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{5/5} “Honey, did you put all the caps back on the cleaning supplies?” A Parks and Recreation Special, aired in 2020 While everyone is social distancing, Leslie Knope calls her friends regularly to make sure they’re OK. She also wants to get the word out about social distancing, washing hands, and paying attention to your […]
{4/5} “I already tried that.” ARQ, released in 2016 Renton’s house is invaded by people who want money. When he’s killed, he wakes up at the same time as he did before — but this time this are slightly different. He is the only one who remembers things from before, including the fact that his […]
One good thing about everyone staying at home… the Goonies are back together. Josh Gad brings them all together here: The Goonies Are Back!! | Reunited Apart with Josh Gad
{4.5/5} “I have witnessed sunrise in the frozen steppes of Asia: symphonies of azures and silvers, punched through with snowy whiteness as if the sun was sending sharpened heralds to announce its progress. I have watched dawn on the China Sea, the water a mirror of slippery gold that burns the sky to puffy white. […]
You know who the title is referring to without looking — it could only be one person. It’s sad that it’s the president of the United States, but it’s an apt phrase. Here’s Douglas Brinkley and Eugene Robinson on MSNBC: Brinkley: Nothing Else Like Trump’s ‘Cavernous Stupidity’ In U.S. History | The 11th Hour | […]
{5/5} “Looks like Sheriff Worf’s here to arrest me.” Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, aired in 1992-93 When the Enterprise encounters a Dyson Sphere, and a ship that crashed on it, they find someone who has been stuck in the transporter for 75 years — Montgomery Scott. When Amanda Rogers comes aboard she […]
{5/5} “Don’t think of it as dying. Think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.” Good Omens season 1, aired in 2019 The Antichrist has been born and will bring about Armageddon in 11 years. Aziraphale is an angel and Crowley is a demon — they’ve both been on Earth for a long […]
I’ve previously highlighted a couple of sources of excellent information about US politics, the videos of Robert Reich and Thom Hartmann. Today I’d like to focus on a few more. These four people/channels tell you the latest deal about Donald Trump, Republicans, Democrats, Fox News, impeachment, the presidential race — and Trump’s response to the […]
{4.5/5} “It occurs to me to dwell on what a microcosm we are of the war as a whole, you and I. The physics of us. An action and an equal and opposite reaction. My viney-hivey elfworld, as you say, versus your techy-mechy dystopia.” This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar […]
This is the headline I’ve been waiting 3 1/2 years for: The Trump Presidency Is Over It’s from Peter Wehner at The Atlantic. He’s a Republican who saw what Trump was at the beginning. The fact that it took a pandemic to end the Trump presidency is shocking. Trump is so obviously horrible in every […]