August 2011
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“It wasn’t until Wednesday — three days after Hurricane Irene left the area —...”
– Marcia Kramer on Andrew Cuomo’s response to Hurricane Irene.
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New York Times backs Weprin, Slaps Koch
The New York Times endorsement in the NY-9 race pushes back on former Mayor Ed Koch, who succeeded in making this, for a little while, a referendum on President Obama’s policies toward Israel.
But ultimately, it was Republican Bob Turner’s fiscal conservatism that, not surprisingly, sunk him with the Times edit board.
Mr. Turner argues that the federal budget needs to be cut by as much...
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“ ‘Bloomberg 3’ has run its course.”
– Scott Stringer to the New York Times, discussing the potential impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement in the 2013 mayor’s race.
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Guess the New York Post Headline: Earthquake...
What will they come up with?
“How about ‘Earth goes up and down: Just like a hooker’s drawers” suggested Alex Kantrowitz.
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“‘He used his orthodoxy to say gay marriage is kosher. That crossed the line.”
– Dov Hikind explaining why he may not support a fellow Orthodox Jewish Democrat in the NYS Assembly, David Weprin, for congress in NY-9. [Carl Campanile / NY Post]
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“As for cheating, there were 225 complaints last year, up from 68 in 2003; this...”
– Sharon Otterman / New York Times
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“What’re you doing in the pedestrian path?” the jogger called out,...”
– Daily News editorial
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““He’s the patriarch,” said state Sen. John Thrasher, a...”
– William March / Tampa Tribune
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“In the last year, Queens experienced a tornado, two record-breaking blizzards...”
– Domenick Rafter / Queens Tribune
Meeting With Both Sides Tweet of the Day →
thebrooklynpolitics:
Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn Congressman Michael Grimm, taking some time to talk to Abbas on his AIPAC-sponsored trip to Israel.
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“Christie privately lambasted Bloomberg as ‘Napoleon,’ ‘a dictator’ and ‘a putz’”...”
– Josh Margolin and Bob Fredericks / New York Post
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“Most of the candidates who pay tribute to [Sharpton] aren’t nearly as...”
– Harry Siegel / Village Voice
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“They will fail.”
– Senator Gillibrand on Michele Bachmann and GOP’s plans to keep Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and other anti-LGBT federal laws.
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my conversation with Isaac Weinberger
isaac: what is this newspaper, new york capital? azi: it’s a web site. no paper. how did you hear about it? isaac: it was in crain’s insider this morning. what will you be covering? azi: politics, all of it. isaac: okay. call me and we’ll talk. okay. bye.
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“The bully also relieves Golden of his tax refund every year.”
– from the front page story of this week’s Black Star News
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“With strong hints from statewide Democrats close to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that...”
– Robert McCarthy in Buffalo News
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“I got tickled by watching Governor Perry announce for governor, for president....”
– Bill Clinton on Texas Governor Rick Perry, who just entered the Republican presidential primary.
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“[San Francisco transportation officials] shut down underground cellphone service...”
– Dan Schreiber / SF Examiner
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Why was my August 8 copy of the New Yorker on the...
A) Thief is done reading it.
B) New Yorker delivery in Brooklyn really is that bad.
C) Evidence of my undiagnosed sleep-reading disorder.
D) [Insert your answer here]
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““You are an angel,” Weinstein gushed.
“That’s the first time anybody’s ever...”
– Harvey Weinstein and Barack Obama talk about Andrew Cuomo, during a fund-raiser last night in Weinstein’s home.
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“But [Schumer’s] latest small-bore issue didn’t exactly resonate in...”
– Lou Michel of Buffalo News
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“He said it had helped him to live on the Upper West Side, rather than in a...”
– Alec Baldwin, in a New York Times interview about possibly running for mayor.
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“Rubenstein proposed two possible statements: One said it was “inconceivable that...”
– from Andrew Rice’s piece about Ground Zero.
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“Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his administration is actively investigating whether to...”
– Associated Press
“After nearly 200 years, the House page program that allowed high school students...”
– Associated Press
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“She asked me then to please leave Congress and I said I would.” And to leave...”
– Governor Hugh Carey
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“While describing [Hurricane Katrina], which crippled New Orleans for a time,...”
– via Sridhar Pappu of Fast Company
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“When he announced that he was running for governor of the State of New York, the...”
– Ed Koch on the late Governor Hugh Carey. 