Movie Reviews: The Foreigner, Devil's Gate
The Foreignerdirected by Martin CampbellEver notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have f***** with? … That's me.There are several older man takes revenge flicks, some good,...
View ArticleDetroit Grocery Sells Expired Food
I don't want it sold to children! That's an infamia. In my city, we would keep the traffic in the dark people, the coloreds. They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls.-The GodfatherUntil...
View ArticleWorms as Food Source
It is interesting to me what different cultures consider okay to eat and what they might consider disgusting to consume. Sometimes the foods we consider good or bad are thought to be so because of...
View ArticleBlack Children Threatened at Michigan School
Parents complain that authorities aren't doing enough to find the sender of a racist, threatening email to six black students at the Washtenaw International Middle Academy in Ypsilanti that included...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Hitman's Bodyguarddirected by Patrick HughesThis movie is a generic action flick of the buddy film variety. Two bada$$es with utterly different professional and personal styles (and occasionally...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Black Panther
Black Pantherdirected by Ryan CooglerI didn't know if this film would be good or not before deciding to see it. I was interested in seeing it in part because black heroes in mainstream movies are rare....
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.directed by Dan GilroyFor what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a poignant slice of life legal...
View ArticleBook Reviews: 11/22/63
11/22/63by Stephen KingThis 2011 novel by Stephen King is a very long book. 11/22/63 is just short of 1100 pages. The novel wasn't exactly a chore to read, King is simply too good of a writer for that,...
View ArticleRacist Fireman Attacks Black Child
Racism is a moral sickness. But I feel no pity for those who suffer from it. They are too busy trying to make my life and the lives of those who look like me, hell. I believe that you have the right to...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Death Wish (2018), Midnighters
Death Wishdirected by Eli RothThis is a remake of the iconic 1974 Charles Bronson movie. Some people who share some of my political affinities often sneer at vigilante films, thinking them by...
View ArticleVeterinarian Sign
I guess this local vet's sign is equally good advice for over excited puppies or older men suffering from prostate issues. In either event, though, I don't want to be the one tasked with clean up.
View ArticleAmy Wax and Black Inferiority
It is darkly ironic that University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, whose heritage is such that were she unfortunate enough to have been in Eastern Europe during WW2, would have found herself...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)directed by Kenneth BranaghThis is another interpretation of the mystery novel of the same name by author Agatha Christie. I don't think I ever finished reading the...
View ArticleBarney Helps Women Get Their Groove Back
Remember Barney, the beatific purple dinosaur from the PBS kids show? Well for a little piece of change he'll do something strange with you, if you happen to be a woman that is. Barney does have...
View ArticleCIA, Torture, Trump, Obama and Hypocrisy: Gina Haspel
Jeb Bush called Donald Trump a chaos candidate. Trump has been a chaos President with his public attacks on his hires and resulting constant personnel turnover. People like Trump thrive within...
View ArticleBook Reviews: Host
Hostwritten by Robin Cook, M.D.Dr. Cook is a Navy veteran, surgeon, opthamologist, real estate guru, teacher and of course a writer. Most of his books are thrillers based around a medical ethics issue...
View ArticleTwelve Stalker Songs
A Facebook friend recently posted something along the lines of how she wanted a man who was rough enough to put her in her place and yet kind enough to treat her like a queen. This statement led to...
View ArticleI'm Off the Clock!
I previously wrote this post about among other things, how this movie scene resonated with me. I work in a financial sector of the IT arena. Way back in the day I was part of the on call rotation for...
View ArticleDaniels, McDougal and Trump: The Hype That Wasn't
Stephanie Clifford, an adult film star and stripper with the stage name of Stormy Daniels, alleged that she had at least one sexual encounter with President Donald Trump twelve years ago. Karen...
View ArticleThe Resurgence of Nationalism
Politics is not a field where predictions are easy to make. We learned that from the 2016 election. People are complex. They want different, oft contradictory things. Although the Right is currently...
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