Sunday, August 16, 2026
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Betrayal AKA Kamilla (1981) Run Time 1H 46M Plus Bonuses!
Greetings gentle reader and welcome to another installment of the Sunday Morning Movie. Today it’s a tragedy with a touch of comedy,Betrayal: Løperjenten (1981) And next week’s film, The Eccentrics: Sherekilebi (1974) Reviews of Betrayal: Letterboxd says: A feminine movie seen mostly through the eyes of little Kamilla (some close-ups on her reminds me of […]
The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+
“Peace through strength” continues its disastrous world tour.
‘Freezers Are Getting Empty’: Food Banks Struggle to Meet Demand as SNAP Cuts Rip Through Communities
Food banks are having an even harder time as SNAP cuts means even more have difficulty in paying for an adequate diet.
Morocco’s Ceuta Surge Shows How Migration Has Become Weaponized
Morocco’s pressure on Spain is the latest example of a growing form of political coercion Europe is particularly exposed to.
Coffee Break: HIV Therapy, HPV Vaccine, Data Centers, Ecological Collapse, and Wendell Berry
Part the First: Another Promising Breakthrough in HIV Therapy. For those of us who were following the HIV/AIDS epidemic more than forty years ago, advances in antiviral therapy have been more effective than many of us could have imagined when the only drug available was AZT, which did not work. Too many healthy friends and […]
Iran War: Mixed Signals on US Resuming Kinetic Action as Iran Moves to Offensive Stance; Flight from Israel Accelerating
Today’s Iran war news: The Trump team is fracasing over what to do as Iran goes on the front foot while servicemembers are badly overstressed.
The (Attempted) “Israelisation” of Latin America (Part II)
Israel has accomplished big things in very little time. But is it sustainable?
Rob Urie: Why Taming the Power of Capital is Needed for Environmental Resolution
A hard yet often witty look at how US environmental policy was built to fail, and the issues presented by AI and voter shifts.
Trump’s ‘Forever’ Tariffs Are Kicking in for the Long Haul – and US Consumers Are Footing the Bill
Early predictions that consumers would bear most of the burden of Trump’s tariffs are proving to be true.
Nolan’s Odyssey Is About the End of an Epoch, Our Epoch
Nolan’s Odyssey is the work of a mature artist speaking about his time, perhaps to the detriment of the original work.
Why Have We Constructed a Society So Prejudiced Against the Autistic?
A bizarre attack on the autism bona fides of environmentalist/TV presenter Chris Packham shows normies do not grasp that passing is hard work
