Diary, Must Know, Politics

Joe Biden Inauguration speech was great

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I was not sure whether Biden could pull off a speech that would inspire. He did. If you missed it, see for yourself and read the transcript below. Click on picture to watch speech. Transcript: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is biden [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Parasite

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In die middle of February, Donald Trump made fun of this year’s best picture. I watched Trump’s campaign lines. He could not believe that a South Korean film would win an American based movie award. He called for “great American movies” like Gone with the wind to win Oscars. So I wanted to see the [Read More]
Diary, Must Know, Politics

37% for Dictator in USA

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This a scary poll and hard to believe but it would explain the Trump phenomenon. [I][…] share of voters who want “a strong leader who does not have to bother with Congress and elections” grew from 25 percent in 1990 to 37 percent in 2017, according to the World Values Survey, which measured attitudes in [Read More]
Drama, Movies, Music, The Rest

Get on Up

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The premature death of Chadwick Boseman due to colon cancer led to an international outpouring of grief. I had never seen a film with Boseman but I remembered how sad I was when Heath Ledger died much too young. People who knew Boseman gave eulogies that I would have given about Ledger, whose talent I [Read More]