Guns of All Sorts
Guns, quirky.
Speaking of Non-Tudor Women
“Hassani’s statements came after two Kurdish feminists in Iran were accused of being members of an armed rebel group and of carrying out subversive activities threatening the security of the state.” It’s a good thing that all women are naturally passive, submissive and obediant, then. See, this is what I’m talking about. I want more
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The Tudors
Showtime’s version of Rome is… well… It has Jonathan Rhys Meyers, so it can’t be all bad? It’s pretty, and there’s politics, and, Jonathan Rhys Meyers? But holy hell, man, all the women in this story are sex bunnies used and abused by their respective male owners. You’ve got the Bolyn girls’ father basically selling
Because Joan of Arc Saved France!
My war propaganda love continues….
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Looking Back
When archaeologists look back at something like this, what will they see? A religious complex? A city built to honor some god? A complex created to flee the mainland? A high-tech leper colony? When I look at some of the gradiose projects we put together in our time for the amusement of the wealthy, I
Chinese Propaganda Posters
(text reads: Kill the bastard Chen Zai-Dao as a sacrifice to the souls of our brave martyrs) More here.
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1943 Guide to Hiring Women
Pure entertainment. Here’s an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine – some tips for male supervisors looking to hire women. “Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees: There’s no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage
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The Civil War in 4 Minutes
I took a whole course on the Civil War, and being a history buff, it’s something I have some passing knowledge about (that is, more than most, but it’s not my interest or my specialty). That said, it didn’t occur to me how the north had won that battle, strategy-wise, until I saw this visual
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