[NYT] When the manager of Sushi Park, a restaurant in the East Village that was destroyed Thursday in an explosion and fire, alerted the building's landlord that afternoon to an odor of gas, it was not the first time that people who worked there had been concerned about how gas was flowing into the building.
The restaurant's owner, Hyeonil Kim, 59, said in an interview on Friday that he had wondered how the apartments upstairs in the five-story building at 121 Second Avenue had been getting hot water and gas for cooking. The only gas line coming into the building had been dedicated to his restaurant, he said. Well now you know. Better luck with Sushi Park-II.
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He never wondered why his gas bill was so high? Or was he charging those people for his gas?
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I still remember the time I snuck home from work in the middle of the day, picked up my single-line, single-handset home phone and heard part of a very long long distance conversation which was being charged to my account. Somebody else in my apartment had tapped my line to make "free" calls.
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Expect a #POLICELIFESMATTER soon? Oh, never mind. Hey, but don't profile. Wonder if wife or mom will get a call from the WH or DoJ on this? Nah, even Vegas won't take that bet.
#6
The heart of the hood. Not a nice place.
Cop took a 357 round under the right eye point blank and is in an induced coma. Shooter was 41, with a "history of violence" which makes you wonder why he was out.
Stay tuned.
[POLITICO] Singer Miley Cyrus wants to take a wrecking ball to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's "religious freedom" bill.
"You're an asshole @govpenceIN," Cyrus posted on Instagram on Thursday, alongside a headshot of the Republican governor. And he should care about the opinion of someone who twerks precisely why?
"The only place that has more idiots that [sic] Instagram is in politics," she continued.
Cyrus' harsh words come after Pence signed legislation Thursday that would allow people in Indiana to withhold their services for same-sex weddings and other activities for religious reasons. Some say the bill allows for businesses in Indiana to withhold services without government intervention and others say it allows for discrimination against gays.
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All the bill means is people may reserve the right to serve anyone - which was what some of this was about.
Especially whiny, destructive, annoying politico fascists that are removing peoples livelihoods over fake anger and punishing them for their personal views.
These companies and people do not belong to this government.
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And he should care about the opinion of someone who twerks precisely why?
Because precise twerking requires rhythm, athletic ability and practice. Oh, wait. Not what you meant (but it *is* the kind of mistake a Russian troll would make).
This is important because the Miley Cyrus Seal of Disapproval is a big two thumbs up for whatever you are doing, and you should probably keep on doing more of it. As a compass, Miley reliably points south.
#5
You know, Obama may be a positive factor after all. Under his leadership the various elites/victim groups abandoned even the pretense that, for them, tolerance is a two-way street.
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
I guess they skipped over that in your Civic class. Oh, wait, never mind.
Businesses cannot deny services to willing customers because of the customer's race, religion, disability, etc. That is the law. Using the law to permit discrimination by gender is uncharitable and also bad politics. Thus stupid.
Every time these conservative-values Republicans pop up, libertarian-values Republicans need to slap them down. And it is pathetic that the most effective slap Mr. Pence has received so far is from a nearly illiterate stoner.
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This is just another signifiers that gays control show biz. Always have. Everyone in show biz has skeletons in the closet ( pun intended) and are terrified that their hair dressers, make up artists and dress designers will spill the beans and ruin their careers. Most of Hollywoods recent love affair with the velvet mafia is simply blackmail. Gays have leveraged the new social media landscape to their own advantage. Well played.
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Imho, a law is another brick in a road leading to more laws.
When someone I don't want to serve comes to me, I do a sub-par job, apologize (it's best to cite something beyond my control), do not charge for the experience, and direct them to a competitor or two whom I enjoy watching twist.
Looking at what seems to get ahead nowadays, I'm starting to wonder if laws are for sissies?
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#7 Miley is right. Pence is an idiot.
Businesses cannot deny services to willing customers because of the customer's race, religion, disability, etc. That is the law. Using the law to permit discrimination by gender is uncharitable and also bad politics. Thus stupid.
Rammer's right. #16 Would you eat something which someone was forced to cook for you?
But so is CrazyFool.
The Gay Mafia (and others) are engaging in lawfare against the fundmentalist Christians. And winning, because the LAW is on their side. Religious folks are bound by more than law, and have a hard time fighting back. They'd better learn.
