An amazing vignette from history...'What did you feel towards Rasputin?' 'Le dégoût' ...no regrets! Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina Alexandrovna On The Murder of Rasputin in 1916

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Haupt Conservatory

An extraordinarily generous friend gave me a 1955 Château M. R. for my 50th Birthday, and it proved undrinkable at the moment of the toast. I still treasure the bottle... On the other hand, a 1923 Echezeaux I bought for my father's 70th birthday was epic.(He wanted to be buried with the bottle;) This $18,000 Bottle of Wine May Be Undrinkable - Bloomberg Business

This $18,000 Bottle of Wine May Be Undrinkable - Bloomberg Business

Antonio Vivaldi Lute or Guitar Concerto D major Luca Pianca Il Giardino Armonico

Vivaldi Lute or Guitar Concerto D major Luca Pianca Il Giardino Armonico - YouTube

I could even forgive him being a Mets fan, but this? For de Blasio, a Red Sox Fan, the Simple Pleasure of Baseball Gets Complicated - NYTimes.com

For de Blasio, a Red Sox Fan, the Simple Pleasure of Baseball Gets Complicated - NYTimes.com:



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From 'The New Yorker'

Agapanthus against Bougainvillea

Frida Kahlo at the New York Botanical Garden

Frida Kahlo's workbench

A gifted artist and journalist: RIP - Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer and Force of Nature - NYTimes.com

Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer and Force of Nature - NYTimes.com

Clamming Three Mile Harbor- the algae born toxin hasn't reached us yet...

"She was eventually sold to a pensioner for twenty shillings and a Newfoundland dog." Never marry a lounger, a pleasure-seeker, or a fribble - Spectator Blogs

Never marry a lounger, a pleasure-seeker, or a fribble - Spectator Blogs:



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Anna Netrebko, my candidate for Secy. of State teaches what is required at Santa Cecilia 2014 - Lady Macbeth's aria 'Nel di della Vittoria'

Netrebko at Santa Cecilia 2014 - YouTube

Rent a rioter - Ferguson 'Protesters' Are Now Protesting That They Didn't Get Paid - Investors.com

Ferguson 'Protesters' Are Now Protesting That They Didn't Get Paid - Investors.com:



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Maestro Joseph Colenari will conduct Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, alternating with Plácido Domingo

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Ten minutes, ok, eleven, well-spent. Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave" (complete/full) / Nathalie Stutzmann

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Splashed!

Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com

Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com

My old school wins the boobie prize - Obama to Build Presidential Library on Chicago’s South Side - WSJ

Obama to Build Presidential Library on Chicago’s South Side - WSJ

As the West grazes on kale and the Kardashians, the war for the Levant burns on. With the capitulation of this Administration, Iran stands to rule from Tehran to the Eastern Mediterranean. Here, our jihadi heros are bombarding a hospital, in which Syrian army personnel have hunkered down in, a la Hamas, while on the larger scheme of things, Hezbollah is chewing into their ranks across the Qalamoun ridge. No animals were hurt filming this video...Cham the first scenes of the martyrdom operation and the storming of Jisr Hospital 10 5 2015

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Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Camilla Nylund soprano Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano Matthew PolenzanI tenor William Burden tenor Eric Owens bass-baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

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Not a single tank stalled...Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square 2014 (FULL VIDEO)

BERK! How the Clintons Get Away With It - WSJ

How the Clintons Get Away With It - WSJ

My father was the last combat veteran of WW2 from my family, and lived long enough to enjoy Youtube videos. This, an homage to the trümmerfrauen, used to reduce him to tears. Don't assume it was guilt -our entire European family in Lithuania was murdered by Nazi Germany in 1941, but he was moved by the rise of a new and honorable Germany, which would become the most principled state in Europe. In German, butyou'll get it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5nOLh62DbY

Mozart Clarinet Quintet A major K 581 Sabine Meyer & Hagen Quartet - YouTube

Mozart Clarinet Quintet A major K 581 Sabine Meyer & Hagen Quartet - YouTube

My new lease should include maid service. Tornami a vagheggiar - Sandrine Piau - YouTube

Tornami a vagheggiar - Sandrine Piau - YouTube:



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At least in Texas it's 2/0 and the bases are loaded....America’s Literary Elite Takes a Bold Stand Against Dead Journalists - The Daily Beast

America’s Literary Elite Takes a Bold Stand Against Dead Journalists - The Daily Beast

Hillary for President

Mariana Pentcheva - Un Ballo in Maschera - Witch's Scene...mandrake root torn from an executioner's graveyard at midnight is apposite for unrequited love...

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Plein du monde au balcon du Front national