On August 18, 2015 the Boston Red Sox hired the late General Manager of the Detroit Tigers, Dave Dombrowski, to run the team, replacing Ben Cherrington. The development focused Cherrington had failed to follow up the Red Sox miracle 2013 season with even winning records in the two years since, though the farm system ranked among the very best in baseball and a wave of prospects had just hit the majors (among them, Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Mookie Betts, and Blake Swihart). Thus, the swapping of Cherington for Dombrowski was rightly interpreted as the Red Sox moving to a more assertive phase, to win now even at the expense of the player development system.
Ironically Dombrowski had been fired by the Tigers because of his belief that the organization’s competitive window had closed and that the team needed to rebuild; the Tigers gave the job to his former assistant who got one more winning season out of their aging core before the inevitabilities became insurmountable. By that time the Red Sox were in the midst of their second straight division crown of three, which climaxed with the single greatest season in franchise history. This is how Dombrowski built that team, as well as the fiscal panic that cost the Red Sox the greatest all around player in franchise history following it:
~2015~
November 13, 2015: Traded Logan Allen, Carlos Asuaje, Javy Guerra and Manuel Margot to the San Diego Padres. Received Craig Kimbrel.
The first major transaction of the Dave Dombrowski era set the pace for the next four years; trading four prospects for a relief pitcher constitutes the classic win-now move. In this case the Red Sox won the deal in both the long and short terms, as only Manuel Margot developed in regular at the major league level, and that at a position where the Red Sox were not in need (center field). Meanwhile Craig Kimbrel made the all-star team in each of his three seasons in Boston, the second of which was one of the greatest relief performances in the game’s history.
December 4, 2015: Signed David Price as a free agent, 217 million dollars over seven years.
At once the most maligned and most underrated move of the Dombrowski era as well as being the biggest, the David Price signing saw the Red Sox for the first time handout a nine figure contract to a free agent pitcher. This was all the more dramatic as they had alienated and traded away their own homegrown southpaw ace (Jon Lester) less than eighteen months before. This was also the first time with the Red Sox that Dave Dombrowski acquired a player he was he previously familiar with, perhaps slightly overpaying for that familiarity. Did we mention that this was largest contract ever given to a pitcher at time, too?
Price had a solid first season in Boston, leading the league in innings pitched with 230 and striking out nearly a man per inning. Nonetheless the first three years of his tenure were marked with mutual hostility towards the ever-ravenous Boston sports media, only alleviated after his fantastic 2018 postseason run. Aging and injuries limited both the quantity and quality of his performance in 2017 and 2019; this trend as well as his 31 million annum salary contributed to owner John Henry’s decision to offload Price even at the cost of Mookie Betts. If only for that last reason alone the David Price signing is one the Red Sox would likely not repeat in hindsight.
December 7, 2015: Traded Jonathan Aro and Wade Miley to the Seattle Mariners. Received Roenis Elías and Carson Smith.
The first of many times Dombrowski would be burned in pursuit of bullpen arms, this deal with Seattle comes down to Wade Miley for Carson Smith. Miley had been signed as a reclamation project by Cherrington before 2015 in the hopes that Miley could serve as a solid mid-rotation option, which he more or less fulfilled with just short of 200 league average innings. Smith on the other hand was coming off his first full season in the majors where he gave the Mariners seventy brilliant innings of high leverage relief pitching (2.31 ERA, 11.8 K/9, and only two home runs allowed).
In a twist of fate, this trade hurt both teams as Smith immediately got injured and only pitched 24 innings in the rest of his career while Miley bombed in Seattle en route to a midseason jettisoning. Yet he rebounded with Baltimore in 2017 and remains an effective if oft-injured starting pitcher to this day, currently with the Milwaukee Brewers.
~2016~
June 10, 2016: Drafted Bobby Dalbec in the 4th round of the 2016 amateur draft.
The once and future Red Sox, Quad A superstar Bobby Dalbec!
July 7, 2016: Traded Wendell Rijo and Aaron Wilkerson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Aaron Hill and cash.
With Pablo Sandoval well into his career of eating his way out of Boston, the Red Sox carried a gaping hole at third base from August 2012 to July 2017. One of the short term attempts at a fix featured the acquisition of infielder Aaron Hill, hoping that he and Travis Shaw could platoon for the rest of the 2016 season. The thirty four year old Hill had been decent in Milwaukee in the first half after two bad seasons, but he reverted to that form as soon as he put on a Red Sox uniform, posting a 54 OPS+ in 137 plate appearances. After another terrible eighty plate appearances for the Giants in 2017 Hill was done. On the bright side, the two players Dombrowski gave up for him never amounted to anything.
July 9, 2016: Traded Jose Almonte and Luis Alejandro Basabe to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brad Ziegler.
Ziegler was an accomplished submarine righty who the Red Sox acquired for basically free to get same-sided batters out, a role which he fulfilled to perfection (1.52 ERA in 30 innings). Another clearly won trade for DD.
July 14, 2016: Traded Anderson Espinoza to the San Diego Padres. Received Drew Pomeranz.
At the time, Anderson Espinoza was a teenager in Single A while Drew Pomeranz had appeared to finally unlock his long-salivated over potential with an all-star appearance. Ideally the Padres were hoping Espinoza could eventually develop to that same quality while the Red Sox expected Pomeranz to fill the fourth spot in the rotation. Neither team got what they wanted, at least in 2016 or for most of thereafter; Espinoza immediately went down with a major arm injury which kept him from pitching professionally for five years. Pomeranz himself reverted to his pre-breakout level for the rest of the season, bounced back with a big 2017 (17-6, 3.32 ERA, a strikeout per inning across 174 frames) and then finally was the forgotten man on the 2018 pitching staff due to injuries and ineffectiveness (6.08 ERA in 74 innings, 66 strikeouts to 44 walks). At this point the thirty year old southpaw looked like the quintessential example of TNSTAAPP (There’s No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect), another electric arm who would never match his potential due to injuries and command woes. Anyways, Pomeranz then seemed to resuscitate his career out of the bullpen for the 2019 Brewers and 2020-21 Padres with a sub-2 ERA across 70 innings in those three seasons…before injuries again struck. Though he has not pitched in the majors in three years he remains in the Dodgers minor league system, currently (where else) on the injured list.
December 6, 2016: Traded Victor Diaz, Luis Alexander Basabe, Michael Kopech and Yoán Moncada to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chris Sale.
It’s easy to forget now, but Moncada was not only a can’t miss prospect but one of the three best in all of baseball at the time, and Kopech was another Top 100 type. I’ve covered Kopech in my previous article on Red Sox pitching prospect busts but Moncada’s own failure to reach his ceiling was due more to injuries and a passive approach at the plate. Thus far into his career, Moncada has had two good seasons out of seven and played in at least 130 games in only three. With a strikeout rate of thirty percent, a declining walk rate, little power and less defense, he’s become a fourteen million dollar albatross even when on the field for the White Sox.
Sale, of course, had two Cy Young Award worthy campaigns before injuries and an ill-advised extension soured his final five seasons as a Red Sox. That extension will be discussed further when we come to it, but the trade on its own was inarguably a major victory.
Traded a player to be named later, Josh Pennington, Mauricio Dubón and Travis Shaw to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Tyler Thornburg. The Boston Red Sox sent Yeison Coca (June 5, 2017) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
Yet another ill-fated trade for a relief pitcher, this time costing the Red Sox heavily in terms of value lost; Shaw went to become an all-star power bat at second and third base for the next two seasons in Milwaukee before his career petered out. Thornburg on the other hand contracted thoracic outlet syndrome from which he never recovered. Even if he had pitched well, the Red Sox could have used Shaw more than any setup man due to Dustin Pedroia’s career ending knee injury.
December 8, 2016: Signed Mitch Moreland as a free agent.
