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News of the OZY Fest cancellation wasn’t sitting well with out-of-state ticket holders on Friday, with many traveling from far and wide to be at the two-day Central Park event — which cost a whopping $399 to attend. New Yorkers, on the other hand — who blasted the city for renting out a typically free public space and “going capitalist” — were ecstatic

The third annual OZY Fest just ended. The event was held from July 21-22 in Central Park, it featured an appalling parade of the blessed and brightest … and is the best possible argument for piranha-fication of America’s waterways. Or for meteors to be less discriminating in where they strike. In reality, OZY Fest is another lukewarm neoliberal think-festival. It featured luminaries of the modern brainflesh like Steven Pinker, Common, and the once-was-future President of these United States, Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton. Oh, and these people: (TWEET-AT-LINK) Some of you are making O-faces right now, like an obscenely prudish butler...

Hillary went to the NY OZY Music/Tech-Talk/Food Fest and she didn’t even get a lousy tee-shirt.What she got instead was some type of wrapper that can only be compared, unkindly, to a circus tent,or possibly a toilet paper cover:But everyone loved her shoes!which I tracked down for you on Amazon in case you want a pair of your own:Vionic Women's Splendid Midi Perf Slip-OnI’m not sure why Hillary was invited to a Fest that claims to feature “today's hottest entertainers, innovators and thought leaders who are ahead of their time.” Not only is old Over-the-Hilz not hot, there are times...

Clinton spoke on Saturday at OZY Fest in Central Park where she was interviewed by the digital magazine's investor Laurene Jobs. 'The great mystery is why the president has not spoken up for our country,' Clinton said. 'We saw that most clearly in this most recent meeting with Putin. We don't know what was said in the room with just the two of them.' She also implied that Trump was a patsy getting played by Putin. Clinton admitted she didn't get along with Putin when she was secretary of state. 'To be fair, hardly anyone who believes in freedom gets...