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The One The Only Evel Knievel

September 2, 2015 – 1:51 pm

America has not elected a bald president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. Every candidate with a hair issue has been rejected by the voters, although the outcome in the electoral college proved to be a landslide for the GOP, Hubert Humphrey missed defeating Richard Nixon in the 1968 popular vote thanks to George Wallace diverting […]

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EVEL KNIEVEL RIP

March 23, 2008 – 11:27 pm

What can I say about Evel? In 1956 he was fired from the Anaconda Mining Company for executing a wheelie in a earth-mover, which struck a power line and thus plunged Butte, Montana into a seven hour black-out.

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