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Fred
May 6, 20173 min read
Take the Beacon of Speech Current Events Quiz --- and Fail Miserably
I like to think of myself as fairly well read on current events. I speak often of my fondness and disdain of multiple news sites. Well,...
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Fred & Ted
May 1, 20172 min read
Smokin' Aces
10 years ago this month the movie Smokin' Aces came out on DVD. A glorious mess of a movie, it's greatest sin was being too ambitious......
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Fred
Apr 30, 20175 min read
Browns Draft Scam (Part II)
A week ago I wrote about the scam of the NFL Draft and made a few predictions for my local home team, the Cleveland Browns. Since I...
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Fred
Apr 26, 20173 min read
Re-Discovering Frank Zappa
Last week I did a blog entry entitled Top 10 Strange Stories set to Song. One of the songs on that list was Billy the Mountain by Frank...
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Fred
Apr 24, 20171 min read
You Should Follow Reason
In Episode #53 of Beacon of Speech I said that "everyone wants Freedom of Speech in America for themselves, but not for that other guy."...
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Fred
Apr 20, 20174 min read
Thank You, Detroit Red Wings
Last week the Detroit Red Wings missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in 25 years. Please re-read that. 25 YEARS! When I...
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Fred
Apr 18, 20172 min read
Greatest Scam in Pro Sports: The NFL Draft
The greatest scam in pro sports is the NFL Draft. Why you ask? Because it generates its own cottage industry without actually playing...
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Fred
Apr 14, 20172 min read
Top 10 Strange Stories set to Song
Earlier this week, guitarist J Geils died. Namesake of the classic rock icons, the J Geils Band, they had 9 Top 40 hits in America, but...
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Fred
Apr 11, 20173 min read
Alec Baldwin is Funny, but...
I love Alec Baldwin's Trump impressions. They're funny, they're spot on, and most importantly, they make me laugh out loud, but...and it...
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Fred
Apr 10, 20173 min read
The Baltimore Blast: 2017 MASL Champs
The MASL Championship is not a 1 game affair. It's a 2-day event. On April 7, 2017, the Sonora Suns beat the Baltimore Blast in...
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Fred
Apr 8, 201711 min read
The Man who Killed Hockey in North America
Trick Question: Who was the commissioner of the National Hockey League before Gary Bettman? Answer: No one. Now how can that be? Well,...
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Fred
Apr 2, 20172 min read
The Real Damage of a Trump Presidency
For the 1,000th time, I voted for Gary Johnson in the 2016 Presidential Election. Listen to the Beacon of Speech webcasts or read one of...
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Fred
Apr 2, 20171 min read
April Fool's Reverse Prank
It's 1:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time and Rick and Morty has set the standard for April Fool's Pranks. Earlier in the day it leaked, new,...
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Fred
Mar 30, 20172 min read
Top 10 Andrew Falkous Efforts
Let's play some word association today. When you say musical genius, who do you think of? Probably not anyone contemporary. Prince?...
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Fred
Mar 26, 20174 min read
Cleveland Area Drive-Ins
When I was a kid, my Father used to take the family to the Drive In at the edge of town. It was the 42 Drive-In in Brunswick, Ohio, so...
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Fred
Mar 23, 20174 min read
Wayne Gretzky: Hockey Ambassador
I remember watching the LA Kings featuring Wayne Gretzky play an exhibition NHL game at the Richfield Coliseum when I was a young man. ...
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Dr. Fredrick E. Hunt
Mar 19, 20172 min read
Rogue Planet
The above is an artist's rendition of Planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9. What is so unusual about this object? Before we explore what...
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Fred
Mar 16, 20172 min read
Applying for Jobs
As Beacon of Speech continues to be a, shall we say, non-profitable endeavor, we realize that there needs to be a supplemental revenue...
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Fred
Mar 12, 20174 min read
Top 10 Songs - with Whistling
So about 5 years ago I came up with the very original idea of the Top 10 Songs - with Whistling. Then when I googled the concept to make...
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Fred
Mar 11, 20172 min read
Winningest (CSU) Coach Ever
Earlier this week, Cleveland State Men's Basketball Coach Gary Waters resigned. Some local media outlets have speculated that Gary...
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Fred
Mar 9, 20172 min read
Based on a Real Match?
The internet has loads of worthless information, so I attempted to solve a mystery that only I cared about. Unlike Sherlock Holmes,...
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Fred
Mar 7, 20172 min read
Maybe Punk is Dead...
If I asked the average person to describe the picture above, I'm sure they'd say it's a photograph of a guy buying an album. But to me...
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Dr. Fredrick E. Hunt
Mar 2, 20173 min read
For Example: Slanted News
So on February 23, 2017 I proposed an experiment to take Headlines from multiple sources based on the concept of Fareed Zakaria calling...
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Fred
Feb 26, 20173 min read
The FA Cup
I don't pretend to know that much about the FA Cup. I know it's the oldest soccer tournament in Europe and I know it's a 100+ team...
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