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rochesterturning.com: I would never allow this type of rude behavior in my “House”

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:50:27 -0500

Found this at Adirondack Musings and thought you might be interested in how our democracy works:

Just how does thoughtful debate happen under these circumstances?

Power Plays: 10 Most Unsettling Twilight Crafts: Underpants, Onesies, and More

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:47 -0500

A new film about death and sexual restraint comes out this month. You may have heard of it--Twilight? The second installment in the vampire series, New Moon, features a meaty werewolf constantly ...

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Power Plays: This Week in the Voice

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:22:33 -0500

When their pets die, most New Yorkers can't bury them in the backyard. They can put the earthly remains in the trash (properly marked). If that's too weird, there are people who will handle the de...

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Albanysinsanity: Just say NO! No to TAXES, NO to new License Plates

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:43 -0500

Just say NO! No to TAXES, NO to new License Plates, NO to any new fees, NO to this out of control government in Albany that is running us straight into the poor farm. It is Time to stand up as one voice and tell them NO!

Once again Governor Paterson [...]

Gawker: Prosecutors Accuse Illinois Journalism Students of Practicing Journalism [Journalismism]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:56 -0500

Number of comments: 5
In the case of the mean prosecutors vs. the plucky journalism students playing out in Illinois, the most surprising fact is that some people still believe journalists are a benevolent race of energy...

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Gawker: United Airlines Pilot Almost Flew Across the Atlantic Drunk [Don't Drink And Fly]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:27:21 -0500

Number of comments: 4
United Airlines announced today it was suspending a pilot who was arrested just as he was about to fly from London to Chicago Monday. Because he was drunk. Who wants to carpool to La Paz with me this...

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BuffaloPundit: Remember

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:14:39 -0500

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Albanysinsanity: New York senators want to preserve discounted tolls for Staten Islanders

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:52:35 -0500

Isn’t that special, they want to preserve it there but what about up here? Why the hell have we not moved forward getting rid of the tolls here on Grand Island.

I see both senators are sucking up looking for votes down there. When can we expect them to show their [...]

BuffaloPundit: Back to the Future

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:48:57 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Set aside for a moment the issue concerning purchasing a new license plate every year – a practice that was abolished in New York in the late ’60s. I don’t at all hate this blue-on-orange plate. Although New York used orange-on-blue when I was born. In [...]

albany project: What's so special?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:44:30 -0500

Today was supposed to be the long-awaited "special" or "extraordinary" session in Albany.

Nothing happened.

Seems to me that there was nothing special or extraordinary about today's session -- it was just like almost every other session.
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BuffaloPundit: New York State Senate

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:34:01 -0500

It met today to do two things: 1. address the deficit; and 2. vote on same-sex marriage.

It accomplished neither.

Welcome to Albany.

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albany project: Organizing 2.0: Putting New York In A New Media State Of Mind

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:33:01 -0500

Charles Lenchner, who you will see posting on TAP upon occasion, is the online organizer for the Working Families Party. At Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh, we met for the first time and had a good discussion about the state of local and state blogging in New York. He talked [...]

In da Buff (Buffalo, New York): Byrd Tweets for 2009-11-10

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:25:00 -0500

Polish people are happy people and happy people are number one!!! # @oldbuffalo [bit.ly] in reply to oldbuffalo #

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Gawker: Larry King's Suspender Watch: Blue and Boring [Suspender Watch]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:06:51 -0500

Number of comments: 21
Whatever moved Larry King to sport insanely bright yellow suspenders yesterday has passed. Tonight, he's back to his modest, dark-blue standbys. We miss you, zany yellow suspenders: Your lit our...

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Albany Media Bias: Turn The Middle Side Topwise

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Nothing like a Simpsons' quote* to enliven the train wreck that is the Democratic leadership. I just passed along how the Democrats are trying to grab full control over our economic system (forget about health care's 17%!) by putting the government in charge of basically everything about companies -' [...]

Capitol confidential: Kolb: Session a ‘complete and utter failure’

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:30 -0500

Also, “totally irresponsible”! The Assembly Minority Leader’s response to today’s legislative action:

“Today’s Extraordinary Session of the Legislature was a complete and utter failure to the people who count the most, the residents of New York State. We traveled to Albany with the intent of righting the wrongs enacted in this [...]

