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13 LIVES and UNCHARTED

The numbers keep changing, but the Senate today approved the $740 billion economic package .  I've never seen Chuck Schumer looking so ebullient.  Next, the House, where the vote will occur on Friday, as they are in recess.  Next, President Joe Biden.  The odds are about as close to 100% as you can get.  You can read the whole thing.  Only 755 pages now. This weekend I watched two new films, in the comfort of my home, for free.  I was attracted to  Uncharted  because  Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers gave it a miserable 40% rating, but audiences scored it a 90%.  The audience is almost always right. The premise is enticing:  search for Magellan's gold, which has been missing for 500 years.   Americans all learned about him as the first to circumnavigate the world, a Spanish expedition mostly funded by 18-year old King Charles 1 of Spain ( who was broke, so the Fugger Family from Germany came up with the resources )  led by a Portuguese explorer, Magellan.   Can you believe that the f