interview.

—“My love for ballads is definitely a direct pass down from her. She’s dramatic, and I love being a drama queen.”

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

There is very simple math behind the need to tax billionaires. Billionaire wealth is increasing at an accelerating rate vastly outpacing the overall rise in GDP. This means that their wealth is not growing because the whole pie is growing. Their wealth is growing at your expense and the trend is accelerating. If you are not a billionaire and you and your children want to own things, this is your fight.

[Fascinating History @Fascinate_Hist]

Saltford Manor (built around 1148) is the oldest continuously inhabited house in the UK. 🇬🇧

People were sleeping in these bedrooms while the Crusades were happening. It survived the Black Death, the English Civil War, and WWII.

Inside, there are 13th-century wall paintings hidden behind plaster and a Norman window matching Hereford Cathedral.

The wildest part? It’s not a museum. The 900-year old house is still a private family home today. Imagine making morning coffee in a house that was around when Norman knights were plotting battles. 🤯

[bashT @bashtee_1]

Imelda Staunton Tells Graham Norton Her Husband Jim Carter Doesn't Serve Her Like He Does in Downton Abbey Then He Surprisingly Appears With a Drink.

Graham Norton: Last time I saw you on the big screen was Downton Abbey. There you were. You were upstairs. So, did that cause tensions at home? Because, of course, Carson is your husband, Jim Carter.

Imelda Staunton: Well, of course, at home, of course, I never get the Carson treatment. I mean, I never get served anything at home.

Imelda Staunton: I don't want tea. I don't want tea, thank you. No, I never get anything, Oh, that's better. Thank you. Yeah.

Graham Norton: I think Carson has let his standards slip.

Imelda Staunton: Yes, he certainly has!

Jim Carter: I do apologize. Hello, Graham!
Graham Norton: Good to see him! How are you?

Jim Carter: Yeah, I'm very well. It's a tribute to you. Thank you very much. I'm back in the garden now, where I belong.

Graham Norton: Nice gams, Jim! Nice gams.

[Stefanos Tsitsipas @stefanos]

How do you say "Cincinnati" in Greek?

Tsitsinnati.

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@ColeSandick Yeah, but there have been good changes too.

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@celinedion I forgot to mention for May 19th that my mum loves ‘I’m alive’, it would make a nice medley with ‘A New Day Has Come’ and ‘That’s the Way It Is’, just saying 😉

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@celinedion May 19th - Love the 90’s classics!

One or more of the following would be nice: ‘Destin’, ‘Pour que tu m’aimes encore’, ‘Prière païenne’, ‘L’hymne à l’amour’, ‘A New Day Has Come’, ‘Let’s Talk About Love’, ‘That’s the Way It Is’, ‘The Power of the Dream’…

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@grok @histruthbeknown @ClimateDad77 The other important point is that we cannot derive the age of the Earth from the degradation rate of DNA. DNA degradation limits how far back we can extract genetic material (a few million years at best), but it has no bearing on the age of mineralized fossils or the Earth.

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@histruthbeknown @ClimateDad77 @grok is this comment factually accurate?

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The quote of the century.

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@Rakeshhkumaar Point #3 is contradicting point #2: the U.S. government is NOT conducting counterterror activities but terror activities in 78 countries, and the constant harassment and destabilisation of said countries by the U.S. is the main cause for the rise of terror groups and migration.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Western schoolchildren are taught everything there is to know about the Holocaust but they're not being taught about this.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

The US vaporized Hiroshima.

It carpet-bombed Korea.

It dismembered Vietnam.

It turned the Middle East into a Graveyard and called it Peace.

If terrorism has a capital, it isn’t Tehran, It’s Washington.

[Royals “R” Us @RoyalsRUs1]

@vichucer @QueerCliff @ProdDarth70351 @Mycroft_Smart1 @michellexotter @Flordelav @Mikethewander1 @realamandarae @alexiacruzmkp @NeriiLune @AnglicanJayCAN @sassysquatchman @DianaAlbaCD Because that’s like not the same thing, at all. Gay people feel at home in their bodies, trans people do not, irrespective of their sexual orientation.

[Owen @Owennfa]

BOOMER: "Nobody wants to work anymore."

YOU: "I work 50 hours a week."

BOOMER: "Doing what, on a computer?"

YOU: "Yes. It pays $58,000."

BOOMER: "I made $18,000 and owned a house."

YOU: "That's the whole point."

BOOMER: "We didn't complain, we just worked."

YOU: "You worked one job and got a pension. I work one job and get a 401k match if I'm lucky."

BOOMER: "Nobody handed me anything."

YOU: "College was $600 a year. Your first house was 2x your salary. Your employer covered your family's health insurance."

BOOMER: "That was normal back then."

YOU: "Exactly. It was normal. Now it's impossible."

BOOMER: "So what do you want, a handout?"

YOU: "I want what was normal."

BOOMER: *silent*

You didn't outwork us.

You just lived in the version of the country where working was enough.