http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newyork/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415226/posts SNIPPET: "It may have been one of the coldest days this season, but that did not deter angry protesters from gathering at the residence of Youssef Al-Khattab, a Jewish convert to Islam who has been tagged as an Al-Qaida sympathizer." SNIPPET: "Sunday’s protest came after Al-Khattab posted comments on his website, revolutionmuslim.com, supporting the Fort Hood attacks and other violent acts of radical Muslims. He also has made several anti-Semitic comments on his site, including saying he wants liquid drain cleaner to be thrown in Jews’ faces, and calling for the outdoor huts some build during the holiday of Sukkot... (QUEENS CHRONICLE) via zwire.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415226/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414663/posts City Council to law-abid ing people of this city: Go to hell. In a move that reeks of two-fisted police-bashing, the council today is poised to rename a street in Queens after Sean Bell. The man who, after a night of drunken carousing at a seedy strip club patronized by diseased hookers and low-rent junkies, rammed his car into a detective's legs, then died in a hail of police bullets. Now, Bell's memory is being sanitized. He is to join the rarefied ranks of leaders, humanitarians and sportsmen whose names grace the avenues and thoroughfares of this city. Martin Luther... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414663/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412875/posts Detroit's (predominantly black) public schools are the worst in the nation and it takes some doing to be worse than Washington, D.C. Only 3 percent of Detroit's fourth-graders scored proficient on the most recent National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test, sometimes called "The Nation's Report Card." Twenty-eight percent scored basic and 69 percent below basic. "Below basic" is the NAEP category when students are unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at their grade level. It's the same story for Detroit's eighth-graders. Four percent scored proficient, 18 percent basic and 77 percent... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412875/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:47:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413157/posts The Wall Street Journal reports this week that U.S. investigators are discovering that more and more young Muslims are vanishing from mosques, madrassas, and Islamic centers. The disappearances, the Journal notes, are raising grave concerns among FBI and Homeland Security officials who fear that an onset of jihadist activity will take place on American soil in the near future. Hundreds of Muslim men are also missing from Islamberg and this is not a propitious omen. The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413157/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts At least common thieves don't destroy an entire health care system and socialize the American economy when they commit their felonies. Too bad we can't say the same for our illustrious Democratic senators who sold out the nation. In exchange for criminally unconstitutional favors for their respective states, they voted to pass the Senate health care bill just 38 hours after it had been made available to the public for review. Everyone knows about Sen. Mary Landrieu's negotiating $300 million for her state in non-guaranteed Medicaid payouts. She was even cocky about her institutionalized larceny. Sen. Bernie Sanders finagled $10... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412421/posts CUNY Graduate Center professor David S. Reynolds has an idea. He wants to pardon an American criminal that is a known murderer and fanatic and who led a life that was steadily radicalized by an extreme religious ideology. This domestic terrorist even went so far as to attempt to start a war inside the USA and advocated for American citizens to be killed in their homes for not seeing things his way. No, Reynolds is not hoping to pardon Islamic terrorist Nidal Hasan, though being a professor of one of our wonderful universities it would not be surprising if he... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412421/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411363/posts Louisiana really seems to take the term "Big Easy" to hear as it clocks in as the happiest state in America, while New York is the least happiest or saddest. The list that measures the Happiness level states in America was the result of work done by researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK and Hamilton College in the United States and published in the journal Science. "The researchers examined a 2005- 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System random sample of 1.3 million United States citizens in which Life-satisfaction in each U.S. state is measured. This provided a... Now Public http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411363/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411022/posts Do you live in the happiest state in America? Well if you live in New York, you're in the least happy state according to the Huffington Post article. The top thing on the list that made the Empire State the least happy was the government. One resident described the government as “…corrupt, self-dealing and too quick to increase taxes.” It is no secret that New York has had a troubled government for sometime now. Constantly cutting well needed programs for children and the elderly. Not being able to pass a budget in a timely fashion or one that works for... examiner.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411022/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410123/posts The decision by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to sharply cut services to close a nearly $383 million deficit is the latest sign that the state will operate under harsh fiscal constraints in the coming year. The proposed cuts, which would include shutting down two subway lines and slashing night and weekend hours on a system that operates around the clock, will be aired at several public hearings this winter. A final vote is planned in the spring by the board of the MTA, which manages transit systems in New York City and surrounding areas, including Long Island. The measures... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410123/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:13:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409905/posts Relatives of 9/11 victims asked an appeals court Wednesday to force the city to move tons of Ground Zero debris from the Staten Island landfill to a proper burial site. The families contend the debris includes remains of loved ones, while the city says there is nothing identifiable there - and it would cost too much to move it away from household trash. "There is no reason for all eternity that my son has to be in the garbage," said Diane Horning, whose 26-year-old son, Matthew, was killed at the World Trade Center. Seventeen families are seeking the right to... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409905/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409814/posts Disgusted relatives of 9/11 victims yesterday were shocked to hear a city lawyer call debris that contains the remains of their loved ones "dirt." The insensitive comment was made as the families fought to have more than a million tons of World Trade Center wreckage at the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, sifted for remains. "These ashes are undifferentiated dirt," said attorney James Tyrell. His comment brought gasps of horror from dozens of 9/11 relatives, who were crammed into the federal appeals court in Manhattan. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409814/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:03:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409135/posts A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by the makers of the movie "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.," which documents how a jihadist group has developed dozens of training camps across the nation. WND reported at the time how Jamaat ul-Fuqra has built 35 compounds – mostly in the northeastern corridor of the U.S. Now the organization has posted on YouTube a "chilling" training video provided to CAN by an unnamed law enforcement source... