Tag Archives: America

The Onion: Relationship Gives Couple Freedom To Emotionally Drain Other People

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Sure, why take your frustrations out on your spouse when you can take them out on your mistress. Instead, you could just say, “Honey, look, I don’t want to argue this with you,” and go meet your … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Sean Mcelwee: Republicans Focus on Mobility Over Inequality Has a Major Flaw

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Economic mobility is the ability of people to move up in the economic system, to see their income increase, allowing them to live in freedom without the government benefits that Sean Mcelwee talks about in his column … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic: James Parker: Madder Than Hell: How Network Anticipated Contemporary Media

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is an interesting topic for a blog that I got from James Parker over at The Atlantic. The 1976 movie Network, which is not only a great movie but one of my all-time favorites, predicted and … Continue reading →

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ESPN SportsCentury of Evander Holyfield

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I don’t believe Evander Holyfield is an underrated boxer or an overrated boxer but he gets the respect that he deserves from the fans and media people who’ve covered his career and are familiar with it.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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NFL Films: Jim Brown Ultimate Highlights

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  For anyone who’s not a math junky or a professional accountant or statistician who understands more than numbers and stats when it comes to sports and is actually interested in what goes on in football games and … Continue reading →

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MSNBC: Charles Manson Interview on the Today Show (1987)

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Charles Manson has made a couple of admissions of guilt. I’m not a lawyer but this is what it sounds like when he says perhaps he should’ve killed more people. I’m paraphrasing here, but that is pretty … Continue reading →

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Watch Mojo: ‘History of Las Vegas: Casinos and Crime’

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Watch Mojo– welcome to Sin City, Nevada. Source:The New Democrat “This city in the middle of the desert was originally named Las Vegas by Spanish explorers, and that name translates to “the meadows.” Soon, a Mormon population relocated there from … Continue reading →

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TCM: The Last of Sheila (1973)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:TCM– the cast from The Last of Sheila. “An eccentric movie producer-gamester invites six film industry friends to his yacht to play out one of his games, the goal of which is to reveal which of them killed his beloved, … Continue reading →

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Dame Elizabeth Taylor: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf with the great Taylor/Burton combo is supposed to be a drama but  I always laugh throughout this movie, which I’ve seen now four or five times and saw again over the weekend. I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

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Bill Kurtis: Vegas & The Mob (1996)

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Gamble TV– former FBI agent Ed Becker. “Gambling has always been a very important business in the Mafia. From card games to betting on horses and other sports, the Mafia has earned cash from all of them. They operated many … Continue reading →

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