Muhammad Ali - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

      It is a trying time as we remember the exploits of the late great Muhammad Ali.

  Ali wasn't just the greatest Boxer of all-time, he was an inspiration to Americans, African Americans, and to Muslims all over the World.  From the time he changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali he became a figure head of the American Muslim movement and was felt in an adoring way all across America in a time when Civil Rights Movements needed the clout to break down the barriers set forth by the deep Southern States across America that refused to adhere to desegregation.
  In 1960, at the age of 18, Ali, known by his Christian name Cassius Clay won the Boxing Light-Heavyweight Gold Medal for the U.S.A.  A super talent, Ali soon went on to a Professional career and he took hold of the Heavyweight belt defeating Sonny Liston (as a huge underdog no less) in becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1964.  Soon after winning the belt Ali converted to the faith of Islam going by the name Cassius X Clay and finally was re-named Muhammad Ali, claiming that Clay was his 'slave' name.
  In 1966 Ali refused to serve the U.S Military for the Vietnam draft citing his religious beliefs and opposition to the American involvement in the War, reasoning 'No Vietcong never called me a Nigger'.  He was arrested, and was found guilty of draft evasion charges, and was stripped of his Heavyweight Belts in both the WBC and the WBA.  Ali appealed this decision in the U.S Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971.  Losing four years in the prime of his career would have defeated a lesser competitor.  Ali was not of that fabric and through dedication rose back to the highest level in what was known as 'The Fight of the Century' against a soon to be well known rivalry with 'Smokin' Joe Frazier.  In a twelve round fight Ali lost in a close decision in a battle of two undefeated Boxers.  Ali won the rematch against Frazier in early 1974 and then went on to win his second Heavyweight Championship Belt in late 1974 in 'The Rumble in the Jungle' against legendary George Foreman, the biggest man in the fight game of that time, knocking out Foreman in the Eighth Round.  In that fight Muhammad Ali toyed with Foreman, taking on Foreman's' hardest shots as a ploy to tire him out.  Once the Eighth Round came, Foreman had nothing left in the tank and Ali was successful in strategy (something that is often lost in following a Boxers' career).
  Muhammad Ali then agreed to a third fight against 'Smokin' Joe in the 'Thrilla in Manilla' in 1975 and won in a 15 Round TKO when Frazier's' corner refused to send him out for the Fifteenth Round.
  After some title bouts and exhibition matches against Professional Wrestlers and Mixed Martial Arts fighters, Ali eventually lost the belt a second time (this time in defeat and not by circumstance) against Leon Spinks in 1977.  Ali won the Belt back in a re-match with Spinks in 1978 making him the only man to have ever won the Heavyweight Belt three times over the course of his career.
  Had Ali retired at this point in his glory, some have speculated that he may have sidestepped neurological damage leading to his Parkinson's which was diagnosed a few years after he retired from Boxing.  As was, Ali went on to two more fights losing both Matches.  The first fight punished him greatly as he took on the young, in his prime, Larry Holmes who won and took over the Belt for a good amount of time.  Muhammad Ali's last fight was against Canadian Trevor Berbick and father time just took over.
  Muhammad Ali finished his Amateur Career 100-5 and Ali finished his Professional Career 56-5 with 37 Knockouts.  It's not the fact that Ali held the Belt at three different times that made him the best Boxer of all-time.  It's the fact that Ali fought in the 60's and 70's when there were the most dangerous and 'Great' Heavyweights around, and in analyzing why Ali would be considered  the greatest Boxer of all-time is the fact that he never ducked anyone throughout his tumultuous career.  Ali fought Sonny Liston twice, Floyd Patterson, George Chuvalo twice, Joe Frazier three times, George Foreman, Ken Norton three times, Leon Spinks twice, and Larry Holmes.
  Truly a man for the ages, inside and outside the ring what made Muhammad Ali so special was his enigmatic personality, boastful playfulness, and his flair for excitement in expressing himself in the Media.  His relationship with Howard Cosell was legendary in its' own right, and the way Ali spoke was truly poetic.  'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, I'm going to be dropping him in three' was just one of many limericks that Ali devised.

