If something is going to take 82 years to do it might as well happen in a Leap Day. The USA had never beaten Italy in a soccer match. Ever. In 82 years of trying they were 0-7-3. Italy had never lost an international match in Genoa. Both streaks came to an end today with this Clint Dempsey goal and a 1-0 USA victory.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Sad news today kids, Davy Jones of Monkees fame has passed at 66
So in our own little way we'll celebrate Davy with this little Monkees number 'Last Train to Clarksville'
Welcome to Leap Day!
Now, go get your umbrella. Not much in store weather-wise for February 29th this time around, we're expecting heavy rains later this morning and this afternoon. So get out there and run and around and make something of this once every four years free day. Say, free day, that sounds like a plan.
A little historical note on Leap Day, fellas, don't be surprised if a purty gal asks for your hand in marriage today:
"...a whimsical tradition dating back at least four centuries (and still trotted out at four-year intervals by newspaper feature writers) holds that leap years confer upon women the "privilege" of proposing marriage to men instead of the other way around. The convention was (in literature, if not in reality) that any man who refused such a proposal owed his spurned suitor a silk gown and a kiss — provided she was wearing a red petticoat at the moment she popped the question."
A little historical note on Leap Day, fellas, don't be surprised if a purty gal asks for your hand in marriage today:
"...a whimsical tradition dating back at least four centuries (and still trotted out at four-year intervals by newspaper feature writers) holds that leap years confer upon women the "privilege" of proposing marriage to men instead of the other way around. The convention was (in literature, if not in reality) that any man who refused such a proposal owed his spurned suitor a silk gown and a kiss — provided she was wearing a red petticoat at the moment she popped the question."
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Late night open thread
Some people need Hell. If you’re the type of guy who sees a hooker in an alleyway and instinctively thinks, “Hey, now there’s something I could rape and kill without any consequences,” then the concept of Hell might really keep you out of trouble.
--Sarah Silverman
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
--Sarah Silverman
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Remember the citizen initiative to bring attention to the crime issue here in Jersey City?
They have succeeded in getting two town hall-style meetings with Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Police Chief Tom Comey and several new detectives heading up the new Community Response Team.
Mayor Healy will no doubt get to double down on his "crime is not that bad the FBI says so" theme and tell residents, likely voting residents, it's all in the perception that roils from the media and the blogosphere. That could be a fun point of discussion. Or to a person who has had their house broken into and vandalized it DOES feel like a violent crime.
But back to the good of a citizen initiative. It's good this will be discussed openly and every question deserves an answer, not a spin answer. City council chambers, Thursday at 6pm, City Hall on Grove St.
280 Grove St.
Be there, Aloha.
Mayor Healy will no doubt get to double down on his "crime is not that bad the FBI says so" theme and tell residents, likely voting residents, it's all in the perception that roils from the media and the blogosphere. That could be a fun point of discussion. Or to a person who has had their house broken into and vandalized it DOES feel like a violent crime.
But back to the good of a citizen initiative. It's good this will be discussed openly and every question deserves an answer, not a spin answer. City council chambers, Thursday at 6pm, City Hall on Grove St.
280 Grove St.
Be there, Aloha.
NYPD Chief Ray Kelly REALLY thinks his jurisdiction reaches across the Hudson River
Yesterday Mr. "The Constitution is Really a Gray Area" Kelly said that New Jersey Lawmakers, Mayors and even Governor Chris Christie were wrong to even criticize his spying on Muslim communities since 9/11. Ray intoned he'd keep doing it.
We'll be brief then Ray. If we catch one of your wayward cops over here we may or MAY NOT participate in a "catch and release" program. If they're sticking their noses where they have no warrants, thus illegally spying on New Jersey residents, boy that could be a real problem over here. For you and for them. You know, pardon OUR sovereignty and all.
We value the rule of law here Ray, hopefully you and your spy ring won't have to find out how that gets enforced. We'd also certainly hope the police here in New Jersey get hold of your guys before many of the upset residents do. Do you think New Jersey police if approached couldn't help do it legally and right? Do you think they hate terrorists less than you Ray? Maybe they already had contacts in the areas. As Kids in the Hall comic Bruce McCullough once pointed out America (In this case specifically New York) "...that great lumbering beast that journeys tirelessly. Stops only to eat a clubhouse sandwich and pick its teeth with a matchbook cover and fall asleep with the teevee on....again."
