November 2012
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Bloomberg says 30,000 to 40,000 New Yorkers might... →
“I can’t read the papers anymore. I just feel sorry for Obama. I want him so much...”
– The late, great Maurice Sendak spoke about upcoming election and much more in an excellent interview from last year, which is featured in the November/December issue of The Believer.
The 9/11 Museum Is Flooded With 5 Feet of Water
On a day in which many New York City residents and visitors rallied to help areas ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, news emerged that the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center is flooded with at least five feet of water. The museum, which is still not completed, houses some of the more important artifacts from the 9/11 attacks, including the last column standing from the...
There's a Nor'easter Coming For New York
This has to be an Illuminati conspiracy.
According to New York 1, there is expected to be some wind, 50 mph gusts, and a lot of rain. They do say that the storm is expected to hit New York late Wednesday and last until Thursday and that it “won’t be nearly as strong or devastating as Sandy.”
There’s only one appropriate reaction to this:
Obama Scraping the Bottom of the Celeb Barrel for...
If you’re the President of the United States and you’ve already used up all the help you can get from George Clooney, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwen Stefani, Anna Wintour, Lena Dunham, and Zach Galifianakis even who do you turn to in your campaign’s final push? The Obama team has had some pretty lame celebrity guests during these past few days. C’mon Barry,...
Verizon Employee Arrested for Stealing Naked...
Dealing with a broken cell phone is pretty nightmarish. The thought of losing your precious contacts and funniest text messages is straight from the devil himself. Hopefully the workers fixing your prized mobile device will treat you better than a Verizon employee that helped a Florida waitress deal with some data loss. Josh Stuart told her that they were just switching the data from her old...
Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Is a Total Anomaly, a...
Canadians are supposed to all be super nice. That’s what people say when you don’t want to go on vacation to Montreal, “but Canadians! They’re so nice!” Local obsession and New York 1 Pat Kiernan is the perfect example of a nice Canadian guy. His Norse-like features make him simply lovable and he’s funny, but not too funny.
Chad Kroegar from the much...
“Four years ago, the Daily News endorsed Obama, seeing a historic figure whose...”
– The New York Daily News gave its endorsement to Mitt Romney this morning. They focused most of their editorial on backing Romney’s economic policies. Their editorial board says that “Romney’s not perfect,” but in this case, ”growing the economy takes precedence” over...
Trump at the Pump: The Full Story of his...
Yesterday we wondered if Donald Trump was sending crew members to gas deprived Yonkers to fill up vans for the production of his reality show The Apprentice. Our tipster finally got back to us last night and gave us a first hand account of the event:
Last night a crew of 18 vehicles all left from NYC to go to Yonkers for a gas station that we were told was opening up just for us around 1am. We...
WatchLouis C.K. hosted last night’s SNL and the most memorable sketch was definitely this Seth Myers written parody of C.K. spoofing his own show, Louie, in character as Abraham Lincoln.
There’s no doubt that this was inspired by the classic Joe Piscopo sketch where he played an annoying Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre (here’s a transcript of it to jog your memory, no video...
“The order reads: “If your vehicle’s license plate ends in a letter (A,B,C…), you...”
– The New York Times points out the pure stupidity of New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s order regarding gas rationing.
Is Donald Trump Filling Up His "Apprentice" Vans...
One of the most frustrating parts of post-Sandy life has been the unendingly long lines for gas. Two arrests for violence at gas stations were made in Staten Island yesterday, and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced yesterday that gas rations would come into effect today, limiting gas sales to ten gallons per driver.
Enter our anonymous tipster who tells us that a “a certain blonde haired...
Romney's New Attack Dog, Rudy Giuliani, Calls For...
Even though he’s being attacked by idiots, Nate Silver is calling the election a complete lock for Obama which basically means it’s over. So what’s Mitt Romney to do now? Unless all of the state polls are totally off, he’s going to be out of a job come next week. He needs one last trump card and the Donald isn’t the man for the job. Romney is now hedging his bets on...
Volunteer for Hurricane Relief Efforts Without...
Everyone who has some free time this weekend should spend their hours volunteering. But after you do your great deeds, like donating food or clothes, you might be tempted to overshare about it. You will immediately want to run to the hilltops and scream, “Hey everybody, look how much good I did.” Don’t do this! You will lose all of the moral superiority that you just earned.
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Live Nation Gave Lady Gaga a Plane and Proscuitto...
Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour grossed 227.4 million dollars, so it’s expected that the touring industry wants to keep her happy. Live Nation wanted to make sure the Gags was at peak happiness so they gave her a 757 jet. She told her 30.8 million Twitter followers last night “So apparently LIVE NATION gave us a 757 I just cried on the tarmac. We tried to take a pic but its too...
Here Are MTA Photos of Flooded Subway Tunnels...
Earlier tonight, the MTA released its first pictures from flooded subways in the Cranberry Street Tunnel, which carries the A and C lines beneath the East River.
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The water is 28 inches deep here, according to the MTA.
[Images via Flickr]
“THE BOTTOM LINE: There is evidence that large-scale catastrophes may influence...”
– The New York Times health blog looks into the rumor that natural disasters lead to more babies and marriages. Thanks for nothing, scientists.
Kyrgyzstan Journalist 'Mock' Kidnapped at Gunpoint...
Two reporters/practical joke columnists (really) who worked for a Kyrgyzstan paper decided to step up their joke game in a normal, reasonable way, which was: by kidnapping the host of an popular entertainment show at gun point and forcing her to strip and dance for them.
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Nazira Aytbekova was abducted and blindfolded in Bishtek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital, at gunpoint and taken to a...
John Cusack Developing Film About America’s Most...
