HBO Game of Thrones: Season 6 Trailer(1)
Well this was unexpected. Enjoy the new Season 6 HBO Game of Thrones trailer. Very interesting. It looks as if some unanswered questions from last year will be addressed. And what's up with Bran...
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Michigan Primary Results
Last night Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders managed to beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the March 8 Michigan Democratic Primary by 49.83% to 48.3%. This slim margin of victory for...
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Trump's Fascist Rallies and Violence
If you have ever wondered about the sort of people who attended lynching parties in the America of the 20s, 30s or 40s and asked yourself how could they watch, cheer and participate in the...
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What a Friend we have in Dog
On the weekends I run many different errands. Over the past weekend I stopped at the vet to retrieve some medicine and specialty food for my German Shepherd. While I sat in the reception room waiting...
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Book Reviews: The Stranger
The Strangerby Harlan CobenI have an older relative who apparently considers it his sacred duty to share unflattering details about even older kin, most of whom are no longer around to contradict,...
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Movie Reviews: Secret in Their Eyes
Secret in Their Eyesdirected by Billy RayThis film with an A-list cast was based on a Argentine novel which was previously made into an Oscar winning Argentine film. Unfortunately I suspect that a...
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There's No Crying at Work!!!!
There is a common blues couplet that reads "Crying won't help you/Praying won't do you no good". I tend to agree with the spirit of those lyrics. Leaving aside the very serious events in war there are...
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Book Reviews: Known to Evil
Known to Evilby Walter MosleyThis is book two in Mosley's Leonid McGill series. You can read a review of book one here. Or if you don't care to read an entire other review there are some very basic...
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D'Angelo Russell and Breaking the Code
For many reasons people often share private, personal and intimate information with those they consider within their circle of trust. I have done so. You have as well. Everybody has. It's part of being...
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Movie Reviews: Macbeth
Macbethdirected by Justin KurzelIf you've not previously read or seen an adaptation or performance of this Shakespeare play I'd like to (1) know how in the world that is even possible in this day and...
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South Carolina Cops Strip Search and Sexually Assault Black Couple
Usually I defer, however reluctantly or conditionally, to the received wisdom that the best way to proceed with police officers who are behaving unlawfully or unfairly towards you or yours is to comply...
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HBO Game of Thrones: Season 6 Trailer(2)
If you remember the last trailer HBO provided for Season 6 Game of Thrones made it appear as if Davos and perhaps Melisandre were about to make a grim last stand against the Night's Watch. Well as this...
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Television Reviews: Bates Motel and Damien
Some stories don't lend themselves to rewarding and interesting prequels. Not everyone has the talent or desire to dream up new backstory for a pre-existing tale, particularly if he or she didn't...
View ArticleHBO Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailer(3)
Well well well. Another trailer drops. Apparently HBO has finally decided to throw us some more crumbs before the new season starts on April 24. Enjoy. Unlike the previous trailer, which was just...
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2016 Presidential Race
Lately few of the five remaining major party candidates have been having a good time of it in the polls or on the campaign trails. Most of the candidates made some unforced errors or were baited into...
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Movie Reviews: Anomalisa
Anomalisadirected by Charlie Kaufman and Duke JohnsonThis stop motion animated movie is simultaneously offbeat and very traditional. It's also adult and explicit in a way that probably would not have...
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Saudi Arabia's Threats, 9-11 and President Obama
You may recall that there was a Saudi connection to 9-11. Fifteen of the nineteen men who committed the attack were Saudi Arabian citizens. Saudi Arabia practices, underwrites and exports a fierce...
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I'm a Woman and I Didn't Vote for Hillary Clinton
Growing up there was one woman in politics whom my mother strongly admired and always gloated about -- that woman was Geraldine F. Ferraro. Before Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton or even Sarah Palin,...
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Prince Dead at 57
The jacked up thing about getting older or perhaps about life in general is that eventually all of your youthful heroes pass away. Prince died today at age 57. That seems far too young of course. But...
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Movie Reviews: Count Yorga, Vampire, My Son The Fanatic
Count Yorga, Vampiredirected by Bob KelljanThis AIP movie is similar to what Hammer later tried to do with Dracula AD 1972. It updates vampires for the modern era. The difference is that Count Yorga...
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