File This Under "WTF?"

Now, admittedly, the demographics in this Presidential race make small niches groups key in any McCain victory, ... recent polls). But this?Here at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the annual gathering of all things leather ... on in years. This was the 68th Sturgis and the atmosphere was suitably respectful (give or take a few [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 06:15:16

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Palin E-mail hacker identified, maybe

MEMPHIS — State Rep. Mike Kernell declined Thursday to respond to online allegations that his son — a student at the University of Tennessee ... an investigation that includes agents in Memphis. C.M. Sturgis, a spokesman for the Memphis FBI branch ... headquarters in the Department of Justice,” Sturgis said. Also Wednesday, a person using the e-mail [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 09:43:00

RC Components Offers Free Wheel Installation During Sturgis

One week ago I was writing about Baker Drivetrain performing installation of their 6-speed transmission on your bike while you have fun at the rally. Now, it’s the turn of RC Components to offer free wheel installations at multiple locations during this year’s Sturgis... This is a content summary only. Click on headlines for full links [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 11:09:06

Sturgis and Deadwood

Today's history lesson took us to visit two cities. The history of one city dates back to the early 1900's while the other is a much more recent ... 's. The backdrop is Sturgis, South Dakota. Several guys got together who enjoyed riding their Indian ... and tried to imagine what the sights and sounds would be like during the rally. The pictures below show [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 00:58:00

NOW We're Getting Somewhere: Strippers For McCain

When the rumble of the Harley's rolls through the hills surrounding Sturgis South Dakota legend has it that one thing is almost a certainty, ... by John McCain at the Buffalo Chip campground where signs said "Show UR breasts} for McCain ... for memories McCain's stop in Sturgis was more about connecting with a group of American's who were [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 12:56:16

Miss Buffalo Chips or Misogyny?

Just when you thought Captain Underpants couldn’t degrade his wife anymore…from Top of the Ticket at the Los Angeles Times: John McCain on Monday became the first presidential aspirant to attend the annual Sturgis Rally ... listeners “that he had encouraged his wife to enter the annual Sturgis beauty contest, one in which nudity [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 00:09:28

Don't Ask Henry · Alan Hollinghurst: Sissiness

The story of Belchamber's publication is probably better known than the book itself, which, like its author, ... . It is his friend Henry James who keeps Sturgis's novel distantly in view, at the same time as casting ... to Sturgis about it, beginning with neat praise and mild demurrals, but quickly building [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 13:07:43

John McCain Welcomed by Bikers at Sturgis

John McCain Welcomed by Bikers at Sturgis Posted by Robbie Cooper on August 5th, 2008 | Trackback If you know enough *bikers, then you know this ... on his $30K Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle Road King (with matching trailer). I’m talking about bikers ... of approval and a cloud of exhaust fumes. “This is my first time here,” McCain told the crowd [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 13:10:11

Chelsia's Bloggin' with the Chicks Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 of Chelsia Bloggin' with the Chicks! Copying and pasting this elsewhere is forbidden, but you're quite welcome to link to it ... -week-4.html Written Sunday, August 3rd So, I'm on my way to Sturgis right now - I’m so excited!! Since ... up in Brian's life, so he will not be coming to LA until I get back from Sturgis - which I can't wait [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 12:59:39

Leather Boys (Men in Motion 4) by G.A. Hauser

Dev is an openly gay erotic writer. He remember with joy the times he went to Sturgis Harley bikes event with his new-flowers childs parents and so he wants to relive that experience. Only that Sturgis is not the place to be openly gay, or so told him his father. And the things get worst when he meets Sam to the bike club he joined. Dev doesn't [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 13:55:26

John McCain And The Heavy Metal Thunder

Senator John McCain spent what turned out to be an enjoyable day campaigning at a world famous American tradition today - the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at the Buffalo Chip campground in South Dakota. “As you may know,” he told the tens of thousands gathered at the 68th annual Sturgis Rally at Buffalo Chip campground, “not long ago [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 17:34:25

What is it with August?

I think it's the heat. Although re-creation has been tried, no one has been successful: 1969: Woodstock. August 15-18, a farm in New York.Since 1938, the first full week of August: Sturgis Bike Rally in the South Dakota Black ... Germany. I wonder if they draw the same crowds, if it's a decision each year: Sturgis or Wagner... Nevada [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:19:00

Happy Monday!!

