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...Google Trends reveals that “Sarah Palin” has become a far more popular search term than “Barack Obama,” “John McCain,” “Joe Biden,” or even that true American hero, “Michael Phelps.” Sarah Palin, and her hard line conservative stances on everything from energy policy (she one-ups the man above her on the ticket, calling not only for offshore drilling but also new exploration in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge) to creationism (she?...
...Story goes like this. Back in the '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (real name: Robin Ramzinsky) was a hero-stud pro wrestler; he fought "the Ayatollah" top of the card at the Garden. But after 20 years on the downalator, his body ballooned with exercise, bloated with steroids and damaged with the death of a thousand cuts, Randy works tank towns for a few hundred bucks. He's been locked out of his Jersey trailer home for laggard payments. And to secure the fans' roving attention, his ring rivals are getting into extreme fighting; one fellow, who looks like...
...later in the film, when Randy, briefly retired, winds up behind a deli counter. That's a deft touch, as is the easy camaraderie Randy shares with the other veteran showmen. But Aronofsky's main contribution was to lion-tame a jolting performance out of a forgotten hero...
...personal hero of mine and a founding mother of the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender--rights movement, Dorothy (Del) Martin died Aug. 27 at the age of 87. Del's entire life was marked by moments of singular courage, intelligence and insight. She began as a journalist, studying at the University of California, Berkeley. She applied her vision and writing skills to activism, and she can be credited with some of the most transformative changes toward LGBT equality. Del's contributions include co-founding the nation's first lesbian organization--Daughters of Bilitis--and the first lesbian newspaper...
...talked with utmost respect about "Senator John S. McCain," as though she were describing a hero she'd once gotten to meet - which wasn't far from the truth. It's an archetypal tale she told: Mrs. Smith goes to Washington, the story of small-town, common-sensible people who love their country and know how things actually work, and if we'd just send them to Washington instead of the phonies and philosophers, it wouldn't be long before things were fixed. She'd already done it as governor, she said, looking after taxpayers' interests, selling the state plane...