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Drama, Movies

The Farewell

by: PeterJanuary 30, 2020

The farewell is very simple yet it is able to trigger deep emotions in the viewer’s heart. As the title suggests, a family that immigrated from China returns to the homeland to say farewell to their mother who is diagnosed with an illness and will not allow her to live very long. One branch [Read More]

Diary, Politics

Peggy Noonan gives an interesting rationale for why Bolton and Biden should be called as witnesses

by: PeterJanuary 24, 2020

PM: I watched a couple of hours of debate on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial when the two parties fought over the rules. It was interesting to watch the arguments but the senate leader had counted the votes and all amendments to the rules were voted down 53 to 47. Every single [Read More]

Diary, Politics

Small majority for Impeachment

by: PeterJanuary 23, 2020

It will be interesting to see whether the numbers go up at the end of the trial.

Source: Fivethirtyeight.com

Comedy, Movies

The perfect secret (Das perfekte Geheimnis)

by: PeterJanuary 11, 2020

Imagine you know absolutely everything about another person, and you can fully predict what the person will think and do in the future. Would this help or hurt a relationship? This extreme form of knowing someone else does no exist but we all have a sense that we know some people much better than others. [Read More]

Diary, Politics

Impeachment

by: PeterDecember 19, 2019

I have two sentiments about impeachment. One the one hand, I am sad that Trump whose actions are clearly worse than what Nixon did and that he will not get removed from office and I pitty Republicans who have to defend actions that are indefensible. But I also acknowledge that congressmen and senators reflect accurately

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Drama, Movies

Once upon a time in Hollywood

by: PeterDecember 15, 2019

The attentive reader of my blog will have noticed that I like movies very much. If I had a 2nd chance to start my work life over, I might put all my efforts into becoming a movie critic for a major newspaper. So when a film about Hollywood is made, the city where so much [Read More]

Diary

Never seen before on Breitbart. A story that does not support Donald Trump

by: PeterDecember 5, 2019

Not sure why Breitbart let a critical voice of Trump onto its platform. Have not seen this before.

Source: Breitbart

Humor, People, The Best

“Can you please wait and impeach me after my 2nd term is over”

by: PeterDecember 3, 2019

This needs to be filled in the humor category. Breitbart made me laugh…who would have thought. The actual headline was this:

As a patriot, I need to publish the impeachment report that was issued today by the intelligence committee.

Impeachment Report

Diary, Politics

Impeachment Was on the Family Table This Thanksgiving

by: PeterDecember 2, 2019

This opinion piece by a Harvard history professor in the WSJ is very clever and very fun to read. Impeachment Was on the Family Table This Thanksgiving Most admitted they hadn’t been paying close attention. Opinions were nevertheless served. Thanksgiving is over and, predictably, impeachment couldn’t be kept off the table. We tried to avoid the [Read More]

Astute Observations, Diary

Homage to Sherlock Holmes in current Impeachment Trial

by: PeterDecember 2, 2019

The public at large believes Trump illegally pressured Ukraine, but the majority does not yet want to throw him out of office. USA today published a great homage to Sherlock Holmes courtesy of an independent senator from Maine. Ukraine scandal: I know why Trump top dogs — Mulvaney, Pompeo, Perry & Bolton — won’t [Read More]