{"id":1945,"date":"2008-03-10T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/eliot-p-ness\/"},"modified":"2008-03-10T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T20:17:02","slug":"eliot-p-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/eliot-p-ness","title":{"rendered":"Eliot P. Ness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I mentioned NY Gov. Spitzer’s creative use of campaign funds in a post about why I hate writing about politics<\/a>. This afternoon, Spitzer got nailed in a federal investigation of a high-class prostitution ring<\/a> (with lead reporting again by St. John’s College alum Danny Hakim!).<\/p>\n

I consider prostitution a victimless crime, unless the John is ugly or fat or something. In fact, I’m only writing about this so I can write a post with the title of Howard Stern’s great character from The Gay Untouchables<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, I mentioned NY Gov. Spitzer’s creative use of campaign funds in a post about why I hate writing about politics. This afternoon, Spitzer got nailed in a federal investigation of a high-class prostitution ring (with lead reporting again by St. John’s College alum Danny Hakim!). I consider prostitution a victimless crime, unless the … <\/p>\n

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