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Napoleon
I wish I could find the new Globe Trekker (Isolated Islands: Saint Helena) show online. The island doesn’t look that great. But it was worth it to see where Napoleon lived—it was not as lavish as I had thought, a one-room house and then later a nicer home consumed by a cold and rainy…
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Mexico
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/americas/el-chapo-guzman-us-extradition/index.html From the outset (el Chapo) there was all this talk about how it proves Mexico can’t be trusted. On the heels of the NY escapes that seems harsh. Pablo Escobar basically lived in a hacienda within the prison until he decided that wasn’t good enough. That he was “connected” wasn’t even transparent. This guy…
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Greece
I’ve been watching this. I thought it was over when, faced with Greece’s imminent default, the EU said “whatever.” Why Germany and Ms. Merkel seemed to be the rallying-point I don’t understand and don’t really want to know. So now they have this election. Actually, it was scheduled a short while ago, before the whole…
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Pam Smart
I don’t remember paying much attention at the time and I didn’t like the movie (based on the novel) much. The case has received publicity recently because (some) of the murderers are being set free. They’re all stupid, but Pam Smart is dumber than them all. The bookless professor (apparently they, the books, were confiscated…
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In the City
That is the thing I remember most about the Ross Ulbricht obituary. He lived in some great cities. Why didn’t he get a job? Why was he such an outcast? “Disillusioned” is the term applied to many of the mass murderers.
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The Prison Escape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matt If you read the brief Wiki post it is pretty clear this “person” is an escape risk. Geez, talk about living off the government. It makes me really rethink prison overcrowding. I mean, I’m all for it. It is informative and disturbing to watch the coverage. It affects communities in a large portion of…
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Nothing is as Healing as the Human Touch
http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/141/nothing-is-as-healing-as-human-touch.html http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/07/the-morning-after-finding-bobby-fischer/ “It sounds terrible to leave a 16-year-old to his own devices, but he is probably happier that way.” A quick reading suggests Regina was a smart, independent, and attentive mother. The husband, birth certificate, and degree things are legit. She appears to have helped in his education and chess development; moving and a…
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Still a Favorite
Still my favorite playlist. Shelleyan Orphan. Sugar is new. I don’t want to know how to control it.