Reading time: 3 minutes, 39 seconds Ladies and Gentleman! Tonight’s bigoted executive heavyweight fight is coming to you from lovely Atlantic City, New Jersey. The contest is brought to you by the Taj Mahal Casino and resort, The New Jersey Generals football team, The Apprentice TV show, and the Pick rick Restaurant. Fighting in the […]
Month: July 2019
History Repeats Itself: Abu Gharib & U.S. Immigration Detention Centers
During the second Iraq War, (2003) personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A) committed a series of human rights violations against detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The abuses included physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy, and murder. In July of 2003, Amnesty International issued a press […]
The Killer Movie (literally)
Reading Time: 4 Minutes, 1 second The film the Conqueror was released in 1956. The film was directed by Dick Powell, starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan, and co-starred Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt, and Pedro Armendariz. Last and certainly not least, Howard Hughes financed and produced the film. For 1956 standards, this was […]
America’s First Villian: Benedict Arnold
Reading time: 5 minutes and 9 seconds Benedict Arnold was a ship merchant when the Revolutionary War began in 1775. He joined the growing army outside Boston and distinguished himself through acts of intelligence and bravery. Some of Arnold’s military accomplishments include the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, the battle of Ridgefield, the siege of Fort […]
