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McCain Administration Autumn 2012
Autumn 2012
"Least Hurricane Sandy were able to get under control..."
"Well this is interesting on what happens to Lucasfilms... I wonder what the future holds..."
"What the hell happened in the Philippines?!"
As fall came and the election fever of Clinton vs McCain was being announced, the competition was over Clinton's promises against McCain's reputation. Of course, the problem was that Clinton would ultimately not be endorsed over by Gore, something a few people noted though on the other hand, it was not like Clinton reached out to Gore all that much outside of a courtesy so some wondered what Clinton's strategy would be and if McCain's successes abroad would be enough to offset the current levels of disappointment at the Republicans' lackluster response regarding the Great Recession, People still trusted McCain, but they were growing more upset at certain Republican congressfolk. The Democrats also as a few populists from both sides were pointing Clinton's elitism or siding with the bankers. This included Senator Sanders, who while treated as a radical, did begin growing support in his calls for expanding healthcare, growing the minimum wage and various other ideas. These notions were catching on, especially when the responses to pay for them would be to tax the 1%, the super-elite and corporations who seemingly got away with this sort of stuff. It brought back memories of the Enron scandal... of Exxon-Mobil. Stoking older fires with newer fuels. However, perhaps of this, McCain began going further to promote his stance on domestics and Hurricane Sandy proved to be a good case of it. The most dangerous hurricane of the 2012 season, it was also noted for an example on climate change can affect storms. While it's explained that hurricanes will likely happen regardless of climate change, the phenomenon does make hurricanes more dangerous and observations have noted that Sandy could've been more destructive if not for climate change measures. And it was already plenty destructive with the damages, snow storms and plenty of other problems that brought along with such a storm. However, the comparisons were marginal. The McCain administration worked to put some money to help while there was some further financial troubles coming from the storm along with elections woe, enough to where there was issues regarding early voting, so there was considerations to extend voting time and delay the elections a bit. Others considered things like mail-in voting. Overall, many wondered if Hurricane Sandy was a sign to come for the election.
Hurricane Sandy as a Category 3 Major hurricane on October 25, 2012
However, while election fever was holding onto the sway, pop culture served as more of a beacon in the economic crisis along with the ongoing storms and other storms. Marvel pushed it with two new films that cemented the prominence of superhero films. A shift of literature was signaling the gradual dying down of the YA-adult aimed audience. The big news was around Star Wars on all things. Or perhaps more specifically, the retirement of George Lucas and the selling of Lucasfilms Ltd. Rumors ran wild over potential buyers. Some noted possibly Disney though others noted that while they made plenty of money, especially from the two films released of Marvel this year, they did not hold uch interest in it. Disney would later note they considered it, but after the purchases of the film rights of Spiderman, Fantastic Four & others, they wanted to focus on what they had. Instead, Lucasfilms Ltd would go on to be merged with Amblin Entertainment, founded by none other than Steven Spielberg. There were several uncertainities if the merger would be done there, but ultimately it felt it would be best suited given the collaberation of the two along with Lucas not feeling secure with several groups on the works he had made with it. The Star Wars franchise, the Indiana Jones franchise along with plenty of other Lucasfilms Ltd works would now fall under Amblin as well. Currently, news over Star Wars remained unknown though they did note they would likely not make any changes without thorough examination of the products. However, rumors have already circulated that some of the "Expanded Universe" canon may be cut, but nothing definitive. Others wondered what this will hold given the influence fo Amblin on many children and young adults along with if Lucas in his semi-retirement would work on consultation with Spielberg. One thing is certain is that many people are excited for what holds in the future.
Lucasfilms Ltd logo pre-merger with Amblin
However, storm season was far from over and across the world, while things were calming down or preparing for the various seasonal storms that came about, the Philippines would soon become battered by none other than Typhoon Bopha or Pablo as it was known over there. An immense super typhoon, it hit the isles hard, especially Mindanao. The damage was deveastating and international assistance was called on to help rebuild the people who lost their homes and jobs. Unsurprisingly, because of the holiday season, the spirit of charity and camarderie was especially prominent for here. For the McCain Administration, it was another bolster for their successes abroad for an ally as well as trying to unite the nation after a somewhat surprising bitter election. It did also remind people of the importance of climate change that was discussed back with Hurricane Sandy, but perhaps more so for the people of the Pacific in part because of monsoon seasons and typhoons. The US was already discussing plans to accelerate climate change challenges and solutions with the Chinese in order to cope with these rising issues. However, the meetings were being postponed as there were ongoing elections in China to decide the new leadership and the surprising drama and problems that would unfold from within.
The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of Typhoon Bopha around 01:12 local time on December 4 (17:12 UTC on December 3).
