Jean Renoir, the great director, was born on September 15, 1894. His greatest film is Rules of the Game (1939) which I think is the best film ever. Romantic adventures among a group of wealthy people and their servants intersect with tragic consequences. Renoir is very compassionate and fond of his characters even with their flaws.
Many of his best films are in the Criterion Collection and online on Filmstruck.
Mostly Democrats
This is an outstanding column which explains how Republicans hindered efforts to end the recession.
The last paragraph: “So if you want to understand why the great slump that began in 2008 went on so long, blighting so many American lives, the answer is politics. Specifically, policy failed because cynical, bad-faith Republicans were willing to sacrifice millions of jobs rather than let anything good happen to the economy while a Democrat sat in the White House.”
Trump cited misinformation from Geraldo Rivera. Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star did a great job cutting through Trump’s crap.
Here’s a column from someone who calculated the death toll:
From this article:
“Under pressure from President Trump’s tariff war, China has embarked on a charm offensive on the diplomatic circuit, smoothing over old disputes and courting partners who could help Beijing weather the storm with Washington. Germany, which perennially harangued Beijing over market access restrictions, recently let Chinese investors hold bigger shares in joint ventures in a significant concession. South Korea, the target of withering Chinese boycotts last year over its deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, is seeing Chinese tourism revenue and automobile sales return.
This week, China’s relations with its heavyweight neighbor, Japan, reached its highest level in years.”
Trump’s policies will hurt US trade as other countries make deals without us. Sad!
As usual, Trump tries to take attention away from his lies by attacking other people. Sad!
Sad! 