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Chutzpah of the day: Barron calls Fidler a racist without cause, and then says Fidler is the one who needs to apologize. Councilman Lew Fidler Abandons Challenge To Freedom Party Petitions: Updated www.nydailynews.com
I think Cuomo will have to recuse himself from the Lazio investigation Six degrees of desperation: Lazio should be careful whom he accuses of terror links www.nydailynews.com
Someone said to me that they couldn't understand why Lazio won't debate Paladino, since it's almost certain Carl'd say something totally crazy and outrageous (even when compared with the stuff Lazio is saying). I responded that, given the composition of the Republican primary electorate, that was what Lazio was afraid of. Lazio Won’t Debate Paladino on NY1 / YNN (What About YouTube Debate?) | The Empire empire.wnyc.org TRADD AND TRUE: "But even over the distance of 31 years, [Schneiderman] said, if people want to know what to expect if he is elected the state’s next top law enforcement officer, they need to understand his time in Berkshire County." In Yiddish, Schneiderman means “tailor,” meaning one who works with the material he has to transform it into something new and unrecognizable. The Senator is well-named. Attorney General Candidate Eric Schneiderman’s “Law Enforcement” Role As Deputy Sheriff Was Teaching www.cityhallnews.com Given Adam Powell's uselessness as a legislator, his absence from his duties probably causes little harm to the legislature, but given the nature of his extracurricular activities, perhaps spending more time on legislating would keep be the better course. Powell’s Attendance | The Empire empire.wnyc.org
I think the last politician to brag about his mom's endorsement was fictitious (but, then again so are Doug's chances)--Festus "Mother" Garvey in Edwin O'Connell's "The Last Hurrah," a title which would deliver an important lesson to Doug, if he had any sense (which he does not). The title might also be of some future use to Doug's opponent, but that is a discussion that can wait at least two years, as this year, the only alternative is Doug. Doug Biviano: would you trust this man to be your janitor? (Actually someone already does) Assembly Hopeful Doug Biviano Trashes Joan Millman... Via His Mom www.nydailynews.com About time someone did this article (I’ve been putting it off myself); too bad Errol totally botches the 52 AD contests, leaving Vito's guy out of the male leader race, and ignoring the female leader race entirely. Will Vito veto Brooklyn voters? Upstart challengers vs. the borough boss www.nydailynews.com Walk right back. Donovan says 'no mosque' near Ground Zero www.silive.com Pissed off and pissed on. Drunken man urinates on mosque floor - NYPOST.com www.nypost.com
Where TF is it anyway? Never thought I’d be linking the ponderous Mort Kondracke, but he gets it almost all right, including the part about Spain. CQ Politics | Bush Had It Right on Islam After 9/11 www.cqpolitics.com As someone who's not been uncritical of the behavior of the Islamic Street, or its apologists, I have no problem with the major thrust of Dothan’s column. He's dead-on about not holding moderate Muslims to unrealistic standards, and he's right-on about holding them to realistic ones. Even with what appears to be an admirable record, Rauf is not exempt from criticism (although some of Rauf's harshest critiques of America echo comments made by people like Bill Kristol and even Glenn Beck), and I reserve the right to criticize him myself (for something other than naiveté). My problems here is Douthat's application of this point to the current Young Men’s Islamic Association controversy. My response after reading this column is "and therefore, what?" What does trusting, but verifying Rauf have to do with Rauf’s right to have the laws applied to him without every tin pot Republican demagogue calling for the use of any and every governmental weapon at hand to stop him? For a conservative, Douthat is OK, but when it comes to his good faith, I'll trust but verify. Imam Rauf and Moderate Islam - NYTimes.com douthat.blogs.nytimes.com Ingraham morphs into John Kerry--she supported The Young Men’s Islamic association before she opposed it. Stringer and Ingraham | The Empire empire.wnyc.org
Does the First Amendment apply to medical malpractice? pls don't remove charles barron from the eye of the electorate, after all, what are we gonna do for racial humor without him??
