Happy New Year
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It’s now the Year of the Pig. In honor of the Chinese New Year, do yourselves a favor and stop by The Wonderful Pig of Knowledge! — probably the best pig-themed blog you’ll ever encounter.
The picture here is of Pigasus the Immortal, the boar hog nominated for president by the Youth International Party in 1968. Pigasus’ campaign slogan was simple: “They nominate a president and he eats the people. We nominate a president and the people eat him.”
Sadly for Pigasus, his slogan may have been only too accurate. Moments after his nomination in Chicago on August 23, 1968, Pigasus and his Yippee promoters were arrested. Although Jerry Rubin, Phil Ochs and the rest of the non-porcine rowdies were sprung later that afternoon, Pigasus the Immortal was never seen again. His mysterious disappearance was overshadowed, however, when the Chicago police began beating the holy shit out of long-hairs a few days later.