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The Trump team group chat news is obscuring an essential question | Mohamad Bazzi
2025-04-15 09:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
The revelation that top members of Donald Trumps administration disclosed secret US military plans against the Houthi militia in Yemen in a private group chat that included a prominent journalist has generated predictable outrage in Washington. Democrats are calling for a congressional investigation and the resignation of some of the officials involved in the breach, including the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the national security adviser, Mike Waltz.In an article published on Monday, the Atlantic magazines editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, outlined how he was able to follow the conversation among members of Trumps cabinet over two days leading up to a series of US airstrikes on 15 March. But in the widespread outrage over the sharing of military information on a Signal chat, one essential question is getting lost: why is Trump bombing Yemen in the first place? Five consecutive US presidents and administrations (George W Bush, Barack Obama, the first Trump administration, J... [ more ]
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What Agatha Christie Really Thought About Adaptations Of Her Work - SlashFilm
2025-04-15 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Movies Thriller Movies ByWitney SeiboldApril 12, 2025 1:00 pm EST Searchlight Pictures We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first film adaptation of an Agatha Christie story was Leslie H. Hiscott's and Julius Hagen's "The Passing of Mr. Quin," released in 1928. This was only eight years after her first work, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," was published, so she was still quite active when movie versions of her stories began to appear. Starting in 1930, Christie also began penning works for the stage (starting with "Black Coffee"), so she was already a media empire unto herself, years before such a thing had become de rigueur. As of this writing, there have been about 50 official cinema adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels and short stories, close to 40 TV movies, not to mention the long-running TV shows "Agatha Christie's Poirot" (1989 2013) and "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple" (2004 2014), plus a whole host of projects where she is a character herself... [ more ]
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Samuel L. Jacksons Box Office Trick: Why His Films Never Flop Even If He Has To Buy The First 1,000 Tickets
2025-04-15 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Samuel L. Jackson knew how to guarantee box office numbers, even if it meant personally fronting the first thousand bucks. During a hilarious appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Jackson cracked the secret: I know when I have a movie thats opening, I know its going to make at least $1,000 that weekend because I buy $1,000 worth of tickets. I give them to the church, or I give them to somebody, and their kids go. Thats not just confidence. Thats commitment. The moment had the audience in stitches, but he wasnt joking. Jackson backed his films, literally. And while $1,000 wouldnt dent todays box office reports, the gesture summed up Jacksons larger-than-life energy. Whether it was Pulp Fiction or Snakes on a Plane, he showed up for his work. Before becoming the legend everyone quoted, Jackson built his resume with films like Coming to America, Goodfellas, and Patriot Games. His big break exploded with Pulp Fiction in 1994. As Jules Winnfield, he delivered Bible verses with gun... [ more ]
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