A quiet beer - with the ‘usual’ background music .. and all good … and then Chumbawhumba .. I am convinced that my friend at the bar turned it up all the way to ‘eleven’ .. just for those opening lines from Pete …
Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that MUSIC mattered. But does it bollocks.
A lot of chatter in many places about the elections in the UK and the USA. A recurring refrain … “If the Brits can do it .. so can we.”
Just to remind my American friends that on pretty much anything that Britain does .. the US will likely do the opposite and always different .. even if they are the only ones on the world to do it … and absolutely having no regard for the consequences.
My recommendation? Keep focussed on what American voters need to do. You made your decision to break from the UK centuries ago, so who cares what we are doing?
Your choice later this year is one of two things.
- End your democracy and in turn empower the rest of the nut jobs around the world to do the same.
- Vote against that.
You the voter are in charge.
Still in doubt? I commend you to take a listen to Kara Swisher’s 🔗 🎙️ July 4th Special: Why Heather Cox Richardson Still Has Hope for American Democracy
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Being a sucker for Guy Ritchie - I loved the movie ‘The Gentlemen’ - so approached the TV show cautiously. It turned out to be rather good.
I enjoyed the Damon movie … ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ - and so rejected the idea of sitting through the series. Until I didn’t …. And it was marvelous.
I watch McConaughey’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ - loved it, so when I saw the series come up … I hesitated - but went in on Series 1. Just finished Series 2 … not shabby at all.
I never saw Ted the movie, not my style - but after @ec referencing the TV show the other day - I have added it to the watch list.
Clearly the ‘Ionger, more detailed story telling afforded by a streaming series resonates with this bear.
All this to say that I have just discovered that Gilliam’s glorious ’Time Bandits is being turned into a series for Apple TV - written, starring, directing, producing, none other than Taika Waititi and his mate Jemaine Clement.
ON THE LIST. CANNOT WAIT.
Based on some back-of-the-envelope math, if Bezos had sold the earlier tranche of 50 million Amazon shares at Tuesday’s share price instead of February’s, he would’ve made about $10 billion instead of the $8.5 billion he pocketed. The difference of $1.5 billion could’ve covered nearly two decades worth of losses at The Post.—Theo Wayt
via ‘The Information’ (my bold).
It has always been clear to me that the Bezos changes at WaPo are not really about the money (as in burn, losses, run rate and costs) and all about the money (in terms of opportunity, influence and upside.)
Bob makes the connection 🔗 here
Elton might have written the music, performed it, made it famous - but it was Bernie who wrote ….
No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare
Round your throne room floor
While the juggler’s act is danced upon
The crown that you once wore
And sooner or later
Everybody’s kingdom must end
And I’m so afraid your courtiers
Cannot be called best friends
Caesar’s had your troubles
Widows had to cry
While mercenaries in cloisters sing
And the king must die
Some men are better staying sailors
Take my word and go
But tell the ostler that his name was
The very first they chose
And if my hands are stained forever
And the altar should refuse me
Would you let me in, would you let me in, would you let me in
Should I cry sanctuary
No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare
Round your throne room floor
While the juggler’s act is danced upon
The crown that you once wore
The king is dead, the king is dead
The king is dead, the king is dead
Long live the king
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Bob often nails it - and I do like his style.
🔗 How the Ultra-Wealthy Think About Money
For the ultra-wealthy, money is effectively not finite. It’s just a resource to be pointed at any burning thing. I know you’re looking at your banking app saying $broke and wondering, “how can this be?” and yet: it is true. The most counter intuitive thing is that, not only is the money faucet boundless for them, but in fact, most of the money coming out of the faucet is not their own. People who control large pools of money are very, very eager to let billionaires use their money.
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.. is a new one on me - just received from a friend - but it is now part of my vocabulary.
Meanwhile, over on Reddit, I would argue that there is no need to answer question 1 .. just jump to question 2. #Effiicency
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🎈184/366 Dear Joe .. you have absolute immunity.
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🎥 The Sleepover, 2020 - ★★★
If you have run out of movies from the ‘Spy Kids’ franchise, well now you have one not from the franchise .. but that is pretty much the only reason to watch it .. with your kids/grandkids .. oh … and get ready for the question …
> If mom was a baddy and all her old gang are not in prison .. how did she swing being in Witness Protection?
The answer?
Don’t be persnickety .. it’s a movie.
🎥 The Foreigner, 2017 - ★★★½
On the whole, when I eventually get to them (7 years in this case) I do enjoy Jackie Chan movies. This was no exception. If you aren’t into Jackie Chan movies, this won’t change your mind.
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