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Starring a young Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett. I am a big fan of early Spike Lee.

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in that case, one can only applaud one of the most godless nations in the world with a declining population, England, for admitting immigrants to the tune of about 10% all told, thereby ensuring that in the next life Hell will not go begging for inhabitants.

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Jingoism is a just a convenient straw man in this argument. I am a product of that early 20th century immigration, I spoke Sicilian before English, I was illiterate well on into 2nd grade and I never thought of myself as primarily American till i was in my mid-twenties. Never. I regarded myself as E...

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Yes, but correlation and causation can be two very different things. Not all correlations imply causation. Some do, some don't. It's safe to say that smoking causes cancer but not that high SAT scores cause success in college. So it's not clear at all to me that increasing secularizatiom in a societ...

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Poland has secularized to a degree in more recent times, but it's still nowhere near as far down that road as Western Europe and the U.S. If so, that's bad news for your argument. Why then would minimally secular, Catholic Poland's birth rate have declined significantly in that period, whereas Irel...

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our inability to have enough kids to keep our population steady in more recent years (which is the case in almost all nations that have a much lesser role for organized religion than they used to). Poland being one of those exceptions, and a particularly glaring one at that, to such questionable po...

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Trump uses some of the worst bad language right across the TV screen and at rallies-young children see this. Examples-b_ll_hit, as_holes, bas_ard. And Trump himself has stated, "I went to an Ivy League school. I know words. I have the best words." Why anyone would not take him at his word puzzles m...

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WSJ Editorial 4/3/2020

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WSJ
April 3, 2020

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WSJ Exclusive A Million N95 Masks Are Coming From China—on Board the New England Patriots’ Plane The Massachusetts governor struck a deal for supplies but needed a way to transport them. The result was a tense saga and a shipment on the NFL team’s 767. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/ar...

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The people on my side of the political divide have been calling out the lack of moral standards in the country for years . . . . What's happened to the culture of the country . . . is so disturbing to me, that culture is now far and away my biggest concern . . . . People who try to defend the impor...

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Almost halfway thru a re-read of hands down the greatest book I've ever read. The characters (god, hero and ordinary human) are all amazingly alive.

I am alternating the excellent Fagles translation with an interesting prose version by A.S. Kline I found online.

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My film students are currently watching this film remotely. A fitting flick for their tumultuous time with its very different brand of social disruption.

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USA TODAY

Opinion
Trump's chaotic coronavirus presidency: Historically divisive and, for some, fatal

By Jill Lawrence

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatod ... 2934844001

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CNN

Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.co ... index.html

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WAPO The Great American Migration of 2020: On the move to escape the coronavirus Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Lisa Pezzino and Kit Center, of Oakland, gaze out at a rainbow over the mountains in Big Sur, Calif., after they migrated into nature to get away from the Bay Area during the worldwide co...

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VOX The Trump administration’s botched coronavirus response, explained By German Lopez March 25, 2020 From insufficient testing to a lack of coordination, Trump’s Covid-19 response has been a disaster years in the making. https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2020/3/14/21177509/corona...

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lennygoran wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:14 am
I know in the past you've expressed alot of satisfaction with Cleveland. Regards, Len

Yes my hometown, but my wife lived in THE CITY (2nd Ave @ 19th) for ten years. haven't been back there in 45 years though.

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how are you handling shopping for food and essentials? Shopping online at Giant Eagle and Whole Foods. Using a combo of pickup and delivery whichever comes first. Re: the essentials. Stocking up on wine and cigarettes ( The Secret of Christina ) for my spouse. I, good so far, laid in an inexhaustib...

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It looks like this coronavirus is getting worse by the day. For me it even hampers (somewhat) my interest in listening to great music of all kinds. On the other hand, music inspires, is like a medication when nothing else seems to work. Word magic works for me, illiterate till the redoubtable Mrs. ...

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Don't be such a cutie pie, Mr. President.

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barney wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:24 am
No wonder he is flailing around blaming everyone else.

Mister Trump wrote:I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly.

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THE NEW REPUBLIC The Pandemic Movie of Our Time Isn’t Contagion . It’s Jaws . The 1975 Spielberg flick captures the dread of facing an invisible enemy—and the incompetence of the politicians in charge. https://newrepublic.com/article/156991/pandemic-movie-time-isnt-contagion-its-jaws https://images...

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General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!! FORD, GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!! [/size][/b] NYT Under Intense Criticism, Trump Says Government Will Buy More Ventilators https://www.nytimes...

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NYT

'White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/busi ... y.amp.html

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You can be thinking about it [DNR] in the hospital. Certainly, hospitals talk about this on a daily basis, but to say that to the American people and make the implication that when they need a hospital bed it's not going to be there or a ventilator, it's not going to be there, we don't have evidenc...

