Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
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Army military experiments have gone wrong and released a deadly gas that kills all people past the age of 25. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #52  

The D B Cooper hijacking was 50 years ago Wednesday. 

Hijackings were fairly common in that era, but this one happened right here in Seattle, while I was trying to watch the ‘Dialing for Dollars’ afternoon movie on channel 7 after school. … [read more]

I’ve previously mentioned that when we lived in Kansas City, my wife and I found a monument to “our Confederate dead.” Missouri had been a Civil War battleground, so we shouldn’t have been surprised, but surprised we were, and un-delighted. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #51 

A boss’s philosophy:

“Always be happy when an employee finances a car or a new house. It means they HAVE to work and will put up with more before they quit.” … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #50

34 compelling first lines of famous books.

Eight of these are books I’ve read, ten are books I tried to read but found too boring, four I’ve never heard of, and two are movies I never knew were based on books. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #49

Here, in one fairly quick read, is the history of oil companies lying about climate change. This ought to be seen as a crime against humanity, or more accurately a crime spree.

Leftovers & Links #48

And then it happened.

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No jail time for rich white serial rapist.

Quote: “It seems to me that a sentence that involves incarceration or partial incarceration isn’t appropriate, so I am going to sentence you to probation.”

There are links to where these movies are streaming for free, if I can find them streaming free. But in an email from a friend yesterday, I learned that there are often pop-ups and other such indignities on YouTube and other such sites. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #47

George Floyd’s brother is trying to teach little kids about what happened in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.

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I’m not going all soft and mushy or anything, and I still hate 99% of all poetry, but… I liked I am San Francisco, by A D Winans.

Leftovers & Links #46

You think things are nuts now? In the 1950s and ‘60s, the US had a government program that intended to nuke the moon.