Mitch Moreland was a decent first baseman, but could Dave really not find someone better to play first over the next three years? Even if they cost more than $18.5 million?
December 20, 2016: Traded Clay Buchholz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Josh Tobias.
This was more of a psychic relief to Red Sox Nation than anything else, finally alleviating them of the constant confusion over which Bucholz would show up on the mound—the oft-injured and easy to hit version, or the dominating ace? Fittingly Clay’s last three seasons in the majors featured two horrid starts for Philly, sixteen dominating starts in Arizona, and then finally split the difference with a final dozen poor performances as a Blue Jay.
~2017~
June 12, 2017: Drafted Tanner Houck in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2017 amateur draft.
Houck’s selection constitutes one-third of the total number of draft picks by Dombrowski that made which helped the Red Sox at the major league level (the other two being fourteenth round pick Kutter Crawford in 2016 and fellow first rounder Triston Casas in 2018); inability to find even depth pieces in the draft left the Red Sox farm system utterly void of impact talent by 2018.
June 23, 2017: Selected Doug Fister off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.
As alluded to in my previous article, veteran GMs tend to reacquire players they were familiar with from previous stops. Fister had been an excellent fourth starter for the Tigers early in the 2010s but by 2017 the end was clearly staring him in the face; a 4.88 ERA in eighteen appearances (fifteen starts) just underlined this inevitable and unenviable conclusion.
July 26, 2017: Traded Shaun Anderson and Gregory Santos to the San Francisco Giants. Received Eduardo Núñez.
Nunez was the short-term solution to Pedroia’s knee injury. He turned out to be the medium-term solution too, as the degenerate condition of the incumbent’s affliction led DD to resign Nunez that winter. While fantastic down the stretch in 2017 this was a stretch of the infielder’s capabilities; Nunez suffered his own knee injuries and posted a remarkable -2.3 WAR as Boston’s primary keystone occupant over the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
July 31, 2017: Traded Gerson Bautista, Jamie Callahan and Stephen Nogosek to the New York Mets. Received Addison Reed.
Another deadline, another deal to reinforce the bullpen. Reed was inconsistent for the Red Sox during his two month stay, which turned out to be the penultimate chapter for his career—a poor 2018 in Minnesota marked the end of his major league career, an astonishingly quick demise even for a reliever.
~2018~
February 26, 2018: Signed J.D. Martinez as a free agent, five years and 110 million dollars.
The best free agent signing of the Dombrowski era, JD provided the power bat the Red Sox sorely lacked after Big Papi’s retirement. In his first and best season in Boston Martinez led the majors in both runs batted in and total bases, placed third in MVP voting, and earned Silver Sluggers at two different positions! He declined linearly from there, but remains a productive member of any team’s lineup to this day; he has spent the last two seasons as the Dodgers and now Mets’ DH, attempting to compensate for declining bat speed by sacrificing contact for power.
March 4, 2018: Signed Ryan Brasier as a free agent.
The quality of Brasier’s pitching is inversely proportional to the quality of the expectations laid upon him. Thus he alternates excellent if limited seasons with ostensibly healthier but more erratic contributions.
March 24, 2018: Traded Deven Marrero to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received a player to be named later. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Josh Taylor (May 15, 2018) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
Deven Marrero was the prototypical good-field/no-hit infielder. Taylor is yet another oft-injured reliever, though he at least gave the Red Sox two solid seasons as the primary southpaw in 2019 and 2021. After missing all of 2022, he was traded to the Royals for Adalberto Mondesi and a teenage infielder named Angel Pierre; while Mondesi knee injuries seem to have ended his career Pierre posted a .415 OBP in rookie ball last year. Keep an eye and ear out for him as he climbs through the minor league ranks.
June 4, 2018: Drafted Triston Casas in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 2018 amateur draft.
Get well soon. There’s only so much Bobby Dalbec a fan can take.
June 28, 2018: Traded Santiago Espinal to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Pearce and cash.
Moreland had never and would never hit southpaws, but it took until the middle of his second season in Boston for the Red Sox to provide him with a platoon partner. When they finally did so at least they chose one of the very best platoon players in the major leagues in Steve Pearce; Pearce of course would win the World Series MVP that should have gone to Price later that year.
July 25, 2018: Traded Jalen Beeks to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Nathan Eovaldi.
Even had he not resigned with the team during the offseason, Eovaldi would have earned his place in Red Sox lore for his heroic six inning relief appearance in the World Series. We’ll discuss the extension later, but also note that Beeks is perhaps the only pitcher who the Rays failed to turn into a Cy Young contender. What’s the opposite of adding insult to injury?
July 30, 2018: Traded Ty Buttrey and Williams Jerez to the Los Angeles Angels. Received Ian Kinsler and cash.
With Nunez playing well below replacement level, the Red Sox needed a replacement for the replacement. Kinsler in his penultimate season at least provided a solid glove; just in case the Red Sox also picked up Brandon Phillips.
November 16, 2018: Signed Steve Pearce as a free agent. AND, December 6, 2018: Signed Nathan Eovaldi as a free agent.
These were covertly two of the worst transactions of the Dave Dombrowski era. Refusing to say goodbye to midseason rentals is risky enough, but the amount of money given to Pearce and Eovaldi also baffled reasonable explanations; a thirty-six-year-old platoon hitter at first base is replaceable enough, even when he’s not the weak side of the arrangement. Had Pearce played well and been healthy in 2019, perhaps the six and quarter million would have seemed mostly worth it; instead, he “hit” .180 in twenty nine games before retiring.
Meanwhile, Eovaldi’s lengthy injury history made it a minor miracle that he was healthy enough for the Red Sox during his three months in Boston—bringing him back for four years and sixty-eight million dollars can only be explained as a sentimental move, an excessive reward for that World Series performance. As could have been reasonably expected in December 2018, Nitro Nate only proved worthy of that contract in one out of four seasons; in the other three he was either injured for most of the season, ineffective, or both.
~2019~
March 23, 2019: Extended Chris Sale for five years, 145 million dollars.
It wasn’t the David Price contract that caused the fiscal panic that cost the Red Sox their best player since at least Carl Yastrzemski, not really. The Red Sox could have eaten that sunken cost, had it been the sole albatross on their pitching staff. But, of course, it was only one of three unnecessary contracts that Dave Dombrowski issued to injury-prone starting pitchers on the wrong side of thirty. Sale had already shown long term red flags in 2018, which argued for letting him play out his walk year in 2019 before possibly ponying up the cash to keep him. After all, the Red Sox also had to extend Xander Bogaerts as well as the inestimable Betts; those two would cost at least sixty million a year to retain. Since they were coming off the most dominant single season in franchise history, perhaps now was the best time to let go some of the chief contributors, before the Red Sox tricked themselves into trying to recapture lightning in a bottle…Well, you know what happened in reality.
Between them, Eovaldi, Sale, and Price cost the Red Sox $52 million in 2019 alone, then $67 million in 2020; accounting for other contracts (JBJ’s arbitration rang up $11 million, Bogey was extended for $20 million, and JD was on the books for about $24 million) that was at least $122 million dollars already assigned to six players entering 2020. Assuming a payroll of effectively $200 million, this would have left about thirty million to spend on the other twenty-odd players required to field a team after giving Mookie his presumed megadeal. Turning back to 2019, just like with the Tigers in 2015, Dave couldn’t even make his customary July trade for pitching; the acquisition of Andrew Cashner from the Orioles felt like a low-budget parody of his previous deadline splashes, which of course it was.
There’s the real reason Dave Dombrowski was fired—just as in Detroit his full throttle commitment to a win-now mandate from ownership eventually led to a top-heavy roster and barren farm system. Have fun while you can, Phillies Phans.
Final Note/Small Self Promotion I forget to add: You could have read this post ten days earlier if you follow my blog

