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Jane Fonda apparently complained that it was Barbara Streisand rather than herself who eulogized the late Robert Redford. In poor taste? https://people.com/jane-fonda-says-barbra-streisand-didn-t-deserve-to-do-robert-redford-oscars-tribute-she-did-1-movie-i-did-4-11927207?campaign=17305911&did=22530450-20260316&hid=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lctg=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lr_input=3911d0b923e8d92c50f8b74007080afa59d66697825b8a1e414be8db883b8062&tag=latestcatalog_ppl_comments "Jane Fonda is wishing she could have paid tribute to her dear, departed friend Robert Redford. At the 98th annual Academy Awards on Sunday,…

So after 47 games around the world in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Venezuela won. It beat the USA 3 to 2. There's some justice in the world - but sadly not much.

In December, my husband connected with a handsome young senior financial executive with the cruise company, "Frank," while we were on a cruise in Antarctica. We socialized a bit together while on the cruise, and mentioned that we were going to go on a cruise with a sister cruise company (within his company's umbrella) in February. My husband said that we'd keep in touch and try to meet in Miami before our next cruise left (he lives/works in Miami, and the cruise was leaving from Miami). A week or so before we were going to leave, I asked him if he'd arranged a meeting for Frank and us, and he said that he ghosted him. Apparently, they were texting each other, and Frank te…

New-York Post yesterday: https://nypost.com/2026/03/17/us-news/usaid-watchdog-expanding-probe-into-more-than-100-unrwa-employees-linked-to-hamas-oct-7-attack/

From Australia, here's the human/puppet duo, Sammy J and Randy Feltface… @Olddaddy came to mind, must be an Australian thing?

Under international law, in war cultural stes are protected. That I suspect is one reason why the US took Kyoto off the list of possible sites for the first nuclear bomb. Now in Iraq, the US and israel are paying no attention to international law. One of Teheran's cultural glories and one of its oldest historical sites, the Golestan Palace, is now said to be in virtual ruins. The world renowned Naqsh-e-Jahan Square in Isfahan, the glory of that city, has bombs falling nearby. These cultural sites are precious to all Iranians. In my view, bombing them will only hasten their resolve to continue fighting Trump and Netanyahu's war. Video in this link. https://edition.cnn…

I don’t know if this is the right forum to ask, but I would appreciate instructions on how to increase the size of the font and enlarge the appearance of this site. Thank you very mich for your help, guys!

Gents, Came across this, surprising simple idea, just taken the length of time of the evolution of man before being invented. KickStarter launch is 19th March if anyone is interested.

My hubbie and I will be going on a Danube trip in May, including several countries in which my understanding of the local lingo is either zero (Hungarian) or close to nonexistent (Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian). I'm thinking of getting translating earbuds, but don't know anyone who's actually used them. Have you had the opportunity to use them? How well do they work?

Just as the bombing of Iran has hit the headlines, a huge 250 kg WWII British bomb has been discovered in Dresden forcing the evacuation of much of the centre of the city. 18,000 residents. commuters and tourists have already been evacuated. The old town includes many buidings destroyed in the war and only finally rebuilt this century. They include the glorious Frauenkirche, the Semper Opera - one of the finest in the world - and many other major buildings. The fire bombing of Dresden on the night of 13 February 1945 remains one of the most contentious allied actions of WWII. The hope is obviously that the bomb disposal squads will auccessfully defuse the newly disco…

Trump's forces' assassination of the Supreme Leader of Iran will, I believe, be welcomed by many millions in Iran. They knew he was a tyrant and very corrupt to boot. But Iran or its proxies have started to retaliate. Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman have been the target of drone and other attacks at airports and elsewhere. One man has been killed at Dubai Airport which has since been closed to air traffic. Emirates has cancelled all flights until 3:00 pm UK time. As of 50 minuutes ago, there was still no notification as to when the airport will reopen. Emirates will then determine if any can flights can continue depending on the status of the airport. Bri…

Looks like I might share the same birthday with Guido..... https://fb.watch/FCjq5n43S8/

I ran across what I thought were some hot photos of this man with birthmarks. I looked him up on LPSG, and apparently he's AI! I then also noted that his birthmarks changed. He has a Pay-Per-View site (to which I did not subscribe). After careful exam, the birthmarks did move around. He goes by "Alex Pumar," or "Alex Pumare," stating he's 25 and living "somewhere in the USA." He apparently just popped up out of nowhere a few weeks ago. Soon we'll be paying PPV/OnlyFans, etc., for AI content. If they're going to charge us for artificial beauty, I hope they get the technology for hot androids soon... https://linktr.ee/alexpumar86 https://www.instagram.com/alexpuma…

