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  • Former Navy Swimmer Miraculously Survives 200-Foot Suicide Leap

    11/07/2009 8:25:06 PM PST · by nuconvert · 8 replies · 826+ views
    Fox/AP ^ | Nov. 7, 09
    NEW YORK — A man who once swam for the U.S. Naval Academy's water-polo team has survived a terrifying leap from the George Washington Bridge. Authorities say 28-year-old Adrian Rawn stopped his car on the lower level of the bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey at about 11:30 a.m. on Friday, then walked to the rail and jumped.
  • (NY) Astorino ousts Spano as Westerchester County exec. (Astorino Runs Catholic Radio Station)

    11/04/2009 10:58:53 AM PST · by Coleus · 22 replies · 365+ views
    November 4, 2009
    FR can't post threads from the Lower Hudson newspaper. Some more good news. I just wanted to let everyone know that a Republican and Pro-Life Catholic who is the station manager and program director of The Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio, Rob Astorino, won the election for County Executive for Westchester County, a liberal democrat bastion outside of NYC. He was attacked by the non-religious, pro-abortion left for being anti-femal and pro life. And still won!
  • Election 2009-Two Out of Three Ain't Bad--Election Day Implications

    11/03/2009 10:05:27 PM PST · by Shellybenoit · 4 replies · 275+ views
    Various/The Lid ^ | 11/4/09 | The Lid
    At this writing, close to midnight on Election we have a good Idea of the results. The GOP has taken over the state houses in Virginia and New Jersey and they have seen major gains in those states legislatures. Mike Bloomberg was reelected by a whisker and in NY 23 Doug Hoffman has lost to Bill Owens. The talking-heads heads have been talking all night and quite frankly very few of them have it right. To be honest very little of this election was about President Obama, but in the end there will be implications for the POTUS.
  • USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) PUBLIC SHIP VISITS (Just how cool is THAT?)

    11/03/2009 8:56:43 PM PST · by Libloather · 15 replies · 455+ views
    USSNY ^ | 11/03/09
    USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) PUBLIC SHIP VISITS ... – Wednesday, November 4 – 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Thursday, November 5 – 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Sunday, November 8 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Monday, November 9 – 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Tuesday, November 10 – 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Wednesday, November 11 – 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Dates and times are subject to change; updates will be posted here.) NO LARGE PACKAGES OR BACKPACKS WILL BE PERMITTED. Those who plan to go aboard the ship are advised to: -- Arrive...
  • Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia

    11/03/2009 2:00:40 PM PST · by Kartographer · 6 replies · 386+ views
    AP/YahooNews ^ | 11/3/09 | LIZ SIDOTI
    President Barack Obama's political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public's mood heading into an important midterm election year.
  • Sarah Palin: Get Off Your Behind And Vote Today

    11/03/2009 10:53:57 AM PST · by MaxCUA · 2 replies · 334+ views
    The governor’s race in New Jersey is a referendum on the failed fiscal policies of the state’s current governor. New Jersey suffers under the highest tax burden in the nation – a burden which has caused many New Jerseyans to leave their home state for better economic prospects elsewhere. Chris Christie is dedicated to ending the reckless spending, the tax hikes, and the corruption that has plagued New Jersey for far too long. A vote for Chris Christie as the next governor of New Jersey will help to lead this great state – “The Crossroads of the Revolution” – back...
  • Hoffman Pulls Ahead in N.Y. House Race, But Undecideds Double to 18%

    11/02/2009 11:38:03 AM PST · by Victory111 · 13 replies · 552+ views
    Cross Action News ^ | 11/02/09 | Anton Troianovski
    The drama continues in New York’s 23 Congressional District. An 11th-hour poll in a much-watched upstate New York House race shows Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman leading Democrat Bill Owens 41% to 36%, two days after the Republican candidate pulled out and one day before the election. But the race remains fluid. Since Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew on Saturday, she still retains the support of 6% of the voters, while the number of undecided voters doubled from 9% to 18%, according to the poll released this morning by the Siena Research Institute. The poll has a four percentage point margin...
  • A changed race (Scozzafava 23rd Congressional District)