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The Yuba County Five case is a popular one here on reddit, and discussions of the case have been booming on Youtube. For those who do not know this case, here is the case summary:
The Yuba County Five were five men living with their parents ranging from the ages of 24 to 32 that all had mild intellectual disabilities or mental illness who disappeared on Friday, February 24, 1978 while going to watch a basketball game in Chico, California. The five were: Ted Weiher, who was 32, Jack Madruga, who was 30, Bill Sterling, who was 29, Gary Mathias, who was 25, and Jackie Huet, who was 24. Gary Mathias was the only one of the five that had a mental illness, which was schizophrenia, and which he was very well medicated for. The five were part of the Gateway Projects, which was a vocational training center for people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and for drug addicts as well. The five were collectively referred to as The Boys by their friends and families. All five were part of a basketball team that was sponsored by Gateway Projects called the Gateway Gators. They were supposed to play in a game of their own on the morning of Saturday, February 25 in Rocklin, which is near Sacramento, but they were never seen alive after 10 pm on February 24, after they watched the game in Chico. After about 3 months of searching, four of the five were found dead up in the Plumas National Forest in or around some forestry service trailers. Only Gary Mathias was never found, and still remains a missing person to this day. The Yuba County Five is still an open federal case. Other links for this case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five
https://www.reddit.com/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/hv6t8p/in_1975_the_gateway_center_for_the_handicapped_in/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558
I consider myself an expert for this case, as I have looked at some of the police files, watched all the videos and documentaries there are out there about this case, read the 1978 newspapers that wrote about this case, listened to family and law enforcement interviews, etc. I have read hundreds of theories on what possibly could have happened to the Yuba County five, and unfortunately a lot of the theories out there imply that Gary Mathias, the man who had schizophrenia, was the one who resulted in their disappearance, either maliciously or accidently. Well, I made a detailed deep dive into trying to prove that Gary Mathias is actually innocent and that the blame that has been placed upon him for years are unfounded and slanderous. I have split my theory into Gary Mathias's innocence into 6 parts. Each part is dependent on each other, and in order to understand my position, it would be preferable that you read all 6 parts. Some of the information you will read has (to my knowledge) not been posted anywhere else.
Here is the link to Part 1:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqau/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Here is the link to Part 2:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqg7/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 1 and 2 both deal with Gary Mathias's past and his struggles with schizophrenia.
Here is the link to Part 3:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqlp/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 3 deals with Gary's recovery, his medication regimen, and how he met his four friends.
Here is the link to Part 4:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqr1/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 4 deals with allegations made against Gary Mathias.
Here is the link to Part 5:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqwamerican_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 5 talks about whether his schizophrenia accidently led them to their deaths, and other theories.
Here is the link to Part 6:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccr2t/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 6 talks about whether Gary Mathias could have survived the incident and the aftermath of his disappearance.
Tell me what you think of the information presented.

