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Bill Maher says that Glenn Beck and Palin have peaked

February 5, 2011 On February 4, Bill Maher made an interesting observation on his HBO show. He said that Glenn Beck’s comments on the spread of unrest on Northern African were embarrassing even for Fox viewers and that Sarah Palin … Continue reading

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Overthrow the Caps Lock

February 2, 2011 Awesome. Google is leading the way to eliminate the annoying Caps Lock forever! Kill the Caps Lock. Kill the Caps lock. May the Egyptian unrest spread to the keyboard. “Numbers lock” and “Insert” keys are next. We’re … Continue reading

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Bill Maher is a super genius now

January 29, 2011 We take back all of our criticism of Bill Maher. On his HBO show, he criticized President Obama for his pretentious pronunciation of the Taliban as “tollybahn”. Bravo! We concur. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwVoFactT8I January 11, 2011 Bill Maher made … Continue reading

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NYC to start the first tidal-power-plant

January 4, 2011 Progressive Mayor Bloomberg might be close to having New York City become the first city in the U.S. to be powered by turbines that spin on tidal currents. The NY Times is reporting that 30 more turbines … Continue reading

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Housing prices dip in Q4 2010

January 4, 2011 The WSJ is reporting that Manhattan home sale prices fell in the fourth quarter of 2010, and that the picture is not expected to be brighter in 2011. This comes on the heels of bad nationwide housing … Continue reading

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Busted: Snow plow operators sitting idle

Update: January 3, 2011 The New York Post is now reporting that the sanitation department bosses were not only shirking their duties after the blizzard, but bought beer and got drunk in their cars and trucks. December 31, 2010 After … Continue reading

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Misguided Gothamist article critical of the NYPD dealing with skateboarders

December 26, 2010 The Gothamist is an online blog about New York City news and events. They quite often have good posts. However, we noted one recent post that was misguided, and unfortunately represents the views of many. The Gothamist … Continue reading

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Did Rick Sanchez make another anti-Semitic comment on ABC?

October 8, 2010 Today, on ABC’s Good Morning America show, fired CNN anchor Rick Sanchez made a highly-coached, insincere, mea culpa about his comments that Jews run the media and comedian Jon Stewart is a bigot. However, did he work … Continue reading

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Skateboarders assault food vendor near the Ritz Carleton in Battery Park City

October 2, 2010 On Saturday, October 2, approximately 20 skateboarders, many from Brooklyn, were performing jumps, damaging the granite benches and walkway in front of 17 Battery Place.  Across the street is the family tourist area of Battery Park, Statue … Continue reading

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BPC is the star of Wall Street 2

September 27, 2010 The #1 film at the box office this weekend was “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the sequel to the Academy Award winning film of 1987, Wall Street. Most of the film was shot in Downtown Manhattan, and … Continue reading

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Some economists say: “Let the housing market fully collapse fast”

September 6, 2010 The New York Times is reporting that some economists think the “delay and pray” tactics of the federal government to prevent foreclosures and housing price reductions is just making the recovery that much further away. They say … Continue reading

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Comparing an Islamic mosque by ground zero to a porn shop?

Update: August 15, 2010 ABC Nightly News used the same distorted logic as did the New York Times back in May and made the moral equivalence of pornography shops and strip clubs many blocks away from Ground Zero to a … Continue reading

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Big decline in apartment prices

July 7th, 2010 The WSJ is reporting today an update on apartment sales prices and number of units sold. The good news is that the number of units increased 179% yoy to 383 units (137 in April of 2009), and … Continue reading

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Joke of the day

August 6, 2010 Jay Leno: Giuliani scolded his daughter after shoplifting “You go to Harvard. You don’t start stealing till you go to Wall Street” (more…)

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The pretentious way to pronounce Muslim

Op-Ed August 14, 2010 The old media TV news is infamous for using pretentious odd pronunciations of common words or new words of the day. Some examples include the numerous ways to botch “Qatar” as Cutter, etc, pronouncing Pakistan as … Continue reading

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Sharks gone wild

Our Shark posting went viral. It was picked up by New York Magazine now, and look at all the comments! https://nymag.com/daily/intel/ https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/11/shark.html It all started out by being picked up by the Gothamist https://www.batterypark.tv/outddor-events/shark.html (more…)

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St Vincent’s hospital closure: The first of many across the country?

April 7, 2010 St. Vincent’s hospital in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, is closing due to mounting debt and New York State cuts in funding. St. Vincent’s is the last tertiary care catholic hospital in the city. How can a business entity … Continue reading

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Use medical device technology to seal the Gulf oil leak

May 16, 2010 It is now painfully obvious that the team of “expert engineers” working on ad hoc solutions to seal the oil-spewing pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is incompetent. Saturday Night Live lampooned them on … Continue reading

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Are ABC News and Bloomberg News partnering?

May 14, 2010 Are ABC News and Bloomberg News partnering? ABC News has been promoting Bloomberg news stories within their programs and introducing the stories with sentences such as, “A new report from the business giant Bloomberg news…” (see video … Continue reading

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The iPad to have a cell phone feature added

By ANDREW JACOB and MARC McDONALDSON Published: April 1, 2010 Cupertino, California Apple announced today the reason for the short delay in shipping the new iPad. A cell phone feature has been added. AT&T will be the carrier. The first … Continue reading

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