Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Black Country roots of a Hollywood screen legend
By Calvin Palmer Mention West Bromwich and I think of an amorphous town in the industrial region of England known as the Black Country. If asked to name its famous personalities I would list people associated with the town’s football … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Europe, Movies, United Kingdom, World War Two
Weiner does the decent thing — at last!
By Calvin Palmer The fact that U.S. Rep Anthony Weiner (D-New York) has resigned comes as no surprise. Any politician who sends a picture of his erect penis to a woman he met online and then lies about it has … Continue reading
Filed under News, Photographs, politics
Smoke from Georgia wildfires hangs over Jacksonville
By Calvin Palmer I can taste smoke, not the rich tobacco smoke of a Winston cigarette but acrid wood smoke from one of the many wildfires burning in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. A haze hangs over Jacksonville today, the … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, News
One phone call away from the full story
By Calvin Palmer Florida is one of two states forecast to lose restaurant jobs this summer, according to a report by the National Restaurant Association. The other state facing a fall in restaurant jobs is Arizona. The Florida Times-Union carried … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economy, News, Newspapers
British newspaper article on Florida’s pill mills fails to keep up with events
By Calvin Palmer The Guardian newspaper today carried an article about the thousands of people flocking to the pill mills of Florida to obtain the powerfully addictive painkiller oxycodone. The White House has described the abuse of prescription drugs as … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Media, Newspapers, politics, United Kingdom
Weiner cocks up his political career but lacks the balls to resign
By Calvin Palmer Rep. Anthony Weiner obviously has serious psychological issues. The Democratic U.S. Representative for New York’s 9th congressional district not only has the urge to send photographs of his penis to women across the United States but he then … Continue reading
Romney pitches for Republican nomination with idle rhetoric
By Calvin Palmer Mitt Romney today threw his hat into the ring to become the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential election. Romney’s declaration opened with typical Republican rhetoric, concentrating on the shortcomings of Democrat President Barack Obama rather than … Continue reading