    11/01/2009 6:19:31 AM PST · by Texas Fossil · 30 replies · 1,639+ views
    Watertown Daily Times ^ | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 | none stated
    Dierdre K. Scozzafava's decision to suspend her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking development in what had already been an extraordinary race. In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons behind her decision: "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so." During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens.
  • Bike-cab jihad jerk is a hate 'pedaler'

    11/01/2009 2:01:45 AM PST · by Cindy · 18 replies · 546+ views
    NYPOST.com - NEW YORK POST ^ | Last Updated: 9:47 AM, October 19, 2009 | By CHUCK BENNETT
    SNIPPET: "This jihadist wannabe is a "terror" on the road. Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedicab by day and propagandizes for the terrorists he idolizes by night." SNIPPET: "He spends his free time annoying mainstream Muslims by handing out hate-filled literature outside the city's mosques with a handful of followers in tow or posting death threats against Jews disguised as prayers on his "Revolution Muslim" Web site. "Anyone who denies jihad is not a Muslim, that is what the Koran says," the bushy-bearded al-Khattab -- birth name Joseph Leonard Cohen --...
  • Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Premier Polish Patriot

    10/31/2009 8:26:55 PM PDT · by Coleus · 7 replies · 354+ views
    tna ^ | 10.02.09 | Charles Scaliger
    British General John Burgoyne must have been bitterly disappointed one day in July 1777 in the upper Hudson Valley — the day his army, hot in pursuit of the Americans they had just driven from Fort Ticonderoga, ran into a lake that wasn’t supposed to exist.  This part of upstate New York had already been thoroughly explored and mapped, yet the Redcoats, confident of speedily overtaking and finishing off the American force, suddenly found themselves blocked by a brand-new body of water where dry forest and field was supposed to provide swift passage. The British must have soon ascertained, as...
  • Scozzafava Out In NY 23

    10/31/2009 3:12:06 PM PDT · by Biggirl · 25 replies · 731+ views
    http://www.radioviceonline.com ^ | October 31, 2009 | Jim Vicevich
    A SUPRISE Halloween treat for NY23. At the UCONN game but wanted to bring your attention to Dede Scozzafava dropping out of the race in New York’s 23rd District. The RINO’s withdrawal might leave room for Doug Hoffman to step in as the conservative independent who will no longer be branded a third party spoiler destroying chances for Republicans. Hat tip to Gateway Pundit, but many other bloggers are now up and tracking including Jim Geraghty, Pamela Gellar, Power Line, Sweetness & Light, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin. Hot Air was speculating 18 hours ago. As the folks at Red...
  • Anti-Catholicism (An Op-Ed the NY Times refused to publish)

    10/29/2009 3:45:12 PM PDT · by NYer · 117 replies · 1,165+ views
    Archdiocese of NY ^ | October 29, 2009 | Archbishop Timothy Dolan
    October 29, 2009The following article was submitted in a slightly shorter form to the New York Times as an op-ed article. The Times declined to publish it. I thought you might be interested in reading it. FOUL BALL!By Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York   October is the month we relish the highpoint of our national pastime, especially when one of our own New York teams is in the World Series!   Sadly, America has another national pastime, this one not pleasant at all: anti-catholicism.             It is not hyperbole to call prejudice against the Catholic Church a...
  • FBI raid at meat processor believed tied to immigration irregularities [UPDATE:TERROR PLOT -ARRESTS]

    10/21/2009 12:39:00 AM PDT · by Cindy · 36 replies · 1,245+ views
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com ^ | October 20, 2009 | Tribune staff report
    SNIPPET: "Search at Grundy County plant called part of ongoing probe" SNIPPET: "But a source said the owner of the plant, which processes lamb and goat, was taken into custody at his home in Chicago. Documents and records were taken from the plant and from a Chicago travel agency on West Devon Avenue, also owned by the same person, the source said."
  • Doug Hoffman, Ordinary American