Good morning! I hope each of you have a wonderful weekend. As I told you last week that I was going to Sturgis, KY for the Little Sturgis Rally. I am back and I survived the weekend. The weekend was something and I saw some sights that I hope to never see again. I took some pictures of a few things and will post them later this week [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 07:23:50

A Sturgis Fix

There may be no better place in America to take in and capture the stunning contrast of scenery than at a biker rally ... and while sitting behind the ‘ol MacBook I was looking for some Rally news, photos, videos… ... ! As a photo hobbyist, the best site is the webcam on Sturgis Bike Week site.  There is also Web wolf, Rally [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 19:51:45

That John McCain, He’s a Classy Guy!

That was my first thought after seeing video of Republican presidential nominee John McCain offering up his wife to compete in the Miss Buffalo Chip contest, a contest at the Sturgis Rally 2008 in Sturgis, South Dakota. Now sure, it may seem like an innocuous comment, except for the fact that the Miss Buffalo Chip pageant has been described [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 01:47:52

Early Expansion Draft Predictions

The unprotected lists are out from every MLS club and now it is time to play that wonder speculation game about who Seattle Sounders FC will pick in ... (Dallas) Nate Jaqua (Houston) Khano Smith (New England) Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake) Kelly Gray ... on this list make less than $50,000 with only Jaqua, Sturgis ($75,000) and Prideaux ($72,000) making [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:25:40

Harley’s 105th Birthday

by Jody Perewitz, Team Kryptonite I had the liberty of attending Harley Davidson’s 105th Anniversary last month in Milwaukee ... . It was like a mini Sturgis. I figured with a slow economy and with numbers down at Sturgis it wouldn’ ... s All Women Bike Build. Sara and I joined Laura Klock and the crew from Gina Wood’s Open Road Radio [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 15:26:57

Wolves of the Calla

November 8, 2008 at 2:20 am (Uncategorized) So, Thursday night I finished Wolves of the Calla, ... it, I will say that there is a town in it named Calla Bryn Sturgis and I must say I wished that I lived ... /South american travelers when that came down/got painted over)But Calla Bryn Sturgis. Who even knows [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 06:20:01

Surprised that John McCain urges his wife to be a Buffalo Chip gal?

Guest post by Christina Cedeno Don’t be. It’s striking (and telling) that PUMAs give McCain yet ANOTHER pass for his latest "misspeak". ... re stuck in delusion, you’re stuck in delusion. Photo taken from Dixie Biker- and his 04 sturgis experience "titty stations" Yes, Sturgis, a wonderful place full of sexual provocateur, gluttony [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 02:53:02

KISS Alive 35 Tour

Only 3 dates so far, but more could be on the way…….. US TOUR DATES “This tour just keeps getting bigger and the band has never been better! ... a million KISS fans obviously share the feeling! Why stop?” August 4 - Sturgis, South Dakota August 30 - Lake Tahoe, Nevada August 31 - Kelseyville, California STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA WORLDWIDE SOLD [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 15:39:27

Meeting America's Demand for the Sarah Palin Story

When the word came out Friday afternoon that presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin was already the ... ? "It was a wild ride for us," publisher Kent Sturgis, the company's only full-time employee, emailed ... ringing off the hook all day—things got so bad Sturgis and his part-time staff had trouble getting [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 22:28:36

Presidential Campaign Update

Note the email I just received….we get these campaign notes all day long: Per Mosheh (no blackberry reception)  Sturgis, SD  McCain spoke before nearly 20,000 motorcycle enthusiasts tonight at the Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. No major news, but a couple of notable lines. He noted that Obama recently [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 02:15:11

Death is Certain... Life is Not

It was seven years ago that Johnny and I rode our motorcycles to Sturgis, South Dakota for Bike Week ... for motorcycles. We referred to our trip as "2001: A Sturgis Odyssey" -in addition to both of us being ... -odd years ago Johnny was in a bad car accident. He had been camping in Utah and was driving [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 20:03:00

Police officers affected by gun ban

Even off duty police officers can’t carry a concealed firearm without a permit in South Dakota: ... fight in Sturgis, South Dakota. Both Officer Ronald Smith and Joseph McGuire of Imperial Beach, Calif ... Sturgis motorcycle rally. Smith was off-duty with members of the Iron Pigs Motorcycle Club. Four other [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 00:32:15