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There's a 'mafia' in a lot groups who's end is power never justice. They use the 'movement' for cover. First they ask for tolerance, but what it devolves to is a demand for submission. That's why its an oligarchy not a democracy or a republic. Small special interest groups suddenly have far more power than the majority in dictating what your culture and society is.
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Sooner or later a Moslem bakery will refuse service to gays and the arguments will be interesting to watch. Perhaps the Koch brothers should find a way to facilitate that exchange to make the public debate more interesting.
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would Christians be required to prepare a Satanist cake? Yep
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would Christians be required to prepare a Satanist cake?
Sure, but the law, in its majestic equality, also requires Satanist bakeries to bake cakes for Christians, so it's all even-Steven. Who wants the first slice?
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"May have already begun"? How fucking stoopid is this assclown? As healthcare costs have already become more unaffordable through massive increases in premiums, deductibles and co-pays, more and more people are and will continue to drop insurance, resulting in increased costs for everyone else. The whirlpool sucks everyone else in. Fucking DUH!
This is exactly how Obamacare was designed, you dumb fucking assholes, so as to kill the insurance companies (at least until the Fed. subsidies run out) and force us to accept single payer, the ultimate wet dream of socialists like Bernie Sanders and that fucking crowd, as the douchebags currently in charge of Congress (Boehner & McConnell) continue to act like butt boys and fold like cheap tents, even though they ran their 2014 campaigns stating otherwise. What a fucking disgrace...
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Raj, dear commentator, I don't think you put enough emotion into your comment. Could you try again, this time really emote, don't leave the reader with any doubt.
#5
Sorry, mate - this was entirely predictable, and was predicted, by a number of us on this board who actually knew how this shit added up (or didn't), and the current 'leadership' of the alleged 'opposition party' are acting like a bunch of 'bendo boys' far more interested in 'going along to get along' and furthering their careers than actually fixing massive structural fiscal problems. Fuck each and every last one of them.
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As designed. It only had to last until the insurance industry was fatally damaged so that they could introduce single payer to save us all. (Except, of course congress and the ruling elite)
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The courts only legitimate decision here is whether the Act is Constitutional and, if so, is it being implemented in accordance with the law itself. Bad legislation is to be fixed in Congress not the court by 'interpretation'.
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Agreed P2K about SCOTUS role. After their convoluted logic re the penalty actually being a tax, I don't have much faith in them interpreting O-care according to the Constitution. And somehow, it strikes me that forced consumption of something you don't want to buy seems unconstitutional and very un-American. This leftist law had been soundly rejected before before Obama fell off the turnip truck.
Laugh all you want, but I bet such academic fraud will be brought up again by an intrepid "news" reporter seeking the truth about gunz, probably when the 2016 Presidential election gets underway. And this article will get read 100 million times before it is even once discredited.
A warning by the Washington state based Patrick Henry Society that success in the courts in favor of the universal background check law passed in Washington state in a marijuana induced fog by gun controlling fascists will mean nothing to those who own guns, if the law is not obeyed.
As far as I know the mass civil disobedience gun show demonstration in Washington state in June is still on.
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[Real Clear Defense] I recently returned from Walvis Bay, Namibia, the country's sole deep water port and former South Atlantic home to the Royal and South African Navies. Also in port were two of the three ships of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Tasking South. A Daring-class Type 45 air warfare destroyer and a Royal Fleet Auxiliary small fleet tanker were both pier side. (The task force's third ship, HMS Clyde, was presumably on station patrolling the Falklands.) While Walvis Bay enjoys a 138-year history with the Royal Navy, it could soon be home to a powerful Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy surface squadron. Things begin to change a bit when you re-name streets and celebrate kommunis Cuban victories and personalities.
In Jan. 2015, The Namibian reported the existence of a "confidential letter from Namibia's ambassador to China, Ringo Abed, to Namibia's foreign minister stat[ing] that 'a [Chinese] delegation will visit Namibia ... for discussions ... on the way forward regarding plans for the proposed naval base in Walvis Bay'."
According to the letter, a Chinese delegation, including technical staff and naval architects, will meet with Namibian officials sometime after March 21, 2015 to discuss a field feasibility study for the base. Beijing has told Namibian diplomats that a "Chinese naval presence will deter any would-be illegal trawlers and smugglers." China's Indian Ocean-based "string of pearls" naval base strategy to protect the country's 21st Century vision of a "maritime silk road" looks like it may now extend all the way to the South Atlantic. If such a development came to fruition, it would have major strategic implications for the West.
