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Ed Asner & the Secular Rabbi

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 11:54pm |

How the character full of good stern advice came to TV

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/31/ed-asner-secular-rabbi/

Third World Magic - Captivation & Exorcism

By PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/29/2021 - 7:15am |

Whether we use the term "shithole countries" or not, it's often there in how we discuss these people seen or not seen - their options, their plight, the shrunken terms in which we think of their possibilities. Not that most of us have expansive lives - pretty mundane, limited existences however we try.

Parallax View - Afghan Wigs, Western Vals

By PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/19/2021 - 10:25pm |

Observing our Petri dish would be better if we didn't keep sticking our thumbs in it to draw conclusions. Some more primitive societies might just indeed be more comfortable being primitive societies, even if there's some Brownian Motion or other movement of progressive thought within the culture.

Southern Civil War hero (kind of)

By PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 6:52pm |

longer thread

Bob Odenkirk *not* dead

By PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/30/2021 - 1:11am |

Catherine of Aragon, Riot Grrrl

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/27/2021 - 10:33am |

More badass than suspected the daughter of the Reconquista held her own against the Scots - plus 24 years with Henry the VIII made her by far the most significant of the sextet.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-catherine-aragon-led-england...

Fuck art, let's smut

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 7:52am |

Culture shootout at les grandes archives -

or #BeBreast as the former first lady escort would say.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/louvre-calls-in-lawyers-over-pornhubs-hard...

When your wife say she wants a hobby...

By PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 10:40pm |

aka "how we survived the pandemic halfway intact"

Yes, they have a ton of these. Visit Toyah's channel - she's a nutter.

And thanks to YouTube and European regs i can't see "controversial" content from a 63-year-old woman without registering a credit card to "prove my age"- rave on, punkers!

https://youtu.be/4lOqYxUN1Cg (2 videos in 1!)

Channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1qNbAuf8-7pxyzAp50IKl3SCtQtEYJKq

[World Stage] Palestinians reject vaccines

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 11:34am |

Go figure...

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