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Movie Reviews: Thief
Thiefdirected by Michael MannThis was Michael Mann's first feature film. It's a modern noir that was a precursor and template to later Mann creations such as Miami Vice,Crime Story, and Heat. In fact...
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Tucker Carlson Home Protest
In my home! In my bedroom where my wife sleeps! Where my children come and play with their toys. In my home.Tucker Carlson is a conservative talk show host employed by Fox News who routinely traffics...
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Book Reviews: 100 Fathoms Below
100 Fathoms Belowby Steven L. Kent and Nicholas KaufmannI recently heard about this new book co-authored by Nicholas Kaufmann, some of whose work was discussed here. I'm glad I decided to read it. This...
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Black Women Alabama Master Quilters
I definitely remember my paternal grandmother making quilts. I'm not sure about my maternal grandmother. I think she must have, but I'd have to ask other relatives about that. She lived down south so I...
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Movie Reviews: Black '47
Black '47directed by Lance DalyThis movie can be understood on one level as a revenge Western/urban drama transplanted to 1847 Ireland during the Great Famine. The Great Famine, via death or...
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Book Reviews: Hell on Church Street
Hell on Church Streetby Jake HinksonThis is a short book that is under 200 pages. It was good to read this book during the shortened holiday week, not because it has anything to do with kindness to...
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You Found $7.5 Million: Now What???
There are many movies or books that start with the premise of some everyman (everywoman) finding or coming into the possession of an item and then discovering that said item is either worth a bajillion...
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Music Reviews: I Don't Want Nobody: Eddie Harris
I can't remember when I first heard this song. It might have been from my father's collection. But it is also likely that I heard it when I was visiting or hanging out with one of my various uncles. My...
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NYPD Cops Caught Planting Evidence
As we've discussed many times before the problem with police is not just a question of individual personal bigotry. It's that police are systemically directed and employed disproportionately against...
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Birds Use Quantum Physics to Navigate
It is difficult for me to accept and believe that at some levels physics is a list of possibilities AND that particles can be at two places at once or even not "decide" where they are until they are...
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WNBA Players Opt Out Of Collective Bargaining Agreement
The iconic American retailer Sears has declared bankruptcy. Sears has limited time to liquidate or find a new owner. Many Sears stores will close. Many Sears employees will lose their jobs.Sears was a...
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The Border Fracas
TIJUANA, Mexico — A peaceful march by Central American migrants waiting at the southwestern United States border veered out of control on Sunday afternoon, as hundreds of people tried to evade a...
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Movie Reviews: Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alleydirected by Edmund GouldingThis is one of the better noir films I've seen. He's probably too old to do a remake of this but I couldn't help but think that George Clooney would have done...
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French Fuel Tax Protests
"Let me tell you how it will be/It's one for you and nineteen for me. Because I'm the taxman." -TaxmanThe BeatlesIt's very hard to determine ahead of time when people have had enough. Often the fuse is...
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Cyber Flashing: Sexual Harrassment on Your Phone
So you're out and about minding your own business and suddenly out of the blue you get a phone message. Oh boy! A message, a message! Well who could it be? Does your spouse or special rider need to...
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Who Peed In Your Corn Flakes?
Well I guess we know the answer to that question now. If your cornflakes are a little soggy or your rice krispies don't go snap, crackle and pop, the fault probably lies with one Gregory...
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Book Reviews: Elevation, Legend
Elevationby Stephen KingThis is a very short novel that might more properly be called a short story or novella. It's something that could be read in a few days or even a few hours. It's a mug's game...
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H1-B Visa Worker Assaults Woman on Spirit Airlines
Supposedly India is the most dangerous nation in the world for women. It's difficult to compare sexual assault statistics between the US and India because of different definitions of rape and...
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Armored Truck Loses Cash: Do You Keep It?
How moral or self-interested are you? If the grocery clerk accidentally gives you a $20 bill when she should have given you a $10 bill will you point out the mistake? If you are at a self-serve grocery...
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Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Woman Attacks Man Over Parking Space
Run Up Get Done UpEqual Rights Means Equal LeftsDon't Start None, Won't Be NoneThere are men in this world who go about demanding to be killed. They argue in gambling games; they jump out of their cars...
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