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Wells Fargo - Podcast
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Audio & Podcasts
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A fine podcast that goes a little deeper on the Wells Fargo scandal, with added commentary by ex employees.
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/10/07/497084491/episode-728-the-wells-fargo-hustle
A Trove of Books
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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Found, at Value Village, a small trove of books to read. Penguin editions, possibly a classics major or some such cleaning up his shelf.
Titles include: Orkneyinga Saga, The Mabinogion, NJal's Saga, The History of Alexander, Two Years Before the Mast, and the Communist Manifesto.
...From which you should gather a fair idea of my reading tastes. Well prepared for a long winter without reliable internet (or even necessary, as it wastes more time that it answers questions, for sure, for sure...). Not that I needed more books, I've easily a hundred to read, but I couldn't leave these, with luck by spring I'll have read them all...
Operation Avalanche
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 1635
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This looks good. Intriguing...food for thought.
10 Cloverfield Lane
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 1988
Not bad, for a big-budget Hollywood take on something that could have been low budget genius, not bad... Strength of writing and script. And while the surprise ending is no surprise, the movie has it's moments, Emmet, baiting the conspiracy-addled host (how can you not? I've been there, I know), John Goodman's ever-patient demeanor, his lifetime of ridicule, his generosity abused, the passing of time with Cards-Against-Humanity, a sort of crazy Santa-Clause, it's not bad, good for Hollywood, no spoilers here, but I would rather have found something at CIFF. Mainstream US cinema, it's gone the same way as their politics, rarely will you find anything that worthwhile, look elsewhere and you might be pleasantly surprised...
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