Candidate Launches Hurricane Sandy-Themed Political Party
A candidate for City Council in a Sandy-ravaged Far Rockaway district is running on a hurricane-themed party line. Selvena Brooks is filing petitions to get on the ballot under the name of the “Rebuild...
View ArticleRatchet, My Dear Watson: Urban Dictionary Gives IBM’s Supercomputer a Filthy...
In order to pass the Turing Test, a computer must display both emotional and intellectual behavior that’s almost indistinguishable from that of humans. IBM’s most famous supercomputer, Watson, is...
View ArticleAssemblyman Hikind Compares Hagel to Politician Who Appeased Hitler
Assemblyman Dov Hikind is not in the least bit pleased about President Barack Obama nominating former Senator Chuck Hagel to be his new Secretary of Defense. Mr. Hikind, a prominent pol in Brooklyn’s...
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Greenpoint Sculpture Splattered With Pigeon-Poop-Like Paint
(Friends of McGolrick/Winthrop Park) With less than a week left until the 150th Anniversary of the U.S.S. Monitor’s sinking, a monument erected in celebration of the ship fell prey to tasteless...
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Even Louis C.K. Is Confounded by the City’s Old Parking Signs
Huh? (FX/Tumblr) At today's press conference unveiling the new and improved parking signs for Midtown, quite a few reporters questioned the actual need for redesigning the street signs. Both...
View ArticlePols Rage at Mayor for Comparing Teachers Union to N.R.A.
Last Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, frustrated with the current state of contract negotiations with the city’s teachers union, caused a political dust-up when he compared the leadership of the...
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Al Roker Sharted in White House, No Longer Begs Wife for Sex [Video]
"I pooped my pants," confessed Roker. (NBC) Al Roker, who is a very famous weatherman (or so we've been told), admitted on Dateline last night that he pooped in his pants at the White House after his...
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Will Big Nicks Become Another Casualty of UWS Hyper-Gentrification?
Big Nick's (NY Mag). Big Nick's might not be to everyone's liking, but it has certainly made an effort to suit everyone's tastes. In a city of increasingly "curated" dining experiences and foraged...
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Hear No Evil: UES Residents Rally Against Audible Crosswalks
The sound of silence is popular on the UES. Last week, angry Upper East Side residents sounded off at Community Board 8 meeting. The cause of the controversy? Noise pollution from audible crosswalk...
View ArticleSource: Reddit’s Angel Round Comes with ‘Outrageous’ Terms
Earlier today AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka offered up a new spin on rumors roiling that Reddit is trying to raise a round of outside funding. This past Sunday, TechCrunch reported that Reddit is in the...
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Wired EIC Scott Dadich Names New Editorial Team
Wired's new EIC Scott Dadich is settling into the magazine's San Francisco office, where he moved over the holidays, and his new role on the masthead. And as part of the transition, he has named a new...
View ArticleStatus Anxiety: Kenny Schachter Dives into Facebook’s Art-World Trenches
In the age of hunched-over iPhone overachievers, Facebook has birthed a hybrid form of participatory art chat, a free-for-all dialogue sometimes charged with a level of meanness that would do an HBO...
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Douglas Durst Floats Plan for Tech Offices and Galleries to Save Pier 40
Play ball, write some code, sip a cappuccino. (Dattner Architects) Let's take this plan for a spin. (Dattner Architects) Last month, Douglas Durst walked away from the Friends of Hudson River Park...
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Rock Creek Capital Founder James Dahl Sells One Beacon Spread For $13.5 M.
The apartment set a new price per square foot record. Businessman James H. Dahl and wife Kathleen have decided to bow out of their three-bedroom, 3.5-bath condo at One Beacon Court, the tower beloved...
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Court Puts Breaks On Posh Park Eatery
(Geoffrey Croft/NYC Park Advocates) This judge can really dish it out. New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur F. Engoron has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Union Square...
View ArticleNRA President Fires Back at Cuomo
National Rifle Association President David Keene gave a rare post-Newtown interview on the Brooklyn GOP Radio podcast this evening in which he responded to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s vow to bring New York...
View ArticleGawker and Journal News Gun Lists Come Under Fire From NRA Head
In his interview on the Brooklyn GOP Radio podcast this evening, NRA President David Keene was asked about the controversial articles on Gawker and in the Journal News that contained lists of gun...
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Doubleday To Publish Hardcover Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy
Doubleday is all set to release the mega-bestselling, softcore BDSM trilogy in hardcover on January 29, the publishing house officially announced this morning. The hardcover editions of the insanely...
View ArticleAlligator Enthusiast Mulling Mayoral Campaign
As the field of mayoral candidates competing for Gracie Mansion continues to grow, Politicker stumbled upon a contender who has, thus far, flown under the radar of local political insiders. Amid the...
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Owner of ‘Pizza Goat’ Accused of Sexually Assaulting Drunk Woman
Cyrus Fakroddin The man with the lovable pizza-eating goat is now the man with an arrest record. Cyrus Fakroddin was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman. Fakroddin...
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