Category Archives: america

ROADS OF THE FLYOVER by Peter Nolan Smith

April 16, 2021 – 12:55 pm

In the Spring of 2009 the old crew met at Miguel Abreau’s Gallery on Orchard Street to honor Brock Dundee’s documentary about Afghanistan that he had filmed for the UK MoD. The Scot had flown in helicopters to battle sites and crossed the mountains on foot with the assassins of the SAS. At dinner Dannatt […]

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More Than 500,000

February 24, 2021 – 8:32 pm

Over 500,000 Americans have died from Covid. My friends, Ro and Doctor Bertoni, were two of them. As was Dakota Pittman and many others. Last year this time I was atop Kilimanjaro. The 2021 team of Kili Initiative descended from the summit. I got an internet connection on the Saddle. Reports from the Guardian and […]

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Frozen Niagara

January 29, 2021 – 4:45 pm

Obviously if they had filmed NIAGARA in the winter, Marilyn Monroe would have never gone over the falls with her murderous husband played by Joseph Cotton.

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$47

December 29, 2020 – 3:32 pm

Back in 2012 the BBC reported that former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi held a bunga-bunga party featuring strippers in nun uniforms for his guest. Each dancer was paid $2000 for her performance plus tips. This information came to light during the testimony of a dancer. One of her compatriots was rewarded with the post of […]

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Iowa Snow

December 16, 2020 – 12:28 pm

Many people living on the East and West Coasts of America refer to the land in between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as the fly-over. The State of Iowa is in the center of the United States. The nearest big city is Chicago. Most of its residents are devoted to growing corn. The Federal government […]

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