In many countries the prisons are overpopulated and the imprisonment doesn't help criminals to leave their wicked ways behind, as gangs are formed in the prison environment.

Penalty based on monetary compensation is completely unjust since it affects the poor people harder than it does the rich, meaning that if you are a rich person, you can essentially pay your way through crime, which is unacceptable!

Therefore I propose a whole new concept of punishment, which... [Read More]

This little beauty is what Princess Alexandra of Hesse wore at her wedding ceremony to Tsar Nicholas II in 1894. The crown consists of bands of diamonds sewn into velvet-covered supports and surmounted by a cross of six large, old mine-cut diamonds.

Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsarina of Russia, as one of the most famous royal carriers of the haemophilia disease and for her support of autocratic control over the country. Her notorious friendship with the Russian... [Read More]

This young lady seems to cop quite a lot of flack from the British tabloids and the self-appointed "fashion police." Okay, there was that hat at her cousin's wedding the other day, but I like her and think she's very attractive.

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click this link and listen funny but true

Immigration Song - YouTube

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com...nted-elephants

The generous use of colorful paint combined with bangles of all sorts make for some gorgeous photos!

Anyone else here read Kafka's Metamorphosis?

I wanted to dislike it but I know what he means. Kafka didn't like it either so I feel safe admitting to the first. It's a quick read and it will likely affect you in waves.

I'm kind of glad they got this Super PAC thing legalized. Negative campaigns have transformed the voting process into a depressing, meaningless event. Voters started to demand that politicians talk about issues instead of attacking each other personally. Result: Super PACs were formed to run hate campaigns so that the politicians didn't have to actually say that stuff themselves and there is almost nothing else being discussed except the personal flaws of each candidate.

So now you... [Read More]

The New York Police Commissioner is being called on to resign after taking part in anti-Muslim propaganda and screening the resulting "documentary" The Third Jihad to 1500 officers in training sessions.

I know this is a big deal. I found myself not caring that much because it's not my community but then I realised that its really important. I find myself blocking the issue mentally when it starts to wander into considering how corrupt and oppressive our... [Read More]

Three cheers for the lowly... [Read More]

Hi I hope this is the right forum. Can people in the Bournemouth area tell me what Wimbourne Road in Moordown is like please? I have been offered a house swap, and I want to know if it's rough and should be avoided etc, or is it a nice part of Bournemouth to go?

In the era of big boxes, a day for the little guy - The Denver Post

Although the effort's brainstormer claims there was no political agenda, if it were to catch on in the mainstream and become part of the consumer mindset, I don't see how it couldn't have a larger impact. If given the opportunity, I'll purchase from a small business over a corporate giant any day.... [Read More]

good evening

yes its just me grumpy burning the late night candle again
now i,ve read and written some horrible stories but this one is just totally callous it makes my blood boil personally if i had been her mum i would have flattened the bloody teacher and let it be heard in a court of law.

A SCHOOLGIRL disabled after fighting a huge brain tumour weed herself in school — and was forced to clean it up in front of all her classmates.
Liberty Rose... [Read More]

"Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food."

Raymond Chandler: "Farewell, My Lovely."

One of the few color photographs I post.

Crossing Powell
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1984.
From Fred Herzog: Photographs'.


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Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951, dir. Elia Kazan)
[via oldhollywood]

Beautiful image!

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"The train slows and lengthens, as we approach London, the centre, and my heart draws out too, in fear, in exultation. I am about to meet - what? What extraordinary adventure waits me, among these mail vans, these porters, these swarms of people calling taxis? I feel insignificant, lost, but exultant. With a soft shock we stop. I will let the others get out before me.

I will sit still one moment before I emerge into that chaos, that tumult. I will not anticipate what is to... [Read More]

"One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five
years."

Thomas Wolfe, The Web and the Rock

"I love New York, even though it isn’t mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it."

Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.


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I'm not known for my compassion on the internet. I am a hard ass bitch. Let me assure you, I only take that stance when I feel injustice is taking place. I'm not going to try and convince you of that. I'm just going to share what I posted on Facebook tonight as a summary of where I stand on human interactions and how to fix the future we've been headed towards:

I have an admission to make. Not to point fingers but because I think honesty is the only way to make this world... [Read More]

Ah yes, he reads the prompter well and his delivery was perfect. He looks and acts very presidential. And this impresses many that view the speech. It's not what he said, but what he didn't say. Despite all that, compared to the very weak field running against him I may just be compelled to vote for him again. MAYBE!!!


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