Diary, Politics

Georgia on my mind

No Comments 5 January 2021

Today the control of the senate will be decided.  John Legend and Barak Obama team up for Georgia.

Diary, Must Know, Politics

37% for Dictator in USA

No Comments 14 November 2020

This a scary poll and hard to believe but it would explain the Trump phenomenon.

[...] share of voters who want “a strong leader who does not have to bother with Congress and elections” grew from 25 percent in 1990 to 37 percent in 2017, according to the World Values Survey, which measured attitudes in 48 countries.

Source: https://wapo.st/3kuCg4s

Diary, Must Know, Movies, Drama

Joker

No Comments 16 August 2020

When I think about the Joker I always see the painted face of Heath Ledger who gave an amazing performance in the Batman movie Dark Knight that unfortunately became his last chance to act. I decided to watch the film with the Joker now simply called Joker because Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for his performance. Make no mistake, his acting is an amazing feat. His portrayal of a mentally deranged person scarily convincing. But my heart was tied to Heath Ledger and I always thought about him while seeing the painted face of the new joker. There is a sense of violence at the center of the film that left me deeply unsettled, especially now that in many parts of the Western world right-wing nationalists seem to be ready to embrace violence to attack democratic institutions.