A Dispatch from Silent Firecracker:
There will be a memorial for Bernie Catcher at Temple Shalom, 2075 E
68th Street (between Ave U and Ave T) this Sunday, October 3rd at 5PM.
Collation to follow across the street at St Bernard's. I hope you would be able to attend, since Bernie will be taking attendance. (also feel free to repost this)
Gatemouth adds: I am told that the name of the Church is purely coincidental, though Bernie might qualify as a tzaddik.
Who would have guessed that Steve Rattner's praise would be an asset in the race for NYS Comptroller? This article by Wayne Barrett may be a game changer. As someone with a vested NYS pension, it certainly got me thinking about whether I wanted an sincere and affable liberal or a smart right wing prick (and I use that word in its best sense) watching my retirement funds.
I'm still thinking. Harry Wilson's War: Steve Rattner Credits Much of GM's Rescue to Obscure NY Comptroller Candidate blogs.villagevoice.com
Schneiderman is surely a prick (and I use that word in its worst sense), but Donovan's a Goodfella–not quite Henry Hill or Jimmy Conway, but maybe Maury; if not Maury, then perhaps Spider. Attorney General Candidate Dan Donovan's Messy Backyard – Page 1 – Columns – New York – Village Voic www.villagevoice.com
With those teeth, perhaps it is just as well that she abstains French pol Rachida Dati sorry for 'oral sex' flub – NYPOST.com www.nypost.com
Hentoff has clearly lost his mind; he contends that the opposition to the Young Men's Islamic Association proposed for the Holy Mother Coat Factory is the cause precedent for opposition to mosques around the country which otherwise would not have occurred.
Hentoff should visit his own City–specifically Midland Beach and Sheepshead Bay, where opposition to proposed mosques predated the controversy in Lower Manhattan. Why I Oppose the Downtown Mosque – Page 1 – Columns – New York – Village Voice www.villagevoice.com
I link this one to fuck with the minds of both “progressives” and right wing Orthos.
Double your pleasure, double your fun. Gay Palestinian seeks residency in Israel on humanitarian grounds www.haaretz.com
If Livni had any real guts, she'd offer to join the coalition; and if Netanyahu had any real guts, he'd say yes and dump Avigdor Lieberman.http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/livni-to-netanyahu-don-t-bring-about-the-collapse-of-peace-talk www.haaretz.com