Active Twitter liberal John Cusack is developing a film about Rush Limbaugh, tentatively and creatively titled “Rush.” And, of course, the former Lloyd Dobler will play the popular conservative radio host/misogynistic racist himself. As the Associated Press notes:
Cusack as Limbaugh isn’t typecasting, politics aside. Cusack is a slender, dark-haired 46-year-old, while Limbaugh is 61,...
Mother's Two Sons Die During Hurricane After She...
jezebelcom:
Two little boys who were literally swept out of the arms of their mother during the hurricane have been found dead. But that’s not the whole story, and it gets even sadder: 39-year-old Glenda Moore, the mother of the two boys (pictured above with her husband, Damian), knocked on doors in her Staten Island neighborhood, begging for help during the hurricane. No one would assist her,...
At Long Last, Ricky Martin Weighs In On the...
Before it was cancelled this afternoon, Ricky Martin was asked whether or not he thought the New York City marathon should continue as planned. “Yeah, the show must go on,” he said while wearing a hat that was just a tiny bit too small for his head. Interesting, Ricky Martin, very interesting opinion you have there.
He then posed with a girl in a pink jacket, touched her head...
7 Things I Learned While Working from Home This...
1. These are the WNBC newscasters ranked in order from Best to Worst:
#1 Pat Battle #2 Brian Thompson #3 Everyone else #4 Janice Huff
Here are a few of the things I saw Pat Battle do while covering Hurricane Sandy on-the-scene in New Jersey.[[MORE]]
1. Load an elderly man’s suitcase onto a truck. 2. Offer an arm to people climbing into a truck. 3. Speak Spanish. 4. Schlep her...
It's Time for New York to Invade Connecticut and...
Even as power slowly returns, Post-Sandy New York City remains a desperate snarl of lines for fuel and transportation. But we hear that just to the northeast lies a pristine land of plenty: Connecticut. Now we must ask: Is it time for New York to invade The Constitution State?
After soliciting horror stories from the New York City gas shortage earlier today, we received not one, but two emails...
Here Is a List of People Bubba The Love Sponge's...
After we posted a brief clip of Hulk Hogan’s sex tape last month, TMZ reported that there were three other tapes made. We actually heard there were more than that. Soon after the initial Hulk Hogan not-so-sex-filled “sex tape” was published on Gawker, a man who called himself “Jim Janerro” wrote to us. He claimed he had more footage of Bubba’s wife getting it...
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Power's back in the East Village.
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— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) November 2, 2012
Courtesy of The Atlantic’s Richard Lawson, who’s been without power all week. We’ll consider this a good start to the weekend.
Flight's Shallow Depth
A junky argues with her landlord while the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ heroin ballad “Under the Bridge” plays in the background. Then, when she shoots up, we hear a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane.” An alcoholic druggie purges his stash and looks longingly at wedding pictures for a marriage that eventually failed to the strains of Bill Withers’...
ConEd: Your Power's Back. ConEd: Psych, Still Out.
Not long after Bloomberg’s news conference this afternoon, during which he announced that ConEd could have power restored in most of Manhattan by midnight, did the cries of joy begin eruptnig across Twitter.
ConEd just robocalled. I have power! Fingers crossed they are right.
— tara flanagan (@taraflanagan) November 2, 2012
ConEd just called to tell me I HAVE THE POWER!!!
— Ashley Van Buren...
This Guy Is The Reason Hurricane Sandy's Wikipedia...
Popular Science’s Dan Nosowitz introduces us to Ken Mampel, the 56-year-old unemployed Floridian who is largely responsible for the creation of Wikipedia’s Hurricane Sandy page—and its conspicuous lack of any reference to climate change:
When I talked to him, I believe he had slept for maybe 15 hours in the past five days. He spoke quickly and passionately but without any...
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The Battle for Bottled Water
The city said Friday that tap water in Breezy Point, Queens, was not drinkable and that all residents should drink bottled water until further notice. Boiling it does not make it safe, officials said.
Now that some New Yorkers are living without potable water, perhaps Michael Bloomberg should reconsider his assertion that Sunday’s marathon “doesn’t use resources that can really...
How I Feel After Working From Home For an Entire...
—Max
How I Feel After Working From Home For an Entire...
But then again, this is how I feel everyday.
- Rich
Looking to help out in New York? Here are a few... →
How I Feel After Working From Home For an Entire...
Watch all 10 hours of this and you’ll get it.
-Adrian
Did Taylor Swift Steal Another Singer’s Lyric?
At what point does “homage” become “outright Hamburglar-style theft”?
Fans of inoffensive acoustic singer-songwriters have found their loyalties divided this week, after listeners noticed that a line in Taylor Swift’s song “All Too Well” (off her new album Red) sounded almost identical to one in singer Matt Nathanson’s 2003 song “I...
“Residents and workers displaced by the dangling crane on 57th Street in...”
– From NYT reporter Michael M. Grynbaum.
“They asked people who identified themselves as fans of teams that had advanced...”
– Social scientists have proven that the performance of popular sports teams can have a significant impact on election numbers. The performance of the Ohio State football team could decide the presidential election. Also, asking people who they think will win is a better predictor of election results...
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WatchSteven Tyler and those other guys from Aerosmith made an appearance on The Today Show this morning to promote their new album Music From Another Dimension. Within the same three minutes, Tyler managed to forget which morning show he was actually on, shouting “Good morning, America!” and then addressed the crowd as “my little fucks” while still on-air. Today—as Al...
What America Needs Now: Clinton/Booker 2016
jezebelcom:
Fuck this election. We’re looking toward the future. Clinton/Booker 2016. Hillary for prez; she holds it down on a global level. Cory Booker for veep; he’ll save your grandma from a burning house and then invite you over to chill, while quoting Frederick Douglass. America needs this now more than ever: Something amazing to look forward to. Look at that image by the...
