As for those LED lights now adorning the Empire State Building

We realize the "disco ball" light show the other night was just that, swirling and going through all the lights and combinations to show all of New York and New Jersey what they could do. A lot of people were wowed by this according to the many videos up on Youtube of the event. Here's Johnny's take. Yes, the solid light colors will work much better as they are brighter and can be seen better from longer distances. The addition of more colors is fine.

But can we keep it from the disco ball swirling lights we saw the other night? Can we keep this iconic lighted superstructure from say "cheapening" itself by the swirly lights ALL the time? Can we keep it like it was before where it was lit up in certain colors for certain holidays and certain events without the need for this?


Yes, when the local sports teams win go crazy with their colors but for regular school nights, please for us photographers, can we keep solid colors as the norm?

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Make sure to go outside or look out your window and behold the moon and Jupiter locked in a race into the western sky all night long. Yes, that IS Jupiter.

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Remember when we warned that red-light cameras actually cause MORE accidents?

Well the only part we were wrong about is that they are also more costly insurance-wise than accidents at other intersections without red-light cameras. Johnny has raised a stink to the level people in certain offices detest him over this issue. He sure wishes New Jersey residents, Jersey City residents in particular would finally STAND UP to our current administration and tell them no more and pull down the ones they have installed now.

Hey, it's YOUR safety kids.

If you won't listen to Johnny will you listen to the New Jersey Department of Transportation?

A New Jersey Department of Transportation analysis of two dozen intersections that have had the automated traffic cops for at least a year found that accidents — particularly rear-end crashes — have increased, and the collisions are more costly.

Then there is this from a representative of one of the companies making a killing with your money FOR DOING NOTHING, they EXPECTED these accidents:

"Driver behavior doesn’t change overnight, but the findings in this report are largely consistent with programs around the country," said Charles Territo...

Consistent, so costly accidents go up for at least a year? That's nice isn't it? 

Read more on this dalliance with your safety and your insurance rates and then please contact your local elected representatives and tell them no more and get rid of the cameras already installed.

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Johnny was part of an online discussion tonight when the topic of immigration came up. One of the posters was adamant that we needed to build a 200 foot tall fence along the border with Mexico. Johnny asked to make sure, 200 feet? Yes, 200 feet tall was the reply. Johnny then asked the person since a story is about ten feet he was proposing a wall about 20 stories tall. Johnny then asked said person exactly how high he thought illegal immigrants were capable of jumping.

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See Spot Rescued is having an adoption event this upcoming Saturday

And what goes better with the Holiday season that a warm puppy? Or a wonderful older pup who is just aces with kids and families? Our friends at See Spot Rescued are holding an adoption event this upcoming Saturday at K9dergarten at 173 Newark Ave. from 12-4.

See Spot Rescued has a wonderful selection of great dogs looking for a forever home. If you follow this link to their Facebook page you can see some of the great pooches ready for adoption. The dogs come spayed or neutered and are microchipped and up to date on vaccinations. How does Johnny know this? He adopted his Game of Thrones dire wolf from SSR (well OK they'd probably get upset with Johnny saying they have actual dire wolves for adoption so let's just say a small dire wolf lookalike). You will be AMAZED at how cute these pups are. Johnny never misses a chance to tell people when they comment how cute his dog is that he got her from See Spot Rescued. People seem surprised that it's not a dog with three legs or cut up from dogfighting. NO, these pups are cute and loving and wonderful.

They just need you.

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If the Vikings were around today, they would probably be amazed at how much glow-in-the-dark stuff we have, and how we take so much of it for granted.
-- Jack Handey

(Celebrating post #4000 tonight here at the Jersey City Desk)

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The Devils are in Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs tonight

Oh wait, no they're not. That's right. There is no game because Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman are both greedy assholes who don't give a shit about the true NHL fans. They only care about themselves.

It's a news roundup kind of day

* Snow and rain await us this evening into tomorrow. The snow could accumulate an inch.

* Jersey City spends/wastes over $15 million a year in "longevity pay" for city employees.

* Armed suspects in Union County tied up Target employees and robbed the place without any other Target employees noticing.

* Governor Christie's approval numbers are way up after Superstorm Sandy.

* Authorities had to remove WWII ordnance from a home in southern New Jersey before it went boom.

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Johnny's Browns don't beat the Steelers very often. Once every six years seems to be about the norm. They won today which means it's joke time. How does a Steelers fan deal with a bad hair day? Answer in comments.

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PATH Updates: Exchange Place and WTC are back on line tomorrow

Again, limited hours for Exchange Place and the WTC stops, 5am til 10pm just like the other stops when they started back up. Also of note, 9th St. and Christopher St. stops will be allowing normal traffic beginning tomorrow.

So, the only PATH station/stop not running is Hoboken. We have no word on when it will be back up. The Port Authority is still doing their best imitation of a dead person when it comes to giving information. The announcement of the WTC, Exchange Place and the 9th and Christopher St. updates were made by Governors Christie and Cuomo. So it would appear Hoboken is cut off from the rest of the world for another week or so. Somebody at the Port Authority needs to see the back of the unemployment line after this. ALL the other stations are back up and running. Hoboken? Not so much. No word, no update. Why does the Port Authority even bother with a Twitter account to update riders? They have 3 posts in the last 9 days.