Numbers & More
Here are excerpts, edited by yours truly, from an article at nypost.com by Jim Quinn, a prosecutor: “In NYC in 2019, 319 people were murdered. 88% — 280 people — were black or Hispanic. 93.2% were murdered by other people of color… There have been 1095 shooting victims in Gotham so far this year — 514 more than last year. 95% were people of color.” I’ve often suspected the focus on cop shootings of civilians, which are rare, is designed to distract from the real problem.
Wow article from foxbusiness.com, edited by YT: The Fed is tacitly admitting that its deflationary monetary policy has restrained growth and held down wages… Chairman Jerome Powell’s 3000-word address could have been summarized in just one sentence: “President Trump was right; we were wrong.”
And here’s the most amusing headline of the day, from FN: “Hair salon had to remove job ad for ‘happy’ stylist because it is ‘discriminatory’ against unhappy people.” Leave it to bureaucrats.
Here’s an encouraging headline from wsj.com: “U.S. Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4% in August as Hiring Continued; Employers added 1.4 million jobs.”
Last night Movies!, channel 5–2 ran yet another flick I hadn’t seen. Chicago Syndicate (1955) stars Dennis O’Keefe as a combat vet accountant recruited to infiltrate the organization of a gangster played by Paul Stewart. It is a standard B picture, directed by the prolific Fred Sears, who amassed 77 credits as an actor and 54 as a director when he suffered a fatal heart attack at 44 in 1957. He also helmed Hollywood’s first forays into the music sweeping the country: Rock Around the Clock (1956) and Don’t Knock the Rock (1956). The female lead in Chicago Syndicate is Abbe Lane, who shot to fame fronting Xavier Cugat’s band. Born in Brooklyn in 1932 as Abigail Lassman, she has 36 titles under her name at IMDb, which includes six appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. None of her silver screen appearances is notable. She divorced Cugat in 1964 and married someone else that same year. Now in her late 80’s, she and her husband are still living. The second woman in Chicago Syndicate is played by Allison Hayes, who, to my chagrin, I did not recognize as the star of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), which I saw as part of a Saturday double feature matinee at the Benson Theater in the early ‘60’s. Imagine how that huge gorgeous gal tapped into the libido of a boy whose sexuality was burgeoning. Hayes had an excellent career going when, tragically, she died of blood poisoning at 46 in 1977. She had amassed 64 credits on the big and small screen. Here she is in the role that likely has immortalized her:
And here is the lovely Lane:
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