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I Don’t Understand Your Specific Kind of Crazy…

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But I admire your total commitment to it!  On April 22nd, while Americans celebrated Earth Day and a beautiful Friday (aside from everyone in Denver who walked outside to find hazy skies looking like Armageddon from wildfires blowing in from New Mexico, parts of Colorado, and Arizona), a Boulder Buddhist lit himself on hire at the front steps of Supreme Court in Washington DC as an act of protest to climate change.  While disturbing, that’s complete and total commitment.  Yet there are some questions to be asked in his commitment.   Like for starters, did he ride his bicycle or walk to Washington DC from Boulder, CO?  And did he start the fire through solar or wind power?  Were there flame accelerants used that may have been petroleum-based?  There are just so many contradictions I’m not sure where to start.  But hey, a silver lining - half-priced cremation.  Meanwhile, kids in the DC area are now suffering PTSD because they thought there was...

Pimping Ain't Easy: A Tycoon Whore-icane

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It's been a while since I've written an article/post.  So, I thought I'd come in hot with a post about a very interesting woman!  Her name is Deborah Jeane Palfrey (March 18, 1956-May 1, 2008).  Ever heard of her?  I had not up until pretty recently.  She had the nickname, "DC Madam," and her business was called "Pamela Martin and Associates," an escort agency that provided "high dollar" escorts for elites in Washington DC. I'll start from the beginning.  Palfrey graduated college from Rollins, an elite private school in Florida.  She obtained a degree in Criminal Justice and became a Paralegal.  In 1990, she was arrested for pimping, pandering and extortion.  She somehow escaped authorities but was later captured trying to cross US/Canada border.  In 1992, she spent 18 months in prison.  It was upon her release from prison that Palfrey established her business, "Pamela Martin and Associates." In October 2006, two U...