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News Briefs
A
million plus people a month can't
be wrong!
Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year!
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This year there
seems to be much less Christmas decoration, than what was seen in the past. |
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A beautiful
Nativity Scene |
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A famous painting
of George Washington praying during the Revolutionary War on Christmas |
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The Christmas
market on Union Square, dubbed a "Holiday Market". |
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Though crowded,
the market seems significantly less crowded than in the past. |
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December 19, 2022 Toronto Canada. A 73 year old gunman killed 6
people in a coop board meeting.
December 19, 2022 Almost 30 people were injured, some seriously, when
a flight from Los Vegas to Hawaii hit massive turbulence. The fully
occupied plane landed safely in Honolulu.
December 19, 2022 In a surprise move, Catholic priest Father Frank
Pavone has been defrocked by the Vatican for "persistent
disobedience". Fr. Pavone is well known as the founder of
Priests for Life, which is an anti-abortion NGO and is well respected
among traditional Catholics.
December 19, 2022 The Senate Capital riot panel has recommended that
charges be filed against Donald Trump. The panel was comprised
primarily with Trump opponents. If such charges are filed, it may
well stratify the United States even more.
December 19, 2022 It has come out that some people having elective
surgery and requiring blood from people who have not been vaccinated.
This apparently stems from the belief that vaccinated blood is
tampered blood and is not as healthy. Similarly, some people on
on-line dating sites are requesting to be contacted only by people
who have not been vaccinated. Someone was carrying a sign that stated
"Unvaccinated sperm is the next Bitcoin". It remains to be
seen if this is going to be a trend.
Christmas
in New York City!
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A very nice
Nativity scene and Merry Christmas greeting at the entrance of the
Brooklyn Terminal on Columbia Street. A wonderful surprise in this
day and age of political correctness and anti-Christian agenda's. |
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"Jalopy"
on Columbia Street in Red Hook features many up and coming music and
comedy venues. |
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The Lincoln
Tunnel, linking New York City with New Jersey is now
"cashless" as of December 11, 2022. The current toll is
$16, or $13.75 with the so-called "Easy Pass". In the
1960's, the cost of the tunnel was 25 cents. Originally, the tunnels
were supposed to be free, after the tunnel was paid off, but this was
suspended at the start of World War 2, and never went back to the
free concept. |
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December 18, 2022 Prosecutors in New York City are seeking
information from Democrat politicians on donations from Sam
Bankman-Fried. Mr. Bankman-Fried is said to have donated over $70
million to Democratic office holders.
December 18, 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to be claiming that
the CIA murdered his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, which Mr.
Robert Kennedy categorizes as a political coup.
December 17, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the
Bahamas's and is expected to be extradited to the United States for
the collapse of the digital "currency" exchange FTX.
December 17, 2022 The NYC homeless population is said the be the
highest ever with 66,000 sleeping in shelters every night.
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Decorations from
around the city. No longer does one see "Merry Christmas"
but rather one might see "Happy Holidays". Something is
lost by all of this. The season no longer has the power and magic
that it once had. |
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An interesting
model railroad display from just prior to the pandemic fears. |
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The homeless and
beggars still exist in New York City. We are a society and it is
important to assist the most needy, but balanced by not assisting the freeloaders. |
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December 17, 2022 Russia has destroyed approximately 60% of the
Ukrainian electric power grid. This puts a huge amount of pressure on
the average Ukrainian to be without power during Christmas time.
December 17, 2022 New School students are demanding top grades and a
refund in their tuition because of a adjacent teacher strike.
December 16, 2022 It seems that the Christmas spending scene is a
bust. Many stores in Manhattan have very little foot traffic and some
are essentially empty. It could be that people are nervous about the
future or it could be that people are shopping on line more this
year, than in the past.
December 16, 2022 The United States is sending the Ukraine patriot
missiles. The Russians are claiming that the USA and Poland are
active combatants.
December 15, 2022 Apartment buildings in Moscow are being equipped
with food and supplies. One has to wonder if they are expecting a
broader war.
December 15, 2022 Pope Francis has called the Ukrainian war a
"Global War".
December 15, 2022 It is emerging that there was massive government
interference and censorship in Twitter. Some feel that other social
media and news agencies may also have been interfered with.
December 15, 2022 The U.S. Government has released most of the
President John F. Kennedy's assassination records, but is still
withholding several thousand records. These records can be viewed at https://www.archives.gov/jfk/release2022
December 15, 2022 A UK survey has determined that the flying insect
population has declined by 64% since 2004. Note: until the 1970's,
insect splatter on windshields of cars was a constant problem. Today
drivers almost never have insect splatter. It is evident to every car
driver that there has been a significant decline in the number of insects.
