It's all too The Wiz for words

( There is indeed a yellow brick road- in Astoria's Socrates Park, to be exact. )

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In which Murray Hill, Incorporated, rather deftly both make a rather clever satirical point about Citizens United vs. FEC, and also simultaneously demonstrate that satire, as such, is dead in America. Neat trick, that.

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A lovely article by Roger Ebert on his memories of Jermyn Street, a vanishing part of London.

tyellas, thank you again

I'm sad that the ship used in Peter Jackson's version of King Kong is to be sunk; I'm glad I got to see it while in town.