"The real insult to those who died on 9/11 is not a mosque that Ground Zero visitors won't even know is there, but how long it's taking to rebuild the WTC — an affront that can't be blamed on Islam at its most maniacal." -Steve Cuozzo, who is occasionally called upon to play the role of adult at the New York Post, addresses the "controversy" over plans-thus far unfunded and theoretical at best-to build a mosque downtown. You would not know this from reading Cuozzo's piece-headlined "Oh, stop this inane hysteria already!"-but most of the "controversy" has been whipped up by the Post itself. Still, credit where credit is [...]
Remember newspapers? Remember Cindy Adams? She writes a sassy gossip column for a newspaper, the New York Post, that is available online, but because Cindy doesn't do Gossip Girl recaps, she doesn't get a lot of link love on the Internet. Which is too bad, because 80-year-old Cindy, it turns out, is still awesome.
I was reminded today that she still exists because I had lunch at a Manhattan coffee shop and spotted a crumpled copy of today's New York Post near the front counter. I know – how sweet, right? Some elderly person probably brought it in and left it behind. I grabbed it and sat down to read [...]
The New York Post looks at the top-selling items at the Riker's Island commissary, where inmates "might get shanked — but they're never gouged." Leading the list of purchases: ramen noodles, the seasoning package of which is used to enhance other jailhouse fare. What else sells? Processed meat products and pastries are popular, apparently. "Perhaps the last words one wants to hear in the pokey are 'beef stick' or 'honey bun,' but those two snacks have both been staples of the inmate diet for decades, officials said." There are cosmetics on offer too! "Soap is a big seller at the commissaries. Alas, it doesn't come on a rope." [...]
If you go by the New York Post's selection of its best front pages of the decade, we ushered in The Nads with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and ushered them out with the revelation that an illustrious linksman banged a bunch of broads. Unnoted in the review of the past ten years: the bit of prognostication to your left, and the classic "Benedict Jeffords," which brought us all so much hope for new EIC Col Allan's tenure. Going over this list, a couple of things stand out: 1) It's weird to think that it was only in this decade that full-color front pages became standard, and 2) Wow, what [...]
I saw this morning's New York Post and it raised in me a great interest! "Successful New Yorkers" will pay 57% tax under Obama, says the front page of the paper! (Their alleged "front page" online says something different than on newsstands; in that universe, only New York's "risk takers" will pay 57% tax.) Well, I am a highly successful New Yorker! I am concerned! What does this mean for me?
"An employee of teddy-bear giant Steiff is making some grisly allegations against the company's CEO, charging he sexually harassed her for years — and raped her," reports the Post this morning. The paper also captions photos of the CEO and his accuser with "ANIMAL: Jane Collins says Martin Frechen, her boss at the Steiff teddy-bear firm, couldn't keep his claws off her and raped her." All in all, we suppose it's better than, say, "Jane Collins loved most of her duties at Steiff, but she found the rape parts unbearable!" Still, it's a pretty close-run thing.
"You know," Marge Simpson once famously declared, "Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, I didn't even notice." That quote seems somewhat prescient today, as News Corp's New York Post encourages you to watch bystanders get mowed down in a film stunt gone awry and observe the moment when a man is murdered. Honestly, if we're really gonna go this way, at least bring on some porn to make it a little less depressing.
