DeBlasio, Stringer and the unions whine about the Liu/Bloomberg Pension proposal, seemingly mostly because they didn’t get a head’s up.
Are they objecting to the substance, or are they just standing on ceremony? Plan by Bloomberg and Liu to Alter Pension Plans Draws Fire www.nytimes.com
Liu says he will name his bundlers in the Year of the Rat. Liu Delays Revealing Names of Campaign Bundlers www.nytimes.com
Andrew channels Frank "I Am the Law" Hague. Is Dean Skelos Andrew's Nucky? 'I Am The Government' — It's Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calling! nycapitolnews.com
Instead of bothering Savino, Klein, Valesky and Carlucci, why not give this guy a primary? http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/11/ruben-diaz-sr-vows-to-be-“troublemaker-for-ev www.nydailynews.com
The sound you just heard is the pencil drawing Greenpoint, the Northside and (formerly) Italian Williamsburg out of Marty Dilan's District. Working Families Party Honcho Mulling Sen. Martin Dilan Challenge www.cityhallnews.com
Kevin Parker renders satire obselete and gives farce a run for its money. Twitter twitter.com
Numerous anti-Boyland figures in the 55th AD get ready to form a circular firing squad so that they can ensure their own defeat beyond a reasonable doubt. Ramblings and Rumblings in the 55th A.D. | Room Eight www.r8ny.com
Yoda asks "Does Guy Molinari Know That Christine Quinn Is Gay? "
My guess is that, after a heart to heart conversation with Brit Hume, Guy's beliefs have evolved.
The question is where does Suzi stand?
Back in 2000, Guy endorsed McCain, but Suzi preferred Bush. Does Guy Molinari Know That Christine Quinn Is Gay? | Room Eight www.r8ny.com
Perry is surely a dumb motherfucker, but at least he's embarrassed about it; there's been no sign that Herman Cain is embarrassed about not knowing China's had a nuclear arsenal for nearly a half century.
The press and Cain have one thing in common; they are more interested in in vagina than China. http://www.politickerny.com/2011/11/09/at-gop-debate-rick-perry-stumbles-badly-video/ www.politickerny.com
Pot Calling the Kettle Department: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/al-sharpton-slams-herman-cain-hypocrisy-double-standard-rac www.nydailynews.com
Hertzberg: If one of Occupy’s side effects turns out to be greater participation in local politics and local community affairs, great. But just leaving it at that sounds, at best, like making a separate peace—or, at worst, surrendering.
The more that Occupy activists decide to sidestep national politics, minimize their interaction with the reigning plutocracy, and retreat into wine-country rural utopias, the better pleased the reigning plutocracy will be. Live and let live! By all means, do your own thing! (And we’ll do ours, with a vengeance.) Hendrik Hertzberg: Occupy Readers www.newyorker.com
Does Liz really believe Puerto Rico is "Out of the Country?" http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/11/extras-407/ www.capitaltonight.com