Gawker: O'Reilly: We Should Win Hearts and Minds Because "We Can't Kill All the Muslims" [Logical Fallacy]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:44 -0500

Number of comments: 50
Tonight, in the midst of browbeating the media for missing the "all Muslims burn with hatred for America" angle of the Ft. Hood shooting story, O'Reilly terribly misinterpreted why we're trying to...

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Capitol confidential: Paterson says Senate will debate, vote on gay marriage

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:15 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Gov. David Paterson just announced in a Red Room news conference that an agreement has been reached that assures that the gay marriage bill will be debated and voted on in the Senate “at a date not certain between now and the end of the year.”

Paterson was joined at the [...]

Gawker: Adobe Joins Pre-Holiday Layoff Wave [Holidaze]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:32 -0500

Number of comments: 7
Adobe will lay off 680 people, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce. The publishing software company joins Electronic Arts and AOL in making pre-Thanksgiving cutbacks. At least these workers won't...

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GothamSchools: NEWS: Remainders: Randi Weingarten for D.C. schools chancellor?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:12 -0500

Jay Mathews nominates Randi Weingarten to replace Michelle Rhee in D.C., if Rhee must go. It’s now legal to evaluate Wisconsin teachers based on their students’ test scores. The four-word explanation: Race to the Top, which has states everywhere changing their laws. Richard Kessler explains why it’s a no-brainer [...]

GothamSchools: NEWS: Dept of Ed on the hunt for ELL and vocational high schools

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:11:25 -0500

Principal wannabes hoping to open up new city high schools got marching orders from city officials last night: Try to focus on students still learning English or vocational programs.

The advice came at a meeting held by the Office of Portfolio Planning, where more than a dozen people stood before an [...]

Albany Media Bias: Not What You Think

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:59:00 -0500

So I see this headline: "At Ford Hood, Obama takes on new role" and I think, 'You mean he's finally going to start acting like commander-in-chief? He's going to take charge, buck stops here, confront the extremists, and support the troops?'

No-o-o-o...silly me.

"Obama pressed into role as" [...]

Politicker NY: The Last Magazine Standing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:53:38 -0500

Magazines are shrinking—smaller staffs, fewer writers, fewer stories written per writer, fewer words for each story—but The New Yorker continues to look, remarkably, about the same as it did five years ago, even as its parent company has cut hundreds of jobs and folded a handful of titles [...]

Politicker NY: Professor Skyscraper

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:33 -0500

In a late September planning conference at N.Y.U., Vishaan Chakrabarti strode into the college's Kimmell Center a healthy hour after the event began.

Taking his place onstage, the former city planning official and development executive began to speak about his favorite project: the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Station-in the planning [...]

Capitol confidential: DRP Tuesday; Gay marriage held until 32 votes found

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:59 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Senate Democratic leaders are meeting right now with gay marriage advocates to tell them that they are going to stick with their long-held plan to bring gay marriage to the floor for a vote when there are 32 votes secured to pass the legislation.

The consensus coming out of the meeting [...]

Politicker NY: City Opera's Long Weekend

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:53 -0500

When the lights went up Sunday afternoon on a shirtless man next to a pantsless man—both American, both young—I knew that City Opera was back. It was the start of the second act of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and the two men were playing the eponymous antihero and his [...]

rochesterturning.com: So who exactly got played on Health Care?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:40 -0500

Number of comments: 7

Well, I have a question.

Rules Committee chair Louise Slaughter decides, I’m sure with a nudge from Speaker Pelosi, how bills come to the floor, are debated and if there are amendments. At the end of the day the Democratic leadership knew that the Stupak amendment was coming to the floor. [...]

Politicker NY: Send the Google Street View Trike to Central Park (Or the Zoo)!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:18:17 -0500

Last month, Google announced that they had invented a "Street View trike." Their Street View car could roll down traditional roads and take pictures for their popular maps feature. But it couldn't document hard-to-access trails, parks, landmarks and sports venues. A Google mechanical engineer who did some' [...]

Albany Watch: Republicans, Out of Power, Not Happy With Budget Talks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:17:33 -0500

Here’s the statement from Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, on the failure to get a budget deal done today. “The taxpayers of New York delivered a strong message last Tuesday that they are sick and tired of out of control government spending and the high taxes and fees that [...]

