Monthly Archives: April 2006

Bring Back Ari!

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush’s administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet. Appearing with Bush on … Continue reading

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It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

Just because the Transit Workers Union approved the contract 4 months later doesn’t mean the MTA is prepared to call it over… Given a second chance, transit workers have overwhelmingly ratified the contract offer they had narrowly rejected before – … Continue reading

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How to Get Me to Smile

Start a story with this: In the end, the Rangers came full circle. They entered the regular season expected to fall on their faces. And they exited it last night doing pretty much just that. Then, some 30 minutes after … Continue reading

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Angry Youth

I really don’t know what this kid’s problem was. I was sitting in my office minding my own business, when I look out the window. He had the receiver of the phone by the cord (you can see it swinging … Continue reading

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Budding

The tree growth in the neighborhood continues. These buds were on the tree next to the downtown side of the 5 subway platform at Morris Park.

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Ahem…

They were down in the division in 3rd place, behind the leader (Philadelphia at the time) by as many as 14 points… They were under .500 a few times early in the season… Scott Stevens retired before the season started… … Continue reading

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Fox Wants A Buck

Fox News is looking for a buck for broadcast rights. Is Fox News Channel worth a buck? Affiliates will decide. Officials at the network are floating a proposal seeking a license fee of $1 per month per subscriber. The asking … Continue reading

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Today’s Medical News from Captain Obvious

Researchers have figured out that people may be using medical sites for, er, “stimulus“… The researchers assessed request patterns received by the site over a 6-month period, in terms of diagnosis, age group and anatomic site. Of the more than … Continue reading

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Go Ahead Assholes… Sue Me…

Apparently some leftist scumsuckers are trying to raise money to sue Michelle Malkin for reprinting this press release: Students Kick Military Recruiters Off UC Santa Cruz Submitted by studentsagainstwar on Tue, 04/11/2006 – 1:37pm. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2006 … Continue reading

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TWU Local 100 Hit Hard With Penalties

In other courtroom news, TWU Local 100 which conducted an illegal strike the week before Christmas in 2005, was slammed by a Brooklyn judge for the illegal strike, and will suffer severe penalties. A judge fined Transport Workers Union Local … Continue reading

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I Love It When A Scumbag Pleas

All we’ve heard about for three years is how Sami Al-Arian, the loudmouthed anti-Israel terrorist supporter was innocent. An entire web site was built devoted to trying to rally support for the idea that he was merely an innocent political … Continue reading

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Brian May Backpeddles

May on the “Ace Young” controversy and Ace Young deciding he could change a legendary song to fit his somewhat meager voice: A member of the veteran rock group Queen has implied that he may have been used by the … Continue reading

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High Voltage Off Direct TV

As of midnight today, High Voltage, the XM Channel that carries Opie and Anthony was removed from Direct TV’s XM offerings (850-879), as was MLB Home plate. The move was apparently Direct TV’s idea to make sure that its “music” … Continue reading

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Spring is here…

The tree outside my terrace is starting to bloom… As the cliche goes, "spring has sprung."

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Mooning

We were driving home from Starbucks tonight, and I saw the moon on the east side of the highway. It was pretty amazingly large, so we got home and I grabbed my camera. We then headed over to City Island … Continue reading

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