    10/26/2009 9:23:39 AM PDT · by Behind Liberal Lines · 10 replies · 536+ views
    American Spectator ^ | 10.26.09 @ 6:07AM | By Robert Stacy McCain
    The Nov. 3 election to replace longtime Rep. John McHugh, a Republican appointed by President Obama to be Secretary of the Army, has especially drawn the attention of conservatives in recent weeks. That's mainly because the New York GOP leadership picked liberal state assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as their candidate, sparking a struggle that pits the Republican establishment against grassroots activists ... Given his hardscrabble upbringing, Hoffman's sympathies are clearly with the conservative grassroots. He was able to get a college education only because his excellent academic record in high school inspired local businessmen to establish a scholarship fund to assist...
  • Hiding Under the Ceiling: DEDE'S DESPERATION

    10/26/2009 7:43:35 AM PDT · by Behind Liberal Lines · 48 replies · 1,446+ views
    American Spectator (Second Item) ^ | 10/25/09 | the Prowler (Second Item)
    Dede Scozzafava's financial support to fund her collapsing Republican bid for the New York 23rd Congressional District is now almost exclusively being drawn from the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, and according to NRCC sources, her staff is, essentially, "four paid staff and her family," adding ruefully, "and I'm not so sure about the family." Scozzafava's campaign hasn't had a good week, taking hits almost daily from conservative grassroots organizations and websites and in the media. Last week, just about every major conservative political website and organization called on Scozzafava to step aside after it was...
  • NY Gas Station Clerk Fends off Armed Robbers with Shotgun

    10/26/2009 4:41:59 AM PDT · by marktwain · 11 replies · 677+ views
    opposing views ^ | 25 October, 2009 | na
    A Long Island gas station clerk says he was just doing his job Wednesday night when the two masked men stormed in and demanded cash. He grabbed their shotgun and chased them away. Video at link.
  • Cardinal George lauds appointment of N.Y. archbishop to Jewish Affairs post

    10/25/2009 1:29:54 PM PDT · by NYer · 3 replies · 162+ views
    cna ^ | October 24, 2009
    Archbishop Timothy Dolan Washington D.C., Oct 24, 2009 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- Archbishop of New York Timothy M. Dolan has been named Moderator of Jewish Affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). USCCB president Cardinal Francis George says Dolan will be a friend to the Jewish community and will convey “profound respect” for others’ spiritual gifts. Archbishop Dolan succeeds Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore William H. Keeler in the role.His five-year appointment was announced in a Friday USCCB statement and will become effective Nov. 11. Cardinal George’s announcement noted the New York Archdiocese’s “long history of cooperation and...
  • The Actors’ Chapel (St. Malachy’s Serves the Theatre District Near Times Square)

    10/24/2009 11:33:06 AM PDT · by NYer · 5 replies · 286+ views
    NC Register ^ | October 25, 2009 | ANGELO STAGNARO
    There aren’t many churches in Christendom where the person sitting next to you is likely a star of stage, screen or television. St. Malachy’s Church, located on 49th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, founded in 1902, is a little jewel box of a church and an essential and important aspect of New York City’s theatrical community.Because of its location in the midst of the Theatre District — and the number of actors who have graced its precincts — it has come to be known as the Actors’ Chapel. Prior to 1920, St. Malachy’s was a working-class Irish-Italian parish....
  • New rules making crossing the border difficult (Archive- guess who opposed border security)

    10/23/2009 2:00:37 PM PDT · by mnehring · 16 replies · 486+ views
    Crossing the border? Today it's not really that hard, just have your license and your birth certificate ready at customs. But in the not-so-distant future, that's all going to change. The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a federal passport card that Americans will need to visit a neighboring country. The cost of that card is estimated at $50 a person. Some North Country leaders said that's ridiculous. Senator Jim Wright said, "The reality is no one wants to spend that kind of money for every member of their family when there are valid identification programs already in place.""$50 a...
  • Gay marriage bill passes in Assembly (Archive- Scozzafava Supported)

    10/23/2009 1:56:12 PM PDT · by mnehring · 4 replies · 263+ views
    Gay rights activists stood alongside religious fundamentalists in the balcony of the state Assembly chamber last Tuesday looking down upon what could either be a monumental movement for the gay community or the solidification of traditional religious beliefs in New York state. Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s controversial program bill to legalize same-sex marriage, sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, D-Manhattan, found its way to the Assembly floor after several weeks of stagnation. After three hours of emotional debate, the bill passed 85 to 61. ::snip:: Party lines became less clear as the bill came to the Assembly floor after an hour-long Republican...
  • Intruder attacked Oswego County homeowner before he was fatally shot, relative says(NY)