One of Britain's fallouts from the Epstein scandal has been the sacking of a man who has been almost at the centre of much of British and European politics for almost 30 years, the British Ambassador to Washington Lord Peter Mandelson. There is now an enquiry as to whether he might have given away state secrets to Epstein. My own politics aside, I have always found Mandelson a somewhat creepy individual. It has nothing to do with his being gay. It is on the political influence he has exerted when he seemed to have little importance other than having been a key PR figure responsible for the election of Tony Blair to the PM's job in 1997. I found him creepy because I …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/rightwing-brazilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice "A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown targeted only “crooks” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey. Júnior Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, declared his support for the US president in a recent video message to his hundreds of thousands of social media followers. “I [support] Donald Trump – I like the guy,” announced the South American TikToker and Instagrammer whose account purports to show “the reality of the United States” from a migrant’s perspective. In a previous video, Pena …

Because of my concern of conversations being spied upon, I don't own any of those spying machines such as Alexa. But last night we had some friends over for dinner and cocktails. One of them recently went to Düsseldorf for some music festival, and I asked him some questions about the city (which I have passed by in the past but never visited). This morning, the first suggestion I found from YouTube videos was a video on what to see in Düsseldorf. We're taking a Danube cruise in May, and I have searched for things to do in Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Hallstatt, as well as made hotel reservations in Austria, Budapest, and Moldova, but never any searches in Germany, muc…

I have noticed today - and on a few days over about the last month - that there seems to be a small problem with the site. When trying to log in, or indeed having logged in and trying to make post, I get this message - We're sorry, but a temporary technical error has occurred which means we cannot display this site right now. Too many connections The interruptions do seem to be temporary and the page comes back with 15-30 minutes. Is this something to do with regular maintenance or just an occasional glitch?

On today's ABC News with David Muir, he said that "Martin Short's family break their silence on his daughter's death!". His daughter had only died the day before! He made it sound as if Martin Short "owed" him some kind of statement the moment his daughter died. It seemed rather disrespectful to my ears. The clip is at 16:35

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Many of you won't have heard of her unless your from Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 or 🦘, particularly Sydney She performed at gay bars such as midnight shift ,Universal and kinselas Maxi Shield who performed between her homes in Sydney Australia and Scotland has passed away today 5 months after her throat cancer diagnosis at age 51 ✝️✝️ Always with a sense of humour to the end she joked she had been sucking too many cocks !!! Only just bumped into her on Sydney's Oxford Street last July where I saw her talking to a guy on the street , I walked up taking my phone out , Photo ! Photo ! I said Her reaction , "Do you always ask people for something in that manner…

1. Naked Homophobia There is one anniversary which I consider very important in our gay calendar which I will write at length about next month (yes, for those who don’t like long blog-type articles, please do not bother to read either this or it). There is an event about to take place in England which I now remark on here. Both refer back to major events in gay history around 60 and 70 years ago, one in the USA, the this one in England. Both should be remembered even at length when we consider the relative freedoms we all now enjoy as gay men. (As this post deals with England, American readers may wish to skip it, although it is no doubt mirrored by similar events in…

hi all , been wondering if the massage shop down the side street on right hand side of tukcom (opposite the side entrance ) has any new massuers ? i hope to visit shortly and would love to know if there are new and younger workers there ? photos if possible would be greatly appreciated

I never used to take much interest in the Winter Olympics until those held in Nagano in 1998. Even then, what sparked my interest was less the various events but the Japanese cross country skiers. I thought they looked quite wonderful! In 2026 the Games take place in Milan and Cortina in the amazing Dolomite mountains throughout February which will have me in front of the television most days. My favourite is now the men's ice skating. What sparked that interest was another Japanese, the amazing 19-year old Yuzuru Hanyu who took the Gold Medal in the Men's Figure Skating Competition in Sochi in 2014, the first Asian to win Gold. Like many, I began to follow his caree…

It hasn't been that long since I posted a string about a GoFundMe page for, I believe it was Mickey Rourke, which had me going "Hmmmm...". At least in this case Mickey Rourke called BS on that (he wasn't the one who set up or OK'd the GoFundMe page), and made sure all monies were returned. I was saddened to hear about the early passing of James van der Beek at the age of 48 with colon cancer. (Public health reminder: the USPSTF strongly [A-level recommendation] advises colon cancer screening starting age 45. Colon cancer screening is by far the most effective cancer screening we have) I was surprised to read, however, that his wife is now claiming poverty, although the ma…