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@AJIunit “Quadcopters were emitting baby sounds, playing sounds of screaming women.” Palestinians in Gaza say Israel has been using small quadcopter drones, equipped with loudspeakers, to lure them out of their homes and then shoot them. #GazaCrimes · “Georgia court hears Klan suit to join ‘adopt-a-highway’.” This story had a picture. “Supporters dressed as members of the KKK, using Halloween to mask their faces from the police, express anti-Semitic views in Lviv (Ukraine) 10/31/2009.” · @Moonlight_myths I am HIV positive and how I got it will shock you so this is to warn people to be careful out there…. HIV IS REAL. I’ve been married to my husband for a long time, and we’ve got three children together. I’m currently pregnant with our fourth child. Right now, I go to my routine prenatal checks, and as part of it, they said I have to do tests for STDs and any sexually transmitted diseases—you know, for the safety of me and the baby.@chamblee54 @grok did the husband take HIV meds without his wife knowing? … @grok The thread doesn’t confirm that—the story is unfinished so far. It ends with the wife discovering her kids are positive and the husband refusing to test, without mentioning any secret meds. Maybe check back for updates? · I hit on some MSNOW clickbait, and stop when they put the cookie notice up. I see the word personalize, and realize the anagram is so penalizer. · “However, the administration’s outreach to U.S. oil company executives remains “at its best in the infancy stage,” said one industry executive familiar with the discussions, who was granted anonymity to describe conversations with the president’s team. “In preparation for regime change, there had been engagement. But it’s been sporadic and relatively flatly received by the industry,” this person said. “It feels very much a shoot-ready-aim exercise.” · @chamblee54 @NateSilver538 You should use the full name when discussing the politician Shapiro, lest you be confused about the short guy who needs a shave · When was the last time anyone heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? · “The Great Speckled Bird” was a part of Atlanta in the late sixties. There are many stories that could be told. Here is one about a thirteen year old kid paying fifteen cents for a newspaper that was “mostly politics.” · is it secondary cataracts or branch retinal vein occlusion · This is a story from 2017. A man went to a poetry reading, and forgot to listen · Religion News Service ran a story in 2016, Georgia court hears Klan suit to join ‘adopt-a-highway’. · “Georgia court hears Klan suit to join ‘adopt-a-highway’.” This story had a picture. “Supporters dressed as members of the KKK, using Halloween to mask their faces from the police, express anti-Semitic views in Lviv (Ukraine) 10/31/2009.” · @BethMooreLPM I don’t know what to make of prolific people on social media who appear to never have mixed feelings. Who take a certain side, defend a certain position down the line no matter what has occurred. I mean, nothing ever happens to make a person cry foul on their own team? Nothing?? Is there no point when our side has gone too far? I can’t comprehend it. Seems to me that is putting way too much confidence in humans. Nobody’s always right. The thing about straight lines drawn by human hands is how prone they are to get crooked. · start with confusion then come to the truth – you start with a profusion of confusion · sometimes you cant tell the difference between pro and con, even though they are opposites. The most famous one is congress and progress, where one pretends to be the other. Other examples are confession/profession and protest/contest. Then there are words like contraception, where protraception is a nonsense word. It is all a profusion of confusion. · Two other prefixes at opposite ends of something are oral and anal. We are all familiar with the concept (precept) of the analogy, but draw a blank at the thought of an oralogy. Analyst is a familiar title, many of whom are practicing oralysts. Maybe this is about the Lingus sisters, Connie and Annie. Or maybe how nobody says that the opposite of digital is oralog. Truth is not always pretty, nor tasty… · @NinaFarnia IRAN IN THE AUTUMN OF US IMPERIALISM, a historical & analytical 🧵 to dispel the myths. Research articles included · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in September 1941, in Vermont. ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah

This content was published January 12, 2009. … In Gaza, Israel continues to extract an eye for an eyelash. … I am not a moral statistician. If this sort of overwhelming reaction is needed for Israel to survive, then so be it. The question does arise, is this war in the best interest of Israel?
There is a feature about civilian casualties by Michael Totten. He supports Israel. He says about the current fuss: ”Innocents as well as combatants die in every war. If you have nothing to object to besides that, then you should oppose the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan for the same reason.” The war may change, but the rhetoric remains the same.
Not everyone thinks the war in Afghanistan is a great idea. It was launched as revenge for 911. Seven years later, there is no easy way out. The people of Afghanistan have been invaded many times, and do not greet invading armies as liberators. They whipped the Soviet Union. This defeat was a factor in the collapse of that “evil empire”.
