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Pop culture people who need to go away in 2012

December 31, 2011 If you have found yourself yelling at the TV due to the bad content, or avoiding the movie theaters, you are not alone. It’s not you. The content providers are flailing, desperately and pumping out the worst … Continue reading

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Why Facebook does not want to reveal its books in an IPO

Update: December 13, 2011 As we first reported a year ago, the U.S. usage rates of Facebook is way down, per the New York Times article. This is very bad for the hyped valuation and why they shunned the openness … Continue reading

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Oh the irony. Leticia Remauro denied access to BPCA offices

December 10, 2011 By Steven Greer The Tribeca Tribune has a story about the recent BPC CB1 meeting whereby Leticia Remauro, former BPCA employee, met face to face with current BPCA administration (but not with CEO Gayle Horwitz, see our … Continue reading

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Our Person of the Year

December 4, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD Our selection for Person of the Year won’t surprise you, but our runner up might. The question used for selecting the Person of the Year was, “Who will people, ten years from now, … Continue reading

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Steven E Greer quoted in Wall Street Journal about Facebook privacy violations

Steven Greer, Editor of BatteryPark.TV, is quoted in this WSJ article Facebook ‘Unfair’ on Privacy November 30, 2011 By SHAYNDI RAICE And JULIA ANGWIN The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that Facebook agreed to settle charges that it misled users … Continue reading

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Big meeting tonight to discuss the fate of the polluting NY Waterway boats

November 1, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD The CB1 Battery Park City subcommittee will meet tonight to discuss the fate of the BillyBey Ferry Company’s air and noise polluting ferry boats (6:00 PM, 1 World Financial Center, 24th floor). After … Continue reading

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TV “News” hits a new low with the 60 Minutes Madoff family interview

October 30, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD CBS’s “60 Minutes” has long been one of the most respected and trusted “TV News” sources. Now, even that bastion is crumbling as the old media world slowly becomes more obsolete and viewers … Continue reading

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West Thames Park lawn looking mangy

October 19, 2011 (An excerpt from Downtown Express By Terese Loeb Kreuzer) After months of negotiations between the Battery Park City Authority, the Hudson River Park Trust and the New York State Department of Transportation over who should pay to … Continue reading

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Apple iCloud: a prelude to Apple 50-inch TV’s?

October 26, 2011 As we have speculated for months, Apple is acknowledging that the Apple TV is in the works June 3, 2011 On June 6, Steve Jobs will announce the new cloud streaming service for Apple called iCloud. We … Continue reading

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A video montage of the different spellings of “Qaddafi”

(In full screen 1080iHD) By Steven Greer (more…)

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PEP promptly deal with OccupyWallStreet graffiti

October 18, 2011 A man in his 20’s from the OccupyWallStreet Zuccotti Park migrated over to the sidewalk by the West Thames Park grass field today. He wrote in chalk large protest messages. He was overheard saying that he was … Continue reading

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A chat with Russell Simmons at OccupyWallStreet: by Steven Greer, MD

October 16, 2011 BatteryPark.TV had a chance to speak with Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons at the OccupyWallStreet protests today. He has been down there quite often. After a lengthy interview with Fox Business and Geraldo Rivera, he surprisingly was quite … Continue reading

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Photos of the Week

October 16, 2011 In a conscious effort to counteract the reputation that OccupyWallStreet has earned for being unfocussed anarchists who need a shower, this very well groomed lady representing the “ConcreteIdeas” group was holding this sign of more tangible goals … Continue reading

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I would like the McBeating and fries please

October 15, 2011 The McDonald’s corporation is experimenting with a new menu item: The McBeating. They are rolling it out at the West Village store. Not really. However, the West Village McDonald’s on West Third Street seems to be a … Continue reading

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Talking Points for Wall Street protestors

Update: October 6, 2011 It is becoming more apparent that the intentions of the protestors are not “noble” as we first wrote. The majority of the mob are run-of-the-mill anarchists who flock to any situation around the world allowing them … Continue reading

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Exclusive look at the 2014 iPad

August 25, 2011 With the departure of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, many are wondering whether the company will falter in the absence of his leadership and vision. We have exclusive access to photos of the 2014 iPad being … Continue reading

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Tornado hits BPC

Update: August 28, 2011 Given the recent misleading reporting of the hurricane by the global press camped out in Battery Park, we found this short video made last year to be quite a funny commentary. November 7, 2010 On November … Continue reading

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As predicted, we just got rain

As BatteryPark.TV first predicted on Thursday the 25th, Hurricane Irene hit shore far more west than the models predicted, hitting the Carolinas and then dissipating into an eye-less tropical storm. Even after that occurred, however, New York Mayor Bloomberg and … Continue reading

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Hurricane Survey

As of August 27 at 11:00 AM, Hurricane Irene has hit land in North Carolina and is losing power (as we predicted more than 24 hours ago). Will the storm pick up steam and make Mayor Bloomberg look like a … Continue reading

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What it really looks like in a mandatory evacuation zone in NYC

August 28, 2011 With the ratings-desperate cable TV showing misleading images on the ground, we thought you might want to know what it really looks like in a mandatory evacuation zone of Downtown New York. I can barely stand up … Continue reading

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