Seattle Solidifies Itself

  The Sounders FC expansion draft was conducted Wednesday and the new Seattle franchise did quite well ... the Quakes philosophy of building from the back several good choices were made. Nate Sturgis is still ... . James Riley should work well with Sturgis and Pete Vagenas to allow Seattle the flexibility [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 15:17:14

Sturgis video Featuring Dog Leg Preacher

Our good friend Fox, the cameraman from the band MidStokke recently posted a short clip of a Dog Leg Preacher performance. This is Marcelo playing Little Wing at the Buffalo Chip on the Kinnison stage, rally week Sturgis South Dakota. DLP was playing in a thunderstorm and a complete downpour. the flashes you see [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 19:25:00

I Never Thought it Would Happen to Me!

I Love To Ride! I mean, to US….NOT here, not in my state!   It happened at the Sturgis South motorcycle rally in Sturgis, Mississippi the weekend of August ... , and “Baptist Biker Mission” pins for the leather vest that bikersloveto wear.  Get the drift [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 09:10:22

Biker Johnny

McCain makes the rounds at biker rally STURGIS, South Dakota (CNN) ... know,” he told the tens of thousands gathered at the 68th annual Sturgis Rally at Buffalo Chip campground, “not long ago, a couple of hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent. I’ll [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 19:22:58

Weekly Roundup, Week Ending 10/12/08

  It's been a pretty crazy week. A lot of dog things going on locally ... that this ordinance is far too complicated.  We'll see. Sturgis, SD put restrictions on 'pit bull ... , have a leash no longer than 4 feet long and carry a $250,000 insurance policy. You'd think that Sturgis [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 16:22:18

GKB @ STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA BIKE RALLY and more... The band took the long ride (two days) up to Sturgis and was warmly welcomed and kindly served by Don and Rhea Overby and team from the Christian Motorcyclists Association. They'd rented a house where several of the artists stayed while [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 04:40:03

Goloka, pasties and a tuning center

One of the striking things about the biker rally in Sturgis is contrast ... several far more explicit T-shirts, plus several occurrences of net-like fabric over pasties). Beside ... through fields, so I could avoid the biker-jammed Sturgis drag. When I turn into where the concert [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 18:36:00

Obama's "Truth Challenged" Harley Davidson Ad

I am entering this fray because it involves on of my holdings, Harley Davidson (HOG) A new Obama ad said: "The ad featured McCain appearing at the recent Sturgis motorbike rally ... , but then for going in front of a group of motorcyclists in Sturgis and pretending to be one of them [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 18:47:20

My kind of rally… McCain campaigns at Sturgis

Been quite a while since I’ve had the time and schedule to take in a Sturgis run ... , comparing him to Britney Spears. Taking the stage at Buffalo Chip, the main festival site, McCain ... Cindy to compete in the Miss Buffalo Chip pagaent. The man obviously does not have enough biker [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 00:28:24

McCain Volunteers Wife For Topless Contest

ABC News' Gregory Wallace and Sara Just Report: On Monday, Sen. John McCain, R-Az ... features contestants topless -- and, occasionally, without any decency -- at the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally. "I was looking at the Sturgis schedule, and noticed that you had a beauty pageant [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 21:31:13

USA: McCain visits Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

US presidential candidate McCain has made a stop in the Badlands of South Dakota to speak to thousands of motorcyclists during the 68th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During a pause to honor American veterans, McCain criticised ... and beer. Or more safe roads to ride your bike? Via | motorcycle_usa [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 09:00:21

Biker Babes show Breasts for McCain at South Dakota festival

“We believe in a beautiful America. A land of beautiful roads, a land of beautiful bikes, ... Sturgis Festival held each year in South Dakota, seeking votes from the non-traditional audience. From Politico.com: STURGIS, S.D. - Every summer, nearly half a million motorcyclists descend [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 03:15:54

Sturgis Rally Singing Revenue Blues

Vendors are throttling back…and pointing blame everywhere.  Are motorcycle demographics changing the rally attendance? ... licenses sold in 2007 rally.  Correction provided by Pepper at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Rally attendance ... in 2006. Reports indicate that this year’s rally attendance will be down 20 percent. Has the whole [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 20:21:44

