Posts tagged as Hell No
More on the NYPD "Brown People-Only" Terror Surveillance
Here we go! The NYPD's secret global terrorism investigation unit is becoming ever less secret, thanks to these reporters. Had a little halal food? Been to an Egyptian cafe? Been to any of the 14 Moroccan restaurants in town? Been pretty much ANYWHERE on Steinway St. in Queens? (Here's the list in handy doc form.) Then congrats, you've been surveilled by the NYPD. Either we're running an amazing intelligence operation or the NYPD is about to take over Time Out New York.
David Paterson Gets Caught Up in the Great "He Said/She Said" Lie
Where I come from ("California"), a man saying "There is no independent evidence presented that would substantiate any claims of violence" about a woman who is pressing assault charges against a boyfriend is pretty much a hanging offense. That's for good reason! To hear it coming from New York's governor is really terrible, sad and stupid.
New York Says "No" To Harold Ford
"The rugged individualist Harold Ford-who inherited his father's Congressional seat at the age of 26-is a self-proclaimed 'capitalist' who believes that people 'should lose' if they don't do well: unless, that is, the people who 'don't do well' are his funders and controllers on Wall Street, in which case they should be propped up by the U.S. Government with bailouts and loans and Federal Reserve tricks until such time that they can pay themselves tens of millions of dollars in bonuses, at which point they should be left alone in the name of 'free market capitalism' and keeping the Government out of the affairs of industry and away from their 'rewards.'" READ MORE
Is Oakland the New Williamsburg? (Answer: Oh Hell No)
A new "humor" video ironically anti-sells the city of Oakland as the hipster paradise of the Bay Area. The racism is thinly veiled! But anyway: is Oakland the new West Bushwick and greater Williamsburg of the west coast? Okay no it is not. And if I catch you in your skinny jeans up on MLK Blvd cruising by my mom's house I will carjack you myself.
