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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: First of His Name
One of the increasingly interesting and baffling things about both this series and to a lesser extent the books upon which it is based is how great shocking moments can come in both very big obvious...
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Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: The Jason Patric Situation
We've discussed some of the issues around child custody and parental rights before. If you are a man and you impregnate a woman, whether you are married to her or not, there is the strong possibility...
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Detroit Teacher Fired For Using Broom To Break Up Fighting Students
"She ain't wait. That's who she deserve."I didn't go to Detroit Public Schools until high school. It was private school/parochial school until then. And the high school I attended was something akin to...
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Movie Reviews: The Sacrament, The Wolverine, 13 Sins
The Sacramentdirected by T.I. WestThe Sacrament was directed by one of the actors who was in You're Next and stars three of that movie's leads. I don't remember the first time I really felt the...
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Why Republicans Stay Losing
"Benghazi!" "Oooh, say it again!" "Benghazi!" "Oooh, say it again!""Benghazi!""Oooh..."You ever tune in to watch your favorite weekly TV show only to find that it's a re-run? Or worse yet, you're...
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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: The Laws of Gods and Men
Have you ever been hurt very badly emotionally? I mean really stretched to your breaking point and even broken? I've found that the only people who can do that are almost by definition people with whom...
View ArticleDonald Sterling on Magic Johnson (Video)
Life has me tied up a bit. However, I heard a few quotes from this interview last evening and thought it was necessary to share. FYI - Magic Johnson was diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
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More Taxes for Michigan Roads?
One of the reasons for encouraging people to use less gasoline and more green technology was not only to help reduce pollution but also to reduce wear and tear on the roads. Ultimately for pollution's...
View ArticleStereotypes and Commercials: Haagen-Dazs and Pepsi
Stereotypes are always tricky things. There are actual national differences, ethnic differences, gender differences and maybe even racial differences. But there's a thin line between having a honest...
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Book Reviews: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, American Desperado, Paris: A City...
The Friends of Eddie Coyleby George HigginsDecades ago I saw bits and pieces of the movie based on this book on Detroit's ABC Channel 7 4:30 movie. I was only a kid and didn't remember much about it...
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What is Progress?
"You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress..."What is progress? Â Progress is a good thing, right? Â I mean, Webster's says that...
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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: Mockingbird
This was another transitional episode, moving things into place. However keeping with the book it's modeled after it had its share of important and/or stunning moments. If last week saw some ugly...
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Are You An "Unpatriotic Racist?" - Pat Sajak Might Think So
I love how social media has really shed a light on humans and shown us who we really are. It's good and bad. I personally believe that we know way too much about one another. For the regular folks like...
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Dean Baquet Replaces Jill Abramson At New York Times
You may have heard that the New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. recently fired Executive Editor Jill Abramson and replaced her with Managing Editor Dean Baquet. Baquet becomes the first...
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Movie Reviews: About Last Night, Rage, Devil's Due
About Last Nightdirected by Steve PinkThis is a remake of a 1986 film of the same name that had a predominantly white cast. This film has a predominantly black cast. Each film was based on a David...
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Elliot Rodger: UCSB Isla Vista Murderer
The predictable reactions about the recent murders in Isla Vista were that people immediately used the tragedy to argue for previously accepted conclusions. So if you already felt that whiteness, white...
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RIP: Legendary Author Maya Angelou
From CNN:(CNN) -- Maya Angelou, a renowned poet, novelist and actress whose work defied description under a simple label, has died, her publicist, Helen Brann, said Thursday.She died at her home in...
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VA Secretary Eric Shinseki Resigns
This was hardly unexpected. When your boss refuses to give you words of support and your peers are distancing themselves from you it's time to do the right thing and fall on your sword like a good...
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Book Reviews: I, Sniper, Breakfast of Champions
I, Sniperby Stephen HunterYou know the drill. Bob Lee Swagger, an aging Vietnam Vet, top sniper, and downright genius in all things involving guns, detective work, violence, mechanics, or weapons is...
View ArticleDenzel Washington:The Equalizer
Yeah. I'm probably going to see The Equalizer when it comes out this fall. It's directed by the same guy who did Training Day. It has the same feel as Man on Fire. The character in The Equalizer is a...
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