Force projection can be viewed from a spectrum extending from interesting through threatening.
China continues to expand its presence in Africa; Countries do not expend resources without expectation of return. State Capitalism / Market Socialism and security of resources are at play here, and we get to watch rather than participate. Much more PC.
[AnNahar] The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday harshly criticized North Korea for the "systematic abduction" of foreigners, after a U.N. investigation found the country had snatched up to 200,000 foreign nationals.
But the 47-member rights body's resolution was slammed by North Korean ambassador Ri Hung Sik, who claimed it was a "political plot filled with frauds and distortions".
The adopted text decried North Korea's "systematic abduction, denial of repatriation and subsequent enforced disappearance of persons, including those from other countries, on a large scale and as a matter of state policy."
A U.N.-mandated investigation issued a searing report in February 2014 accusing North Korea of committing human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... violations "without parallel in the contemporary world", including the abductions of an estimated 200,000 foreign nationals from at least 12 countries.
Most of them were South Koreans left stranded after the 1950-1953 Korean War, but hundreds of others from around the world have since been taken or disappeared while visiting the secretive Stalinist state.
The number of Japanese citizens believed to have been taken to train North Korean spies in Japanese language and customs are now estimated "in the hundreds", the UN's top investigator on the rights situation in North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, told news hounds last week.
Darusman, whose mandate was extended for another year by Friday's resolution, has called for international community to resolve the fate of the abductees, and to refer the perpetrators to the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... .
Pyongyang agreed last May to reinvestigate the the cases of Japanese nationals kidnapped in the 1970s and 1980s in return for Tokyo lifting sanctions against the secretive state.
Friday's resolution said it was "expecting concrete and positive results" from that probe.
The resolution also condemned the "long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations committed in... North Korea."
It called on Pyongyang to acknowledge the crimes, including suspected "crimes against humanity" and to "take immediate steps" to end all violations, and urged the international community to help bring those responsible to justice.
North Korea "is among the world's most pervasive deniers of freedoms and violators of human rights," US ambassador Keith Harper told the council.
[Kanuk Free Press] As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weapons--a major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding U.S. ally Israel--U.S. President Obama has come to the aid of the Islamic Republic, by citing an Islamic fatwa no less. In a video recording posted on the White House's website, Obama said, "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon." The recognition of facts, truth, and reality, one Islamic scholar to another. Simple professional courtesy.
An ex-CFO and Chick-fil-A protestor who lost his job after posting a video rant against one of the chain's employees has since lost his home and lives on food stamps.
Adam Mark Smith, 37, who worked for an Arizona-based medical device manufacturer, was shamed after the 2012 YouTube video was posted showing him berating employee Rachel Elizabeth.
The video which expressed his disdain over the firm's [alleged] anti-gay marriage stance went viral, and left him unemployed and forced to lose his home.
Nearly three years later, the married father of four is still searching for a job and his family previously had to give away possessions before he was hired and fired again [for the same video], according to ABC. He's a total dick, but you can't help but feel for his family.
A company simply cannot have such a negative attention magnet on staff, especially in a senior position.
At the time he was working as CFO for Vante, Smith was earning $200,000 annually and had more than $1million in stock options, but he said it was all taken from him when he was fired.
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$200k per annum ain't a lotta money for a CFO. I s'pect he was already in trouble at his company, he knew it and he unconciously decided to go off the rails.
That he hasn't gotten another job speaks more to his lack of his professional judgement and abilities than his political sense.
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the 2012 YouTube video was posted showing him berating employee Rachel Elizabeth.
The video which expressed his disdain over the firm's [alleged] anti-gay marriage stance went viral, and left him unemployed and forced to lose his home.
Mark Twain ... Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
#6
he's writing a book. Surprisingly, the working title isn't "Self-important douchbaggery has a cost"
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I hear chick-fil-a is hiring. Plus free food is better than food stamps. Seriously how come someone from the LBGT community has not stepped up to help a fellow loud mouth trouble maker.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[Kanuk Free Press] As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weapons--a major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding U.S. ally Israel--U.S. President Obama has come to the aid of the Islamic Republic, by citing an Islamic fatwa no less. In a video recording posted on the White House's website, Obama said, "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon."
