Note: The Coffee Coaster Beaniegram contains synopses of writings—columns and book/movie reviews—of the week. It normally is posted and emailed on Sunday mid day. Toward the end of each week, a more journalistic newsletter, "Percolations," is emailed commenting on news and issues of the week. Last week's issue of Percolations is located here. — bw

My Column-Article
And the winners are...
2012 presidential race fast-forward
by Brian Wright

September 3, 2012, Tampa, Florida. Today at the Tampa Bay Times Forum building, the assembled delegates of the Republican Party chose their nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.[1] Reporters from every major news organization were on hand from the dropping of the gavel on August 27, documenting the leading candidates' activities and would-be policies if they are to win back the White House from the Democrats. [Full Column]

Excerpt of Review

Burlesque (2010):
Holding on to family values ____ 7.5/10

That's really less of a putdown than an observation: Christina will probably be the first to admit she's not on the road to a Meryl Streep caliber acting career; however, she does put the brightest of lights in the firmament with her voice and her moves. One may wisely view the movie Burlesque as merely an elaborate life support system for the display of Christina Aguilera's magnificent singing and dancing. Fortunately, like a porn movie that doesn't concern itself too much with foreplay, Burlesque gets right down to business early and often with Christina's mellifluous pipes and shapely gams. Wow, she's a knockout. What a wonderful vehicle for a wonderful entertainer, someone who I can honestly state I had never once watched perform. [Full Review]

Book Review
The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
More notes of a biology watcher
by Lewis Thomas

The highly scientifically and medically distinguished Dr. Lewis Thomas—attended Princeton University and Harvard Medical School; became Dean of Yale Medical School and New York University School of Medicine, and President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute; his formative years as an independent medical researcher were at Tulane University School of Medicine—writes in the crystal clear, sparsely elegant style of a great master of literature. For one reason or another, in the late 1970s, The Medusa and the Snail came to be a book that the 'intelligentsia' simply had to read. Or anyone striving to be well rounded and embracing a life of the mind. I remember the joy of reading this book rather than the content; I thought some day I'd like to be able to write so intelligently about various subjects of philosophic and political interest. [Full Review]

Guest Column

TSA Lethal Radiation and its Cure
Two stories you won't get from the Lamestream
courtesy Infowars and Brasscheck TV

Editor's Note: Normally, when publishing a guest column I try to excerpt with reference to the author's article or column. In this case, I don't think Infowars—in the person of Paul Joseph Watson will mind in the least my practically full transcription of his piece. It astounds me that—in this day of exposure of multiple high-level crimes and felonies, including the recent assumption by Obama of dictatorial powers of indefinite detention without trial and murder of 'enemies of the state'—so many 'good Americans' accept that they must be either sexually assaulted or lethally irradiated by government agents (with the combined IQ of toast) for the privilege of flying. Maybe when these low-life morons start dying like flies, the rest of us will have the moral courage to end the atrocity of the TSA. [Full Column]

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