I’m still for the Waynester, True-Grit-wise, though the Spielberg-Jeff-Bridges-et-al. lineup was might tasty.

https://vdare.com/articles/34-deaths-if-you-count-one-hmong-girl-definitely-not-killed-by-white-supremacists-february-2021-another-month-in-the-death-of-white-america

Pointless, of course for me to post extra noise about these already reported-to-death causes célèbres.

“Recent” westerns, try “True Grit” and “Hostiles.” I make no claims for cinematic sophistication. YMMV

It’s the last major Hollywood film I can remember intended as a serious epic. It had “Overture” and “Intermission” sections with nothing happening but big soundtrack music, like “2001” and David Lean films.

It’s worth watching for the spectacular scenery (Utah) alone. They don’t make ’em like this anymore. I felt the sorrow I feel when I watch a good Western that we’ve lost the Western twice — first, when the period came to an end, second, when people just stopped caring about that part of our American heritage. I don’t think you can understand America without coming to terms with its pioneering phase.

Of course, “Jeremiah Johnson” is quite problematic by woke standards. Jeremiah is heroic for living by his strength, wits and fortitude in the wild. But his claim to fame in the film and history is that after the Crow tribe killed his wife, he became a savage Crow killer. Supposedly, the Crow came to respect, even revere him and towards the end they made peace and became brothers. That’s the story anyway. Though I doubt it would play today, given woke scrutiny.

HuxleyBob says, check it out.

He writes: “Common sense and past history with regard to viruses and vaccines would suggest that once having had the virus, one would be immune…take measles for example. With this bug, who knows?”

Indeed, we cannot be certain. It’s been in the wild too short to have the data to be certain. But at this point, the booster shot effect seems sensible strategy to me, given the newly circulating variants that could defeat prior infection.
Obviously,

This just popped up in my Gab feed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoIYIdCja4

Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?
No graven images may be
Worshipp’d, except the currency:
Swear not at all; for, for thy curse
Thine enemy is none the worse:
At church on Sunday to attend
Will serve to keep the world thy friend:
Honour thy parents; that is, all
From whom advancement may befall:
Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive
Officiously to keep alive:
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it:
Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,
When it’s so lucrative to cheat:
Bear not false witness; let the lie
Have time on its own wings to fly:
Thou shalt not covet; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.

(Arthur Hugh Clough)