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AP News Radio
In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: 'poison in every puff'
"Canada will soon be the first country in the world to have warning labels appear on individual cigarettes. Canada's mental health and addiction minister says these bold steps will make health warning messages virtually unavoidable. The warnings on the cigarettes in English and French include poison in every puff tobacco smoke harms children and cigarettes cause impotence. Health Canada wants to reduce tobacco use below 5% by 2035. It says tobacco use kills 48,000 Canadians every year. The regulations take effect in August and will be phased in king size cigarettes will be the first to feature the warnings. I'm Ed Donahue
AP News Radio
Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support
"The president and House speaker are scrambling for support ahead of a house debt ceiling vote. The debt limit and budget cuts package that squeaked through the House rules committee on a 7 to 6 vote is headed to the U.S. House. President Biden and speaker Kevin McCarthy are trying to assemble a centrist bipartisan coalition to get it passed and avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default in less than a week. We'll pass the bill. Speaker McCarthy is of all the congresses in the past. You're going to add up all the money that they rescinded and add them together. This is higher than that. 218 votes are needed in a 435 member House, the deal faces opposition from hard right Republicans who say the budget cuts don't go far enough. Trillions and trillions of dollars in debt for crumbs for a pittance. Representative Scott Perry is the chairman of the freedom caucus. This deal fails, fails completely. The White House said President Biden has had more than 100 individual phone calls with lawmakers, House democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, says Democrats will do their part. We're not interested in political gamesmanship. We're interested in avoiding a catastrophic default. Liberals are upset the deal greenlights a new work requirements for older Americans on food aid and a natural gas pipeline through Appalachia, Jennifer King, Washington
AP News Radio
US consumer confidence declines again in May
"Consumer confidence fell in May the fourth decline in 5 months. Americans became slightly more pessimistic about the labor market in May on top of inflation anxiety, the consumer confidence index was one O 2.3 in May down from one O 3.7 in April, according to the conference board, a business research group. The index measuring consumers assessment of current business and labor market conditions deteriorated from one 51.8 to one 48.6 from able to May, despite a low unemployment rate and a slight rise in consumer spending, the proportion of consumers reporting jobs are plentiful, fell, and there was a notable worsening in the outlook among consumers over age 55. Consumers surveyed expect inflation to stay around the same over the next 12 months, and view it as a major influence on the economy. Jennifer King, Washington
AP News Radio
Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote and Biden calls lawmakers for support
"There are crucial days ahead as The White House and congressional leaders work to pass a compromise package in time to lift the nation's borrowing limit and prevent a U.S. default. A key test will come this afternoon when the House rules committee is scheduled to consider the debt limit package and vote on sending it to the full House, officials say the U.S. risks default as soon as June 5th, President Biden says he feels good about the deal negotiated with House speaker Kevin McCarthy and has been calling lawmakers ahead of this week's votes in Congress. There are still concerns about the deal's passage with some hard right conservatives criticizing the lack of deep spending cuts they wanted, and liberals denouncing policy changes like new work requirements for older Americans in the food aid program, the full House is expected to vote on Wednesday. Jennifer King, Washington
AP News Radio
9 injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida
"9 people, including children were injured when gunfire erupted along a crowded beachfront promenade in Florida on Monday. People enjoying a holiday at the beach went frantically running for cover when shots were fired along the Hollywood oceanfront broadwalk in Hollywood, Florida, a little before 7 p.m. Monday, witnessed Jaime ward said several young men were fighting when one pulled a gun and started shooting. Edward Rubin spoke to WPLG. The Boer walk was full of people, left to right. Please spokeswoman Deanna bet nechi. Officers immediately responded. They found the 9 victims with gunshot wounds. Hollywood mayor Josh levy was outraged. To have an altercation with guns in the public setting with thousands of people around them is beyond reckless. A spokeswoman from memorial healthcare system said the victims included four young people ages one to 17 audio courtesy WPLG, I'm Jennifer King
AP News Radio
Oath Keeper who stormed Capitol gets more than 8 years in prison in latest Jan. 6 sentencing
"Another oath keeper who stormed the capitol has been sentenced. Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, received an 8 and a half year sentence on a conviction of obstruction and conspiracy to impede Congress, the transgender army veteran was one of the oath keepers who stormed the U.S. capitol in a military style stacked formation on January 6th, communicating with other helmet clad members over a channel called stop the steel J 6 on the walkie talkie app zello. Watkins tearfully apologized for her actions and condemned the violence by rioters, calling herself just another idiot running around the capitol, the sentence comes a day after oath keepers founder Stewart Rhodes received an 18 year sentence in Florida chapter leader Kelly mag was sentenced to 12 years for seditious conspiracy. U.S. district judge Amit Mehta said that while Watkins was not a top leader, she was more than just a foot soldier, telling her that your role that day was more aggressive, and at least three others charged in the riot wouldn't have been there if she hadn't recruited them. Just over 500 January 6th defendants have been sentenced with more than half receiving prison time. Jennifer King, Washington
AP News Radio
Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
"South Carolina's newly signed abortion law has been temporarily halted by a judge. Judge Clifton Newman's ruling sends the new law that bans most abortions in South Carolina around 6 weeks of pregnancy to be reviewed. Planned Parenthood sued almost immediately after the bill was signed, a judge Newman said it would end up before the state Supreme Court anyway. The law is similar to one in 2021 that was struck down after the justices ruled three to two that it violated the state constitution's right to privacy lawmakers say the new law includes technical tweaks meant to appeal to justice John few, who wrote in his previous opinion that legislators didn't show that they did any work to determine if 6 weeks was enough time for a woman to know she was pregnant. The halt means the state reverts to a restriction at around 20 weeks for now. Since that decision justice Kay Hearn retired, making the South Carolina high court the only one in the country without a woman on the bench. I'm Jennifer King
Mark Levin
Karl Rove Is Dismissing Both Donald Trump & Ron DeSantis
"If you want to know where the latest rhino position is then you want to listen to Karl rove and read his materials Nobody knows rhino ism better than Carl I have to give him that He's the king of the rhinos 20 years So he's out there telling everybody that Trump a desantis are fighting over just a little tiny percentage 2025% but you really need to look at Nikki Haley and Tim Scott And of course the Hindenburg in New Jersey you know people like that And he's all over the place telling America that You know his record is a disaster A disaster whether it's the midterms whether it was bush's second term actually before that in 2006 where we were blown out of Congress And he took down good men like Rick santorum a Pennsylvania and others I don't know I don't understand it I really don't I don't get it He's like the biggest establishment guy You want to know what Mitch McConnell's thinking Listen to him You want to know where the rhinos are Listen to him He want to know it's just the same thing So he dismisses both Trump and desantis and you trumpet desantis supporters better start paying attention to this Because what's really happening is they're fielding all these other candidates because they want to take out Trump and desantis They've figured Trump is going to be destroyed by the Democrats and the prosecutors They figured desantis will be destroyed By some of the media
AP News Radio
Navy SEALs training plagued by pervasive problems, according to investigation after death of sailor
"A report says a navy seal candidate's death might have been prevented if flaws in the medical program had been addressed. The report by the naval education and training command finds the program for navy seals is plagued by a poorly integrated medical program, a lack of oversight, and turning a blind eye to the use of performance enhancing drugs that increases the risk of injury and death to candidates seeking to join the elite commandos, the report was triggered by the death of a sailor Kyle mullin, who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia last year just hours after completing the training required during hell week, its a test so grueling that over half don't finish it. Rear admiral Keith davids said the navy will learn from the tragedy Mullen's mother a registered nurse says there needs to be serious accountability. The report suggests a long list of changes, including rigorous drug testing and education around the problem of steroids and other banned drugs, some candidates use to get through the rigorous program. I'm Jennifer King
The Dan Bongino Show
Is Ron DeSantis' Team Going to Take on Trump Head On?