Politics on the Hudson: Republicans, Out of Power, Are Not Happy With Budget Talks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:16:58 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Here’s the statement from Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos on the failure to get a budget deal done today. “The taxpayers of New York delivered a strong message last Tuesday that they are sick and tired of out of control government spending and the high taxes and fees that pay for [...]

Capitol confidential: Skelos: Let’s get this show on the road already

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:15:51 -0500

Number of comments: 2

OK, we’re paraphrasing (and almost certainly projecting), but that’s the takeaway from this statement from Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos:

The taxpayers of New York delivered a strong message last Tuesday that they are sick and tired of out of control government spending and the high taxes and fees that pay [...]

Capitol confidential: It’s over … for now

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:12:13 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The Assembly and the Senate just closed out today’s legislative business within about a minute of each other. The difference between the two houses: The Assembly actually managed to pass legislation today. Correction: The Senate passed the same bills — very quickly.

Mandate relief bill. (Governor’s Program Bill #95/S66002) Eliminating a [...]

Politicker NY: The Pickle Posse

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:42 -0500

"There’s something in the air that makes people want to make pickles,” said Joya Carlton, 28, one of three partners in Brooklyn Brine, a local pickle start-up, sitting in a booth at the Greenpoint Coffee House with her two partners, Shamus Jones, 29, and Josh Egnew, 34, both" [...]

Politicker NY: When Only a $9.5 M. One-Bedroom at the Sherry Will Do

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:58:47 -0500

Earlier this year, the investor Christopher H. Browne put his 515 Park Avenue duplex on the market for $32.5 million, even though the place was basically a one-bedroom apartment. There was a guest room, to be fair, but it was smaller than the master suite’s walk-in closet.

The duplex [...]

Politicker NY: Sloane Mansion’s $25 M. Price Slide: ‘Owners Have a Real Need to Sell’

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:54:03 -0500

The 104-year-old, 36-foot-wide, 17-bathroom, 15-bedroom, 11-fireplace mansion at 18 East 68th Street was the most expensive house in New York when it was listed last year for $64 million. Even when that tag came down in January to $54 million, the price was still higher than any Manhattan [...]

Adirondack Musing: Hoffmanization

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:51:00 -0500

Looks like Doug Hoffman will go down in history. Google "Hoffmanization". Use it in a sentence: How will she stand up against a stiff Hoffmanization? Hoffmanization isn't anywhere near as popular as Palinization yet and the word still doesn't show up in the Urban Dictionary. [...]

Gawker: Interns and Robots Stoke the Twitterati [Twitterati]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:46:22 -0500

Number of comments: 4
Joel Madden walked out on a radio interview; Alexis Ohanian enjoyed some robot bartending and Bucky Turco did something we'd rather not think about with one of our interns. The Twitterati were...

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Politicker NY: Outside Art

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:42:30 -0500

On the day before his first day as director and head curator of the Public Art Fund, Nicholas Baume took the ferry to Governors Island to admire a group show of emerging artists called “This World & Nearer Ones.” The show was a multidisciplinary affair that consisted of [...]

Power Plays: Conservatives War With Gay Blogger, Call FBI Over Comments

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:41:50 -0500

If you follow gay blogger Joe My God at all, you know he's politically opinionated, but also breezy and fun. So it may surprise you that some prominent conservatives have called the FBI on him. ...

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Gawker: Letter, Box [Pic Of The Day]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:39:24 -0500

Number of comments: 7
[A woman walks by a portion of the "Journey" exhibit, which opened today in Washington Square Park. Meant to raise awareness of human trafficking, it contains art shown on shipping containers. Image...

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Gothamist: Extra, Extra

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:36:00 -0500

Photograph by See-ming Lee on Flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A confined space rescue at Church St & Vessey St in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP on Morris Ave and an unusual EDP at Beach 30th St in Queens. The victims of Bernard [...]

Power Plays: Kerik Gets Bail

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:58 -0500

First he got jail, now he has bail: former top cop Bernie Kerik, who during his recent trial was briefly jailed when the judge found him untrustworthy, and who pleaded guilty to fraud charges last...