December 15, 2022 Former President Trump's "major
announcement" is his sale of Trump trading cards and related
NFT's (Non Fungible Tokens, or digital images).
Christmas Past
in New York City
For what ever
reason, Christmas today does not command the excitement, decorations
and happiness, as it did in the past. Below are a few images and
photographs of Christmas and how it was.
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1960 Goodyear
advertisement showing a large number of shoppers at a typical mall.
Back then, almost everyone had a car, a family and a private house.
This is no longer the case for most people. |
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Christmas 1948 |
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Under the
Christmas tree in 1956 |
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Christmas before
the the country was locked down because of pandemic fears. |
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Snow storm in NYC
a decade ago. |
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By George, under
snow in Union Square! |
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Macy's store
windows in the early 1950's. |
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A Christmas tree
in 1870 |
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December 13, 2022 Florida Governor DeSantis has declared that he is
filing a petition with the Supreme Court of Florida to empanel a
grand jury to investigate and Covid 19 vaccination wrong doings
UPDATE in Progress
November 17, 2022 China's president Xi has criticized Canadian
Premier Trudeau for allegedly leaking to the press, details about a
conversation the two leaders were engaged in. This interaction was
captured in Bali, Indonesia, by news cameramen.
November 16, 2022 Suddenly, many technology companies are reducing
the number of their employees. Amazon is cutting 10,000 workers which
represents about 3% of their work force. Twitter has reduced their
work force by between 25 and 50%. Facebook is reducing their work
force by 10%.
November 16, 2022 Former President Donald J. Trump has announced that
he will run again for the presidency of the United States to a crowd
of about 1,000 supporters. Surprisingly, neither his daughter were
present at Mr. Trumps announcement. Major television stations did not
interrupt their normally scheduled programing to cover his
announcement and very few politicians were at hand. It would seem
that Mr. Trump, who had such power just two years ago, has lost some
of his luster and appeal to many of his supporters.
November 16, 2022 The Republican Party has taken control of the U.S.
House of Representatives.
November 16, 2022 NATO, the U.S. Government and most other western
powers now believe that the missile that crossed 4 miles (6 km) into
Polish territory, was a Ukrainian air defense missile. Two Africans
were killed when the missile hit the rural farm area, where they were staying.
November 15, 2022 A missile has allegedly hit Poland killing two
people. At first it was assumed to be from the Russians, however both
President Biden and the Polish president have stated that it is
unlikely to be from the Russian side. Some published reports are
blaming the Ukraine for launching the missiles to shoot down a
Russian drone or aircraft and missed, this the missile crossed the border.
November 15, 2022 The New York Stock Exchange index has jumped up in
value by more than 10 percent in one month.
November 15, 2022 It would seem that Democrat Kati Hobbs has won the
Arizona election, by a very small majority.
November 15, 2022 The Republicans will control the U.S. House of
Representatives, while the Democrats on their way to control the U.S.
Senate. Many had been expecting the Republicans to control both
houses and also to have a greater presence in state politics but that
did not happen.
November 14, 2022 The FTX Crypto company has filed for bankruptcy
with a possible loss of 32 Billion dollars held by FTX for their
clients. Many questions need to be answered in the on going situation.
November 13, 2022 Male pilots on British Airways will be allowed to
wear makeup, painted nails and carry handbags on their flights.
November 11, 2022 It is estimated that 20 million American households
are behind on utility bills with an average of $788 per household.
November 11, 2022 Published reports state that a former Australian MP
(Member of Parliament) has warned that 75% of Covid 19 Vaccinated
women are experiencing miscarriages.
November 10, 2022 Controversy has erupted because NBL basketball
player Mr. Kyrie Irving said that he approves of a 2018 movie
entitled "Hebrews to Negroes". The movie is deemed anti-Semitic.
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Photo courtesy of Eugene Feeney.
November 11, 2022
"Dirty Precious, 317 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY What is unique
about this place was that no one was using or staring at their cell
phone and instead were socializing. This is a rare occupancies in our world. |
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The Brooklyn Cat
Cafe! You read it correctly. $10 per person per 30 minutes. You can
bring your cat here to socialize. Unfortunately, pets, such as dogs
and cats have often become substitute children in our world. |
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The Brooklyn Cat Cafe |
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The Brooklyn Cat Cafe |
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Sake made in Brooklyn! |
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November 9, 2022 Many western European and American countries are
demanding a "cap" on the price of Russian oil and gas
products, that amounts to about 60% of the current going rate of
other countries. Russia has stated that they will not sell their
petroleum products at this lower rate and that the price must be
determined by market conditions.
