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… a great article from my wife’s cousin. Unrelated, but with a hearkening to one of Hopper’s greatest roles … “FDR smoked Chesterfields; he was smoking one when he drove past us in a convertible, and flicked the cigarette to the ground. It landed at the feet of one of my buddies to the left [...] Hoosiers (1986) A troubled coach enlists the town drunk to turn a high school basketball team into winners. Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley Dir: David Anspaugh C-115 mins, TV-14. 8:00 PM EDT. TCM Rich Eisen, currently of NFL Network fame and former ESPN anchor is TCM’s guest programmer tonight. His [...] O’ Rourke that is…. and who’s in need? The print journalism industry — and quick. P.J. O’ Rourke, in The Weekly Standard tosses his tongue in cheek two cents into how to save newspapers. In it he proposes a new paper feature — The Pre-Obituary. Here’s a taste — do yourself a favor and go [...] …get a Thud flying again. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the F-105 Thunderchief, it was a single seat all weather fighter bomber that flew 75% of all missions over North Vietnam. Approximately half were lost to enemy fire. A little over a hundred F-105 pilots were killed in action and a [...] The shorter boy in this photo is my great uncle Jack (not short for anything — he was Jack). The tallest is my grandfather Leon (Papa). I posted this pic back on Veteran’s Day. He died in Italy approximately 12 years after this photo. The above is Jack’s grave marker from the Rome-Sicily [...] North African American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunisia. Share on Facebook Chuck, Shane, Keith and Jason…we won’t forget you guys. Keep a cold one ready at “The Green” fellas. Garyowen! Halfway down the trail to Hell, In a shady meadow green Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped, Near a good old-time canteen. And this eternal resting place Is known as Fiddlers’ Green. Marching [...] Share on Facebook Because I love underdogs … Because I know what it’s like to be stabbed in the back by so-called friends in the conservative community … Because the world needs more windmill tilters, particularly principled ones … Because despite all recent indications to the contrary, we don’t live in a plutocracy … Because the state [...] Where Eagles Dare (1969) An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis in a mountaintop castle. Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark Dir: Brian G. Hutton C-155 mins, TV-14. 5:00 PM EDT. TCM. Tomorrow is both Memorial Day and Clint Eastwood’s birthday so they “split [...] If Bill Maher was just a regular comedian… a grinder on the circuit who works for a living going from club to club I think this might actually be funny. Knowing that he would scream bloody murder if a conservative said something like this shows that he himself thinks it might be racist. So [...] Hello. I’m Eric Porvaznik and I love The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, not in a guilty pleasure kinda way either. Doesn’t take itself too seriously, has a rock and roll attitude (and genuine, knowledgeable love for rock and roll, along with a decent early 90s soundtrack including Billy Idol, Motley Crue, Sheila E, Tone [...] |
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