Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- New Jersey's electric bills tripled and could cost Democrats the state. And if they rely on corporate media they may not realize that prices and taxes are going down in the rest of the country.

- Trump take-over renews questions over DC crime data. The numbers are shameful.

- Sad but true!

- Stalin tells a story about a windbag.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Captain Ed Freeman RIP. Where do we find such men?

- Bernie Sanders now backs equality (opportunity) over equity (outcome). Interesting.

- Arrest warrant issued for Bill Gates in Philippines. Two questions after reading this - is this serious or satire? Secondly - the Philippines must have an extradition treaty with the US as a protectorate right?

- Wow - didn't know this. Johnny Cash was the first American to learn of Joseph Stalin's death.

Player Comparison

Here's a "Player Comparison" out of left field.

Player A - wanted to eliminate half the life in the universe

Player B - was just one great purge away from creating a communist paradise.

If you actually treated May Day as a holiday well I guess we also know who you were rooting for during Infinity War.

Franklin and Winston

Finished this very interesting look at the relationship of two of the 20th century's great men - Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship.

The book was an unflinching history of the relationship between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. I came away from the reading with a much different picture of the two men. Even though he was the younger of the two, Roosevelt played what best seemed to fit the role of the older brother in the relationship. He could be patronizing and dismissive but at the same time patient and encouraging. However, also like a big brother he could be mean spirited when trying to impress someone he wanted to befriend (in this case Roosevelt was often awful to Churchill when he was with Joseph Stalin).

Churchill for his part did seem to play the role of a younger brother who badly wanted the approval and friendship of Roosevelt. Churchill easily forgot slights at the hands of Roosevelt and choose just to remember the high points and good times. That's certainly not how I pictured Churchill before reading the book.

If you are a fan of history or a World War II buff - I'd highly recommend this most readable of books.