Category Archives: Food & Victuals

LIONEL VIDEO: A Rare Interview With Sandy Levine (MBD) Of NY’S Carnegie Deli

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LIONEL AUDIO: The Day My Board Op Dropped The F-Bomb On Live Radio (And I’ve Got A Copy Of It – NSFW)

One day (ca. 1990) while I was manning the afternoon drive spot on 970 WFLA in my native Tampa, my board op didn’t know that his mic was hot (as in open) and after some technological snafu, he proceeded to drop a few F-bombs on live radio to the shock of the late news veteran [...]

 

LIONEL AUDIO: Mélange Freebie

Every drug dealer worth his salt knows is that in order to entice new customers he must give away free product from time to time. And that’s precisely what I’m doing. This one’s on the house. In the ‘pert near three-quarters of an hour, I’ll take you on a journey that defies description or duplication. [...]

 

LIONEL AUDIO: Ask 1000 Americans What The Federal Reserve Is Or Does And They’d Have Nary A Clue

Quick! What does the Federal Reserve do? Is it federal? Is it an agency? Part of the government? It has no reserves and isn’t federal. It’s not enumerated anywhere in the Constitution. Its decisions are not subject to any appellate review or oversight. It’s been a part of our governmental existence for just short of [...]

 
 

Steak Lionel

Steak Lionel This dish, seared or grilled New York strip steaks stuffed with prosciutto, aged provolone, and sundried tomato pesto, topped with strips of portobello mushrooms, served with a port-rosemary sauce on a bed of Merlot caramelized onions, is toothsome and one sexy victual. It was presented to me by a dear friend, Dr. Fritz [...]

The Mindless Rote Recitation of SCOTUS Commentary

With Elena Kagan’s nomination to SCOTUS, a phenomenon is taking place: AUTO EXPERT. Auto Expert is an almost Pavlovian reflex that involves average citizens, well-intended and good-hearted, with nary a clue as to the processes involved in a Supreme Court nomination but they swear they’re experts on the subject. The country is divided into two [...]

What a schmuck…

Blumenthal Says He Served in Vietnam Addressing a crowd of veterans and supporters in March 2008, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said that he had served in Vietnam. What a schmuck…