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Daily Archives: August 2, 2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
For Ben Stiller, it’s been a labor of love to get this film made. The trailer is very promising, surfing into Oscar-bait territory. Here’s hoping the movie as a whole doesn’t suck.
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Mugabe Reelected
More proof of Robert Mugabe’s deal with the Devil: the 89-year old has ‘won‘ re-election, which will stretch his 33 year rule another 5 years. Maybe UMASS can reinstate the honorary degree they awarded him in 1986. That might only … Continue reading
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Narconovellas
In The Nation is “Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovellas“, a profile of the burgeoning narconovella literary genre in Mexico. It’s amazing that The Nation published this, given that (in reading between the lines of the novels’ premises) one quickly … Continue reading
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Mexican Cartels Hiring U.S. Soldiers As Hit Men
As the Mexican cartels proceed to take over the entire U.S. drug trade, and the United States as a whole increasingly resembles a Cormac McCarthy novel, I suppose this sort of thing is the logical next step: Mexican cartels are … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Immigration
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Belligerence
Some shadow-dwellers emerged ‘from the shadows’ just long enough to protest on Capitol Hill. Roughly 40 leaders and activists from immigration, union, and other advocacy groups were arrested in a sit-in protest that snarled traffic near the Capitol Thursday in … Continue reading
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200 Years
LBJ on the 1964 Civil Rights Act: “I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years.” [Hat tip: Ann Coulter’s latest column.]
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