November 9, 2022 A report has been published that every year, 20,000
Australian women in their early 40's attempt to have children by
invitro fertilization, however the success rate is less than 5%. The
same success rate is probably global. Apparently if a woman wants a
family, she should should start having children when she is in her 20's.
November 5, 2022 The United States will continue to require proof of
Covid 19 "Vaccination status" till 2023, making it the last
western hemisphere country to require this. Only China also still
requires this.
November 4, 2022 Russian Deputy Chairman of the the Security Council,
Dmitry Medvedev, has stated that Russia is fighting a sacred battle
against Satan. The Russians feel that the west, including the
Ukraine, are promoting homosexuality, transgenderism, abortion on
demand, and other liberal issues that the Russians feel are
anti-family and anti society.
November 4, 2022 South Korea scrambled fighter jets after detecting
over 180 North Korean warplanes in flight.
October 29, 2022 The Anti Defamation League (ADL) has warned Elon
Musk not to restore certain Twitter accounts since the ADL feels that
those accounts push "conspiracy stories". Elon Musk had
stated that he is opposed to censorship, that was so prevalent in the
Soviet Union and in other areas under the Communist dictatorships.
Mr. Musk stated that he is for free speech that apparently some
groups are opposed to this.
October 28, 2022 According to some published reports, U.S.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (Democrat, Maryland) stated that "Russia
is a traditional Christian country that holds to Christian values.
We must destroy it, regardless of the price". News1.net fact
check. It seems difficult to believe that Congressman Raskin would
say something so divisive against a religion, particularly when
religious practice is protected by the United States Constitution. We
have have reached out to determine if Mr. Raskin actually said those words.
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October 26, 2022
New York, NY East Village Hats makes to order beautiful hats. 80 East
7 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue. |
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Mr. Fixsmith on
Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint Brooklyn. A much needed service. |
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The Sign from the
now closed, but famous Roosevelt Hotel. |
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The now closed,
but famous Roosevelt Hotel. In it's long history, people would often
schedule to meet each other under the clock of the Roosevelt Hotel.
Unfortunately, many of our great and elegant hotels are closing down.
Hopefully some will reopen in the future. |
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October 19, 2022
Madison Avenue, New York, NY. On a walk from 57 Street to 42 Street,
this writer noticed that on every block, there were 2 to 4 vacant
stores for rent on this once elegant street. |
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Apparently so many office workers are working from home, that the
local businesses, who depended on office workers, can no longer
continue to make a profit. |
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A beggar on 57
Street and 5th Avenue. |
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The Brooklyn
Bridge, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge Park. |
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It has become a
ritual with tourists to watch the sun set behind the Brooklyn Bridge,
in this case, from Dumbo Park |
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A person needs to
be a rocket scientist to figure out what these signs mean. Newport,
Jersey City, NJ. |
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This is a rare
sign, that does not seem to be effective. NYC has become like the
wild west with electric and gas powered motorcycles roaming the
streets without insurance, license plates and rarely obey traffic
laws. This undermines the quality of life in NYC. |
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A much needed
sign. Many dog owners do not realize that it is illegal to allow
their pet to go to the bathroom on the sidewalk. They seem to think
that if they pick up after the dog, that that is enough. Invariably,
a smudge is always left behind. |
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Cash is so
important for privacy and freedom. Unfortunately, people are lazy and
prefer to quickly pay with either a credit or debit card or something
like Apple Pay. If cash disappears, every purchase and location and
lifestyle will be known to others. Further, it may be possible to
restrict purchases or ever what stores can be frequented. We are
entering into a brave new world or a 1984 situation. |
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September 27, 2022
New York, NY Falun Gan protesting Mainland China for claimed abuses
such as alleged medical experimentation on humans, organ harvesting
from living humans, forced starvation and much more. |
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New York, NY
Chinese Americans are very patriotic. This is the American Legion in
New York's Chinatown on Canal Street. NYC has three major Chinatowns;
this one on Canal Street, centered on Mott Street (that was a
Hungarian neighborhood in the 1880's), the Flushing Chinatown and the
Brooklyn Chinatown. New York neighborhoods are constantly changing. |
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New York, NY
Chinatown on Mott Street. This is the traditional, pre Communist
China flag. Many Chinese American's are pro Republic of China
(Taiwan) and feel that ROC is the legitimate China, while they feel
that the "People's Republic Of China" (Communist or
mainland China) are the breakaway Provinces. Of course Mainland China
does not see it that way. |
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New York, NY. The
20 billion dollar Hub area development on Ninth Avenue to Eleventh
Avenue, between 34 Street and 31 Street. There seems to be an
obsession with "security". |
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New York, NY On
top of the NYC Skyline Park, there is a strange, military
"art" display depicting a Predator Drone, which is a remote
controlled attack craft. |
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Closeup of the
Predator Drone "art" display. It seems strange to have a
killing machine depicted as an art or sculpture display. It reminds
one of years just before the USA entered World War 2, when between
1938 and early 1941, the Americans were constantly reminded of the
latest American weapons and military power, that some argue was to
prepare America for the European war. |
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October
2, 2022 Russia has begun vaccinating the recently mobilized 300,000
soldiers. The Covid-19 vaccination is very unpopular in Russia.
