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VivaFrei@VivaFrei

June 26, 2023

Uncut Gems

Now that the kids are at camp, I am catching up on movies that I have been meaning to wash for a while, but have not been able to.

Watched Shutter Island yesterday. It was great. Knowing the darkness of reality, I found the factual parts of the movie more disturbing than the fantastical parts.

Wastched uncut gems today. A dirty movie. Leaves you feeling dirty and unhappy. And I could not help but hear Robert’s words of advice in my head at the end. The movie was ugly. But what made it bad (implausible) was a finale in which characters were acting irrationally, and against their own best interest - even assuming they were evil. I won’t spoil it anymore than that, but will give a more detailed movie review of both films in the Locals exclusive portion of the next live stream.

I also finally got to have breakfast again at Montreal’s most famous greasy spoon (IMHO), cosmos. I had the double creation. Bacon, fried salami, cheese, eggs. There is a history, and a tragic history, to Cosmos. If you have never seen the movie “man of Grease”, I think it is available online. The restaurant was a cornerstone of Montreal foodie world. When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast before school pretty much every day. I knew the owner. Nicest guy you’ve ever meet.

In 2016, the son of the owner who suffered from mental illness, killed his own father - Tony - the man of grease - who was the owner and cook. The surviving brother worked the restaurant until he died recently (that’s him in the painting behind us). The surviving sister went her own way. The restaurant ended up getting sold. It seems to be in good hands now. Food tastes as good as ever. But it’s such a sad fate the befell the whole family.

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The bad news of the day… Ostriches

The government got authorization to kill the ostriches.

Because of safety.

Despite the fact that they’ve been healthy for damn near a year.

The story is not yet over.

The ostriches have not yet been killed. Not sure what chapter of the story this is.

In a sane universe, this type of abuse would lead to the overthrow of a government.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/universal-ostrich-court-case-loss-1.7615212

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I. INTROUDCTION

A. Appearances

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A. Daily News of Curated Interest

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B. Art of the Day: The solitary gentleman at the end of the bar, to his lonesome, a smoke in hand, a drink, and a water, against the wooden bookcases holding their whiskey and rum bottles, embraced somewhere in thought in the inner world of the imagination and contemplation.

C. Not-So Wise Wisdom of the Day: “I think the future takes care of itself.” Pam Bondi.

D. Cultural Recommendation: Taibbi’s entrance to investigative journalism from a left populist critique. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7897556-griftopia

*Note: A reminder — links are NOT endorsements of the ideas contained therein. The Library is big, and it mostly consists of ideas I do not personally share.

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Robert Barnes@RobertBarnes

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D. Cultural Recommendation: The Apartment, an alternative view of history akin to the film Russian Arc, tracing history through a single place, the prism of an apartment in Moscow across a century of time. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43483939-the-apartment?

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Robert Barnes@RobertBarnes

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C. Wisdom of the Day: “Each time you see a great segment or read exposés in the newspapers and magazines, chances are that they were made possible in part, if not in whole, by reporters using the FOIA.” Ralph Nader.

D. Cultural Recommendation: The National Security Agency’s FOIA Library. Always fun to snoop around now and then. https://www.nsa.gov/helpful-links/nsa-foia/declassification-transparency-initiatives/historical-releases/

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