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RIP Mary Jo Kopechne (no politics)

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HA! That's gotta be a spoof...is that from National Lampoon or Mad Magazine back in the day?

Hopefully the Good Lord will delivery the justice that someone was able to skirt due to political power and big money.
 

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The 1972 National Lampoon Ted Kennedy Volkswagen Satire Advertisement

HA! That's gotta be a spoof...is that from National Lampoon or Mad Magazine back in the day?

Hopefully the Good Lord will delivery the justice that someone was able to skirt due to political power and big money.

Can't fool you It is a spoof !
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The 1972 National Lampoon Ted Kennedy Volkswagen Satire Advertisement

When a law suit was threatened by VW, National Lampoon ran the following retraction:


"Even if Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen he wouldn't be president today."
 

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RIP Ellie Greenwich

As per Wikopedia:
"Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich (October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Be My Baby", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader of the Pack", and "River Deep, Mountain High", among many others. She discovered Neil Diamond and sang backing vocals on several of Diamond's hit songs."

As per The Shangri-La's:

 
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