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OPPENHEIMER: Father of the Atomic Bomb

The Russian War in Ukraine has re-aroused the fear of a nuclear holocaust.  The closest humanity has been to extinction was the prospect of a similar horror through much of the Cold War.  Two J. Robert Oppenheimer productions will shake you out of your comfort zone.  It's actually worse because he is only the Father of the Atomic Bomb.  He had a feud with Edward Teller, Father of the Hydrogen Bomb. MSNBC had a documentary last night:   To End All War:  Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb , featuring a number of comments by Christopher Nolan, whose film,  Oppenheimer , will be released on July 21.  This movie is rated R and will be 3 hours long, with a glowing cast:  Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as his wife, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, who ran the Manhattan Project, Robert Downey, who eventually became Oppie's nemesis, Kenneth Branagh, Florence Puch, as O's girlfriend/mistress, Gary Oldman, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Matthew Modine, and others. S

THE STORY OF DISCO

I'll begin with some good news.   Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel was Saturday night crowned the 71st Miss Universe 2022  in New Orleans.  Yes, this is 2023, but...  She was the first Filipino American to ever win Miss USA. Interestingly enough, we were watching the  Hawaii Miss Universe 2023 contest  on television because one of the competitors, Kawai Crisostomo, is on the 15 Craigside staff.  She did not win but was the highest scoring swimsuit contestant.  The new Hawaii representative will be Savannah Gankiewicz of Maui.  She will participate later this year in the Grand USA Finale at the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada. Donald Trump owned the pageant from 1996 to 2015, and he had a few incidents.    He was forced to sell because of his CREEPINESS .  Now being run by a group from Thailand. I woke up today to disco music, so thought, why not post on The Story of Disco. Of course, there are those who absolutely hate disco music, as for example,  Matt Damon in  The Martian . My wo