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Alkemia
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• An Autumn Wandering - 5ml roller, $14
• Aurora - 5ml roller, $14
• Confectionaire - 5ml roller, $14
• Rondeaux d'Amour - 5ml roller, $14
• Veneficium - 5ml roller, $14

Samples

• Book of Shadows - 1ml sample, $2
• Hellcat - 1ml sample, $2
• Lost Highways - 1ml sample, $2
• The Highwayman - 1ml sample, $2

Arcana Wildcraft

• John Dee - 1.25ml sample, $3
• Yggdrasil - 1.25ml sample, $3

Black Baccara/Amorphous

• 90s Goth NYC - 5ml bottle, $18
• Boardwalk 1990 - 5ml bottle, $18
• Witch's Veil - 5ml bottle, $18

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL)
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• The Poinsettia Gown (Yule 2023) - 5ml bottle, wand cap added, $20
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• Witches' Currant Cake (Halloween 2023) - 5ml bottle, wand cap added, $20

Samples and Ajevie decants

• Arachnina the Spider Girl (Carnaval Diabolique) - 0.92ml Ajevie sample, $5
• Blood Garden (Carnaval Diabolique) - 0.92ml Ajevie sample, $5
• Frankincense, Bourbon Vanilla and Hazelnut (Menage a Trois) - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $4
• Halfway to Halloween (Halloween 2023) - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $4
• Rose Moon 2023 - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $4
• Fancy Pups (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Hair Loosened and Soiled in Mid-Orgies (Lupercalias 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Implacable Beautiful Tyrant (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• O Daughter of Death and Priapus (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Poet's Hearts Break So (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Sister Death (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• There Yet Shall Be Sorrows (Lupercalia 2024) - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Womb Furie - 0.5ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Aperotos Eros - Imp, $2
• Bruised Violet Compound - Imp, $2
• Centzon Totochtin - Imp, $2
• Dance of Death - Imp, $2
• Defututa - Imp, $2
• Elf - Imp, $2 PENDING
• Fae - Imp, $2 PENDING
• High John the Conqueror - Imp, $2
• Iago - Imp, $2
• Kabuki - Imp, $2
• Mage - Imp, $2
• Old Demons of the First Class - Imp, $2
• Paris - Imp, $2
• Shub-Niggurath - Imp, $2

Death and Floral
Full size

• Doom and Gloom - 5ml roller, $12
• She plucked our hearts fresh from the grove and served them up for supper - 5ml roller, $12

Samples and Ajevie decants

• Hallows' Eve Museum Heist - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2
• Plastic Pumpkin Bucket - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2
• Spider Cake - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2

Fantome
Full size

• Lorelei - 4ml roller, $17
• Solovey - 4ml roller, $17

Samples

• Apsara - 1.5ml sample, $5
• Lymphae - Mini sample, free with any purchase PENDING

Hagroot
Full size

• Haunted Carnival - 5ml bottle (label is a little smudged), $15

Samples

• Hades - 1.2ml sample, $3

Hexennacht

• Lipstick Accord - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2

Nocturne Alchemy (NAVA)
Full size

• Achilles - 5ml bottle, $18
• Summoning - 5ml bottle, $18
• Neon Vampire - 5ml bottle, $18

