Here's another example: Rashomon. Different people see the same thing and interpret it in different ways. Our nation is facing the most severe breakdown in cohesion since the decade before the Civil War. This isn't a mere political dispute. The idea of what America means is at stake. This is the disintegration of a common set of values that were once shared or claimed
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https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2yg8q0/propaganda_pictures_from_north_korea_look_eerily/ https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5633995822858240/watchtowers-art-department-strange-hidden-images
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Some things are better left in the past :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5lSeYd_riw
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If you are a SF or horror film fan, you've seen his films. If you've seem any blockbuster film in the last fifty years, you've seen films produced or directed by filmmakers who worked for him in their early days as members of the "Roger Corman Film School." ########## https://www.npr.org/2024/05/12/521916134/roger-corman-the-b-movie-legend-who-launched-a-list-careers-dies-a
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You can’t recreate the past -- no matter how warm and fuzzy it makes you feel. Living in an artificial made up reality isn't real. You can pretend all you want to, but you can't remake the past.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_Chau John Allen Chau (December 18, 1991 – November 17, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a tribe in voluntary isolation, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to introduce the tribe to Christianity.[3][4] On November 15, Chau attempted his first visit in a fishing bo
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According to the 2022 results, 51% men vs. 49% women. https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/state/alabama/party-affiliation/
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Imagine, if you will, that you've been enmeshed in a cult and brainwashed to the point that you will ignore all all information that doesn't conform to the ideals of the cult. Everyone you know is in the cult, and everyone they know is in the cult. It's a closed, insular, reflective world. The cult rules by fear, and constantly comes up with new and ever more ominous sounding threats to ke
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For all our Canadian friends up north. First female superheroine, first Indigenous superheroine, all before Wonder Woman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelvana_of_the_Northern_Lights And Nelvana was based on a real Inuit woman: https://nelvanacomics.com/the-real-nelvana/
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https://www.reviewofreligions.org/40759/muslims-in-america-love-thanksgiving-heres-why/ You may not know, but Muslims love thanksgiving. Not only does the thought of juicy turkey and sweet pumpkin pie entice our stomachs, but the spirit of Thanksgiving entices our souls. Although Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday or observance and is not commemorated as such, Muslims in America are na
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Here and waiting for the clouds to go away...
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/washington-d.c.-temple/
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https://youtube.com?v=MPrGc2cY3CU
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Islam isn't going to "take over," nor will immigrants. Islam in the USA is very different than in traditional Islamic countries. There's no single version of Islam and Islam doesn't exist in a closed box in America. The "Great Replacement" stuff is just plain bunk.
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Tammy Faye may be gone, but Jim's still in the game... ########## https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/fraudster-jim-bakker-is-selling-1-000-miracle-blankets-that-will-pay-your-mortgage-for-you/203072 If I was as smart as Jim Bakker's audience, I would join them in buying a $1,000 "Miracle Blanket" that magically pays bills. Bakker, the convicted fraudster televangelist who was re
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but there will be some girls who want to go into the (ex Boy) Scouts, will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/us/boy-scouts-rebrands-scouting-america-reaj/index.html Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that it will change its name to Scouting America next February, to emphasize its commitment to inclusion. The youth organization said the new name is meant to help everyone, including boys and girls, feel welcome. The change will go into effect on February 8, 202
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism
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and an young, untrained dog at that. That's the humans fault, not the dogs.
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Ever read "Les Miserables?" What drives these crazy fundies? I don't know. I just hope they don't try to enforce some kind of go after anybody anywhere who either helps someone get an abortion or a family with trans kids escape.
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Nor did I say Kentish was the "enemy." I've heard the term many times, and yes it gets thrown about and misused. But being able to not worry about something is a form of privilege -- like a fish not having to worry about water.
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