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- “I Pardon You” : President Trump pulls an Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes) from Schindler’s List, indiscriminately pardoning people. Of course the difference here is he’s not pardoning ill-fated Jews but white-collar grifters such as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and Eddie DeBartolo. Imagining he’ll pardon the Houston Astros tomorrow. Really enjoying this “Give Zero F*cks” phase of the Trump presidency. Corruption is the new black. It’ll only hasten the downfall, but at least he’s laying his cards on the table.
- Coronavirus 2K: The coronavirus death toll tops 2,000 as China expels 3 Wall Street Journal reporters, who should perhaps considers themselves lucky.
- The Big Goodbye: From the Medium Happy Readers’ Club. A just-released non-fiction history of the making of Chinatown and the three major names behind it: Robert Evans, Roman Polanski and Jack Nicholson. We just dove in a couple days ago and if you want to learn more about Hollywood of the late Sixties, you’ll love this. It’s sort of the cinematic spin on Echo In The Canyon. By Sam Wasson. Recommended.
- Aubrey Huff ‘n Stuff: The San Francisco Giants tell Aubrey Huff, one of the key players on their 2010 World Series championship squad, that he’s not invited to their 10-year reunion. Bad move, Bay-bies. I don’t agree with just about anything that Huff tweets, but finding someone’s political or moral values offensive isn’t a valid enough reason for banishing him from this event. He’s not a criminal; he’s just MAGA.
- Go! The NCAA is finalizing wording that will allow players to transfer and not have to sit out a year. Fine. The world won’t burn. This will mostly be utilized by quarterbacks who were already finding loopholes to avoid sitting a year. What I don’t know (because these stories mostly don’t hold my interest) is whether an SA may transfer before fall camp ends but before the semester begins and still play.
Not sure how much you enjoy writing about them, but I enjoy your reviews and/or suggestions of books. I’m all for the Medium Happy Readers’ Club, if it became a reoccurring topic.