The Secrets We Keep (and Telling the Whole Story)

Before leaving, they leave quicker there I guess, the defeated governor of Kentucky went on a bit of a pardon binge that involved some rather controversial cases. These were highlighted, especially one or two involving horrible crimes and apparent financial bias [think Marc Rich]. But, as seen here, the guy not only also pardoned more sympathetic types but showed some concern for criminal justice during his term. Criticism of heavy-handed solitary pardon power is valid -- it should be done in an organized way -- but there is a reason multiple criminal justice warriors were wary of the criticism.

A trip to the library brought two good finds, Good Talk and also The Secrets We Keep, a Reese Witherspoon [she has a book club] pick as it turns out. It a fictionalized account of real events, on one front about the author and his "Lara" of Doctor Zhivago (I have not read/seen it), and on the other, the plan to sneak copies into the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, we get a look at some of the women who worked at the CIA both as "typists" and spies. Good stuff at the website and more video can be found online. It also is being made into a movie.

On the impeachment front, the last comments on this thread are ... well, amusing is one way to put it. The guy continuously challenges my good faith (easier than actually refuting my arguments), and then tacks on (with a dig that ignores the repeated efforts of mine to do historical research on matters) something that basically supports my agnosticism on something I said was "academic" anyway. If I wanted Moscow Mitch to lose, that would be a rather piss poor way to do it. Anyway, in his own way, he's as bad as the B. trolls there.