    10/22/2009 4:55:27 AM PDT · by marktwain · 11 replies · 805+ views
    syracuse.com ^ | 18 October, 2009 | John Mariani
    Schroeppel, NY - When Deanna Candee and her son, Adam, returned from a shopping trip Saturday to their Schroeppel home, they suspected something was wrong when they saw the garage door open. Candee’s home had been ransacked. An intruder was still inside. As her 25-year-old son moved toward the cellar to check out a noise, Deanna, 48, started into the house, said Wilson Candee, Deanna’s father-in-law. The intruder confronted her and grabbed her by the hair, Wilson Candee said. Adam heard his mother scream, went to her aid and pulled the intruder off. He and the stranger began to struggle....
  • Will Activism Translate into Action?

    10/21/2009 10:11:03 AM PDT · by Raquel · 119+ views
    Political Blog ^ | October 21, 2009 | Raquel Okyay
    There are some who believe “Tea Party” and “Town Hall” crowds fit in neat categories of at-best Republican Party strong hands, or at worst anti-Obama bigots. In both instances, there has been no evidence to support these stereotypes. We have heard time and time again testimony from individuals who are concerned with too much government intervention, and too much government spending, not your typical political thug nor white supremacist. I had the opportunity to speak at an August town hall meeting in Bellerose Queens, where I discussed how government run health care will negatively impact medical care for millions of...
  • REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE STAFF MEMBERS

    10/21/2009 1:40:47 AM PDT · by Cindy · 2 replies · 218+ views
    WHITEHOUSE.gov ^ | October 20, 2009 | n/a
    Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 20, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE STAFF MEMBERS Joint Terrorism Task Force Headquarters New York, New York 4:24 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please be seated. Thank you so much. It is great to be here today and I am honored to spend some time with the men and women who are working so hard, around the clock, to keep not only this city but also this country...
  • Queens Imam Indicted On Federal Charges

    10/21/2009 1:10:26 AM PDT · by Cindy · 4 replies · 275+ views
    NY1.com - News ^ | 10/20/2009 11:19 PM | By: NY1 News
    Note: Photo and video included. SNIPPET: "Ahmad Wais Afzali, 53, is charged with tipping off Najibullah Zazi that New York City police detectives were after him. Afzali is also accused of lying about it to federal agents. The Imam remains free on bail." His lawyer says the indictment is "merely a tired rehash of the same discredited allegations."
  • December trial date for dad of terror suspect Zazi

    10/21/2009 1:21:23 AM PDT · by Cindy · 195+ views
    (AP) via Google.com - News ^ | October 20, 2009 | n/a
    SNIPPET: “DENVER — A Colorado man whose son is accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City is scheduled to go to trial in December on a charge of lying to investigators. A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a 10-day trial for Mohammed Wali Zazi starting Dec. 7 in U.S. District Court in Denver.”
  • Oswego County Sheriff: Homeowner shot, killed intruder(NY)

    10/19/2009 4:36:34 AM PDT · by marktwain · 6 replies · 663+ views
    syracuse.com ^ | 17 October, 2009 | Charles McChesney
    A man who broke into a home near Phoenix was shot and killed Saturday when the homeowners came home, said Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd. The owners of the home at 211 Hilltop Drive in Schroeppel fought with the intruder, Todd said. “There was a violent struggle,” the sheriff said. The intruder was shot once with a handgun and died immediately, Todd said. Where the gun came from is under investigation, he said. A source familiar with the case said a woman came home from shopping with an adult son and found the male intruder inside the home. The intruder...
  • Sheriff identifies Oswego County intruder killed in Schroeppel

    10/18/2009 5:02:06 PM PDT · by metmom · 36 replies · 1,553+ views
    Syracuse.com ^ | October 18, 2009 | John Mariani
    Schroeppel, NY -- The man who was shot and killed during an apparent burglary Saturday at a Schroeppel home has been tentatively identified. Oswego County Sheriff's officials said Timothy Hartigan, 39, was killed after Deanna Candee, 48, and her son, Adam Candee, 25, came home to their residence at 211 Hilltop Drive to find an intruder. A violent struggle ensued during which Deanna Candee got her pistol and shot Hartigan once, sheriff's officials said. Hartigan, who has no known permanent address, was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff's officials said.
  • Rochester, NY Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?"