"The polls that basically saying Ron DeSantis down the polls because he was a conservative in Florida And Trump is up in the polls not because he's just a guy people like and had a really conservative presidency himself But because he really sucks and people can't find an alternative in the San Francisco conservative But there's another takeaway from this The desantis expected announcement tonight at 6 o'clock Pretty much confirmed at this point by the way The second takeaway is the biggest question I find that I genuinely don't know the answer I don't like talking about things on the air I don't have a solid answer for because I don't want to waste your time I mean imagine going to a whodunit movie and they don't tell you at the end Like who done it Oh I don't know just guess It's like that movie vanilla sky That movie drives me crazy because it's like they never explain what the hell happened The guy's like customer support What the hell does that mean Did this happen or not Can you just tell me I wish they would just put a footnote at the end None of this stuff really has like Jacob's ladder You don't know what the hell happened at the end of the movie I don't like asking questions I don't know the answer to But I'm not sure what the desantis team is going to do Are they going to take on Trump head on Or not Well that's kind of a weird question No no it's the only question Because nobody who's taken on Trump head on Has survived politically to tell about it No one They're all politically speaking I'm not a violent leftist Buried 6 feet deep Never to be heard from again At least on a national scale You can't You can't take the guy You can't He's The Lion King man He's the apex predator I mean who's going to beat the lion
AP News Radio
Venmo to be officially available for teenagers, although many use it already
"Venmo says it will officially allow teenagers to open an account with their parents permission. Did you know that teenagers aren't supposed to be able to Venmo? That's a violation of the terms of service that might be a surprise to many parents who have already set up accounts for older kids, who are using the popular social payment app to manage their allowance, collect for babysitting or pay for things like splitting a pizza or concert tickets with a friend. The company announced it will expand their service to the 13 to 17 year old demographic, following frequent requests from customers, the Venmo teen account comes with a debit card and parents will be able to monitor transactions adjust privacy settings and lock or unlock the debit card for as many as 5 accounts. I am Jennifer King
AP News Radio
Biden gets low ratings on economy, guns, immigration in AP-NORC Poll
"A new poll finds President Biden getting low ratings for his handling of the economy. President Biden's 40% approval rating hasn't budged much over the last year and a half, but with inflation higher mortgage rates and a potential government debt default, just 33% of Americans approve of his handling of the economy, and only 24% say the economy is in good shape. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press, norc center for public affairs research, Biden also gets low ratings on guns and immigration, with the 31% approval rating on those hot button issues. Democrats escort Biden lower on the economy than on his job overall, but were more likely to rate the economy as good 41% versus Republicans, only 7%. Jennifer King, Washington
AP News Radio
7 dead in vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon
"Police are looking into a deadly crash in Oregon. 7 people died and others were hurt in a highway crash near Albany Oregon Thursday afternoon, the temporarily closed down part of interstate 5 between Eugene and Salem, Oregon state police say the cause of the crash is under investigation. From video and witnesses, it appears a passenger van was badly crushed between two semi trucks, the Albany Democrat Herald reported bodies covered in plastic could be seen in a nearby field as life flights departed, and a county medical examiner and paramedics worked the scene. It's heart wrenching. Motorists feel priced, talked to KATU TV. A lot of the officers, like the police, they see a lot of motion, so you know if something was really wrong. I'm Jennifer King
AP News Radio
Most say pair debt limit increase with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll
"A new poll finds Americans are concerned about the impact of a U.S. debt default. 6 in ten Americans say they want any increase in the debt limit to be coupled with an agreement to reduce the federal budget deficit, about two thirds say they are highly concerned about the impact on the national economy if the U.S. debt limit is not increased. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press, norc center for public affairs research, with the U.S. looking at a default deadline the Treasury Department says it could come as soon as June 1st, only about a quarter of those surveyed say they approve of how President Biden or congressional representatives from either side of the aisle are handling the negotiations 23% of Republicans but just 7% of Democrats say the national debt limit should not be increased under any circumstances. I am Jennifer King
AP News Radio
Walmart boosts outlook after a strong first quarter and rising online sales
"Walmart, the largest retailer in the U.S. reports strong sales in the first quarter. Walmart boosted its outlook, reporting that sales rose 7.6% to $152.3 billion in the first quarter ending April 30th, yielding a net income of 1.67 billion, adjusted earnings came to a dollar 47 per share, exceeding Wall Street expectations, CEO Doug mcmillon spoke on an investor relations call this morning. Sales growth was strong globally, including growth of 26% in ecommerce. Earnings reports from Home Depot and target this week point to profit declines, while recent government data revealed that Americans are barely keeping up with inflation. Walmart's financial performance hints at ways that consumers are weathering higher prices, like trading name brand groceries for store brands. And the drag grocery and consumables categories like paper goods, we continue to see high single digit to low double digit cost inflation. We all need those prices to come down. I'm Jennifer King.
AP News Radio
Surf's up! Florida's St. George Island beach named nation's best in annual ranking
"Doctor beach is out with his list of top U.S. public beaches for 2023. Saint George islands in 9 mile stretch of sugar white sand with clear gentle waves off the Florida Panhandle that draws this year's top honor as the nation's best beach. Professor Stephen Leatherman and Florida international university has been raiding America's public beaches for 33 years. He says the Florida islands unspoiled natural beauty, camping, water activities, and stargazing sets it apart. Connected by a bridge across Appalachia bay, famous for its oysters, the island contains a 2000 acre park at a small village with restaurants, rental homes and motels and not a whole lot else. Counting down from number 5 other top strands of sand include lighthouse beach in the outer banks, island state park in Florida. Cooper's beach in the Hamptons, and runner up duke on a moku beach on Oahu. I'm Jennifer King
AP News Radio
At Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp says 'I have no further need for Hollywood'
"Actor Johnny Depp faced the press at the Cannes Film Festival where he's presenting his first film since his defamation trial against his ex-wife, actor Amber Heard. I'm Archie's are a letter with the latest. Johnny Depp plays king Louis the 15th in the film Jean du Barry, which opened the Cannes Film Festival, although a jury cited mostly with Depp in a 2022 defamation trial against Amber Heard, lured details of their marriage came out. Depp was asked to step down from the fantastic beast films, Depp says he does not have much further need for Hollywood, and people will believe what they want to believe. The majority of what you read is fantastically horrifically written fiction. Depp says the real focus should be on the film, Jean de berry does not yet have U.S. distribution
AP News Radio
Target wrestles with cautious consumers and theft at stores
"Target reports another quarterly profit decline. It's not too often you hear about shoplifting as a serious issue for corporate earnings, but it's there alongside rising costs as one reason major retailer target has posted a decline in profits for the 5th consecutive quarter, and a cautious outlook for the current period. The Minneapolis based company sales rose 0.6% to $25.32 billion in the first quarter ending April 29th, beating analyst expectations, but Q one net income slipped to 950 million nearly 6%, target reports that customer traffic was up with shoppers focused on buying necessities like groceries, but they're still snapping up affordable clothing, the company says theft is hurting its profitability and predicted it will lose over a $1 billion to thieves this year. During a call with the media CEO Brian Cornell, said they came into this year clear eyed about what consumers were facing, with persistent inflation and rising interest rates. I am Jennifer King
The Breakdown with Shaun King
"king" Discussed on The Breakdown with Shaun King
