Those who cannot something history are doomed to something something! A confab of private security agencies, banks and police officials are ready for your May 1 protests against income equality in New York and beyond. Great news: Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. is on hand, just as they have been since 1850, to preserve the edifices of capital. Fortunately, total information awareness is afoot: "Banks have a history of coordinating security with city authorities. At a 2009 U.S. Senate hearing, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly described a partnership with financial district firms that gives his department 'access to hundreds of private security cameras.'" This is going to be so [...]

Everything. Just everything! It delights me to no end!

Sure, why the hell not.

Another Manhattan store has been shut down because of a bedbug infestation! The Abercrombie & Fitch at the South Street Seaport — which, it should be noted, is a corporate cousin of the Hollister store in Soho that was invaded by bedbugs earlier this week — has closed its doors to deal with what it is delicately calling "a similar problem." This coincidence has got the Ohio-based company a little freaked out: "Abercrombie chairman and CEO Michael S. Jeffries asked for 'leadership and guidance' on how best to address the problem." But he was rebuffed by the DOH, a spokeswoman for which said, "It is the responsibility of [...]

Leona Helmsley's dog is dead. Trouble, aged 12, did not leave a will, actually—totally joking about the cats thing:

Trouble’s $2 million inheritance would cover yearly costs of $100,000 for a full-time security guard — the dog had received death threats — $1,200 for food and $8,000 for grooming. Mr. Lekic was also paid $60,000 for being the dog’s guardian.

Eileen Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the Helmsley Charitable Trust, said in a statement that Trouble had been cremated and that her remains were “privately retained.”

“The funds held in trust for her care have reverted to the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for charitable purposes,” [...]