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Unfortunately, the British don’t follow the same traditions as the Czechs, and the nobles will not be defenestrated (literally thrown out of the windows of government buildings).
Europe needs to revitalize some of these ancient traditions. Prince Andrew was apparently sharing state secrets with the famous pervert Jeffrey Epstein. That seems sufficiently treasonous for a beheading.
In all of history, which leader amassed the most followers in his own lifetime, from scratch (meaning voluntary followers who were not inherited from ancestors or predecessors)?
Muhammad had about 100,000 followers when he died, about one of every 2,000 people on Earth.
Genghis Khan’s number of VOLUNTARY followers is indeterminate. He controlled millions, but he had no more than 250,000 in his armies, placing him in the same general category as Muhammad – about one for every 1600 on Earth
Darius the Great had an army of some 250,000 men way back in 500 BC, about one for every 400 people on Earth.
Kim Il-sung had about 22 million followers when he died in 1994, about one for every 260 people on the planet.
Hitler’s Nazi party had about nine million members, approximately one out of every 246 people on the planet.
Chairman Mao had about 30 million followers when he died in 1976, about one out of every 140 people on Earth.
As one commenter noted, Gandhi had as many as 300 million Indians willing to die, unarmed if necessary, if he led the charge. They were true believers, and he created his movement from scratch, ticking off all the boxes. That’s about one out of every eight people on earth at the time. How could I have forgotten him? I don’t know whether any leader can ever get to that level again. If you include him in the discussion, it’s like discussing relief pitchers, in the sense that you can debate about who was the second-best, but the top spot is occupied.
The population of Earth is almost exactly double what it was when Mao died in 1976, so Trump needs about 61 million true believers to beat Mao for second place. He may have done that. Between MAGA cultists and his die-hard fans in right-wing groups outside the USA, he may, in fact, have 61 million cultists who would be OK with him shooting Paul McCartney or some other universally beloved figure in Times Square.
Donald Trump may, in fact, be the second-most successful leader in history by that definition.
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Do you amateur and professional historians have other examples?
She’s been busy!
It’s about time they brought her to justice! That’s the third 7-Eleven she robbed this week. It’s a shame for her, though. You need to rob four before you get the free Slurpee.
This was an especially bad one, because she pistol-whipped the assistant manager. Then, even worse, she forced him to eat four taquitos from the roller grill.
I believe we can all sleep a little easier now that she has been captured.
Or we could, except that they already released her, because I made all that up. It was a DUI arrest.
Britney deactivated her Instagram account after this arrest, but she had just enough time to sneak in a nipple!
Note that the picture with the red censorship heart has a clear see-thru of the other nipple!
With most items on the list, I was either very familiar with the cases or didn’t care, but the case of Richard Colvin Cox really grabbed my attention.
Based on the Wikipedia story, my only question is. “Why has this never been made into a movie?”
The following reviews come mostly from Mr. Skin’s Sundance report and the Recapped blog on Reddit:
Documentaries:
PUBLIC ACCESS – “There is quite a bit of nudity in this film, especially from pornstar Marilyn Chambers. She dances naked and shows off all 3 B’s. Tara Alexander shows her breasts and bush. She even shows her bush while being interviewed!”
THE ANTIHEROINE – “Courtney Love poses for Vanity Fair while pregnant and showing off her bush. She shows her breasts several times, including onstage during a concert.”
BARBARA FOREVER – “Barbara Hammer loved going nude and getting naked with other women! This has a ton of nudity.”
Films:
I WANT YOUR SEX – Olivia Wilde shows her breasts in several scenes.
ROSEBUSH PRUNING – Elle Fanning is fully topless in a well-lit, daylight sex scene.
MUM, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT – “Hannah Lynch stars and does show a quick booty flash. Yvette Parsons stars and shows her breasts a few times.”
BEDFORD PARK – “Moon Choi stars and shows partial booty when she gets spanked. Moon Choi shows her breasts in a sex scene with Son Sokku. Ferin Bergen shows one breast in another sex scene with Son Sokku. ”
WUTHERING HEIGHTS – None. The sex and masturbation scenes are fully clothed.
