All long-suffering basketball fans of the New York Knickerbockers (aka: N.Y. Knicks), must be quite pleased with how the team has progressed this season: since the signing of free-agent forward/center Amare Stoudemire, in the off-season (last July). After all, it's over a decade since the Knicks last appeared in an NBA finals, and almost 38 years since the team last won the NBA title (1973).
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The Gateway (In-Speiered Edition)
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Attached is video of a remarkable moment on the floor of the House where California Congresswoman Jackie Speier tears Jersey's Christopher Smith a well-deserved new one, while talking about her own late term abortion:
54 (not 40): A Fight? [EMBARRASSING UPDATE ADDED]
|What follows are items about the Special Election in the 54th AD I had added to my last column after it was initially posted (they've since been deleted), plus an item I posted a few days ago.
The Gateway (Sexodus Edition) [Several Items Added and/or Revised and/or Moved Elsewhere]
|Debbie Schlussel: Pig (right wing variety).
Pro-choice ad using a hanger: “We won’t go back to the Back Alley”
|Interesting pro-choice TV ad out from MoveOn.org with"House" star Lisa Edelstein.
Edelstein says the ad is to counter what she sees as an all-out assault on women's health by the GOP.
Is it really necessary to lay off teachers Mayor Mike? They mean so much to the City of New York.
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THIS NEW JOB FOR ASSEMBLYMAN DARRYL TOWNS, MAY CREATE SOME EXCITEMENT IN A DULL ELECTION YEAR.
|Throughout his political career, Assemblyman Darryl Towns (Brooklyn/54AD) has labored under the heavy shadow cast by his amiable congressman-father Ed (Brooklyn/10th congressional district): although it has apparently been more of a help than a hindrance. But now, it looks like that's about to change. Darryl is stepping-out folks. He was recently selected by freshman governor Andrew Cuomo to become the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New York State's Housing and Community Renewal.
The Gateway (Emergency Surgery Edition)
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In which it is proven that getting a get well from Gatey is a bit like going under the knife:
When Diane Savino said she was committed to getting rid of something useless and full of poison, we thought she meant John Sampson.
The problem is that, by allying with Dean Skelos, she and her friends decided that when they got rid of the old appendix, they needed to get a new one transplanted.
Seriously though, feel better Senator.
Governor Cuomo is riding high.
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Normally this time of year with the budget and all, NY Governors are running for cover, but not Cuomo.
The latest Siena College Poll out Monday morning shows Cuomo with the highest approval rating ever for a governor during six years of the college’s statewide polling. A sky high 77 percent of New York voters, despite the problems of the economy and the possibility that 10,000 state workers may be laid off, feels Cuomo is headed in the right direction. That’s not all.