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  • As Folk Singer Supports Kerry, He Objects, Too

    01/04/2004 7:58:02 AM PST · by Pharmboy · 43 replies · 364+ views
    NY Times ^ | January 4, 2004 | ADAM NAGOURNEY
    DES MOINES, Jan. 3 — Senator John Kerry reached into the past on Saturday with an endorsement — and a 10-minute song of tribute — from Peter Yarrow, a member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. But the mini-celebrity moment took a turn when Mr. Yarrow, a peace activist since before the two men met protesting Vietnam, was asked if he was disturbed that Mr. Kerry voted in favor of war in Iraq. "Absolutely!" Mr. Yarrow shouted to a questioner, and he raised his hands to try to command the attention of reporters and Kerry supporters at the...
  • [Native American] Man Opens Strip Club in 'Sovereign Nation' South of Twin Cities, MN

    11/18/2002 2:26:10 PM PST · by ewing · 40 replies · 462+ views
    Minnesota Star Tribune ^ | Nov. 18, 2002 | Associated Press
    An Ojibwe man has declared a piece of land in this tiny town a sovereign nation, opened a strip club and pledged to fight with anyone who tries to mess with either.'There ain't no way on God's green earth that they're going to stop me,' said Al LaFontaine, 82, of St. Paul, MN.It's not the first time LaFontaine has said that.In 1959, he offered to sell a third of North Dakota to the Soviet Union and he has put forward a variety of schemes to build casinos on land that he's bought and declared sovereign.As an enrolled member of the...