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The story of Joseph Stack is a tragedy, of an extremely confused and disturbed man who sought to terrorize innocent civilians and employees of the government in the interests of his own sick, twisted agenda. It’s also, paradoxically, a tale of incredible fortune and serendipity. Unfortunately, it also seems to be an opportunity for partisans on [...] Not content with twice-weekly multi-state Mega Millions, Lotto, Take 5, Win 4, Daily Numbers, Sweet Millions, Pick 10, and Quick Draw, New York State is now offering PowerBall — the original multi-million, newsmaking jackpot bonanza — as well as part of its standard lottery offerings. I guess this has to be expected in the wake of [...] I could see the smoke from miles away on the Whitestone Expressway, a thick acrid black shroud of destruction tearing its way through a commercial strip in my hometown Jackson Heights. In the aftermath, it would turn out to be a four-alarm fire of questionable (or at least “unknown”) cause and all storefronts on the [...] Arriving soon, courtesy of the municipal government of the City of New York: the “official” NYC condom, in a special limited designer edition! After assessing hundreds of possible package designs for a special limited-edition NYC Condom, a panel of judges has selected five finalists. The Health Department has received nearly 600 entries since December [...] In the interest of full disclosure, “House, MD” could be my favorite television show of all time. The combination of pithy, sarcastic humor, witty banter, and grave seriousness match my own twisted personality nearly perfectly, and I can easily watch each episode time and again, one after another, without even remotely suffering from boredom or [...] With so-called comprehensive healthcare reform all but passed in the United States Senate, it seems certain that our nation will soon nationalize a major segment of our economy and place it under strict, socialist government control. I will spare you for now a thorough discussion on the merits and demerits of such a system, aside [...] When historians compile a list of New York’s greatest leaders one day, it seems unlikely that our current accidental occupant of the governor’s mansion, will find his name etched into inclusion. Despite his near blindness, alleged infidelities and drug abuse, David Paterson built himself a steady if unspectacular life as a career politician in one [...] If you ever wanted a clearer picture of the perils of one-party ideological rule in a jurisdiction, look no further than the continued reign and candidacy of New York’s own Napoleonic Mayor, Mike Bloomberg. Mayor Mike, as he likes to be called, was a lifelong Democrat until political expediency (avoiding a crowded primary battle) saw him [...] (A post in which I “mash-up” my two favorite topics: politics and association management…and in the interest of full disclosure, this is NOT about anything happening at my own association, just one of those random things that can come only to me while reading a wide array of blogs related to both news and my [...] So, a few weeks back, I had to attend a conference in Miami with one of my beloved coworkers. Since we were flying there together out of Newark Liberty International Airport, we decided it would be best for me to head over to her place in Lodi, near the airport, and leave my car there [...] Does it chill anyone else out there to the very bone that NASA has started a program it tongue-in-cheekly refers to as “Singularity University?” In a spare one-room office at Nasa’s Silicon Valley campus, a small band of futurists is plotting to save the world. The means are not a revolutionary technology or a [...] I don’t know about you, but if it ever comes to pass that I need to be cut wide open and have my insides poked and prodded by a trained specialist, I want to be freaking out cold when it happens and remember nothing upon awakening. In India, though, some revolutionary new techniques involve keeping the [...] Now that April 15th has come and gone, let us turn our attention not to the unjust and coerced tithing of the American citizenry but rather towards our favorite and most humble civil servant and tax collector, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Finance. When last we left Martha Stark, she had abruptly [...] The political world remains transfixed on a small, otherwise nondescript region of upstate New York; there, a hotly contested race for state’s seat in the 20th Congressional District remains too close to call, as Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy remain deadlocked in this highest of stakes. Really? One meager seat out of 435? Methinks [...] No doubt spurred into action by my scathing post from last night, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that a large array of AIG senior managers have graciously agreed to return their not-so-justly earned bonus compensation in the name of the greater good of the citizen taxpayer. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo [...] |
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