"I'm so sorry that it did turn out that way. And I feel very bad for the artist. Because it looks just like his proposal. And from most angles, that's actually not what it looks like. From most angles, I've never seen two sets of arms embracing each other. I don't think I probably I'd have to look at all the proposals. Maybe it was the best proposal. Maybe it was. I wish that some members of the family or other people have been a part of the selection committee and had a bigger say in it, maybe. Maybe they would have liked it. Martin Luther King the third, who I know. Martin Luther King the third said, he likes it. And he loves knowing the picture that it came from. And from most angles, you see it. But from one, it's a big monument. And so if you're on one side of it, it's kind of hard to tell that it's too arms embracing each other. It does look like it could perhaps be something profane. The poor artist, a young brother from Brooklyn. He said, listen, this was the proposal. And hundreds and hundreds of people, not only approved it, but worked on it and nobody ever brought this up. Well, hundreds of people in Boston is not the same as hundreds of millions of people on social media. And when some people on social media saw, it was like, first, what is this? And social media doing what social media does, some people just saw that at least one of the arms looked like it might be a penis. I'm very sad and by it. And I know I don't sound sad. But I'm saddened by it because for two or three reasons. This is the work of a brilliant artist. And I hate that anything he's doing is being mocked in this way. That must hurt. And he's doing interviews and saying he's fine. But it must sting to see people talking about it like this. But secondly, it does seem like I see people saying, well, man, doctor king would have rather that $10 million be spent on filling the blank. Civil rights are educated. Well, theoretically, of course, if doctor king was alive, he would say, yes, please spend that money. But monuments are monuments. I actually value monuments, monuments help keep memories alive, help keep legacies alive, monuments make a point. I'm okay with the money because if the money was going to be spent on a monument, let's make it a monument that honors doctor king or somebody else from our history. So I'm okay with the money. But I think for the life of that monument, people are going to have really strong feelings about it. And there is a part of me that just says, you know what? Sometimes we make something that's well intentioned that's our best work and it bombs. And I'm just thinking, you know what? Melt the thing down and start over. I can't unsee it. Now that people have described it that way, I'm looking at a picture of it, I can't not see it. And, you know, it is what it is. You know, it's important that there be a monument, but it's confusing. It's confusing a little bit at best. I wish that they would just say, we're sorry, melt it down and start over. I doubt that's ever going to happen. And so it's probably always going to be there. And here's another way of looking at it. It's going to always have people talking. It's going to always have people talking about it and maybe visiting it at. It is getting a lot of talk. I mean, I don't know if that's the purpose of it, but some people say that the initial response to some monuments are like that. And that after a little while people will, people will stop thinking this kind of goofy ugly stuff and we'll move on, but I don't know. And all we can do is wait and see. These are just my raw open thoughts about the monument. I love what the brother was thinking. It's not his responsibility. There was a whole panel of people that chose his application when they did the request for proposals. They chose his proposal. They could have fixed some things. So there should have been some checks and balances here. He said, nobody ever said anything like that, but then when something hits social media, I will just say, and I'll close with this thought. There have been a couple of monuments recently that have been taken down after the horrible response on social media. And social media is a whole new thing. And so I could think of a lot of other ways that they could have made the monument. I like what he was thinking. I love the moment that he was trying to symbolize, but it is awkward. And I'm not happy about that, but it is what it is. It makes us smile. It makes me laugh. And that's a good thing, right? So it could be worse. All right? Love, love, love and appreciate you. I don't always get to talk about lighthearted stuff on here. So I'm glad to talk about something lighthearted. We'll be right back here tomorrow and listen. If you're not yet subscribed to this podcast, go to Apple podcast, go to Spotify, hit the subscribe button now. Also, if you're not yet a member of the north star, go to the north star dot com and join today. Take care everybody. Break it down. The great right now. I'm Tiffany Hawkins. I'm Alan boomer. And we are the momentum advisers every single week. We talk about wealth management, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. We are financial advisers by day, we're entrepreneurs by night. We're building wealth for ourselves and we want to make sure that you understand how to build wealth in your own family. Tune in for shows like is your money racist, retirement savings, investment one O one. We literally run the gamut on all the things that you need to know about financial wealth, creating a legacy for your family, can really just walk creation as a whole. What we find is that these conversations are happening, but they're not happening as much as they need to in diverse communities. And so we're bringing a new voice, a new amount of energy, and we want you to tune in. 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The Breakdown with Shaun King
"king" Discussed on The Breakdown with Shaun King
"So, in Boston and for those of you that don't know, doctor king has a really rich history in the city of Boston. As a very, very young, graduate of morehouse college. Doctor king traveled to Boston to go to grad school. And eventually earned his PhD there. And spent a lot of formative years of his life there in the city. And one of his greatest mentors, doctor Howard Thurman and another morehouse graduate who I love and adore. Really mentored doctor king there in Boston as well. As a doctor king had this rich history in Boston and the city of Boston knows that. While he's not per se, a son of Boston, his time there in Boston is really valued by a lot of people in the city. And doctor king, in this one particular place, held a rally in Boston where tens of thousands of people showed up and that spot that historic spot where one of the biggest civil rights gatherings of the day happened is seen as sacred space there in the city, and doctor king is really valued and treasured by several institutions and groups there in the city. And the city decided that there was going to be a monument in that space. And they opened up a request for proposals and it turns out I did not fully understand this. It turns out, in the proposal, the monument was not requested to just be a monument to doctor king. But in the proposal, it was requested that people make a monument that honored the ideals and personhood of doctor king and all that he stood for. And so that opened it up to some really creative expressions of what the monument could be. So it was not it was not asked. That people just make a proposal for a monument that was of doctor king or of doctor king and Coretta Scott King, people that submitted proposals and hundreds of proposals were considered. Were allowed to have creative license on how they interpreted the proposal and it was not required that whatever monument be built be a one for one likeness of doctor king because in some ways those monuments exist. In fact, I just mentioned it yesterday. There's a beautiful monument to doctor king on the campus of morehouse college, my Alma mater. There is a wonderful monument to doctor king in Washington, D.C., and both of those are direct likenesses of doctor king. And so the artist who was chosen a brilliant Brooklyn based artist designed two sets of arms, one set is arms from doctor king, another set of arms is a set of arms from Coretta Scott King, and there's this beautiful photo. It's one of my favorite photos of the two of them. Where doctor king is just won the Nobel Peace Prize, Chris got king is giving him a hug, their arms are wrapped around each other, and that photo it exudes love. And it would have been wonderful for there to be a massive statue of the two of them hugging each other. I would have loved that. But this artist, I don't know if anybody submitted anything like that. But this artist did a more creative expression and it's two sets of arms, so forearms. Holding each other, but there's no body, there is no, let me spread that out about. There's no physical bodies attached to the arms. There are no heads or necks. It's just the arms. And from some angles, it actually, I had to see it from several angles to really appreciate it. It's massive, it cost over $10 million, not just the monument, but the park and things that it's in cost over $10 million took years to conceive, approve, build, and finish, and it was unveiled on this past king day. And from the moment they took the cover off, the response was weird. Because depending on where you're standing, it's hard to tell that it's for arms embracing each other. And after the break and if you have children listening to this podcast, this might be a good time to pause the podcast and finish the rest with your headphones on. After this quick break, we have a quick word from some of our sponsors. I'm going to tell you what a lot of people think they see when they look at it. All right, and I'll tell you what I think should happen. We'll be right back. The breakdown. All right, thanks. Thanks for sticking with it. Now, I forewarned you. Okay, I'm not going to use a rated R language, but it's about to get graphic. So this is not necessarily suitable for work or children. But a lot of people looking at the monument. Say it looks like a set of arms holding on to a penis. And from a certain angle, it does. Forgive me. I don't mean to laugh. But it is a bit of a disaster. A man who says he is a nephew of Coretta Scott King. And that anybody could put a mic in front of anybody related to doctor king or Coretta Scott King. Anyway, this young brother who lives in Oakland. I'm not familiar with him, but he is a family member of credit sky king. His quote is everywhere because it's a family member. It's not any of the children or grandchildren. Or sisters are close relatives. But a nephew of credit Scott king said, it looks like a hand holding a big beefy penis. And once I first, everybody's cracking up that he said beefy. And secondly, he's not wrong.
