John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Shooter

July 7, 2007 B. John 462 Views 0 Comments Mystery, Mark Wahlberg, Antoine Fuqua, Danny Glover, Ned Beatty, Shooter, Action, Thriller

Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world’s great marksmen and the son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He’s left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he’s recruited by a lisping colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia.

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Sicko

July 7, 2007 B. John 426 Views 0 Comments Documentary, Insurance, Michael Moore, Sicko, Universal Healthcare, healthcare

Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities.

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Smokin' Aces

June 30, 2007 B. John 407 Views 0 Comments Joe Carnahan, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Action, Adventure, Comedy

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy “Aces” Israel–a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state’s evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces’ Lake Tahoe hideout. When word of the price on Aces’ head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues’ gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

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Passengers Have Rights Too

June 19, 2007 B. John 350 Views 0 Comments supreme court, Fourth Amendment, Justice David Souter, Yuba City

Bruce Brendlin was arrested in 2001 for drug possession after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped by Yuba City police. The State had conceded there was no basis for the original vehicle stop, so Brendlin had argued that the drug evidence should be suppressed. The Associated Press is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that passengers in automobiles have the same Constitutional protections from illegal searches.

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Weekly News Roundup – Week ending June 17, 2007

June 17, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 352 Views 0 Comments Anti-Freeze, Chinese, DARPA, SCRAM Jet, Toothpaste

Summary of odd news items for the week ending June 17, 2007.

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Durham DA-May Have Announced Resignation

June 15, 2007 B. John 326 Views 0 Comments North Carolina, Rape, Duke, Durham County, Lacrosse, Mike Nifong, sexual assault, State Bar Association

I only caught the tail end of the report, but it appears, based on what I was hearing on WRAL that in a statement in his State Bar hearing, Durham DA Nifong announced that he was going to step down as DA. According to the WRAL reporter, he was “nearly in tears.”

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A Little Habeas for Your Corpus

June 11, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 482 Views 0 Comments Archibald Cox, toilet paper, DWI, William Ruckelshaus, Elliot Richardson, Genarlow Wilson, Judge Reggie Walton, Nixon, Paris Hilton, Robert Bork, Attorney General, Scooter Libby, Georgia, sexual offender, Ali al-Marri, Solicitor General

Wow, the courts have sure been busy lately. They given us lots of fun stuff to cover. Let’s see what we have:

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The $54M Pants and Other News of The Week Ending June 5, 2007

June 11, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 368 Views 0 Comments Dry Cleaners, Ink jet, Judge DC Superior Court, Memjet, printers, Roy L Pearson, Same Sex Marriage, Silverbrook Research, USAToday, CA, California State Assembly

This is a wrap of smaller news items for the week ending June 10, 2007.

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Liberal Media Ignoring Al Qaeda Torture Manuals?

June 2, 2007 B. John 336 Views 0 Comments Al Qaeda, Glenn Greenwald, Neoconservative, Saloncom, torture

Last week the U.S. Military reported finding Al Qaeda torture manuals in a “safe house” in Iraq. The pro-torture wingnuts are all atwitter with the news, as they get out there to say, “they do it too.” As if that’s all the license the U.S. needs to condone torture.

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As If On Cue

June 1, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 350 Views 0 Comments National Weather Service, Hurricane Season, Tropical Storm Barry

Right on cue, the 2007 hurricane season kicked off with today with the second named storm, “Barry.” Barry is a tropical stormed that has formed out in the Gulf and is tracking north north-east. He’s pushing much needed rain into the area, and it’s a very cool 68 degrees.

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The Cure for Republican Memory Loss

May 25, 2007 B. John 307 Views 1 Comment republicans, Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Immunity, Memory Loss

This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen yet on YouTube. It’s an ad for “immunity,” the cure for republican memory loss.