    10/16/2009 7:24:10 AM PDT · by rochester_veteran · 17 replies · 930+ views
    10/16/2009 | rochester_veteran
    The Rochester Operation "Can You Hear Me Now" rallies and march, is starting at the WHEC-TV Studios on 191 East Avenue. The rally will start at 11am on Saturday, 10/17/2007. Here's the map for the rally point: We're starting things off with the Presentation of the Colors, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a few speeches. We'll then proceed on our march that will follow this route through Downtown Rochester, across the Genesee River, ending at the Gannett Building, for a protest at our local newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle: BTW, we are conducting a peaceful, but spirited event...
  • Hoffman vs. Scozzafava

    10/17/2009 12:42:34 PM PDT · by ocr1 · 14 replies · 523+ views
    Hot Air ^ | October 17, 2009 | Allahpundit
    The NY-23 special election has been off our radar screen but the boss is blogging up a storm about it, seeing it — as, increasingly, many prominent conservatives do — as a bellwether for the party’s approach to the midterms. The RNC, NRCC, and even Gingrich are all in for liberal Republican Scozzafava; Michelle, Fred Thompson, and the Club for Growth support the upstart fiscal conservative Doug Hoffman. The question: How big should the big tent be? Evidently, per the party leadership, pretty darned big: Scozzafava is an abortion rights advocate who favors gay marriage. It would be one thing...
  • Global Warming ALERT!!!! Winter storm watch for interior New York

    10/16/2009 5:08:03 PM PDT · by Thunder90 · 24 replies · 813+ views
    Weather.gov ^ | National Weather Service
    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 NYZ009-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072- 170300- /O.CON.KBGM.WS.A.0004.091017T1600Z-091018T1800Z/ NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME... CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON... WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE... TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD... HONESDALE 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND...
  • Doug Hoffman surges in polls, time for Scozzafava to step aside.

    10/16/2009 1:41:35 PM PDT · by oldskuulconserv · 11 replies · 922+ views
    Right Handed Pitcher ^ | 10/15/2009 | Timothy Knight
    If Republicans want to maintain New York's 23rd congressional district, I would recommend the Republican candidate, Assemblywoman "Dede" Scozzafava drop out of the special election being held to replace Republican Congressman John McHugh, and endorse Conservative candidate for Congress, Doug Hoffman. This is no longer a third party candidate which Republicans can dismiss, because Doug Hoffman is not a third party obstructionist, he is the only true Republican in the special congressional election. According to a new poll released by the Siena Research Institute, Scozzafava is losing more support each and every day, Hoffman is gaining support, and Owens is...
  • 2 Months Later & Brian's Attackers Are Still Running Free (Poll Question)

    10/13/2009 10:13:49 PM PDT · by OneVike · 7 replies · 502+ views
    It has been almost two Months since the vicious attack on Brian Milligan, and still no arrests have been made. If He were black and the perpetrators were white, it's my guess that the FBI would be involved to find the perpetrators of the hate Crime.Am I the only one who thinks that Obama should tell his FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate the crime? After all, we are reminded often how it was the federal government and the FBI who had to go into the South and investigate crimes against the black community by the KKK because the...
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg defends city legal settlements to drug gang

    10/12/2009 10:14:34 PM PDT · by neverdem · 8 replies · 471+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | October 12th 2009 | Erin Einhorn and Michael J. Feeney
    Anthony Lawrence and Shamel King are charged with dealing drugs - but the city doled out $157,500 to them in legal settlements. Mayor Bloomberg Sunday defended city bureaucrats who handed out half a million bucks to members of a violent Brooklyn drug gang who sued the Police Department. "The city gets sued 200 times a week," Bloomberg told the Daily News. "We take as many cases to trial as we possibly can, but we would [go] bankrupt if we tried to defend every one of them." The mayor was reacting to a front-page News exclusive that exposed a city practice...
  • Cause of explosion at Syracuse Islamic school still undetermined

