Thursday 30 March 2017
Monday 27 March 2017
Friday 24 March 2017
Monday 20 March 2017
Ray Bradbury, Dorval 1970
I'm a great believer in Ray Bradbury. His short story about the gawkers at the scene of an accident really resonates with me. Even 40+ years after reading it.
That and the scene in Blue Max where a smoker kills George Peppard's friend by flicking a cigarette in the av gas at the crash site. (I watched the filming of the dogfight scenes in person.)
And Stephen King's Cell when he describes the #flocking.
Describes Trumpism, Soviet Russia, Nazism, Chinese communism, Manson family, Jonestown and many other totalitarian, cult or herd behaviours.
That and the scene in Blue Max where a smoker kills George Peppard's friend by flicking a cigarette in the av gas at the crash site. (I watched the filming of the dogfight scenes in person.)
And Stephen King's Cell when he describes the #flocking.
Describes Trumpism, Soviet Russia, Nazism, Chinese communism, Manson family, Jonestown and many other totalitarian, cult or herd behaviours.
Saturday 18 March 2017
Friday 17 March 2017
Thursday 16 March 2017
Sunday 12 March 2017
Saturday 11 March 2017
Friday 10 March 2017
Thursday 9 March 2017
"International Women's Day"
The earliest Women's Day observance was held on February 28, 1909, in New York and organized by the Socialist Party of America.[4]On March 8, 1917, in the capital of the Russian Empire, Petrograd, a demonstration of women textile workers began, covering the whole city. This was the beginning of the Russian Revolution.[5] Seven days later, the Emperor of Russia Nicholas II abdicated and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote.[4] March 8 was declared a national holiday in Soviet Russia in 1917. The day was predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.
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