  Muhammad Ali will be remembered by the masses for all eternity.  R.I.P in Louisville, Kentucky and all over the World.

My Favourite Actors - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

My Favorite Actors
By Stacey Goldman

In memory of Alan Rickman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Williams


     Actor                                   Defining Movies

            
1. a) Robert Redford                       1) The Sting
                                                   2) The Natural
                                                   3) A River Runs Through It
                                                   4) Out of Africa
                                                   5) Indecent Proposal

1. b) Paul Newman                                      1) The Hustler
                                                                2) The Sting
                                                                3) Absence of Malice



2.  Harrison Ford                            1) American Pie
                                                   2) Star Wars
                                                   3) The Empire Strikes Back
                                                   4) The Return of the Jedi
                                                   5) Raiders of the Lost Ark
                                                   6) The Frisco Kid
                                                   7) Witness
                                                   8) The Fugitive
                                                   9) Patriot Games
                                                  10) Clear and Present Danger

3.   Lawrence Fishbourne               1) Boyz in the Hood
                                                  2) The Matrix                      

4.   Robin Williams  1) Moscow On the Hudson
          2) Good Morning Vietnam
          3) Dead Poet Society
          4) Peter Pan
          5) Awakenings
          6) The Fisher King
          7) Patch Adams
          8) Good Will Hunting                                                      

5.    Marlon Brando                                     1) The Waterfront
                                                                2) The Godfather
                                                                3) Apocalypse Now

6.    Ben Kingsley                                        1) Ghandi
                                                                2) Schindler’s List
                                                                3) Bugsy

7.    Samuel L. Jackson                                1) Do The Right Thing
                                                                2) Pulp Fiction
                                                                3) Die Hard 2
                                                                4) The Negotiator
                                                                5) Amos and Andy
                                                                6) Jango Unchained 

8.    Gene Hackman                            1) Bonnie and Clyde
                                                      2) Mississippi Burning
                                                      3) Hoosiers
                                                      4) Enemy of the State                                                                                                               

9.    Kevin Costner                                    1) Bull Durham
                                                             2) Field of Dreams
                                                             3) No Way Out

10.   Morgan Freeman                             1) Shawshank Redemption
                                                           2) Driving Miss Daisy
                                                           3) Outbreak

11.   Humphrey Bogart                            1) Maltese Falcon
                                                           2) Casablanca

12.   James Earl Jones        1) Star Wars
                                      2) The Empire Strikes Back   
                                      3) Return of the Jedi
                                      4) Coming to America
                                      5) Field of Dreams
                                      6) Clear and Present Danger

13.  Jack Nicholson               1) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
                                         2) The Shining
                                         3) Witches of Eastwick
                                         4) Prizzi’s Honor
                                         5) Batman
                                         6) A Few Good Men
                                         7) As Good As It Gets 

14.  Sam Elliott                                        1)  Mask
                                                            2) Roadhouse
           
15. Jimmy Stewart                                  1) Rear Window
                                                           2) Vertigo
                                                               
16.  Henry Fonda                                1) On Golden Pond

17.  Denzel Washington                          1) Malcolm X
                                                          2) The Pelican Brief
                                                          3) Philadelphia
                                                               
18.  Harvey Keitel                                    1) Taxi Driver
                                                            2) Pulp Fiction
                                                            3) The Bad Lieutenant

19.  Robert DeNiro                                  1) Taxi Driver
                                                            2) Raging Bull
                                                            3) Midnight Run
                                                            4) Awakenings
                                                            5) Casino

20.  Steve McQueen                                 1) Papillion
                                                            2) The Great Escape
        
21.  Will Smith                          1) Enemy of the State
                                             2) Independence Day
                                             3) Ali
                                             4) Pursuit of Happiness

22.  Dustin Hoffman                                1) Papillion
                                                           2) The Graduate
                                                           3) Tootsie
                                                           4) Rain Man

