Category Archives: peace

A HERO OF THE ROAD BY PETER NOLAN SMITH — ON SALE

January 7, 2023 – 6:01 pm

A HERO OF THE ROAD By Peter Nolan Smith Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. – Evel Knevel MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2023 In 1986 Hugh Mackie and Dmitri Turin opened the Sixth Street Specials, specializing in the repair of Triumph, Nortons, Royal Enfields, and various other English motorcycles. […]

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Journal Entry – November 10, 1995 – New Delhi

November 10, 2022 – 3:18 pm

After visiting Delhi’s famed Red Fort I crossed the Yamuna river and wandered through narrow streets of a working neighborhood. A choking cloud of motorcycle exhaust overwhelmed my lungs. The workers of the small machine shops ignored my presence and the sun beat through my clothing to broil my skin. There was no refuge until […]

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A Winter War

February 21, 2022 – 11:56 am

Throughout this Autumn and Winter Russia’s leader Boris Putin has been threatening the Ukraine with invasion to prevent any further Western incursion to the ex-Soviet republic. The USA and UK have responded with supplying weapons and supplies to the steppe nation and the newspapers daily report on the potential war without mentioning that only one […]

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11-11-1918

November 10, 2021 – 10:49 am

Tomorrow I will toast the millions of sad sacrifices of men to imperialism. I also thanked the stars that I’ve never had to fire a shot in anger. The truce between the Axis and Allies was signed at 5am, but ceasefire didn’t take effect, until the 11th second of the 11th minute of the 11th […]

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Better By You, Better Than Me Judas Priest

October 17, 2021 – 6:31 pm

This weekend I went on a Judas Priest binge. HEADING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, DIAMONDS AND RUST, ROCKA ROLLA etc, until YouTube popped up the lead singer’s testimony in a 1990 Nevada civil suit accusing the group of inciting two Reno teenagers’ suicide pact via subliminal words ‘do it’ in their reprieve of the Spooky […]

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