Posted in Art-house Cinema, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, tagged Danai Gurira, Deportation, Detention Centers, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass, Illegal Immigration, New York City, Richard Jenkins, The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CAPTION: Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira call their agents demanding better scripts.
A Political Visitor, 9 June 2008
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
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Thomas McCarthy’s second feature film had the potential to be a poignant human drama, but instead sacrifices the story for the message. The Visitor unfortunately turns [...]
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Posted in Current Events, History, Politics, tagged Presidential Primaries, Election 2008, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Super Tuesday, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Election Results, Camden County, New Jersey, Undeclared Voters, Independents, Campaigns, Republicans, Democrats, Delegate Counts, Caucuses, Mike Huckabee on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
History is not written by the victor. History is written by the People.
(11:30 am EST, Tuesday) Having just returned from the polls, if my crowd is any indication, the People are out in record numbers this Super Tuesday.
As an accidentally undeclared voter in the state of New Jersey, I had the option to vote in either [...]
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Posted in Current Events, Drinking Games, Politics, Television, tagged Presidential Primaries, Election 2008, State of the Union, George W. Bush, Dubya, Iraq, The Economy, The Surge, Stimulus Package, Change, The War on Terror on January 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
President George W. (Dubya) Bush will be delivering his State of the Union Address this Monday Night, January 28th, 2008 at 9pm EST.
Unlike last year, there is some cause for celebration as this will be the last address Dubya will deliver as President. Still, he has plenty of time to muck things up, so with equal parts fear [...]
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Posted in Current Events, History, Politics, tagged Assassinations, Benazir Bhutto, Election 2008, Female Leaders, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Caucuses, John McCain, Muslim World, Pakistan, President Musharraf, Presidential Primaries, War on Terror, World Events on December 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I knew the name and the face, but not much about her until today, sadly the day of her brutal assassination at the hands of an as yet unnamed militant terrorist group. Benazir Bhutto was the most important political figure in Pakistan during the past twenty years, and someone everyone in the world should know [...]
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Much has changed since I last posted about the primaries back in March. There have been 678,933,562 debates amongst the Republican and Democratic candidates for President, and beyond even the worst predictions, the Bush administration has continued to plumb the depths of ineptitude resulting in about the same number of resignations–good-bye you rascally Rove, fare well [...]
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Shining Light on America’s Health Care Crisis, 8 July 2007
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
In many ways, “Sicko” is Michael Moore’s most tightly focused film since “Roger & Me.” Recently he’s dealt with heady philosophical issues involving America’s obsession with guns and violence in “Bowling for Columbine” and then displayed the follies of [...]
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So apparently for the past few years they’ve been compiling a list of finalists and close to 100 million people from all over the world have been voting by internet and by phone to determine the New Seven Wonders of the World. I had no idea this “Architectural/Monument Idol” was going on, but found the results [...]
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This weekend marks the first “official” weekend of new ownership of the Ritz Film Group. Once operating three theaters in Philadelphia and one multiplex in my hometown of Voorhees, the Ritz was one of the only locally owned art-house theater chains left in the United States. Known for showing films of distinction, and beloved by [...]
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The following was taken right off the AP wire. Vonnegut was one of the greatest American writers of the last century. I’m currently in the midst of one of his short-stories collections. His work and his life are an inspiration to all who strive to leave their mark by telling a story. Here’s hoping his [...]
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I am sure all of my fellow die-hard baseball fans were sweating this one out….
Truly this is an Easter/Passover miracle! MLB Extra Innings has been resurrected for another season on cable so you can continue to enjoy all of your favorite out of market games. And who played the biggest part perhaps in bringing this [...]
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