October
1, 2022 Russian President Putin has made an impassioned speech
essentially declaring that Russia is fighting a Holy war against the
"satanic" west. He went on to claim that homosexuality and
transgenderism is promoted to very young people in the west to
encourage them to adapt that life style. He went on to say that the
west wants to destroy Russia and divide the country and then give
away Russian industries to western elites, similar to what he alleges
happened in 1991 with the Belovezh Forest agreements, with the break
up of the former USSR. Apparently President Putin feels that the
Ukrainian people are in fact or should be Russian. The recently
annexed 4 eastern Ukrainian Provinces, were almost 100% Russian
speaking and had not been a part of the Ukraine since 2014, when the
elected president of the Ukraine was overthrown in a socalled
"color" revolution, which many people in the East feels was
American orchestrated. President Putin apparently has an extremely
high approval rating among Russian People.
September
29, 2022 The Russian Government seems to think that the USA was
behind the stunning destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 underwater
natural gas pipelines. Maria Zakhorova, the Russian press spokeswoman
is demanding the U.S. President Joe Biden reply as to whether
Washington carried out its threat to destroy the pipelines, that was
made in March of this year.
September
26, 2022 The 750 mile long, under water Russian natural gas
pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, from Russia to Germany, were both
sabotaged and can no longer pump gas to western Europe. Though these
pipelines had not been in operation, there was speculation that
Germany and other countries might lift the sanctions against Russia
and that natural gas would again start to flow to western Europe.
This gas is essential for heating and cooking, particularly with the
coming winter, which is predicted to be colder than normal. Now the
option of obtaining cheap Russian gas has come to an end and western
Europe potentially is in a very difficult situation. The big question
is "who did it"? While some western European newspapers
have speculated that Russia destroyed it's own pipeline, the majority
of countries and people feel that some other "actor" did
it. Being that the pipelines are deep underwater, and believed to be
under the sand below the ocean and further that the pipelines are
about 1 foot thick, this almost 100% excludes non governmental
terrorists. Further, very few countries would have the capability to
dive down hundreds of feet and blow up the pipeline, and further, the
issue of being detected comes to mind. A comparison of this attack is
as though the Alaskan North Slope pipeline was to be attacked. This
can potentially lead to a major war.
September
22, 2022 President Putin has ordered a "partial
mobilization" and has called to arms an additional 300,000
people. Some Russians are claiming that the call up is much larger
than the already large 300,000.
September
21, 2022 The Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has stated in his
speech at the United Nations in New York, that within two months,
there will be a "great world conflict".
September
20, 2022 The Court has stated that the USDA must force food
companies to explicitly label GMO ingredients and not simply use QR
codes. Soon food shoppers will see words in the ingredients such as
"bioengineered" or "Genetically modified organism"
or "GMO".
September
20, 2022 For eastern Ukrainian provinces have overwhelmingly voted
to become part of Russia. These provinces had broken away from the
Ukraine in 2014, after the democratically elected Ukrainian president
was ousted by a "color revolution" and another president
was installed. The four Provinces had been a part of Russia till the
mid 1930's, when the Communist Soviet Union transferred them to the
Ukraine. The Provinces speak Russian and are primarily Christian
Russian Orthodox. They are opposed to many of the Ukrainian laws such
as homosexual marriage, Transgenderism and other issues.
SPECIAL
Breaking News: September
8, 2022 Prince Charles is now King Charles.
SPECIAL
Breaking News:
September 8, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II has died. She reigned longest in
British history, reigning since 1952 for 70 years. Her reign covered
a vast amount of modern history, having reigned and met 13 presidents
including Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford,
Carter, Reagan, George Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump
and Biden. She also witnessed the loss of many former British
colonies including throughout Africa and parts of Asia. During this
period, The United Kingdom went from a primarily white, Christian
country, to a very ethnically and religiously diverse country. She
was also very well respected for her beautiful and inspirational
annual Christmas messages. She will be missed by many people.
