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On October 20 2005, Palm Beach police officers execute a search warrant, signed by Judge Laura Johnson, at Jeffrey Epstein’s home on El Brillo Way.

They also find receipts for books bought on Amazon, such as SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude.

Then she sees the picture.
All the girls in the photos are young. But the girl in this one’s just a baby.
Much younger than Mary herself.
The girl’s smiling, but the smile’s mixed with something else—some sort of anxiety that’s out of place on such a small face. And what she’s doing is shocking: pulling her underwear off to the side. Flashing one of her tiny apple-round butt cheeks toward the camera.

Settling down to read fiction, no matter how good it is, seems to be beyond my capability in these fraught times. The split personality in the WH needs to be gone so the world can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Song of the day is Judy Collins' Both Sides Now

On 07.07.17 the U.N. passed a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. That actually matters. By Nina Tannenwald July 17 at 7:00 AM

Yegor's generation lived with Hamlet's complex: his urge to redeem and carry out his father's commandments while reconciling his actions with morals. Hamlet, a play that was effectively banned under Stalin, returned to the Soviet stage after his death.

[..]many of them were faithful followers of the communist religion: they studied its sacred texts, paid tributes to its gods and participated in its rituals. Their Perestroika zeal stemmed not from lack of faith, but from their desire to purify and cleanse communism of the orthodox bureaucracy.

5/6: A suspicious Roper gathers his entourage around him in an attempt to root out the traitor, forcing Pine to play a dangerous game. In London, Burr and Steadman face mounting opposition from Whitehall.

That last episode was exciting...

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And where is Haworth?" William Grimshaw asked. "A barbaric mountainous place, bleak and dirty. The barren face of that country is a fit emblem of the inhabitants who have no more religion than their cattle," John Lockwood told him.

Anyone else enjoying Moaning Myrtle in Happy Valley?

Piper Plays for Penguins in Antarctica

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-...

A thowt tha'd never ask me"

The tomb of Tom Sayers at Highgate Cemetery

Sayers v Heenan 1860

The Great Exhibition

The Chartist Uprising

'There was a new young Queen on the throne; all the debauchery, mismanagement, selfishness of those fat old men who had pretended to rule England had passed away.'

'The fireworks were a great success, and when they had watched them they walked slowly up the hill to the meadow. Adam went with Judith. They were of a size now. Adam was as tall as his mother.'

Happy New Year

Hootenanny coming soon...

In the meantime, to get us in the mood, here is Seasick Steve - Dog House Boogie

Hope everyone has a good one!

Sweden's Christmas goat set ablaze once again

Drama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens' critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th-century London.

Is It Christmas?