{"id":2737,"date":"2012-08-31T10:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2012-08-31T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T17:22:53","slug":"first-post-friday-august-31-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2012\/08\/31\/first-post-friday-august-31-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, August 31, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next week’s unscheduled headliner: Rob’t Redford in the performance of a lifetime, as the ghost of J. Danforth Quayle.<\/p>\n

What was THAT<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Still one of the best speeches at any political convention was Gov. M. Cuomo’s in 1984. Yes, he was a ineffectual, limp-wristed governor. But his preaching skills were beyond compare. He hit you in the gut in a good, robust, Italian way, not like Rt. Rev. Falwell or Most Rev. Patrick Robertson. Cuomo’s delivery that night was opera in the guise of oratory, not like these soulless randroids taking over today. <\/p>\n

The problem with the randroids is that, OK, let’s say they take over the world the way they want. All the moochers have magically departed this mortal coil. Then what? That would have made for the best novel of all, too bad Alicia Rosenbergersteinowicz or whatever her real name was, didn’t live to write it. <\/p>\n

In the third and final novel of all time, they would have congregated at Glitter Gully or whatever it was called. After a 900-page congratulatory speech from Howard Galt, that’s when the real action starts. They literally let that greed gene take over and begin plotting all manner of devices to feed upon each other. Literally. They could make a zombie epic out of it. Vampires and zombies, with a few advertising executives thrown in. At the end, on the barren landscape, all that remains is a 15-mile-high dollar sign. Too bad they didn’t live to see it.<\/p>\n

Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown…<\/p>\n

Saratoga Race Course<\/strong> 1, 4, 5, 6, 8
\nCalder<\/strong> 5, 6, 9
\nDMTC<\/strong> 2, 4, 5, 7<\/p>\n

Well, Swampatoga. What’s four more days of a few extra dollars on the bonfire? Mebbe we’ll grab a late consolation somewhere. We appreciate your inhospitability in 2012. <\/p>\n

Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: Today…<\/p>\n

Monmouth<\/strong> 5, 6, 7, 8
\nWoodbine<\/strong> 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
\nEllis Park<\/strong> 1, 5, 6, 8, 9
\nArlington<\/strong> 1, 4, 6, 8
\nLouisiana<\/strong> 2, 3, 8
\nRemington<\/strong> 1, 4, 7, 8, 9<\/p>\n

WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Speed<\/em>
\nCanterbury 5½f
\nColumbus 6½f
\nEmerald 6f
\nEvangeline 1m
\nLos Alamitos 4½f
\nMarquis 6f
\nMountain 5f, 6f
\nPennNat 1m
\nKeystone 6f
\nRiver 6f<\/p>\n

Rally<\/em>
\nSaratoga Race Course 1 1\/16m (T)<\/p>\n

Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: All out in Minnehaha now, Race 8<\/strong> at the Kanterbury Kard Klub & Trading Post<\/strong> (11:18 p.m. EDT \/ 8:18 p.m. PDT), and #2 Sunset Kid<\/strong> can take it for this evening’s rising of the Blue Moon. …Layoff-returnees galore in the sixth<\/strong> at Chas. Town<\/strong> (9:44 \/ 6:44), but #8 Nowhere Early<\/strong> and #7 Molinaro Lovefort<\/strong> can come back best. …Golden Gate<\/strong>, Race 7<\/strong> (9:45 \/ 6:45), for #5 Alexandre Sogn<\/strong>, FC Barcelona. …Exhibition<\/strong> in Canada, the seventh<\/strong> (9:20 \/ 6:20), in which #4 Random Heights<\/strong> and #1 Dearest Princess<\/strong> are not out of it. …After that<\/strong>, a special 3½f race there (9:50 \/ 6:50): #10 Bosco’s Qwik<\/strong>, #11 Veni Vidi Vici<\/strong>. …The third<\/strong> at Presque<\/strong> (6:15 \/ 3:15) finds #5 Noble Charlotte<\/strong> and #4 Blushandbashful<\/strong> in with a shout. …<\/p>\n

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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