In my vast expertise of reading a few books and listening to probably too many podcasts about the event it seems to me that Allen Dulles was the ringleader, but JFK and his brother speedran pissing off all of the most powerful and well entrenched political factions in their short stint in power that Allen didn’t have to try very hard to keep things under wraps and convince the rest that they’d profit from it not being an issue.
I can’t sit my pets down and explain to them what chemo is or that they’re going to have an invasive surgery and may get better afterwards. All they know is that they love me, but they’re in pain. You may question it for a long time afterwards, but if they’re miserable and don’t understand why then keeping them around is more for your benefit than theirs.
I’ve spent way too much money getting care for a sick, young cat because I knew the pain would be temporary and they could get back to their bonded half and recover quickly and I’ve had to put down a dog that could have lived a few more years because their dementia had become so bad they were confused and lost constantly, even when in the same room as I was.
Compassion and love are always important, but you can’t explain to them why they’re in pain, only save them from needless suffering.
Event Horizon. The trailers made it seem like just another 90s sci-fi horror flick trying to ride the Alien high, but it ended up being such a good movie with a tight script, beautiful set design, actually smart characters, and great acting.
The chemistry between Kevin Costner and William Hurt was so perfect. This is one of those hidden gems that I like to recommend people to surprise them with just how good it is.
I liked them when I was a teenager, but I skipped the entire console generation that 4 was on and I’ve tried to play 5 twice and bounced off both times. The sandbox part is excellent but their gameplay isn’t and the story is way too edgy in all the wrong ways for me.
That said I am tentatively excited for 6, purely because it’s giving me Red Dead Redemption 2 vibes which had an absolutely phenomenal story. So if GTA can even hit half the highs of RDR2 story wise I’ll pick it up. Otherwise I’m good.