Samples and Ajevie decants

• Dracula - 2ml sample, $5
• Faust - 2ml sample, $5
• Haunted Parlour - 2ml sample, $5
• Conjuring With the Witch - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Spook Show - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $3
• Tomb - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $3

Nui Cobalt
Full size and partials

• Aphrodite Nikephoros - 5ml bottle, $16
• At Your Command - 5ml bottle, $16
• Au Bal Masque - 5ml bottle, $16
• Exsanguinated - 5ml bottle, $16
• Rogues' Cabaret - 5ml bottle, $16
• Long Shadows - 4ml partial in original bottle (via Ajevie), $15
• Sword and Shield - 3.5ml partial in original bottle (via Ajevie), $12

Samples

• Achievement Unlocked - 1ml sample, $3
• Aphrodite Chrysea - 1ml sample, $3
• Aphrodite Peitho - 1ml sample, $3
• Appalachian Autumn - 1ml sample, $3
• Art Deco - 1ml sample, $3
• Dwarven Fortitude - 1ml sample, $3
• Lycanthrope - 1ml sample, $3
• Orb Weaver - 1ml sample, $3
• Shadow Touched - 1ml sample, $3
• Tall Dark Stranger - 1ml sample, $3

Pineward (Canada only)

• Caravansary - 1.8ml sample, $4
• Revelries - 1.8ml sample, $4
• White Fir - 1.8ml sample, $4
• Iceflow - Mini sample, free with any purchase

Poesie
Full size

• Au Vieux Paris - 5ml open neck bottle, $16

Samples

• Awakening - 2ml sample bottle, $5
• Forest Cat - 1.15ml sample, $3
• La Vie En Rose - 1.15ml sample, $3
• Whispers Your Bitter Things - 1.15ml sample, $3

Possets
Full size

• Silver Vanilla - 6ml bottle, $16

Samples and Ajevie decants

• Bar Sinister - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Churpz rev. 1 0.74ml sample, $2
• Cri de Coeur - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Cupid and Psyche - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2
• Eve - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Hera - 0.74ml sample, $2
• JFK and Jackie - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2
• Morgan Le Fay - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Nefertiti and Akhenaten - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Orion - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Silver Pomegranate - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $2
• Wraith - 0.74ml sample, $2
• Zombie - 0.74ml sample, $2

Pulp Fragrance
Full size

• Harvest Moon - 4.5ml roller, $16

Samples

• And to All a Good Night - 0.74ml sample, $3
• Casting the Runes - 0.74ml sample, $3
• Oak Moon - 0.74ml sample, $3
• Ready For My Close-Up - 0.74ml sample, $3
• The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral - 0.74ml sample, $3

Solstice Scents
Full size

• Upstairs Window - 5ml roller, $16

Samples

• Winslow's - 0.74ml sample, $2

Sorcellerie Apothecary
Full size

• C'est Noel - 6ml roller, $16

Samples

• The Ghost Wants Birthday Cake - 1ml sample, $3
• Something Wicked - 0.74ml Ajevie sample, $3

Thin Wild Mercury (Canada only)

• 34 Bohemian Cafes - 2ml edp sample, $6
• Chateau 1970 - 2ml edp sample, $6

Venus Invictus

• Stygian Oath - 1ml sample roller, $5

Makeup

• Rituel de Fille Stellaris Rare Light Luminizer, $20
• Rituel de Fille Flora Ash and Ember Eye Soot, $20

Thanks for looking!

Jackie McLean - Bluesnik (Blue Note Classic Series) - $18.80 Direct

Los tales esos de McAllen... la tal Jacky era la vieja del papa Francisco igual...
Querían forzosamente ser reales... por medio de purple bullying todo sin sentido de absolutamente nada...
Gente con vidas estancadas...
Yo ya termine mi DNS... salen con esas mamadas de "anchors" ya esta obsoleto... "Deprecated"
Que cuantas venas tiene un chile... tu sabes desde cuando empezaron esa gente de Suecia chupar en el pueblo vecino... gracias a dios saliste de ahí...
El tal tío Arturo hablaba de "Los veneros" los ríos... etc. Etc...
Todo es puro bullying de minusvalidos... gente frustrada hasta su puta madre... revientan de envidia como los putos sapos... pollos y repollos...
Berrinche de jodidos...
Sabes porque sigue esto?
Llegando a Guatemala te vas a reír...? Llegando a donde...
Están pendejos... aquí desarme unas cosas muy muy viejas...
Me encontré un bonche de cosas... viejas...
Vamonos vamonos vamonos y vamonos a la de ahuevo...
Sigan o no...
"NOS VALE VERGA"
A MI NO ME VA A PARAR NADA NI NADIE...
Menos unos putos pollones hasta grabados los tienen... ahi caguense hasta que se cansen...
Hablan de unas viejas del pueblo ese que supuestamente apellida algo con la palabra Veneros... pero que anduvo con el tal Diego y su compadre el tal Jair...
Y que me enseñaron una revista de Swingers... pues que vayan también acompañados de su mamá... a mi que puta madre me importa... yo no pedí créditos... yo no engañe a la gente...
Ese enano... es un culero que no tiene putisima madre que culero es... a quien engaño..?. a nadie...

