Expendables (children in drug smuggling operations)
An October 2011 Reuters news report detailed that Mexican drug cartels recruit Texas children for their operations. The drug gangs named the children "the expendables." The name was…
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An October 2011 Reuters news report detailed that Mexican drug cartels recruit Texas children for their operations. The drug gangs named the children "the expendables." The name was…
Siberia is known as a cold, inhospitable place in Russia; political prisoners were sent to work camps in Siberia and never heard from again. "Siberia," in slang, is any such similar…
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement in 2011 received both cheers and scorn for the "occupiers." The derogatory nickname "Occutard" or "occutard" (occupy +…
"This is what democracy looks like" was a chant at the protests of the World Trade Center Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington in December 1999. The protests have been called the…
The New York Mets baseball team was founded in 1962. The "METS" backronym of "My Entire Team Sucks" has been cited in print since at least 1994 and 1998, usually used by fans of…
An "arrestable offense" is some action that violates the law. "Arrestables" are protesters who are predetermined to be arrested. Organizers of protests often stage the arrests…
Larry Goldberg (1933-2003) founded the first Goldberg's Pizzeria in New York City in the late 1960s; the last one was closed in 2002. Goldberg's Pizza Book (1971) contained one enduring…
Mike Todd (1909-1958). who produced the film Around the World in Eighty Days and who was married to the actress Elizabeth Taylor, made and lost several fortunes. "I've never been poor,…
Jersey City, the second-largest city in New Jersey, became a place for Wall Street's back-offices in the 1980s. The nickname "Wall Street West" has been used since at least 1988.…
The city of Stamford, in Connecticut, became the North American headquarters of UBS in 2002 and the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2006. Stamford has been nicknamed "Wall Street North" since…
"Moink balls" (usually written as "MOINK balls") are bacon-wrapper meatballs that are smoked or grilled. The concept was popularized by Larry "BBQ Grail" Gaian, owner…
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh often refers to a media "Raspberry Effect." On February 1, 1993, Washington (DC) Post columnist William Raspberry (1935-2012) wrote a…
"Peace. Love and Candy" is a slogan put on many Halloween and Christmas gift items. The saying is often given as "Peace, Love and Candy Corn" (Halloween) and "Peace, Love…
"Swing with ease into the breeze" is a popular golfing adage. There is a tendency to swing too hard to compensate for the wind, but experts caution against this. The original saying --…
Gerald Celente, founder of theTrends Research Institute and a frequent guest on news programs, said frequently since at least 2008: "When people have nothing left to lose, and they've…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: HummusHummus is a Levantine Arab food dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. It is…
The 2011 "Occupy Wall Street" protests began in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and spread to many other cities, protesting Wall Street greedand other (mostly far left) political causes.…
One joke has a hot air balloonist blown off course and landing in a field, where he meets someone. The balloonist asks "Where am I?" and the man replies, "You've landed in a…
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the successor to World War II’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The George Bush Center for Intelligence headquarters compound of the CIA is located in…
"It's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmys and Joes" means that it's not necessarily the plays ("X's and O's") that a coach runs that win…