What do I have that’s green for St. Patrick’s Day? I have bananas! Bananas that have been green for two weeks.
I’ve been told they will eventually ripen, and that putting them in a paper bag will help to hasten the process.
How long will it take for these bananas to ripen? Stay tuned to find out!
Something by Green Day. Will the situation with Russia get bad enough that Selective Service returns to having the Draft?
The Fed has been fueling stock market inflation for a long time. Steven Liesman comments on the Fed finally taking action against consumer inflation.
Liesman asks, can inflation be self-correcting? By putting downward pressure on demand, could inflation ease on its own, without intervention from the Fed? If that were the case it would have happened by now.
Back on July 18 I said, “I don’t see inflation becoming a chronic problem unless income inequality is addressed. Perhaps we’re getting a taste of that, with more people demanding a higher minimum wage.” I’m thinking we are indeed getting a taste of that, resulting from the rise in wages.
It’s an uncomfortable possibility that income inequality is a factor in helping to keep inflation under control. The implication is there has been a benefit to the decline in good paying union jobs. Some smart economist should write a book about this, if there isn’t one already.
As concerned as I am about Putin’s criminal invasion of the Ukraine, and the possibility of WWIII, it’s nice to have something as good as this to hear about.
The closest thing to TCM on broadcast TV is the Movies! TV Network. Here in Boston it’s found on standard definition sub-channel 17-2 [later 38-5]. The station recently showed While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang. On TCM the movie comes without commercials and with Eddie Muller’s always inciteful and enlightening commentary.
Estes Kefauver was a politician with Presidential aspirations, whose Senate committee on organized crime was depicted in The Godfather Part II.
Kefauver saw a connection between organized crime and juvenile delinquency, which the notorious Dr. Frederick Wertham insisted had a direct correlation to kids reading comic books. Which of course it didn’t. This clip is from a TV show that was directed by Irvin Kershner, the director of the first Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
By the way, the comic book killer in the movie was played by Drew Barrymore’s dad.
“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” — Sherlock Holmes
Spoiler: In “The Adventure of the Yellow Face” (1893), a white woman from Atlanta married a black man and had his child.
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Yellow_Face
Better Call Saul is even better than its highly praised predecessor, Breaking Bad. The final season of 13 episodes begins on April 18.
https://youtu.be/meb8ksPgJ5M
My cable DVR says it’s going to record a preview this coming Saturday. After the final episode has appeared, TCM really will be the only reason for me to keep cable TV. The live channel is available with a Hulu subscription, but the Watch TCM streaming service requires a cable or satellite subscription.
Bob Odenkirk suffered a heart attack while he was on the set. He talked about it with Colbert a couple of weeks ago. I first started watching Breaking Bad after Colbert made references to it on his old Comedy Central show.
