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Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

This is my 100th blogpost. Assuming I averaged maybe 1,250 words/blog, that’s 125,000 words. Just typing that number makes my carpal tunnel flare. Anyway, to celebrate this historic(ally non-momentous) occasion, let me return to my favorite guy, the one who’s still having trouble letting go. Sorry but I just can’t help myself. It’s like clubbing to death baby harp seals as they climb out of the ocean. Easy pickins!

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The Book Adaptation That Regrettably Never Was (Yet?)

Believe it or not, if you look past all the zombie nonsense they keep churning out well past its sell-by date, the American basic cable channel AMC has become the gold standard for multi-part adaptations of dense, complicated books.

This first occurred to me in 2016 when the channel aired The Night Manager, an adaptation of John le Carré’s 1993 best-seller. Not only did the program boast fine direction,

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