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Something is Terribly Wrong With Our Voting System
Who Can Vote?
A US citizen
Meet your state’s residency requirements. You can be homeless and still meet these requirements.
You must be 18 years old on or before Election DayIn almost every state, you can register to vote before you turn 18 if you will be 18 by Election Day. See a table of voter registration age requirements by state. Yet San Franciscans will cast their ballots in November to decide whether 16-year-olds can vote in local elections. Sounds fishy to me.
Are registered to vote by your state’s voter registration deadline. North Dakota does not require voter registration.
Who Can’t Vote?
Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents
People with felony convictions were deemed illegal, yet now it varies by state. In Maine and Vermont, felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are incarcerated. Bernie Sanders states felons and sex offenders, even the Boston Marathon bomber, should have right to vote in prison
People who are mentally incapacitated are also denied rights, but the rules vary by state.
In reading these rules voting by noncitizens, including illegal aliens, is expressly prohibited by law. Yet, now in about a dozen jurisdictions they permit noncitizens, and even illegal aliens, to vote in local elections.
In 2014, a study estimated that approximately 6.4 percent of noncitizens voted in the 2008 presidential election and that 2.2 percent voted in the 2010 midterm elections. Yet it is Federally illegal and highly disturbing that laws are broken and no-one seems to care.
The Electoral College
I have never believed in the Electoral College. The idea of a non existent place getting the last say always seemed to me rather superfluous. For those who don’t really know about the Electoral College, this is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, and an absolute majority of at least 270 electoral votes is required to win the election. Each state’s electors are chosen and are equal to the sum of the state’s membership in the Senate and House of Representatives; currently there are 100 senators and 435 representatives.
Becoming a president is not necessarily the candidate who wins the most votes on Election Day. The election of the president is a two-step process.
First, voters cast ballots on Election Day in each state. In nearly every state, the candidate who gets the most votes wins the “electoral votes” for that state, and gets that number of voters (or “electors”) in the “Electoral College.”
Second, the “electors” from each of the 50 states gather in December and they vote for president. The person who receives a majority of votes from the “Electoral College” becomes President.
Mail in Voting
More American voters because of COVID will use mail-in voting, but the rules depend on where you live.
Requests for absentee and mail-in ballots have increased across the country as states have adjusted their policies to give voters a safe alternative to voting in person amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
We should all question the reliability of mail-in voting and the validity of a vote. In an age of computers and programing why are we not voting by computer? The computer’s would know of fraudulent SS#’s, multiple SS#’s and have an answer within a day. I question why this is not happening. Maybe you should too.
The atmosphere in The Boca Black Box was akin to The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas last night as movie/TV star Robert Davi (140 films and counting) swaggered onto the stage to sing and swing the songs of Frank Sinatra. His show, titled “My Kind Of Town” had all the elements of a Sinatra event thanks to Davi’s personality which radiates the same mystique and musical excitement that ‘Ol Blue Eyes” possessed. Robert Davi’s performance was not a great actor acting a role… this was Robert Davi, a great actor who started his career as a trained singer thrilling an audience singing songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, but with Davi’s own magnetism and vocal prowess. I don’t know if Sinatra ever played Boca Raton but Robert Davi turned Boca into ‘his kind of town last night” as he brought the musical substance and charisma of “the chairman of the board” to South Florida.
Davi’s had a long and distinguished career in show business and this Boca Black Box audience got to see a lot of the musical part of it last night. The tough guy movie actor sang the music of Frank swinging it “his way”
About Robert Davi:
Robert Davi, an American actor, singer, writer, and producer has played the roles of main villain and drug lord Franz Sanchez in the 1989 James Bond film License to Kill. He was FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series Proflier. He played a Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in Die Hard. Davi played the opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in The goonies, Hans Zarba in Son of the Pink Panther and Al Torres in Showgirls. His album, Davi Sings Sinatra—On The Road to Romance, hit #6 on the Billboard jazz charts. Praised for his voice, Davi debuted as a headliner at The Venetian, in Las Vegas.
ROBERT DAVI
ROBERT DAVI
ROBERT DAVI
ROBERT DAVI
BOCA BLACK BOX
SUNNY SESSA & ROBERT DAVI
SUNNY SESSA, EDA SOROKOFF, VALARIE CHRISTOPHER
Today innocents were freed for terrorists. On Thanksgiving over 30 protestors halted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade along Sixth Avenue, glueing themselves to the route. Several protestors were taken into custody, but with our DA Alvin Braggs, how long will that last?
On The New England Native American float one performer held out a Palestinian flag. How was that Native American?
Loud boos for both incidents rang out from the crowd, as the white jumpsuit-clad protestors poured fake blood over themselves and held up the parade for thousands.
As I was trying to get to Thanksgiving dinner, Anti-Israel protesters flocked to the New York Times building after the parade and if you were coming from Port Authority or any subway near there, your life was thrown into chaos. It took me over an hour to get from Port Authority to 55th and 6th.
