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Trump Inaugural Speech
This is the text of President Trump's Inaugural Speech delivered today.PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow...
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Book Reviews: Juice
Juiceby Ishmael ReedI usually like reading Reed's works. He calls it like he sees it. I don't always agree but he does make me think. One of the key themes in Reed's work (both fictional and...
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Movie Reviews: The Accountant, The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Accountantdirected by Gavin O'ConnorIt is a challenge to raise an autistic child. While there are some children who are ultimately too much for their parents to handle and become a danger to...
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President Trump Executive Order on Private Mortgage Insurance
Dear America - President Trump did not raise mortgages for all American home ownersQuick Synopsis: When you take out a mortgage to purchase a home you generally have a down payment that can range...
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Book Reviews: In the Midnight Hour-The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickettby Tony FletcherThis was a gift from my brother. This is a beautiful book. As far as I know this is the only complete biography of Wilson...
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The Unintended Consequences of Trump's Muslim Immigration Ban
Lawyers providing pro bono legal services for detainees in JFK Where to begin? First, Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order cites to the wrong law: "The Secretary of State shall immediately suspend...
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Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch: Should Democrats Fight or Roll Over?
President Donald Trump, and it still feels funny writing that, nominated Neil M. Gorsuch, Appeals court judge from the 10th Circuit, to serve on the Supreme Court. Gorsuch would replace the late...
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Free Speech, Berkeley and Violence
The whole idea of free speech in the United States and to a lesser extent what is referred to as the West is that the State, that is government authority, can not sanction or prevent people from...
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Trump New Yorker Cartoon
“These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?”You may have seen this cartoon from the New Yorker magazine. It points out via parody that there...
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Movie Reviews: The Calling
The Callingdirected by Jason StoneThis movie had a pretty good cast but wasted them in a story that is by turns stolid and confusing. It has greater than normal amounts of exposition. But those...
View ArticleGigi Datome Has Dunk Blocked By The Backboard
Professional basketball player Luigi "Gigi" Datome is an Italian player who had a brief stint in the NBA playing for the Detroit Pistons and later the Boston Celtics. Unfortunately for Gigi it soon...
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Open Carry and Double Standards
There are studies which claim to show that police are more likely to use violence against black citizens regardless of the threat level. That is to say that police, black, white or other, tend to view...
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Why Trump's Muslim Ban Is Down But Not Out
As you've likely heard by now, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. Trump, ruled 3-0 to uphold the temporary restraining order ("TRO")...
View ArticleEnter Sandman: Metallica, The Roots and Jimmy Fallon
I thought this was fun. You should always remember not to take everything so seriously.😀
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Book Reviews: The Fadeout (Act One)
The Fadeout (Act One)by Ed Brubaker and Sean PhillipsThis is the first installment of a mid-length graphic novel set in 1948 Hollywood. There are three acts in total. It's a collection of a serial...
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Movie Reviews: Soul Food Junkies, Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back
Soul Food JunkiesDirected by Byron HurtWhen you think of soul food what comes to mind? Well I think of food that is traditionally associated with African-Americans such as slow cooked greens, sweet...
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Eat a Bug and Save The Planet!
As mentioned in the review of the film Soul Food Junkies, food is about much more than what you put in your body for nutrition. Food is about comfort. Food is about race, religion, ethnicity,...
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President Trump and Lies
You may or may not have seen the President's most recent news conference in which he asserted and repeated statements that weren't true. Trump lies so much that it's hard to keep up. Most of his lies...
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Things I learned from A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Twenty things I learned from reading A Song of Ice and FireIf you discover the evil Queen’s deep dark secret don’t tell her that you know.If your Dad tells you that the family is leaving and don’t tell...
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Book Reviews: Company Man, The Long Last Call
Company Manby Joseph FinderThis is an older thriller novel by the same author who wrote Suspicion, reviewed earlier here. The book was a little longer than Suspicion. It's around 500 pages or so. I...
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