So, are we as a state ok with freelancers working in their own shadow world?
We'll be brief then Ray. If we catch one of your wayward cops over here we may or MAY NOT participate in a "catch and release" program. If they're sticking their noses where they have no warrants, thus illegally spying on New Jersey residents, boy that could be a real problem over here. For you and for them. You know, pardon OUR sovereignty and all.
We value the rule of law here Ray, hopefully you and your spy ring won't have to find out how that gets enforced. We'd also certainly hope the police here in New Jersey get hold of your guys before many of the upset residents do. Do you think New Jersey police if approached couldn't help do it legally and right? Do you think they hate terrorists less than you Ray? Maybe they already had contacts in the areas. As Kids in the Hall comic Bruce McCullough once pointed out America (In this case specifically New York) "...that great lumbering beast that journeys tirelessly. Stops only to eat a clubhouse sandwich and pick its teeth with a matchbook cover and fall asleep with the teevee on....again."
So, are we as a state ok with freelancers working in their own shadow world?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Late night open thread
DId you know that until the mid-1800's marshmallows were used as a medicinal aid to soothe sore throats? It's true.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Devils at Rangers tonight at MSG
The trade deadline has come and gone and besides a couple minor deals neither the Devils nor Rangers went whole hog. Johnny thinks the Rangers were smart to not blow up their team for Rick Nash. Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make.
7:30 start tonight for teevee but it is sure to be a spirited affair with the Devils winning the last couple games against the Rangers and the Rags looking to defend the hallowed MSG ice over which they have two retired #9's.
The intensity now begins to ramp up and hockey gets even better. In the words of Jersey City native Martha Stewart "It's a good thing."
7:30 start tonight for teevee but it is sure to be a spirited affair with the Devils winning the last couple games against the Rangers and the Rags looking to defend the hallowed MSG ice over which they have two retired #9's.
The intensity now begins to ramp up and hockey gets even better. In the words of Jersey City native Martha Stewart "It's a good thing."
The failure of Mayor Healy's starry-eyed Snooki-mania
Mayor Healy, Jersey City here. Well of course not all of Jersey City, but we're guessing a pretty solid majority of Jersey City.
What were you thinking? When you decided to allow this Snooki and J-WOWW spin-off in Jersey City what information did you have that Dawn Zimmer in Hoboken and Cory Booker in Newark didn't have? Why would they turn this mess down (and Cory Booker out and out said it was over public safety and police distribution as to why the show was not welcome to film in Newark) and you allow it?
Saturday at LEAST 5 uniformed police stood around Mercer and Grove acting like total jerks to residents while the production crew shut down the intersection to film Snooki and J-WOWW walking from their pink-tinged Escalade to their new front door. All those police were needed somehow Mayor? Johnny was there, he was one of your taxpaying residents who was treated poorly by the JCPD. Johnny and five friends were waiting to get into Marco and Pepe's for brunch. The tables were full as was the lobby. We were waiting outside. A JCPD officer strolled over from doing nothing and told us we had to move along. Johnny and his party told the officer "NO, we're good waiting right here." He was more adamant "Move along, KEEP moving." Again we told him NO. "We have business with THIS restaurant we're standing in front of, we're causing no trouble." He walked away only to come back AGAIN after a couple minutes to again tell us we couldn't stand there.
Mayor Healy, is this what you wanted? People being harassed outside a Jersey City restaurant by your police? Do you want people to leave the downtown area and maybe go eat in Hoboken until we can not be bothered in OUR city in which WE pay taxes?
Once more, we told the officer we were, in no uncertain terms, NOT MOVING. We don't NEED to move. Finally officer friendly walked away to hassle people even FURTHER from where they were filming. Amazing.
Whom does the JCPD work for, MTV or Jersey City residents? Wait, don't answer that...
