This is a bushmaster .223

It isn't just a gun, it's an assault rifle....

To put it another way, it's a weapon of mass destruction....

It's the weapon that was used to slaughter children in their school in Newtown, CT.

As many as 90% of the voting population believe that… Read full post »

House Negro (also House Nigger) is a pejorative term for a black person, used to compare someone to a house slave of a slave owner from the historic period of legal slavery in the US. The term comes from a 1963 speech, "Message to the Grass Roots", given by African American… Read full post »

On Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey,

This, (Sister Jean's Soup Kitchen), is directly across the street

 from....

...This 

One is open for one hour five days a week, the other is open twenty four/seven....

Care to guess which? Read full post »

My mother would tell folks at family gatherings, or house guests of one sort or another that, when I was in the toddler stages of life, all she need do, while shopping for groceries, was put me in front of the book rack, where I would sit quietly 'playing' with the… Read full post »

I took lessons between the ages of five and thirteen.

However, I didn't really begin to learn until I began to learn to listen.....to everybody and everything.

                       &n… Read full post »

Atlantic City Weekly 

 Pianist Ron Powell Plays at

Capriccio Sunday Brunch

By Jeff Schwachter, Aug. 5, 2011

Ron Powell at Capriccio: Photo by Craig Billow

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He was the oldest son of the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King. He was named Michael Luther after his father, but later the Reverend King changed both their names to Martin Luther in… Read full post »

 I offer no editorial comment, no annotation, just the ranking, so you can provide the rationale or the reasons for certain items yourself. You may rearrange the list or make your own......Let the discussion and debate begin: 

1. September 11, 2001

2. The Election of Bar… Read full post »

While domestic violence is not confined by the calendar, October has been recognized nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month:

 My Two Cents:

 Bravery and valor on the battlefield are of no consequence if the war being fought has no just and honorable cause or purpose....There are no legitimate goals or objectives in an unjust or invalid conflict being prosecuted by force of arms and the blood of g… Read full post »

UPDATE!!!

My event, 7-Card Stud, was scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20. 

We played the final four tables on Saturday the 24th....I made the second cut and finished 12th over all. (four seats away from the final table.....)

As a result of periods of bad luck at critical times… Read full post »