Valerie Perrine is gone and will probably be forgotten.

Valerie Perrine passed away today at 82 years old.  That’s her on the left.  The other woman is Caitlyn Jenner1.

Valerie was a minor league hottie, but was in some memorable movies like Superman and Slaughterhouse Five.  She did topless scenes, which we liked, but could look really rough when she didn’t put in the effort.

One role she had was in a series that I had only heard of recently.  It came out in the 1980’s.  It’s called, Faerie Tale Theatre.  The name and production values look like soft-core porn parody, but the actors are A-listers.   Valerie Perrine appears with Billy Crystal and Jeff Goldblum.

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Do you truly understand what Japan just gained?

Trump made a Pearl Harbor joke in front Japan’s prime minister and press.  The Japanese will view that interaction much differently than Americans do.  This post on X may offer some insight.

Do you truly understand what Japan just gained? As a Japanese citizen, I’m telling you—this moment changed history. 

Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke wasn’t an insult. It was the key that finally unlocked something buried deep in the Japanese soul.

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Morally right and wrong

Pew Research:  What Do Americans Consider Immoral?

People were asked whether a variety of activities are morally wrong.  They missed some activities that normal people1 consider to be morally wrong, such as:

  • Painting over wallpaper, rather than stripping the wall.
  • Fraudulently dressing by stuffing a bra with tissues or a sock in the trousers.
  • Using glue traps for mice.
  • Deceptively serving non-alcoholic beer or decaffeinated coffee
  • Calling anything milk that didn’t come from the tits of a mammal.

This is turning into  a list of grievances, so let’s go to the Pew survey results.

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