Snowden, the movie…
…meets the perfect director. No doubt Stone will bring all his legendary attention to detail and historical accuracy to this latest project.
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Skirt, wind, underwear, solution?
“Oldflyer” has a question: I presume everyone saw the picture of the lovely Duchess of Cambridge’s dress blowing up and revealing her perfectly formed posterior. Now, I am quite old and not up to date, but someone please elighten me. … Continue reading →
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I am not sure that word means what you think it means: I am regular reader, how are you everybody? This piece of writing posted at this site is really fastidious.
Continue reading →For Memorial Day: on nationalism and patriotism
The story “The Man Without a Country” used to be standard reading matter for seventh graders. In fact, it was the first “real” book—as opposed to those tedious Dick and Jane readers—that I ever was assigned to read in school. … Continue reading →
There’s a whole lot going on, isn’t there?
A roundup of news: The 9/11 museum has finally opened, and Peggy Noonan most definitely approves. I’m planning to see it next time I’m in New York. Now, that’s a commencement speech. Europeans’ growing disillusionment with the EU and the … Continue reading →
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Complimentary bot: These are genuinely enormous ideas in regarding blogging. Finally, to be appreciated for my largeness! Thank you, bot.
Continue reading →Happy Mother’s Day: mothers and babies
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. It was written while my mother was still alive.] Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is the very first picture you’ve ever seen on this … Continue reading →
Mayday, Mayday!
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] [UPDATE: I see that Russia has revived its Mayday parade, first time since 1991. Why am I unsurprised?] Today is Mayday. As a child I was confused by the wildly differing … Continue reading →
I’m sure all kidney patients…
…will be happy to hear that UCLA has rejected a three million dollar donation from Donald Sterling for kidney research. People are falling all over themselves to show how righteous they are by shunning Sterling and everything he ever touched. … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker has written…
…the definitive post on the Sterling brouhaha.
Continue reading →Canine joy
Squirming, moaning, leaping:
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Can’t wait to hear the rest: In my opinion, a more sound approach to the problem of pigs But does the bot mean the problem faced by pigs, or the problem caused by pigs?
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