Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the Coming of Cage podcast!
That's right, we're a full year into talking Nicolas Cage movies and we're kicking off Year 2 with 2017's dystopian sci-fi flick, The Humanity Bureau!
Keep on Caging on!
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Have you heard of the American Indian Movement? Did you know natives had a movement/group in the 70's-80's dedicated to native liberation?
No? It's a part of history they don't teach you in school, but come close and look so I can show you.
Watch this, it's not long I promise. This is Russel Means, a prominent native activists and one of the leaders of AIM. AIM sought to help natives with things like tribal sovereignty, housing, healthcare, and food security.
Here he is testifying to the US government.
The transcript ^
A little excerpt of the end:
"The American Indian people’s right to self-determination is recognized and will be implemented through the following policies:
The American Indian individual shall have the right to choose his or her citizenship and the American Indian nations have the right to choose their level of citizenship and autonomy up to absolute independence;
The American Indian will have their just property rights restored which include rights of easement, access, hunting, fishing, prayer, and water;
The BIA will be abolished with the American Indian tribal members deciding the extent and nature of their governments, if any;
Negotiations will be undertaken to exchange otherwise unclaimed and un-owned federal property for any and all government obligations to the American Indian nations, and to fully -- and to hold fully liable those responsible for any and all damages which have resulted from the resource development on or near our reservation lands including the -- including damages done by careless and inexcusable disposal of uranium mill tailings and other mineral and toxic wastes.
I want to thank you, gentlemen, for inviting me here. It's been a high honor, especially since I'm the only one invited here today to testify that doesn't receive money from the federal government. Also, I want to make -- I was introduced as a former founder and leader of American Indian movement to the tribal chairwoman that you have here, a former associates for the American Indian Movement back in the days when we were gross militants and so I just wanted to let you in on that, that the American Indian Movement is a very proud continuing part of American Indian Society.
Thank you."
"The American Indian Movement remains based in Minneapolis with several branches nationwide. The organization prides itself on fighting for the rights of Native peoples outlined in treaties and helping to preserve indigenous traditions and spiritual practices. The organization also has fought for the interests of aboriginal peoples in Canada, Latin America and worldwide. “At the heart of AIM is deep spirituality and a belief in the connectedness of all Indian people,” the group states on its website."
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You know, one of my favourite things in Control is the absolute dissonance between Jesse's understanding of her powers and the Bureau's. Like, Jesse has known that the paranatural exists for a long time, but she's never really understood it, so when she becomes director and can suddenly throw things across the room and levitate and make barriers with ease she's just like 'oh this is just more paranatural bullshit, cool seems legit', cause this is her new normal and everything is paranatural bullshit to her.
But then the people of the bureau (except people who knew about dylan) are like, 'wait no, you don't understand you should not be able to launch three forklifts across the room at the same time while levitating! You shouldn't be able to throw one!! Northmoor threw a bowling ball 6ft and we all lost our minds!! What do you mean you can bind so many objects of power with minimal effort, this is not normal!!!'
I just think it's neat!
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im still so confused over what the end of felps’ stream was supposed to be. i know the canon excuse for members games crashing is their characters passing out and that seems to be what happened but is he gonna be like that for the whole rest of the month??? or is it like a sleepover thing. he just stays in that room and cucurucho fills up the room with all qfelps’ favourite stuff, tapes of shows and movies he liked before the island and plushies of his favourite animals, and they try and make food for him even though it’s not that good but it’s made with love, and they visit him whenever they’re not tending to the other islanders outside and they fall asleep together watching cartoons, and the reason they’re treating him like this is he’s the first islander they’re actually fond of, and they realise they don’t want him to be caught in the middle of the dangerous instances and manipulation of the island, so to the rest of the federations anger, they try and keep him safe, even if it means he can’t see his son or his friends
sorry i dont know what got into me
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Story where the character is like Saiki in that they do everything they can to be as unassuming as possible to get by unnoticed, but people still flock to them
And it turns out that they belong to a secret magic world where they’re well known on that side (not just a singular psychic like Saiki), and they have rivals waiting for them to fuck up in some way, so they’re trying so hard to not accidentally reveal the magic world or anything, but. people are just drawn to them. they can’t escape.
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Our 1-year anniversary episode of the Coming of Cage podcast is set! Next up, we're covering the 2017 Nicolas Cage dystopian sci-fi flick, The Humanity Bureau! Catch the trailer now and then our episode on Monday!
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Let's reaffirm our commitment to the theme of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent: recognition, justice, and development.
Every August 31st, the world comes together through the UN International Day for People of African Descent to honor the shared heritage, diverse culture, and profound influence of Africans and the global African diaspora. This day also serves as an opportunity to raise global awareness about the challenges of systemic racism, discrimination, and exclusion faced by individuals of African descent worldwide.
In December 2022, President Biden issued an executive order to create the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. In June 2022, I appointed Desirée Cormier Smith as the inaugural Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice at the State Department. Since then, she has diligently coordinated the Department’s efforts to combat global anti-Black racism and advance the human rights of individuals from marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous communities worldwide through our foreign policy.
On this day, we reaffirm our commitment to the theme of the UN International Decade for People of African Descent: recognition, justice, and development.
STATEMENT BY ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE ON AUGUST 31, 2023.
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Utah Farm Bureau president arrested, under investigation from state | Utah Public Radio
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Foreign fugitives among those rescued during the June 26 Las Piñas City raid
In the city of Las Piñas, controversy regarding the raid of June 26 continues to grow as it was revealed by the local authorities that there were foreign fugitives among the thousands that supposedly got rescued, according to a GMA Network news report.
To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the GMA news report. Some parts in boldface…
Police found two Taiwanese fugitives…
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