http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bloomberg/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022760/posts Mayor Michael Bloomberg cursed out the chief executive officer of a taxi company who won a court case against the city and pledged a post-mayoral revenge against the entire industry, the CEO and one witness said. “[I will] destroy your [expletive] industry,” Mr. Bloomberg said to Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman, The New York Post reported. He made the comments during last Thursday’s game at Madison Square Garden during an impromptu meet at the 1879 Club, a witness told The Post. Mr. Friedman subsequently confirmed the exchange to The Post and added that Mr. Bloomberg also said that come... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022760/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022618/posts Anthony Weiner’s run for redemption is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he’s in the New York City mayoral race. He’d said last month he was considering it. … The Democrat is jumping into a crowded field for September’s primary. He’s arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, the possibility of more than $1 million more in public matching money, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat—and no end of name recognition. … Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022618/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022565/posts I would say 'typical' statist tantrum when denied a fresh power-grab, yet this one is really a bit over the top...  The NY Post (via JWF) is reporting an incident where Mayor Bloomberg confronted a cab fleet operator in a private club over his recent court defeat re. his utopian 'Cab of the Future' program. Hissoner seems to have made quite an ass of himself in fact, threatening at the top of his lungs -with red face- while utilizing the 'F' word twice to underscore his point. And what's he all worked-up about? Seems his cab-replacement program (that was to... Reaganite Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022565/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022468/posts The Progressive believes in precisely two things: his own magnificence and the constructive power of brute force. In combination, they lead him naturally from the role of pestiferous busybody to brutal dictator. Where the productive man dreams of the things he might create if only left alone by his fellows, the Progressive dreams of the world he could create if only the lives and property of his fellows were at his disposal. The roots of his pathology lie in that oldest and most destructive of all human vices, the desire for the power to rule over other men. As... FrontPageMag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022468/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3022421/posts Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner’s planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to “destroy your f--king industry” when he leaves office, The Post has learned.snipBloomberg’s tirade included the warning that, “After January, I am going to destroy all you f--king guys.” The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3022421/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 11:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021639/posts New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used a commencement speech to push his gun-control agenda, telling graduates of Kenyon College in Ohio that gun control is “something you really should think about.” Bloomberg, who co-chairs Mayors Against Illegal Guns, spent at least $14 million in support of legislation that would have required universal background checks for all gun-buyers. Although the bill died in the Senate on April 17, Bloomberg said the battle isn't over. (VIDEO-AT-LINK) “I believe we will win, sooner or later, because I believe that all of you, your generation more than any other at least since the 1960s,... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021639/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 15:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021274/posts At an event on Friday the Mayor of New York City put his foot in his mouth…again. Michael Bloomberg attempted to give mediocre high school students some advice: skip college and become plumbers. He said students who were not above average should learn how to be plumbers instead of reaching for a career that would involve going to a prestigious college and obtaining a degree. The people who are going to have the biggest problem are college graduates who aren’t rocket scientists, if you will, not at the top of their class. Compare a plumber to going to Harvard... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021274/posts#comment Sun, 19 May 2013 13:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020982/posts Mayor Bloomberg is privately fuming at the data breach that has imperiled the reputation of his global media company, according to sources. “The mayor is very upset,” one source said of the scandal that has been dubbed Bloomberg Spygate. A second insider said that Bloomberg made known his feelings to company executives once Goldman Sachs complained that Bloomberg News reporters were monitoring clients’ usage of the $20,000-a-year data terminals leased from Bloomberg LP. