Directed by David Petrarca. With Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Brian Geraghty, Robert Wisdom. Kreizler and Moore travel to DC. Sara goes rogue in her pursuit of the truth. Lucius confides a secret to Marcus. Byrnes and Connor tighten their stranglehold on the investigation.
Month: February 2019
👓 Trump Sought a Loan During the 2016 Campaign. Deutsche Bank Said No. | New York Times
Donald Trump turned to the German bank, one of the few lenders willing to do business with him, to borrow millions of dollars that would go to his golf resort in Scotland.
Haven’t they been saying the company was throwing off so much money they were self-financing? We need a better accounting of the money flows for how Trump was keeping his companies afloat.
👓 Senate Evidence Clarifies Mystery Calls Around Trump Tower Meeting | New York Times
Phone records show that Donald Trump Jr. spoke to family friends — the head of Nascar and an investor with ties to Russia — around a 2016 meeting with Russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.
👓 The World-Record Instagram Egg Is Going to Make Someone Very Rich | The Atlantic
“Being the first brand to crack out of the egg is worth at least $10 million.”
📺 "The Alienist" Requiem | TNT
Directed by Jamie Payne. With Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Brian Geraghty, Robert Wisdom. Kreizler mourns Mary's death while Sara pushes the team to forge ahead. Moore believes the killer is poised to strike again. Cyrus seeks revenge.
📺 Washington Week: A war of words over intelligence and a budget battle, round two | PBS
President Trump downplays disagreements over intelligence.
📖 38% done reading A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman
📖 38% done reading A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman
Not quite as sharp as most of Korman’s other plots, but also in a slightly different area and still interesting.
📺 "Blue Bloods" Ripple Effect | CBS
Directed by Ralph Hemecker. With Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes. A medium claims to know what happened to a woman who was found dead of an apparent suicide; Jamie and Eddie help a woman who bought cheap insulin online that nearly killed her son; Frank goes after a man he thinks is laundering money from a charity.
📺 "Madam Secretary" Proxy War | CBS
Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá. With Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller. An American-Made cluster bomb leaves innocent Syrian children dead, leaving Elizabeth to figure out what went wrong. Russell argues with a homeless protester leaving him with a PR disaster to deal with.
📺 "The Alienist" Castle in the Sky | TNT
Directed by Jamie Payne. With Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Brian Geraghty, Robert Wisdom. Kreizler confronts the demons of his past. Moore tell Sarah the truth. Conner takes matters into his own hands. The team closes in on the killer as time is running out.
👓 Spirited away: Japan’s winter ends | Economist Espresso
Setsubun will be celebrated on Sunday to mark the last day of winter, according to Japan’s lunar calendar.
I’ve played the Oni before, but hadn’t known quite as much about the tradition and why it was carried out.
👓 Falling asleep in your genes: biology | Economist Espresso
Humans spend around a third of their lives asleep. But the molecular and genetic mechanisms that control sleepiness are mysteries. Now researchers have shown that a gene called nemuri could be one of the main drivers. In a study on fruit flies, neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania found that when they suppressed the activity of this gene, the flies woke up easily and had difficulty sleeping. Conversely, when they ramped up nemuri’s activity, the flies effortlessly entered the land of nod. Intriguingly nemuri, which encodes a small protein secreted by brain cells, was also shown to help the flies fight off bacterial infections. It seems as though sleep is a crucial part of the body’s immune response to infection or illness. Anyone sceptical of the recuperative powers of a good night’s rest now has evidence their doctors and mothers were right—sleep really does help. The results were published this week in Science.
This looks like some interesting sleep research to delve into further.
📺 "Kids Baking Championship" I Lava Volcano | Food Network
With Duff Goldman, Valerie Bertinelli, Cole Frederickson, Jason Intravartolo. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman have the 11 remaining kid bakers create volcano bundt cakes and edible boulders.
📺 Super Bowl LIII (2019) | CBS
Directed by Mike Arnold. With Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Sean McVay, Tony Romo. The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams compete to determine the championship of the National Football League.
Watched this at Kerry and Spencer’s house at a relatively loud and large party. Only watched portions throughout the evening and without sound and only subtitles.
Finished watching the final quarter at home after leaving in the 3rd quarter some time.
I’ll admit that I’ve been following the Patriots for so long now that I really don’t have much buy in on the recently transplanted LA Rams. I have seen a lot of people with brand new Rams shirts and hats in the last few weeks.