Good afternoon. Gigi the parti poodle here to introduce this week’s blog. Yesterday I was blindsided when my novelist asked the dogsitter to give me a bath. A bath mind you. It was shocking. Baths are bad enough when my novelist gives them to me, but to have someone other than my novelist bathe me is downright horrifying. But the dogsitter was going to bathe me whether I liked it or not. And I did not like it. I was very unhappy. I did all I could to escape this despicable predicament. I whined loudly. I tried to climb over the side of the tub. I attempted to call 911. But in the end, I came out clean. Clean, damp, and displeased. An altogether mortifying experience. The only positive thing I can say about the whole ordeal is that because it is summer I dried off fast. I am now in dire need of a grooming. I must have my gorgeous hair styled to my liking and there is no way I am letting the dogsitter become my stylist. I am rather fond of a spritz of blueberry styling spray before the brush glides through my luxurious curls. After all I went through taking my bath my novelist at least owes me that. I shall continue working on my story for my blog with the luxurious scent of blueberries in my hair. And until next week I bid you adieu.

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STREAM OF THE WEEK: THE MAURITANIAN (2021)-NETFLIX

Here is a solid biopic thriller set in late 2001 when the United States was in absolute turmoil over the fall of the Twin Towers in New York City. The movie is based on incidents which happened to Mohamedou Ould Slahi, an engineer from Mauritanian whom Marines arrest and take to Guantanamo Bay detention camp in November 2001 where he they incarcerate but never charge him.

Mohamedou (Tahar Rahim) is attending a celebration with family on evening when police approached him and said the Americans wanted to talk to him. Shortly after, the Marines arrest him and take him to Guantanamo Bay. Three years later in February 2005 French lawyer Emmanuel (Denis Ménochet) approaches Albuquerque criminal defense lawyer Nancy Hollander (Jodi Foster). He tells her about Mohamedou and that his family has not heard from him since the night American military took him in for questioning. Nancy is skeptical at first but decides to take the case.

With the help of her young fellow lawyer Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) she heads off to Guantanamo Bay to find the underlying cause of the matter. Nancy is no stranger to the detention camp and advises Teri along the way.

In the meantime, Colonel Bill Seidel (Corey Johnson) tells Marine Prosecutor Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch) he will be heading up the prosecution of Mohamedou. Colonel Seidel explains to Stuart that Mohamedou may have been involved in the 9/11 attacks. But after Stuart and Nancy meet in a Guantanamo Bay gift shop, knowing they will be going head-to-head in the courtroom, the two begin to uncover information that may prove Mohamedou’s innocence.