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Starbeams: Mizzou Lineman Goes O.J. Stroud’s U, Big 12 Scare & After Dinner Sex,

Posted on August 13, 2015 by admin

Former Mizzou offensive lineman Max Copeland will play a crazed killer in an independent horror movie.  The movie just got a rating of 5 on a scale of one to O.J. Simpson.                 … Continue reading →

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Glazer: Time to Deal With What the ‘Real’ National Issues Are

Posted on August 9, 2015 by admin

If you’re like me – and who isn’t? – you’re probably tired of listening to all these candidates BS about issues that ARE NOT THE KEY ISSUES IN AMERICA TODAY./ Well, it’s high time somebody address the real issues. CRIME IN … Continue reading →

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Lefsetz: Debates Aside, No Way Trump Wins

Posted on August 8, 2015 by admin

Nate Silver wrote the definitive story on Donald Trump and nobody knows it… That’s right, America’s favorite statistician, the diviner of data, the man who makes sense out of chaos, analyzed the polls and found out that while Trump had … Continue reading →

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Glazer: Donald Trump Poised to Win It All

Posted on August 4, 2015 by admin

Drum roll please; the presidency may be Donald Trump‘s to lose!!!! Yep, Trump’s numbers keep getting bigger and bigger and some polls have him at 29% of the vote now!  OMG. What started out as a joke is NO JOKE. He … Continue reading →

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Jack Goes Confidential: National Lampoon-Less ‘VACATION’—What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Jürgen Poessiger

There was a certain comedic magic about NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION… CHRISTMAS VACATION added to the charm. EUROPEAN and VEGAS VACATIONS? Not so much. Can you believe that it’s been 33 years since Clark, Ellen, Rusty and Audrey first headed west … Continue reading →

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Sutherland: An Unresolved Dichotomy @ 18th & Grand

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr.

During the Cold War, analysts at the CIA would parse every word in the Soviet Union’s official newspaper, “Pravda,” and in the Red Chinese counterpart, “The People’s Daily.” This was to search for subtle shifts in meaning and emphasis in … Continue reading →

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Glazer: Royals Sign Johnny Cueto, Lock Up Division

Posted on July 27, 2015 by admin

The Royals were likely to win the division anyway… Even without signing Reds’ ace pitcher Johnny Cueto. Hey. with a plus 21 games over .500 KC is by far the American League’s best ball club. However this team wants it all. And the only … Continue reading →

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Starbeams: Planet Starbucks, Bond v Trump, Moose Mutt

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Kelly Urich

Scientists have found the most Earth-like planet, a planet called Kepler-452b.  It’s about 1,400 light years away, takes 385 days to orbit its sun, and has roughly 3,000,000 Starbucks locations.                      … Continue reading →

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Glazer: He-Could-Go-All-The-Way! The Donald Makes His Move

Posted on July 22, 2015 by admin

Most experts seem to think Hillary Clinton is unbeatable! We’ve heard that before. She has the magic of the CLINTON name and her husband BILL is still the most popular presidential name of all. On top of which, the Clinton’s remind us of … Continue reading →

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Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Ant-Man’ Downsizes Marvel Mirth To Fit Rudd

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Jack Poessiger

Will the superhero gravy train ever run out of steam? Not as long as fans worldwide keep supporting these bigger-then-life creations and franchises. And while ANT-MAN  is no IRON MAN, it certainly another notch in Disney’s comic book, action-fantasy universe. Here Mouse … Continue reading →

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Glazer: Life in the Fast Lane’s the Place For Me

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Craig Glazer

As you enter uour 50’s you begin to wonder, “Did I do everything in life I wanted to do?” That answer is different for each of us. I was talking with Hearne about this last week, and I find it interesting that many of my friends … Continue reading →

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Glazer: The Snake is Gone! Ken Stabler Passes On

Posted on July 10, 2015 by admin

I made five Champions Forever documentaries… Two were on Ali. and one of the ones I was working on the mid 1990’s was a NFL Quarterbacks film. The top five Quarterbacks of the previous era. All of our films featured the best of … Continue reading →

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Jack Goes Confidential: Gibberish-Spewing ‘MINIONS’ Short On Charm In Prequel

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Jürgen Poessiger

Universal’s MINIONS should—and probably will—storm the box office this weekend to the tune of $100 million-plus in north American ticket sales… But will it hold up the way Pixar’s INSIDE OUT is performing? I don’t think so. So let’s get … Continue reading →

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Paul Wilson: Knee Jerk Reaction to Confederate Flag, a Symbolic Scapegoat

Posted on July 10, 2015 by admin

On June 17th Dylann Roof walked into Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and shot and killed nine spiritual giants of that city… In the hours following the shooting, we Americans did what we oft times do; attempted … Continue reading →

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Glazer: Can Sleepwalking Royals Go All the Way?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Craig Glazer

Please don’t get upset with me… Yes, I still believe the Kansas City Royals will win the division. And I think they can still win the American League Pennant. But if you’re seeing what I am, the Royals are falling down on offense … Continue reading →

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Hearne: Will the Next KC Sports Superstar Be a WWE Guy?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by admin

Wondering who the next world class athlete from Kansas City will be? Here’s a hint: You won’t learn about him from The Pitch or the Kansas City Star. That said, you’ve come to the right place. Homegrown, hometown heroes are hard to come by around these parts. The usual suspects are easily identified; … Continue reading →

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Hearne: The American Royal’s Coming Unglued

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

What’s next, waving a white flag and shouting uncle? Seems like only yesterday the heavy handed civic leader backers of the American Royal couldn’t wait to pull a fast one on taxpayers by tearing down Kemper Arena for a $50 to $70 million into an overpriced … Continue reading →

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Sutherland: World War I and The Rise of Modernism

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum has another landmark exhibition to its credit… Not since the 1977 sensation, “Sacred Circles,” a tribute to the art of the American Plains Indians, has there been such a stand-out success that is entirely the Nelson’s doing. … Continue reading →

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Jack Goes Confidential: Schwarzenegger Reprises & Terminates

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Jack Poessiger

I’ll be back, gets a somewhat different play on words in TERMINATOR GENISYS… Or better put, a time shuffling of the legacy—-a cybernetic face lift. Set in 2029 John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese … Continue reading →

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Hearne: Two Day Old News Is For Losers

Posted on June 25, 2015 by admin

Maybe it’s just me… But honestly, I don’t see how much longer the Kansas City Star can go on feeding newsprint readers day-old front page national news, while apologizing for being an additional day behind on local news. You know, like who … Continue reading →

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