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BE PATIENT
Earlier this week I saw a rough cut of a brilliant and highly relevant documentary. A chapter of entertainment/political history that needs to be illuminated. Chatted a bit with the co-director, who didn’t want it written about yet, but it … Continue reading
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BEN SASSES’S DIRTY HYPOCRICY
The aging frat fake boy votes enthusiastically for the most abhorrent GOP policies, all the while lying about what he’s doing and why. The Texas torpedoing of Obamacare could finally bring some accountability for Sasse. Personal responsibility, and all, ya … Continue reading
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MICK MULVANEY — WHO ELSE
Bottom feeder Mulvaney, egregiously rodentile sleaze even by the standards (are there any?) of of the Trump administration, is the right hack for the job.
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THERE’S ALWAYS ABE BOOKS
I’m ready to boycott Amazon. Collusion between Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and Amazon, reported by J. David Goodman in the Times: “City and state officials provided detailed information to the company and agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement that … Continue reading
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IT TOOK ME 49 YEARS
But I finally got to see Henry King’s silent Stella Dallas. Last month. As part of a Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. What took me so long? You see, in 1969 I purchased by special order … Continue reading
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AN EMPEROR DOES NOT A PRESIDENT MAKE
Megalomania springs eternal: looks like Bloomberg really thinks he’s got a shot at the national throne. If he does dare seek the Democratic nomination, we: the non-wealthy, the working people, the artists of New York City must fan out across … Continue reading
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WHEN AMERICA ASPIRED CULTURALLY
Unsigned in Stage Magazine, 1936: “The amount of absolutely first-class music to be heard on the radio at this time of year makes this a different country from what it was five years ago. You can hardly find a hamlet … Continue reading
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I SHOULD HAVE ADDED
that the sprinkling of buildings that the Tech Hub scam was permitting to be considered for landmark designation are not presently endangered *. The architects of this swindle purposely did not propose for designation any low-rise buildings that are ripe … Continue reading
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THE ACTUAL GEORGE H.W. BUSH
Ironic, isn’t it? George H.W. Bush’s Gulf War I helped to bring on Osama bin Laden’s attack, which was then exploited by George W. Bush to launch Gulf War II, another catastrophic war of choice against Iraq.
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OUR DEVELOPMENTALLY-ARRESTED “LEADERS”
“Since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago,” fifteen-year-old climate acitivist Greta Thunberg declares. The shocking, cosmically deranged determination of adults to ignore the probable endgame to humanity … Continue reading
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