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Johnson got oxygen

The headlines following the Covid attack have been hilarious if you have that bent and are tired of looking at dashboards showing dead people counts. Johnson was admitted with coronavirus to Thomas Hospital - now why you would have him admitted with the deadliest pathogen hanging around is beyond me.. Johnson got oxygen - did they validate that he did not steal from the poor who are gasping for air? Johnson is off the vent- oh boy - for a British PM who Brexited looks like he was admonished to get off the vent.  Why was he hanging around vents is an odd question that needs someone from MI6 to check. Naval ship only 2% full - America sent two navy hospital ships to take the load off the on the ground hospitals but ended up with 2% occupancy.   Why?  No loyalty program?  Have Mercy. Newsom reminds people to take care of their mental and physical health - what is the point of this headline?  Are people losing it?  I know they lost lot of ...

20th century women - an inquisitive film

A film directed by Mike Mills starring Annette Benning.  This was a curious production.  It is part bohemian and part progressive.  The story line follows this single mother played by Benning raising her son in Santa Barbara, CA in the mid seventies. This was a time of experimentation and exploring the liberal limits.  CA has always been a magnet for unusual experiments.  The family lives in a dilapidated structure with good bones and the mom rents out rooms to an eclectic collection of people including a guy who knows how to fix things.  He is part time recruited into fixing the house itself. Billy Crudup plays the renter.  He adds to the entire cacophony of the story line which weaves between people trying to grow up to some trying to break free of being grown up.  It is about finding oneself and getting lost. It is about discovery and remorse.  It is about chain smoking (Benning's character has a fire between her fingers more time o...