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Sickly Newark Grandmother Dies When Power Company Shuts Off Electricity
In the movie Goodfellas mobster Henry Hill, as played by Ray Liotta, explains in voiceover that the animating ethos of the Mafia, as exemplified by local Mob boss Paul Vario (Paul Sorvino) is "F***...
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Waitress Body Slams Groping Customer
Don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself!-The Georgia SatellitesOne Mr. Ryan Cherwinski was evidently so infatuated with the backside of one Miss Emelia Holden, a waitress at a restaurant...
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Police Officer Sexually Assaults Black Man in Washington D.C.
What exactly is the proper protocol to use when someone attempts to sexually assault you? Well there isn't any one correct response for every situation. Some victims may fight back; others may try to...
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Movie Reviews: A Quiet Place
A Quiet Placedirected by John KrasinskiA Quiet Place is a thriller/sci-fi movie starring a real life husband and wife. This is an intelligent, well acted, empathetic film that makes judicious and...
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Another Black Man Dead: Florida's Stand Your Ground Law
I don't have a problem with people using deadly violence to defend themselves anywhere from the threat or reality of deadly violence. Whether you are in your home, car, or walking the street I don't...
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Samantha Bee Spoofs Dana Loesch
The NRA has largely won the national debate on gun restrictions for now. Things have trended away from tighter restrictions since the House and Senate decided not to pursue another Federal Assault...
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Movie Reviews: The Equalizer
The Equalizer 2directed by Antoine FuquaThis film is the first time that acting icon Denzel Washington has acted in a sequel. This sequel, like most sequels, wasn't as good as the preceding film. It...
View ArticleBeethoven Pizza Delivery
What if Daniel Baremboim had to make ends meet by delivering pizzas? Well it might sound something like this. I hope the family gave him a big tip. It's always good to hear Beethoven.Some pizza...
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Trump and Impeachment
I haven't written much on Trump and impeachment because right now there is no chance of that happening. The endless media frenzy over this or that action, lie or statement taken or made by Trump and...
View ArticleWoman Falls Out of Moving Car Doing Dance Challenge
A body in motion stays in motion.Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.Forget these natural laws and pay the price.
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Book Reviews: The Summoning
The Summoningby Bentley LittleI'm not really a big fan of the strain in vampire fiction that imagines vampires as tortured romantics who sparkle, bisexual goths, or private eye stand-ins who...
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Detroit Church Beset By Break-ins
In the movie Leaves of Grass a gentle religious character explains her belief that the world is broken, but that it's up to us to fix it. In his works The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion the...
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Movie Reviews: Traffik, Truth or Dare, Laws of Attraction
Traffikdirected by Deon TaylorIt is ironic that a movie which wants to make some points about the modern sexualized abuse of women, and which makes some hamfisted allusions to historical American...
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Movie Reviews: Sunset Boulevard, Bad Samaritan
Sunset Boulevarddirected by Billy WilderAll right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my closeup.This is a classic film noir which I hadn't seen in its entirety though I knew some popular lines. Sunset...
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Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul Passes Away
There are all sorts of ways to look at the inevitable. Being sad about someone's passing, assuming that they didn't die tragically young or violently, is often about your feelings of loss and...
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Movie Reviews: BlackkKlansman
BlackkKlansmandirected by Spike LeeThis film is based on a true story. Lee at 61, is still interested in interrogating whiteness. In some respects the culture has caught up with him. American Whiteness...
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Michigan Democrats Screw Up Hacking Test
We're at DEFCON 1 people!!! This is not a drill!!!! This is not a drill!!! Abandon Ship! Damn the torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!!! I'm in charge here!!! Oh everything's ok? Never mind...I work in the...
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Movie Reviews: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouridirected by Martin McDonaghYou could view this film as a dark comedy or a drama. It shifts between both styles but so do our lives. I meant to see this Oscar...
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Detroit Public Schools: Don't Drink The Water!!!
If you think that certain people are by nature inferior then stories like this won't bother you all that much. But for the rest of us the truth is that no one in the United States should be exposed to...
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Random Rants
To most people and on most days I am a calm non-confrontational live and let live sort of fellow. Life is too short to be mean or angry all the time. I'm the guy who lets people merge on the expressway...
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