Monday Mania
Trump is gambling that the excesses of the “big, beautiful bill” will be covered by an economic boom similar to what last occurred in the ’90s. May it be so. If not, will it finally lead to the financial disaster long anticipated? Stay tuned.
Ukraine scored a major victory, but my gut says it will make Mad Vlad more determined than ever.
Will there be more terror attacks in the USA like the one in Boulder? Hopefully the slimes will be deported before they are able to act.
Add COPD cures to Facebook’s ED and Neuropathy barrages. If only it were so easy.
Headline from nypost.com: “Bullets dying: NYC sees fewest reported murders, shootings in modern history to start year: mayor.” Yay!
Although I’ve never been a smoker, I’ve been thinking lately that lung failure will eventually be my undoing, caused, I’d guess, by whatever came along with Covid. I’ve just read about something else that might get me. Headline from foxnews.com: “Common supplements and medications could cause liver damage, studies show.” Green tea is on the list. I infuse seltzer with an extract and drink it every day. In the decade or so I’ve been doing so, I haven’t had more than a few headaches. I believe in it.
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From 35 Trivia Tidbits To Upend Your Sense of Scale by Cracked Writers, msm.com. The tallest statue in the world, it depicts politician and independence activist Sardar Patel:
Last night two flicks I’d never heard of were broadcast. Undercurrent (1946) aired on Movies!, channel 5–2 on OTA in NYC, and Spider Baby or the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967) on Off Beat Cinema, 48–4. The former, a mystery directed by Vincente Minnelli, stars Hollywood legends Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor and Robert Mitchum. It was okay but something didn’t seem right. The latter is the story of three mentally imbalanced inbred children, and stars Lon Chaney Jr. as their caretaker — LOL! — and several actors who had solid careers: Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Mantan Moreland and Sid Haig. It was written and helmed by Jack Hill, who has 18 credits as a director, 22 as a writer, all B Movies, at least two in Blaxploitation. He was a classmate of Francis Ford Coppola at Cal and collaborated with him while working for Roger Corman, having a hand in the writing of The Terror (1963), starring Jack Nicholson, and Dementia 13 (1963). I have to mention one of the most catchy titles ever, Mondo Keyhole (1966), which Hill wrote and co-directed with John Lamb. I hope Off Beat Cinema shows that soon. Born in 1933, married since ’73, Hill is still with us. Photo from Google Images:
The Anti-Inflation Book Shop did well on this picture-perfect day. My thanks to the gentleman who donated a bag full of highly marketable DVDs, and to the kind folks who made purchases. Here’s what sold: a package of incontinence sheets, Peanuts art, a collection of Swing Era music on vinyl, six DVDs of Midnight Special, Aladdin (1992) on DVD, two thrillers in Russian, Unsolved Crimes: Follow the Trail of the World’s Most Notorious Cases by John W. Wrights; Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White; Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
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