I use a cobra-snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made from rattlesnake hide,
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of a human skull,
Now come on take a walk with me, Mikey,
And tell me, who do you love?
Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) –1956
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GOV BLASTS ‘NASTY’ MIKE
By FREDRIC U. […]
The Holy Father stayed at the East 72nd street residence of
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the papal nuncio to the United Nations.
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Archbishop Migliore snarled to the assembled press,
“I won’t make that mistake again!”
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While he had heard rumors about the pope’s destructive tendencies,
Archbishop Migliore was at a loss when confronted by
a two-year old hyena fresh […]
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Image: (main photo) AP; (gloves) home2rome.wordpress.com via buyfitnessonline.com;
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Reuters
NY duck gets “order of protection” after attack
Fri Apr 4, 2008 5:39pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pet duck named Circles, shot and wounded by a neighbor with a pellet gun, has received an order of protection to keep it safe, the first duck in New York state’s Suffolk County to benefit from such an […]
The following story has been a catalyst for the fertile minds
of Patapsco Jack and Vincenzo Kolchak.
The New York Times
March 25, 2008
Paterson Says He Tried Cocaine and Marijuana in 1970s
A week after admitting that he had been unfaithful to his wife on multiple occasions, Gov. David A. Paterson made another confession about his past, […]
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“We just see ourselves very much at risk here,” said New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly. He said he does not want to rely solely on other agencies for the city’s protection. (By Helayne Seidman — The Washington Post)
In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, […]
That still doesn’t explain the high prices, but I shall lay off the tear-stained marble. It seems Eliot Spitzer–like millions of men and women who know nothing of Sophocles–wanted some ’strange.’ The difference between Eliot of Fifth Avenue and Vic of Troy, NY is that the former could drop $4,300 for it.
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Images: (Spitzer) via huffingtonpost.com; (Glover) via alrdesign.com
people natter, “With all his ______(power, money, celebrity,fans);
why does he have to pay?”
If the man had decided to follow that advice instead,
those same people would say,
“Can’t he just go to a prostitute if he’s that horny?”
Of course, had the governor wished to eliminate the middleman–so to speak–and have gone the route of online pornography, […]
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
NEW YORK - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance […]
I Gimped this photo in early August during President Sarkozy’s visit.
Who could have thought it would prove to be a Hip-Hop omen?
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy jogs along Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. US newspapers on Sunday avoided editorial comment on a meeting between Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Sarkozy, […]