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Why the Gang Culture Exists: Part 2 of 3

May 27, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Part 2 of 3: Why the Gang Culture Exists Factor 4: The Inborn Desire to be Respected and Admired Immigration & the History of American Gangs Gangs are part of American history, comprised of men and boys whose parents were recent immigrants. Because of famine and failed crops in Europe, Irish immigrants fled to America […]

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Why the Gang Culture Exists: Part 3 of 3

May 27, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Part 3 of 3: Why the Gang Culture Exists Dark Side Activities: Common Gang-Related Crimes Gang involvement in the drug trade is largely responsible for the rise in violence and crime across the nation, because gang membership provides impressionable teens with the opportunity to make large amounts of money quickly. This is violent, dangerous business; […]

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Pet Peeves: Why They’re Good to Talk About

May 23, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The kitchen, apparently, is a battlefield. Former TV chef Juan-Carlos Cruz, host of the Food Network’s canceled cooking show Calorie Commando, was arrested recently by Santa Monica police for solicitation to commit murder. Cruz allegedly asked several homeless men to kill his wife. About five miles from my home, a Colorado woman was just sentenced […]

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Why It’s Hard to Win the Triple Crown

May 16, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When Lookin At Lucky won the Preakness yesterday, horse racing’s annual hope of a mainstream hero vanished for the 31st consecutive year. My good friend and business partner Steve Cauthen remains the last man to ride the a horse who swept America’s three biggest races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont. Cauthen was a kid […]

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

May 14, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Somewhere in suburban Los Angeles a tall, balding middle-aged man lies in an ICU hospital bed, tethered to an octopus of medical necessity. He is dealing with multiple organ failure; his liver is shot and kidneys need dialysis help. At 57, life as he knew it is over. How he got into this predicament doesn’t […]

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Crouching Tiger, Shrinking Legend

May 12, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

PONTE VEDRA, FL (May 10). I have been eyeballs-deep preparing for a seminar and researching a white paper on narcissism so I took a week off to be a gallery marshal at The Players golf tournament in northeast Florida. South African Tim Clark won, a popular flash footnote fellow that history will soon struggle to […]

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For Some, the Earth Wobbles

April 30, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Police charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead opossum along a highway northeast of Pittsburgh. State police said several witnesses saw a 55-year-old man near the animal, refuting earlier reports it was Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. One witness reported the man kneeling before […]

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Ronald McDonald Threatened by Idiot

April 29, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As America sleeps, a battle royale continues. In one corner, Nick Guroff, a self-appointed spokesman from Chicago who shills for a group called “Corporate Accountability International;” in the other corner, a facepainted clown named Ronald McDonald. Guroff’s prganization prides itself on “protecting people and saving lives” by “waging and winning campaigns challenging corporate abuses.” The […]

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Why Love Hurts

April 27, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

“Treat people like kings and kings like people and you’ll get along with everybody.” — Muhammad Ali A friend recently dropped me a note, curious for my take on why romantic breakups takes such a tough emotional toll. There are, I believe, three behavioral nuances that blend to create seasickness between-the-ears following a disrupted romance. […]

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More News Fit for a Monday

April 26, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s how Rembrandt started. In 2005, News of the Weird reported bustling sales for artist Erin Crowe’s series of oil paintings of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who at the time was riding high. Greenspan-worshipping money managers quickly bought up Crowe’s inventory for thousands of dollars each. A Wall Street Journal reporter tracked down […]

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