King Tyravian Paranormal
"king" Discussed on King Tyravian Paranormal
"An eternity of minutes, everything, every sound, creek, clang, halted, almost methodically. I'm tired. I'm just tired, and I shouldn't be watching a horror movie. Greg shut off the lights leaving him just barely illuminated in the blue hues of the TV, kissing the drearily dim stale off white walls and carefully approached the window moving aside the curtain just momentarily and peering out. Nothing on the street or in the yard, but this didn't mean they weren't watching. He noticed a boy of about 12 watching unwavering earlier for two hours on the street corner, Greg and Jacqueline, moving their things in a robbery, their casing this. I should buy a gun as uncouth savages at the other end of the block, ducking behind shrubs and hedges, waiting at street corners for others to join the 70 inch screen TV, the couch, the tables, the bed and countless boxes, surely someone bared witness to our arrival. It's not safe here. His eyes impulsively careen from one side to the other, like a cat clock, meticulously observing shapes and glares off the street lights against houses and curbs, pondering the intruders next steps, ducking lower and pulling the curtain tighter, he exhaled, this place is making me it's time for bed at once he turned to face the open room scanning the walls and observing various shapes and shadows. Most especially at the plate on the wall in the dining room. But something was off the glazed black plate casting a downward shadow and the shape of what appeared to be a person, his heart raced, and he stood motionless, frozen at the possibility as the figure leered back at him, holy shit, someone was standing there and the dining room. I thought it was just a plate, but in front of the plate, the black silhouette of a human figure he assured himself was real..
King Tyravian Paranormal
"king" Discussed on King Tyravian Paranormal
"Hello, everybody, and welcome to king tura's paranormal. What we're going to talk about all kinds of things Supernatural, scary stories from Reddit and more tune in. Today's story is called paper street haunting. And this was posted on Reddit by Bern Schmidt. Whip out any further ado. Let's get started. When moving all of our things and during the day, really be wise and such an unsavory neighborhood, a bad neighborhood, Jacqueline cried snidely, at what she perceived to be her husband's intentionally a snarky eloquence. I hate it when you talk like that. Like what? I don't know. Greg snickered arrogantly. Not even you know what you meant by it. I know what I meant. You're above the rest of us. You're as blue collar as anyone else around here. She wasn't wrong. They both came from virtually the same place, miles apart, and yet an impossibly tiny puncture wound on a U.S. map, injected with the drug of mediocre complacency. Isn't that everyone he thought in silence? Can I never be something more? The break squealed as they pulled alongside the curb at four one four paper street. A day of fast moving waves of metallic silver clouds, a thin mess scraping the sparse tree tops and telephone poles and tickling droplets of chilly autumn rain. There was almost nothing alluring about it. It was, after all, started home, but it jutted from the soggy grass like an eyesore. Its presentation, the placement of the second floor windows, uneven pains by the weight dividing wood slats, rolling up in the sockets like the eyes of annoyed parents or were spilled milk. The front door carved into what appeared to be teeth and the stark absence of any bushes or shrubbery save for some unattended weed growth, chin whiskers, though worn despondently dull red bricks and white sills. The gutters piling with wet leaves smattering drippings of accumulated water down the side dancing and flipping to the ground naturally gracefully splashing into puddles on the drab rectangular concrete slabs, forming the walkway to the front and around back, soaking into the cracks.
Just King Things
"king" Discussed on Just King Things
"Just king things is a podcast where we read the books of stephen king in publication order as these are largely horror novels often deal with complicated and disturbing topics. A list of content warnings is available the episode description audi their friends and neighbors welcome back to king things. The show were reread. The books of stephen king in publication order and talk about them. I'm michael and with me as usual is cameron. Hey mikey ronnie you wanna see abidi not especially you want to lie to our parents like we all did in the forty. Surely we don't have television yet. So lion to our parents is all we got to amuse herself with. We love to make all kinds of stuff like sri houses in boston. Low kids around and telling stories about barf. That's what childhood used to be pretending were in world war two. My pop served in warlord due out about tab. I hate the don't man. The gradual gremlin ization teddy do shop different seasons. Michael yeah today. We're talking about different seasons from nineteen eighty to stephen king's of inaugural like novello collection. Which is a weird thing to say. Because i can't think of any other author who won. Stephen king does these novello collections. Of and it's a thing that's like pretty unique to him. I cannot think of another author who kind of does the same thing and then two. He actually doesn't do it that much. I was like looking over the list of books and preparation here to see how many times he's done this and it's only been like two or three throughout the course of his career of but nevertheless This kind of the big one. I think this is the one that has the most cultural cachet in terms of what people would know from the extended king of verse. So that's exciting. Yeah the other one. The other major one i. I think you're right. there's gotta be a third one. I'm just blanking on what it would be but The other major one is four past midnight Which is what the lingual yours is in there Which is one that people are. I think just as well. Maybe not as familiar with is the ones that are in this. But that is a popular. Stephen king kind of story But the other ones in that no one you if you talked to someone about that. No one knows what you're talking about And then the third ones hartson atlanta's yes Were a movie was made out of one of those as well so big screenplay fodder from stephen king novella collections. He likes to criminal fell into the short story. Collections to the mist is a novella..
