Saturday, June 20, 2026

It's always in the eye of the beholder, right?

This is arguably one of the most beautiful women to ever work in Hollywood, regardless of the era.  That's my opinion - but you'll probably agree. Gene Tierney was born into a very wealthy family in Brooklyn, NY in 1920. Noticed by a director at Warner Bros, at 17 she began to pursue a career in acting. 
Howard Hughes tried unsuccessfully to hook up with her, but she was unimpressed with Hughes’s wealth. Due to mental illness - a reported 'nervous breakdown', she left Hollywood after turning down movie roles that eventually went to Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly and made both of them stars in their own rights. 
She was later discovered to have been working as a sales girl in Gimbel's in Manahattan's Times Square.
If I had to make a list of the top five most beautiful women in the world (that I know of), it would almost be impossible to limit it to only five. Certainly Nicci Pisarri in her prime would be near the top of that list.
 
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It's not often that I agree with any position Drew Sheneman takes from his loonie-leftie perspective, but I gotta hand it to hm on this one - that is a subtle stab at the bill of goods they've been forcing us on this soccer bullshit.
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Former President Barack Obama is widely regarded as the most admired American president. A major nationwide survey revealed that 30% of Americans name Obama as the U.S. president they admire most, significantly outpacing Donald Trump at 19%. He also holds a strong 57% overall favorability rating among the public

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Does this grainy photo remind you of anything? You probably haven't even seen it before, but it's  the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, China, which occurred on June 3-4, 1989.The Chinese government used military force, including tanks and troops from the People's Liberation Army, to forcibly clear the square of pro-democracy demonstrators.Death toll estimates vary significantly, ranging from official government figures of over 200 dead to international estimates of thousands killed.The event remains heavily censored in mainland China, with discussions and images suppressed by authorities.
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That's seriously subtle. I like subtle.
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Are you ready for July 4th? 
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This is a high school auto shop class, likely from the 1950s or early 1960s. The classroom setting was typically all-male, focusing on vocational skills rather than academic studies. Students commonly brought in their own cars or worked on "jalopies" provided by the school to learn engine theory and repair. These programs aimed to teach students how to work with tools, improvise solutions, and solve mechanical problems. Teaching the trades - like auto mechanics - is a thing of the past. Nowadays teachers use AI to teach kids how to use AI...
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They got away with a lot of shit in Riverdale back in the day.
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Yesterday, Trump showed off the new Air Force One and thanked Qatar for handing over what he called ‘the world’s most luxurious plane’.
The largest Air Force One jet that has carried US presidents for more than three decades was put out to pasture Thursday - fueling speculation that President Trump could soon begin flying aboard the controversial Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar. I can't help but think of Trojan Horses somehow when it comes to this 'gift'. Juss' sayin'...
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Sometimes ya almost don't have to go past the headline to get the gist of the story. In this case, this Florida Woman wannabee from Missouri was accused of shipping a young girl in her care to Texas in exchange for a friend’s monkey in a jaw-dropping deal. Alarm bells rang when school resource officers at the girl’s Winfield school noticed a string of unexplained absences in 2025 and began digging into the mystery.
Disturbing rumours soon surfaced that the child had been swapped for an exotic animal in Texas, according to court documents. An officer contacted Texas police and tracked down the person the girl was staying with.
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This is a vintage Sears, Roebuck and Co. advertisement for a "Modern Home No. 167" kit house, which were popular from 1908 to 1940.The ad lists a price of $753.00 for all necessary building materials, including lumber, millwork, and hardware.
Modern construction costs for a 2,000 square foot home typically range from $323,026 for construction only to over $665,000 for the total project including land.
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13 comments:

  1. Gene Tierney was in one of the 10 most classic noirs - "Laura". Dana Andrews as a tough-ass NYC Detective and Vincent Price as a foppish dilettante.

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    1. I saw her in some b&w films and thought she was hot when I was a teenager. Too bad age turns on us.

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  2. 3 things....Gene Tierney in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir is my favorite all time movie. The photo of the man with the grocery bags standing in front of the tank. That man is my all time hero. I'm 80 years old and I wish I had 1/10th the courage he had. The woman trading her kid for a monkey?? I totally understand.

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  3. Very suspicious of that Obama poll. Trump had a 90% approval from repubs and that's 1/2 the population. They must have asked everybody in dindunuffin town.

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  4. I'm sure jasmine Crockett has committed enough crimes to warrant life in prison.

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  5. Those killed in Tianneman Square were the lucky ones. The rest went to concentration camps.

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  6. Obama admired? I don't know where that came from, but I'm betting the poll was taken in a learing center.

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  7. I weas a teenager in the 70"s. Auto shop was 11th grade. I took a 351 Windsor and rebuilt it. It went into a tired old farm truck.

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  8. I took shop class. We made cement blocks, tore down and put back together small engines, worked with lathes and learned how to weld.

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  9. I'd love to see the crosstabs of the poll that says Zippy is the most admired American president. Probably the same one the said Chlamydia would win in a walk.

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  10. Subtle? WTF. I don't see how that could be any more obvious.
    Ray Charles could see what the guys saying.

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  11. Yeah, Gene Tierney has always been in my top three.

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  12. Trojan horse 747? Is that the "Qatari Gift Aircraft" or the "intended Transaero aircraft" ?

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Shitting in Freddy's shoes...

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