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Vote. For Mankind. Whether your political pinnings reside with Obama or McCain you should know that tomorrow will be a watershed moment. This year’s election has been such an extraordinary series of unique instances and unprecedented occurences that I think most people have come to take that for granted. Don’t. Honestly, I can tell you [...]

One might argue this is more important than an electoral map… and oddly similar. As a former Southerner (Tennessee) living amongst Yankees (New York), I’ve had to encounter the revelation that people in New York don’t call their soft drinks, “Coke”. They call it “Soda”. What the hell? In the South you order a Coke, [...]

Public Policy Isn’t Their Only Point Of Contention A man’s taste in music says a lot about them, even if you’re Barack Obama or John McCain. Round out your knowledge of the two candidates on a more personal level by checking out their top ten songs list compiled by Blender Magazine. No, you won’t have [...]

The Argument for Diesel Powered Vehicles 2009 BMW 335d By Bradley Hasemeyer & Eric Yang: With the arrival of the 2009 BMW 3-Series Diesel, quite possibly the most ubiquitous of the German cars, it goes without saying that diesel cars are coming to America. Moreover they’re coming for the long haul. Taking aside the fact [...]

If you missed any of the gut wrenching drama of the US Open then you missed one of the most spectacular showdowns in all of sports. Four rounds and an 18-hole playoff were not enough to settle it between the #1 ranked played in the world and the 158th that it had to go to [...]

The editors of Gear Patrol are starting a new weekly series called Gear Patrol Protocol: Rules, Regulations and Required Advice. GP Protocol is a compilation of sage advice, man-rules and occasional satirical yet critical counsel we’ve come across in our dealings with the male lifestyle. Of course this doesn’t mean we’re forcing our opinions on [...]

By: Jonathan Sohn – Las Vegas. The land of cheap food, free drinks (not counting the green chip tip to your favorite cocktail waitress of course), cheap hotel rooms, and of course, bountiful prostitues/hookers/call girls/escorts… In 1975! Alas, that is no longer the case. Back in the day, when the mob ran things, they treated [...]

By: Bradley Hasemeyer – If you eat to survive, wear clothes to stay warm and drive a car to get from A to B, then I pity you and frankly you won’t care much about this post nor any others from GearPatrol. If, however, you personally introduce each taste bud to the flavors in you [...]

Bradley’s full recap of the 2008 New York Auto Show coming soon, but we decided to share our slideshow ahead of the weekend. Enjoy. Editor’s 5 Second Review: Show was great. Lots of vehicles to see. Spokesmodels were subpar. Fuel efficiency reigns king. Check back for Bradley’s review. View Slideshow

[click on image to enlarge] We have no qualms with the betterment of all mankind. We certainly have no problem with the betterment of all mankind through promotion. And we definitely have no problem with this promotion through the beauty of the female form. Meet the Vegan Vixens, a group of women whose goal is [...]

Television commercials, for the most part, are blasé. Little creativity and a lot of politics tends to sum up the results of most of what’s on the airwaves today. However, this spot for the 2008 Mercedes C63 AMG, which we posted on GP a while back made me want to take a second mortgage on [...]

$600. The amount the United States Internal Revenue Service will be cutting you via check as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 which, “provides economic stimulus payments to be made to over 130 million households.” Use the Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator on the IRS site to see if you qualify. You’ll need your [...]

The VH-71 is a good looking helicopter. That is, until we read on Danger Room that this little beauty and it’s 28 sisters will cost the U.S. around $11 bilion dollars to operate, about $400 million per chopper. Airwolf didn’t even cost that much and at least they had Jan-Micahel Vincent at the helm. Just [...]

Not long after it became widely known that Bear Stearns shares sold to JPMorgan for the portfolio crumbling price of $2 we got an email from a reader asking if we knew what else out there cost $2. Here’s what we found: One-way metro pass on the New York subway system. Two Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers [...]