You have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at this story. Modern Russia is the very definition of a Kleptocracy.
January 12, 2021
September 23, 2020
Forgiveness
We need more forgiveness in our lives. We need to be more like the victim’s brother in this story. (BTW, good on the police for never giving up.)
September 3, 2020
Defensive gun use
Here is a collection of stories from July. I’ve often wondered why some press outlet didn’t make an article like this a monthly feature.
August 22, 2020
Movie review:The Big Sleep (1946)
The film adaption of the Raymond Chandler detective novel starring Bogart and Bacall. I happened to catch this on TCM late night’s “Noir Alley”. This is probably my favorite feature on TCM and I love watching the old noir films. This is one of the best. Also, watching Bogart and Bacall act together makes you realize how crappy the actors and actresses of today’s Hollywood are. With the possible exception of Tom Hanks or Denzel Washington, there isn’t an actor today that comes close to the talent Bogart had. His acting is so effortless. He never seems to be acting. This film, along with The Maltese Falcon is one of those films that I could watch again and again. Five stars. If you have never seen it, go watch it, right away.
July 22, 2020
Presented without comment
July 21, 2020
July 15, 2020
Chinese spying
Here is another story. We need to get serious about this. China certainly has.
June 3, 2020
Don’t do stupid things
Four looters in Philadelphia did a stupid thing. Results, 1 dead, 1 wounded. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.
June 1, 2020
It gets worse
I posted earlier about this story here. It turns out the person that was killed was a local business owner whose business was next to where the crowd had gathered. From the story it appears that the police have a suspect in the initial shooting, but don’t know how or who shot the business owner.