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Movie Reviews: Project Almanac, Dunkirk
Project Almanacdirected by Dean IsraeliteThis older sci-fi film works the same side of the street as such stories/films as A Sound of Thunder and to a lesser extent Looper andPredestination. Unlike the...
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Trump vs. Bannon
I have never been fired from a job. I came close once but ultimately avoided it. No one likes being told by their boss or employer that they aren't good enough to do the job they do and need to leave....
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Prison Abolition: Good Idea?
I can't remember the cartoonist's name but somewhere in my home I have an old newspaper comic cut out that shows a smirking sheriff about to hang a depressed looking criminal. The comic's caption is a...
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Movie Reviews: Invincible
Invincibledirected by Ericson ColeThis is an older feel good sports drama based on the true story of an everyday man who beat the odds and made the roster of a professional sports team, the...
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Music Reviews: Billy Joel's Laura
Although I am a modest Billy Joel fan I didn't hear this song until recently. "Laura" was on The Nylon Curtain album. The only songs I was familiar with from that album were the ones like "Allentown"...
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Movie Reviews: Oldboy, The Dark Corner
Oldboydirected by Spike LeeThis is a remake of the classic South Korean movie of the same name. Sadly I hadn't seen the original in full because of an unfortunate chain of events with a now defunct...
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Movie Reviews: Flatliners, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Flatliners(2017)directed by Niels Arden OplevFlatliners is a remake of the 1990 film of the same name that starred such Hollywood luminaries as Kiefer Sutherland,Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt, andKevin...
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Book Reviews: Killers
Killersby Howie CarrIf I had realized just who the author was before I picked this book up on a 2 for 1 sale at the local bookstore I probably wouldn't have purchased it. It's always tricky to figure...
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Patient Dumping in Baltimore
"This place is cruel; nowhere could be much colder /If we don't change the world will soon be over"Stevie Wonder "Living For The City"There are things you are allowed to do and things you are not...
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Book Reviews: The Troop
The Troopby Nick CutterStephen King wrote that this book was old school horror that scared the hell out of him. Based on that blurb and other people's ravings about the book I decided to give it a...
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Movie Reviews: American Made, The Change-Up
American Madedirected by Doug LimanWhen investigative journalists talk about the American government turning a blind eye to or even assisting in criminal activity for reasons of "national security" or...
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2018 Government Shutdown
Well here we go again.WASHINGTON — Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday morning after Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity in the face of a clear political...
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Michigan Service Pigs
There are certain rules that society has set up by which everyone has agreed to live, more or less. We are all interconnected with each other to a greater or lesser extent. So if you happen to live in...
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Cow goes rogue and joins Bison herd
Apparently this cow decided that it was better to risk starvation, death by wolves, cold, or disease than stay safe and wind up in the one way line to the slaughterhouse. I guess that is a smart cow....
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Grace, #Metoo, Ashleigh Banfield, and Aziz Ansari
The #metoo movement has emboldened many women to share stories of actual or attempted rapes, sexual assaults, threats, or harassment. Women have also spread stories of uncomfortable interactions that...
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Book Reviews: The Rise and Fall of a Casino Mobster
The Rise and Fall of a Casino Mobster: The Tony Spilotro Storyby Frank CullottaIf crime stories aren't your thing then you know what to do with this review. If you are interested in such tales this...
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States Rebel Against Republican Tax Law
The Republicans changed tax law so that starting in 2018 there will be a upper limit of $10,000 for state and local tax deductions to federal taxes (SALT). If you happen to be impoverished, low income...
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin recently passed away. She was among other things, a sci-fi/fantasy author who combined what would today be considered social commentary with a unique and inventive imagination and...
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Movie Reviews: Acts of Violence
Acts of Violencedirected by Brett DonowhoI try to handle it without violence being involved but sometimes that's the only way these problems are solved -2 Black 2 Strong MMGActs of Violence is a low...
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Retail Racism in West Des Moines Old Navy
Well meaning people often try to comfort themselves by thinking that racism is something that is only found in a few backwater states or among low class low iq people or a problem that can be dodged by...
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