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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]

Diary

Actors showing off their craft: Anne Hathaway and more

by: PeterDecember 1, 2019

A glimpse of how good an actor Anne Hathway can be in this fun impersonation. But it also let me to a treasure of other actors pulling off accents.

Diary

One tree and four seasons

by: PeterOctober 25, 2019

Beautiful picture by Mattia Loki: One tree and landscape throughout the four seasons

Diary, Politics

Tumultuous scenes as Parliament inflicts 6th loss on PM and is sent home for 5 weeks

by: PeterSeptember 10, 2019

Diary

Democracy Saved

by: PeterSeptember 5, 2019

Boris Johnson tried circumvent democracy. But brave souls in the Tory party saved democracy with great costs to themselves. They were expelled because of their rebellion. History books will remember them. Update on 7. Sep 2019 Here you can read what one of the protagonists of the rebellion to save democracy felt. Expelled MP warns PM’s [Read More]

Books, Fiction

Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”

by: PeterAugust 9, 2019

After many years, I had the chance to reread Kafka’s Metamorphosis. When I first encountered the piece, I was enthralled by the thought experiment Kafka pursued in the story. What if you wake up in the morning and you have turned into a little bug, but you still have your full consciousness? You can [Read More]