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Oct16

twin leaks.

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                        WikiLeaks shows Clinton aide touting Lafayette coneys

Amid the excerpts from closed-door speeches by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to Wall Street executives and backroom discussions of political strategy comes a shout-out about a venerable Detroit restaurant.

It’s not every day that WikiLeaks reveals something as mundane as who ate where and what. But that’s just what emerged in the latest drop Friday of hacked emails from the anti-secrecy website that releases secret and classified information.

During a Michigan stop with Clinton in March that included Detroit and Flint, Clinton’s spokesman Nick Merrill offers his take on a local eatery in an email to campaign chairman John Podesta, which were hacked by WikiLeaks.

“On a personal note, I just had two Coney Island hot dogs at the famous Lafayette Coney Island next to the hotel. I highly recommend. Bring your defibrillator, or ask to borrow one from USSS (United States Secret Service),” he writes.

He’s not alone. Detroit coneys — Lafayette or next-door rival American Coney Island — which feature wieners with beanless chili sauce, onions and mustard, have drawn fans for decades. Some who leave the area or the state pine for them. Debate rages about the virtues of both.

Lafayette’s owner wasn’t available to bask in the attention, but other fans have weighed in in the past. “There’s only one hot dog stand in Detroit and that’s Lafayette Coney Island,” said a devoted fan in a Detroit News article.

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credits: konrad maziarz (photo), detroitnews.com

Aug15

act.

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yesterday

i went to the official opening 

of the local headquarters 

for 

my choice of candidates

for the office of

the next

president of the united states of america.

when i pulled into the parking lot

there was not a space to be had 

there was a torrential downpour of rain 

yet people of all ages

were waiting

and

pouring out of the door

and

once i walked into the room

there was

so much enthusiasm 

and

so full of hope

and

postive thinking

it was overwhelming

 i’m excited to say that

tomorrow i’ll begin helping them

to try to make it all happen in november.

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“act as if what you do makes a difference. it does.”

~william james

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Dec2

that’s entertainment.

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Donkey-Elephant

politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
– frank zappa

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Nov4

it’s time to make a choice. and a difference.

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my fellow americans

vote for what matters to you today

Aug6

thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. that’s voting. – robert frost

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primary election here yesterday

just me and a few thinkers of all kinds

not too long a wait in line

though i wish there had been one

stretching all around the building

and way down the street

humanesociety.org

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote

except the American people themselves

and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”

 – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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