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Inkster Cops Beat Black Man
So much of how police react to you depends not just on what you do but on you who are. If you are a black man or even a black woman, police are much more likely to see you as a threat to be neutralized...
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Book Reviews: Killing Johnny Fry
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novelby Walter MosleyKilling Johnny Fry is an older novel by Mosley that I never got around to reading. I had heard both good and bad things about it. But mostly I...
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Movie Reviews: Sword of Vengeance
Sword of VengeanceDirected by Jim WeedonWhen William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings and became the first Norman King of England, not everyone on the island was thrilled with this turn of...
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HBO Game of Thrones: Quick Draw Videos
Some people on my facebook feed or at my workplace who pride themselves either on not being up to date on pop culture or on not reading anything remotely fantastical have finally gotten a vague idea...
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Hillary Clinton Has Lost My Vote!
The Democratic Party better find another candidate to push forward as a strong contender for the 2016 Democratic Primary nomination for President of the United States, because I will not be voting for...
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Why Indiana's "Religious Restoration Law" Is A Bad Idea
Not since Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was asked to explain how someone can "look" like an illegal alien have we seen such a deer-in-headlights moment like the one we saw today when Indiana Governor...
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Student Loan Repayment Strike
I went to college in the Pleistocene epoch when colleges did not cost as much as they do today. I was fortunate enough to have an almost full academic scholarship, some money saved from summer jobs,...
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Music Reviews: Little Milton
Little MiltonJames "Little Milton" Campbell (1934-2005) was best known and marketed as a blues musician and singer. However, placing him solely in this category was by his own admission somewhat...
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Jackie's UVA Rolling Stone Rape Allegation Falls Apart
It should scarcely need to be said but obviously rape is one of the worst crimes a person can commit, second only to murder. So society should do its best to prevent rape and failing that, to punish...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty on ALL 30 Counts in the Boston Marathon...
From NBCNEWS:Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted for his role in the April 15, 2013 bombings of the Boston Marathon, ending the first phase of a terror trial that will now continue with a penalty...
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Kendrick Lamar, Skin Tones and Personal Choice
There is no reason, as an older mentor once advised me, for anyone to worry about what’s on another man's or woman’s plate. That just gets you agitated and envious. Your life won’t improve. Every...
View ArticleThe Murder of Walter Scott
Art often imitates life.A few weeks ago there was a controversial episode of "Scandal" in which Olivia Pope was called in to fix up a mess in the metro police department. The mess was the death of a...
View ArticleSesame Street: Game of Chairs and Jon Snow: Dinner Guest
Do you remember watching Sesame Street as a child? Sometimes things are so silly that you just have to laugh. The next ruler of Jesteros will have to play and win the Game of Chairs....(cue...
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Book Reviews: Suspicion
Suspicionby Joseph FinderThis was a very quick read and satisfying mystery/thriller story. A few characters are underdeveloped but fortunately they're not critical ones. I picked up this book on sale....
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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: The Wars to Come
"The freedom to make my own mistakes is all I ever wanted."Well we're back. Season Five is underway. We open up with a flashback memory as ten year old Cersei bullies her friend into accompanying her...
View Article73-Year Old Reserve Police Officer Accidentally Shoots African-American...
From CNN: The Tulsa County deputy who shot and killed a man instead of using his Taser now faces a manslaughter charge.Video shows Reserve Deputy Robert Bates announcing he is going to deploy his Taser...
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Religious Freedom, Discrimination and Airplanes
I am not religious though I have respect for people's religious beliefs. I avoid needlessly poking fun at them. There are limits to this respect but in general I don't see the point in deliberately...
View ArticleESPN's Britt McHenry Suspended for Berating Attendant at Tow Company
Was ESPN right to suspend McHenry for her behavior in this video?
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Movie Reviews: Last Knights, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, The Legend of the Seven...
Last Knightsdirected by Kazuaki KiriyaImagine47 Ronin redone for a world where people of different races all live together in the same area marrying, loving, hating and killing each other without...
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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: The House of Black and White
"Nothing's worth anything to dead men."The Bolton flayed man sigil atop Winterfell showing in the episode intro is a depressing sign of change if you are a Stark partisan. But Stannis discovers anew...
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