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WSJ’s Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Amazon/Big Town Edition)
From our Peggy Noodnik desk Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan filed a totally clueless piece in yesterday’s edition about Amazon’s folding like origami in the face of predictable opposition to its proposed headquarters in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, CNBC, Elizabeth Schulze, HQ2, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Tamper Down’ Edition)
From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the hardclipping staff chronicles the mangled phrases uttered by the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. Here’s our latest batch, in reverse chronological order. • The other … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Blast, All Things Considered, American Idol, Andrew Cuomo, Arnie Arnesen, Ayla Brown, Boston Celtics, Boston Globe, Campaign Pro, DACA, Donald Trump, dystopian classics, Empire State, Gail Huff, Gary Johnson, Hillary Clinton, John Bolton, Lester Holt, Mario Cuomo, Mario Not, Marionotte, Marty Walsh, Mediaite, Mistah Mayah, Morning Score, New Hampshire, New York Playbook, New York State Fair, New York Times, Nolan D. McCaskill, NPR, Politico, Sam Spade, Scott Brown, silver tsunami, Steven Colbert, Under the Radar, WGBH
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Fracking Yoko Ono Edition)
The latest in our long-running series For years Beatles disruptor Yoko Ono has been a habitué of the New York Times advertising pages, and yesterday she added this to her portfolio. Drive Yoko nuts graf: Mandatory website: StopUnconstitutionalPipeline.org. (To be … Continue reading
Correction o’ the (Yester)Day (La Famiglia Cuomo Edition)
From Thursday’s New York Times Department of Corrections: NEW YORK Because of an editing error, an article in some editions on Tuesday about the lowering of the speed limit on Broadway to 25 miles per hour misidentified the governor of New York, … Continue reading
Everything You Need To Know About Contemporary Politics
Today’s political process rewards two things – preemption and money. Exhibit Umpteen of both, from Thursday’s New York Times: In TV Ad, Cuomo Vows to Clean Up Corruption More than a year before he is to appear on the ballot … Continue reading
Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar 2016 Rumpus Begin! (One Day After Edition)
Okay – now that the parties have officially nominated their presidential candidates, Obama and Romney are fishwrap. On to the next round! From Thursday’s Politico (Burns & Haberman blog): Gillibrand, at Iowa breakfast, says she’s all for Hillary 2016 At the … Continue reading
Look At Me, I’m Sandra Lee
The original: The revival, via New York magazine’s cover story about Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his First Girlfriend: The Ravenous and Resourceful Sandra Lee Determined to become a down-market Martha Stewart, she parlayed her miserable childhood into a Food Network … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Big Town, Food Network, New York magazine, New York Times, Sandra Dee, Sandra Lee
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