G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1361
February 1, 2012
While I am not myself a fan "My Little Pony", I am...
While I am not myself a fan "My Little Pony", I am aware that it is a cute show with a good message for kids and that it brings happiness to a lot of people. I was therefore rather disturbed when I came across a certain very offensive and inflammatory blog post that claimed that the show was "satanic" and that it was going to steal our children and lock them in a demonic pit of rainbows and sunshine (I might be paraphrasing). That's just not right, and I'm pleased to see the Internet community pointing out the post's stupidity in the comments. This is yet another example of lunatics putting words into the mouth of their Jesus and using it as an excuse to hate on people who don't deserve to be hated on, and in the process making normal, mainstream Christians look bad by association.
So to you, "James Goddard Jr" (if that is your real name and not just the pseudonym used by your Soviet handlers) I must quote what may well be the most eloquent response in your post's comments: "FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC DEAL WITH IT"
It's what Jesus would do.
[This post brought to you by the kind of sleep deprivation that can only come from being neck-deep in the first draft of a manuscript that's due very soon]
January 31, 2012
Princess Victoria, aged four.
Princess Victoria, aged four.
Close up detail of a chokha, a traditional Georgian men's...
Close up detail of a chokha, a traditional Georgian men's garment.
Woman in a Georgian gown.
Woman in a Georgian gown.
January 30, 2012
A 25 meter wide octopus called "Wu Zei" by artist...
A 25 meter wide octopus called "Wu Zei" by artist Huang Yong Ping. Wu Zei is part of an exhibition called "Mediterranean Sea" housed at Monaco's oceanographic museum.
A set of 19th Century surgical tools.
A set of 19th Century surgical tools.
A wonderful Varanus image.
A wonderful Varanus image.
January 29, 2012
Japanese propaganda from the Siberian Intervention (1918-1922),...
Japanese propaganda from the Siberian Intervention (1918-1922), c. 1919. English text at the bottom reads: "Our Army Attacks From Sky, Water And Shore, And Repulsed Enemy Of Siberia"
Following the overthrow of both the Russian Empire and the Provisional Government under Kerensky in 1917 and the rise of Soviet Russia, the Allied powers attempted a military intervention to support the anti-Bolshevik White Army.
During the intervention, Japan attempted not only to help put down the Communist forces but to ultimately secure Siberian territory as a buffer zone against future Russian aggression. The two powers suffered significant hostility toward one another as their respective imperialist ambitions came into conflict over Manchuria and Korea, which had manifested in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
While initially successful, Japan's intervention was an expensive undertaking and Japan came under increasing pressure to withdraw after the other Allied powers departed in 1920 (especially from the United States, which feared Japan's rival ambitions in East Asia and the Pacific). This pressure, combined with increasing war weariness at home, led to Japan withdrawing its forces from Siberia in 1922.
Women of the Future, c. 1902:
Politician
Women of the Future, c. 1902:
Politician
