I grew up on late-night TV so I've seen all the old classic 30s, 40s and 50's horror and SF films like "Frankenstein" and "Dracula." I've even seen all three of the original "Buck Rogers" serials thanks to public television and the Internet. I also like the old film noir crime dramas and Bogart films. Purposely put off seeing "Casablanca" until I could s
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Pray tell me, sir, whose dog were (or in your case are) you?
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As far as the leadership is concerned that is. And the boundary between the Orthodox Church and the state is almost non-existent. All other religions are viewed with suspicion.
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Is The Joker behind the creepy clown craze? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/12/man-dressed-as-batman-chases-killer-clowns-in-cumbria/
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The people of Tanna island remember John From and are waiting for him to come back. So why don't the native peoples of Central America remember anything about Lehi, Nephi or Moroni? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3440799/Forget-Prince-Philip-Meet-South-Pacific-island-cult-worship-spirit-American-World-War-II-soldier-hope-ll-return-Coca-Cola-TVs-medicine.html Hint: P
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpm44S1aePw
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None of these rulers-- or no one even like them -- are mentioned in the "Book Of Mormon." https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/14/mayan-tombs-snake-kings-holmul-guatemala But, then these people really lived. Mormonism is fiction.
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How is this different from what Tetzel was doing when selling indulgences? https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/purpose-family-history-work?lang=eng The Purpose of Temple and Family History Work “Many of your ancestors died never having the chance to accept the gospel and to receive the blessings and promises you have received. The Lord is fair and He is loving. And so He prepar
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but the Americans didn't want to submit to Mexican law and they also wanted slavery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empresario
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It seems earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes weren't enough... http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/07/ben-carson-warns-conservatives-mass-killings-once-again-without-resistance-government/91732194/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Panfilov#Controversy "The Russian Culture Minister was quoted saying "even if this story was invented from start to finish, if there had been no Panfilov, if there had been nothing, this is a sacred legend that shouldn't be interfered with. People that do that are filthy scum." Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37643326
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/music/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature.html?_r=0
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Echo the above comments and try to get some $$$ together for a junky car if you can't rent or borrow one. Bon Chance, mon ami :)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_Story http://www.thebiblestory.com/tbs/index.php
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or in a mine in Bavaria or beneath a lake in Russia or in a sunken submarine in the Baltic...and it always will be.
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scmd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Other than its obvious proximity to Earth, I'm not > sure what's the allure of Mars and exactly what it > has to offer. The moon was kind of about proving > we could do it and really not knowing what was out > there until we reached it. Now, why not continue > to build and refine our capacity for space
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The full quote is: "No bucks, no Buck Rogers. Whoever gets the funding gets the technology. Whoever gets the technology stays on top."
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Here's a news story about a mythical battle that took place near Moscow during the German invasion of Russia during WW2: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/vladimir-putin-panfilovs-28-men-film-screening-astana-kazakhstan It turns out the story of Panfilov’s Twenty-Eight Men who all fought to the death like the ancient Spartans at Thermopylae is a myth. It didn't happen and seve
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Around two o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, 12 October 1492, Rodrigo de Triana, a sailor on board the Pinta, became the first European since the Viking Age to see land on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean. At that time no one knew there was another vast continent between Europe and Asia. Columbus thought he had reached the islands of Southeast Asia. His idea was to reach the East by
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/enjoyment-of-trash-films-linked-to-high-intelligence-study-finds-a7171436.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_NcqD-Gfs
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Machines can do a lot but they can't think or modify the experiments that were built into them. Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (BBC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg1f_Yk60Mg
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Florence_-_David_by_Donatello.jpg http://www.markwk.com/teaching/lessons/quino-picasso-%20guernica/images/guernica_all.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Piss_Christ_by_Serrano_Andres_(1987).jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Hoch-Cut_With_the_Kitchen_Knife.jpg
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People have talked about some kind of "influence" in mass media for decades. Those were previous examples. Here's another about Disney movies: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/disney-sexual-messages_n_6452666.html The only thing that I know of that comes close is product placement in cinema and television. That's advertising. I've never seen any credible evidence tha
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