Yesterday the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of Hobby Lobby's claim that being forced by Obamacare to pay for contraception that includes abortifacients violates its religious freedom. Rich Lowry addresses this in an op-ed piece in today's NY Post. Here's an excerpt: "Hobby Lobby doesn’t claim the right to stop them from having abortions. The women who work for Hobby Lobby have exactly as much 'choice' now as they did prior to the decision. The left can’t get its head around the idea that the law or the Constitution sometimes limits the means whereby it seeks to achieve its ends. The left doesn’t really do law. It often doesn’t even do reasoning. It does bullying and demagoguery. In the argument over Hobby Lobby, it has brought the logic of the 'war on women' — its shameless smear job — to the Supreme Court. There are numerous lawful ways around the Hobby Lobby decision."
RIP Paul Mazursky, 84, a Brooklyn boy who had a fantastic career as an actor (76 credits), screenwriter and director. His heyday at the helm was the mid 70's. He often flew under the radar because his films were grounded in the human element, usually void of the escapism most movie-goers seek, but his scripts were what serious actors crave. Here's a list of films where he did double duty:
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Saw it recently. Surprised it still holds up.
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Blume in Love (1973)
Harry and Tonto (1974) - Art Carney's magnificent performance garnered an Oscar.
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Willie & Phil (1980)
Tempest (1982)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984) - Robin Williams shines as a Russian defector.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Enemies, a Love Story (1989) - Under-rated adaption of the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
The Pickle (1993)
Well done, sir. Thank you.
RIP also to crowdpicks.com, which packed it in after eight years of losing money. It was a lot of fun, and I made a little bit of green. The owners just couldn't get enough sponsors to make it feasible.
Yesterday morning on his show on WOR-AM, Mark Simone mentioned an interesting poll. Sites like Pandora and Spotify were able to get information from millions of cell phones and determined that the most popular work-out song is Eminem's Til' I Collapse, which I've never heard. There are probably a thousand tunes that would fit the bill. I nominate Jackie Wilson's Work Out.
I set up the floating book shop daily to try to sell my own books. Sometimes I forget they are there, especially when I have a peak level amount of other books on display. Today a woman asked if I had any works on psychology. I assumed she meant non-fiction, and none of my suggestions interested her. After she left I was kicking myself for not asking if her interest included fictional works of psychological depth. Fortunately, she returned from a trip to the dollar store and she wound up buying Killing. Thank you, Olena, and to all the other buyers and donors on the first scorcher of a day of 2014. "I got it made in the shade," I thought, remembering that old saying as I avoided the sun and enjoyed the breeze along Avenue Z.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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