Author Archives: oddmanout215

These protesters are ‘angry at the right people’

Posted on October 8, 2011 by oddmanout215

Who would have thought a few weeks ago that hundreds of protestors from something called Occupy Philly would set up camp in Center City? The idea is almost as far-fetched as a tent city next to Wall Street. But there … Continue reading →

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Cheez Whiz is legal, so why not pot?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by oddmanout215

The Philadelphia Daily News recently had fun reporting a story about a drug bust involving a manager at Jim’s Steaks. You know, the usual jokes about South Philly accents and dining preferences: HOW YA LIKE yer cheesesteak…? Whiz Wit’? Maybe … Continue reading →

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Obama sides with banksters, not protesters

Posted on October 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

OK, we knew this all along, but I still winced when I read it in Firedoglake: For perhaps the first time, President Barack Obama was forced to explain why there have been no prosecutions of Wall Street executives for their … Continue reading →

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Weird NJ’s phantom tollbooth attendant

Posted on October 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

It was a wonderful night until I tried to leave New Jersey. I’d read my short story “Chokepoint” at the Walt Whitman Arts Center in Camden, and I’d heard sharp, witty poems by West Coast transplant Seve Torres and a … Continue reading →

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What’s crazier, belief in UFOs or in ‘free trade’?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Who else remembers when presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was kneecapped by the corporate media? During a candidates’ debate in 2007 Tim Russert asked Kucinich if it were true he’d seen a UFO years before. “I did,” Kucinich said. “It was … Continue reading →

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‘Mainstream’ is the wrong word for corporate media

Posted on October 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Leslie Griffith makes a good point: What we call the “mainstream” media is anything but. She’s not quibbling about semantics, but rather trying to impress upon readers the importance of accurately naming forces that have a direct effect on our … Continue reading →

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Tom Friedman’s ‘hyperconnected’ fantasy world

Posted on October 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

The NYT headline was “How did the robot end up with my job?” It was on an op/ed column by Tom Friedman, the corporate media’s foremost cheerleader for the brave new world of downsizing, outsourcing and off-shoring that is the … Continue reading →

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Fiction reading Wed. at Rutgers-Camden

Posted on October 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

7 pm Wednesday, Oct. 5 Walt Whitman Arts Center, 2nd Floor 101 Cooper St. Camden, NJ David McKenna, a.k.a. Odd Man Out, will read “Chokepoint,” from Idiot Lights, his collection of thematically related short stories set in Atlantic City and … Continue reading →

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NPR probes bank’s gift to NYPD (I kid you, NPR)

Posted on October 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

This just in from a National Public Radio investigation sparked by a post on JP Morgan Chase’s website: JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the … Continue reading →

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NYT’s Ginia B. admits Occupy is for real

Posted on October 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

In her article today, Ginia Bellafante didn’t call Occupy Wall Street “pantomime progressivism” — an improvement — but it seems she still doesn’t quite get what’s going on in Lower Manhattan. Bellafante’s lede refers to Occupy as “ideologically vague and … Continue reading →

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