Friday, August 11, 2017

@21:00, 8/11/17

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Movies

Did They Wear Flowers in Their Hair? See the Happy Hippies in 1967

The documentary “Revolution,” Jack O’Connell’s on-the-ground look at the Summer of Love, has been digitally restored and will be screened in New York.

Anarchy is unstable.
Organnized pressure beats individual resistance every time.

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Movies

Review: Woody Harrelson as a Wild and Crazy Dad in ‘The Glass Castle’

Adapted from Jeannette Walls’s best-selling memoir of her chaotic childhood, a movie decides to play it safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQdiDH6H3c

I was lost.  I had no way forward I could make work.

3
Magazine

Letter of Recommendation: Gum

Gum chewing isn’t stimulating and addictive, like cigarette smoking. It’s pleasure is closer to that of a pacifier.

I have not bought a pack for decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum#History

4
Theater

Video: Michael Moore Hits the Stage, Then Hits Trump

The director Michael Moore talks about his one-man show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” which opens on Broadway on Aug. 10. It focuses on the Trump presidency and activism.

Michael Moore is trying.
He is not a good cheerleader.
He is not as fat as he was.

5
Books

A Double Murder Crossed With a Not-Quite Ghost Story

The troubled family in J. Robert Lennon’s “Broken River” discovers that small-town life offers no refuge.

The problem is to stay out of the local drama when the powers are selling drama

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Times Insider

Buttered Roll Redux: A Lowly Breakfast Food Begets High Drama

“With the amount of breaking news stories in the world, who could possibly be that interested in a little essay about buttered rolls?”

Some rolls are better than others.

7
World

Russian Court Will Hear Case on Raoul Wallenberg

Relatives are seeking documents about the Swedish diplomat, who saved Jews during World War II and died in Soviet captivity under mysterious circumstances.

Good luck to the family.
Often there was an invoice for the expended ammunition. 

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T Magazine

Brand to Know: Coats for Women, Inspired by Men’s Tailoring

The Italian line Giuliva Heritage Collection launched earlier this year with only six pieces.

It is a business.

9
World

In Indonesia, Chinese Deity Is Covered in Sheet After Muslims Protest

Muslims had threatened to tear down a 100-foot statue of the deity Guan Yu, which was built outside the gates of a Chinese Confucian temple last month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yu

The parties will have to work it out.
Perhaps the islamists could pay for the changes.

10
Opinion

Are We All Doomed?

On North Korea, there is no good solution.

"All men must die"  
The real question is when.
North Korea will not be allowed a first strike, neither will Trump.
We will have to sweat for a while.
China will not allow a united Korea on its border.


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