Some earlier talk here: The proof is in the Putin: thread for Panama Papers/Mossack Fonseca leaks.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 4 October 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
the el mozote episode from yesterday is heartbreaking
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Thursday, 11 November 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
i don't think i'll be watching that one. for the curious and non-googling https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/massacre-in-el-salvador/
i am however interested in the Pandora Papers segment that apparently also finally aired. I've been out of the loop lately!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
Welp. I haven't made it through the USA and the Taliban three-parter but I am almost through the one about Clarence and Ginni and I am here to recommend for anyone who lives in USA and is subject to the rulings of the Supreme Court (aka everyone who lives in USA or cares). These people, my god. If you're not there for "how did they get here?" seeing his testimony juxtaposed with Anita Hill's and knowing one of them had to be perjuring themselves...and that it wasn't Anita Hill? Bone chilling.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/clarence-and-ginni-thomas/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJuRx1wARUk
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 12 May 2023 15:02 (eleven months ago) link
One of the most chilling things was how everything -- everything!! -- comes or goes through Ginni. When the confirmation trials were going down, Ginni reported to John Danforth that Clarence was suffering with stress, "curled up in the fetal position" and apparently "a broken man" -- in an interview in the documentary he said "it's hard to see a man suffer that way" (or something to that effect) but
did he SEE it? noit was reported by Ginni
they are truly a group project. in light of current circumstances, i really do think this is an illuminating look at the damage this type of marital partnership can inflict when they are fully coordinated. which they are.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 12 May 2023 17:00 (eleven months ago) link