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020982/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019276/posts VA-ALERT: **URGENT ACTION ITEM** VCDL-PAC swinging into action! Sent: Mon 5/13/2013 9:52 PM THE PROBLEM We have a serious problem at this weekend's Republican Convention in Richmond dealing with the Lieutenant Governor's race. Of the seven candidates, six answered the VCDL Candidate Survey very pro-gun. However, one candidate didn't bother to answer the survey at all. That is no surprise, considering Jeannemarie Davis's history on gun rights. VCDL-PAC STRONGLY OPPOSES the nomination of a PROVEN ANTI-GUN LEADER -- Jeannemarie Davis -- for Lt Governor and urges gun owners to help us defeat her. Jeannemarie Davis did not just vote badly... VCDL-Alert E-Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019276/posts#comment Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018899/posts Gregory Dean, Jr. was pulled over in New Lebanon, N.Y., Sunday for a light on his license plate being burnt out. But what began as a simple traffic stop ended up with Dean being arrested over two bullets in his registered firearm, which put him in violation of the state’s new law, the Journal News reported. Last month, a provision in New York’s strict gun control laws went into effect, making it illegal to have more than seven rounds in a magazine unless said firearm was being used at a range or in a competition. The Blaze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018899/posts#comment Mon, 13 May 2013 20:23:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018472/posts New York’s metropolitan tri-state private sector employment gains in April were a far cry from the jobs juggernaut in other areas of the country, according to a jobs report released Friday. The combined tally for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut was 3,370 last month, compared with a whopping 23,390 private- sector job gains in Texas alone, 9,570 in Florida and 4,110 in Utah, according to the inaugural monthly ADP Regional Employment Report. New York’s 1,490 job gains and Connecticut’s 1,230 were not exactly fighting for bragging rights. But they still overtook New Jersey, which produced a mere 650 private-sector... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018472/posts#comment Sun, 12 May 2013 15:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018230/posts The House of Cupcakes recently revealed its Mayor Bloomberg cupcake — a gut-busting confection with a frowning Bloomberg on top. * * * Although in good fun, the health-conscious Hizzoner wasn’t too pleased. ”This is one of the dumbest things people have done, but if they can get some publicity,” Bloomberg said. CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018230/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 16:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017875/posts Goldman Sachs recently confronted Bloomberg LP after learning that reporters for the business news service have been using the company’s terminals to monitor employees of the Wall Street bank, Mark Decambre of The New York Post reports. Specifically, Goldman officials learned that Bloomberg staffers could determine not only which of its employees had logged into Bloomberg’s proprietary terminals but also how many times they had used particular functions, sources told The Post. Form The Post: "In one instance, a Bloomberg reporter asked a Goldman executive if a partner at the bank had recently left the firm — noting casually that... Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017875/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 16:11:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017530/posts A Pew study released Tuesday finds that Americans think gun violence has escalated when in reality it's way down from two decades ago. The violence has dropped, meanwhile, even as gun ownership has increased. Mass shootings, frantic gun-buying, and more Americans legally carrying guns on the street all point to a country fighting a gun violence epidemic, right? Not necessarily. As part of a broader trend of declining crime, gun violence in America – while still high relative to other... --snip-- “The gun prohibition lobby has long promoted this idea that reducing the number of guns is a good idea,... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017530/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 19:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017333/posts "Superficial" "A source close to the Senate negotiations [says] that two senators who voted against the background check bill would vote for it after minor, superficial changes." - Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC, May 6, 2013ACTION: Senators who voted pro-gun last month are under intense pressure - by Senate Democrats and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s hit ads - to switch their votes.  We need to keep applying the heat and let them know that gun owners are ready to help in any Senate campaign, no matter which state, to defeat ANY SENATOR who votes for gun control.LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM WASHINGTON, DC. It’s... Gun Owners of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017333/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 10:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016928/posts Glenn Beck roused the National Rifle Association's annual convention this weekend with his attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but he also aroused criticism by a major Jewish group for depicting the mayor giving what appears to be a a Nazi salute. The head of the Anti-Defamation League called Becks' comments "deeply offensive on so many levels," and B'nai B'rith called for Beck to apologize. "Glenn Beck, the keynote speaker at the NRA's annual convention, trivializes the Holocaust when he compares New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Adolf Hitler," B'nai B'rith told ABC News. "The casual use... abcnews.go.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016928/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 04:07:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3016844/posts Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s aides met recently with staffers of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to warn them: Targeting vulnerable Democrats like Arkansas’s Mark Pryor on gun control could backfire on the party, several sources told POLITICO. It didn’t work. Ads from the Bloomberg-funded Mayors Against Illegal Guns are going up soon in Alaska, Arkansas and North Dakota — three states with Democratic senators who broke with the White House on last month’s background checks vote. The group is also moving as many as 60 field organizers into about a dozen states where senators — Democrats and Republicans —... