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THE LOUDNESS OF LIFE by Peter Nolan Smith

July 19, 2012 – 10:16 pm

Not all intellectuals have been exiled from Manhattan by the exorbitant rents and last spring editors, writers, publishers, agents, actors, painters, and pundits gathered at a West Village triplex to celebrate a radical journalist’s safe return from the Libyan revolution. Anne’s tales of the rebels’ fight against Khadaffi’s regime had appeared in the Wall Street […]

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New York Hypocrites

June 8, 2012 – 4:21 pm

New York Hypocrites Easterners and liberals have fun exposing the Bible Belt’s rigidity of thought, but the School Committee of New York City has banned fifty words from tests to avoid upsetting any parents or children. The list; Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological) Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs Birthday celebrations (and birthdays) […]

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Venis in Transit

June 6, 2012 – 10:40 am

The Planet Venus had two names for the ancient Greeks; Hesperus was the evening star and Phosphorus was the morning star. The Maya called the second planet from the sun Noh Ek or the Great Star” as well as Xux Ek or the Wasp Star. Most people in the modern age identify the Evening Star […]

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Ban On Fatsos

June 3, 2012 – 7:36 pm

Last night I watched the late George Carlin take fat people to task for being obese. “I use the word “fat.” I use that word because that’s what people are: they’re fat. They’re not bulky; they’re not large, chunky, hefty or plump. And they’re not big-boned. Dinosaurs were big-boned. These people are not overweight: this […]

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Enterprise Coming To Earth

April 27, 2012 – 11:09 am

NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101 was named the Enterprise by President Gerald Ford in response to a letter campaign by Trekkies seeking honor for mankind’s first space ship. STAR TREK fans should have been more patient, because the Enterprise was an experimental craft designed without engines or a thermal heat shield for testing in the […]

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