Yesterday the Jersey Journal reported that THREE JCPD officers stood outside the new Snooki residence on Mercer while NOTHING happened. THREE. No doubt the JCPD has no trouble with this arrangement. Maybe some free overtime being handed out on that duty.
Mayor (and Tom Comey) why does it take THREE police officers to watch Snooki's doorbell? That's just giving away free city resources. Why aren't two of these officers patrolling The Heights or Greenville (NOT free overtime)? On construction projects around town there is only one officer standing by yet Snooki has three. Mayor Healy, WHY is that?
We don't care if the show's producers are helping out with costs, they should be so don't say "The cost of three officers is taken care of." NOT The point. Why aren't the taxpayers in Greenville being given more police protection when police are clearly available? That IS the point.
Recently Mayor Healy sounded put off when asked if the Downtown was getting all the attention while other areas of the city suffer. Here is case and point. Case and point Mayor, your critics were right again.
And you made it so easy for them.
What were you thinking? When you decided to allow this Snooki and J-WOWW spin-off in Jersey City what information did you have that Dawn Zimmer in Hoboken and Cory Booker in Newark didn't have? Why would they turn this mess down (and Cory Booker out and out said it was over public safety and police distribution as to why the show was not welcome to film in Newark) and you allow it?
Saturday at LEAST 5 uniformed police stood around Mercer and Grove acting like total jerks to residents while the production crew shut down the intersection to film Snooki and J-WOWW walking from their pink-tinged Escalade to their new front door. All those police were needed somehow Mayor? Johnny was there, he was one of your taxpaying residents who was treated poorly by the JCPD. Johnny and five friends were waiting to get into Marco and Pepe's for brunch. The tables were full as was the lobby. We were waiting outside. A JCPD officer strolled over from doing nothing and told us we had to move along. Johnny and his party told the officer "NO, we're good waiting right here." He was more adamant "Move along, KEEP moving." Again we told him NO. "We have business with THIS restaurant we're standing in front of, we're causing no trouble." He walked away only to come back AGAIN after a couple minutes to again tell us we couldn't stand there.
Mayor Healy, is this what you wanted? People being harassed outside a Jersey City restaurant by your police? Do you want people to leave the downtown area and maybe go eat in Hoboken until we can not be bothered in OUR city in which WE pay taxes?
Once more, we told the officer we were, in no uncertain terms, NOT MOVING. We don't NEED to move. Finally officer friendly walked away to hassle people even FURTHER from where they were filming. Amazing.
Whom does the JCPD work for, MTV or Jersey City residents? Wait, don't answer that...
Yesterday the Jersey Journal reported that THREE JCPD officers stood outside the new Snooki residence on Mercer while NOTHING happened. THREE. No doubt the JCPD has no trouble with this arrangement. Maybe some free overtime being handed out on that duty.
Mayor (and Tom Comey) why does it take THREE police officers to watch Snooki's doorbell? That's just giving away free city resources. Why aren't two of these officers patrolling The Heights or Greenville (NOT free overtime)? On construction projects around town there is only one officer standing by yet Snooki has three. Mayor Healy, WHY is that?
We don't care if the show's producers are helping out with costs, they should be so don't say "The cost of three officers is taken care of." NOT The point. Why aren't the taxpayers in Greenville being given more police protection when police are clearly available? That IS the point.
Recently Mayor Healy sounded put off when asked if the Downtown was getting all the attention while other areas of the city suffer. Here is case and point. Case and point Mayor, your critics were right again.
And you made it so easy for them.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Late night open thread
A wonderful wonderful weekend with an old friend does a Johnny good. Saw Jersey Boys Saturday night, that's good fun. The equivalent of a really good popcorn movie. Always moving, giving insight into a really good story and soaring pinpoint vocals make it a good night out.
Johnny's skipping the Oscars tonight as none of the craptastic videos he submitted from his YouTube channel were even nominated. Heathens. Tell us who you are cheering for in theatrical terms if it please you dear Baudelaire......ACTING!
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Johnny's skipping the Oscars tonight as none of the craptastic videos he submitted from his YouTube channel were even nominated. Heathens. Tell us who you are cheering for in theatrical terms if it please you dear Baudelaire......ACTING!
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
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