Monthly Archives: July 2012

GOP VP Mystery

July 26, 2012 – 10:22 pm

Late this August 50,000 GOP supporters will descend on Tampa, Florida to witness the nomination of Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate. The campaign chest is filled with money from financial supporters, the polls have the former Massachusetts governor neck and neck with the President, and the strip clubs are gearing up for their biggest […]

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THE GHOST OF MOJO by Peter Nolan Smith

July 26, 2012 – 10:08 am

I don’t know how many people I’ve met in my life. I’ve never tried to count them, but they must number in the tens of thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands since I worked 20 years in nightclubs in New York, LA, London, Paris, Nice, and Hamburg and have also circumnavigated the globe over twenty […]

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Hamptons Traffic Festival

July 26, 2012 – 9:52 am

The distance from Manhattan to the Hamptons is roughly 100 miles. Most weekenders own Mercedes, BMWs, Landrovers, and other luxury capable of speeds in excess of 120 mph, but the trip can take anywhere from 2.5 to 4 hours. While Suffolk County and local police enforce speed limits on the LIE and Sunrise Highway with […]

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Charlton Heston “My Cold DEAD Hands” NRA Speech

July 22, 2012 – 3:34 am

The movie actor Charlton Heston was an active progressive throughout the 50s and 60s. He marched against segregation and even opposed the Vietnam War, but the star of TOUCH OF EVIL reversed his beliefs in the 80s saying, “I didn’t change. The Democratic party changed.” By the 90s Heston’s swing to the right had reached […]

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Bang Bang Batman

July 22, 2012 – 3:09 am

On July 31, 1966 Charles Whitman typed out a suicide note in his Austin, Texas home. The following is an excerpt from that letter; “I do not quite understand what it is that compels me to type this letter. Perhaps it is to leave some vague reason for the actions I have recently performed. I […]

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