The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"king" Discussed on The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"Have both battled injuries in recent years. And so we'll see. But i i didn't really have the agonize. I think on paper today if washington plays dallas washington's. Got a heck of a chance to win the game but you know if dak prescott stays upright. I liked dallas. Okay so you're you're pick to make it through for the nfc. The rams and i'm a little bit predictable here. Peter with my pick if think back to what i said about the. Afc went with cleveland. I kind of follow the same template with okay. I'm not gonna pick the buccaneers because it's easy. It's hard to find anything wrong with them so let. Let's let's go a little bit different route. And i thought okay. What quarterback do i like the most who seems to have a wonderful relationship. Playcalling standpoint with his head coach or play caller. Whose defense do i think is wasn't a huge problem last year but looks like it's quite a bit better this year and checking the box with all of those for me the green bay packers and i i know david. Tr he's not there and how valuable he is that team but he'll be back eventually banned he'll be back exactly and they have the benefit of play in the nfc north which they ought to be able to figure things out before he gets back and stayed with their heads above water and get to the point where he is he has returned and they're playing their best so i like green bay to make it all the way to la in the super bowl. I think it's a really good in logical pick and keep this in mind k. Wherever the green bay packers have put elton jenkins since drafting and what three years ago. He's done nothing but be a stunned. He's been great all over that line. And i'll tell you when i went to green bay. I'll just tell you this right now. Matlin flurries is not worried about left. Tackle it's not. He's not being cocky. Just not worried. He thinks elton jenkins is gonna play well out there and he'll play until bark the comes back. I'll tell you this you name any contender right now. Who's going to be without their left tackle for the first six or eight weeks and you just tell me one of them. Who can plug in. A guy is good as elton jenkins in that spot and there isn't one there isn't one. If the rams lose andrew whitworth thirty nine year old andrew whitworth they gonna play joe note boom out there and joe. Boom is a nice You don't swing tackle. Bees not a great wire so anyway i think you're okay. Look my super bowl pick. I'm picking the rams over buffalo high scoring game and it'll be the second year in a row or a team has won the super bowl on their home field after the first fifty four times that there ever was a super bowl. It never happened. So that's my pig my father the stats. Professors rolled over in his grave. Peter who calling unlikely while smiling at the same time. I'm sure i like. I like the air. Rogers lead packers to go past the baker mayfield. Less brown's in our baker mayfield lead that going to be without and they'll be with him in la okay so that there's a super bowl picks i know. You wanna get to some mvp picks. There's no lie team but we don't want to leave out the individuals here either. So who do you have getting. Alan look i pick my top three for. Mvp is one. Matthew stafford to josh allen three. Tom brady In my opinion. I think stafford if he stays healthy In his receivers stay healthy. He's got a chance to have the first six thousand yard passing season. Nfl history now. Obviously that'll be helped by the fact that they're seventeen games. But i just think that the chemistry between coach and quarterback is really gonna help that. Gimme year's mvp. I liked tom. Brady just over derrick henry and sometimes you have to talk myself into not going just all quarterback all these things theater so i. I looked outside of cuba. Who i like. And i think tannahill will be really good again. I think they'll win a lot. But if it's possible to lean on the ground game even a little more is figure things out without arthur smith. I can see them going that route. So either guy makes sense to me but i go brady over derrick henry the hard thing when you're trying to pick someone other than most other than a quarterback most valuable player is that the last time i mean there's only been one time since two thousand six that are running back has won. Mvp really yes. So so ladainian tomlinson one and in two thousand six since then so only happened one time in fourteen years and that one time was adrian peterson at twenty twelve. And just keep this one thing in mind remember adrian. Peterson was coming off a tornado. Ceo and other knee damage. Okay and peyton. Manning had a great not a good year a great ear. But excuse me remember. That was the year coming off that serious injury. That adrian peterson for two thousand ninety six yards and it was still a kind of split. Manning got some votes. But that's how hard it is for a non quarterback to win the mvp. So we'll see a great points. And i think it'd be because of how much they're leaning on the passing game now. I did mention him. I could see devante atoms if it's not a quarterback somebody like a receiver who goes crazy for a team. That is the one or two almost more likely for them to be in contention for the mvp as opposed to running back anymore. Let me just run down with a sentence. Each key picks Defensive player of the year i got. T. j. watt over aaron donald I think tj watt really thought. He should have won it last year. He's played great for three years for the steelers. Finally this year is i wrote. He leaves no doubt offensive. and defensive. rookies got. Kyle pits the tight. End with the falcons. Who i think is going to have a monster year and mike parsons. The linebacker with the cowboys. Who i think is going to play. The kind of sideline to sideline game that is going to Make him people are gonna look at the cowboys being instead of the thirtieth best defense whatever they were last year maybe the eighteenth best and the biggest reason is the addition of mike. Parsons my coach of the year. Is sean mcdermott. I think leading the bills to home field in a in a a very very tight race with the chiefs of i think wins him as the coach of the comeback player. I'm picking derwin. James guys played five games last two years after being all pro as a rookie. So i think he. I think he's. I think he had two semi fluky injuries..
The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"king" Discussed on The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"That's the afc where you like the bills. I like the browns. Let's go to the nfc now and just like you did with the afc start with your number one seed in kind of walk us down all the way to number seven the seventeenth. Do you think you're gonna make it. Okay well number one tampa bay. I think they're going to win home. Field in the nfc. They'll take advantage of the fact that basically you've got all three teams in the south every little bit down right now including the saints. Now the saints may not be down And i've got to make the playoffs but they're not what they were So you've got that. And the fact that i think tom brady who always always used The third down back kevin. Fog james white Were so important to what they did is an offense in new england now in my opinion one of the things that he really wanted this off season and he he didn't want he didn't wanna go beg for paul. He didn't want say. Because obviously you sound just a little bit greedy. If you'll say pardon me for. I just screwed up my laptop and pardon me for you. Know in essence saying that You know brady wanted to be really wanted. Another piece of the puzzle on offense but he wanted a third down. Back in. Bruce arians jason light got him one geo bernard of the bengals and they got him for one point. Two million dollars. I think that is a great acquisition for tampa bay number two. I've got green bay a little bit. Not because i think green bay is better than the rams but because i think green bay has much easier road through the nfc north to win that division as an potentially could go six no in the division and. I don't think there's any way the rams are going six in the nfc west. So i like green bay number two i. Aaron rodgers comes in quite as a church mouse off the field He's not going to be able to stop speculation about the future. He won't add to it rams number three. We've talked about it. i just love the matthew stafford combination. When with sean mcveigh number four dallas. This was probably the toughest division pick that i had. Because in my opinion i th i think washington has got a premier defense and has got a deep defense so washington easily could win this division but i think dallas is going to be explosive and fifteen percent better on defense this year than they were last year. So they're gonna have to win a lot of high scoring games. What i think you're going to win enough of them to be the fourth seed in the nfc five six seven. I've got san francisco which it will not surprise me one bit. If san francisco goes far deep into the playoffs. Whether it be jimmy garoppolo or trey lance. They had freaky fluky injuries last year. Early and often That almost ruined their defense and yet they still played really well defensively. So i think san francisco gets in is number five new orleans six. Look we'll see how jameis winston place this is probably more vote for their defense than for their offense. Thank your defense is a rough tough defense. And he's gonna play very very well. Seven seattle all. I know is that russell wilson. Anytime he takes the field. I don't care what the odds are. He's got an excellent chance to win the game and they made the playoffs. What seven of his nine years as a starter and I just i think any year any year seattle can come out of nowhere and really play. Well they have not played well recently in the playoffs. I don't think they're gonna play great this year in the playoffs. Either because of their seven seed. Imagine your road if you've got a win. Let's say in order a green bay tampa bay of the rams you know. How are you going to do that in a span of fifteen days. I doubt you can. But be that as it may they. They they they're always ability and and And i like anyway. I like the rams to go on the road. The playoffs twice to lambo and To raymond james stadium to beat the packers and the bucks The second one of those in a narrow nfc championship game victory So i like the rams to be tampa In the nfc. So we have the rams against the bills in the peter king super bowl Backing up now to your seven. Who made it. Peter in the nfc into the postseason so much different than the afc. Because to me is so much stronger you can pick any one of four five teams and make an argument that they'll be in the super bowl. You could also pick out so many teams that didn't make it and then we talked about the colts. The dolphins the steelers not in they all have a legitimate case to think their playoff seems who who almost made it in the nfc washington's. They're a little bit. But are there some teams that you really had a hard time leading out. Besides washington washington was the toughest one. But i didn't really agonize over anybody else in the nfc. I think chicago You know the offenses just gonna be okay. I think they'll struggle at some point. Turn it over to justin fields arizona. Arizona can get hot. And but you know i don't. I'm not if you rely on the cardinals to win. You have to rely on some defensive players like chandler jones and j. j. watt who are.
