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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neithe...

Phase four marvel movies to begin. "black widow" opens in may. stephanie elam, cnn, hollywood. >> got to have some lizzo. no? >> hum. >> all right. >> no. this is not -- its not that i dont love lizzo. its just, you know. >> i know. >> i would mix some things around there. >> talking about a mix. how about a mix of weather? rain, snow, sleet. >> none of it good. >> ice. it is messy out there. literally for millions of you across the u.s. including minnesota which you would expect this time of ye...

Shot through a cannon together. they took care of each other and supported each other. >> they loved each other and that came across. even when one of them would have a struggle, you could see the others stepping in to prop each other up. >> was there anyone for whom all of this, all the smash, all of the lime light, took a bigger toll on? >> i think that its very publicly known that the show did take a toll on matthew perry. >> i was in denial about the serious nature of alcoholism and addictio...

Russian help to elect a president, to have many this monarchist view of the presidency, all of this stuff is shocking. and what trump has done to auck ord subordinate these men and women of the republican party has been shocking. but impeachment is something he couldnt stop and for all his own power and own sort of monarchial power, he couldnt stop it. think hes angry. >> look at how this is going to be viewed potentially in history. it hasnt gotten to the senate yet. but the fact is impeachment...

Me and watch watergate. >> i was sitting in a dressing room making the film the great gatsby and to keep yourself from going mad you would watch the hearings and that was fine because the hearings were so interesting you couldnt stop. and what was interesting was the drama and the tension and the mystery. whats going to happen? >> do i understand that you are testi testifying -- >> the watergate hearings were an absolute unifying television experience for the entire country. i can remember watch...

That law is gone. but what their lawyer told the court today is that there are still restrictions that he says violate the second amendment. for example, he said, under the way the law works now, anybody trying to drive from their home to a shooting range, say in new jersey, couldnt stop anywhere. couldnt stop to get gas in the car or get coffee or go to the bathroom. but a lawyer for new york city today said, no, that is not the case. the city has no intention of that kind of enforcement. but v...

Going to jail for murdering an abortion doctor is seen as a noble sacrifice. before she shot dr. tiller, shelly shannon wrote warm approving letters to the man who killed dr. david gunn in florida. she wrote to him in jail as he awaited trial. when she went on to commit her own act of violence, that began the next chapter of her life as a hero soldier in the army of god. her prison term would stop her from personally carrying out any further violence. but it couldnt stop her from inspiring the n...

In their view is justifiable homicide. going to jail for murdering an abortion doctor is seen as a noble sacrifice. before she shot dr. tiller, shelly shannon wrote warm approving letters to the man who killed dr. david gunn in florida. she wrote to him in jail as he awaited trial. when she went onto commit her own act of violence, that began the next chapter of her life as a hero soldier in the army of god. her prison term would stop her from personally carrying out any further violence. but it...

Had a little girl in his wrists and in his arms, next thing i know he and her jumped. >> cell phone video shows good samaritans pulling the little girl from under the subway train just after 8:00 a.m. others comforting the youngster who barely escaped with her life. the 45-year-old father grabbed his 5-year-old daughter and jumped in front of the southbound 4 train. the train slowed down but couldnt stop in time, running over the man and the little girl. >> there was a man who went down in the f...

True friendship or what was it like? >> yeah. they were very close. you know, they all got shot through a canon together. [ laughter ] >> they took care of each other and supported each other. >> i think they loved each other and that came across, and even when one of them would have a struggle you could sort of see the others stepping into prop each other up. >> was there anyone for whom all of this, all of the smash and all of the limelight took a bigger toll on? >> i think that, um, its very ...