Poignant, funny, bittersweet, sweepingly cinematic, poetic, and maybe even a tad disturbing.
The Russians really do have a genetic gift for melancholy, I think. This guy may displace Pasternak! Laura from Dr. Zhivago, step aside. There is a new star in the firmament, a new heartbreaking love-object just out of reach. And her name is
Sarah!
Apropos of nothing in particular (actually, a tweet about sex dolls), I recommend the documentary movie Strad Style. I saw it at the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival 2+ years ago & it brought me more joy than any recent movie I can remember. https://www.stradstyle.com 1/2
This is the most generous spin that can be put on Biden's candidacy. I'm not being snarky; I believe that Biden has some decent qualities & also that he actually believes this shit. But that belief in magical bipartisan kumbaya also disqualifies him from the presidency.
Joe Biden has built his candidacy around a deep and abiding faith in the possibility of political comity with the right. Political opportunism or not, it’s a faith that persists against all evidence to the contrary. http://bit.ly/2NWPqKk
I hope they shit their trousers. Literally. But what TV network would have the moxie to show these Trumpists scurrying down the hall towards the Congressional men's room holding briefing books to cover their backsides? None. So we'll have to rely on citizen journalists & YouTube.
GOP lawmakers are ‘shaken’ by State Department aide’s testimony — and dread what he’ll say on Wednesday: CNN https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/gop-lawmakers-are-shaken-by-holmes-testimony-and-dread-what-hell-say-on-wednesday-cnn/
