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Winner Take All Politics by Hacker & Pierson, a book review

Winner Take All Politics by Hacker & Pierson, a book review

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Title: Winner-Take-All Politics Authors: Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks ISBN: 978-1-4165-8870-2 List price: $15 (paperback) Following is a book review that is in progress and as such may change at any moment. How I chose this book to read: I must confess that although I buy a lot of books, I seldom find the time to read any book  more than part way through.  Not enough time and not enough sustained interest may be…

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T-Mobile Handset Insurance

T-Mobile Handset Insurance

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T-Moblile may be one of the best out of a lowly lot of cell phone providers for my area in North Orange County, California.  One major flaw for T-Mobile may be their handset insurance.  If your battery dies you can ONLY get a mail replacement (really stupid).  If the store has a direct replacement in stock they will charge you full price (This can range roughly between 30 and 50 dollars).  This shows their apparent lack of customer service and…

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Collateral Movie Review

Collateral Movie Review

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Score 4.5 out of 5.  This movie really worked for me.  The ending was a bit weak because one knew that the script needed to clean up the ending and it did so with less than full convincing results.   But the whole movie, in total, still  stands up as an excellent piece of art.

U-571 Movie Review

U-571 Movie Review

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Score: 4 out of 5.  This movie is very convincingly told which is a strong complement because the story could easily go dumb at any point but does not. The director and crew should be proud of this  product.  The acting is very good and very convincing even at times that one might expect it to fall apart.  My only reason not to give a more perfect score is at the very end of the movie it falls into a…

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Safe House Movie Review

Safe House Movie Review

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Score: 5 out of 5.  This movie is vastly intelligent and is gripping in plot outline.  The script was terrific as well as the acting and all the technical aspects that help provide the movie creation.  The director put together a stupendous product.

Ghost Protocol Movie Review

Ghost Protocol Movie Review

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I rate this movie 5 out of 5.  It simply is darn near perfect.  I love intelligent movies and this one is very good.  I will not list all its plus points but to reiterate that it delivers a terrific entertainment package.

Red Tails

Red Tails

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Rate 2 out of 5.  I found this a very disappointing movie.  The script, casting, and acting was dreadful.  All other technical aspects of the movie seemed to be very good.  The action scenes were quite good but the  script was uninspiring, the acting unconvincing, and the director was  incapable of drawing me into the story.  I really found it annoying to see a command officer smoking a pipe in what seemed to be a contrived effort to impart authority.

The Real News

The Real News

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I am always looking for the truth or as close to it as I can get.  I ran across this Internet  news web site that tries to achieve balanced and accurate reporting.  The name of this organization is The Real News. The Real News Mission The Real News Network is a television news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism.Our staff, in collaboration with courageous journalists around the globe, will investigate report and debate stories on the…

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Hilton San Diego Resort And Spa Review

Hilton San Diego Resort And Spa Review

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Date of visit: May 25, 2012  to May 29, 2012. On Site Reservation: The reservation process and the person I talked to representing the resort performed a perfect process.  I was quite impressed. Resort Check In:   Check in was fast and somewhat efficient in speed.   I did notice that the clerks may have failed to fully complete the check in process.  I suspect it might be the computer screens that they have to work with because I notice that their…

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Best Buy and Kaspersky Anti Virus

Best Buy and Kaspersky Anti Virus

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When  I purchased my new Toshiba Satellite laptop a few years ago I got an incentive deal to have Kaspersky Anti Virus software installed on my computer from Best Buy.  The deal sounded sweet but my son, an IT student, said I was nuts because Windows 7 had pretty good anti virus protection.  I had already agreed to the minimal introductory cost.  Then January 17, 2012 I get an automatic renewal notice warning me that I am to be charged…

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