State trivia night:
The largest underground gold mine is located in this state. Answer HERE.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Required reading on a Wednesday
*Despite almost everyone in the free world knowing it's Larry Silverstein holding up the new World Trade Center development, Mayor Bloomberg is still backing his slappy and thus fighting progress.
*A driver managed to drive his car through a fence and rolled it over on the PATH tracks near Tonnele near Journal Square, delays continue.
*Disgraced Bayonne Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone continues to live in his own dream world where he did nothing wrong this time asking Mercer County Superior Court to throw out charges he and his wife stole money from aides.
*A driver managed to drive his car through a fence and rolled it over on the PATH tracks near Tonnele near Journal Square, delays continue.
*Disgraced Bayonne Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone continues to live in his own dream world where he did nothing wrong this time asking Mercer County Superior Court to throw out charges he and his wife stole money from aides.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Late night open thread
Stupid people elsewhere night:
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say a store owner and a patron thwarted a teen accused of trying to carry out a robbery by concealing a banana beneath his shirt to resemble a gun.
Winston-Salem authorities say 17-year-old John Szwalla entered the Internet cafe Thursday and demanded money, saying he had a gun.
The owner, Bobby Ray Mabe, said he and a customer jumped Szwalla, holding him until deputies arrived. While they waited, Mabe says the teen ate the banana.
Mabe says deputies took pictures of the peel. Forsyth County Sheriff's office spokesman Maj. Brad Stanley says deputies joked about charging Szwalla with destroying evidence.
Szwalla faces a charge of attempted armed robbery. Jail officials say he doesn't have an attorney.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say a store owner and a patron thwarted a teen accused of trying to carry out a robbery by concealing a banana beneath his shirt to resemble a gun.
Winston-Salem authorities say 17-year-old John Szwalla entered the Internet cafe Thursday and demanded money, saying he had a gun.
The owner, Bobby Ray Mabe, said he and a customer jumped Szwalla, holding him until deputies arrived. While they waited, Mabe says the teen ate the banana.
Mabe says deputies took pictures of the peel. Forsyth County Sheriff's office spokesman Maj. Brad Stanley says deputies joked about charging Szwalla with destroying evidence.
Szwalla faces a charge of attempted armed robbery. Jail officials say he doesn't have an attorney.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Jersey City does not need full time city council members at full time pay
Ward F councilwoman Viola Richardson is proposing that city council positions become full time jobs here in Jersey City. Her proposal would take effect in 2013 and if passed by the council would bump the pay grade up damn near 70K a year.
Why would we as a city need this? The city council will never agree to give up their other jobs on the gravytrain (Richardson already hauls in 90K a year as program monitor for the county jail, Bill Gaughan is chief of staff for County Executive Tom DeGise and makes almost 126K) so why should we reward them with pay for two full time jobs we the taxpayers of Hudson County and Jersey City will end up paying for?
Steve Fulop, who has an interest in full time city council members PROVIDED they give up other city and county civil jobs told Richardson this at last night's meeting:
"I think is being out of touch a little bit with what's going on."
Her response?
"Don't tell me it's out of touch, it's for 2013."
What the hell does that mean? It's not out of touch because this idiocy is proposed for 2013? Sorry Viola, once again you make no sense.
Now, we've had our fair share of fun with Mayor Jerramiah Healy but on this topic, he's right. His office said not only does the city not have the resources to pay the extra roughly 500K in salary but in making the city council positions full time is would preclude those with full time jobs from serving, every citizen's right. Well said Mr. Healy.
Richardson's plan fails on three fronts, citizen participation, funding, and the fact she and others will non commit to giving up taxpayer funded jobs they already have.
It also sounds like somebody wants their job to turn full time before the state of New Jersey cuts the pension money for part time government employees.
Why would we as a city need this? The city council will never agree to give up their other jobs on the gravytrain (Richardson already hauls in 90K a year as program monitor for the county jail, Bill Gaughan is chief of staff for County Executive Tom DeGise and makes almost 126K) so why should we reward them with pay for two full time jobs we the taxpayers of Hudson County and Jersey City will end up paying for?