"Least Hurricane Sandy were able to get under control..."
"Well this is interesting on what happens to Lucasfilms... I wonder what the future holds..."
"What the hell happened in the Philippines?!"
As fall came and the election fever of Clinton vs McCain was being announced, the competition was over Clinton's promises against McCain's reputation. Of course, the problem was that Clinton would ultimately not be endorsed over by Gore, something a few people noted though on the other hand, it was not like Clinton reached out to Gore all that much outside of a courtesy so some wondered what Clinton's strategy would be and if McCain's successes abroad would be enough to offset the current levels of disappointment at the Republicans' lackluster response regarding the Great Recession, People still trusted McCain, but they were growing more upset at certain Republican congressfolk. The Democrats also as a few populists from both sides were pointing Clinton's elitism or siding with the bankers. This included Senator Sanders, who while treated as a radical, did begin growing support in his calls for expanding healthcare, growing the minimum wage and various other ideas. These notions were catching on, especially when the responses to pay for them would be to tax the 1%, the super-elite and corporations who seemingly got away with this sort of stuff. It brought back memories of the Enron scandal... of Exxon-Mobil. Stoking older fires with newer fuels. However, perhaps of this, McCain began going further to promote his stance on domestics and Hurricane Sandy proved to be a good case of it. The most dangerous hurricane of the 2012 season, it was also noted for an example on climate change can affect storms. While it's explained that hurricanes will likely happen regardless of climate change, the phenomenon does make hurricanes more dangerous and observations have noted that Sandy could've been more destructive if not for climate change measures. And it was already plenty destructive with the damages, snow storms and plenty of other problems that brought along with such a storm. However, the comparisons were marginal. The McCain administration worked to put some money to help while there was some further financial troubles coming from the storm along with elections woe, enough to where there was issues regarding early voting, so there was considerations to extend voting time and delay the elections a bit. Others considered things like mail-in voting. Overall, many wondered if Hurricane Sandy was a sign to come for the election.
Hurricane Sandy as a Category 3 Major hurricane on October 25, 2012
However, while election fever was holding onto the sway, pop culture served as more of a beacon in the economic crisis along with the ongoing storms and other storms. Marvel pushed it with two new films that cemented the prominence of superhero films. A shift of literature was signaling the gradual dying down of the YA-adult aimed audience. The big news was around Star Wars on all things. Or perhaps more specifically, the retirement of George Lucas and the selling of Lucasfilms Ltd. Rumors ran wild over potential buyers. Some noted possibly Disney though others noted that while they made plenty of money, especially from the two films released of Marvel this year, they did not hold uch interest in it. Disney would later note they considered it, but after the purchases of the film rights of Spiderman, Fantastic Four & others, they wanted to focus on what they had. Instead, Lucasfilms Ltd would go on to be merged with Amblin Entertainment, founded by none other than Steven Spielberg. There were several uncertainities if the merger would be done there, but ultimately it felt it would be best suited given the collaberation of the two along with Lucas not feeling secure with several groups on the works he had made with it. The Star Wars franchise, the Indiana Jones franchise along with plenty of other Lucasfilms Ltd works would now fall under Amblin as well. Currently, news over Star Wars remained unknown though they did note they would likely not make any changes without thorough examination of the products. However, rumors have already circulated that some of the "Expanded Universe" canon may be cut, but nothing definitive. Others wondered what this will hold given the influence fo Amblin on many children and young adults along with if Lucas in his semi-retirement would work on consultation with Spielberg. One thing is certain is that many people are excited for what holds in the future.
Lucasfilms Ltd logo pre-merger with Amblin
However, storm season was far from over and across the world, while things were calming down or preparing for the various seasonal storms that came about, the Philippines would soon become battered by none other than Typhoon Bopha or Pablo as it was known over there. An immense super typhoon, it hit the isles hard, especially Mindanao. The damage was deveastating and international assistance was called on to help rebuild the people who lost their homes and jobs. Unsurprisingly, because of the holiday season, the spirit of charity and camarderie was especially prominent for here. For the McCain Administration, it was another bolster for their successes abroad for an ally as well as trying to unite the nation after a somewhat surprising bitter election. It did also remind people of the importance of climate change that was discussed back with Hurricane Sandy, but perhaps more so for the people of the Pacific in part because of monsoon seasons and typhoons. The US was already discussing plans to accelerate climate change challenges and solutions with the Chinese in order to cope with these rising issues. However, the meetings were being postponed as there were ongoing elections in China to decide the new leadership and the surprising drama and problems that would unfold from within.
The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of Typhoon Bopha around 01:12 local time on December 4 (17:12 UTC on December 3).
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