The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"king" Discussed on The MMQB Podcast with Peter King
"General manager of the dolphins say. We'd rather have somebody we can rely on. Who's going to be around right exactly peter. I've been doing this Not as long as you have been at either. Nfl network or nbc the last seventeen nfl seasons. And i've worked with a lot of coaches ones who are current ones who counted as ex-coach's a of different personalities. A lot of used on the game and why they won or lost the one thing they all had in common. If you got him talking on camera off camera but what matter. The most repairs reliability. Is that person going to be there on sunday no matter what their scheme was no matter how old they were. That was the one thing they all had in common. And so need this kind of falls into that category. How long are they going to put up with that when the reliability is called into question. Yeah it's a great great question. Let's let's move picks now paul. I'll i'll just tell you a little bit about mind let's start with the afc mccain. And i'll just read mine down. And then i'd love to hear give you a thought or two on every team that i picked okay And then i'll tell you who. I have coming out of the afc. My seeds in order number one buffalo. I think it's josh allens time. He made a big step last year. And now this year. Now that he's got even another year of chemistry with defined digs in cole beasley and in my opinion. They've got an excellent bench of wide receiver. So you can't rely on your wide receivers your starters to necessarily play seventeen games. I love their depth that receiver. Gabriel davis underrated. Guy jake. coomer. Aaron rodgers pow underrated guy. I think buffalo is going to be pretty good now. All this is going to depend. Because i think they're going to score points. They've drafted three pass. Rushers in the top. Two rounds of the last two drafts. One of those guys at least has got to become a presence in the pass rush. I've gambling that. That will happen number two. We kansas city. Kansas city's offensive line which of the general manager bread beach told. Patrick mahomes ten minutes after the end of that embarrassing super bowl performance by that offensive line. They have remade the line. Five new starters veto said to mahomes. I am going to get this line fixed. He's fixed it now. They have to hope that three guys who never played a snap in the nfl creed humphry at center a rookie. Trey smith six round rookie at right guard and lucas. Neang at right tackle. they've never played a snap. Last year's third round pick opted out last year because of kovin. All three of those guys have never played the snap in the nfl. That is huge and that you know they. They got to be able to hit the ground running. I like them as the second seed may have some growing pains headline number three. I like tennessee is the third seed. I don't think tennessee is the third best team in the division but they will have the easiest division schedule with jacksonville and houston in that division. That's the softest division of the afc south some counting on tennessee padding the record a little bit and going forward now against those two teams. I got cleveland number for finally going to the top of the in the afc north. I got new england number five and this is not a pick saying. I think matt jones is gonna be great. This is a pick saying. I think the patriots are going to have a top three defense in the nfl. I think that their front seven has been so terrific during training camp and when bill bill check really cut him loose against the new york giants in that last pre season game. I mean the giants look like a high school team on you know on that front. I think that new england is not going to have to have this really explosive offense. Because i think their defense is going to hold teams to nineteen twenty twenty one points number six. I got the chargers if all goes well with the chargers. Derwin james Joey bosa can stay healthy. That is not a big if it's gigantic. If but if those two guys stay healthy and and just in. Herbert does to. This team could challenge kansas city for the afc west and finally got baltimore number seven. I like the ravens but man. Have they been devastated by injury in training camp. And i don't just mean jk dobbins either the running back. They're wide receivers. It seems like there's something wrong with every one of them so and they've got a really tough opening game. They have to go to vegas on monday night and they have to play a team in the first pro football game in front of a crowd in the history of the state of nevada. I know that sounds a little weird gimmicky. And all that. But i do think and i'll tell you one other thing paul about that stadium i remember. I toured it A couple of years ago. And when i toured that stadium The contractor the whatever the form and some somebody gave me a tour and basically said this is being designed for maximum acoustic cape volume at You know during games. So i'll tell you. Lamar jackson is going to have a lot of silence. Snap count on monday night in vegas. Anyway those are my picks. I ended up picking buffalo over kansas city. One over to In the afc championship game at orchard. Park new york ended up going with the bills to make it to the super bowl. Yes yeah yeah okay. It's a as. I was doing this drill for not only to have a conversation with you peter but i did the same thing with chris simms for unbutton this morning at i started out thinking okay. I'm not taking the buccaneers. i'm not taking the chiefs. Seems are so good. It would be so easy to go chok. I'm wondering if you started out with the same thinking that you know. I i'm going to go against the chiefs in the buccaneers just because it would be a little bit more fun and interesting to find other teams besides those two. That was part of the drill for me. It was easier in the afc. Because i think that josh allen is really going to be great and he's already. I mean amazingly became a sixty nine percent passer last year. He'll be more familiar with a deeper receiving core this year than he was last year. I just really liked buffalo. And it's not that. I don't like kansas city. But your your your point i can't sit here and say oh. Years where tampa bay is weak week anywhere and they got great depth. So my thing about You know the way i picked it. Is i normally don't like to pick teams repeating and honestly i i usually don't and this year i really didn't want to because it is so incredibly obvious that that Tampa bay with everybody back You know looks like they've got a great chance to repeat. I just didn't want to do it. I and i. I liked what i what i see. And in matthew stafford sean mcvay teaming up we'll get to the nbc idea nbc. The nfc here. Just a minute out. More in the afc. Though and as i was looking at these lists theater i gave it. It surprises me. And how much ause. I had in the afc with buffalo in new england. I like buffalo lot zoo. But i almost put the patriots ahead in the afc east over buffalo. I'm wondering if you ran into the same thought at all as you were doing this..
Just King Things
"king" Discussed on Just King Things
"Course if i were forced at gunpoint to do so It would probably be a kind of a deeply Cultural studies class about like the way that publishing markets changed a in in the seventies eighties and nineties and sort of tracking stephen king's career across those changes in how The basically you know the what. I've mentioned before like the brand identity of the author in how that becomes a kind of force for king in a way that it really hadn't for for a writers prior to him and that would be what i would be focusing on. Yeah i think. I i think that would be the the only way that would be valuable. Would be to think of him like political economize or like kind of from a cultural studies angle Because then you know it's interesting to read the green mile in read it piece by piece and to know that there was kind of time in between them and things like that but yeah absolutely jupiter doomsday writes in congrats on the first year anniversary. I have a semi silly request If you were to create a scale of how boomer ask. Stephen king gets from okay to okay boomer. compiled of justice books as the metric scale. What would it look like. i have no idea. Well what is his most. Okay boomer thing. I guess say. Here's here's how we approach this. Is we just like what is what is his most okay book. That's one delimiting factor. In what is his most. Okay boomer book and i guess let's go with okay boomer because of i think that stronger affect twenty to sixty three is literally about the kennedy's assassination and going back in time to stop so that's a pretty big okay boomer. Nicely my response. Yeah i i don't know how moore boomer you get maybe from a buick. Eight is right after yeah about classic cars. And how or titled song oh. I didn't even know that glee. Yeah it then his his most. Okay i don't know trying to think what is like. What is the most middle of the road like. I have almost no opinion. On this stephen king book Childhood nostalgia stall and like how. Good it in the nineteen sixties. Maybe needful things. Yeah yup that. Yes because that is like the stephen king novel. That does kind of all the stephen king stuff but sort of in the most slake.
Just King Things
"king" Discussed on Just King Things
"The dome you. Maybe you'll remember this where it was part of the algorithm ick price wars for books in two thousand. Yes so so it'd be like amazon. It was like this this total collapse of algorithms right so like amazon would post the book you know. And it's thirty five dollars or whatever walmart algorithm ikley would also like post the book but it would be five cents cheaper and the algorithms kept going back and forth in bouncing to the point where under the dome bef- like the preorder for under the dome. You could get the day of release was like eight dollars and this all happened in like forty eight hours and i just happened to see it because of like some forum conversations thou following in so i was like well. This is like a thousand page steven king book. It can't be that bad and as a college student. I was like it certainly can't be mad about paying eight dollars for it and so i thought that on a whim and i was like. Oh shit this. Is stephen king. Doing his thing again like dick. Cheney is a villain in that novel it's wild and so then. I read eleven twenty to sixty three and a very similar thing. It didn't get that cheap but it got pretty cheap again and did that. And then i read that tower book after that and i was like no. I think i'm off of stephen king again. Sleep until way later. I read it like when i was doing comps for grad school. This is like something to do that. Didn't require me to think too hard. Reread the shining a red dr sleep. Same thing with revival. It was like i was copying and i wanted to read something that was not a comic book like before i went to bed. So i read the stephen king novel. That goes nowhere so yeah. I don't know i don't. I don't have a negative. A picture of more. Recent stephen king as i thought i would when we began this podcast which is pretty interesting. Yeah i would say like i. The thing that i that has struck me as what you mentioned. Which is that in the past. Maybe five to ten years kings kind of hinted to thriller. Crime just straight thriller crime fiction of that. I'm sort of interested in seeing like that's not really my genera but it's interesting to see king himself kind of settle in on slightly different generic inflection than basically everything. He's he's popularly associated with Because you know looking through short story. Collections i can see those threads. I can see where that interest comes from and it is interesting at. I think at least abstractly to imagine this author over the decades of his career finally getting to the point where he's like. I'm just going to write about some like people chasing each other with guns. You hope i wild to me but yeah we will. We will talk about when we get there but yeah hopefully i answered those questions. If it doesn't our apologies yeah So a the next couple of questions again. Very kind of similar in overall gestures be writes in and says a recurring theme so far in the show seems to be that. Returning to king's novels with increased lived. Experience often leaves one finding the novels. Troubling my favorite king. Novel is when. I can't recommend anyone due to one horrifying scene surrounding intensely problematic themes but when i was a teen in i read it. The broader story arcs really resonated and so it has stuck with me through to adulthood. How do you to separate the enjoyment you.
