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TLC = Tough Latkes, Cabby!

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Recharger, a former cabbie (see above–note 1981 prices), has long known that the three most evil governments in world history were the German Nazis, the Stalinist Bolsheviks, and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. So when the TLC … Continue reading

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Suckers!

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ASK RECHARGER THE MOST BORING NEWS ITEM OF THE YEAR, and he’d waver between any story about Derek Jeter and Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, so named because stores, flush with cash, go in the black. But Black Friday … Continue reading

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Food from Dumpsters Healthier, Tastier than McDonalds.

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Ever since reading Travels with Lisbeth, the memoir by Lars Eighner, an obese college professor who spent three homeless years eating from Dumpsters, Recharger has understood that the poor are fatter. They also have more diabetes, according to a new … Continue reading

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