Macy's likes to talk about a lot of things. Their commitment to the NYC area, their parade and fireworks on big holidays and of course they love talking about what's on sale.
But here's something the local media wasn't going to give Macy's credit for, that they so very much deserve to have shouted from rooftops; Macy's helped lobby Texas Governor Rick Perry to veto the Texas Living Wage bill.
Yes, the same Texas governor who not too long ago said all kinds of nasty things about New York City and promised to take jobs away from the area and relocate them to Texas. Macy's seemingly didn't hear Perry when he was in the city last OR they just don't care:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) vetoed a bill this summer to help prevent wage discrimination after receiving letters against the measure from retailers like Macy's and Kroger Food Stores, according to documents newly obtained by the Houston Chronicle.
Macy's is using your money to screw over current and future employees in the Republic of Texas, how classy. But why no mention of it here Macy's? If you feel so confident that lobbying against your employees getting more take home pay is in everyone's best interests why not post it on your corporate Facebook page? Why not put a statement out on your company website happily admitting how you spend your lobbying money.
We just thought Macy's might like us to talk about how they spend their lobbying money so everyone up here in the free states of New York and New Jersey can decide if they still want to support a company with such shitty corporate values. Forty-two states have passed equal pay laws similar to the one Perry vetoed. Women currently make only 77 cents for every dollar men earn.
Thanks Macy's, we're going to show you for who you really are...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Late night open thread
If your birthday is today (8/7) you share it with the very lovely and talented Charlize Theron. She was born in 1975.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Jersey City's Razza Pizza lands a pie on America's 33 best
The website Thrillist put together a list of the best pizzas in America and just what makes them so darned tasty. Razza Pizza at 275 Grove St. had their Artiginale land on the best list:
This is the best Neapolitan pizza that you better not call Neapolitan pizza. The crispy edged wood-fired pies at downtown Razza's serve up nothing but seasonally harvested New Jersey-everything, from the locally milled flour to the wild yeast that eats it before you devour fresh mozz, house-made sausage, and shaved onions baked in a secret sauce-blend of heirloom tomatoes.
Congrats to Razza Pizza, expect these Artiginale's to be flying out of the kitchen.
This is the best Neapolitan pizza that you better not call Neapolitan pizza. The crispy edged wood-fired pies at downtown Razza's serve up nothing but seasonally harvested New Jersey-everything, from the locally milled flour to the wild yeast that eats it before you devour fresh mozz, house-made sausage, and shaved onions baked in a secret sauce-blend of heirloom tomatoes.
Congrats to Razza Pizza, expect these Artiginale's to be flying out of the kitchen.
Late night open thread
So sorry to hear about the passing of former Detroit Red Wing Shawn Burr who was only 47. He was one of the good guys. He had a big heart. Always a fan favorite.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Monday, August 5, 2013
So, A-Roid gets a 211 game ban from MLB
They should ban this self-serving, lying, arrogant douchcanoe for life. Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, all of 'em. Don't care who they play for or how many RBI's they have. Broom the bunch.
Maybe a guy you'd never associate with baseball said it best in the dying moments of the Sex Pistols at the Winterland in San Francisco. Baseball fans FF this video to the :30 second mark and you'll immediately get the sentiment.
That is all. Carry on.
Maybe a guy you'd never associate with baseball said it best in the dying moments of the Sex Pistols at the Winterland in San Francisco. Baseball fans FF this video to the :30 second mark and you'll immediately get the sentiment.
That is all. Carry on.
Fast casual dining? What huh?
It wouldn't be the Jersey City Desk if we weren't ignoring perfectly good news for craptastic infotainment.
An article in The South Jersey Times points out that a kind of dining known as "fast casual" has caught on in a big way with fast casual restaurants like Smashburger, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Chipotle, Zoe’s Kitchen and Panera Bread doing so well these days they are having to move money to go to the bathroom.