paladino is the only hope for nys since the repubs stupidly threw levy under the bus; who'd you rather have in charge of your store, someone who's been productive in life and knows how to make an honest buck, or a political hack who destroyed our economy with wacky policies while at hud?? i'll take the guy who knows how to deal with a penny. at the heart of it, the anointed one is just another dem; another silver lackey; another union sycophant; another tax and spend dem. frankly, i don't believe his 250 pages, idealistic though they may be; he'll cave in a heartbeat, soon as silver snaps his fingers.
islamic societies are totally controlled; the media; the thinking; (are they allowed to have tv's and radio's??) the ones with brains are friends of the west anyhow, they want freedom; the rest are an unwashed mass controlled by their imams and statz policei.
Gateface your missing the point anyone who is unraveled like Doug' mother has done to your very weak assemblywoman will not be around for long
Pension-gate: Millman's Double Dipping Problem Assemblywoman gives an incorrect explanation on why she is collecting 2 govt paychecks at the same time and misleads about her intentions to defer Former President Richard Nixon learned the lesson that the cover-up was more damaging than the crime. Apparently Assembly Millman has not learned that lesson. According to a report in Crain’s NY, Assemblywoman Joan Millman says she erred in a debate last week against challenger Doug Biviano when she said that she could not defer her teacher's pension while she works in the Assembly. “She can, but she won't.” In the interview, the assemblywoman was attempting damage control for a question she answered at a debate when Biviano asked her if she was double-dipping (receiving two government paychecks at the same time). Millman’s answer to Biviano at the debate was that she was collecting two government paychecks because of pension fund rules. The assemblywoman stated in the debate, “You can’t rescind it (pension) and so I’ve been collecting it.” When Biviano asked Millman whether she would defer her pension if the rules allowed her to suspend her payments while she was serving as assemblywoman, she responded, “If that had been an option, sure.” Millman was forced to flip-flop on her pension suspension explanation at the debate to Crain’s after a story appeared a few days after the debate in the Brooklyn Paper’s online edition that stated the pension law allowed her to suspend her pension without any penalties. A reporter at the paper checked with the Teachers Retirement System website, which clearly states that educators can “voluntarily suspend their retirement allowance by filing a ‘Retirement Allowance Suspension/Resumption Form.’ ” Her intention to defer also flip-flops in the Crain's report.
Video of the Biviano Vs Millman debate is available on the internet: http://bivforbrooklyn.com/blog/122-double-dipping-joan-millman
I am so happy that the ugly (inside and out) crazy old gym teacher reaped what she had sowed. She could have gotten her argument across by saying “N word” and not using the word and by not saying “don’t NAACP me” and “Don’t marry out of your race ” but like Michael Richards AKA “Cosmo Kramer”, she ends up the trash heap of history, a history of her own making. I am so happy that the free market AKA sponsors started to pull their ads (I guess they were exercising their free speech) and she finally realized that she was just another “run of the mill gabby” and her days were numbered. She realized that she was not as smart as she thought she was, finally! We are all adults here and we all know that we cannot control how others will respond to our comments, but it nothing to do about First Amendment rights (how exactly did the government stop her? They didn’t) and street talk and more about being held responsible for our actions and words. The first three times she used the word might not have been in anger but the last eight she was filled with hate, so good riddance. Palin was the one who got bent over the use of the word “Retard” (she wanted someone fired for using it once), Palin also said that the people have the right to build the Mosque in NY, but out of respect for the 9/11 families they shouldn’t, but I guess this same standard is not applicable to Laura Schlessinger. Do you see the hypocrisy? The problem with Palin is the same when she mistakenly referred to Ronald Reagan Eureka College, being in California and we all know its in Illinois, same thing, she does not fact check anything she is going to say. She is soooo Palin! http://vodpod.com/watch/3933949-keith-olbermann-mocks-sarah-palins-imbecility-stupidity-video http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-24-2010/the-hurt-talker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhGk6eF65Fo  Not sure any of the other comments is even worth acknowledging Post new comment |
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The persistent rumor about Schnederman having an Episcopalian Baptismal Certificate is undoubtedly true.