September
7, 2022 New York Governor Hochul has lifted the MTA and commuter
rail mask mandate. Many people feel that it should have been lifted
months ago, if in fact, it should have been mandated at all.
September
4, 2022 There is a growing concern about the recent college tuition
forgiveness program, that some say will increase the Federal deficit
by 1.3 Trillion dollars. Thus the repayment of up to $10,000 of
tuition will fall upon the shoulders of all taxpaying Americans,
including those who paid their tuition as well as those who did not
go to college or could not afford to go to college.
September
2, 2022 A lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Government
regarding the Government pressure applied to private companies such
as Instagram to censor various topics including alternate views on
Covid 19.
August
30, 2022 The former and last prime minister of the former Soviet
Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91. He was noted for
meeting President Reagan in Iceland in 1985, and Reagan was famous
for saying "Mr Prime Minister, tear down this wall",
referring to the then Berlin Wall, separating East and West Berlin.
The Wall did indeed came down in 1989 and a year later, East and West
Germany were reunited. Mr Gorbachev was often said to have ended the
Cold War, however there are many in Russia who feel that as a result
of his actions, their industry was given to so called Oligarchs,
where were political allies and that their currency was stunningly
devaluated. This was particularly the case with the next prime
minister, Boris Yeltsen.
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August 29, 2022
New York City A major Japanese festival in the East Village |
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Perhaps 50,000
people or more enjoyed the festivities. |
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This machine
crushes sugar cane and produces a tasty drink. |
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Sugar canes
waiting for their turn to be turned into a drink. |
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Those are not
squids, but rather hot dogs cut in the shape of a squid. What an
interesting idea! |
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August
29, 2022 A moped with two thieves, rode on the sidewalk and stole a
$12,000 Rolex from a man in broad daylight on 23 Street and 7th
Avenue. This is something that one might expect in Brazil, but not in
the USA and particularly, not in New York City. Overall, crime in NYC
since January is up 35%.
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August 27, 2022
Brooklyn, N.Y. A celebration of the sacrifice by the Maryland 400,
during the battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776. |
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This stone house
is now a very interesting museum. It is located in Brooklyn between
4th and 5th Streets and between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
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General George
Washington had an army of 3,000 soldiers and were being perused by a
British force of 25,000 soldiers. The 400 soldier, who were the best
equipped in Washington's army, volunteered to stay behind and fight
the British, giving Washington time for the bulk of the colonial army
to escape. |
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In celebration of
the Maryland 400 sacrifice, people dress up in period outfits. A most
interesting yearly event. |
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269 of the
Maryland 400 died. |
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An interesting
homemade/heavily modified three wheel truck! |
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Where there is a
well, there is a way. |
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Every boys (and
grown men's) dream. A tree house! |
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August
22, 2022 The controversy continues with Finlands attractive Prime
Minister, Sanna Marin, who is 36 years, married and has a child. She
was filmed at a party in a government building, giving lap dances to
various men and also embracing men who are not her husband. Further,
several of the attendees were apparently partially nude. One can only
imagine the words used to describe her and her actions. It is the
norm that anyone in political office should act as a source of
stability, integrity; someone to look up to. Her actions can only be
viewed as the exact opposite.
August
22, 2022 New York Governor Hochul, who was not elected into office,
but was the deputy Governor and was propelled into office after
former NY Governor Cuomo was forced out, has stated that the 5.5
million Republicans in the state should leave and move to Florida,
since they are not real New Yorker's. Needless to say, the outcry,
from all sides, was intense. One would expect any political leader,
elected or not, to be representing all of the people, regardless of
her political views and feelings.
August
22, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci has decided to resign from being the NIAD
head. He will be stepping down in December. Dr. Fauci is a
controversial figure with both the Covid lockdown situation as well
as the earlier Aids/HIV fears of the 1980's.
August
22, 2022 The House Republican leadership has stated that they will
hold Dr. Fauci accountable regarding the Covid directives and lockdowns.
August
21, 2022 Moscow, Russia. Aleksandr Dugin's 29 year old daughter
Daria Dugin, was killed in Moscow, in a car bomb explosion. Russia is
blaming the Ukraine for this attack. Aleksandr Dugin is said by some
to be the architect of Russian Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy,
in particular the Ukrainian conflict.
August
19, 2022 Natural gas prices in the European Union is estimated to be
seven times higher than in the USA. Many are predicting a cold winter
in the EU. Russia has stopped selling natural gas to countries who
refuse to pay for the gas.
