Monthly Archives: July 2018

ONLY A GAME by Peter Nolan Smith

July 17, 2018 – 11:38 am

In July of 1986 Argentina beat England in the quarterfinal of the World Cup on the ‘Hand of God’ goal by Diego Maradona. The referees ignored England’s protests over the obvious error in judgment to no avail and his team went on to beat West Germany 4-3 in the final. Few people in the USA […]

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Names In Baseball

July 17, 2018 – 2:03 am

In 2015 Brock Holt cracked the Red Sox record book by becoming the first Boston player to start games at seven different positions and last night he hit a cycle against the miserable Atlanta Braves, which was the first single-double, triple, and homer combo for a Bosox player in nineteen years. Even better my team […]

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The Beauty of FREEBIRD

July 15, 2018 – 5:55 am

My youngest brother’s health suffered a precipitous decline in 1995. The experimental drugs had failed to stem Michael’s ruthless aliment’s advances. I received a telephone call from my older brother in Boston. I was running a nightclub in Beverly Hills. He told me the bad news. The next day I was on a plane to […]

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A Word or Two from the Wise

July 14, 2018 – 8:54 am
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Thai Viagra Bribery

July 11, 2018 – 12:13 pm

Candidates in the 2007 Thai election had modernized the old vote-buying tactics by giving out Viagra, since traditional gifts such as money, t-shirts, and beer have been banned by law. A PPP politician claimed to have witnessed a rival distributing the sexual aid to older voters. Viagra is readily available at most Thai pharmacies, although […]

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