Category Archives: Ideas/Opinion

keeping hansel and gretel on a short leash

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

They exist. And we know that this invisible architecture of the labyrinth can be very real and almost impossible to get out of. In the mythical Greek tale, Icarus was able to fly out on some crafted wings, but still … Continue reading →

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migron: peace for land

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

The former head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, says religious jews are the main problem in Israel, the head of the Meretz party, Zahava Galon,  uses the terminology “jew-boys” to describe religious supporters of the settler movement, and the head … Continue reading →

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drinking on the job

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

Drinking, and fighting in heavy armor, high speed horse chases, bowstring accuracy, and axe-swinging don’t apparently mix well together. The Battle of Nicopolis was the last great battle of the Crusades; and with it also marked the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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no naughty bits

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

The life of a eunuch. Its from a bygone era, but one not form a so-distant past. In Ottoman Turkey, the eunuch, both white and black enjoyed a certain status of the social scale, and those scales seemed to be … Continue reading →

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lack of green for sleeves

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is a much earlier estrus 45 sleeve. it was done in the earlier punk ‘baggie sleeve style. the way this thing worked was you had your print shop make the sleeve this size and then you’d … Continue reading →

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messy antics

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

Passion unchained. Does absolute power equate with absolute bliss? For the Sultan’s of the Ottoman Empire for the most part; the effort to reconcile two antagonistic ideas seemed to almost take a perverse pleasure. Seraglio life could be characterized as … Continue reading →

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caucasian cream of the crop

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

In selecting a concubine, a Sultan held a regular weekly levee at which the virgins of the harem were brought in for his inspection; he dropped a hankerchief at the feet of the one who pleased him most, indicating she … Continue reading →

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a happy home

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

The inner and residential part of the Seraglio was called the House of Happiness. It was hard to imagine who was happy there. Certainly not the fifteen hundred women of the harem. For most of them life was like that … Continue reading →

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dinner is served: lonely at the top in the HMS Sultan

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

The social life in the Grand Seraglio was not all it had been cracked up to be. The power exercised there by the Sultan was absolute to be sure. But did it bring bliss? … When the Sultan got back … Continue reading →

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suspicious minds

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

Good to walk around with a mirror just to see who may be sneaking up on you. Hard to find a Sultan who wasn’t suspicious and didn’t keep a food tester on the payroll. And lets not talk about the … Continue reading →

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