There is another thing being said about Gaza that applies to Afghanistan. James Fallows writes about “a situation in which short-term tactical victories may lead to long-term strategic defeat”. … Yes, the IDF is winning, militarily. They are also losing the strategic war. In Afghanistan, the Taliban was quickly driven from power, but much of the countryside remains in hostile hands. Al Queda was not destroyed. If the war in Afghanistan spills over into Pakistan, and destabilizes this nuclear-armed Muslim country, the result could make Gaza look like a sunday school picnic.
This content was published January 17, 2009. … There is a featured blog on the WordPress home today called Pak Alert Press. They posted a feature on January 7 titled “Israel Created Hamas to Split Palestine”. The thesis is that Israel helped to start Hamas as a tool, against the PLO and Fatah.
I do not claim to know everything about Palestine. This bit of revisionism does sound a bit far fetched. But the question does arise, what role did Israel play in the creation of Hamas? In the six day war, Israel gained control of Gaza. Israel occupied the territory for a while, and has had a great deal of control over it ever since. What did Israel do to prepare the Gazans for self government?
By all accounts, it was not a friendly occupation. Israel established settlements on Gazan territory, taking up twenty percent of the land. This is in one of the most densely populated regions on earth. … Is it surprising that a radical organization like Hamas exists? Would it exist if the Israeli treatment of the Gazans had been better during the occupation? Like many other things, the present state of affairs is a done deal. You cannot go back in time and create a better life for the Gazans … and ultimately, the Israelis. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Marion Post Wolcott took the social media picture in September 1939. “R.B. Whitley, who was one of the first citizens of the town and is one of its leading citizens, owner of the general store, president of the bank, and owns a cotton mill nearby and a farm. He is a big land owner, owns Whitley-Davis farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled the stumps out of the main street, and was the first man in that town of Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina” ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah

This content was published January 29, 2020. The Washington Post enjoys KKK Klickbait, usually behind the paywall. A recent example: Yesterday’s Ku Klux Klan members are today’s police officers, councilwoman says. Under the headline is a picture of some very fine people wearing squeaky clean bedsheets. The caption for the picture reads “A member of the Ku Klux Klan adjusts his hood during a 1998 rally in Texas. (David J. Phillip/AP)”
Stock photographs are widely used to illustrate klickbait. “Swiss police investigate KKK carnival costumes. … The 12 people who dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes during carnival celebrations in canton Schwyz are not guilty of racial discrimination, local justice officials say. The central Schwyz public prosecutor’s office said on Friday that the men had overstepped the mark on what was allowed at carnival celebrations and that common decency had been grossly violated. But the men’s behavior did not constitute the offence of racial discrimination, because they did not intend to convert people to the KKK, judicial officials added.”Video zeigt, wie Ku-Klux-Klan in Schwyz marschiert Wir benutzen Cookies und andere Technologien.
Religion News Service ran a story in 2016, Georgia court hears Klan suit to join ‘adopt-a-highway’. The picture in the RNS story has this caption: Supporters dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan, using the occasion of Halloween to mask their faces from the police, express anti-Semitic views in Lviv (Ukraine) on October 31, 2009. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko”
“Students be careful, there’s someone walking around in KKK gear with a whip’: Indiana University student triggers scare after mistaking priest for KKK man. Dominican friar was spotted waiting for frozen yogurt at Indiana University. Students thought his long white robe meant he was a member of the KKK. Residential officer issued a warning telling students to be careful on campus. But it was later withdrawn when it transpired the man was in fact a priest.” … Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah

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This is the last monday morning reader of 2025. One of the pictures shows a man brushing snow off a vehicle, in front of the Georgia State Capitol. This is an example of hell freezing over · This is the last monday morning reader of 2025. The picture below is Ponce De Leon Avenue in 1960. The plan at the time was to run a highway through at that location. Fortunately, that highway was not built · At the start of this short video, Billy Powell is wearing a Richards t-shirt · The 2021 skirmish between Israel and Gaza was code named “Operation Wall Guardian.” A wall guardian would have been useful on October 7 · This may work, or it may not we will just see · Celebrating five decades of linguistic commentary, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) presents the 50th annual Banished Words List. The winners this year: 6-7 (six seven), Demure, Cooked, Massive, Incentivize, Full stop, Perfect, Gift/gifted (as a verb), My Bad, Reach Out. In addition to the top ten, LSSU adds five “Repeat Offenders”: Absolutely, At the End of the Day, Awesome, Game Changer, Hot Water Heater · Lake Superior State University (LSSU) presents the 2026 Banished Words List: 6-7 (six seven), Demure, Cooked, Massive, Incentivize, Full stop, Perfect, Gift/gifted (as a verb), My Bad, Reach Out · @FuentesUpdates If you like weed, FUCK YOU! … when I saw this it had 420 comments · On January 2, 1971, David Crosby and friends were recording “If I Could Only Remember My Name” in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Governor elect Jimmy Carter was preparing for his term as Governor of Georgia · The Franklin quote was from a conversation, that was recorded by a third party in his diary. Years later, the lady Mr. Franklin was talking to said “I have no recollection of any such conversations,” · Auden addressed a verse of his largely unpublished “Ode to the New Year (1939)” to Isherwood: “May your life in the States become better, May the shadow of grief disappear, But—God!—if you ever turn heter, I won’t wish you a Happy New Year.” · This post started by asking whether there is a division between God and Man. It ended by noting that North Avenue Presbyterian Church was built using granite donated by Sam Venable … one of the founders of the modern KKK · Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Arthur Rothstein took the social media picture January 1, 1939. “Street cornerCarrier Mills, Illinois” ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah

I recently read Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood’s Darkest and Best Kept Secrets. A yard sale had a deluxe edition on sale. The man asked how much I thought it should cost. “If you are going by the amount of truth in it, the price would be a nickel.”
