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Welfare in NYC: not as pretty a picture as Bloomberg would like to paint
Last week while listening to NPR, I heard news of the drop of welfare rolls in NYC to a 40-year low, a statistic that Mayor Bloomberg is touting as a major success. From a City Limits article published today: “We promised to move New Yorkers to self-sufficiency and we are delivering on that promise in…
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migraphobia
Today’s post title comes to you from this funny and smart animation by Mark Fiore, which I discovered by reading a great post of the same name by Junichi over at Poplicks. Check that blog out for good reasons why we should be thankful that the immigration reform “compromise” bill wasn’t passed (and hopeful that…
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babies. and work. (sometimes i hate coming up with post titles.)
Since getting cable TV at home, the cable internet (which we’d had for quite some time already) has been on the fritz. So I have an appointment for a cable fixer person to come fix it today, which means I’m working from home. Except that, since I don’t have internet at home, it means I’m…
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Leaving on a jet plane
Well, my girlfriend and I are about to escape NYC for sunny Florida, to spend Christmas and the first couple days of Chanukah with my family. While I am in complete and utter support of the strike and the TWU, I’m also relieved to leave the madness for a little while. I hadn’t heard until…
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Slightly disturbing; also, the required post-election snippet
Today, while reading this ABC news article about al Qaeda’s attempted justification of the bombings in Jordan, I glanced down at the bottom of the screen and noticed the “Most Sent Headlines” section: Can Your Cat Make You Crazy? Cat Show Plans Memorial Service for Dog Warm, Fuzzy Winter Bra Unveiled in Japan Apparently, ABC…
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Voting mishaps to avoid
First off – I hope y’all either voted already, or are planning to later! As the social justice calendar on my wall says, “Vote, but realize it is a small part of being a citizen and creating a truly democratic system.” Hell yeah. Also, for New Yorkers who have not yet voted: note that the…
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Ballot measures, Working Families, and NJ insanity
Any other New Yorkers a bit lost when it comes to the ballot measures in this upcoming vote? Here’s a little help from two sources: the Gotham Gazette and the Daily Gotham. Also, mole333 from the Daily Gotham reminded me to help spread this from the Working Families party: The Working Families Party: 5 reasons…
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Shut up already, Mike.
If I hear one more commercial for Mike Bloomberg tonight on 96.3 FM (the classical station), I’m going to throw my stereo out the window. OK, not really – I like my stereo far too much to do such a thing. But I’m so sick of the Bloomberg ads, mostly because they outnumber Ferrer’s ads,…
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ACTION ALERT: Help FIERCE fight for queer and trans youth’s right to be in the West Village
The quick of it, if you don’t have time to read the back story: New Yorkers who care about queer and trans youth of color should show up on Monday at 6:30pm at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, 3 Clarkson Street, 3rd Floor (7th Ave) for an important action by FIERCE against a plan to…
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Ferrer, Bloomberg, and the “Puerto Rican Card”
From the New York Times this morning: The Mayor Tries to Trump His Opponent’s Puerto Rican Card Reaching into a core constituency of his opponent, Fernando Ferrer, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg attended an East Harlem rally of cheering Latino supporters yesterday and said that he had received the endorsement of Jorge Santini-Padilla, the mayor of…