23.  Johnny Depp                      1) Edward Scissorhands
                                            2) What’s Wrong With Gilbert Grape
                                            3) Pirates of the Carribean

24.  Matt Damon                                      1) Good Will Hunting
                                                            2) Saving Private Ryan
                                                            3) Fight Club
                                                            4) The Rainmaker
  
25.  Tom Hanks                        1) Forest Gump
                                            2) Saving Private Ryan
                                            3) Philadelphia
                                            4) DaVinci Code

26.  Tim Robbins                                     1) Bull Durham
                                                            2) The Player
                                                            3) Shawshank Redemption

27.  Eddie Murphy                       1) 48 Hours
                                                2) Beverly Hills Cop
                                                3) Beverly Hills Cop 2
                                                4) Trading Places
                                                5) Coming to America
                                                6) Distinguished Gentleman

28.a)  Sean Connery                  1) The Man With the Golden Gun
                                             2) Dr. No/Goldfinger
                                             3) The Hunt for Red October

28. b) Daniel Craig                                 1) Casino Royale
                                                           2) Quantum of Solace

28. c) Roger Moore                                1) Octopussy
                                                           2) Moonraker
                                                           3) For Your Eyes Only

28. d) Pierce Brosnan              1) James Bond – Golden Eye
                                                             
29.  Tom Cruise                          1) The Outsiders      
                                               2) Risky Business
                                               3) A Few Good Men
                                               4) Jerry McGuire
                                               5) Mission Impossible
                                               6) Mission Impossible 2     

30.  Eric Roberts                         1) Star ’80
                                               2) The Coca-Cola Kid

31.  Tommy Chong                      1) Up In Smoke
                                               2) Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie
                                               3) Still Smokin’

32.  Cheech Marin                      1) Up In Smoke
                                               2) Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie
                                               3) Still Smokin’

33.  Cuba Gooding Jr.               1) Boyz in the Hood
                                             2) Jerry McGuire

34.a) William Hurt                   1) The Big Chill
                                            2) Broadcast News

34.b) Alan Rickman                1) Die Hard
                                           2) Truly, Madly, Deeply
                                           3) Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves

35.  John Hurt                           1) The Elephant Man
                                            2) Midnight Express

36.  Tommy Lee Jones                1) The Fugitive
                                              2) The Client

37.  Michael Keaton                    1) Nightshift
                                               2) Mr. Mom
                                               3) Beetlegeuse
                                               4) Batman
        
38.  Billy Crystal                     1) When Harry Met Sally
                                            2) City Slickers
                                            3) The Princess Bride

39.  Kevin Spacey                    1) The Negotiator
                                            2) American Beauty

40.  Michael Douglas             1) Romancing the Stone
                                          2) Fatal Attraction
                                          3) Wall Street
                                          4) The President

41.  Matt Dillon                       1) The Outsiders
                                            2) Drugstore Cowboy

42.  Jamie Foxx                       1) Ray
                                           2) Jango Unchained

43.  Daniel Day Lewis           1) In the Name of the Father
                                          2) My Left Foot

44.  Antonio Banderos            1) Philadelphia
                                           2) Zorro

45.  Dan Ackroyd                 1) The Blues Brothers
                                        2) Trading Places
                                        3) Ghostbusters

46.  John Belushi                1) Animal House
                                      2) The Blues Brothers

47.  Bill Murray                 1) Meatballs
                                      2) Stripes
                                      3) Ghostbusters

48.  Adam Sandler             1) The Waterboy
                                      2) The Wedding Singer

49.  Philip Seymour Hoffman       1) Patch Adams

50.  Ralph Maccio                             1) The Outsiders
                                                      2) The Karate Kid
                                                      3) My Cousin Vinny

51.  Danny DeVito                     1) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
                                             2) Batman 2
                                             3) War of the Roses
                                             4) The Rainmaker

52.  Bruce Willis                   1) Die Hard
                                         2) Die Hard 2
                                         3) Die Hard 3
                                         4) Pulp Fiction

