Month: August 2008
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Trying to Revive Manufacturing In Brooklyn: A Futile Cause
Dennis Holt, in the Eagle, thinks that trying to save good jobs in Brooklyn is a lost cause. His main point is that the Brooklyn waterfront is not going to rise again as a industrial powerhouse – you know, containerization and all that. And he has a point. But only up to a point. In…
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A Noun, A Verb and…
John McCain (who is not a celebrity) appeared on the Tonight Show for the 13th time last night. In response to jokes from Jay Leno about McCain’s inability to remember how many houses he owns, McCain (reluctantly, I’m sure) responded by talking about his five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
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Hipsters Just Don’t Get It
As you’ve no doubt heard, David Byrne has designed a host of location-specific bike racks for the sidewalks of NYC. Williambsburg is Dead is not impressed, and based on field observations this evening, he clearly speaks for his generation. This is the Williamsburg bike rack, on Bedford and North 6th Street. Note the bicycles chained…
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Bloomberg Said to Test a Term-Limit Reversal
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/nyregion/23bloomberg.html?ex=1377230400&en=a30318d6ba0b373f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Obama-Biden ’08
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24biden.html?ex=1377230400&en=f0d1737fd50580a0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Last McCarren Concert an Obama Fundraiser
http://greenbrooklyn.com/brooklyn-for-barack-jellynyc-co-host-obama-fundraiser-as-last-mccarren-park-pool-party-ever-sun-aug-24/2008/08/21/
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Lowering the Drinking Age
http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=39f0e579f239022e1f4a5802dc577b20