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Alabama Sheriffs Steal Money Meant For Prisoners
We should expect people to do the right thing, even when the law doesn't explicitly spell out the right thing. If the executor of an estate takes money for himself, even if that action isn't...
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Goose Attacks Soldiers
I have a soft spot for many animals but the Canadian Goose doesn't make the cut as far as I am concerned. As I've written before they are nasty aggressive bullies, who if left unchecked, can make their...
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Bat Attack In Florida Road Rage Incident
What happens when we drive that makes some of us take personal offense to every little thing? Why is that rather than continue on their daily schedule after a mistake or affront by another driver, some...
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Movie Reviews: Pyewacket
Pyewacketdirected by Adam MacDonaldThis well made creepy little horror movie was reminiscent of Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem insofar as it included witchcraft and books with secrets better left alone....
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Water's Wet, and Black Men Still Face Discrimination
Finished school /Â QualifiedOn the job /Â Still deniedIt's so hard to win in the skin I'm inThe Skin I'm InChairmen of the BoardYou may recall a few months back a writer at The Root wrote a pandering...
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Fort Worth Cop Assaults Black Hospital Patient
Imagine that you have just spent two days in the hospital. Maybe you had surgery. Maybe you ate crappy hospital food. Maybe you're tired of the smell of disease and Lysol. Maybe you've had tubes,...
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Former Caretaker Visits Rescue Dogs
Dogs are the most wonderful pets in the world. Absent allergies or other medical issues, I don't understand how anyone can't be a dog person. But it takes all kinds I guess. The below video shows how...
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Movie Reviews: The Snowman
The Snowmandirected by Tomas AlfredsonThis is a detective crime thriller based in Norway. Unfortunately I found it way too derivative of many other films, primarily Insomnia and Seven. But if being...
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Judge Vonda Evans And Short Workdays
I work in a professional white collar environment. Usually (90% of the time) the work is constant and frantic. People have little time to do anything but their paid work. On other occasions work slows...
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Rochester Hills White Homeowner shoots at Black Teen for asking directions
I've written previously about how racial stereotypes and assumptions can be hurtful or irritating and harmful to your career or health. However, when the people who make snap judgments are armed and...
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Movie Reviews: The Spinning Man
The Spinning Mandirected by Simon KaijserTemptation, frustration/so bad it makes him cry/Wet bus stop/she's waiting/his car is warm and dryThis is a competent thriller film that makes more than a few...
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President Trump Attacks Syria Again
In response to what he claimed were chemical weapon attacks against Syrian rebels, President Trump ordered missile attacks against targets in Syria. These bombings were done in concert with France and...
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Brooklyn Museum Hiring Fracas
The Brooklyn Museum recently hired a white woman to be its curator of African Art. Some people didn't like this hiring decision, to put it mildly. A recent decision by the Brooklyn Museum to hire a...
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Black Men Arrested At Starbucks Speak Out
You may have heard about the Black men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks while they were waiting to have a business meeting with a possible partner. Charges were dropped. The white female manager...
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Demise of the Nation State?
The British Indian novelist and essayist Rana Dasgupta recently wrote a very long earnest piece about the alleged demise of the nation-state. You should read it. Dasgupta makes a few good points. It is...
View ArticleMonkeys Bathe In Hot Springs
What else can monkeys learn to do by watching humans? Monkey see, monkey do I guess.
View ArticleNight Sky Over Tahquamenon Falls
We are currently in International Dark Sky Week, if you didn't know. The idea is to enjoy the night sky free from the increasing light pollution which humans are producing. I live in a subdivision that...
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Music Reviews: Nikki Giovanni, Camille Yarbrough, Sarah Shook
Nikki GiovanniTruth Is On The Way/Like A Ripple On A PondNikki Giovanni is a poet, writer, professor and activist among other things. Her list of awards, works and accomplishments are far too long to...
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Music Reviews: Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer is a retired mathematician, satirist, parodist, writer, comedian, Army veteran, NSA worker, pianist and inventor of the Jello shot. Among other things, he also wrote music for the PBS show...
View ArticleMovie Coming Attractions: The Equalizer 2
Well as much as I enjoyed the first film I'm betting I'm going to like this one as well. This looks like something worth seeing in theaters when it's released in July. Of course if you have no...
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