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"What was terrible about my cousin's situation was they could not go to the hospital. Their daughter died alone. The funeral cannot be a family event. They weep alone." I was so sorry to hear this story, Ricordanza . My family has just endured a similar experience: a loved one dies alone, no one pe...

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SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS BERIO AND BARTÓK 12 Mar 2020 BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER FREE https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/52535# Luciano Berio Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra (38 min.) Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Interview Simon Rattle on Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra (11 min.) Béla Bartó...

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Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients PLEASE NOTE: The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/25/coronavirus-patient...

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NY TIMES

13 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital

News report plus accompanying video from Queens.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyre ... s.amp.html

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Record $2 Trillion Stimulus Risks Falling Short of Full Relief The record U.S. stimulus package provides much-needed aid to small companies and Americans hit hard by the coronavirus, but it won’t prevent a big short-term hit to the economy and a dramatic rise in unemployment. Shortly after midnight...

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I would agree if not for what you and a few others have turned this board into ... That the trajectory of Mr. Trump's behavior now threatens our nation is all too clear to me for reasons way too numerous to revisit here. So, like it, lump it, say what you bloody well please about it, I firmly inten...

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WSJ
Gun Industry Presses to Keep Shops Open
March 25

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He was also quoted this week as saying Trump has never refused to take his medical advice. You may be fighting a losing battle on the political front: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... -7088.html The trend is not going your way. to [Trump’s] credit, even though we disagree on some things,...

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I agree, so far lotsa people have acted selfishly, including some of our leaders, but not all and as with the Brits in WW II, eventually altruism may take hold. I just hope some exceptional leadership emerges. So far that has been in short supply. On the micro level, I deal every day with 17-year-ol...

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In the interest of maintaining regular order during these irregular, chaotic times, may I suggest, respectfully, that Lance move the political stuff in this thread, from both the New Right and the Old Left, over to the Pub forum?

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In the interest of maintaining regular order during these irregular, chaotic times, may I suggest, respectfully, that Lance move the political stuff in this thread, from both the New Right and the Old Left, over to the Pub forum?

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I rather think it's you who've done all the complaining, non stop now for nearly 3 years. What I write irritates you? then you are, of course, perfectly free to squawk. No problem at all with that, on my end. Might I be permitted to ask, though, that you correct your significant mis-characterizatio...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:29 am
A rowboat going after a battleship!!!

Once the games begin, don't complain if you get knocked about a bit. Politics is a blood sport.

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WSJ
March 24, 2020

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The Wall Street Journal President Considers Easing Lockdown Guidelines March 24, 2020 BY JON HILSENRATH AND STEPHANIE ARMOUR The White House is discussing easing social-distancing guidelines as early as next week amid a broader debate over how much economic loss the country can bear to save an unkn...

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‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic By Jon CohenMar. 22, 2020 , 7:35 PM Anthony Fauci, who to many watching ...

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Let me get this straight-this mafia mussolini criminal lying trump should be considered a poor man-absurd. Regards, Len :x :x :x Belle , I believe, was flinging a penny dreadful at the head of Joe Biden. I have no problem with that. As a public figure of considerable stature and reputation (36 year...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:26 pm
it's just DREADFUL.

I confess I have never seen that show. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.

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Lance wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:02 pm
Too much TV makes us fat!

Never watched tv growing up, I was not allowed, but cannot claim the deprivation made me slender.

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Lance wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:02 pm
Too much TV makes us fat!

Never watched tv growing up, I was not allowed, but cannot claim the deprivation made me slender.

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in normal circumstances ... we would be listening to lots of music, reading, or watching great movies or DVDs. I am listening to music a lot but seem very unmotivated to do much else.... Not listening to classical music much for the past 6 months, but when I am not teaching, I am doing lotsa readin...

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in normal circumstances ... we would be listening to lots of music, reading, or watching great movies or DVDs. I am listening to music a lot but seem very unmotivated to do much else.... Not listening to classical music much for the past 6 months, but when I am not teaching, I am doing lotsa readin...

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The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2020 U.S. Pullout of China Staff Cripples Ties at a Key Moment BY JULIE WERNAU BEIJING—A sweeping evacuation of American diplomats has hobbled the U.S. government’s presence in China, further rupturing interactions between the two superpowers at a time of rising te...

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The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2020 Marines Will Retool, With an Eye to China BY MICHAEL R. GORDON The Marine Corps is undertaking its most sweeping transformation in decades, pivoting from a focus on fighting insurgents in the Middle East to developing the ability to hop from island to island i...

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