Happy Easter from the Jersey City Desk

Let's learn about 'Easter' shall we? Professor Eddie Izzard is holding class this morning

Late night open thread

As seen here in Jersey City tonight.


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Riot police in New York City, on the wrong side as usual, assault a citizen exercising free speech

Helping prop up New School President, who should be out on his ass, the NYC police helped arrest 22 peaceful protesters who occupied a building on campus. They were charged with burglary, riot and criminal mischief charges. (What, no TERRORISM charges that the government is so fashionably tossing around like Mardi Gras beads anymore?). After the students retrenched in Union Square, they marched toward President Kerry's house and once again the police were on hand to stifle dissent.

Earlier as Der Fuhrer Bloomberg's police stormed the building being occupied a police officer knocked a man to the ground then a MOB of police officers arrested the man for daring to say to police "How Dare you". This now is an arrestable (and apparently assault-worthy) offense in New York when police are attacking, openly attacking first amendment speech.

This is gonna get ugly people, when strong arm police tactics stifle free speech they need to be stood up to. Maybe a few cops in NYC would to well to get a punch in the mouth and realize just how wrong they're being and just WHAT they stand violently in support of.

Get video of these cops people, get badge numbers, there are names hiding behind these badges and they MUST and WILL be held accountable in some way. They work FOR you, they are PUBLIC servants and thusly their names are PUBLIC record. Stand up to these thugs. YOU have rights against them too. Read and listen citizens (With a word and language warning for this clip):


Your Right of Defense Against Unlawful Arrest

"Citizens may resist unlawful arrest to the point of taking an arresting officer's life if necessary." Plummer v. State, 136 Ind. 306. This premise was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case: John Bad Elk v. U.S., 177 U.S. 529. The Court stated: "Where the officer is killed in the course of the disorder which naturally accompanies an attempted arrest that is resisted, the law looks with very different eyes upon the transaction, when the officer had the right to make the arrest, from what it does if the officer had no right. What may be murder in the first case might be nothing more than manslaughter in the other, or the facts might show that no offense had been committed."

It appears SOME local media outlets were fooled by the fake press release that Lil' Kim would be running for Mayor of Hoboken...

...but not the Jersey City Desk!

Seriously, Johnny is the kind of guy who INVENTS the fake press releases like that. Channel 7 in New York and 1010 WINS reported the bogus news. The Jersey Journal ran with the Channel 7 report and asked the speculative question if we'd be calling her Mayor.

Come on people, she's a convicted felon. Do we REALLY think she'd run for Mayor of Hoboken? Puh-leeze. Listen if fake news is gonna be run in the Jersey City Desk, we'll be the ones inventing it.

Late night open thread

Well, sadly the New Jersey City University Women's Bowling team lost to Nebraska-Omaha earlier today 4-3 to eliminate them from the NCAA title chase. Earlier in the day the NJCU women eliminated defending national champions Maryland Eastern-Shore 4-1-1. So, what did we learn? As the only Division III team to make it to the tournament, we're REALLY REALLY PROUD of the team. We applaud Candice D'Angelo, Jennifer Daunno, Nicole Drejerwski, Jenn Marmo, and Amanda Small. Jennifer Daunno had a 279 game this weekend, an AMAZING feat. Not far behind was Nicole Drejerwski with a 262 and Jenn Marmo with a 254. You could give Johnny 3 rolls per frame and he'd not score that high.

With no seniors on this team, the future is bright indeed. Thanks ladies, you didn't lose anything, you just didn't win. You rolled like champs.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Friday might MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE CLASH!

So Johnny is in NYC tonight having dinner at the fabulous restaurant '41' on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village (Quaint little place, excellent choices in food, both appetizers and main courses, and the staff went above and beyond as you're about to hear), and as he walks in he hears them playing The Clash. Now, that's pretty cool. A dinnertime Clash song, excellent mood setter. But hipsters, it wasn't just ONE Clash song, no it was an entire CD of Clash songs which really set a fantastic mood in the place. At one point, about the time the song 'Complete Control' came thumping through the sound system the barmaid thought maybe she had made a mistake in leaving the Clash on for the dinner hour. There weren't a whole lot of people there at the time and Johnny overheard her lament. He spoke up and said no, in fact it was the RIGHT choice for the dinner hour. Being the great gal she was, after one jazzy song by Louis Armstrong, she put the Clash back on. Johnny made sure her tip was a little bigger than it might have been, all because of the music.

So The Clash it is tonight and why not turn your speakers up for some dinner music, 'Complete Control'

Friday might MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with ELVIS COSTELLO!

Sherman, set the Way-Back Machine for 1977. He we'll find Elvis Costello on the old show Top of the Pops performing '(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes'. The video has a couple Elvis info nuggets and we're throwing in those for free tonight.

Friday might MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THOMPSON TWINS!

Oh the pogo dancing going on in the audience, it makes you wanna find a Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler to enjoy this 80's throwback clip. Pssssst, the Thompson Twins weren't even twins. Thomas Dolby played keyboards with the band (though not ever a member) early on and helped them touring. Here are the Thompson Twins with 'In the Name of Love'.

New Jersey City University Women's Bowling team rolls on in NCAA tourney

Our gals defeated the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore earlier today eliminating them and will now face The University of Nebraska-Omaha at 3:30 in a one and done situation, lose and you're out. The scoring of UNJC's victory is as follows:

(2) New Jersey City University (88-37) def. (3) University of Maryland Eastern Shore (115-41), 4-1-1
(208-200, 205-167. 169=163, 185-210, 202-202, 245-203); Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated

According to the NJCU Gothic Knight's webpage, the rest of the tourney shakes out like this:

Third Round (Friday, April 9), 3:30 p.m.
MATCH #9: (4) Vanderbilt University (88-20) vs. (6) University of Central Missouri (85-37)(Loser eliminated)
MATCH #10: (1) University of Nebraska-Lincoln (68-20) vs. (2) New Jersey City University (88-37) (Loser eliminated)
Fourth Round (Friday, April 9), 5:20 p.m.
MATCH #11: (5) Fairleigh Dickinson University (112-27) vs. Winner of Match #9
MATCH #12: (7) Delaware State University (119-36) vs. Winner of Match #10
Fifth Round (Saturday, April 11), 5 p.m. (if necessary)
MATCH #13: Winner of Match #11 vs. Loser of Match #11 (Loser eliminated)
MATCH #14: Winner of Match #12 vs. Loser of Match #12 (Loser eliminated)
Sixth Round (Saturday, April 11), 8 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (MATCH #15): Winner of Match #11/13 vs. Winner of Match # 12/14

UPDATE: Some screen shots of our gals in action and WINNG!!!

Friday morning open thread

Johnny's gonna go crucify intern Zoltron on this Good Friday for leaving the coffee maker on all last night. You all talk while Johnny pounds nails, and then goes and gets a new coffee maker.