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Human Life is Cheap?/Casablanca/Chicago

I believe the very first I heard the expression “Human life is cheap” was in the movie Casablanca. The Nazi Major Strasser, answers a worried Ilsa Lund,(Ingrid Bergman) after she inquires about the safety of her husband in Nazi occupied Casablanca. “My dear perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca Human life is cheap.”... Read more »

By BOB ANGONE,
November 2, 2018 at 3:11 pm • 

Tougher Gun Laws/Yada-Yada/Oh! the Caterwauling/Fugacious.

I sincerely apologize for using Caterwauling and Fugacious, along with Yada Yada in a story as serious as Gun Control. But the reality is, it fits the folly.Overall research shows that lax gun-laws invite more gun deaths while stricter laws make us safer. In other words, it follows that common sense laws followed by strict... Read more »

By BOB ANGONE,
November 1, 2018 at 9:32 am • 

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