Steve Fulop, who has an interest in full time city council members PROVIDED they give up other city and county civil jobs told Richardson this at last night's meeting:
"I think is being out of touch a little bit with what's going on."
Her response?
"Don't tell me it's out of touch, it's for 2013."
What the hell does that mean? It's not out of touch because this idiocy is proposed for 2013? Sorry Viola, once again you make no sense.
Now, we've had our fair share of fun with Mayor Jerramiah Healy but on this topic, he's right. His office said not only does the city not have the resources to pay the extra roughly 500K in salary but in making the city council positions full time is would preclude those with full time jobs from serving, every citizen's right. Well said Mr. Healy.
Richardson's plan fails on three fronts, citizen participation, funding, and the fact she and others will non commit to giving up taxpayer funded jobs they already have.
It also sounds like somebody wants their job to turn full time before the state of New Jersey cuts the pension money for part time government employees.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Late night open thread
In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
Ya don't say.
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Ya don't say.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Johnny just had a wonderful walk through our fair city
And you can feel Spring in the air and it was quite apparent that people were getting in the Spring mood as everyone seemed to be in a good mood except for the one guy with the brushcut and the 3/4 length leather (pleather) coat who was acting all angry and yelling at his imagined demons walking west up Newark Ave.
Jersey City, Spring looks good on you...
Jersey City, Spring looks good on you...
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Late night open thread
Notable quotes night:
“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”
--George Carlin
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“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”
--George Carlin
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Let's actually discuss movies and films you think got pimped on the Best Picture Award
OK, there are two GLARING mistakes the Academy has made in Johnny's eyes (Actually three but we'll get to that).
Which movies do YOU think got the shaft? Anything you're still mad about?
Here's Johnny's short list; In 1979 the Academy must have gone on a three day bender and the male voters must have had a bad case of Meryl Streep love when they somehow managed to give the Best Picture award to Kramer vs. Kramer over the Hollywood epic Apocalypse Now. How did this happen? Anyone? Anyone? Apocalypse Now has become so iconic people quote it, you can't hear Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkries' without thinking about it. It's battle scenes are almost unmatched. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne and Harrison Ford lost to Kramer vs Kramer. Uh huh.
Johnny's other peeve is 1996 when The English Patient beat the Coen Brothers classic Fargo. Just think about that for a minute. Heinous.
Johnny's third and lesser complaint is that the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't win more awards. The Academy seemed to still hold fantasy films at arms length until they realized if Return of the King didn't win they stood to lose all credibility. Tonight the favorite again is a fantasy film, James Cameron's Avatar. The Rings trilogy made getting backing for these other fantasy films so much easier.
Which movies do YOU think got the shaft? Anything you're still mad about?
Here's Johnny's short list; In 1979 the Academy must have gone on a three day bender and the male voters must have had a bad case of Meryl Streep love when they somehow managed to give the Best Picture award to Kramer vs. Kramer over the Hollywood epic Apocalypse Now. How did this happen? Anyone? Anyone? Apocalypse Now has become so iconic people quote it, you can't hear Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkries' without thinking about it. It's battle scenes are almost unmatched. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne and Harrison Ford lost to Kramer vs Kramer. Uh huh.
Johnny's other peeve is 1996 when The English Patient beat the Coen Brothers classic Fargo. Just think about that for a minute. Heinous.
Johnny's third and lesser complaint is that the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't win more awards. The Academy seemed to still hold fantasy films at arms length until they realized if Return of the King didn't win they stood to lose all credibility. Tonight the favorite again is a fantasy film, James Cameron's Avatar. The Rings trilogy made getting backing for these other fantasy films so much easier.
A celebration of film today
And we'll kick it off with the 1961 winner of Best Picture, the New York love story 'West Side Story'.
It seems in 1961 gang members would hold dance offs over turf with the occasion knife. We like this stylized form of turf war better than drive by shootings.
It seems in 1961 gang members would hold dance offs over turf with the occasion knife. We like this stylized form of turf war better than drive by shootings.
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