Jack of Harts

The Nuremberg Code. “The protagonists of the practice of human experimentation justify their views on the basis that such experiments yield results for the good of society that are unprocurable by other methods or means of study. All agree, however, that certain basic principles must be observed in order to satisfy moral, ethical and legal concepts: 1) The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision.”

I saw the new Spiderman movie this weekend, and the very short version is that it is a good movie. It is a great movie in fact. I loved it. The super short non-spoiler review is that Spiderman asks for help from Doctor Strange, then proceeds to mess up the help by changing parameters in the middle of Strange’s spell, which causes it to go all crazy and pull villains in from other universes who know Spiderman. All of whom are played by the same actors who played them in the earlier movies. This causes hijinks both funny and dangerous, and sets the stage for what I think may be the best Spiderman film of my lifetime. Yes, it is that good, and I think you should watch it as soon as possible.

Longer review available at pryderock.substack.com

Merry Christmas, Everyone! Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus. God born into human form. The ultimate gift. Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem to fill out the census and all the inns being full. So he’s born in a stable in a humble manger. Shepherds and Wise Men hear the news and read the signs and come to witness the coming king. All the Christmas stories and plays wrapped up in one little birth. Though the Wise Men technically didn’t show up until two years later, if you read the Bible. Which caused some rather interesting responses from the king of Israel at the time. We still celebrate that birth, that gift, today, and remember what it means to us. Seyla.