GAMBLING WITH THE DEVIL – (Apostando Con El Diablo) “Belen Gutierrez gets naked taking a shower at half-way mark, and is then completely nude for the rest of the entire movie!” Now on TUBI.
THE BRIDE! – There’s no confirmed report on this one, but it is rated 14A in Canada for “infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast nudity, some detail.” I don’t know whose breast, but Jessie Buckley is the star.
TOUCH ME – “Olivia Taylor Dudley strips down to her buns. She turns to the side and shows her left boob. In another scene, she dances fully nude in the distance. While she is in the distance, we can certainly see her breasts and bush! Then – and this might come out of nowhere – she has tentacle sex. The tentacles touch her breast delicately.”
Some of these are new to me. Some are dubious. Some are not actually facts at all. Others are true and interesting.
One accurate example from the list:
There are literally hundreds of corpses on Mount Everest, and they are used as way points for people trying to climb it. The bodies are too high up to be safely retrieved, so they are left there.
True. As of now, approximately 340 people have died on Everest, and 200 or more bodies are still on the mountain. Many of these victims are located high on the mountain, where extreme conditions can make recovery impossible.
There is also pastry talk here and there. It’s obvious from the context that this is coded language. Many people have pointed out that “cheese pizza” was the code for “child porn” on 4Chan, but it’s not 100% certain that Epstein meant exactly this. For example, others refer to “pizza” as code for “piece of (ass).” Various people have speculated about “grape soda,” like “grape = rape,” but nobody has been able to decode it with absolute authority. I have not read any speculation about “Chinese cookie.”
The most upsetting thing about these communications is that the names (other than Epstein’s) have been redacted, in direct contravention of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
For example, what legitimate reason could there be for redacting the name of the sender in this e-mail to Epstein:
You can probably figure out who that is by searching the Epstein files for other mentions of “Chinese cookie,” “pizza,” “go kno” and “grape soda.” Interestingly, the DoJ redacted one of the participants in that conversation, but not the other. (Somehow Woody Allen is also involved in that text. Now that I consider it, that’s probably not surprising.)
After I looked through the files, one thing that struck me is that the pizzagate QAnon nutbags were kinda-sorta on to something. They misread all the code, targeted all the wrong people, and got all the details wrong, but it seems there was a pedophile ring, and pizza was somehow related.
The steamiest gossip so far: Bill Gates got the clap from Russian hookers. According to an Epstein memo to himself, Bill Gates got STD’s from Russian prostitutes, and then asked Epstein for antibiotics that Bill could secretly give to Melinda without her noticing. (That entire memo is an entertaining read. Gates asked Epstein to delete all e-mails that described his penis!)
One document I am still waiting for: the U.S. Marshal’s office allegedly assembled a complete list of all the people who arrived and left from St. Thomas on Epstein’s plane. The only such logs I have seen have redacted every single name except Jeffrey Epstein!
Riding on the Epstein plane in general meant nothing. Rich dudes catch rides on each other’s private planes, or their companies’ planes, all the time. They avoid commercial transportation so they don’t have to hobnob with the hoi polloi (the insignificant, unanointed nobodies like you and me). If somebody rode on Epstein’s plane from Boston to Atlanta, it means absolutely nothing.
But anybody who went to or from St. Thomas on the Lolita Express was almost certainly going to Sex Island (Little St. James), which is a short chopper ride from St. Thomas. Taking this flight is what caused trouble for former Harvard president Larry Summers, as well as Prince Andrew.
I passed up a chance to see Plitvice Lakes National Park when I was in Croatia in 2023. When I look at this gallery, I’m sorry I missed it.
Sydney and the film crew had obtained permits to film the Hollywood sign but they did not have permission to touch or climb the sign itself. They are now facing possible charges of criminal trespass and/or vandalism.
Two words about her arrest: strip search!