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Ray Charles – It Ain’t Easy Being Green

Ray Charles has been featured on the Cosby show several times.  Most commonly people remember the Cosby children performing a lip sync rendition of “Night Time is the Right Time” in honour of the Huxtable Grandparents’ anniversary.   There is however, a lesser known — certainly lesser discussed — Ray Charles vocal appearance on the […]

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Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin – 2010 Winter Olympics

It was sung by Garou, a French-Canadian star. Here follows a translation of the lyrics.  A little higher A little higher, a little further I want to go a little further I want to see what it’s like, up there Take my arm and hold my hand A little higher, a little further I want […]

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  Keith Olbermann is decrying what could be the most fundamental miscarriage of justice since Dred Scott v. Sandford, [1] declaring that a Black man had no right of citizenship in the United States.  This decision led, in short order to the Civil War. [2] In the recently decided case Citizens United v. Federal Elections […]

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Ronald Prescott Reagan on Stephen Colbert

Ronald Prescott Reagan (ie, son of former Pres. Ronald Reagan) was on Stephen Colbert.  Some interesting facts emerged.  First, politically he is a liberal.  Colbert quipped “how can you grow up in the house of God and be an atheist?”  Another interesting revelation, almost made as a side note, was Richard Nixon’s anti-Semitism.  I did […]

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