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• The Street Fighter

  By gceaves on February 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Time February 13, 2012 Cover: This man is busting Wall St. — Prosecutor Preet Bharara collars the masters of the meltdown. Section: Nation Title: The Street Fighter — U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has already taken down some of the financial… Read More ›

• When did it happen?

  By gceaves on January 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Someone asked me recently when it happened? It started with Newt Gingrich and his Republican Party when he first shut down the federal government in 1995 and then again in 1995-1996. Gingrich, of all people, marked the death of the… Read More ›

• Little Steven’s Christmas Spirit

  By gceaves on December 28, 2018 • ( 1 )

  Little Steven’s Underground GarageShow 872 — Santa Claus is Coming to TownAir date: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 http://undergroundgarage.com/shows-879-870/show-872-santa-claus-is-coming-to-town.html Little Steven: OK. Who wants to commit suicide? Raise your hand. One, two… quite a few this year. All right, let’s try… Read More ›

• Bush Jr.’s Contrition

  By gceaves on December 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  When I saw Bush Jr.’s tears at his father’s memorial, I believed they were genuine. Bush Jr. regrets not having listened to his father when it mattered, and now his father is gone. Bush Sr. was a foreign policy expert…. Read More ›

• Post-apocalyptic Movies

  By gceaves on December 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  The term “post-apocalyptic” is very broad and very deep. It includes movies and TV shows and covers everything from zombie invasions or plagues through to romantic comedies or even tear-jerker romance movies. There are a lot of monsters, apes, zombies,… Read More ›

• Northeast Asia to the Arctic Atlantic

  By gceaves on November 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  How do you get from Northeast Asia to the Arctic, specifically the part of the Arctic above the Atlantic Ocean?  Seoul (ICN) to Iqaluit (YFB) on southern Baffin Island can cost around USD $2’410 per person. The route in both… Read More ›

• Rocky

  By gceaves on November 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Today I learned that Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (b. 1946) both wrote and starred in “Rocky” (1976). He was 29-years-old when he wrote the screenplay. It was the highest-grossing movie of 1976 and won three Oscars. “Rocky” won Best Picture,… Read More ›

• “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is your smartphone

  By gceaves on November 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The super computers we all carry in our pockets — our so-called “phones” — are remarkably close to Douglas Adams’ descriptions of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.   I say this in reference to the physical book-like-item that was… Read More ›

• The Mighty Platte

  By gceaves on November 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    If you’re looking for a tasteful North American river, I would recommend the Platte~     It doesn’t have the majestic reach of the Mackenzie or the Mississippi, nor the vice presidential/ silver medal aspects of the Snake, the Ohio… Read More ›

• It was a Beat Generation

  By gceaves on October 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) (left), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) (center) and William Burroughs (1914-1997) are considered to be the three main Beat writers.       This Is The Beat Generation by John Clellon Holmes The New York Times Magazine, November 16,… Read More ›