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Mnuchin’s Movies
Edited from a ChatGPT response:
Steven Mnuchin, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary, had a career in Hollywood as a producer and financier before entering politics. Through his company, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, he was involved in financing several major films. Below are five of the top movies produced in part by Steven Mnuchin, ranked by their total box office gross:
- “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016)
- Worldwide Gross: $873 million
- Mnuchin’s involvement: Through RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- “Wonder Woman” (2017)
- Worldwide Gross: $822 million
- Mnuchin’s involvement: Through RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- “Suicide Squad” (2016)
- Worldwide Gross: $746 million
- Mnuchin’s involvement: Through RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015)
- Worldwide Gross: $375 million
- Mnuchin’s involvement: Through RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- “The Lego Batman Movie” (2017)
- Worldwide Gross: $312 million
- Mnuchin’s involvement: Through RatPac-Dune Entertainment
These movies were all highly successful, contributing to Mnuchin’s Hollywood career before he entered the political sphere.
- “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016)
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The Harriet Tubman Initiative
Image above is a DALL-E generated mock up.
From a ChatGPT response (edited):
In 2016, the U.S. Treasury, under Secretary Jack Lew and the Obama administration, announced a redesign of the $20 bill that would replace Andrew Jackson’s image with that of Harriet Tubman, the former enslaved woman who became a leading abolitionist and played a key role in the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom. Tubman was chosen as a symbol of courage and equality, making her the first African American woman to be featured prominently on U.S. paper currency.
This decision was made in part as a response to a grassroots campaign called “Women on 20s,” which sought to honor women on U.S. currency in time for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. The group had conducted a public poll, and Tubman emerged as a popular choice among many Americans.
Delays and Controversy:
The plan to put Tubman on the $20 bill faced delays during the Trump administration, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the redesign wouldn’t happen until at least 2028, citing technical challenges. Some viewed this as a lack of political will to replace Jackson, whom former President Donald Trump admired.
Biden Administration’s Renewed Efforts:
When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, there was renewed interest in accelerating the redesign process. The Treasury Department under the Biden administration has committed to advancing the project, though no specific timeline has been confirmed. The redesign is still expected to be a complex process, with security features and other technical details playing a role in determining when the new bills will be circulated.
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The Battle of New Orleans
By Edward Percy Moran [1910] – Library of Congress – at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f03796, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9026525
From Wikipedia:
General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders. (The Highlanders are incorrectly depicted wearing kilts and feather bonnets as the 93rd Highlanders for this campaign had been ordered to wear tartan trousers and plain bonnets – in fact the uniforms shown are more Victorian in style than Georgian. See, “Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders”, Roderick Hamilton Burgoyne, London, 1883.)
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xix
by e.e. cummings
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know consequently a
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joint tested my gas felt of
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clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
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minute i was back in neutral tried andagain slo-wly;bare,ly nudg.ing(mylev-er Right-
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happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
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XIX
Illustration by Pamela Colman Smith – http://muzendo.jp/blog/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114011122
A destination and a way point for further adventures.
How Madonna feels when she catches a Ray of Light.
Where John Denver is taking Country Roads to get to.
Frodo awakening from near annihilating injury to find his friends in the paradise of Rivendell.
The roman numerals a tiny palindrome. Thereby they suggest an opportunity for both reflective and projecting Janus activity.
By function The Sun card acts as an apex in a card deck full of illustrated mountaintops and hill peaks. No mountaintop here. Instead a field is suggested. The apex as God’s matrix from which all possibilities may conceive and arise.
Nineteen can be broken down into 12 and 7. Together, all the months of the year and all the days of the week. There is no segment of time where The Sun is not available to us if we are willing to seek it.
The Sun nourishes and it also purifies. Purification is required as preparation for the next trial. Bliss achieved is not a permanent state. The Sun has restored us and refreshed us but we know our selves eventually need to be whetted and honed by the aspects of life that challenge us and serve others.
We just can’t wait to get On the Road Again.
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There’s only one!
I made a mess the first time I came across Capri Sun. Mom froze a pouch and packed it in my lunch for cub scout camp. Lunch was scheduled early that day. My Capri Sun remained frozen. I knew I needed to pierce the pouch with the straw that was glued to it using the beveled end. I chose to poke the pouch straight into its belly instead of up near the seal. I successfully made a hole. Because the juice was still frozen, the straw had nowhere to go. So I had this juice popsicle in a bag in my hand and would press it directly to my mouth covering the hole I poked. I would suck occasionally to capture what little had melted. Drip by drip. I looked about as sharp as I felt I’m sure.
Tarot Souffle 