HB is highly entertaining, despite those troubling concerns about the facts. The cover has an NSFW picture of Jayne Mansfield, where the top of her dress serves as a display case for her boobies. HB goes all TMI about the death of Miss Mansfield, but is a model of good taste compared to Find a Death (“Here are the dead Jayne photographs. Don’t click if you are easily oogied out.”) The *bottom line* is that Jayne Mansfield was not decapitated in that auto accident.
While asking Mr. Google whose jugs adorned the cover of HB, this article came up: Satan and Mummified Psychics: A Kenneth Anger Marathon at Sweat Records Tonight. Someone with too much free time was promoting an evening of the short films of Kenneth Anger. Mr. Anger, born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, has the copyright credit for HB. I suspect that other scribes helped out. In some parts, the prose is purpler than in others. Of course, when writing about Hollywood, it is fitting that a committee produced a book filled with lies. Kenneth Anger croaked May 11, 2023.
The Miami story disputes the notion that Kenneth Anger was a child star. “… a little boy named Anger was born in Santa Monica CA. He attended a school for child stars, did dance steps with Shirley Temple, and minced about as the changeling prince in the 1935 Warner Bros. movie version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But all that might be bullshit. There’s not much documentation of Anger’s alleged child star days. The one legit source that seems to corroborate the claim is Mickey Rooney. He played Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and he says Anger’s mommy dressed him up as the girl named “Sheila Brown” who officially played the Changeling Prince.”
A website called vice.com managed to snag an interview with Kenneth Anger. The introduction has this story. “He went on to recount the time Kenneth showed up at fellow director and mutual friend Curtis Harrington’s funeral at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery wearing a black raincoat, eyeliner, and fingernail polish. His shirt was opened to his navel, revealing the giant lucifer tattoo emblazoned across his chest, and he was accompanied by a boyish photographer who took pictures as Kenneth kissed Curtis’s corpse before its cremation. Before he was ejected from the premises, Kenneth handed John a small plastic vampire figurine that contained mint candies inside, clarifying its original use by saying, “It’s actually a dispenser for tickle-ribbed rubbers.”
The interview had a few high moments. VICE But it did attract the attention of sexologist Alfred Kinsey, whom you befriended. Did he encourage your work? KA Yes. Kinsey was doing interviews for his book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, and I don’t know … What if you are not human? The title is kind of awkward, but that was what he called his research book. He was basically a biologist, an expert on wasps, of all things. When he came to LA to do interviews, I met him. He came to see Fireworks at the Coronet Theatre at a midnight showing, and he wanted to buy a print for his collection at Indiana University. I agreed, and that was the first copy I ever sold. But I remained good friends with him until the end of his life.
VICE Do you have a favorite star from this era? KA I love the career of Rudolph Valentino, who died at 31 and had an amazing trajectory in that short time. His life continues to fascinate me. VICE Do you continue to find new information? KA I have plenty of information on him. There are facts, and then there is gossip. I go for the facts, but I will listen to the gossip. [smiles] VICE Your willingness to sift through the gossip was a point of contention with some people when Hollywood Babylon was published, especially after its second printing. Some have accused you of muckraking, and others have even gone further and claim that it contains factual inaccuracies. KA Well, I’ve never been sued…
VICE In other words, your detractors can’t prove it. KA No one ever came up to me and said, “Well, you made the whole thing up.” Because I didn’t. … HB is a fun book, with great pictures. The stories are mostly lies, but this is Hollywood we are talking about. With its continued popularity, there will be plenty of copies at yard sales and used book stores. … For the three letter initials crowd, Kenneth Anger made Kustom Kar Kommandos in 1965. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. John Vachon took the social media picture in March 1941. “Men eating at Salvation Army. Newport News, Virginia” ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah