Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Celebrity Death

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This is going to sound mean, but the death of a celebrity puts more points in the win column than your own. The latest celebration of trag...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Gun Control New York Style (HS agent Leaves MP4 on Backseat

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What happened in upstate New York would qualify for comedy if the MP4 stolen from Homeland Security agent Leroy Doctor didn’t end up in ...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Anis Amri: Couldn't Make a Life So He Made a Death

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He was shot to death about 3:30 in the a.m. by Italian police.   Anis Amri was armed with a .22 caliber handgun , which he pulled from h...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Rape Kit Redux

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It’s unfortunate that everyone seems to care about justice while few can agree even on what justice is. But some things are obvious –...
Saturday, December 17, 2016

Out with the Ethanol – In with Scott Pruitt at the EPA

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Earth people to Other-worldly Bureaucratic Elites – we have an announcement.   Donald Trump’s nominee for EPA head, Scott Pruitt, shou...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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Manchester By the Sea – The film “Manchester by   the Sea” has got five Golden Globe Awards, in 3 rd place behind “La-la Land” and “Moonlig...
Friday, December 2, 2016

How Broadway Can Mess Up a Good Film (A Bronx Tale)

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Aren’t you holding your breath until Broadway makes a musical from Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather chronicles?   Can’t wait to se...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

FBI seizes FOUR Abedin/Weiner Email Devices In Weiner Teenage Sexting Investigation

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Worm Turns in #HRC Unauthorized Email Scandal Why did Huma Abedin use Anthony Weiner’s laptop anyway? Clinton Staffer ...
Sunday, October 9, 2016

John Edwards: A Senate Democrat’s 1980s Sex Scandal

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Gomorrah: Maria Pia Calzone as Imma Savastano

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Yes, the Sundance Channel series Gomorrah is sub-titled. But you don’t have to speak Italian to enjoy the show.   The action is in the u...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Gomorrah : Tales of the Italian Ghetto

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Just finished watching an Italian TV series called Gomorrah.   Rhymes with Camorra.    Unlike the American Mafia or the Sicilian Mafia, ...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Excerpt From An Upcoming Novel

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I've been so pre-occupied with writing my novel that I haven't posted in eons. It's not for lack of content. We're living in...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

Jesse James, and Wyatt Earp, and the Massacre at Wounded Knee: AMC’s #TheAmericanWest

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When I was a kid playing ‘Cowboys and Indians,’ most of us wanted to be ‘Indians.’  But whatever roles were play that old wild west fasc...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

AMC “The American West” TV Series Goes Beyond Myth

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Listen up, Cowboys and Cowgirls... There's more to those tall tales of the Old West than you know. So I'm finding out as I too...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Americans: The Spies Next Door

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The Beautiful Keri Russell, matriarchal killer KGB Agent & Humble Housewife . The Jennings live next door to the Beemans. The Je...

Animal Kingdom -- TNT's New Drama Has Crazy Fun in the Sun

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THE BOYS OF ANIMAL KINGDOM I used to live in California and I kind of miss it. And then again I don’t. One of the things in the do...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Get a Load of the American Revolution : TURN, Washington’s Spies

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I remember when I was a kid that I didn’t much relate to the American Revolution. My parents emigrated from Italy. It’s fair to ...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

The Man Who (Probably) Won’t be King

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By Erich Straub                                   May 4, 2016 It’s only fitting that Donald Trump officially became the...