    10/10/2009 10:23:20 PM PDT · by Cindy · 83 replies · 4,393+ views
    SYRACUSE.com - The Post-Standard ^ | October 09, 2009, 5:34PM | By Robert A. Baker
    The following news brief is a quote: Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse fire investigators have not yet determined the cause of an explosion Thursday at the Ihsan School of Excellence, a private Islamic school on West Onondaga Street. More meetings with investigators are planned before a determination is made, Lt. Joe Galloway, a Syracuse fire investigator, said today. A cause for the explosion in the school's basement will possibly be released on Monday, Galloway said.
  • NY NJ PA area Oktoberfest and FReepers.

    10/09/2009 4:23:52 AM PDT · by Leo Carpathian · 3 replies · 497+ views
    self ^ | 10/9/2009 | Leo Carpathian
    Great chance for liberty lovers to meet, check out the facility for future meets and to discuss possible TEA party. Special table marked FR will be set up. Glen Spey Oktoberfest at MountainView Returns Historic Manor Celebrates 2nd Annual Oktoberfest, October 10 & 11 in Glen Spey, NY After a tremendous Oktoberfest last year, Verkhovyna - MountainView Manor will continue this new tradition for its second consecutive year on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11. MountainView Manor is located at 369 High Road, Glen Spey, New York and is home to the historic Ardmore Mansion, which has been recently...
  • Twelve indicted in federal food stamp defraud scheme

    10/06/2009 7:17:48 PM PDT · by Cindy · 25 replies · 934+ views
    WKTV.com - News ^ | Story Updated: Oct 6, 2009 at 5:23 PM EDT | n/a
    Note: Video included. SNIPPET: "UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Twelve local people are under federal indictment for allegedly defrauding the government out of more than $2 million in a food stamp scheme." SNIPPET: "The following, all of Utica, have been indicted: *Muteea Alfahdd, 41 *Najeeb Abdullah, 44 *Hamoud Yafal, 60 *Ali Hamoud Yafal, 21 *Yaser Saet, 27 *Bakri Ali Samet, 33 *Setha Samnang, 42 *Rina Samnang, 36 The following four have been indicted, but are still being sought by police. *Nageeb Alghaheim, 24 *Mohamed Alshuja, 30 *Hassan Mohamed Nagi Alshegaa, 23 *Ali Mulhi Abdullah, 36"
  • Will soldiers have enough time to vote? (Fort Drum, NY, blue state, ACORN?)

    10/03/2009 1:35:10 PM PDT · by Libloather · 7 replies · 518+ views
    Will soldiers have enough time to vote?Published: Saturday, October 3, 2009 FORT DRUM (AP) — Military and election officials insist that hundreds of deployed Fort Drum soldiers will have enough time to return their absentee ballots in next month’s special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, even though they won’t be mailed out for another two weeks. Friday was the regular deadline for counties to mail out absentee ballots to military personnel for the Nov. 3 general election. But those ballots don’t have the names of the three candidates in the 23rd District because the special election wasn’t set...
  • NY State Health Care Workers Rally Against Flu Shots

    09/30/2009 10:54:19 AM PDT · by Biggirl · 4 replies · 454+ views
    http://www.radioviceonline.com ^ | September 30, 2009 | Jim Vicevich
    Well, well, even the government workers are now starting to wake up to the REALITY of the threat of BIG GOVERNMENT. Well now … if these workers won’t get a government mandated flu shot … imagine how they will react when the government mandates insurance. Not exactly a Tea Party protest … but the message is clear. Even government workers don’t like government intrusion.
  • Massive Vote Fraud in New York Linked to ACORN

