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A weird little movie with some sweeping facts
Netflix has been letting me down lately. I’m tired of the stuff it’s pushing at me. Currently, my “Naomi Is Watching” string is very long. Most of the things I’ve started, I’ve exited after about ten minutes. I can’t figure … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Mueller investigation, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Anatole Litvak, Confessions of A Nazi Spy, Edward G Robinson, Francis Lederer, German American Bund, Goebbels, Hitler, Mueller report, Nazi propaganda, Netflix, Paul Lukas, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Wikipedia
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Animal news: “A wandering meatloaf I, a thing of rock-hard teeth…” what?
If, like me, you’ve never heard of the gunboot chiton (it’s a mollusk), welcome to the world of weird critters. Which reminds me of Richard Strauss’s opera, “Die ägyptische Helen,” (in English, “The Egyptian Helen,” that is, Helen of Troy. Since … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged Die agyptische Helena, gunboot chiton, Helen of Troy, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss, The Egyptian Helen, Wandering Meatloaf, Wikipedia
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Mysteries of Life: stinky flora and fauna who gather to sniff the stink
From Harper’s Weekly Review: More than 100 people lined up outside of an abandoned Bay Area gas station for the chance to sniff a corpse flower in bloom. There’s a reason behind this. Once upon a time I heard something … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Bun Lai, cicadas, corpse flower, Harper's, Wikipedia
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