House price inflation continues, aided by the Fed’s ridiculously low interest rates, and compounded by Baby Boomers like myself who are aging in place at home. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, Millennials!
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
MAVT in the Lead
There are just two states at low risk from COVID-19 – Massachusetts and Vermont.
Pratt Forced to Apologize for Speaking Truth About Trump!
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge in Iowa admitted wrongdoing and publicly apologized for comments ridiculing former President Donald Trump for issuing a series of pardons to well-connected Republican officials.
Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt made the remarks during a phone interview with The Associated Press in December, saying: “It’s not surprising a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals.”
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-2df8728cfafe4624c1e21ef44622e756
Chameleon Actor
Stephen Colbert chatted with Robert Duvall recently. Colbert asked Duvall about working with Brando, which is where this clip comes in.
A very different interview with Duvall would focus on his Science Fiction work, including THX-1138.
Years before THX-1138, Duvall appeared in The Twilight Zone. A while ago I watched as many episodes of the original The Outer Limits as I could before it was yanked from Amazon Prime. The series was good at stretching what could have been half-hour episodes into full hours. Duvall worked well with the deliberately slow pacing, as seen in “The Chameleon.”
Self-Dealing the Victim Card
Follow-up: The Daily Cartoonist reports this cartoon has been banned from Facebook.
Work to Live or Live to Work?
Luddites unite!
Progress is inevitable, as I was reminded last night, watching The Blue Gardenia on TCM Noir Alley. After George “Superman” Reeves lights up in this video, there are telephone switchboard operators hard at work.
https://youtu.be/-QewqQUs8aE?t=2152
Are there even clerical secretaries anymore? Many minimum wage jobs in food service and retail used to be filled by students who quickly left those jobs, and by women making money for family vacations, Christmas presents, and college funds. Today, many people depend upon those jobs to support themselves and their families. The economy has changed a lot since I started working part-time as a high school kid 50 years ago.