Tag Archives: United States

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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Jack London: ABC News 20/20 Diane Sawyer 1994 Special on The Manson Family

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The Manson Crime Family, which is what I call it instead of a cult, because of all the crimes they committed and people they either seriously hurt or killed, is one of the worst crime families of … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality, Dignity & Freedom’

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “Now that the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly denied saying that Obamacare destroys jobs, some (though by no means all) Republicans have stopped lying about that issue and turned to … Continue reading →

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