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The Guggenheim
Museum. As a 3 year old boy, I saw the construction of this museum
and I remember when my father pointed to a man who had my first name
and who was the museum architect; Frank Lloyd Wright. He passed away
several month later |
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The Central Park
lake is filled with turtles and geese. A beautiful sight for us city dwellers. |
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A lady taking in
the sun in Central Park. |
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A sign in a
Connecticut highway stop. |
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A sign in
Washington Square Park. The sign also says no bicycles, scooters,
loud music and much more. Apparently all are ignored. |
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Washington Square
Park always offers something to see. |
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Washington Square
Park The New York Serenaders performing 1950's music hits. |
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The
"temporary" outdoor shelters, that were supposed to assist
closed restaurants and bars have apparently become permanent. While
outdoor dining is nice, many local residents do not want them because
of the noise, the fact that they take up parking spots and can be a
location for drifters to hangout in. |
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August 17, 2022
New York City. Thieves continue to run into high end stores and loot
them. Unfortunately, there offense does not seem to lead to jail
time, or any punishment at all. It is like the wild west.
August 15, 2022
Much of the world is experiencing a global draught, while other parts
are being flooded. Some point to so-called "climate change"
while others point to 60, 100 and 900 year earth cycles.
SPECIAL
Breaking News: August
8, 2022 6:58PM Eastern Standard Time Stunning News. The Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raided (former) President Donald J.
Trump's home in Florida, broke into his personal safe, and seized his
papers. This incredible action has never before happened in the
United States and is akin to a type of coup. One might expect such an
action to happen in perhaps a third world dictatorship or a so-called
"Banana Republic" but not in the leading country in the
world. What will happen next? Will the military step in? Will the
United States enter into a new Civil War situation? Will nothing
happen? Time will tell. Regardless of a person's political
persuasion, what has happened can only be considered un-American.
This is a frightening situation for all loyal Americans.
Former
President Donald J. Trump has issued the following statement
regarding this unprecedented raid:
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August 7, 2022 The Democratic controlled congress has passed a vast
new law referred to as the "Inflation Reduction Act", which
actually has very little to do with reducing inflation, but rather
increases spending by 740 Billion dollars. The bill will double the
size of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with most of the money
going to the IRS designated to vastly increase enforcement and
audits. This may well hit small businesses and basic taxpayers the
most. Perhaps the World Economic Forum prediction that by 2030, you
will own nothing will come true. The new law also puts a cap of
$2,000 for the amount that Social Security payers pay per year for
medicine. The bill also calls for several new tax hikes. Perhaps this
bill should have been voted on by the people directly.
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July 21, 2022
Downtown Brooklyn. Hundreds of frightened people lined up starting at
6AM to receive the experimental Monkey Pox vaccination. Apparently
Monkey Pox and Chicken Pox are almost identical and difficult to
determine, which one is which. So far, the number of fatalities world
wide is a few hundred. |
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NYC has become
like the wild west with the most basic laws flaunted. This
unregistered motorcycle is riding over the Manhattan Bridge without
license plates, and probably without insurance or even a proper
motorcycle drivers license. |
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In New York State, it is the law to wear seatbelts
while driving or riding in a vehicle. This law was instituted under
Governor Mario Cuomo who stated that no driver would be stopped for
only not wearing a seatbelt but would be stopped for other offenses
and if it turned out that they were not wearing the belt, that only
then would they be issues a summons. |
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These street vendors are selling "Edible
Girls". One must wonder if society has fallen so far as to
include cannibalism! Recently the New York Times ran an article that
pushed the benefits of cannibalism Strange times! |
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Are
"Yoga" pants sexy or are they vulgar? |
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Yoga
pants/leotards/long underwear leave little to the imagination and
curiously in this day and age, serves to objectify women. |
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Under wear or
sports wear? |
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July 21, 2022 New
York City is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures going as high
as 100F/37C. This turtle in Central Park is relaxing in the sun. |
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July 21, 2022 New
York City The Central Park Lake is now filled with turtles. As cute
as turtles are, they eat bird eggs and small amphibians, such as
frogs and fish. |
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July 11, 2022 Brooklyn, New York This lady was
accidentally locked into a community garden, when it closed and
apparently was not alerted to the closing time. |
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Manhattan Bridge, New York City continues to be
repaired. This necessary repair work slows down vehicle traffic. |
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The Manhattan Bridge between Flatbush Avenue Extension
in Brooklyn to Canal Street in Manhattan, was completed in 1903. |
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One way to enjoy New York City's many waterways. |
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It is still mating
season for Horse Shoe crabs. Some say that this species is 500
million years old. Realistically, this is mere speculation. |
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One group is
labeling those with traditional values as "fascists". This
type of rhetoric has the danger of getting out of hand. |
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July
8, 2022 Tributes are pouring into Japan from around the world with
the untimely death by assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe of Japan. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia sent a message
via the messaging app Telegram stating that Mr. Abe was an
outstanding statesman who "did a lot for the development of good
neighborly relations between our countries". Mr Abe was also
very much in favor of defending the country of Taiwan against China.