    09/29/2009 9:35:00 PM PDT · by pissant · 87 replies · 2,341+ views
    Big Government ^ | 9/29/09 | Mike Roman
    The Working Families Party and local Democratic Party Officials are at the center of a massive voter fraud scandal in Troy, NY. According to the Times Union: Dozens of forged and fraudulent absentee ballots from people registered to vote on the Working Families Party line were filed in the Sept. 15 primary elections in Troy. Documents at the county Board of Elections show the fraudulent ballots were handled by or prepared on behalf of various elected officials and leaders and operatives for the Democratic and Working Families parties. There may be as many as 50 absentee ballots that were forged,...
  • President Urges Governor to Drop Reelection Bid

    09/28/2009 2:38:51 PM PDT · by John Semmens · 16 replies · 686+ views
    A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 26 September 2009 | John Semmens
    President Barack Obama has requested that Governor David Paterson (D-NY) discontinue his bid to be reelected. The President’s request comes amidst polls showing that Paterson is likely to fare poorly. “In these troubled times extraordinary leadership is required at all levels of government,” Obama declared. “From what has transpired since his elevation to the governorship, it seems clear that Paterson lacks the vision needed to provide that leadership. It would be best for all concerned if he were to step aside.” The President expressed his hope that Paterson would “leave gracefully and voluntarily,” but said he wouldn’t hesitate to take...
  • Dying chicken lays 138-gram egg

    09/28/2009 2:20:20 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 42 replies · 2,399+ views
    News/ ^ | Sept. 28
    HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y., An upstate New York farmer said a recently deceased chicken left behind an impressive legacy -- an egg weighing 138 grams, almost 5 ounces. Chris Schauerman of Honeoye Falls said he noticed one of his chickens appeared ill one day last week and died later that night after laying the massive object, which is 2 1/2 times the size of an average egg, CNN reported Monday. "I just couldn't believe it," Schauerman said. "You open up the chicken coop, and sitting inside the nest with five other eggs is just this behemoth." "We kind of related it...
  • Free-for-all in NY 23 [Conservative Party congressional candidate neck-and-neck with GOP and Dems]

    09/27/2009 7:35:07 AM PDT · by EternalVigilance · 101 replies · 2,316+ views
    Politico ^ | Sept. 24, 2009 | Josh Kraushaar
    The upcoming New York special election to succeed Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) is shaping up to be a real free-for-all, with a new poll showing any one of the three candidates having a shot to win. The anti-tax Club for Growth commissioned a poll showing Republican Dede Scozzafava, Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman all within three points of each other. Scozzafava leads with 20 percent, with Owens and Hoffman tied at 17 percent. That’s consistent with the results of an internal poll conducted by Hoffman’s campaign – and privately, Republican and Democratic strategists report hearing similar...
  • Davis Uses End of Quarter to Boost Online Fundraising (conservative small donor week has begun!)

    09/26/2009 11:08:32 AM PDT · by campaignPete R-CT · 7 replies · 418+ views
    left in alabama ^ | Wed Sep 23, 2009 | mooncat
    THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LIBERAL GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING. THE CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE FOLLOWS. September 30 is the end of the fundraising quarter for federal candidates and, of course, everyone wants to report healthy numbers. To this end campaigns often cite the filing deadline in an attempt to motivate supporters to give one more time or give for the first time. This time they aren't alone. Artur Davis is also using the Sept. 30 deadline to encourage contributions even though he's running for Governor in 2010, not Congress. It's a smart move that reminds supporters time is passing and takes advantage of...
  • (Video) Iranian Diaspora confronts Mullah upon arrival in NY for General Assembly (subtitles)

    09/26/2009 5:57:51 AM PDT · by freedom44 · 5 replies · 354+ views
    Iran: Green Movement ^ | 9/26/09 | Iran: Green Movement
    (Video) Iranian Diasporas sarcasm with Iranian Mullah upon his arrival in New York for UN General Assembly. Mullah blames the U.S. and pro-democracy demonstrator slams him back "soon you will only be able to visit Palestine and Lebanon" Video here: Video
  • New York physician named Catholic Doctor of 2009

