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Amerika: One Big Commercial | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 11, 2018 I love sports. Since I was a young kid, I can remember, vividly, sitting in our living room, circa 1960, on a Sunday afternoo ...

Where's the Rest of our Country? | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2018 In the 1942 epic film King's Row, actor Ronald Reagan (of all people) played a down-and-out working stiff (Drake McHugh) who j ...

The Audacity of Super Wealth | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2018 As a transplanted New Yorker living in what I call "Death Valley USA," or Daytona Beach, Florida, I like to keep up with my ol ...

Stripped Naked | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2018 In the 1997 British film The Full Monty, we have six unemployed men, four of them laid off steelworkers, earning money by putt ...

CAGED! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 27, 2018 In Stanley Kubrick's classic film Spartacus, we can see the caged area where the gladiators fought. If you fork out Pay Per Vi ...

The Empire's Greatest Trick and 'Let Them Eat Cake' | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 23, 2018 In director Bryan Singer's fantastic 1995 film The Usual Suspects, the bad guy in the film was being interviewed by investigators. They had no id ...

Dead End Amerika | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 21, 2018 Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin has a "must see" film entitled Class Divide about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area ...

Happiness is a Warm Amerikan Gun | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 16, 2018 John Lennon was a prolific songwriter, along with his compatriots The Beatles. His wonderful metaphor, from their great "Happi ...

Dancing with the Beast | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 8, 2018 In Oliver Stone's brilliant film Nixon there is one scene that underlines the whole prism of this Military Industrial Empire. I ...

The Two 500 lb. Gorillas in the Room | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 3, 2018 I don't know about you out there, but whenever I drive around my city and surrounding area of perhaps 250,000 people, I notice ...

The Edge of Heaven | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 28, 2018 Walking along the shoreline, with the sun shining, the blue sky smiling and the crashing waves creating a myriad of pollution- ...