Source: https://www.reeladvice.net/2024/05/love-lies-bleeding-movie-review.html
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Rose Glass's "Love Lies Bleeding" offers an immersive journey from the gritty world of late 80s gym culture to the complex dynamics of lesbian love and the darker realms of a family lurking beneath the surface. The collision of lust and violence creates a mesmerizing tapestry that grips viewers from start to finish.
The story follows gym manager Lou (portrayed by Kristen Stewart), who finds herself drawn to the ambitious bodybuilder Jackie (played by Katy O'Brian) en route to Las Vegas. Their instant connection blossoms into love, but their relationship and Jackie's dreams are jeopardized by a tragic incident.
While "Love Lies Bleeding" boasts stunning visuals and adept direction, its true strength lies in the stellar performances of its cast. Kristen Stewart and Ed Harris deliver expectedly solid performances, but it's Katy O'Brian who steals the spotlight. In her breakout role, O'Brian breathes life into Jackie, portraying her transformation from determined bodybuilder to a volatile force with remarkable depth and authenticity. Despite its grounding in reality, the film offers surreal moments that add to its intrigue. This happened more times than we anticipated which certainly provided a unique and memorable touch to the whole experience. However, one notable flaw is its lack of clear character backgrounds, leaving viewers yearning for more context behind their actions. Nonetheless, "Love Lies Bleeding" captivates with its execution and unique presentation, making it an exhilarating cinematic journey despite its narrative and character shortcomings.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Layton Giordani - Revel - 18+ Doors at 7 - Buy Tickets
Noche Latina con La Peachez + Friends - Effex - 21+ Doors at 9
LoPhat - Juno - $5 - 21+ Music at 9
DJ Xia - Marble Downtown - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 6-9pm
Los Metamorfos - Marble Westside - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 6-9pm
Jackie Jones * Faye Lynn Richards * Amber Word * Christina Gomez - Echoes - $10 - 21+ Doors at 7
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Ceekay Jones - Hausmmann Brewhaus - **NO COVER** - 21+ - Music at 8
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Red Mesa Album Release Show * distances * Violet Rising * Mal Paraiso - Launchpad - $10 - 21+ Doors at 7
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FOTW presents Basswars: a Starwars-themed DNB Party - Juno - $10 - 21+ Music at 9
Melissa Rios - Marble Westside - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 6-9pm
Damien Wyldes - Marble NE Heights - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 6-9pm
Dust City Opera - Tractor Wells Park - $15 - 21+ - 7pm - Buy Tickets
Ditch Dog * Taillight Serenade * The Heart Club * Dream Noise - Echoes - $ - 21+ Doors at 7
Catalyst Unknown - Canvas - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 5:30 - 8:30pm
World Famous House Party With DJ Speed One - Canvas - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 9pm - 1am
Cherubs * Graves * THC Worm * Moon Pussy - Ren’s Den - $ - **ALL AGES** - Doors at 7
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Zach Coffey - Dirty Bourbon - **NO COVER** - 21+ Doors at 8
Rayburger w/ XBlyssid * El Gueróó * Las Borachas - Club 401 - 21+ - Doors at 9 - Buy Tickets

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Troubled Minds * Celebration Guns * Thursday Marks Fall * Great Epic * Ditch Dog- Launchpad - $10 - 21+ Doors at 7
Cinco de Mayo at Insideout Live Music by The Band of Enchantments - InsideOut - 21+ Doors at 6
Cinco de Mayo with Prieto Mezclando - Sister - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 3 -8 pm
El Gozao - Marble Downtown - **NO COVER** - 21+ - 6-9pm
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What would this subreddit be without a post about the best online slots out there lol. Ive played a ton of slots at a ton of sites, and right now these are my current jams:

• Cyberpunk city (ignition): i love cyberpunk 2077 so this is my favorite. Also has a jackpot
• Jackpot saloon (slots of vegas): big fan of the cowboy theme and the 100000x max win
• Fantasy mission force (lucky red): jackie chan slot with a sweet jackpot
• April fury & the chamber of scarabs (super slots): tomb raider knockoff with bonus-buy
• Witches & wizards (slots lv): low stakes and cool features like scatters and wilds
• Tombstone no mercy (bc game): many features like different types of spins and bonus buy
• Take the vault (wild casino): fun bank robbery slot with a great hold and spin mini game
• Expanding naughty cupid (cafe casino): simple game but Ive been lucky to score some juicy wins
• Lucha royal (black lotus): its luchadors what do you want me to say ofc its awesome
• Space cows to the moon (bitstarz): has good max win and a funky theme

My favs change all the time obv but I don’t think there’s a single bad choice in the bunch. Im always looking for new games tho so drop any recs you have in the comments especially ones that I can get at the casinos I play at

