I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sue - Apr 09, 2009 9:58:01 am PDT #14597 of 30000
hip deep in pie

The British Library is scanning newspapers, but it looks like you have to be onsite or at a British educational institution to get access.


Atropa - Apr 09, 2009 9:59:46 am PDT #14598 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Woo, thank you Sue! That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.


Sue - Apr 09, 2009 10:02:24 am PDT #14599 of 30000
hip deep in pie

There are some text-only ones from the NYT, but that's probably not what you are looking for.

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Sue - Apr 09, 2009 10:03:39 am PDT #14600 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I am two floors away from a lot of old newspapers, but few are scanned.


Ginger - Apr 09, 2009 10:18:06 am PDT #14601 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

This has late Victorian to the '30s [link] This site can suck up hours. I love this: [link]


javachik - Apr 09, 2009 10:24:58 am PDT #14602 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

The British Library is scanning newspapers, but it looks like you have to be onsite or at a British educational institution to get access.

I have an Athens pass, being that I attend U of London. Anyone need me to search for them, I'd be happy to.


Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2009 10:25:08 am PDT #14603 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

Whoah. Exactly what kind of cigarettes are they, anyway?


bon bon - Apr 09, 2009 10:51:00 am PDT #14604 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Just made muffins out of cinnamon basil leaves & flowers. They actually turned out kinda good!


Jesse - Apr 09, 2009 10:59:44 am PDT #14605 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds exotic!

So, I may not be doing any actual work, but I'm approving things left and right! Because no one else is here to do it.


tommyrot - Apr 09, 2009 1:10:30 pm PDT #14606 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Anyway. There are some people on the far-religious-right end of the spectrum who are freaking out over the recent advances towards gay marriage. Here's just one example:

Right-wing group tries to ‘connect the dots’ between ‘gay marriage and mass murders.’

In recent days, there has been no shortage of fear-mongering about same-sex marriage. Right-wing groups have said that marriage equality removes the “cornerstone of society” and may “destroy…democracy.” Morality in Media President Bob Peters goes even further today, linking same-sex marriage to the recent tragic uptick in mass murders:

This secular value system is also reflected in the ’sexual revolution,’ which is the driving force behind the push for ‘gay marriage;’ and the Iowa Supreme Court decision is another indication that despite all the damage this revolution has caused to children, adults, family life and society (think abortion, divorce, pornography, rape, sexual abuse of children, sexually transmitted diseases, trafficking in women and children, unwed teen mothers and more), it continues to advance relentlessly.

It most certainly is not my intention to blame the epidemic of mass murders on the gay rights movement! It is my intention to point out that the success of the sexual revolution is inversely proportional to the decline in morality; and it is the decline of morality (and the faith that so often under girds it) that is the underlying cause of our modern day epidemic of mass murders.