Just King Things
"king" Discussed on Just King Things
"If there's anything king thought might be interesting for this project king brought up the gunslinger which just recently Been serialized and so that's where the gunslinger comes from in nineteen eighty two. It is published as this small press edition with illustrations by michael whelan. Who's a very Well known a fantasy science fiction illustrator of this time period. And it's i can't remember the exact numbers but it's something like you know. There are two hundred editions. Or two hundred copies i think and then they sell out and then i think they're the demand is so good that they make two hundred more in the know sell and then it kind of goes quiet for a while later on and i read two different dates for this so i'm not sure which is correct But it said that in these sort of ad copy. You're like the promotional copy for pet cemetery. You know like in the flyleaf or whatever it's like by the author upbeat stephen king by the author of In the list like sort of a couple of his most recent works So nineteen eighty-three when pet cemetery is published in it's supposedly Lists of the gunslinger here. but the actual thing that i read. I think said nineteen eighty seven. So i think that might have been like a mass market paperback a years. Later of pet cemetery anyway It mentions you know. Stephen king the author of the gunslinger and this is mass market. So people are seeing it and people are apparently calling the publisher and this is again. The story that king tells asking. Well how do i get the gunslinger. I can't get the gunslinger. They don't have the library. I can't find it in the bookstore. Where's the gunslinger. I want to read this steven king book the gunslinger. I love reading stephen king whereas the gunslinger whenever the gunslinger is not on screen. People should be asking where is the gunslinger. Well when i go and see the movie. I point out there and i say that's the gunslinger so the the reader demand right people wanted this steven king book so the reader demand for it produced the following year in nineteen eighty eight a plume trade paperback edition with michael whelan's full color illustrations. And then after that it gets You know put into like the signet paperbacks that are still on the shelves. Today they don't have the illustrations in them but Well they have some of the illustrations like through the inter chapter like sketches but not like the full colors Man's yes so that's That's how the gunslinger to be in then in two thousand three is when the revised and expanded quote unquote version is published in. It's about i think in total seven pages longer than the original and also has a different subtitle. Yes well. I don't think the first one has a subtitle. Yeah the original does not have subtitle. It's just the gunslinger. And then my trade paperback says the dark tower the gunslinger. I don't know what that is supposed to mean. Other than i guess it's part of the series but like the title page does not say you know the darker the gunslinger only cover but but the revised expanded edition which..
The Stephen King Boo! Club
"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"You have to give him that. As a popular novelist he writes from the hip. Mitch means sometimes. We'll get donald callahan. And sometimes we'll get sal Culminates if we're going down. The line here culturally stephen king for me as a a figure. In relation to queer. America culminates last year when jk rowling turf extraordinaire fucking piece of shit. We spit we spit. We spit on her in this box. Just absolutely not one time. I was in a bookshop One time i was at a book trump and a friend and a another transplant. I was like ooh. I was looking to like mysteries in show. Who cormorant strike. That's just a fun name and they were like that's taking out. That's jk rollings. And i just went put. It sucks so good at naming god. It's frustrating except if you're a minority in which case your toe chang fulford. I'm wolfersohn this so. Jk rowling is being canceled. Her whatever on twitter people are are upset at jk rowling for hate speech and she does what turfs will often do. Which is she posts something. That sounds reasonable without any context. She says something along the lines of like oh like we just wanna protect women and i want to protect women's faces right like we have to. We have to be able to trust women and their intuitions. Whatever in these times. Stephen king likes that tweet. Because he's missing the context and jk rowling than re tweets that along the lines of like soka dab like a another prolific author on my side. At some point. Someone gives stephen king the context because he responds to that with trans women are women. Like yes and i. I'm just. It blows my fucking that stephen king does this because this is a man who wrote the talisman like but he wrote the talisman in the seventies late seventies right. Yes so it's like clearly. This man has had the time to you. Know maybe all of his takes definitely not perfect his takes even now are still not perfect but you know he's learning but that's also like the trick of turf rhetoric in how it really in situates and it really just tries to disguise itself as safety and protecting women but ultimately is is divisive. And if you aren't careful that's also where a lot of east phobia discourse comes in. It actually comes from turf rhetoric right suite. You really have to be careful. And we're really lucky. This time to explain to. Stephen king right. There's two lessons for me out of this. That i want kind of pin this at. Because we've we've come through theory we've come through history. We've arrived at the present. Were stephen king very publicly states. Trans women are women. Hel- fucking yeah stephen king to lessons here one. There were probably dozens and dozens of people in stephen king's life that got him to the point where he understood that to be true. Yes you can be that person right. Yeah it doesn't matter if you're listening to this and you're straightened. You dislike stephen king. You're working to the backlog whatever hi welcome. I hope this was enlightening. If you're listening to this as a queer person and you have your own opinions on these things you disagree you agree. Whatever that's fine. We're not the voices of the community. Lord knows there. There is no one voice of the community because the community is united by. Its very diversity. That's the goal. The second thing is that platforms are important. L. and stephen king has reliably. I think done his.
The Stephen King Boo! Club
"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"The distinction in the dark tower is that these characters are explicitly not queer people right like the people that they're right there. The people that are harming are not like straight people who have nice houses there. They're harming the homeless people though they're harming the vulnerable people and by the way it's still true that the majority of of homeless folks like by percentage are queer. Yes and i think that shows a remarkable amount of understanding. Frankly from stephen king that he's like okay. Yes this is a very scary disease in time but the people that were being hurt the most worthy queer people. Yeah i appreciate that. Thank yeah okay and by the way they get one like i don't we've we've there's not enough media about the aids crisis there is an weeded university. Did a the normal heart. Which was by. Larry kramer in its autobiographical are semi-autobiographical about his journey through like dealing with the aids crisis and trying to be an activist in new york and kind of and we did it my senior so like last nonetheless full of all before and it was this kind of gut wrenching window into queer history that you do not see not like it is so hard to get an inkling of queer history ever. Yeah it's so frustrating. I did not learn about the aids crisis through school. No yeah absolutely not. i mean me. Neither right they mentioned eight when they teach you. You know if your school does sex. Ed they might mention aids as s t. Yup and were you know as you get. Hiv as sad and then it becomes an that's it there's just nothing. How much king has written it into his work overtime. Yes that's that's the that's the through line. Here's that like he you know he. It's not like he's taking on the mantle to educate the masses but he's very actively saying this was part of the history and i'm gonna include in. He has never shied away from contemporary politics of his time..
