* In the absence of an Omaha-Lincoln light-rail (don’t get me started … ) it takes a lot for me to make the trek to Titletown, even for the best of events. But if you travel I-80 southwest just once this year it should be this Friday, Dec. 3, for the Hear Nebraska Benefit at […]
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Lack of judges and two-state case load contribute to immigration wait times
A recent report by the TRAC Immigration project showed that immigrants in Nebraska have the third longest wait in the country for immigration hearings. We asked local immigration lawyer Amy Peck why the average case in Nebraska takes nearly a year and a half to come to court. “The Omaha immigration court serves cases from […]
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Things You Should Buy Me (Volume 57)
Too long have I gone without demanding things! Too long has it been since I stood before the teaming throngs of Internet hordes and commanded that they contact me at {encode=”film@thereader.com” title=”film@thereader.com”} to get my address in order to have me try and promote products or to send me objects of my desire as one […]
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Man stabbed in South Omaha
Jose Cardenas, 26, survived after being stabbed late on Nov. 30 near 23rd and Vinton. Cardenas was transported to the VA Medical Center by a third party and told officers he was stabbed during a fight with a person over a previous altercation. Police have made no arrests.
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Anti-pipeline push goes national
Primetime television viewers will get a quick look at the plain’s oil pipeline controversy in a new national television ad urging President Barack Obama to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The 30-second ad, paid for by the No Tar Sands Oil Coalition, portrays the Keystone XL decision as a chance to stop the […]
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Two Truths and a Lie
Chickity check it out, y’all. This is me blogging two days in a row! And we kick today in the short pants with a little game they used to play as an ice breaker at functions where people don’t know each other well…like prison holding cells. It’s called “Two Truths and a Lie,” and today’s […]
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Under the Influence
As its title states, love is just one of many brain-altering ingredients present in director Edward Zwick’s Love and Other Drugs . The film is set in the world of pharmaceutical sales in the mid-’90s, so besides a little pot and plenty of beer, we’re also among Prozac, Zoloft and the debut of Viagra. Jamie […]
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Burn Noticed
Forget Congressional censure and domestic or international courts of law, the Bush administration will apparently burn for their sins beneath the withering lights of largely ignored, star-driven movies. Score one for justice! If we can’t expect the guy who directed Swingers (Doug Liman) to preserve our democracy, who will stand as the last defender of […]
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Cutting Room for December 1
Lindsay Lohan has fallen so far she can no longer effectively be counted on to appear as a porn star, a role for which I assumed she had been training for a decade now. Malin Ackerman (Watchmen) is landing in the deep throat of Linda Lovelace, replacing Lohan in Inferno. If “jumping the shark” refers […]
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And now…Deep Thoughts from Michael Bay
Greetings douchebags and ugly people, It’s me, Michael Bay, the only motherf**ker still rockin’ McGuyver’s hairstyle. A lot of you subhuman pig people who watch my movies and have made me so rich that attractive women will sleep with me despite my vile personality and morally bankrupt soul have been spreading rumors that the 3D […]