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Albany Watch: Paterson To Call Legislature Back Next Week

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:47 -0500

Unable to get a budget deal today with the state Legislature, Gov. David Paterson told reporters this evening that he will call lawmakers back to Albany next Monday and Tuesday to address the deficit. He said today’s session wasn’t a bust because it got lawmakers to negotiate seriously about the budget [...]

Gawker: Publicist for Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld — [Quote Of The Day]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:38 -0500

Number of comments: 6
explaining the job title of the 32-year-old son of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld at an art show he "tailored" for Nicolas Pol, to Vanity Fair.

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Politics on the Hudson: Paterson Will Call Back Legislature Next Week

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Unable to get a budget deal today with the state Legislature, Gov. David Paterson told reporters this evening that he will call lawmakers back to Albany next Monday and Tuesday to address the deficit. He said today’s session wasn’t a bust because it got lawmakers to negotiate seriously about the budget [...]

Gawker: The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment [Television]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:29:05 -0500

Number of comments: 40
In their quest to reshape television, NBC passed a critical milestone on the way to the primetime experiment's end this week — ratings fell below their own ridiculously low benchmarks to judge...

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Gothamist: Too Many Thai Eateries Means Big Trouble In Williamsburg's "Little Bangkok"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:00 -0500

In a real world example of supply and demand economics, the proliferation of Southeast Asian eateries on and around Williamsburg's main commercial street has hurt business, according to neighborhood restaurateurs. The pad thai business is ailing in a three [...]

Politics on the Hudson: Astorino names executive committee

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:29 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Rob Astorino, the newly elected Republican county executive, today named the leaders on his executive transition committee — they include a cadre of lawyers, bankers, former Westchester lawmakers, an accountant and a 38-year-old hedge fund manager, who was a senior adviser to President Obama on the auto industry. This team, which includes six [...]

The Buffalo Bean: Chris Lee Fights Against Obamacare

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:16:17 -0500

In less than a year, every member of the U.S House is up for reelection. That means, every member who voted for government-run health care has a chance to be voted out. Right now, however, I cannot stress the importance of supporting members of Congress who stood up for the [...]

The Wonkster: The Deficit Will Wait Until Next Week

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:37 -0500

“Two bills,” that is what Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. replied when asked what he expected to achieve during today’s session.

After hours of waiting, protests, negotiations and general frustration the special session will not produce a vote on same-sex marriage or a deficit reduction package. Espada said he expected [...]

The Wonkster: The Deficit Will Wait Until Next Week

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:37 -0500

“Two bills,” that is what Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. replied when asked what he expected to achieve during today’s session.

After hours of waiting, protests, negotiations and general frustration the special session will not produce a vote on same-sex marriage or a deficit reduction package. Espada said he expected [...]

Albany Media Bias: As We Approach Veteran's Day...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:00 -0500

it's always good to know what the other side is thinking.

What is MorOn.org thinking this fine November day as we approach Veteran's Day? Do their thoughts turn to bravery under fire, under appalling conditions, adapting and overcoming, no surrender? Do their thoughts turn to heroes?

Well...sort of. [...]

Gothamist: Are Cops Cracking Down on Subway Performers?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:00 -0500

A Michael Jackson impersonator dances in the subway, courtesy mandy whale's Flickr. Anecdotal evidence suggests that transit police have been cracking down on musicians and other performers busking in the subway system—even though the MTA's own rules permit low-volume performance under certain [...]

FishBowlNY: Spot.Us Funded Garbage Patch Story Published|Self's January Issue Shows Ad Promise|Letterman Extorter Appears In Court|Layoffs At A&E, Lifetime|Director Speaks Out Against Times Critic

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

BayNewser: The first Spot.Us funded article published in The New York Times -- about the Pacific garbage patch -- ran this week.

WWD: It has been a tough year for Conde Nast health magazine Self, but things are looking up for 2010: the January issue will [...]

Capitol confidential: Senate honors Sandy the Elevator Operator

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:58:40 -0500

Number of comments: 4

In a rare feel-good moment, the Senate just honored Sandy the Elevator Operator, who is celebrating her final day in state service.

Sandy Raus, 62, operated the Senate elevator for years and was an institution among members of the LCA. She was transferred to the cleaning crew when the elevators became [...]

Gothamist: Cops Cuff Criminals Who Ditched Guns In Front Of Precinct

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:00 -0500

Cops arrested two men yesterday suspected of shooting and killing a 24-year-old, chucking their guns in trash can in front of a police precinct, then reporting to police that they were the victims of a shooting. Officers at [...]

