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Representative Tammy Duckworth Takes Corrupt IRS Contractor to Task
Illinois Representative Tammy Duckworth lost both her legs and could possibly lose use of her arm after her National Guard helicopter was gunned down during a patrol in Iraq. Having suffered immensely in the course of service to her country, Representative Duckworth is in a unique position to comment on the many challenges veterans face […]
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Mad Men: Season 6, Episode 7 – ‘Man With a Plan’ Review and Synopsis
The episode opens with Don inadvertently eavesdropping from the elevator on the Rosen’s fighting. The couple argues back and forth, likely about the doctor’s search for a hospital that will accommodate his ambitions. If you’ll recall the deus-ex-machina bit from the last episode, Ted Chaough and group have joined SCDH. Of course, this also means […]
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Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 9 – ‘Dark Shadows’ Review and Synopsis
This episode opens with a shot of Betty weighing out her cheese to accompany her morning toast to the soundtrack of a thunderstorm. This is likely as a part of a new diet regimen and Betty’s absence from the past few episodes makes her return a remarkable thing. Back at SCDP, Don reviews the work […]
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Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 7 – ‘A Man Without Honor’ Review and Synopsis
Theon wakes up to find Osha missing from his bed and further discovers she, Bran, Rickon, and Hodor have escaped Winterfell. After one of his men speaks somewhat disrespectfully to him, Theon stomps him into the ground. He sends out a hunting party after the fleeing Starks and their saviors, Osha and Hodor. Theon has […]
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Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 7 – ‘At the Codfish Ball’ Review and Synopsis
Sally and Glen have remained friends, even though she has moved away and he is apparently in some sort of private school. Pauline trips over the phone cord and hurts herself while bellowing through the halls for Sally and Bobby to prepare the dinner table for her. Megan’s family comes to visit in order to […]
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Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 4 – ‘Garden of Bones’ Review and Synopsis
We return to the battlefield in this installment of Game of Thrones. Robb launches a night attack on the Lannister camp to bring slaughter down upon them. When next we see the soldiers on the field of battle we see death and destruction. Robb helps a field nurse tend to a wounded soldier who needs […]
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Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 6 – ‘Far Away Places’ Review and Synopsis
Peggy and her beau are having problems in their relationship because of Peggy’s work schedule. On top of everything, Peggy is being superstitious about having misplaced some lucky charm that Don had given her. She needs it to help her with the Heinz presentation. At the last minute, Don takes Megan to Howard Johnson’s and […]
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South Park and “My Safe Space”
You might call her a wh0re but, she can’t hear you in her Safe Space South Park – In Their Safe Space on Hulu With all the discussion about bullying and respect for each other’s identities on college campuses it was inevitable that South Park, of course, would make its typically irreverent social commentary on […]
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