    09/25/2009 1:10:30 PM PDT · by NYer · 5 replies · 256+ views
    cna ^ | September 25, 2009
    Los Angeles, Calif., Sep 25, 2009 / 07:24 am (CNA).- The Mission Doctors Association will recognize a New York physician as the Catholic Doctor of 2009 for his significant volunteer work.The association will present its World of Difference Award to Michael A. Fitzgerald, M.D., at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ White Mass on October 18 at Holy Family Church in South Pasadena, California.Dr. Fitzgerald, who is from Liverpool, New York, is being recognized for his commitment to his community, a Mission Doctors Association press release says. He is a volunteer with the Poverello Clinic, a free clinic for the uninsured,...
  • Iranian-Americans Protest Ahmadinejad's Presidency

    09/24/2009 7:40:29 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 1 replies · 294+ views
    Thousands of Iranian-Americans gathered outside the United Nations on Wednesday to voice their opposition to the Iranian government, in the largest such protest here in 30 years. The protesters' affiliations varied from royalist to communist, but they shared one thing: They don't consider Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, declared the winner of disputed presidential elections in June, to be Iran's legitimate leader. "Freedom for Iran, justice for Iran," and "Free political prisoners," shouted the protesters convened here for Mr. Ahmadinejad's appearance at the United Nations General Assembly. The crowd included prominent artists, scholars, human-rights activists and former Iranian lawmakers who have joined the...
  • Risky business: NY taxes the rich at some peril

    09/24/2009 5:26:48 AM PDT · by Gondring · 24 replies · 1,118+ views
    AP via Forbes ^ | 09.23.09, 05:44 PM EDT | MICHAEL GORMLEY
    ALBANY, N.Y. -- This year, the deep pockets of New York's rich were tapped like never before. [...] Now, early revenue figures suggest that taxing the wealthy more under this year's state budget may have driven away richer New Yorkers. That could make the economic comeback for the state even harder. "You heard the mantra, 'Tax the rich, tax the rich,'" Paterson said Wednesday at a gathering of newspaper editors at an Associated Press event in Syracuse. "We've done that. We've probably lost jobs and driven people out of the state." [...] Ravitch said last year's surcharge on income taxes...
  • National ACORN controversy hits home [NY]

    09/23/2009 10:11:51 AM PDT · by xcamel · 2 replies · 261+ views
    Legislative gazette ^ | 9/22/09 | CHARLES B. SCIRBONA
    Last Thursday GOP Sen. Stephen M. Saland announced he would introduce a resolution in the state Senate to try to freeze any member items earmarked for ACORN and its affiliate, the New York Agency for Community Affairs. Other Senate Republicans are calling for a state investigation of the group, and the Assembly has temporarily frozen ACORN member items until an investigation of the organization’s Brooklyn chapter by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office is complete. Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, cited 43 member items in the 2009-2010 budget that amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for...
  • The New York Times Trashes Single-Payer Health Reform (WHAT? NYT quotes 'West Wing')

    09/22/2009 3:36:09 PM PDT · by Libloather · 5 replies · 581+ views
    Baltimore Chronicle ^ | 9/21/09 | Dave Lindorff
    The New York Times Trashes Single-Payer Health Reformby Dave Lindorff 21 September 2009 In an article in the Sunday New York Times, headlined “Medicare for All? ‘Crazy,’ ‘Socialized’ and Unlikely,”reporter Katherine Q. Seelye did her best to damn the idea of government insurance for all with faint praise. To begin her article, Seelye quoted from a 2005 episode of the NBC drama “West Wing,” in which two presidential candidates, a Democrat played by Jimmy Smits and a Republican played by the always loveable Alan Alda, are discussing health care reform. The Smits character says his “ideal plan” would be Medicare...
  • U.S. charges Obama fund-raiser in $290 million fraud

    09/21/2009 4:25:18 PM PDT · by South40 · 19 replies · 1,286+ views
    Reuters ^ | Grant McCool
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hassan Nemazee, a fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, has been indicted for defrauding Bank of America, HSBC and Citigroup Inc out of more than $290 million in loan proceeds, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday. The announcement follows last month's indictment of Nemazee, head of a private equity firm and an Iranian American Political Action Committee board member, on one count of defrauding Citigroup's Citibank. The new indictment adds allegations that he defrauded two other banks, Bank of America and HSBC Bank USA, in a similar fashion by falsifying documents and signatures to...