53.  Val Kilmer                         1) Top Secret
                                             2)  The Doors
                                             3) Batman 2
                                             4) Batman 3

54.  Jim Carey                     1) Ace Ventura
                                       2) The Truman Show
                                       3) Liar, Liar
                                       4) Batman 3
                                       5) Dumb and Dumber

55. Tim Curry                     1) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
                                      2) Clue

56.  Forest Whitaker            1) Good Morning Vietnam
                                       2) Johnny Handsome

57.  Mickey Rourke            1) Diner
                                      2) Johnny Handsome
                                      3) 9 ½ Weeks

58.  Robert Duval               1) The Godfather
                                      2) Apocalypse Now

59.  Al Pacino                   1) The Godfather
                                     2) Scarface
                                     3) Scent of a Woman

60.  James Woods             1) Once Upon a Time in America
                                     2) El Salvador

61.  Liam Neeson             1) Schindler’s List
                                    2) Star Wars – Episode One

62. a)  Carl Weathers         1) Rocky
                                      2) Rocky 2

62. b)  Sylvester Stallone        1) Rocky
                                           2) Rocky 2

63.  Louis Gossett Jr.    1) An Officer and a Gentleman
          


64. John Travolta                1) Saturday Night Fever
                                       2) Pulp Fiction
                                       3) Face-Off

65.a)  Danny Glover            1) Lethal Weapon
                                       2) Lethal Weapon 2
                                       3) Predator 2

65. b)  Mel Gibson              1) Mad Max – Beyond Thunderdome
                                       2) Lethal Weapon                                
                                       3) Lethal Weapon 2

66.  Kiefer Sutherland        1) The Lost Boys
                                      2) Stand by Me
                                      3) Flatliners

67.  Clint Eastwood           1) Dirty Harry
                                      2) The Unforgiven
                                      3) Heartbreak Ridge

68.  Tom Berenger             1) Platoon
                                      2) Major League

69.  William Dafoe             1) Platoon
                                       2) The Last Temptation of Christ
                                       3) Clear and Present Danger

70.  Patrick Swayze            1) The Outsiders
                                       2) Dirty Dancing
                                       3) Roadhouse
                                       4) Ghost
         
71.  Martin Sheen                1) Apocalypse Now
                                       2) The President

72. a) Charlie Sheen           1) Platoon
                                       2) Wall Street
                                       3) Major League

72. b) Emilio Estevez         1) The Outsiders
                                       2) Maximum Overdrive
                                       3) The Breakfast Club 
                                       4) The Mighty Ducks

73.  Michael J. Fox              1) Back to the Future
                                        2) The Secret of My Success

74.  Warren Beatty               1) Bonnie and Clyde
                                        2) Heaven Can Wait
                                        3) Bugsy

75.  Burt Reynolds               1) The Longest Yard
                                        2) Cannonball Run

76.  Jeff Goldblum               1) The Fly
                                        2) Jurassic Park
                                        3) Independence Day

77.  John Olmos               1) Stand and Deliver

78.  Burt Lancaster                1) Atlantic City
                                         2) Tough Guys
                                         3) Field of Dreams


79.  Nicholas Cage               1) Moonstruck
                                        2) Face-Off
                                        3) Amos and Andy

80.  Sean Penn                      1) Fast Times at Ridgemount High
                                        2) The Falcon and the Snowman

81.  Peter Falk                 1) The Princess Bride

82.  a) Charlton Heston    1) The Ten Commandments

82. b) Yul Brenner           1) The Ten Commandments


83.  Leonardo DiCaprio          1) The Titanic
                                           2) Blood Diamonds
                                           3) Jango Unchained 
 
84.  Kirk Douglas                    1) Ben Hur
                                           2) Tough Guys

85.  Dennis Hopper                 1) Rebel Without a Cause
                                           2) Hoosiers
                                           3) Blue Velvet

86.  Joe Pesci                         1) Lethal Weapon
                                          2) Lethal Weapon 2
                                          3) My Cousin Vinny
                                          4) Casino