The Yuba County Five case is a popular one here on reddit, and discussions of the case have been booming on Youtube. For those who do not know this case, here is the case summary:
The Yuba County Five were five men living with their parents ranging from the ages of 24 to 32 that all had mild intellectual disabilities or mental illness who disappeared on Friday, February 24, 1978 while going to watch a basketball game in Chico, California. The five were: Ted Weiher, who was 32, Jack Madruga, who was 30, Bill Sterling, who was 29, Gary Mathias, who was 25, and Jackie Huet, who was 24. Gary Mathias was the only one of the five that had a mental illness, which was schizophrenia, and which he was very well medicated for. The five were part of the Gateway Projects, which was a vocational training center for people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and for drug addicts as well. The five were collectively referred to as The Boys by their friends and families. All five were part of a basketball team that was sponsored by Gateway Projects called the Gateway Gators. They were supposed to play in a game of their own on the morning of Saturday, February 25 in Rocklin, which is near Sacramento, but they were never seen alive after 10 pm on February 24, after they watched the game in Chico. After about 3 months of searching, four of the five were found dead up in the Plumas National Forest in or around some forestry service trailers. Only Gary Mathias was never found, and still remains a missing person to this day. The Yuba County Five is still an open federal case. Other links for this case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five
https://www.reddit.com/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/hv6t8p/in_1975_the_gateway_center_for_the_handicapped_in/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558
(Note: I will call the Yuba county five "The Boys", not out of disrespect but because that is what their families used to and still do call them).
I consider myself an expert for this case, as I have looked at some of the police files, watched all the videos and documentaries there are out there about this case, read the 1978 newspapers that wrote about this case, listened to family and law enforcement interviews, etc. I have read hundreds of theories on what possibly could have happened to the Yuba County five, and unfortunately a lot of the theories out there imply that Gary Mathias, the man who had schizophrenia, was the one who resulted in their disappearance, either maliciously or accidently. Well, I made a detailed deep dive into trying to prove that Gary Mathias is actually innocent and that the blame that has been placed upon him for years are unfounded and slanderous. I have split my theory into Gary Mathias's innocence into 6 parts. Each part is dependent on each other, and in order to understand my position, it would be preferable that you read all 6 parts. Some of the information you will read has (to my knowledge) not been posted anywhere else.
Here is the link to Part 1:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqau/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Here is the link to Part 2:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqg7/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 1 and 2 both deal with Gary Mathias's past and his struggles with schizophrenia.
Here is the link to Part 3:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqlp/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 3 deals with Gary's recovery, his medication regimen, and how he met his four friends.
Here is the link to Part 4:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqr1/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 4 deals with allegations made against Gary Mathias.
Here is the link to Part 5:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqwamerican_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 5 talks about whether his schizophrenia accidently led them to their deaths, and other theories.
Here is the link to Part 6:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccr2t/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 6 talks about whether Gary Mathias could have survived the incident and the aftermath of his disappearance.
Tell me what you think of the information presented.

The Yuba County Five case is a popular one here on reddit, and discussions of the case have been booming on Youtube. For those who do not know this case, here is the case summary:
The Yuba County Five were five men living with their parents ranging from the ages of 24 to 32 that all had mild intellectual disabilities or mental illness who disappeared on Friday, February 24, 1978 while going to watch a basketball game in Chico, California. The five were: Ted Weiher, who was 32, Jack Madruga, who was 30, Bill Sterling, who was 29, Gary Mathias, who was 25, and Jackie Huet, who was 24. Gary Mathias was the only one of the five that had a mental illness, which was schizophrenia, and which he was very well medicated for. The five were part of the Gateway Projects, which was a vocational training center for people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and for drug addicts as well. The five were collectively referred to as The Boys by their friends and families. All five were part of a basketball team that was sponsored by Gateway Projects called the Gateway Gators. They were supposed to play in a game of their own on the morning of Saturday, February 25 in Rocklin, which is near Sacramento, but they were never seen alive after 10 pm on February 24, after they watched the game in Chico. After about 3 months of searching, four of the five were found dead up in the Plumas National Forest in or around some forestry service trailers. Only Gary Mathias was never found, and still remains a missing person to this day. The Yuba County Five is still an open federal case. Other links for this case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five
https://www.reddit.com/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/hv6t8p/in_1975_the_gateway_center_for_the_handicapped_in/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558
(Note: I will call the Yuba county five "The Boys", not out of disrespect but because that is what their families used to and still do call them).
I consider myself an expert for this case, as I have looked at some of the police files, watched all the videos and documentaries there are out there about this case, read the 1978 newspapers that wrote about this case, listened to family and law enforcement interviews, etc. I have read hundreds of theories on what possibly could have happened to the Yuba County five, and unfortunately a lot of the theories out there imply that Gary Mathias, the man who had schizophrenia, was the one who resulted in their disappearance, either maliciously or accidently. Well, I made a detailed deep dive into trying to prove that Gary Mathias is actually innocent and that the blame that has been placed upon him for years are unfounded and slanderous. I have split my theory into Gary Mathias's innocence into 6 parts. Each part is dependent on each other, and in order to understand my position, it would be preferable that you read all 6 parts. Some of the information you will read has (to my knowledge) not been posted anywhere else.
Here is the link to Part 1:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqau/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Here is the link to Part 2:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqg7/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 1 and 2 both deal with Gary Mathias's past and his struggles with schizophrenia.
Here is the link to Part 3:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqlp/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 3 deals with Gary's recovery, his medication regimen, and how he met his four friends.
Here is the link to Part 4:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqr1/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 4 deals with allegations made against Gary Mathias.
Here is the link to Part 5:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqwamerican_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 5 talks about whether his schizophrenia accidently led them to their deaths, and other theories.
Here is the link to Part 6:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccr2t/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 6 talks about whether Gary Mathias could have survived the incident and the aftermath of his disappearance.
Tell me what you think of the information presented.

