[Translate] Ok, this blogger’s not one for small planes, and this regional Mesa Air jet from Dulles to JFK last Thursday didn’t help the cause one bit. It was the scariest 33 minute plane ride because when one’s close to the window, you feel like there’s nothing but paper between you and the night sky. Add to that turbulence, and the only escape is to go to sleep. Why the airlines insist on these planes is not a mystery – cost – but it would be cool if in this day and age someone created a...
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[Translate] Following wildly enthusiastic reviews for the World Premiere at the Full Frame Film Fest last weekend, “The Loving Story” has made the Daily Beast’s list of Hottest Films of Tribeca 2011 in New York City this week… check out their entire list! Editor, journalist, new-media guru, communications strategist, and former Congressional Campaign Manager committed to social and economic justice.Tribeca features awards for independent films in six (6) categories: World Narrative World Documentary Emerging...
[Translate] More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! The University of Mississippi’s Michael Oher‘s one of the best offensive tackles available in the NFL Draft, so good that he was invited to New York City for Draft Day. But he also has a background that’s the total rags to riches story. Oher’s Mom was adicted to crack cocaine and his father was not involved in raising him. He attended several different elementary schools and was even homeless at one point in his life. Then Oher met Leigh...
[Translate] Streaming Video by Ustream.TV Stating that this election is too important to do otherwise, Al Gore officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama in a rosing speech given at Cobo Hall in Detroit this evening. Jojned by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Senator Obama, Gore was litterally blasted into emotional orbit by the crowd’s yelling of “Yes We Can” again and again. Gore said that elections matter, reminding the crowd of Florida just by using its name. The Nobel Prize Winner then talked to the...
[Translate] Yosef Abrahamson is a 16-year-old (as of this writing) African-American Hasidic Jew who’s proof of the American Cultural complexity I have long talked about. He’s proof of the stupidity of racism. For example, I know a woman who I run into at various places in San Francisco, and who once told me that “I’ve never dated a Black guy because I’m looking for Jewish guys”, to which I told her that my last name’s Abraham and there are Blacks who are Jewish. The guy she was with reminded...
[Translate] In the 7th Round of the 2008 NFL Draft a huge cheer erupted from the small-compared-to-Day-One crowd and it was for a little-known cadet who also played football for Army. Caleb Campbell, who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in that last round. As that happened I talked to Dr. Bill Chackhes who gave me the details on Campbell’s story. Caleb basically deferred going to Iraq as a officer after he is to graduate with the current Army class of 2008. The Army is allowing him to play in the NFL. Everyone was enthusiastic...
[Translate] UPDATE: Video: This is the classic “Big Story”. According to The New York Times, but the NY Post has better and more detailed information, reporting that Fix News has stated that Spitzer’s set to resign: Feds last week busted a diamond-studded international call-girl ring that offered well-heeled johns “fashion models, pageant winners and exquisite students” for up to $5,500 an hour – after one of the prostitutes turned on her pimp. The Times reported that it was unclear whether...
[Translate] Christine Smith Interior Design Blessed By NY Post’s Cindy Adams Taking a break from politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Mcain, we look at Cindy Adams who “brings you the juiciest celeb gossip and celebrity news” according to the New York Post, her employer. Well, if that’s the case, then Cindy’s just blessed Christine Smith as a celebrity. Cindy took note of the growing presence of Smith’s workers around the Upper East Side, and gushed .. “GUYS are around hauling...
[Translate] New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s reported to be “exploring” a run for president, simply lacks enough experience to be President of The Unted States in my view. Bloomberg may have built a company in his name and ran for Mayor of New York and won, but he’s never had to deal with the complex politics of Congress and getting a bill through the process in Washington. I don’t know what’s going on, but what’s it with these New York mayors who think they can run the freaking...
[Translate] Hillary Clinton draws just 1,500 people?! That’s it? Look, I don’t care if the rally was in Harlem, they only drew 1,500 people. That’s terrible. I don’t care if it was in a church; thousands of people could have milled around outside. They didn’t. When Barack Obama held his New York rally, he drew 24,000 people. Hillary’s tried, but can’t even hold a rally that draws as many people as Barack can. She tried it in Oakland, and didn’t do it. She can’t do it....
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