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by Mike Sheehan
on October 14, 2010 in Features, Nota Bene
“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to steal legally rather than illegally.” Who said it?
by Mike Sheehan
on January 27, 2010 in Features, Nota Bene
“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like that. But shots are secondary for my films, and with some of these films, it’s all about the shots. What’s the point? I’m […]
by Samuel Smith
on January 5, 2010 in American Culture, Business & Finance, Education, Energy, Environment & Nature, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology, Sports, United States
Ten years ago, at the turn of the millennium, Nostraslammy took a stab at predicting the 21st Century, with a promise to check back every ten years to see how the prognostications were turning out. Odds are good I won’t be able to do a review every ten years until 2100, but I figure I’m […]
by Samuel Smith
on December 2, 2009 in American Culture, Education, History, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, United States
Part two in a series. “Elite” hasn’t always been an epithet. In fact, if we consider what the dictionary has to say about it, it still signifies something potentially worthy. Potentially. For instance: e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism (-ltzm, -l-) n. 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment […]
by Guest Scrogue
on October 17, 2008 in Crime & Corruption, Economy, Politics, Law & Government
by Rich Herschlag This is Clark. Last year, Clark bought a 12,000 square foot waterfront villa in Boca Raton and a 7,000 square foot penthouse in Dubai. His daughter’s sweet sixteen cost 2.3 million dollars, five hundred thousand of which went to Lindsay Lohan, who came out of the cake. He crashed a vintage DeLorean […]
by Mike Sheehan
on August 28, 2008 in Freedom & Privacy, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender, United States
He’s the man who caused Sep. 11, war in the Gulf, a million Iraqi deaths and probably mad cow disease too, as you’ve no doubt heard from disgruntled Democrats. Of course I’m talking about Evil Incarnate, consumer advocate and political gadfly Ralph Nader. As evidenced by the comments to my piece on him way back […]
by Samuel Smith
on July 31, 2007 in Education, Politics, Law & Government
In America, the Republicans are seen as the party of money and wealth. This perception is certainly accurate in one sense – the GOP is the favored party of the wealthy elite. Unfortunately, the party is also supported in large numbers by those who have no wealth, and thanks to the policies of the Republican […]