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3016844/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 23:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016499/posts NEW YORK—Former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new climate initiative Monday to help cities measure their risk for severe weather and natural disasters. The hope is to help curb the impact of deadly storms like Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of New York City last October. The project will be run through C40, a coalition of major cities around the world that united to study the impact of climate change on their municipalities. The group, chaired by Bloomberg, merged two years ago with the Clinton Climate Initiative—an offshoot of Clinton’s philanthropic foundation. Known... Yahoo - The Ticket http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016499/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 01:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016301/posts At the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, TX, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced that the NRA has now grown to an unprecedented 5 million active members. He concluded his speech with the theme of all the NRA officers, vowing, “From liberty’s defense, we will never back down. We will never surrender. We will always stand. We will always fight.” Well over 70,000 members of the NRA are assembled in Houston, Texas for its 142nd Annual Meeting—projected to break the all-time record for the nation’s oldest and largest Constitutional rights organization. The convention houses over 300,000 square feet... Breitbart's Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016301/posts#comment Mon, 6 May 2013 17:03:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3015016/posts New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban,which would limit the portions of soda sold in the city..... Daily Currant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3015016/posts#comment Thu, 2 May 2013 18:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014829/posts - FrontPage Magazine - http://frontpagemag.com - Bloomberg’s Banana RepublicPosted By Daniel Greenfield On May 2, 2013 @ 12:46 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 4 Comments Spring is in the air, which in New York means that it’s time to launch the bike-share program. The bike-share program, which stacks racks of bikes out in the street in the hope that everyone will stop driving cars and rent bikes instead, failed in Paris, Melbourne and Montreal. But Mr. Bloomberg is not about to stop his wars on obesity and global warming long enough to let the failure of a senseless program everywhere... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014829/posts#comment Thu, 2 May 2013 11:35:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3014820/posts How stupid does the Senate background-check vote look now, I ask the pundits and others who thought it was dumb politics for Obama and the Democrats to push for a vote that they obviously knew they were going to lose. I’d say not very stupid at all. The nosedive taken in the polls by a number of senators who voted against the bill, most of them in red states, makes public sentiment here crystal clear. And now, for the first time since arguably right after the Reagan assassination attempt—a damn long time, in other words—legislators in Washington are feeling political... The Daily Beast's Politics Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3014820/posts#comment Thu, 2 May 2013 11:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014518/posts Mayor Bloomberg today unleashed an attack on The New York Times, accusing the paper of hypocrisy for publishing an editorial against the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy days after the “paper of record” didn’t bother covering of the murder of a black teenager. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014518/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2013 16:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014382/posts Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s nanny mayor, slammed Detroit in a Tweet just after noon Tuesday heralding a record-low murder rate in the Big Apple. It the Tweet Bloomberg said, “Last year we had a record-low 419 murders.” But instead of thanking law enforcement or crediting New Yorkers he went on to insult Detroit. “If, instead, we had Detroit’s murder rate, 4,500+ New Yorkers would have been murdered last year,” Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014382/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2013 10:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3013785/posts A statement from captured bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and corroborated by the terrorists’ carjack victim that New York City’s Times Square was the next target was met with surprising calm by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “As horrific as the Boston Marathon bombing was or that a similar attack in Times Square might’ve been, the carnage entailed cannot match that wreaked on our citizens by sugar-laden soft drinks,” Bloomberg said. “The Boston bomb claimed the lives of three innocent victims and maimed dozens more. Sugary soft drinks kill and incapacitate far more on an annual basis.” Bloomberg insisted that “we should not be... Semi-News/Semi-Satire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3013785/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:53:35 GMT