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Vicki McClure Davidson | June 3, 2010

In the past few months, Hollywood legends and sports icons have died at a startling rate. Dennis Hopper, Lynn Redgrave, Dixie Carter, Art Linkletter, Gary Coleman, Jose Lima, Lena Horne, John Forsythe, Robert Culp, Peter Graves, Corey Haim, Fess Parker, Pernell Roberts. In Arizona yesterday, beloved, irreverent KEZ radio and local TV personality, Bill Austin [...]

Category: Entertainment, Celebrities, Notable Deaths, Social and Political Climate | 4 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | June 3, 2010

John Lennon was my favorite Beatle. He was nobody’s shill. Using Lennon posthumously in this recent Citroen TV commercial is horrifically out-of-character for the artistic rebel that he was… and might I add, a tad creepy. Is Yoko hard up for cash? Citroen – John Lennon TV ad | 2010   From Spinner, Sean Lennon [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Entertainment, Celebrities, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files | 3 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | June 3, 2010

Professional exterminators will tell you — if you see one cockroach in your house, there are scores, perhaps hundreds or thousands, more lurking in your walls. More cockroach-y scandals with the Obama White House are being torn from the walls… looks like Rep. Joe Sestak wasn’t the only one offered, er, dangled a job by [...]

Category: Government, Law & Constitution, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate | 4 Comments »
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