May 2010

  • Punishing the group for what individuals do

    By dfunzy on 5/25/10 7:14am
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    Two Muslin groups in New York want to build a mosque near ground zero, the location where the World Trade Center fell, and three thousand plus Americans were killed on 9-11. Some of the families of the survivors, and according to the Associated Press, some tea party activists want to block the construction. They want no mosque near ground zero. The construction plans have received the city approval, but maybe blocked, if a decades old proposal to give landmark status to the building the mosque is planned to replace. is granted.


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  • Was it fate?

    By dfunzy on 5/9/10 5:40am
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    Item from the Associated Press,  May 08, 2010  — "A Staten Island ferry with a history of accidents malfunctioned as it approached its terminal Saturday and smashed into a pier with a jolt that tossed passengers to the deck and hurt as many as 37 people." See the video.

    The New York Times reports that Jim Long, a New York City Fire Department spokesman, said "that 17 people had been taken to area hospitals, with the most serious case involving a woman who had experienced chest pains ... 'The other 20 will be evaluated, treated and they could be transported to hospitals,'  Officials said that the crash appeared to have been caused by mechanical failure."

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  • Mosque Planned Near Ground Zero

    By dfunzy on 5/8/10 3:32am
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    There is a mosque planned near ground zero in New York City, near the World Trade Center, the site of the 9/11 terror attack against the United States. Some 9/11 families think it's okay. Some are protesting. The $100 million project has already won the approval of the city community board.  See the Video.

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  • Times Square Terrorist Caught

    By dfunzy on 5/4/10 6:02am
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    Eric HolderEric HolderEarly this morning, US Attorney-General Eric Holder announced that last night agents from the Department of Home Land Security's Customs and Border Protection made an arrest in the case of Saturday's failed car bombing in New York's Times Square. A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, Mr. Faisal Shahzad, with apparent connections to international terrorism, is being held and questioned. Mr. Shahzad was arrested at Kennedy Airport while trying to flee the country on board a flight to Dubai. Attorney-General Eric Holder reminded us that, "Americans should remain vigilant. It’s clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans.”

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  • $12 Coffee = Bad Sign

    By dfunzy on 5/3/10 3:49pm
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    I saw this NY Post video on this cafe in Brooklyn that is charging is $12 for a cup of coffee made from so-called "rare beans." Rare beans? See video below. The narrator  in the vid asks the question: Would New Yorkers pay $12 for a cup of coffee? Well, what did P. T. Barnum say about suckers? Well, somebody could slap a fancy tag on a bottle of ordinary air, say it's a special blend, and charge through the nose and some smug idiot would  pay, just to breathe fancy priced air.

    Well, if I owed a coffee shop like that,  and some sport came in who looked liked like he could afford to throw his money away. The sport would have to be a Goldman Sachs type, where 12 dollars is like 12 cents, then I would take his money. I wouldn't take $12 for a cup of coffee from anyone else. No cup of coffee is worth twelve dollars.

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  • Times Square bomb scare -- Boo!

    By dfunzy on 5/2/10 5:07am
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    Yes, boo! Concerning yesterday's incident in Times Square,  the smoking car bomb and the evacuation of the one of  New York's most famous tourist spots  --  Somebody is telling us "boo!' Shouting at us to be afraid. Whether this car bomb was somebody's idea of a prank, or a bomb gone bad, or a devilish way to drive us all crazy, is not known for certain at the moment. What is for certain is the need for everyone to become and  to remain self aware of what is happening around us, and to develop a sharper eye and a sharper mind, and to be on the lookout for bombs, for people who plant bombs, and  for people whom cause people to plant bombs.

    Whether this incident, with a  failed bomb, is  somebody's sick joke or a half failed opening campaign to begin a reign of fear, is to be determined.

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