87.  Gene Wilder                1) The Frisco Kid
                                      2) Lady in Red

88.  George Clooney           1) Oceans Eleven
                                       2) Michael Clayton

89.  James Spader              1) Pretty in Pink
                                      2) Stargate

90.  Sam Waterton           1) The Killing Fields
                                                             
91.  Matthew Broderick       1) War Games
                                        2) Ferris Beulers Day Off
                                        3) Project X
        
92.  Dabney Coleman           1) Nine to Five
                                        2) War Games
                                        3) Cloak and Dagger
                                        4) Amos and Andy

93.  Arnold Schwartzenegger       1) Predator
                                                2) Total Recall
                                                3) Running Man
                                                4) The Terminator

94.  Harry Dean Stanton               1) Blue Velvet
                                                2) Pretty in Pink
                        
95.  Gary Oldman                     1) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
                                                          
96.  Chevy Chase                           1) Caddyshack
                                                  2) Vacation

97.  John Candy                             1) The Great Outdoors
                                                 2) Uncle Buck

98.  James Caan                      1) The Godfather

99.  Keannu Reeves                    1) Johnny Mnemonic
                                               2) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
                                               3) The Matrix
                                               4) The Replacements

100. Martin Lawrence                1) Bad Boys
                                               2) Life

Global Terrorism and Terrorism within the Western World - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

      In the news we always read about Global Terrorism.  The I.S.I.S ATTACKS ARE REAL.  They are happening GLOBALLY DAILY.  How many Gang bangs and drive by's are going on in poor pockets of Urban Centres Globally to prove this mentality?  By the way isn't this done under I.S.I.S playbooks.  The difference is that I.S.I.S chops heads off and burns people alive.  Here in America we see Murders committed with regularity EXECUTIONER STYLE.  The Bloods and the Crypts and the KKK.  By the way, if I.S.I.S is a bunch of Ex-CIA, Ex-KGB, Ex-SAS and Ex-MOSSAD Agents committing these crimes, than what do we make of the Western World's claim to denounce themselves of Worldwide terrorism?  This cause and effect is systematic and reaches Monarchy with regularity, entering the mainstream media in the name of pure innocence.  Last I checked in the dictionary, innocent - under King James Bible, is WHITE.  

  The Islamic JIHAD, Hezbollah, Hammas, and I.S.I.S are factions within the Middle East.  The sentiments they bring to the table are leading people to become de-sensitized to MURDER, likewise the actions within our own Kingdoms.  This is a non-negotiable reality.  I won't play modern video games for this reason.  Shady deals have now corrupted our youth into believing that psychotic thought is manageable, when it's not.  A man, woman, or child that truly believes that Murder is acceptable, pro-creates this denomination.  Personally, when I'm working I just want everyone to just die and go away (no pun intended).  Not to murder them but just to envision a lightening of being as to having my Shalom Alechem in not being pissed off too much when I'm trying to fucking Jackhammer a Wall that's three feet thick at 140lbs, because I'm a weak Kyke, Jew, Nigger, White Trash, Dago, Dead Mick, Terrorist Muslim, Chink, Jap, Porkchop, the list goes on..........

  Has anyone thought to question Director Quentin Tarantino as to why he released 'Jango Unchained'.  This movie was too sadistic for 40 year olds, let alone a 13 year old who found a 'sick' copy in print.  Political Science Novelist Tom Clancy was worried that Tarantino's premise would make it to video game and that is exactly what we're seeing in video games today...What are they saying about this matter in the Nation of Colombia?  What are they saying about this in the District of Columbia of the U.S.A - Washington D.C to be precise?  Does Superman, Batman, Flash, Aqua-Man, Green Lantern, and the Legion of Doom really exist?  What about Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohamed, Buddha, and Gandhi?  Nice to meet you I'm Moses  

 

McDonalds (Jane and Major Mackenzie Location in Maple, Ontario, Canada) - the Whole Story of Events from Monday, September 21st, 2015 / 5777 - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

