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January 20, 2026 at 1:18 am
Oh no, Italian fashion designer Valentino. All my wardrobe is by him.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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January 20, 2026 at 7:00 am
H.K. Edgerton, an African American activist for the neo-Confederacy. Needless to say, he was a controversial figure. He would dress up every day in a Confederate uniform, carry the Confederate flag in his town, and salute to the Confederate monuments.
He also offered a revised history of the Confederacy and the Civil War, where he claimed that Black soldiers were fighting on the side of the Confederacy, that slavery wasn't that bad, that it was better to be a slave than a free man in Africa, etc.
White supremacists kept him around to show everyone that they are not racist.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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January 20, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Jackalope’s Nespresso machine. There will be an official mourning period.
In lieu of flowers, please make a cash donation to the charity of your choice. 😢
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January 21, 2026 at 4:41 am
Rob Hirst, founder of and drummer for Aussie rock band Midnight Oil. 70.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:04 am
Francis Bucholz, bassist for the Scorpions, 71.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:08 pm
Actress Catherine O'Hara dies at 71
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January 30, 2026 at 3:21 pm
(January 30, 2026 at 3:08 pm)awty Wrote: Actress Catherine O'Hara dies at 71
Bugger. Always liked her.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:02 pm
(January 30, 2026 at 3:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (January 30, 2026 at 3:08 pm)awty Wrote: Actress Catherine O'Hara dies at 71
Bugger. Always liked her.
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She was quite quirky...in the best way.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:59 pm
Demond Wilson - Lamont, from Sanford and Son.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/cele...rcna256919
Oddly, he ended up as a minister. I imagine it was thankless work playing straight guy to the very colorful and comical Redd Fox.
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