Robin William as a mime in Central Park during the summer of 1974. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”Robin Williams The last few days had been quite eventful in New York City and the United States. On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit performed his incredible tightrope walk between […]
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Trump Assassination Attempt by Mark R. Elsis
Bullet flying perilously close to Trump’s head,moments before another grazed his ear.Photograph by Doug Mills This page will be updated regularly with pertinent articles, news, photographs, and videos. Questions and answers on the Trump assassination attempt, where he missed death by less than an inch:The patsy assassin has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks […]
For My Beautiful Mother Mary On Mother’s Day 2024 by Mark R. Elsis
My Mother MaryMiss Pan Am 1949 So, on this Mother’s Day 2024, I dedicate this great song to my Mother, Mary, who passed on March 11, 2010.She was the most beautiful, giving, and loving Mother a boy, teenager, and man, could ever have wished for.I love you Mom, and I thank you for all you […]
You’re An Irish Poet by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings and Stories, Chapter 9 I was driving my taxi in Manhattan on a beautiful summer evening in 1981 when a man flagged me down. When I stopped, a woman and a man of about 60 years of age entered my taxi. As soon as they were seated, the first thing the man said to […]
Terminological Inexactitude by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings and Stories, Chapter 8 I was driving my taxi in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, when a man and a woman flagged me. As I approached the couple, I realized the man was Alexander Haig. Immediately, I felt bad energy, but kept a smiling poker face on. They both got in, and Alexander […]
One Hundred Years Ago Today by Mark R. Elsis
On November 8–9, 1923, Adolf Hitler led a coalition group in an attempt to overthrow the German government.This attempted coup d’état came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch, it is also known as the Munich Putsch. “National revolution is underway . . .against the Berlin Jew government and the November criminals of 1918.”Adolf […]
The Ominous Change At The Federal Reserve by Mark R. Elsis
From Jewish Janet L. Yellen,To Gentile Jerome H. Powell,And What The Dow Jones Did. “I am writing for humanity in a world eaten by usury.”Ezra Pound As of today, October 31, 2023, the United States national debt is $33.7 trillion. Incredibly, the national debt has increased just over $600 billion this month alone. That’s 20 […]
Something by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings and Stories, Chapter 7 It was not too long after the assassination of John Lennon. I was driving my taxi, going west on 72nd Street, approaching Park Avenue, when the light at the intersection turned red. I was waiting behind many cars for the light to change when I saw a vision of beauty […]
The Genesis Of Beat It by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings and Stories, Chapter 6 It was about 5 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, 1981, and I was standing near the back of the first-floor bar at the famous Manhattan after-hours club, AM-PM. Interestingly, I was at the same spot where, a few months earlier, I met and talked with John Belushi. I was standing […]
Two Irish Poets by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings and Stories, Chapter 5 I was sitting in my Peugeot 504 taxi, first in line, waiting for a fare outside of the renowned Mudd Club late one night during the magical summer of 1980 when a passenger got in and said he wanted to go to the Berkshire Hotel on 52nd Street and Madison […]
Driving Brian Doyle-Murray To The Mudd Club by Mark R. Elsis
Meetings And Stories, Chapter 4 It was in the latter part of the magical summer of 1980. I was driving my taxi, and for the first time, I asked my opera singer girlfriend, Julia Madison, if she would like to go out with me for a few hours while I worked. Julia said she would […]