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Soap: Why are you being nice with Graves? Bastard fucking stabbed us in the back!
Ghost: He got me a hoodie and is paying for my music
Soap: HE STABBED US IN THE BACK. YOU’RE WILLING TO FORGET THAT FOR A FUCKING HOODIE AND MUSIC???
Ghost:
Ghost: Listen it’s a really nice hoodie-
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"I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you." — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with the mic drop on clueless doofus Trump
We need Tofu STAT 🤲😭
On 16th January 1707 the Scottish Parliament agreed the Treaty of Union by 110 votes to 67.
The debate preceding it was carried out against a backdrop of growing anti-union unrest across Scotland. The outcome was driven by economic necessity, by overt compensation for Scotland's national debts and the losses of Darien investors, and, also by covert bribes for key participants.
Robert Burns' claim that the Union of England and Scotland (and hence the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament) was brought about by the Scots members being "bought and sold for English gold" was largely accurate – bribery and parliamentary division combined with wider economic imperatives, partly arising from the disaster of the Darien Scheme, enabling the Crown to incorporate a Union with England in the Acts of Union 1707 which brought into existence the Parliament of Great Britain. Forty-five Scots were added to the 513 members of the House of Commons and 16 Scots to the 190 members of the House of Lords.
The following men are listed as being paid for their vote by the English, note, not all voted for the Union and some votes are unknown. The money in todays worth may be a wee bit out of date as this is from a post I made here from 2012.
1 ~ Lord Anstruther, Sir William Anstruther was paid 300 pounds to vote “yes” on The Act of Union 1707. He voted yes. The 300 pounds received is today worth around 42,000 pounds. 2 ~ The Duke of Athol, James Murry was allegedly paid 1,000 pounds to vote yes for The Act of Union in 1707, but today’s listings show he voted “NO”. 3 ~ Earl of Balcarres – Cohn Lindsay is said to have been paid 500 pounds for his vote “yes” in 1707, vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth about 70,000 pounds in today’s money. He did vote yes. 4 ~ Lord Banff – George Ogilvy was paid to vote yes on The Act of the Union. He did vote yes. 5 ~ Mr. John Campbell was paid 200 pounds to vote yes. This amount today is worth about 30,000 pounds. He voted yes. 6 ~ Patrick Coultrain Provost of Wigton was paid 25 pounds. Roughly 4,000 pounds today to vote yes. Not sure of his vote. 7 ~ Lord Cesnock now Polwarth received 50 pounds, today this would be about 7,000 pounds. Not sure of his vote. 8 ~ The Earl of Cromarty – Sir George MacKenzie is said to have been paid 300 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He voted “yes”. The 300 pounds would be worth roughly 42,000 pounds today. 9 ~ Major Cunningham of Eckatt allegedly received 100 pounds, today worth around 14,000 pounds for his “yes” vote. Not sure of his vote, yes or no. 10 ~ The Earl of Dunmoor, William Murray is said to have been paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote “yes”. 200 pounds today is worth about 28,000 pounds. 11 ~ The Earl of Eglington, Alexander Seton Montgomerie is reputed to have been paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes. 12 ~ The Lord Elibank, Alexander Murray is said to have been paid 50 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. To that 50 pounds would be worth about 7500 pounds. 13 ~ The Earl of Findlator, James Ogilvy was supposed to have been paid 100 pounds or about 14,000 pounds in today’s money to vote yes on The Act of Union. He voted yes. 14 ~ Lord Forbes, William Forbes is reputed to have been paid 50 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes. 15 ~ The Earl of Forfar, Archibald Douglas said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes. 16 ~ Lord Fraser, Charles Fraser said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. That 100 pounds would be worth about 14,000 pounds today. 17 ~ The Earl of Glencaird, William Cunningham is said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union, but it is shown he voted NO. 18 ~ Lord Preston Hall, reputedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote to The Act of Union. Not sure of his vote, but the 200 pounds would be worth about 28,000 pounds today. 19 ~ The Earl of Kintore, Sir John Keith was allegedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. 20 ~ The Earl of Marchmont, Patrick Hume is said to have been paid 1,104 pounds for his “yes” vote. Today this would be around 154,000 pounds. He did vote yes to the union. 21 ~ Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes for The Act of Union. 22 ~ The Duke of Montrose, James Graham, reputedly paid 200 pounds to vote yes on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. 23 ~ John Muir, Provost of Ayr, was to receive 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. 24 ~` Lord Ormiston, John Cockburn, reputedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes. 25 ~ The Duke of Roxburgh, John Ker was said to have been paid 500 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth around 70,000 pounds today. He did vote yes. 26 ~ The Earl of Seafield, James Ogilvy, said to have been paid 490 pounds for his “yes” vote. He voted yes. 27 ~ Sir William Sharp, reportedly paid 300 pounds for a “yes” vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth about 42,000 pounds today. Not sure how he voted, but a John Sharp of Hoddam voted NO. 28 ~ Mr. Stewart of Castle Stewart, this was William Stewart, was to be paid 300 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes to the union. The 300 pounds is worth about 42,000 pounds in today’s money. 29 ~ Marquis of Tweedale, John Hay, reputedly paid 1,000 pounds for his “yes” vote to the Union. He did vote yes to The Act of Union. The 1,000 pounds would be worth about 140,000 pounds today. 30 ~ Mr. Alexander Wedderburn was to receive 75 pounds for his “yes” votes. Not sure if he voted yes or no. 75 pounds today would be worth around 11,000 pounds. 31 ~ The Duke of Queensberry, James Douglas, reportedly was to receive 12, 325 pounds. This would be worth about 2,000,000 pounds today.
