Movies

Last night I was just tired and crashed.  I am not exactly surprised by this now, though yesterday I was.  But, considering my stressful Monday, two plane rides, and minimal sleep -- to say nothing of the cold trek -- I guess I should be pleased that I escaped with only a cold and a lack of sleep.  This morning I woke up (I am back to 3 blankets with the cold) and it just felt so good and warm under the blankets I was tempted to go back to bed, but... adulting is hard.  I have plenty to day Saturday and we all know how I like to get up and do it, but I am tempted to just sleep in a bit.  Of course, I have stuff to do, books to read, crap to go through, etc.

"Shane" was on TCM tonight and I had to watch; I mean, the movie has a few problems -- the annoying kid at the end (sad story), the near-adultery between Jean Arthur and Alan Ladd -- but as a Western, it is easily among my top 5.  Classic good vs. evil, excellent bar fight in the middle, awesome gunfight at the end.  Even the moral lesson at the end -- maybe a bit preachy -- rings true even today.  

GOP pitches student loan repayment as Americans struggle to keep up with bills - POLITICO
I don't know, I understand times are tough, but they borrowed the money, and they should pay it back?  I and millions of others somehow managed to pay down our student loans, and they cannot?  Yes, we need to make college more affordable, but I am sure that throwing more money at it and buying off loans is NOT the approach.  I don't know, it is sort of like all the school districts complaining about running out of calamity days.  I mean, either you use them and tack on days at the end of the year, or you tell the parents to bundle their kids up?  Neither option is exactly pleasant, but children should be in school (did we not learn the lesson of the pandemic?), and if we tack on a week in June... well, remember this then.

How $16B in earmarks evaded conservative ire — and helped clinch a funding deal - POLITICO
This could be me, but aren't we supposed to be Republicans?  Fiscal responsibility is what we stand for, sometimes, right?  And the fact that so many of us are ok with it... just makes my head spin.

Browns fan creates petition calling for ownership accountability - cleveland.com
This could be, but wouldn't the best way to demand accountability is to not show up and spend money?  A petition is nice but... not exactly pushing the envelope.

Library Names 25 Films to the National Film Registry for Preservation
Finally!  Interesting and odd choices (but prolly better than some of the DEI ones of recent vintage).  I have seen six of these -- I am going to re-watch "Glory" because why not -- and I have read Ten Nights in a Bar-room, but I have not seen "White Christmas" or "The Karate Kid."  I should watch the Linklater trilogy.  Funny, I have gotten away with trying to watch them -- the Interlibrary Loan shutdown has largely crimped this -- but there is no reason now not to re-start my efforts.  Save for my usual sloth.