Fast casual food is for people with just a little time to wolf down calorie-laden grub as opposed to those who are driven to get more done in a day by eating plain calorie-laden fast food in their officecars. Want Johnny's opinion? Just eat in your car or truck but don't make fast food your only option. As long as you have your seat belt on correctly and aren't talking on your cell phone or texting, all three of which have giant punishments behind them, you might as well boil your noodles for your Neptune salad in the passenger seat with propane from your camping gear. Hell make it steak and eggs and grill it right in the car as you drive. Other than some weak 'distracted driving' slaps on the wrist there are no serious penalties for cooking while driving, unlike using your phone. Hey, put on a chef's hat while you're at it. Sell it. Flip those eggs over easy on the covered 1 & 9 like a boss.
There you go, in-car fast and casual dining. You're going too fast and you have a casual relationship with the brake. A recipe for real driving fun without the police involvement of texting!
An article in The South Jersey Times points out that a kind of dining known as "fast casual" has caught on in a big way with fast casual restaurants like Smashburger, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Chipotle, Zoe’s Kitchen and Panera Bread doing so well these days they are having to move money to go to the bathroom.
Fast casual food is for people with just a little time to wolf down calorie-laden grub as opposed to those who are driven to get more done in a day by eating plain calorie-laden fast food in their officecars. Want Johnny's opinion? Just eat in your car or truck but don't make fast food your only option. As long as you have your seat belt on correctly and aren't talking on your cell phone or texting, all three of which have giant punishments behind them, you might as well boil your noodles for your Neptune salad in the passenger seat with propane from your camping gear. Hell make it steak and eggs and grill it right in the car as you drive. Other than some weak 'distracted driving' slaps on the wrist there are no serious penalties for cooking while driving, unlike using your phone. Hey, put on a chef's hat while you're at it. Sell it. Flip those eggs over easy on the covered 1 & 9 like a boss.
There you go, in-car fast and casual dining. You're going too fast and you have a casual relationship with the brake. A recipe for real driving fun without the police involvement of texting!
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Late night open thread
Johnny's heading down to the shore for some r & r this weekend so we're gonna close up shop til Sunday night. Have a terrific weekend all. #SBF-146
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Farewell and adieu Maxwell's
Johnny obviously wasn't around for the halcyon days of Maxwell's but he knew of it even back in Michigan. It's one of those iconic places good bands go to work on their craft. It was a real rock and roll joint. Sadly last night was Maxwell's last night in existence as higher rents and a few assorted other issues have come to this, a final retrospective on Maxwell's and the goings-on last night.
But wait, before you put the last shovel of dirt on Maxwell's, there is this, a possibility that it will go on in some form in....wait for it.....Jersey City. Maxwell's now former co-owner and booking agent Todd Abramson said he thinks that Jersey City might just be where the ghost of Maxwell's might just turn up:
"My sense is that there would be much more support for what I do in Jersey City from both residents and the city itself than I'm finding in Hoboken right now."
White Eagle Hall is the spot being looked at (337-339 Newark Ave.) and here's hoping a deal can be worked out and good live music can once again captivate a new generation of listeners whether it's called Maxwell's South or Space Punk Palladia®, the music is what's important.
Not Johnny's favorite Bruce Springsteen song but it IS inside Maxwell's:
But wait, before you put the last shovel of dirt on Maxwell's, there is this, a possibility that it will go on in some form in....wait for it.....Jersey City. Maxwell's now former co-owner and booking agent Todd Abramson said he thinks that Jersey City might just be where the ghost of Maxwell's might just turn up:
"My sense is that there would be much more support for what I do in Jersey City from both residents and the city itself than I'm finding in Hoboken right now."
White Eagle Hall is the spot being looked at (337-339 Newark Ave.) and here's hoping a deal can be worked out and good live music can once again captivate a new generation of listeners whether it's called Maxwell's South or Space Punk Palladia®, the music is what's important.
Not Johnny's favorite Bruce Springsteen song but it IS inside Maxwell's:
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