20 04, 2016

Saturday Night Live’s ‘Heroin AM’ skit was in poor taste

2018-11-27T13:06:36-05:00April 20th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: , |Comments Off on Saturday Night Live’s ‘Heroin AM’ skit was in poor taste

By KEVIN DEVLIN Last Saturday, April 16, “Saturday Night Live” featured a fake drug commercial for non-drowsy “Heroin AM,” an option for people who want to use heroin and still get things done during the day. In the commercial, SNL guest host and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is portrayed as a school bus driver with a young boy and husband. She gets through the day pumped up on heroin. They mention in the commercial that the medicine is also available in gummy bears, along with “Cocaine PM.” Everything was a big joke. In a Facebook post, officials from the Dodge County Sheriff’s office in Wisconsin responded to the skit Sunday morning: “The lack of sensitivity for the families of those who have lost loved ones to [...]

6 01, 2016

What do you think about this? Justice, gun control and change in America

2018-11-27T13:06:37-05:00January 6th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on What do you think about this? Justice, gun control and change in America

By KEVIN DEVLIN I recently watched “Making a Murderer,” the 10-part Netflix documentary about the true crime story of a Wisconsin man, Steven Avery, convicted of the 2005 murder of a young woman. He was previously in prison for 18 years for a sexual assault he never committed and was subsequently released after new evidence surfaced, which proved his innocence. He was in the process of suing the local police department for this miscarriage of justice when he was arrested and subsequently convicted for murder. Boy, talk about luck and talk about timing, hey? I was under the impression that this story was a two or a three-part documentary, but when I started watching it with my daughter, Deirdre, we were hooked. The case was [...]

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