September 3, 2010
Andrew Cuomo's Opportunity is Here: When Will He Endorse an A.G. Candidate?

capitalnewyork:

rubenfeld:

Wayne Barrett strikes gold again.

Ah, but he is quietly endorsing Kathleen Rice.

Some smoke but no fire on the endorsement front. I don’t see it. He’s got to make it explicit, according to Barrett.

1:46pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1059382977/andrew-cuomos-opportunity-is-here-when-will-he
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September 3, 2010
Yes, you’re right that it’s the voters’ choice and not his, but if he plans on creating that coalition, then his preferences should be known. No? (I could also see an argument against this, namely that a Cuomo endorsement for AG could poison the pool for everybody.)

Yes, you’re right that it’s the voters’ choice and not his, but if he plans on creating that coalition, then his preferences should be known.

No? (I could also see an argument against this, namely that a Cuomo endorsement for AG could poison the pool for everybody.)

12:45pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1059147475/yes-youre-right-that-its-the-voters-choice-and
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September 3, 2010
I understand what you’re saying, Peter, but I disagree with you. If Cuomo wants discipline (and pledge-signers) down-ticket, he’s got to command leadership and pick someone already.

I understand what you’re saying, Peter, but I disagree with you. If Cuomo wants discipline (and pledge-signers) down-ticket, he’s got to command leadership and pick someone already.

12:04pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058991580/i-understand-what-youre-saying-peter-but-i
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September 3, 2010
Sheldon Silver's stock shares in 30 companies, including Pepsi and IBM, may be conflict of interest

12:00pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058971953/sheldon-silvers-stock-shares-in-30-companies
September 3, 2010
Helicopter

neighborhoodr-astoria:

Over 34th street or so between 30th ave and 31st. Anyone know what’s going on?

I’d like to know. This is a block from my apartment.

11:57am  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058961963/helicopter
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September 3, 2010
Andrew Cuomo's Opportunity is Here: When Will He Endorse an A.G. Candidate?

Wayne Barrett strikes gold again.

11:43am  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058906708/andrew-cuomos-opportunity-is-here-when-will-he
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September 3, 2010
capitalnewyork: nycshawnphotos: Am trying to pick out only 12 pictures that I took in the last year as favorites and this one of the Mars Bar in the East Village keeps floating to the surface. I love the red paint on the air conditioner, the paint splattered on the sidewalk, but most of all the gentleman reading the paper. I’m always attracted to the facade of this place, which changes frequently, but it hasn’t looked this good since last September. Taken with my D90 in September 2009.  Something we have never considered before: Mars Bar as an ever-evolving work of art.

capitalnewyork:

nycshawnphotos:

Am trying to pick out only 12 pictures that I took in the last year as favorites and this one of the Mars Bar in the East Village keeps floating to the surface. I love the red paint on the air conditioner, the paint splattered on the sidewalk, but most of all the gentleman reading the paper. I’m always attracted to the facade of this place, which changes frequently, but it hasn’t looked this good since last September. Taken with my D90 in September 2009. 

Something we have never considered before: Mars Bar as an ever-evolving work of art.

11:00am  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058741066/capitalnewyork-nycshawnphotos-am-trying-to
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September 3, 2010
Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6 Percent « The Washington Independent

9:33am  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1058410826/unemployment-rate-rises-to-9-6-percent-the-washington
September 3, 2010
Watching on Netflix. Goodnight.

Watching on Netflix. Goodnight.

12:34am  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1056799235/watching-on-netflix-goodnight
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September 2, 2010
Terror suspects no more: 2 Yemeni men freed | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

11:47pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1056591202/terror-suspects-no-more-2-yemeni-men-freed-freep-com
September 2, 2010
"Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, including many who say they favor the project, according to a New York Times poll."

— New Yorkers Conflicted Over Islamic Center, Poll Finds - NYTimes.com

6:22pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1055113932/two-thirds-of-new-york-city-residents-want-a
September 2, 2010
synecdoche: oh god, okay, new york, do you remember these awful books from high school? did you have one for every subject, even the classes you weren’t in? did you have a panic attack during the math b exam because you were about 13 and convinced that your life would end if you didn’t get a regents diploma? and then NY FUCKING THREW IT AWAY because it was so hard almost no one passed so you had to take it again in august and wanted to die? are you still irrationally pissed that you got a 99 on the fucking english regents and demanded to see the test but your teacher was like “no, go away” so you’re still convinced that you got a perfect score but the bitch just hated you because of that one time you were an insufferable brat and announced that you didn’t see how it was fair that she got to grade your writing because you were smarter than she was? did your school put such a crazy emphasis on the regents that the curriculum was structured solely around the exams so when you passed the math ones too early, they realized they had no other classes so they made up a fake math class where you sat with four other kids and talked about the angles in spider-man movies for two years? did you eventually end up skipping your spanish regents because you were 17 and wanted to watch tv and were already accepted to college and realized there’s no real difference between a regular diploma and regents diploma? are you turning 23 soon and still sometimes wonder if you can go back to high school and take the spanish exam just so they can upgrade your H.S. diploma (that you lost immediately after recieving it) with a regents stamp or whatever? did you go to a bookstore today and debate buying some of these books just to prove to yourself that you can still pass the exams and that heavy drinking hasn’t made you dumber? did you then realize that’s a crazy thing to do although you will definitely end up buying them all next week? or is that just me? I got 99s on each of my history Regents exams. I still hold grudges against the graders.

synecdoche:

oh god, okay, new york, do you remember these awful books from high school? did you have one for every subject, even the classes you weren’t in? did you have a panic attack during the math b exam because you were about 13 and convinced that your life would end if you didn’t get a regents diploma? and then NY FUCKING THREW IT AWAY because it was so hard almost no one passed so you had to take it again in august and wanted to die? are you still irrationally pissed that you got a 99 on the fucking english regents and demanded to see the test but your teacher was like “no, go away” so you’re still convinced that you got a perfect score but the bitch just hated you because of that one time you were an insufferable brat and announced that you didn’t see how it was fair that she got to grade your writing because you were smarter than she was? did your school put such a crazy emphasis on the regents that the curriculum was structured solely around the exams so when you passed the math ones too early, they realized they had no other classes so they made up a fake math class where you sat with four other kids and talked about the angles in spider-man movies for two years?

did you eventually end up skipping your spanish regents because you were 17 and wanted to watch tv and were already accepted to college and realized there’s no real difference between a regular diploma and regents diploma? are you turning 23 soon and still sometimes wonder if you can go back to high school and take the spanish exam just so they can upgrade your H.S. diploma (that you lost immediately after recieving it) with a regents stamp or whatever? did you go to a bookstore today and debate buying some of these books just to prove to yourself that you can still pass the exams and that heavy drinking hasn’t made you dumber? did you then realize that’s a crazy thing to do although you will definitely end up buying them all next week? or is that just me?

I got 99s on each of my history Regents exams. I still hold grudges against the graders.

5:57pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1055003637/synecdoche-oh-god-okay-new-york-do-you
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September 2, 2010

Today is the opening of the world’s first anti-#corruption academy. I recently profiled it for DJ. http://3.ly/YrfE @UNODC

4:15pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1054657931/today-is-the-opening-of-the-worlds-first
September 2, 2010

“You hold the futures…of these people in your hands.” #SecClinton #Israel #Palestine #Mideast direct talks.

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September 2, 2010

watching opening remarks for direct #mideast peace talks by Secretary Clinton at http://www.state.gov/ @statedept

4:15pm  |   URL: http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/1054657939/watching-opening-remarks-for-direct-mideast-peace