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One of the biggest distinctions between shows that are made for adults, and shows that are made for children, is that you rarely hear much about the people who make shows for children. Studios go out of their way to promote the latest “Christopher Nolan film,” or the latest action movie directed by Michael Bay or James Cameron. Adults are expected to buy tickets to see these films primarily on the basis of the famous people who worked on them. But when it comes to productions that are intended for children, you’re left in the dark. You’re really not supposed...

The Prince says the festival is now 'just about wearing a costume to get drunk in' he Prince of Bavaria complained about the effect 'cultural appropriation' has had on Oktoberfest, bemoaning the fact that the annual German festival is 'just about wearing a costume to get drunk in.' While speaking to a local radio station, Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich said that the focus on spectacle has caused Oktoberfest to lose its way."When I see Chinese-made folk costumes made of plastic, pseudo-costumes with tight dirndls, then the whole thing becomes a carnival," Heinrich said, per the Daily Mail. "We all talk about...

America's 20th President, Republican James A Garfield, was assassinated in Elberon, New Jersey, at the age of 49, on September 19, in 1861. This was only six and a half months after his inauguration. He spoke powerful words for freedom: "The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." "Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained." This libertarianism is at the heart of America's soul.

Twiggy, a.k.a. Dame Lesley Lawson, DBE, was a very unusual 1960’s fashion model, who was born on the 19th of September, 1949, in northwest suburban London to working class parents. I find her slightly strange and unique mind's thinking quite brilliant. Here are some examples: “Confusion is the best form of communication. It’s left to be unexplained.” “I want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female.” “I think everyone should sing – it’s so good for you, as it makes you breathe deeply, and it’s good for you emotionally, too. It’s a brilliant release way...

Hank Williams was born in Butler County, Alabama, on September 17, in 1923. 100 years ago today. He changed the way people could hear the real American voice. An astonishing contribution to world culture. Here are just a few of his best words: “I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin’ like myself.” “To sing like a hillbilly, you had to have lived like a hillbilly. You had to have smelt a lot of mule manure.” “Folk songs express the dreams and prayers and...

Here are four out of seven events described in this article: On 9/11, in 1599, Italian woman Beatrice Cenci died. For people in Rome she is a symbol of resistance to arrogant aristocracy. She was executed when 22 years old for murdering her father, whom she had unsuccessfully accused of repeatedly raping her. On September 11, 1852.American short story writer O. Henry was born in Greensboro, North Carolina . He wrote that: “In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.” In 2019, on September 11,...

The worst things about life in modern Australia are terrible. Government tyranny and bureaucratic stupidity are the norms. Criminal-at-large Daniel Michael Andrews is still in power as premier of Victoria. But an underlying reality is a human cultural foundation which, while under threat, has not been entirely destroyed - not yet. This foundation includes beautiful, religious, courageous, honest people like Monica. Praise the Lord.

Police arrested country star Zach Bryan in Oklahoma on Thursday. Bryan was arrested in Vinita, Oklahoma, at 6:42 p.m., the Craig County inmate search shows. The country singer was booked with an obstruction of investigation charge. Bryan released a statement. “Today I had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Emotions got the best of me and I was out of line in the things I said,” Bryan wrote. “I support law enforcement as much as anyone can, I was just frustrated in the moment, it was unlike me and I apologize.” Bryan released his second studio album Aug. 25...

In 1968 Michael Warren was an All-American basketball player in an outstanding Bruins team. The, for me, he became the moral heart soul of the tv series Hill Street Blues with his almost constant decency and tolerance playing Officer Bobby Hill. Now, in Australia, another black man named Bobby Hill, of Collingwood. Football Club, is thrilling sports loving people with his dash and class. Last night, in Melbourne, Australia, Aussie Rules footballer Bobby Hill's goal kicking has been a crucial factor in a postseason finals triumph for his team. God Bless Bobby Hill Now And Then

AJP Taylor died Sept 7th, 1990, in London, England. Wikipedia states that: “His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as “the Macaulay of our age”.” Taylor wrote: “Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.” “The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.” Taylor had a low opinion of Adolf Hitler’s intellectual abilities: “A racing tipster who only reached Hitler’s level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.” But he did not blame Hitler...

