Chris Grieb

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    I was reminded of this movie while watching a documentary about Rita Hayworth on TCM.

    The movie was released in early 60ths starring Rita, Gig Young, and Anthony Francoise. It also has a wonderful performance by Mildred Dunnock has Gig Young's smothering mother.

    Gig and Rita play the accused murders of Rita's abusive husband. Francoise plays Rita's attorney.

    It has a great scrip and good acting yet I have never seen it on TV. I think it is one of Rita's better performances in her second career.

    I had forgotten that this movie was directed by Clifford Odets who wrote "Waiting for Lefty". "Waiting for Lefty" was regarding as one of great plays of the Red Decade. I still like "Story on Page One".
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    "Tokyo Rose"

    By Chris Grieb,

    She died on this day two years ago.

    Her real name was Iva Tougri and she was trapped in Japan after World War II started. She got a job for Radio Tokyo. She didn't actually call herself Tokyo Rose but she was tried and convicted of treason because she was an American citizen. She served a sentence of several years. When she was release one of first things she did was to a guest at a Marine corp reunion.

    Before President Ford left office he granted her a full pardon because of evidence of perjury at her trial.
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    13 Days

    By Chris Grieb,

    This movie is an account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis last the thirteen days in the title.

    This is well done movie. Good acting, script, and cinematography are all very much in evidence. It is wonderful to see the history of our time accurately displayed.

    The script is taken from Robert Kennedy's account of the crisis. The US late in October of 1962 discovered the Soviet Union was placing medium range missile into Cuba contrary to their promise. The original plans were take out the missile sites by bombing to be followed by an invasion. The idea of a blockade against Cuba was also suggested.

    I will have more in a farther post.
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    13 Days Part 2

    By Chris Grieb,

    A few words about the acting in 13 Days.

    Bruce Greenwood is excellent as President Kennedy. He has the tone and look of the President. Stephan Kulp is wonderful as Robert Kennedy. Kulp is very under appreciated actor. Kevin Costner is just a star to sell the movie. He adds very little to it.
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    21

    By Chris Grieb,

    This movie based about some MIT students who counted cards in Vegas. Counting cards is not illegal but is extremely frowned upon.

    Good performances by all the major and unknowns doing a good job as the students. Don't plan to count cards.
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    A Blog I Enjoy

    By Chris Grieb,

    Tom Stone has a blog called Philospher Stone that I very greatly enjoy.

    He has two humour entries which are very funny. One is a list of children's books that don't make it One is how to have fun with scissors.

    He posts about philosphy, sports and baseball in addition to humour. Check it out.
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    At the ages of ten and eleven we were living in Toyko, Japan. I can remember riding the Toyko subway. While on some occasions we went with our houseboy I am sure there were times we rode it alone. I remember seeing a report about the big deal of a kid in New York City who rode the subway and bus alone and the outcry to his parents.

    What kind of little wusses are we raising today.
  12. Chris Grieb
    I went through the 304 pages of the decision. It seems to cover every aspect of the case that can be considered by the courts.

    The greatest part is devoted to the the time of death evidence. This was perhaps the strongest part of the Crown case. While the court says the crime could have occurred at the original time the evidence now available suggests a much later time. The original pathologist seems to have a great many doubts about his original findings.

    The evidence of the various witness on the County Road is not as clear cut and I want to look at this evidence further.

    Finally the penis evidence emerges as very much a thing of sound and fury signifying nothing.

    I want to look more closely at the County Road evidence. That I will do in another post.
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    During the early 30ths great number of Americans went to the Soviet Union. There is a new book called "The Forsaken" about these people

    These people were treated very badly. The Soviets cut off all contact with their relatives in the US. Great numbers ended in the Gulag.

    How can these stories continue to surprise people.
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    A Silly Idea

    By Chris Grieb,

    Some of the left wing bloggers have come with the idea of having a labor union for bloggers. Here are some of the reason why this is a silly idea.

    I don't know about other bloggers but I work for me and my readers. I am the owner. I determine the content. Unions are made up of employees. People who work for the person who hired them and provided the job.

    One of the items these bloggers want is health care. They have been told that there is right to health care. Now these left wing bloggers are going to discover that someone has to provide this medicine and these medical personal. These items can not be obtained just by wishing for them.

    Perhaps these bloggers can see how many of their readers are willing to help them the health care they want. Lots of Luck.
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    Acorn

    By Chris Grieb,

    Acorn is registering voters. It has been discovered that some of these registered voters are dead.

    I think Conservatives and Burkeans should be pleased. Edmund Burke believed that society included both the living and the dead and even those who were not born. Acorn has just put this practice into effect.
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    My title "The Country in the Very Best of Hands" is from a title of a song in the musical "Little Abner". "Little Abner" was taken from a popular comic strip of the same name.

    Little Abner was hugely popular comic created by Al Capp (1909-1979). He created all the characters in the strip many of whom became household names. Little Abner, Daisey Mae, Ma and Pa Yokum, Marrying Sam, and Moonbeam McSwine. Abner's favorite comic strip character Fearless Fosdick who was a great take off on Dick Tracy were the first thing many people looked at in their newspaper.

    Capp had lost leg in a street car accident at the age of ten. He was in the 40ths, 50ths, and 60ths one of the most well known cartoonists. He was at the beginning a liberal but in the '60 moved to the right mainly over issue of campus revolt. One of the characters he created was a folk singer named Joanie Phoney based on Joan Baez. In the 70ths he was accused of having sex with a female student at a university which lost him great credibility.

    Many collections of the strip are still available. It remains great commentary about life and politics in the United States.
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    An On Line Poll

    By Chris Grieb,

    On Line Polls are not totally reliable except to the people who take it.

    Even so I am going to share one from Instapundit. Glen Reynolds asked which is the bigger problem Global Warming or People who think humanity is the blight on the planet. People who think humanity is the blight won 98 to 2.
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    Durham in Wonderland is written by K C Johnson. The blog is about the Duke Hoax.

    Professor Johnson has written since April of 2006 about the Hoax. The blog has been about the case and the reactions to it.

    As a professor Dr. Johnson has had a great deal to say about the Duke faculty and President. Much of his focus has been on the 88 professors who signed an ad the appeared in the college newspaper now known as the "Gang of 88.

    Dr. Johnson has ably followed the criminal case as it fell apart. He live blogged from many of the court event. He liveblogged from the Nifong disbarment hearings.

    Professor Johnson has been a valued voice for sanity. He and Stuart Taylor have a book coming out in September that I am looking forward to.

    I hope you will look at Durham in Wonderland.