Gothamist: Presented By:

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:00 -0500

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City Room: No Consensus on Financial Crisis's Legacy for City

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:12 -0500

Panelists at a discussion sponsored by the New-York Historical Society could not agree on the long-term impact of the fiscal crisis. [...]

Capitol confidential: Legislators to come back Monday

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:54 -0500

Gov. David Paterson will not call a special session for tomorrow, Veteran’s Day.

In a Q&A with reporters just now, Paterson said that negotiations are moving ahead and that he will not keep legislators in town tomorrow, which is a federal holiday. (All state buildings will be closed).

Instead, Paterson said he [...]

Monroerising.com: Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:40:53 -0500

In honor of Bullwinkle’s post regarding Hillary Clinton not mentioning the real hero the Berlin Wall coming down, President Ronald Reagan. One of my favorite lines from one of our best Presidents.

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Capitol confidential: Video: Gay marriage rally

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:39:44 -0500

Watch Senate Democrats run the gauntlet of gay marriage supporters on their way to the chamber earlier today. Footage courtesy Kyle Hughes of NYSNYS.

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Gawker: David Plouffe Is a Two-Faced Machiavelli Who Broke Our Hearts [How Things Work]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:41 -0500

Number of comments: 30
David Plouffe ran Barack Obama's campaign as a steady and extended fuck-you to the hyperventilating Drudge junkies at Politico, and we loved him for it. Now he's admitted he was leaking to them the...

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Capitol confidential: Scozzafava on North Country Public Radio

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:52 -0500

Click here for Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava’s interview with Jonathan Brown of North Country Public Radio. A key exchange:

Brown: Do you feel like you were betrayed by your party?

Scozzafava: I don’t know. … I think if I’m going to be condemned for endorsing a candidate from a different party, then [...]

Gothamist: Sex Trafficking the Focus of Art Show in Shipping Containers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:00 -0500

An intense traveling art exhibit that aims to enlighten people about the horrors of sex trafficking has arrived in New York. Called "Journey," the installation consists of seven shipping containers with work by international artists intended to [...]

City Room: Columbia Professor Charged With Punching University Employee

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:50 -0500

Number of comments: 1
The confrontation occurred Friday at a popular bar and restaurant near campus. [...]

Gawker: Miss J Alexander Is the Best Gay Role Model in the Whole Wide World [Herogram]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:56 -0500

Number of comments: 23
America's Next Top Model judge J Alexander is on The Tyra Show helping a young lesbian come out. He is the best ally that gay youth have, just by being as big and gay as he wants to be. Today we...

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FishBowlNY: Condé Nast Digital's Schutte: We're Not A Late Bloomer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0500

Today Folio magazine posted an interview with Drew Schutte, senior vice president and chief revenue officer of Condé Nast Digital, about the direction of Condé Nast online and the future of the publishing company.

Unsurprisingly, Schutte was defensive about Folio's assertion that [...]

Gothamist: Nightclubs Fight For Mysterious Malaysian Man

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0500

Much like Halley's Comet, a playboy that spends as much money as mysterious Malaysian man Taek Jho Low only "comes around once in a lifetime," according to Manhattan nightclub owners. The city's club owners have been fighting to woo the Wharton Business School alum, [...]

Gothamist: Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers Not Guilty Of Fraud

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:10:00 -0500

Photograph of Matthew Tannin, after his acquittal, by Louis Lanzano/AP Today, a federal jury found two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers not guilty of fraud related to subprime mortgages. Portfolio manager Ralph Cioffi and the funds' COO Matthew Tannin were accused of' [...]

City Room: Times Square Enters the WiFi Age

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:01 -0500

Number of comments: 2
A late comer to the WiFi world, Times Square is now as hooked in as, say, Bryant Park. [...]

Politicker NY: Rare and Well-Done

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:53:55 -0500

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Gothamist: Video: Ye Olde Bushwick Gang Footage

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:52:00 -0500

Street gangs used to have way cooler names — like, say, the Devil's Rebels for instance. Now there's some amazing footage that's resurfaced of the '70s Bushwick gang, originally broadcast as part of a 1976 newscast. The footage was allegedly captured using a night vision lens and concealed cameras,' [...]

