Halloween is here (Last Week Tonight)

There were more giants back then (B. Foerster).

At such a festive time in Asia with Kathina (end of the Rains Retreat celebration, Buddhism's Carnivale/Easter) and Diwali (Festival of Lights), the Occident settles in for the foggy time of mystery, the cooling months of irritated monsters (who seem to dwell in the massive cave U.S. systems that correspond to many unsolved missing persons cases) and hungry ghouls (yakkhas, rakshasas, ogres, some Sasquatches, jinn, giants, nagas, petas, shapeshifters), the strengthening and fattening time before the frost kills off the weak.

We're sicker and poorer with Medicare Advantage (fake Medicare)

Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

(History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday) The Best of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Medicare Advantage in the afterlife: death.

(LastWeekTonight) Oct. 26, 2025: John Oliver details what "Medicare Advantage" is (it's not Medicare), why it basically has all the pitfalls of private insurance and few of the benefits, and the economic significance of novelty slippers. You’ll see. Subscribe to the #lastweektonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens (lastweektonight) or find on favorite social media platforms the show may or may not have discussed at length: #lastweektonight

Elvira: How burned girl became sexy Mistress of the Dark

(Grunge) Elvira: How She Became Mistress of the Dark

There's so much more to Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson than meets the eye

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