January 2012
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Bloomberg suggests the Potter Stewart pornography... →
lawforthepeople:
“You can’t prove that a teacher is not effective,” said the mayor. “But it’s like the Supreme Court, I forget which justice said it, he said, ‘You know, I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Well, same thing.”
That would be the following:
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that...
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Bloomberg suggests the Potter Stewart pornography... →
“You can’t prove that a teacher is not effective,” said the mayor. “But it’s like the Supreme Court, I forget which justice said it, he said, ‘You know, I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Well, same thing.”
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“After two decades of New York’s forced engagement with radical Islamists, two...”
– Jim Dwyer | When the Police Say One Thing, the Facts Another | New York Times
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In case you missed it, the Bronx Museum is...
thirdstreaming:
http://bronxmuseum.org/eblasts/mixtape.htm
Oh sure, always a good reason to read Bethlehem Shoals’ review of The Black Power Mixtape over at Capital New York.
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"Does New York City Really Need CBGB To Return?" →
maura:
I bet you know what my answer is!
Calling it as we’d call it:
Call me a pessimist, but I suspect that any attempt to revitalize the CBGB “brand” with a club in Manhattan will likely result in a somewhat tourist-trappy club with overpriced drinks, awkward attempts to recreate the old “vibe”, museum-y honorings of punk legends past (even though ...
“You better keep an eye on your son.”
– What the boyfriend of an alleged rape victim yelled at New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, according to the alleged victim’s friend. via Richard Esposito of ABC News (via azipaybarah)
Dear media, please call it rape
jessicavalenti:
Greg Kelly, son of NYC police commissioner Raymond Kelly and co-host of “Good Day New York” on Fox 5, is being investigated for sexually assaulting a woman. Yet the headline that just came up in my news feed was this:
The media needs to call sexual assault what it is. When headlines continually conflate rape and sexual assault with ‘sex’, they contribute to a culture that...
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Editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary... →
There is no actual slideshow in this post, we simply describe the slideshow presented at Word bookstore last night. So, feel free to click.
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Watchmaura:
Donating to the Best Music Writing series is the functional equivalent of pre-ordering the 2012 edition of the book—which will collect 2011’s best pieces of criticism, reportage, and other media on music from publications of all types and from all corners of the globe. Why not do so today?
Yes, you should do this in support of great music writing everywhere (and the lovely, talented...
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Is CBGB's Reopening in NYC? →
From what we can tell from the rumor carousel, it seems more like people trying to use the CBGB name to start a music festival.
Let a good thing rest in peace or revive it for branding opportunities? Thoughts.
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Charlie Rangel on the SOTU: "I don't think they... →
But Rangel said he saw it less as a campaign speech than a call for Americans to rally behind the president’s agenda and press Congress to act this year.
“I think it was exciting,” Rangel said. “He left the door open and … we leave this in the hands of the American people. I think it’s abundantly clear that people should not have to wait until the...
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WatchImagine the riff from “Let Me Clear My Throat” playing on loop every time they applaud #SOTU - @tanlines
“We should start with our tax code. Right now, companies get tax breaks for...”
– Obama (via kateoplis)
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Watchazipaybarah:
“I have no idea where he stands on the issues,” New Mexico’s former Republican governor, Gary Johnson, said about Massachusetts’ former Republican governor, Mitt Romney.
My story.
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Hierarchy of Book Publishing: The Top 100 (circa... →
paulbogaards:
Hierarchy of Book Publishing The Top 100 (circa 2012)
1). Brand-name authors (still)
Stephen King (since 1974)
John Grisham (1989)
Patricia Cornwell (1990)
Jodi Picoult (1992)
Nicholas Sparks (1996)
Jennifer Weiner (2001)
Etc.
Brilliant guide.
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New York Republican officials to Gingrich... →
Romney’s New York backers tell Newt’s supporters that they’re wrecking the party.
Watchazipaybarah:
I can’t tell if this is an ad for Samsung’s phone, or a clever way to repackage ads for Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Both?
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Should New York's $79,500-a-year legislators get a... →
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver thinks they should, since they haven’t had one since 1999. What do you think? Silver did say the legislators would have to prove to the public that they’re worthy of a raise by, among other things, passing another budget on time.
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WatchThe Florida GOP debate in under 60 seconds
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