Gawker: Crazy Anti-Muslim Rant of the Day [Outrage]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:04 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Tunku Varadarajan is the winner of today's Outrage-Off, with 74% of the vote. Congrats, psycho.

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Capitol confidential: Senate Dems conferencing gay marriage again

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:21 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Session was scheduled for 2:30 p.m., a rules committee meeting was expected for 3:30 pm… and now it is 4:30 and the Senate Democrats are still in conference. Why?

The Senate Democrats are again debating whether or not to bring gay marriage to the floor for consideration today.

Stay tuned.

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albany project: Agreeing (And Disagreeing) With Congressman Eric Massa

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:05 -0500

The historic vote on health care reform legislation in the House of Representatives was one I will never forget. As a young elementary school student, I remember the battles over the Clinton health care plan and its defeat in the mid-1990s. I did not want to see the first [...]

Gawker: Carly Fiorina Bravely Attacks Uppity Woman Senator [Politics]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:38:06 -0500

Number of comments: 71
newVideoPlayer("/carly_boxermaam_valleywag.flv", 500, 375,""); Carly Fiorina is already elevating the political discourse in California: The former Hewlett Packard CEO is emailing ads about that one...

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Gawker: Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism [Charts]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:36:22 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Media can stare at itself all it likes, but it takes sitting across the table from today's news monster to really see what journalism has become. In a fascinating diagram, director Jason Reitman has...

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Gothamist: City Records Big Spike In Commuter Cycling

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:36:00 -0500

Photograph by i'mjustsayin' on Flickr The number of commuters riding their bikes to work has increased by 26 percent over the past year, according to city statistics. In a "dramatic" uptick, the portion of New Yorkers traveling to work on bikes [...]

Gawker: Faux-Anthrax Terrorists Gunning For Vulnerable Media Agencies? [Rumormonger]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:35:14 -0500

Number of comments: 6
The German consulate in Manhattan received a suspicious white powder in an envelope today, just like three other consulates did yesterday. We hear the media agency Initiative, in the same area, had...

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Gothamist: Peter, Paul & Others Celebrate Mary

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:23:00 -0500

Last night was the memorial for late musician Mary Travers, which took place at the Riverside Church in Morningside Heights. NY1 reports back, saying that her long-time collaborators Peter Yarrow and Noel 'Paul' Stookey were joined by Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Tom [...]

Gawker: Everything Is Peachy in the Land of Make Believe [Recessionomics]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:08:21 -0500

Number of comments: 4
The Way We Live Now: Virtually well. Not "virtually" like "almost," like "we're almost living well again, thanks," because, whoa, not even close. We mean "virtually" like "in a virtual world."...

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Gawker: MSNBC: Two Dead, Up to Ten Wounded in Portland, Ore., Shooting [Breaking]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:06:30 -0500

Number of comments: 66
MSNBC is reporting that one two people were killed and up to ten have been wounded in a shooting near a Portland strip mall. Stop, please? UPDATE: An armed gunman fired multiple shots into a drug...

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rochesterturning.com: My Health Care is about to suck more…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:06:21 -0500

Number of comments: 1

We just completed the open enrollment at my place of employment. Unlike the recent D&C article headline Health insurance options befuddle many I wasn’t befuddled because my company made the choice for me by reducing the number of providers offered to just one. Befuddled? No. Pissed? Yeah. Trouble is [...]

Gothamist: Rogue Animal Rescuers Claim SPCA Botched Pet Cemetery Case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:05:00 -0500

The cast of an animal rescue show co-opted an SPCA press conference yesterday and accused the agency of mishandling the case of a Long Island woman suspected of torturing and killing 20 dogs and burying them in her backyard. Members of the group [...]

Politicker NY: The War at Home

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:01 -0500

The Messenger
Running time 105 minutes
Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
Directed by Oren Moverman
Starring Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton

The box office has not smiled on movies about the Middle East conflicts or the men who fight them. Stop-Loss, Grace Is Gone, [...]

Gawker: 'I'd Like to Prank the Little People' [Open Caption]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:27 -0500

Number of comments: 29
[Rihanna points to the miniature trailer park that her twister of a gown is going to destroy after speaking at the Glamour magazine Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall last night. Image via...