Nevertheless, the official Chinese government sent their condolences
for the death of Mr. Abe.
SPECIAL
Breaking News: July
8, 2022 6:04AM (July 8, 2022 5:03PM Japan time) Former Prime
Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe who was shot in the chest about 5 hour
ago, while giving a speech in Nara, Japan, has died in hospital.
Former Prime Minister Abe, was 67 years old, was Prime Minister of
Japan in 2006 and again from 2012 to 2020, before stepping down for
health reasons. He was the longest serving Prime minister in Japan.
The assassin/murderer is Tetsuya Yamagumi, 41 years old. He was in
the Japanese Navy for three years, but was apparently unemployed.
According to sources, Yamagumi was apposed to a group that Prime
Minister Abe was alleged to have been a member of, but it is not even
known for sure if this group even exists. The name of the supposed
group was not revealed.
SPECIAL
Breaking News: July
7, 2022 11:58PM (July 8, 2022 1:52PM Japan time) Former Prime
Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest about one hour
ago, while giving a speech in Nara, Japan. Mr. Abe is believed to be
in critical condition and some Japanese news outlets have stated that
he is in cardiopulmonary arrest, without vital signs, however NHK
broadcaster stated that Mr. Abe was "conscious and responsive
while being transported to the hospital and later flown by helicopter
elsewhere. Prime Minister Aba, who is 67 years old, was Prime
Minister of Japan in 2006 and again from 2012 to 2020, before
stepping down for health reasons. He was the longest serving Prime
minister in Japan. The gunman was captured and is said to be 41 years old.
July
7, 2022 Russia understandably was pleased that Prime Minister Boris
Johnson decided to step down, with one official calling Boris Johnson
a "stupid clown". A Kremlin spokesman said that Boris
Johnson did not like the Russians and that the Russians did not like him.
July
7, 2022 Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has
decided to step down as soon as a replacement can be found for him.
This comes after over 50 of his cabinet members and officials have
resigned from his government. Mr. Johnson pushed the repressive Covid
mandates including lockdowns, business closures and mask wearing, yet
at the same time, he was filmed partying and not wearing his mask.
Further, Mr. Johnson pushed strongly against Russia and was a major
contributor in supplying arms to the Ukraine. Boris Johnson had been
a dual British and American citizen, but gave up his American citizenship.
July
5, 2022 The number of Manhattan apartment sales has reportedly
dropped significantly over the past three months.
July
5, 2022 It has been revealed that the City Ferry system has lost
hundreds of millions of dollars and that each ride that costs the
rider $2.75 is actually costing the taxpayer up to $14.57.
July
5, 2022 The controversial and some say, satanic Georgia Guidstones
have been destroyed. There was a massive explosion at 4AM that
destroyed two of the 5 major marble and granite slabs and damaged the
other, still standing slabs. Later in the day, the local town decided
to demolish the remaining stones since they were deemed to be a
safety issue.
July
5, 2022 Mayor Eric Adam's aid was mugged by two assailants while
scoping out the area for the next Adam's visit. The crooks have not
been caught.
July
5, 2022 Alternate side of the street parking rules will go back into
effect after two years of not being enforced.
July
4, 2022 Independence Day!
culminating in the famous Macy's department store firework display.
The declaration of independence from Great Britain was signed on July
4th, 1776. The fact is that there had been agitation of some of the
colonists since 1772. The war between the 13 independent states and
Britain lasted till 1783, when an armistice was signed between
General Washington and General Cornwallis. It was not a surrender,
and certain British rules still apply to this day, such as the
various Royal Charters and land grants and other terms. When the war
started, it is estimated that only between 6 and 10% of the colonist
wanted to break away from Britain. New York City was pro British
(loyalist, while they insult was "Tories"). After the war,
many loyalist left the colonies and went to Canada and also to the
Caribbean. It is not fully explained what happened to the wealth in
terms of farms, land, buildings and businesses that they left behind.
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The American flag
representing America has been known as the "land of the
free". Let us hope it remains a country of freedom. |
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July 4th
celebration at the 1636 Brooklyn American Legion with this gentleman
dressed in Revolutionary War clothing. |
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Sadly tyranny has slowly been creeping into the
American landscape, over many years, perhaps even before the
"Civil War". |
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With modern
surveillance technology and the effective elimination of privacy and
even the need for warrants, our freedoms are seriously jeopardized. |
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July
4, 2022 In an incredibly move, Holland has essentially banned almost
all farming in the Netherlands. Holland traditionally is a major food
exporting country. The alleged reason for this stunning ruling is
said to reduce nitrogen output from the farms which is further
alleged to cause the the notion of manmade Global Warming. Most of
air is composed of nitrogen.