Gilbert du Motier was A French aristocrat, born in France on September 6, 1757, who became a commander for George Washington in the Continental Army against the English in 1781’s Siege of Yorktown. He named one of his four children Georges Washington. Here are some of his words: “When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is …… the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.” “Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.” God Bless Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette.

Raquel Welch was both willing and reluctant to be an amazing sex symbol. I call that being human. Jo Raquel Teqada was born on September 5th 1940,in Chicago, Illinois. She married her high school sweetheart James Welch in 1959. They had two children and divorced in 1962. She retained the surname through three other marriages till her death in February this year. Her father was a Bolivian aeronautical engineer and her mother had English ancestry. Her cousin Lidia Teqada was the first female president of Bolivia and was what wikipedia calls "the second non-royal head of state in the americas."...

Crazy Horse died on September 5th, 1877, at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. In my eyes he was a small government libertarian and man of peace. Medic Charles Eastman wrote that Crazy Horse was "as worthy of honor as any who ever breathed God’s air in the wide spaces of a new world." The commitment of Crazy Horse to true freedom shines through in his words: "We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone." "I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of...

Yvonne De Carlo was born on the 1st of September, 1922, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Universal Pictures producer Walter Wanger described her as "the most beautiful girl in the world." In the New York times, Bosley Crowther wrote of her performance in "Salome, Where She Danced" (1945): "Miss De Carlo has an agreeable mezzo-soprano singing voice, all the 'looks' one girl could ask for, and, moreover, she dances with a sensuousness which must have caused the Hays office some anguish." De Carlo said: “I’m all for men and I think they ought to stay up there and be the bosses,...

Five years ago, after 30 years working in midwifery, I came up with the principles reprinted below. Why do I repost this today? A. "Telehealth" is causing skyrocketing abortions in Colorado. (https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4178731/posts) B. A Wyoming judge cannot define "woman" so a sorority must accept a trans "woman" whom the sorority does not want to accept. (https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4178718/posts) C. A Canadian woman seeking treatment for suicidal thoughts is asked to consider euthanasia. (https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4178754/posts) The above looks insane to me. Sanity is what most people think is normal: "1. Men, women and children need to live with love. This love is an indispensable...

Ingrid Bergman was one of her photographer father’s favourite subjects. She once said, “I didn’t choose acting. It chose me.” When she was two and a half years old her mother died and when she was 14 her father died. Later she said, “The theater was my mother and my father.” and “I have had my different husbands, my families. I am fond of them all and I visit them all. But deep inside me there is the feeling that I belong to show business.” She died at midnight on her birthday, August 29, in 1982. Does that mean something?

Rock icon Alice Cooper ripped irreversible gender reassignment surgeries for children as a “fad” and trashed “woke” culture in a new interview. The comments are the third from a high-profile rocker this year and the second to come from an iconic musician whose act at least partially included gender-bending. In a wide-ranging interview with Stereogum about the state of his career and his ongoing touring, Cooper was asked about radical gender ideologies that are targeting young people. The 75-year-old didn’t mince words while he shared his strong opinions on the “absurd” subject. “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender,...

Ruby Keeler was born into a catholic family in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on this date in 1909. She worked hard in tough times: "Dancing in speakeasies was a job, and none of us knew for sure who were gangsters. No one told us, so how could we know? My mother used to come and take me home. We thought nothing of walking home together at two in the morning." She supported Eisenhower's campaign in 1952. In the movie “Dames”, Ruby Keeler’s character Barbara Hemingway said, “I’m free, white, and 21. I love to dance AND I’m going to dance.” Those...

In 1951, Swedish actress Ulla Jacobsson preceded Marilyn Monroe by three years in her free celebration of her female form on camera. In classical Latin her first name "Ulla" meant "any female". She died in Vienna on August 20, 1982. Jacqueline Susann, author "Valley Of The Dolls" and "The Love Machine" about fictional television producer Robin Stone, was born on August 20, 1918 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. "Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I should despise it if anyone ever begged for my...

Ron Paul, who is, in my view, perhaps the single greatest living libertarian politician in the world, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on August 20, 1935. He came to my attention through his “what if” speech on YouTube. I consider it to be a truly great poem. I throw up for contrast with some of Paul’s thought a book title from Paleoconservative Pat Buchanan: “Churchill, Hitler and The Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World.” To what extent would his fellow libertarian, Ron Paul, agree? Here is a taste of Paul’s thought: “There is...