The Daily Populous

Sunday December 10th, 2017 morning edition

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But there’s no doubt No Country for Old Men, which opened 10 years ago this week, is one of their most important works.

Even a decade later, Chigurh remains as terrifying a cinematic persona as ever – maybe even more so.

Bardem first reached mainstream recognition for his Oscar-nominated performance as Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls.

Chigurh, though, is the role that actually got him his Oscar, and it fits.

“Coldness” is one of the dominating features of the character, a total disconnect from the usual terms of human interaction.

Chigurh was crowned as an iconic Hollywood villain almost immediately, making it halfway up EW’s own list of 50 Most Vile Movie Villains mere months after the movie hit theaters.

As Bell ruminates throughout the film, agreeing to “be part of this world” means occasionally brushing up against people like Chigurh. »

Legal Pot: Canada Will Sell Marijuana in Liquor Stores

Authored by newsweek.com

One province in Canada has decided to sell its marijuana in liquor stores.

Ontario is also planning to sell its marijuana in liquor stores.

Some provinces, however, are opting instead for government-run stores, like New Brunswick, where stores will ban advertising and window displays. »

Scientists discover dinosaur trapped in amber in unprecedented find

Authored by cnn.com

First time part of a dinosaur skeleton has been discovered in amber.

(CNN) The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists.

"I realized that the content was a vertebrate, probably theropod, rather than any plant," Xing told CNN. »

The Republican tax plan leaves a $1.5 trillion bill for the middle class to pay

Authored by vox.com
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Whether you pay for the $1.5 trillion through tax hikes or spending cuts, that financing changes who ultimately wins and loses under the bill.

With spending cuts incorporated into the analysis, the bill turns into a rather shocking tax hike on the poor and middle class.

And what they do is make the tax cuts extremely regressive, and create net tax hikes on the middle class and poor. »