A very good price-winning movie, set in the time after the 1st world-war. Finest acting and good camera work.
Politics
Suddenly all companies have a vaccine ready ?
Hey, wait a moment. How can it be, that many involved pharma mobs have or are now suddenly close to being ready with a Corona Virus vaccine ? Pfizer reported first that they are ready and then, by some magical coincidence (!), many other companies are also ready to roll. Of course, they are not. It’s probably just panic and fear of missing out on substantial vaccine supply business and continuing government investment. “What normally takes 7 years, was done in less than one” – yeah, right. A healthy amount of mistrust – yes, mistrust – is advisable, especially when it comes to pharmaceutics. The records show that what is today a magical cure, is tomorrow taken off the market because of side-effects and danger for patients. Meanwhile, the legal costs involved are just a small fraction of the money already earned with bad medicine. So, who cares ? I exaggerate – may be, but what if we all get injected with a hastily released and under-tested vaccine and things go wrong ? What would that do to our nation and to our economy? Probably worse than the virus itself, say I.
Medicine is not an exact science. This is a fact. There is no mathematical model of the human body. All there is, is a bit of biology, chemistry and heavy reliance on testing and statistics. In which other major field are grossly simplifying words like “protagonist” and “antagonist” used because of lack of scientific penetration and understanding ? I for one have all alarm bells chiming out loud.
Gone with the wind

The word is “Schadenfreude” !
Watch Q&A on ABC iView
Sex, Lies and better politics
How women are treated in politics in Australia. A must-watch for all responsible voters. Don’t watch if you vote on the basis of “with which candidate or party am I better off financially”.
“People who really don’t feel any shame any more, come out on top!” Rutger Bregman
Grandpa James
The little known story of a teacher who ran an activist night school on a NSW Aboriginal mission. His students changed Australian history.
Thomas Shadrach James was born to indentured Indian labourers on the Island of Mauritius.
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/the-scholars-hut/12736892
Christian Porter – Attorney-General of Australia …

I watched the ABC’s FourCourners program yesterday with certain expectations but these were exceeded by far. How could someone like Christian Porter survive so long and hold a high government office ? Obviously, he either felt safe or he lived in some fantasy world, thinking he is untouchable. What consciousness does he have? None? This is bizarre. Given his role in the government, he represents Australia. Is this how we want the world to see us ? Apparently, Porter’s poor conduct towards women can be traced back to his early days. It is therefore most likely not an acquired conduct pattern. Does nobody look into this before appointing him to a high office ?
A new day

Knowing that Trump belongs to the past brings happiness and hope to the world.
The olive tree leaves of victory

When intermediate results suit him
The democratic process requires the counting of all votes. Donald Trump however, wants counting to stop in critical states where he has a lead at a time when the intermediate results suit him. Can you believe it ! Knowing that most of the yet to be counted votes are not for him, he simply wants these to remain uncounted. Ugggghh
Now he gets even more droll by saying: Oh we won by the early votes, so the late votes should be ignored as he considers them as illegal. How can a president of the USA talk like this ?
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1700938819685