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409135/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts A chilling new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York State practicing throat cutting techniques and assault weapons training. Christian Action Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408428/posts A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by the makers of the movie "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.," which documents how a jihadist group has developed dozens of training camps across the nation. WND reported at the time how Jamaat ul-Fuqra has built 35 compounds – mostly in the northeastern corridor of the U.S. Now the organization has posted on YouTube a "chilling" training video provided to CAN by an unnamed law enforcement source... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408428/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported: An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn it into potentially one of the largest New York City mosques. At the moment the building, the old Burlington Coat Factory, already serves as a mini-mosque: an iron grill lifts every Friday afternoon for a little known Imam leading prayers a few yards... Hudson New York Institute via GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408935/posts A campaign that wasn't supposed to be In a township of just 1,600 voters, the race for Town Supervisor in little known Richmondville New York, put a whole new meaning to the phrase, "every vote counts". Just a few weeks ago, a small, yet hot blooded town of 3,000 citizens, was in the midst of one of the most interesting elections one person could ever encounter. Supervisor John Barlow (R) wasn't supposed to be running for re-election, as the death of his beloved wife of decades and the loss of his leg because of diabetes, painted a bleak picture for... RHP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408935/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408229/posts Marcus A. WintersTeachers’ Unions vs. Progress—Again New York resists reforms that would bring in millions and improve teacher quality. 14 December 2009 Ever wonder how effective your child’s teacher is? Officials in Albany would rather you didn’t know. At least that’s the lesson one has to take from their refusal to allow data systems to match students to teachers, though doing so would help the state compete for a pot of perhaps hundreds of millions of federal dollars. Narrow political interests stand in the way of improving our schools and easing New York taxpayers’ burdens. The use of data... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408229/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:00:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407604/posts New York Yankees have quite a catch in Curtis Granderson, who's a leader on and off field Curtis Granderson laughs at the memory now, but when he saw that the letter had come from the baseball commissioner's office, his first thought was, "Did I do something wrong?" What Granderson found when he opened the envelope, however, "was amazing," he says, and the letter sits in one of his parents' scrapbooks to this day. The Yankees' newest star had gotten a letter from commissioner Bud Selig earlier this year praising Granderson's work as a baseball ambassador during offseason clinics in places... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407604/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406515/posts They do their dishes in the shower, sit sideways on the toilet and need to watch their weight just to fit into their bathrooms. But these cramped New Yorkers wouldn't have it any other way. A week after The Post told the story of Zaarath and Christopher Prokop and their 175-square-foot micro-studio on Sunday, other New Yorkers lined up to share their tales of living small, including a 55-square-foot apartment in Hell's Kitchen and a 90-square-foot home on the Upper West Side. "To me, it's all about location," said Eddie Rabon, 24, who lives in a microscopic Hell's Kitchen abode.... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406515/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406101/posts A new Muslims of America (MOA) terror training video has been uncovered by the Christian Action Network. This video show members of MOA participating in paramilitary style training on their compound in upstate New York, near the town of Hancock. Click the link to see the exclusive new tape. Christian Action Network/YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406101/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405686/posts Protesters are arrested outside US Senator Chuck Schumer's office in New York. Angry constituents of Schumer staged the sit-in at his Manhattan office, dissatisfied that the influential senator hasn’t done enough to push for universal, national health care. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405686/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405609/posts Eliot Spitzer, the former Governor of New York who resigned after his sexual exploits with numerous prostitutes was exposed, is considering a run for the Democrat nomination, to be the Democratic candidate for State Comptroller. Thomas DiNalopi, the current Comptroller who was elected to that position via the state legislature after Alan Hevesi resigned (another Democrat violating the law), is considered a weak Democratic candidate for the 2010 elections, and thus Spitzer might be an appealing candidate. New York is one of the most unstable governments in the Union, as the state is deep in red ink, we have one... Right Handed Pitcher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405609/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405049/posts PEACE activists have carried mock coffins through New York to protest against President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. About 50 demonstrators walked from outside the United Nations to the military recruiting office on Times Square in central Manhattan. Walking to a slow drumbeat, they carried black cardboard coffins, the first of which was draped in the US flag. "Barack Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, especially after his recent announcement that he will escalate the war in Afghanistan," said Will Travers, 30, who helped carry one of the coffins. Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405049/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:22:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404791/posts A New York appellate court last week harshly rejected the state's effort to take property from businesses in upper Manhattan and give it to Columbia University for its campus expansion, calling it a "scheme" hatched by the university and the state and labeling their arguments in favor of invoking eminent domain, the government power to seize private property, as "mere sophistry." Yet for decades the state has confiscated private property on the slimmest of pretexts, often vastly underpaying, and in the process ruined businesses and lives. The Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Va.-based, public-interest group, recently called New York one... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404791/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403112/posts By Genevieve Pollock NEW YORK, DEC. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Today in New York City, a Catholic health center for women officially opened with a waiting list of patients eager for its particular approach to reproductive care and family planning. Doctor Anne Mielnik, the director of "Gianna -- The Catholic Health Care Center for Women," explained to ZENIT that her clinic is only one piece of the last pro-life bastion in the city. The center is owned by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, the last of its kind in a city that once numbered 15 Catholic hospitals. Mielnik stated that the Sisters... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403112/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:17:45 GMT