sunshowers08

I got that ambition, baby: Part film-geek, part music bunny.

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

This is the most important message - to recognize our strength, voice, power and heart EVERY day. https://t.co/JQQa2hD0FT

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

celebrate women (every)day.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

During Eddie Murphy’s Delirious, a heckler tried interrupting the performance, but the crowd response was immediate. The person who shut the heckler down turned out to be Murphy’s own brother, Charlie Murphy.

In the middle of Eddie Murphy’s legendary Delirious set, a heckler suddenly interrupts the show—only to be instantly shut down by Charlie Murphy with sharp intensity and no hesitation.

In seconds, Charlie’s fiercely protective older-brother presence takes over the room, transforming a potential disruption into a standout moment of comedy history. The scene carries that unmistakable 1980s edge, blending family loyalty, toughness, and raw energy in a way that still resonates decades later.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Zohran Mamdani: “I wish the words of Tupac from the 90’s weren’t still prescient, but they continue to be true for too many which is that we always have money for war and not to feed the poor”

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Like so many others, I have been closely following the Artemis II mission.

Such an incredibly smart and compassionate crew. So inspiring.

Haven’t stopped thinking about what Victor Glover said on Easter Sunday. Perspective really is everything…

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.

To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Send help. 😳

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

#NEWS: The Coldest airmass on Earth will be centered over Ontario with mid-level temperatures of -50°C rarely observed except with most extreme Siberian cold. 🌡️🥶🇨🇦 via @ryanweather

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Remember Hind Rajab.

Just 6 years old. She sat for hours on the phone to paramedics with 6 murdered family members around her.

She told them “They are shooting at us. The tank is next to me.”

The Red Cross waited hours for Israel to permit them rescue her.

When the ambulance that was cleared to rescue arrived they executed the medics and then murdered her putting 355 bullets into the car she was in.

Her final words to paramedics and recorded were "I’m so scared, please come".

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

BAD BUNNY
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW
FEBRUARY 8TH

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

@Anthony__Koch @snotforprofit …especially if you have an air Canada flight!

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Stay moist. 😭

Ahhh I want to be friends with her. She is such a vibe.

[Celine Dion @celinedion]

Let’s just say…I’ve been known to carry a little more than just the essentials! Now tell me…what’s in YOUR bag?

-Celine xx…

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

2026 gives me elevated 2020 vibes. 💫

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

@TheCinesthetic When life gives you Plemons…😍

Such a great, versatile, underrated actor.

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Motivation for the day…

Perseverance. Determination. Hardships can make or break you, if you only let them. The key is to bet on yourself and stay winning. 🙏🏽

Love this story.

[The Footy Section @FTBLsection]

Romelu Lukaku: "I was 6 years old, and I came home for lunch after school. Mom had the usual on the menu: bread and milk. But that day, I came home, and Mom started mixing the bottle of milk with something else.

"She served me lunch with a smile as if everything was fine. But I understood what she was doing. She was mixing milk with water. We didn't have enough money to make the bottle last the whole week. We weren't just poor; we were broke.

"My parents, in the midst of misery, bet on me. They made huge efforts to take me to training. That's why I played that first World Cup match with a lot of anger, for many reasons: for the rats running through our apartment, because I couldn't watch the Champions League, we didn't have a TV.

I'd go to school, and all the kids would talk about the final. I had no idea what had happened. Everyone was talking about Zidane's volley. I pretended to know what they were talking about, for the classmates' parents who looked down on me because of my characteristics and condition."

"One day I asked my father at what age it would be ideal to debut in football, and to give me any age (I found this out years later), he said 16. I didn't stop until l achieved it. At that time, I was a substitute for Anderlecht, about to turn 16.

l approached the coach and asked him to bet on me. I promised him a certain number of goals, and if I didn't achieve them, he could bench me again. Indeed, at 16, I forced my debut. Not only did I score the promised goals, but I also became the top scorer in the national championship.

I scored 76 goals in 34 matches; I did them all with my dad's boots. From then on, I decided to be the best player in Belgium's history. Not good. Not excellent. The best."

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Uff. That capoeira step… 😍

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

49ers Fred Warner goes viral over his ninja-like skills.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy."

This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.

And Venezuela just threatened to end it.

Here's what really just happened:

Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.

The largest on Earth.

More than Saudi Arabia.

20% of the entire world's oil.

But here's the part that matters:

Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.

In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."

They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil.

They were petitioning to join BRICS.

They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.

And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades.

Why does this matter?

Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing:

The petrodollar.

In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia:

All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars.

In exchange, America provides military protection.

This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide.

Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.

This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.

It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending.

The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers.

And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:

2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.

2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched.

The WMDs were never found because they never existed.

2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.

Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention.

Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."

2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.

"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.

The gold dinar died with him.

And now Maduro.

With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.

Actively selling in yuan.

Building payment systems outside dollar control.

Petitioning to join BRICS.

Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran.

The three countries leading global de-dollarization.

This isn't coincidence.

Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed.

Every. Single. Time.

Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago:

"American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property."

He's not hiding it.

They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago.

By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft."

But here's the DEEPER problem:

The petrodollar is already dying.

Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements.

Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years.

China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries.

BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely.

The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies.

Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially.

That's what this invasion is really about.

Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine.

Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization."

Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections.

This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it.

And the consequences are terrifying:

Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression."

China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions.

BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar.

Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message:

Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you.

But here's the problem...

That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it.

Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony.

And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER.

The timing is insane too:

January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.

January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.

36 years apart. Almost to the day.

Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.

Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes.

History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes.

What happens next:

Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative.

US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela."

The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again.

Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya.

But here's what nobody's asking:

What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance?

When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate?

When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"?

When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence?

America just showed its hand.

The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff.

Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits.

When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.

Venezuela isn't the beginning.

It's the desperate end.

What do you think?

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

2025 was literally a dream come true…
And, the end of it, brought me the greatest joy and happiness.

With that in mind, I’m ready…Bring on 2026.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, blessed, unstoppable new year!

♥️🥂

[astro in real time @astroinrealtime]

leo, you're unstoppable in 2026.

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

Spending the “in-between” snowy days cozied up in warm blankets with a hot chocolate in hand, watching MobLand…

(because I love me a good crime drama especially one with Tom Hardy.)

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

Benicio del Toro originally did NOT want to shoot the entire scene with dialogue. In the script, Alejandro was supposed to give a long speech before killing Alarcón’s family.
But del Toro told Denis Villeneuve:

“Alejandro would never waste words. He would just do it.”

Villeneuve agreed — and they cut almost all the dialogue, making the scene nearly silent except for a few lines.

This decision changed the whole tone of the ending.
The quiet, calm atmosphere — Alejandro sitting down, the family frozen, and then the sudden gunshots — became far more terrifying and realistic.

🍿 Sicario (2015)

[The Odyssey Movie @odysseymovie]

A film by Christopher Nolan shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. Watch The Odyssey trailer and experience the film in theaters 7 17 26.

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

@BleacherReport @NBA Too cute! 😍

[sunshowers08 @sunshowers08]

@TinaYazdani lol typical. 😐