  I walked into the McDonalds at Jane/Major Mackenzie late into the early morning hours of Monday, September 21st and ordered a large coffee.  I asked if I would get a free refill.  The girl behind the counter replied 'We give one or two refills on coffee.' I thanked her thinking nothing of it, sat down and enjoyed the coffee.  Just after finishing my beverage I went to a gas station and picked up a paper, came back, asked for a refill and I was obliged.  About an hour past (I'm a late night ghost writer and this was at about 3:30AM) and I went back to the counter to receive my second refill. Another server was at the counter and she asked me to wait while she asked her Manager if I could have a second refill.  I was waiting on the Manager when a guy from the front line said he would give me a refill.  Thinking nothing of it I thanked him, and he obliged my second refill.  The Manager came from the back and told the guy from the front line that he shouldn't have done that, proceeded to tell me that McDonalds only gives one refill for their coffee, and that in the future I would only get one free refill.  I said that I was okay with that but that the first girl that served me had said one or two refills when I ordered the coffee.  She re-iterated that it was only one refill.  I went back to my table and sat down to my paper, when I decided to ask the Manager why the mistake that the original girl made wasn't honoured in its' purist form (as I'm just a customer).  The Manager (Donna) argued again that McDonalds only gives one free refill.  I said to her I'm just the customer and when someone says one or two refills that it should be honored.  She cut me off and I excused her saying that I understand that I will only get one free refill in the future.  I then said that as a customer the second refill should have been honored without complaint and left it at that.  Donna then proceeded to re-iterate her sentiment again.  At this point I cut her off and said 'lady I don't think you should be playing last word with your customers.'  She said something else and I told her to Fuck Off.  She then started speaking in Phillopino to another worker there.  I asked her if she was flipping me off in Phillopino and she proceeded to call the police.  I went outside and had a cigarette, came back inside and went back to reading my paper.
  The police arrived at roughly 4:00AM.  An officer of the law, York Region Constable #2172 asked me what happened, and I told him the story.  He then went to the Manager and heard what she had to say.  He came back to me and told me that although I was probably was in the right, that the proprietor has the right to discriminate as to whom they serve and he asked me to leave for arguments' sake.  We went outside and I said to him 'You do see the hypocrisy here.'  He agreed.
  The irony to this story is that four months prior, I had come to the same McDonalds and had to deal with Donna on another matter.  Very simply I was told at 1:00AM that the McDonalds would be closed for in-house cleaning until 4:00AM.  When I came back at 4:00AM they wouldn't open the doors for me, only until a second customer arrived at 4:07AM.  This leads me to believe that this McDonalds' locale has an Anti-Semitic spin of things.  Being Arabic, I treasure my Semitic features.  I've even asked a couple of girls at the counter, jokingly, if they serve anything Kosher.  I've been going to this locale for about 1 year and have been treated poorly on a number of occasions.  I usually bite my tongue.  As an Arab I'm sensitive to my lineage as we see hypocrisy daily from many denominations.  Being a Jew or an Arab usually puts us in compromising situations on others' whims.  We have been scapegoated by a large population in North America.  I prefer to abstain from saying more on this matter of whom and where.  The Manager knows I'm Arabic yet implies my mannerisms as being irrational, when its' an Arabic trait.  This leads me to believe that as Moses (Moshe Shalom in Hebrew, Mousa Saliim in Arabic) I should be treated by the hands of Pharoah Ramses.  Should this be the case through every day of my life, I will die young as we're in the year 2015AD/5777, not in the year 1215 BCE/2547.  This constant twisting of perception has caused plague in enormous frequency among the Arabic/Judaic World.  We see turmoil in every Muslim and Jewish State, and Christianity is constantly reprimanded as being either 'White Power' or 'Black Power'.  In any Monathaic practice, Aboriginal (Hindu, Buddhist, Tao, Catholic, or Rastafarian) for that matter, there is a belief that there is one G-D.  How can I, as a law abiding Arab, justify this treatment of another human being.  My soul hurts every time things get twisted as they were tonight.