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"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"But fucking wikipedia pages on stephen king anything especially ones that don't have a movie or a travesty. Dorks get out there. I can't do it. I run a podcast. That's i've done my time. Wow i'm on lake. So i take the wikipedia. It was sparse. I checked the wikki. It was sparser. Yup it was worse. Oh my god you weren't kidding. Yeah it's because the vast majority of king fans are older and don't dude. Are you know which you know. I guess it's fair. I don't fucking do it either now. I'm on good. Reads trying to see if anyone mentioned. I'm ninety percent. Sure his name is bill. I'm the other thing before we just shoot ourselves. Further in the foot here is i. Actually the other day loves buttons. Omnia was that it also be. Yeah are you. Flew like helen. The principal character. Who you know in her story. You know the they intact. The story was her husband. He and she fled to a women's shelter. And it's this kind of slow realization. That ralph has at like oh. Helen is no longer going to be looking for men. And especially because there's that other character from the women's shelter. I can't remember her name either but there is some tricky bits in there were just like. Oh yeah. she's a lesbian and she's clearly like the man heating guy like that of noxious but it's just close enough you're sitting. You're the the thing that's hard about. Stephen king is that he doesn't he doesn't pull punches from his characters. If his character would think or say something problematic. Stephen king does not stop them from doing so as a writer which is tricky. Because then you you run into wall. Are you encouraging this behavior. Because it's coming from the protagonists etc etc. I also does a character in the dark tower. That is we need to gush about a bad guy random. So yes we we will talk about my fave and yours callahan. But i wanna talk real briefly about what i think is ultimately my king representation which is like a random tie. Heen like just dude who is killed in thirteen. Yeah is like just like a dude. He basically in work you know. He's kind of a different species doesn't he needs a marie. So here's a furry. I'm i'm talking about in absolute minute character. I don't think he has a name. It is a does this or are you talking about the one who's kind of gave for the night run school. Let me bring you there. Sorry okay i'll hush go on this journey with you. There is a random mook. I think he's unnamed. Don't know.
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"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"It is perhaps the most unflinching i guess would be the word in and i don't mean that in like new york times puff piece an unflinching depiction literally like the camera stays on the on the event longer than in any other king fiction even the ones that deal specifically with child sexual assault which quite a few but in the talisman you have this tween boy kind of road trip across the us or whatever and he hitchhiked with a man who he immediately picks up as a homosexual and he knows that this homosexual wants him and he's just got to shame him a little bit and get out of the car and it'll be fine which is bad across all. Just see you take you take that depiction and then you compare it to it. Which has a sympathetic view. At least of the violence that queer people have experienced. I am in the minority of folks in terms of. I actually don't have a problem with how king addressed hate crime in that book me neither because it it. He's literally he used it as a function of saying. This is bad. This is evil. There's nothing redemptive about this. This was a hate crime right. And i think that it's easy to forget how low the bar was for so long. You know like violence against queer people is bad and is connected with this monster which you know to be bad is in fact a pretty nuanced take for when that book was released was a hot take it. That was the eighties. What year god should know. I wanna say eighty six. But i'm not certain that would be height height of the aids crisis right so yup. Yeah so this was not a time that a lot of america had sympathy or even empathy for queer people in america because they were dying at untold rates. They were lost almost an entire generation. Yeah moment the moment of pause there see you compare that with his earlier work and then you compare it even further with his later work when we start to get cannon. Queer characters insomnia wanted gosh about insomnia but that has a really solid older queer man which is a character that we still don't get enough of i mean truly especially the kind of character. He was where he's not super flouncy. He's not flamboyant or at least he's not like excessively so he's not. He's not a stereotype. Exactly so you got either like some. Trent like some kind of trump said he leans into but he kind of does it with an awareness. Like he's he's like. Oh i know i'm gay and this is what people think of You know which is true to my experience. I've forgotten his name. Isn't it bill. bill bill. No isn't it. Oh my god. I'm so bad i'm looking fan. I'm looking. I'm pretty sure it is bill this. We're supposed to finish so many bills in stephen king's fiction. I can only remember so many of them. The wikipedia entry does not list on dude. Stephen king wikipedia sphere is in fucking shambles. Okay we need to talk about this as a public information issue. I don't know why no one's talking about this. I don't know who's covering it up..
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"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"Of taking a full dive in to his tendency to cross dress and then he commits suicide. Which is pretty bleak. Yeah and to kind of see that as a child and it stuck with me throughout all these years of all the things. I remembered about a book. That is the finis stuck out to me. I didn't even identify as queer back. End was the first thing like when. I think about like a key boots. I'm sure there was other stuff. I the gang of your childhood queer experience. You kind of very confused in a little bit. You know settled by it. And i didn't know why. I can sit here and look back and say oh. That's why it is but it's you know so that's kind of the other side of it right where you know this cross dressing character. It's kind of used. It's a it's like it's just not good. It's not great. We talked about it way back. Then but if you haven't listened to that episode or if you've listened to a long time ago the kind of reason why that's not great is that the there's an association with cross dressing as a sign of mental on wellness assign. This was a character who was unstable and therefore susceptible to that psychic influence which eventually killed him and they are referred to as him the entire time. There's no you know. We're we're away from stephen king having a reckoning around trans identity now i will say that what's interesting about reading king to the degree that we've read king. There's an arc towards deeper understanding that mirrors our culture. Yes king is steeped in american king is americana yup americana himself and you can. You can feel him working his way through. What the broad cultural understanding of queen is if you go back and reread. I think the lowest depth for me the lowest low is either that evensen fire starter or is the talismen has a segment. Which is i wanted to cast vile talisman and then there's also You could argue library policeman library. Policemen i think or is is is a little more complicated. They don't draw the same direct link. Okay any towels matters. So i mean library. Policemen includes of of visceral depiction of child sexual assault. It's not the only stephen king novel to do so..
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"king" Discussed on The Stephen King Boo! Club
"Is a dividing tactic. So let's talk about queer history in relationship to stephen king. I do wanna like make sure that we keep bringing it back to king yes. Stephen king has been writing long enough that the culture around queasiness has shifted dramatically like really really significantly over time and you can see it shakeout in his writing. Yeah starting with kerry kerry is an interesting book to me. Because i think there's a really you could read kerry white as queer varies oi. You could one hundred percent. A generous reader kerry can take some of the body. You focus in the writing. That king has that people often read as horny grossman thinking about naked high scores which is unfortunately not a read out of the realm of possibility gauge in the state of things. Yeah but carries obsession with her body and lack of understanding of what it does and interest in other young women's bodies reads as really really queer to those of us who were not thinking of cleaners has an option when we grew up. So i remember starting sports in high school and thinking that i just had an academic interest in other men. Would i would tell my friends like man like. Did you see that guys. But and they'd be like. I wasn't looking at his but and i was like. Yeah me neither i wouldn't. That's not where. I was looking at all Man you tie that to the religious extremism that tortures her and her outsider status and already aah kerry we get fertile fertile ground for a queer. Read mcqueen queer interest in stephen king. Yeah it ain't smooth sailing though. It is not I'm going to be very honest. Even my cat has been door driving. You seen so i'm running. I've been listening i've been. I've been running around the laser pointer to get her to. That's and so. I haven't had the chance to percolate my own thought. That's fine i again. I'm coming at this from more of a gender identity angle. Sure i've mentioned this to you. Before is that. I read fire-starter when i was probably a little bit young to read fire starter. Get rid of when. I was like ten or eleven. The i wasn't even thinking about trying to shit yet. Like like i was who. I was in my tiny little child body and i think i mentioned this. It's really not like a significant chunk of the book but it's the part like stuck out to me because at that time. Are you definitely main. Queer thing i had seen. My young huge was kinky boots. Amazing referring to for we continue forward. Oh i'm so sorry. So there's a scene in firestarter with one of the characters again like my memory of the is actually quite sparse. I believe the detectives or police officer characters appreciate he dies he puts on his wife's clothes and then shoves his hand down a garbage. This oh that's right. Yes so there is a some sort of shadowy government authority figure who is psychically influenced to commit suicide by.