AUGUST LIST OF EVENTS (Check back often as this list is updated all the time).

August 2, 2006, 8:00pm: --A JinxMagazine.com Debate: "Does Big Business Prefer Big Government?"
YES: Tim Carney, author of _The Big Rip-Off: How Big Business and Big
Government Steal Your Money_. NO: Michel "The Brain" Evanchik, of
Evanchik.net. Moderator: Todd Seavey, Jinx Rational Agent and editor
of HealthFactsAndFears.com. Downstairs at Lolita bar on the corner
of Broome and Allen St. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan (one block
south, three blocks west, of the Delancey subway stop; free admission,
cash bar). After the debate and q&a, an audience vote will resolve the
question once and for all. A Tim Carney book signing will follow.
(PLEASE NOTE that this Carney, the Phillips Foundation Fellow and
former Robert Novak employee who wrote this book...
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?
WRD=the+big+rip%2Doff&z=y&cds2Pid=9481
...is not the same Carney seen at prior Jinx debates, nor the Carney
who edits at _Wall Street Journal_, nor the law student Carney, but
rather their brother; audience members are allowed to use crib sheets
to avoid confusion [hint: each Carney has a different haircut].)

August 3, 2006, 6:30-9:00pm: The Metropolitan Republican Club presents First Thursday, its informal monthly social event. $15 ($10 for members) includes all refreshments. 122 East 83rd Street, just west of Lexington.

August 7, 2006 and August 8, 2006: OBSESSION
The New Documentary about RADICAL ISLAM'S WAR AGAINST THE WEST. NYC Premiere Screenings Monday, August 7th and Tuesday, August 8th 6:30 PM- First Screening
Speaker to Follow 8:45 PM- Second Screening. Speaker to Follow At DGA Theater 110 W 57th St (btw 6th and 7th) Cost: $10.75. TO BUY FILM TICKETS and for more information go to: www.obsessionthemovie.com "Obsession" is one of the most powerful, expertly crafted and undeniably important films I've seen this year."
Michael Medved, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host and Film Critic "Obsession is a superbly made documentary that should propel every American into action"
Mary Matalin, Former Assistant to the President & Counselor to Vice President "The film the enemy doesn't want you to see", Monica Crowley, MSNBC Anchor.

August 9, 2006, 7:00pm: Debate between John Spencer and K.T. McFarland on NY1. Go KT!

August 9, 2006, 6:30 pm: Dan Russo, Republican state senate candidate for the 29th district, presents a wine tasting fundraiser at the Met Club featuring wines from small vineyards of France. Also, the KT McFarland-John Spencer debate will be shown at the event on the Club's large screen television. Donation is $35. Metropolitan Republican Club, 122 East 83rd Street (just west of Lexington).

August 10, 2006, 7:30pm: New York Young Republican Club (the independent one) August Political Forum. Our Speakers: Our featured guest will be Steve Malanga, a Contributing Editor of City Journal and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is author of the book, The NEW NEW LEFT: How American Politics Works Today, which has received rave reviews. Mr. Malanga writes about the intersection of urban economies, business communities, and public policy and his op-eds have appeared in the New York Post, New York Sun, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago-Sun Times and many others. The New York Young Republican Club will also be featuring two candidates for local office in Brooklyn: Yvette Velazquez Bennett who is running for the 44 Assembly District. The district encompasses Park Slope, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, and Windsor Terrace. Viviana V. Hernandez who is running for the 18 Senate District. The district encompasses Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Red Hook and parts of Sunset Park, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens. Place: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (bet 36th & 37th St), 2nd Floor Admission: Members - FREE, Non Members - $5, F/T Students - $2. After-politics Socializing
The meeting may adjourn at 9:30, but no YR event is complete without a trip to our favorite local pub for a chance to network, socialize and make new friends. So, plan on a late evening and please join us at: Margarita Murphy's, 591 Third Avenue, Between 38th and 39th streets.

August 17, 2006, 7:00pm: New York Young Republican Club (the state-party affiliated one) Monthly Meeting featuring RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman. Union League Club, 38 East 37th Street, between Park & Madison Avenues. Business attire. Free

August 22, 2006, 6:30-11:00pm: THE Women's National Republican Club Youn Professionals AND New York Young Republican Club (the state-party affiliated one) WILL HOST A GRAND OLD BARBEQUE! Open Bar - Full Buffet Music By Fritz Henry Members - $40 Guests - $45 RSVP By August 21, 2006 917 923-5515

August 23, 2006, 6:30 pm: Dan Russo, Republican state senate candidate for the 29th district, presents a wine tasting fundraiser at the Met Club featuring wines from small vineyards of Italy. Donation is $35. Metropolitan Republican Club, 122 East 83rd Street (just west of Lexington).

August 28, 2006, 9:30pm: Bi-partisan comedy show.

August 30, 2006, 7:00 SHARP (I'd get there by 6:30-6:45pm): NY1 Governor's Townhall. Click here for more information and free registration for tickets.