Brainwashed 101; Bikers Whoop It Up For McCain at Sturgis

Today’s Contemporary Americana! With the caveat that I’m not the least bit thrilled with Barack Obama. Or John McCain. Or the whole rigged and fixed so called ‘democratic election.’ Mayhill Fowler followed John McCain to Sturgis. Here’s the best parts: I am at the event. I am choking on nitro, mown hay, chopper [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 18:43:45

McCain Offers His Old Lady To Gas-Guzzling Bikers

That John McCain really is a “man of the people,” which is why he went out to the Sturgis biker rally in South Dakota yesterday to praise the slobs ... at the Sturgis rally. And it’s just the kind of honor you’d want to see your wife achieve, if you’re [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 17:31:27

Bivalve man convinced there’s spooks in his midst

Vernon Trotter and his girlfriend, Ann Sturgis stand near the site of what they believe to be an American Indian burial ground between them and ... his Bivalve property. Trotter and his girlfriend, Ann Sturgis, have installed four-motion activated night [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 20:04:11

At 1000 Friends Conference, Panel Argues for Complete Streets

Panel participants discussed complete streets policy. From left: State Rep. David McCluskey (standing), Susan Van Benschoten, TSTC's Ryan Lynch, New Haven Alderwoman Erin Sturgis-Pascale. One reason ... Alderwoman Erin Sturgis-Pascale rounded out the discussion with her experiences shepherding complete [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 20:54:33

Two years later, alleged shooters finally in court over South Dakota Custer State Park shooting

Sometimes the wheels of justice are quite slow, nearly two years after the shooting, ... . The 2006 Sturgis Rally will be remembered by many because of this famous shoot-out. Even though it did ... will be handled separately. With the 2008 Sturgis Rally shooting almost settled, now eyes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:51:21

Beauty contest no match for McCain

Beauty contest no match for McCain Posted in News on August 5th, 2008 at 7: ... Campground. I was looking at the Sturgis schedule and noticed you had a beauty contest so I encouraged Cindy ... this month at the 62nd Annual Sturgis, South Dakota motorcycle rally. While addressing the throng [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 23:12:24

Off-Duty Seattle Police Officers Involved in Sturgis Shooting

"SPD Bike" by Seattlest Flickr Photographer Slightly North Though we don't know his name yet, we do know that an off-duty Seattle Police detective and Police Guild board member shot a Hells Angels biker during this years' Sturgis bike rally. The shooting occurred early Saturday morning [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 23:45:00

HONORABLE JOHN MCCAIN BRINGS HONOR TO WEEKLONG DRUNKEN STRIPTEASE FESTIVAL

Sam Stein directs our attention to one of John McCain’s campaign events this week.  Today he will deliver a speech at the Sturgis Rally 2008, a week-long cultural event in Sturgis ... .” ESPN’s Jim Caple described the rally at which McCain will speak today as ”essentially a topless [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 18:15:22

McCain at Sturgis

STURGIS, S.D. - Thousands of motorcyclists greeted Republican presidential candidate John McCain with an approving roar Monday as he sought ... at the site, the Buffalo Chip campground on the edge of town. "I told her with a little luck [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 16:02:39

Down the road, feeling good

"Sticker Steve" Stone of Barstow, Calif. (928-899-1771) ... on Harleys and other bikes trekked en masse this past August to Sturgis Bike Week in Sturgis, S.D. Says Rose ... interested in a two-wheel haul and neighborly camaraderie next year to get in touch. Pictures [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 13:06:00

Obituaries

Ruby Jean Hodges, 81, of Marion died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 at Crittenden County Health and Rehabilitation Center ... of arrangements.Arch Conn Jr., 87, of Sturgis died at 10:27 a.m., Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 at Methodist Hospital in Union County. Whitsel Funeral Home in Sturgis was in charge of arrangements. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 21:08:00

Sounders pick through the litter

Sounders pick through the litter The Seattle Sounders, MLS's 15th team, ... in Wednesday's expansion draft. 1. Nate Jaqua (Houston Dynamo) - 174K 2. Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake ... selection. Khano Smith is underrated, as is Jeff Parke, but Seattle is going to pay too much for Sturgis [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 13:49:17

Sturgis Family Values

I once worked on a show about Sturgis, hosted by Kato Kaelin (my career is AWESOME) ... a combination between a wet T-shirt contest and a rape. I guess McCain is running on restoring honor [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 19:19:00

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