Not sure if it falls within this trend, but I love this song.

I think everyone should watch this movie. It’s called Lilja 4-ever, and it’s about a Russian girl ending up in prostitution. Very good, heartbreaking, and unfortunately deeply based in reality. Also, Rammstein.

Trafficking happens. But it’s only news when it happens to a white English girl. Does anyone here know the movie Lilja 4-ever? Very good movie, but it tore a hole in my soul. Because when you watch it you know this happens. And you know the abusers get away with it and nobody cares about the victims, because they are…

While cycling in a city that is full of tram rails you learn this very quickly. There is a technique to crossing rails, and these people don’t have it. That said, it is a genuinely dangerous situation.

That’s because this type of trafficking usually involves poor African, Asian and Eastern European women, and the system does not care about those. Now that the victim is white and British everybody is up in arms and shouting “OMG! OMG! No way this if for real!!” So this guy may actually get a fairly long sentence. And…

This is awesome. It’s way overused as an effect, and you do notice it, but it’s nice to have the explanation!

Don’t worry, as you rather fail at being fun, there will be no policing. Greetings from Belgium.

Gosh, I almost, almost, almost feel sorry for him. He was the messenger that got shot. Repeatedly, and they hung, drawn and quartered, flayed, and then fed to the dogs. He had the worst job since Comical Ali.

Racial purity is always a dangerous lie. It does not exist. Especially not in Italy, which has seen wave after wave of both immigration and emigration over a course of thousands of years. The 3000 years claim is absurd. Also, how does the the concept of many mainland Italians not being 100% white erode your ancestry?

Haven’t seen one of those in years. This is probably because I live in Belgium. In the early part of the last decade there were a few of them around, all apparently owned by unapologetic exhibitionist assholes. You would have to be to own one of these in Belgium, with crazy gas prices, high taxes, and streets like…

I dunno. I guess fat and miserable Napoleon around the time of Waterloo would work for him.

As blood thirsty egomaniac dictators go, you have to hand it to Napoleon for at least supporting science, the metric system, education, infrastructure and equality (as in chop chop off with the heads of the former ruling classes). I mean he was awful. But at least his awfulness pushed humanity slightly forward. Which…

Can’t wait for them to go the same route...

I think your ick is justified.

As a Belgian, I think a lot of them would be considered racist and overly sexual by US standards. Especially some of the older ones. I mean I love Tintin, but the earlier books like Tintin in Congo...And then there are more recent books like Sky Doll. Gorgeous art, but very sexually exploitative. And then of course…

Because it makes him look bad to the voting public?

Because Mike is not a brand but Saturn PurpleBerry is. It’s all about fame and controlling the media. These kids are born as a marketing opportunity complete with registered domain and copyright.

Trump is in power because of a voting system that is unfair and does not work. The US is hardly a democracy, and calling it the greatest is preposterous.

http://uglybelgianhouses.tumblr.com/ is a nice alternative if you want to see ugly European architecture...

She’s more than all right, she actually appears to understand architecture. It looks like she has a strong case, and I hope her blog is back up soon, because it’s a fun place to spend a few hours.