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I think the real "Amo" is Mycroft, and here's why. [spoilers]
What do we know? We know that on the AGRA mission that went south, the mission was blown by a female, British traitor who called the terrorists and warned them by saying something that sounded like "ammo".
I'm perfectly willing to buy that it was the secretary who called back then... but why would she do that? It's six years later and she's still living in a crap flat and apparently hasn't been running any other games in six years, despite her supposed genius and jealousy. Where was the profit in all this? Her profit was only enough to buy one cottage after boldly controlling AGRA for years? Please, that's not career criminal money--that's barely bribe money. Also, "Amo" is supposedly the mastermind behind a side-business selling state secrets and performing assassinations... and we're supposed to buy that she called the terrorists herself? And gave her direct supervisor's name just for funsies? No. Nonsensical.
No, I think maybe she placed that call all those years ago at the behest of an individual who was willing to offer her enough money to buy a cabin for her retirement, support for her dying/demented husband for the rest of his life, whatever.
The secretary states that the Ambassador who was being held hostage had found out about 'her' side-business selling state secrets to the highest bidder. As long as the Ambassador was being held by terrorists at the embassy, 'the secretary's' identity and crimes would not be exposed. But when Agent Love sent AGRA in to free the hostages, their success would have meant exposure for the British government official selling state secrets and controlling AGRA. So the secretary placed a call to the terrorists to warn them AGRA was coming, "Amo."
It makes more sense for the real "Amo" to bribe the secretary--a woman with the ability to make the call--to warn the terrorists for him, preventing AGRA from freeing the Ambassador, then pay her off and leverage enough of a threat to her should she ever consider coming forward. Sherlock talked about the secretary's likely late husband of a thirty year marriage, causing her to hide the ring and making me think that she thinks it reveals something--like maybe someone offered 'ol Agent Love's secretary enough money to afford her husband's end of life or dementia/assisted-living care for the rest of his life if she were to place that call.
I think the real "Amo" is Mycroft, and here's why. It was Mycroft who didn't want Agent Love to use AGRA in the first place. In fact, he used AGRA's failure to safely extract the hostages to attain his stated goal of ending British Government use of free agents. As former Agent Love states, "[Mycroft], you wound up AGRA and all the other free-lancers." Further, unlike the secretary, Mycroft has the wealth and dealings to hide the ill-gotten gains his side-business would have accrued over the years. He has the ability to read people and would have known how to play the secretary to convince her it was worth it to make that call-- he can be very persuasive and he's quick to bribe, as we've seen.
Further, look at Mycroft's hands during his conversation with the former Agent Love, particularly at the outset of the interrogation-- I don't know what to call that level of fidgeting other than evidence of anxiety.
What is interesting is what Mycroft being "Amo" would mean for his connection to Moriarty, who it seems would have been a natural partner (if not employee) in Mycroft's little side-business selling state secrets and assassinations. So what exactly happened between Mycroft and Moriarty to cause Moriarty to develop such an interest in Sherlock? Was it at Mycroft's instruction that he began their little game? Was it counter to Mycroft's wishes and Moriarty just had a death wish? What was the nature of their business relationship at the beginning of the series?
Also, if Mycroft was "Amo", he needed Mary dead. She was a loose end that was too troublesome to be allowed to live. She'd taken hit jobs for "Amo" (aka Mycroft) as part of AGRA and could, if so motivated and inspired, possibly produce evidence on Mycroft as "Amo", which would be proof of treason. So maybe Mycroft went to the secretary and made her another deal, maybe threatening her family, maybe offering them a better life if she'd be willing to take the fall as "Amo" and shoot Mary. Maybe the secretary said yes, then took the fall for Mycroft's crimes as "Amo" and murdered Mary just as she'd agreed to.
Security guards bribed to allow illegal migrants indicted
Security guards bribed to allow illegal migrants indicted | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Crime in Israel According to the indictment, the guards exploited their public positions and the authority granted to them and allowed vehicles carrying illegal immigrants to pass through the checkpoint. Border police troops conduct large-scale operation to thwart illegal immigration to…
It wasn't the "end of history"
Real changes in the West will only be possible with a crisis either military(e.g. nuclear threat) or economic (collapse of the debt pyramid)
"#garden of #Europe"
continent has been taken #captive, #elites are bribed and blackmailed, #masses are in the #dark with #censorship,#propaganda
#American surveillance on the garden- revealed by Edward #Snowden & others- controls #politics & #economics
https://salvatoremercogliano.blogspot.com/2024/07/it-wasnt-end-of-history.html?spref=tw