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StreetsBlog: State DOT Channels Spirit of Robert Moses in Major Deegan Expansion Plan

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:03 -0500

Number of comments: 4

These are enlightened times for New York City's local streets. The city is building sidewalk extensions, protected bike lanes, and better busways. But at the state DOT -- the agency that controls the vast majority of New York's federal transportation funding -- much of the playbook still comes straight from [...]

Albany Watch: Budget Deal Remains Elusive

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:43 -0500

On Monday, Gov. David Paterson implored lawmakers to deal with the state’s budget deficit. But today, a deal did not appear imminent. Despite a special session of the Legislature called by Paterson to close a $3.2 billion mid-year deficit, he and legislators remained at odds over how to remedy the state’s [...]

Politics on the Hudson: Budget Deal Remains Elusive

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:06 -0500

Politicker NY: Battle of the Holland Tunnel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:59 -0500

It was Oct. 13, and inside the wood-paneled lobby of the Newport Office Center, which rises like a glass punctuation mark from the Jersey City shore of the Hudson River, Governor Jon Corzine was gleefully announcing a huge score in the Garden State's long-simmering battle with Manhattan for [...]

Gothamist: Tax Man Cracking Down Hard on Delinquents

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500

It's getting increasingly difficult to hide from the tax man in New York State, thanks to improved automation, more efficient use of third-party data and tougher disclosure laws. Tax revenue obtained through "enforcement actions" has increased 40 percent during the past six months, bringing in [...]

albany project: A Vote On Marriage Equality Should Take Place

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:48:12 -0500

Liz is reporting today that the chances of a vote taking place on marriage equality aren't looking good, but that isn't stopping advocates from fighting for one anyway.

The Empire State Pride Agenda is hoping that a vote takes place. Executive Director Alan Van Capelle issued this statement in [...]

Politicker NY: After Push by Extell, Landmarks Backs Down Over West 57th Street Building

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:44:12 -0500

The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission backed off its effort to landmark a B.F. Goodrich Company building on West 57th Street, a rare retreat by the commission and one that follows aggressive pushback from development giant Extell, which plans a mixed-use skyscraper on the property.

The LPC on [...]

Gothamist: Lawyer: Alleged Letterman Extortionist Just Wanted Book Deal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:00 -0500

Robert Joe Halderman, the former CBS News producer accused of extorting David Letterman for $2 million, appeared in court today, as his lawyer asked the judge to drop charges. Why? Because, attorney Gerald Shargel claimed,“There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for [...]

Politicker NY: Christine Quinn Stands Pat

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:28:40 -0500

For City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, things are probably going to be less fun now.

The mayor whose wagon she hitched her fortunes to spent $100 million to win reelection by less than 5 points against a member of her own party whom she endorsed late and with undisguised [...]

Gothamist: Flashback: Last Brownstone Standing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0500

We happened upon this photo in the LIFE magazine archives. The caption reads: "Construction in NYC: land being cleared for 20 story building in East 60s — still occupied brownstone is soon to go." It was still occupied! The photo was taken in 1959... any [...]

Power Plays: New York's Representatives in D.C. Stand United for Staten Island Toll Relief

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:26:20 -0500

Never fear, Staten Island -- your votes are still important. New York's elected representatives in Washington are muscling through H.R. 3960, the Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 200...

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Monroerising.com: 1984

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:51 -0500

Hillary introduced Obama at Berlin for the commemorative of the falling of the wall.

Now let’s watch the famous 1984 Apple commercial

If it is possible for you to listen to the entire speech by Hillary, there was not one reference to the real hero in the walls downfall “Ronald Regan”.

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Politicker NY: To the Bitter End With Paterson, Proudly

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:45 -0500

ALBANY—Next Thursday, Sally Minard will commit an act of political courage.

Ms. Minard, a strong presence on the Democratic donor circuit in New York and a supporter of Hillary Clinton and the DNC, will host a breakfast at her Upper East Side house in honor of David Paterson. It [...]

albany project: Sen. Gillibrand argues against Stupak Amendment on the Senate floor

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:21:39 -0500

I think it's fair to say that not many people here are well thrilled by the passage of the Stupak amendment on the House healthcare reform bill, and even fewer are happy with the prospect of that same amendment reemerging in the Senate at the behest of Ben Nelson (D-Sorta). [...]