Hulleye Comes By!

as we all know, the CIA and washington in general is pretty busy lately in trying to defend itself that they don’t spy on americans nor do they torture humans on US soil or abroad.

anyway, the CIA has done some wonderful things in the past nevertheless and one of the best things they were good at, was creating lots and lots of propaganda.

recently discovered, there was a comic book gem, GRENADA: Rescued from Rape and Slavery that was produced by the CIA and air-dropped over the island nation after the 1983 US-led invasion.

it’s a must read.

The Latvians first decorated a fir tree for Christmas, in 1510. The Christmas Tree was introduced to Britain in 1800 by Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III - and populised 40 years later by Queen Victoria’s German husband, Prince Albert.

Despite Rudolph’s macho name, his headgear give him away: female reindeer have antlers all year round, while male reindeer lose their antlers before winter sets in.

The original Father Christmas was St Nicholas of Lycia, now in Turkey, who was noted for his kindness to children. After the American War of Independence, New Yorkers adopted St Nicholas to displace St George, the English patron saint, and his Dutch name Sinter Klaas changed to Santa Claus.

When we abbreviate Christmas to ‘Xmas’, the first letter is not our ‘X’ but the similar-looking Greek ‘chi’, the first letter of ‘Christ’ in Greek.

The origin of the Christmas pudding was a soup made of mutton and beef boiled with prunes, currants, wine and spices.

The average American household sends out 28 Christmas cards - and receives the same number.

The English were forbidden from celebrating Christmas between 1647 and 1660 by Oliver Cromwell - who also had King Charles I beheaded.

There’s no evidence in the Bible about the number of Wise Men who visited the infant Jesus - all that’s reported is that they brought three gifts.

In medieval times, the main dish at Christmas dinner would be swan or peacock.

The popular carol Silent Night was written by Austrian priest Joseph Mohr, when his church organ broke down on Christmas Eve. He sat down and penned a carol that he could accompany on the guitar.

whoever attributed king kong as the best movie this year must not have actually seen the film but realized that since all the reviews are good, it must be good. it was the worst film i’ve seen in a long time. i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. it’s two and a half hours too long. went with three other people. my wife and two other’s and the only reason we didn’t walk out was that i thought the they wanted to keep watching it and so i didnt say anything and they thought that i wanted to keep watching it and were being polite and so we didn’t walk out. my wife was just as bored. when coming down the huge paramount toronto elevators, a few guys overheard our “how bad was that movie” conversation and couldn’t agree more. its as if it was filmed in real time. peter jackson is a way overrated director. naomi watt’s was terrible. they even cg’d her juggling. it was horrible. most of the scenes were absolutely useless and the movie really had no relevance to them. jack black who i love as an actor was a sell out as well. this was probably the first bad movie ive seen him act in. it was a BAD movie. kher go watch it and form your own opinions.