The FreePalestine protesters also redecorated the Stephen Schwarzman building of the NY Public Library with pro-Palestine art & fake blood as well.
To make matters worse Anti-Israel protesters targeted Macy’s on Black Friday after disrupting the store’s iconic Thanksgiving Day parade screaming “Why are you shopping? Bombs are dropping!” They also stopped the traffic on 34th street and 6th avenue in Manhattan with a massive Palestinian flag, causing traffic delays.
They also went after the PUMA flagship store as they sponsor the Israel’s football association.
These protestors are hijacking NYC, time and time again. They are hijacking tax payer dollars for their protests? Why aren’t we doing something to stop this and getting mad as hell over this? WHY?
Events
Count Down To Thanksgiving: Watching The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon’s Come To Life
Photo courtsey of Corine Cohen broadwayshowbiz.com
On the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade visitors can get a behind-the-scenes glimpse as the balloons get inflated.
Enter the viewing lineup on 72nd St at Columbus Ave. Bring proof of vaccination and photo ID. 
The balloons start to come to life starting at 12 p.m. Wednesday and expect crowds. The best time to really see the balloon is later but the crowds are less the earlier you arrive. One you enter at 72nd and Columbus, you will head to West 77th and Columbus, move along Columbus, around the Natural History Museum and end up on Central Park West and West 81st Street.
Photo courtsey of Corine Cohen broadwayshowbiz.com
Admission to the balloon area is free and stops at 6p.m.
Public transportation is the best way to get to the inflation area as they’re restriction on parking and taxi access.
If you have never done this, it is treat for both young and old.
Who knew 42nd Street and Broadway ran all the way down to Boca/Delray and end at The Wick Theatre and Museum Club! In an event yesterday afternoon that rivaled any Broadway Opening Night Party, Marilynn & Kimberly Wick celebrated the opening of The Wick’s 2023/2024 season with a spectacular immersive exhibition of “Dancing Feet” The Experience, 42nd Street. They also had in attendance none other than the star of the original Tony Award Winning Broadway show (42nd Street) Lee Roy Reams on the Museum Club’s Stage to add commentary, sing, and have a fun filled talk back with the audience. Lee Roy, who starred as Billy Lawlor in the 1980 production, shared many anecdotes about the musical during the video presentation, including insights about renowned choreographer Gower Champion and his untimely death on the day of the show’s Broadway opening. The legendary show went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Choreography. While Reams continued his illustrious career in musical theatre, starring in numerous Broadway shows including The Producers and La Cage Aux Folles, and at The Wick, he created a sensation with his role as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!
“The Wick is breaking new ground in both entertainment and technology by creating these immersive experiences that both entertain and educate audiences about the history of Broadway,” said Kimberly Wick, curator. “As the owners of the largest Broadway costume collection in the nation, we are thrilled to add this innovation as another way to preserve the incredible artistry of our past for generations to come.”
Last year, The Wick Costume Museum underwent a dramatic high-tech transformation, resulting in a stunning new venue, rechristened The Museum Club at The Wick. The completely renovated space thrilled guests with 360-degree immersive video experiences, historic costume displays, dining, and entertainment.
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LEE ROY REAMS & MARILYNN WICK
MARILYNN WICK & KIMBERLY WICK
LEE ROY REAMS
LEE ROY REAMS
KIMBERLY WICK
DANCING FEET
LEE ROY REAMS
MICHAEL URSUA & LEE ROY REAMS
THE MUSEUM CLUB
JOHN McDANIEL, EDA SOROKOFF, LEE ROY REAMS
THE MUSEUM CLUB
EDA SOROKOFF & MARILYNN WICK
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COMING ATTRACTINS
Broadway
7 Autistic Performers Are About To Win The Heart of Broadway As They Break The Norm in How To Dance In Ohio
Broadway broke new ground last night as seven openly autistic actors took to the stage to play seven autistic characters and they were fantastic.
Also the book and lyrics by Rebekah Greer Melocik music by Jacob Yandura
Jacob Yandura
choreography by Mayte Natalio and direction by Sammi Cannold are also all making their Broadway debuts and seriously are about to show Broadway veterans how its done. I know the season is early, but I expect this show to swept the Tonys.
Sammi Cannold
The new musical I am talking about is How to Dance in Ohio, inspired by Alexandra Shiva’s Peabody Award-winning documentary of the same name. It begans previews on Broadway tonight and will officially open at the Belasco Theatre on December 10, 2023.
The cast of How To Dance In Ohio
I have never seen an audience so in tune with a show the moment it started. They were there for the cast and the cast gave back in spades.
Producers Tom and Michael D’Angora
How to Dance in Ohio is a heartfelt new musical about the desire to connect and the courage it takes to put yourself out into the world. At a group counseling center in Columbus, Ohio, seven autistic young adults prepare for a spring formal dance—a challenge that breaks open their routines as they experience love, stress, excitement, and independence. How to Dance in Ohio is a story about people on the cusp of the next phase of their lives, facing down hopes and fears, ready to take a momentous first step…and dance. And we could all use the lessons this show tells us with soul.
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