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USA:Suspect in ‘politically motivated assassination’ of Minnesota Democratic House leader identified, officials sayAssassinations and attempts on politicians are not that unusual as we all know.It's unclear what the actual motivation was ... Read More

Afternoon movie: Vera Cruz - Western in Technicolor from 1954, 1h 34m. Filmed in Mexico. Great cast of solid actors of the age - Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster - and excellent support from Ernest Borgnine and the ever present wonky eyed Jack Elam. ... Read More

My Vegas buddy finally gave up on going to the protest.I am glad she did.She saw too many memes of people running over protesters and had a bad feeling .Smart move on her part.It is lovely outside.We went to Tesco today to return a watermelon we ... Read More

Yes, my husband was a true hero.I think he was so afraid of losing me that he stepped up his game to overtime.I have months of lost memories. I slightly recall laying flat out staring at the ceiling .That and running to the loo to be sick, washing ... Read More

Israel/Iran:More fighting going on.   There's an article in the Economist which discusses what Netanyahu wants from Iran and that apparently (and obviously) is regime change.  He said he wants the Iranians to rise up but the ... Read More

Hanover Street1979 Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot. - @SimCityATI remember this movie when it was first released. It was the first ... Read More

That is wild to say run them down.Yes, not allot of difference really between a cop or a criminal; Both have to be willing to step over the line of what is moral.That being said, my ex SIL the Army MP was a straight shooter sort of person and had a ... Read More

As I said before,  I thought I'd spend the afternoon, watching The Alamo.  I did it in chunks on and off in between doing domestic and garden work.   It's a long film, 2h 40m.   Cast of thousands.  Apparently the ... Read More

HU: 12.15h.23C, not too hot, blue skies, warmer in the sun, almost no breeze, pressure steady, sunset 20.42h.Today is unlucky Friday 13th so this should be a day for not taking frivolous risks.   I therefore plan to mess about ... Read More

California: Fed judge Breyer (younger brother of former SCOTUS judge), ruled against Trump and returned control of the National Guard to the CA Governor.  It'll go to appeal immediately and pointlessly, it'll probably go to SCOTUS.  At ... Read More

Just got home from my 6 month oncology visit, All good, they could find nothing wrong!!!!!My cancer had a 80% cure rate but that 20% is not good; Got it early too.Some people suffer allot with it and the side effects can be terrible.I firmly believe ... Read More

HU:Weather is pretty good. The wind is the biggest problem for outside work and my new sunshade blinds on the patio/deck. Wind 3.6m/s from SW. Temperatures now, 22.5C outside at 12.30h and very strong sunshine. Pressure steady. Sunset is ... Read More

My friends mom was a short little heavy set mommie.Breaks my heart to think she was abused by some jack a@@;Our town later turned city was so far off from even the SF valley. She was there for me when I dislocated my knee and also when I cracked my ... Read More

Grrrr....another power cut. Just typical of here. This one seems to be in the area. All the burglar alarms have gone off. And I was in the middle of making coffee!Update:  Power cut lasted 40m.  Whole village was "off" and FB was awash ... Read More

I just found out some disturbing news from decades ago. My Vegas friend was allot closer to our deceased school mate who passed from brain cancer a few years ago then I was. She told me that Teri,s mother was raped while she was at work. She picked ... Read More