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Here’s an articulate article about guns in the US, with lots of charts. It’s really obvious what the problem is, what the solution is, and why they’re having trouble implementing the solution. The article is written by Matthew Speiser, and appears on the Business Insider website: DEAR AMERICA: Here’s why everyone thinks you have a […]
{5/5} “When embarking on a audacious crime, a duck needs a willing accomplice. A creature who is reliable, beyond suspicion, and above all extremely gullible.” Babe, released in 1995 Farmer Hoggett doesn’t usually keep pigs, but he guessed the weight of a pig at a fair and brought him home. When Farmer Hoggett gets the […]
{4.5/5} “Time for Daddy to go on a little vacation.” Tideland, released in 2005 Jeliza Rose has had a bit of a difficult childhood — both of her parents are drug addicts. When her mother dies, her father takes her to his childhood home out in the country. When he dies, Jeliza Rose must fend […]
{4/5} “Instinctively, the Captain knew not to ask her who she was to try, convict, and carry out a sentence for past crimes. The consciousnesses within Zhatan probably remembered the atrocities they suffered. To her — to all of them — this was not something from a school lesson. It was their personal history.” Star […]
{4.5/5} “Trying to teach Marilyn how to act is like teaching Urdu to a badger.” My Week with Marilyn, released in 2011 Colin’s family all have serious jobs but he wants to be in the movie business. He goes to London and gets a job as third assistant director on a movie with Lawrence Olivier […]
{4.5/5} “Do you want to tell me your story? I’ll listen.” Motive season 3, aired in 2015 Oscar has a serious health issue, but he doesn’t want to tell Angie about it. Oscar and Betty are getting friendlier. When Internal Affairs starts poking around, everyone is understandably tense. In one case the last person to […]
{4/5} “Don’t laugh, I’m being cool.” Chappie, released in 2015 Crime has gotten so bad in Johannesburg that they’ve decided to try something completely different — a robotic police force. When Scout 22 is hit by a grenade he’s sent to be crushed — but he’s rescued by Deon, who’s going to transfers his brand […]
{4.5/5} “And yet, whoever the ark-makers were, they, too, had failed. One of their arks had crashed, the crew killed, its cargo of lifeforms never released. If something could defeat the ark-makers, what chance did Quintaglios have against the fate that awaited them?” Foreigner by Robert J. Sawyer, published in 1994 Novato is exploring the […]
{4.5/5} “We’re trying to save our entire race! It’s only knowledge that will let us do that. We have to shed our superstitions and fears the way a snake sheds its skin. We can’t cower in the face of what we might discover.” Fossil Hunter by Robert J. Sawyer, published in 1993 Afsan had convinced […]
{4.5/5} “All that time in undercover. Pretending to be someone else. Telling lies like they’re the truth. Having to believe they are the truth. Sometimes I wonder… if I can really believe anything you say.” Motive season 2, aired in 2014 What would make a person who seems normal murder someone? It doesn’t make sense […]