Let's start with Washington DC in 1930s, where we meet Little Marvin Gaye, the youngest of three boys born into a dysfunctional home. His father, the fire-and-brimstone preacher, Marvin Gay Sr., was the undisputed leader who governed his family with an iron fist, imposing strict rules sometimes even dressing up like a woman during sermons. Little Marvin went through terrible bullying even at school and at home, being an outsider who was not accepted by the society.
However, in the midst of the turmoil, Little Marvin stumbled upon his ability to make music. Even though his father did not approve, he found comfort in singing and he taught himself the piano from childhood. It wasn’t long before his talent was discovered, and he began to sneak out to sing Doo-wop on street corners, chasing the ghost of freedom from his stifling childhood.
Fastfall to a moment of a life when a shy teenager Marvin came to Detroit to audition for the legendary record label, Motown, which was owned by Berry Gordy. Gordy finds talent in Marvin at a Jackie Wilson concert. Instead of ignoring the kid with a tape, he makes a connection and offers to mentor him.
With the success of "Stubborn Kind of Fellow,'' which usurped the top spot on the charts and captured the hearts of people globally, Marvin became an instant celebrity. However, his private life is being overshadowed by difficulties.
Initially, Marvin's marriage to Anna Gordy, Berry's sister, shows great promise, but it soon deteriorates as each partner cheats and uses it as a way to fight back. Marvin's sensitivity towards himself is worsened by a cocaine habit that turns into a vicious circle.
As Marvin's fame and fortune rise to an impressive level, his inner demons eventually surface. The final straw is Marvin's thoughts of self-destruction that sends his nearest to panic.
On that fateful April 1st afternoon in 1984, tragedy struck the world of music when Marvin Gaye's life was cut short in a shocking turn of events. Intervening in a dispute between his parents at their family home in Los Angeles, Marvin found himself in a physical altercation with his father, Marvin Gay Sr.
In a heartbreaking moment, Marvin Gay Sr. shot his son twice, fatally injuring him. Marvin Gaye, the soulful voice behind timeless hits, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting, just a day before his 45th birthday.
Following his funeral, Marvin's body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered into the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, a poignant farewell to a legendary artist.
The aftermath of Marvin's death took a tragic turn once more when Marvin Gay Sr. was charged with first-degree murder.
However, the charges were later reduced to voluntary manslaughter after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite the severity of his actions, he received a suspended six-year sentence and probation.
Sources:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marvin-gaye-is-shot-and-killed-by-his-own-father
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4bfpK8U4zU&t=6s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marvin_Gaye

The Yuba County Five case is a popular one here on reddit, and discussions of the case have been booming on Youtube. For those who do not know this case, here is the case summary:
The Yuba County Five were five men living with their parents ranging from the ages of 24 to 32 that all had mild intellectual disabilities or mental illness who disappeared on Friday, February 24, 1978 while going to watch a basketball game in Chico, California. The five were: Ted Weiher, who was 32, Jack Madruga, who was 30, Bill Sterling, who was 29, Gary Mathias, who was 25, and Jackie Huet, who was 24. Gary Mathias was the only one of the five that had a mental illness, which was schizophrenia, and which he was very well medicated for. The five were part of the Gateway Projects, which was a vocational training center for people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and for drug addicts as well. The five were collectively referred to as The Boys by their friends and families. All five were part of a basketball team that was sponsored by Gateway Projects called the Gateway Gators. They were supposed to play in a game of their own on the morning of Saturday, February 25 in Rocklin, which is near Sacramento, but they were never seen alive after 10 pm on February 24, after they watched the game in Chico. After about 3 months of searching, four of the five were found dead up in the Plumas National Forest in or around some forestry service trailers. Only Gary Mathias was never found, and still remains a missing person to this day. The Yuba County Five is still an open federal case. Other links for this case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five
https://www.reddit.com/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/hv6t8p/in_1975_the_gateway_center_for_the_handicapped_in/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558
(Note: I will call the Yuba county five "The Boys", not out of disrespect but because that is what their families used to and still do call them).
I consider myself an expert for this case, as I have looked at some of the police files, watched all the videos and documentaries there are out there about this case, read the 1978 newspapers that wrote about this case, listened to family and law enforcement interviews, etc. I have read hundreds of theories on what possibly could have happened to the Yuba County five, and unfortunately a lot of the theories out there imply that Gary Mathias, the man who had schizophrenia, was the one who resulted in their disappearance, either maliciously or accidently. Well, I made a detailed deep dive into trying to prove that Gary Mathias is actually innocent and that the blame that has been placed upon him for years are unfounded and slanderous. I have split my theory into Gary Mathias's innocence into 6 parts. Each part is dependent on each other, and in order to understand my position, it would be preferable that you read all 6 parts. Some of the information you will read has (to my knowledge) not been posted anywhere else.
Here is the link to Part 1:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqau/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Here is the link to Part 2:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqg7/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 1 and 2 both deal with Gary Mathias's past and his struggles with schizophrenia.
Here is the link to Part 3:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqlp/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 3 deals with Gary's recovery, his medication regimen, and how he met his four friends.
Here is the link to Part 4:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqr1/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 4 deals with allegations made against Gary Mathias.
Here is the link to Part 5:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccqwamerican_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 5 talks about whether his schizophrenia accidently led them to their deaths, and other theories.
Here is the link to Part 6:
https://www.reddit.com/useConspiracyTheoristO7/comments/1cccr2t/american_dyatlov_passyuba_county_five_why_gary/
Part 6 talks about whether Gary Mathias could have survived the incident and the aftermath of his disappearance.
Tell me what you think of the information presented.

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