Politics
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Politics / News Brooklyn's Anti-Gay State Senator Clarifies His Position
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Politics / News Brooklyn Politician Marty Golden Positions Self at Front of Anti-Gay Movement
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Though Golden told the Post that people in his district "don't really give a rat's ass about social issues," and that state democrats are using the legislation to distract voters from the economy, Golden has been fighting fiercely to preserve heterosexual marriage. His arguments? That marriage between a man and a woman goes back to the beginning of time (skipping all those billions of years in which there were no humans), and that to support gay marriage indicates a lack of principles that would cause all of America to collapse. He wants to send "a message to the people of the state of New York that there's at least some normalcy within this great state, the Empire State, and in the state Senate."
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Politics Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries Forms Congressional Exporatory Committee
Posted by Mark Asch on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Of course, the new boundaries of Brooklyn's congressional districts are somewhat up in the air, pending redistricting following last year's Census—new districts, and demographics, may lend more uncertainty than usual to next year's primaries. Assemblyman Jeffries has some experience with redistricting, viewers of Jeff Reichert's Gerrymandering will recall, having had his house drawn out of the 57th by vulnerable incumbent Roger Green in 2002.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Music / Politics Rapper Common at the White House: Palin and Rove Figuratively Cover Ears and Scream, "WE'RE MELTING! WE'RE MELTING!"
Posted by Sydney Brownstone on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Karl Rove gave his two cents on the Sean Hannity show on Tuesday when he repeatedly called Common a "thug."
Monday, May 9, 2011
Politics / Sex / News / Media Brooklyn's Hasidic Paper Der Tzitung Photoshops Two Women Out of White House Photo
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:28 AM
The editors of Brooklyn paper Der Tzitung decided that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Director of Counterterrorism Audrey Tomason were far too provocative in the now-iconic White House situation room photo for the publication's readership of Hasidic men, and were photoshopped out of the image in clear violation of the White House press photo policies, logic and decency.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Politics / News May Day, May Day: Crashing Foley Square's Union Rally with the Immigrant Rights Coalition
Posted by Sydney Brownstone on Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM
“Wow, holy shit,” Jason Walgren said as he watched the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, a jolly coalition of green-striped, gender-bent, “radical street brass band” players march by.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Music / Politics Haitian Pop Star Wins Presidency
Posted by Sydney Brownstone on Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:31 PM
A pop star president kind of makes total sense, music being the universal language of humanity and all. Or wait, was that math? Regardless, the closest President Obama probably ever got to pop-stardom was through the most benign of presidential conspiracy theories, when last year people pointed out an Obama doppelganger in the 1993 music video for "Whoomp (There It Is)." The alleged cameo is at the 1:01 minute mark.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Politics Marty Markowitz Is Now On Twitter, Which, Shockingly, Means He Wasn't On Twitter Before
Posted by Mark Asch on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Politics / News Controversial Leader of Brooklyn Young Republicans Won't Seek New Term
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Friday, April 1, 2011
Politics Republican State Senators: "Tax the Poor, I Need a Foot Massage!"
Posted by Henry Stewart on Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Bay Ridge Interpol has returned from a long, unexplained hiatus with a doozy of a photograph: "Marty Golden, Hard at Work in Albany." This is worse than that time he roasted a pig in Gerritsen Beach when he should have been working. (This is the same Marty Golden who just eviscerated the nation's longest running Memorial Day Parade because, sigh, once the masseuses are paid we just don't have the money.)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Music / Politics Ted Leo Sings Woody Guthrie in Support of Wisconsin Laborers, but What the Fuck is Going on in Michigan?
Posted by Sydney Brownstone on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM
The Wisconsin protests have been receiving a fair amount of press, but what about Michigan's "Emergency Manager" law? Signed into effect March 16th, so far the controversial decision has attracted little mainstream attention or upset.
As The Wall Street Journal reported:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Music / Politics Anthony Weiner, Hashtag Master and Vinyl Snob?
Posted by Sydney Brownstone on Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:29 PM
At 2:30pm today, Rep. Anthony Weiner hosted a "Twitter town hall," during which he fielded questions from his cyber-constituents. One asked if he'd be releasing a "Greatest Hits DVD" of his floor-speeches. To this, Weiner responded:
SUCH A DREAMBOAT. #anthonyweinerfanclub
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Politics Marty Golden's Office Doesn't Know His Policy Positions, Doesn't Care Either
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:54 AM
An anonymous reader called up the office of Brooklyn's only Republican state senator, Marty Golden, to find out if he still supported the measure. And not only did no one there know—they could give a shit!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Politics / News BREAKING: State Senator Carl Kruger is Going to Jail Tomorrow
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Politics Did Lincoln Restler Steal Steve Levin's Honda Civic?
Posted by Mark Asch on Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Police suggest that the Atlantic Avenue break-in and Greenpoint car theft, though all but simultaneous, were a coincidence; however, the timing is suspicious, especially when you consider that Levin is the former chief of staff to Assembleyman and comically villainous Broooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez, whose armor has been sporting some serious chinks of late.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Politics / Special Events / Sex / News Women Rally, Tell GOP: "Respect the Cunt!"
Posted by Nadia Chaudhury on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:53 PM
“My womb is my womb,” said Councilmember Deborah Rose. “No one tells me what to do with my womb.” That was the sentiment throughout the Rally for Women’s Health on Saturday in Foley Square, as thousands gathered around the fittingly named Triumph of Human Spirit sculpture to fight against proposed legislation that would defund Planned Parenthood, make abortions inaccessible, and cut Title X (The Family Planning Program).
Many women depend on Planned Parenthood for their health care—for cancer screenings, family planning, even free condoms. The organization offers safe and cheap care to help those who can’t afford more.
Politics / News Why is a Brooklyn Congressman Running for District Leader?
Posted by Henry Stewart on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:24 PM
We asked the only district leader we know—Lincoln Restler, whose victory last year was seen as a blow to the Lopez machine.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Books / Politics Poetry, Passato and Wolf Teats at Italy's 150th Compleanno in NYC
Posted by Paul D'Agostino on Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM
The calm run of the evening ebbed and flowed, one might say, like a versified sentence.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Politics Happy Presidents' Day! From Richard Nixon, and David Frost
Posted by Mark Asch on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Remember, kids, it's a plural noun with a possessive apostrophe. And also remember:
Oh. Oh, I see.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Politics Brooklyn Republicans Crush Dissent, Start Inter-Party Civil War
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:42 AM
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