July
3, 2022 It is alleged that 6 Billion Dollars of bank deposits,
effecting 400,000 people has disappeared in China.
July
2, 2022 The EU has stated that Russia will again be able to send all
good from the Russian mainland to the Russian territory of
Kaliningrad. Lithuania had stopped over 50% of the land transport,
which was guaranteed by a number of treaties, two weeks ago. This
situation was critical and could well have started a major war.
July
1, 2022 The United States Supreme Court has further enhanced
anti-abortion opinions by removing a lower courts suspension of laws
preventing abortion of Down Syndrome unborn babies.
June
29, 2022 It is alleged that the American F-35 Stealth Fighter, the
most advanced in the American arsenal, had their electronics
suppressed by Russian electronic warfare and thus missiles failed to
hit their target. Independent verification of this was not possible.
June
29, 2022 It has been reported that plans to ration natural gas are
being developed in the European Union, since Russia has lowered their
output to the EU since the EU refuses to pay the Russians for the
gas, except with Euro's. The Russians are refusing Euro's since as
soon as payments are made, the Euro's are seized by the terms of the
Embargo. In response, the Russians have demanded payment in their
currency, the Rubel, but most European countries refuse to do this.
June
28, 2022 It has been reported that the birth rate in Taiwan has
declined by 23% in the past year. Reasons were not given though some
speculate that the Covid vaccine effects fertility while other
speculate the nervousness of the on-going China-Taiwan issues are the cause.
June
28, 2022 A group of terrorists, originally from England, deflated
the tires of 40 SUV's claiming that these larger vehicles caused the
alleged manmade global warming. These terrorists are still on the loose.
June
27, 2022 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that an
individual may pray in school and that this is protected in the
United States Constitution.
June
26, 2022 South Dakota will prosecute abortion doctors and restrict
access to abortion pills. Some major national companies that have
employee's in states where abortion is not illegal, are offering to
pay pregnant women travel expenses to states that still permit
abortions. In states where abortion is now considered a felony, the
question comes up if the company paying to commit a felony may in
fact be committing a major crime in that state. Many grey areas have emerged.
June 24, 2022 With
the Supreme Court Ruling overturning the controversial 1973 Roe vs
Wade abortion ruling, there concern that some of the radical, more
unhinged members of the public may riot and even cause property
destruction of property and possibly person. Cities across the USA
are beefing up police presence, particularly around churches and
anti-abortion women's help centers.
June 24, 2022 The
the United States Supreme Court ruling overturning the controversial
1973 Roe vs Wade abortion ruling, there is now speculation that
controversial issues such as same sex marriage, may also be
reconsidered and in fact, Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas
wrote separate from the ruling that these other issues should be revisited.
SPECIAL
Breaking News: June
24, 2022 12 Noon. The United States Supreme Court has overturned the
highly controversial, 1973 Roe vs Wade abortion ruling, thus each
local jurisdiction including the 50 U.S. States, as well as U.S.
Territories such as Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, now have
the right to ban or permit abortion. As it stands at the moment, 26
states have laws banning or limiting abortion. Abortion has been a
highly controversial and divisive issue since 1973, with the majority
of people around the country against abortion, though in liberal
city's, abortion was touted as an automatic woman's right. Men did
not have any rights regarding this issue, since the concept for women
was "my body, my choice". This notion of "my body, my
choice" apparently does not apply to forced vaccinations of all
types for work, schools, and other areas.
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June 24, 2022 New
York City Pro abortion protests. |
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June 24, 2022 New
York City A large, vocal minority of people protest the elimination
of Roe Vs Wade, 1973 decision. |
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June 24, 2022 New
York City It is estimated that since 1993, over 60 million preborn
children were aborted. |
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June 24, 2022 New
York City The Supreme Court decision did not address if pre born
children have the right to life, but merely pushed the issue back to
the state courts. |
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June 24, 2022 New
York City Preborn children do have the right to inheritances and if
the pregnant mother and unborn child is killed, the killer can be
charged with a double homicide. |
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June 24, 2022 New
York City Planned Parenthood, which is the largest promoter of
abortion in the United States, was giving out free T-Shirts
criticizing rules against aborting preborn children. |
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June 23, 2022 The
U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Constitution protects the
right to carry a gun outside of the home and this has struck down a
New York law that has been in force since 1913. The recent school
shooting in Texas and the inaction of the local Uvalde Texas police
to stop the shooting, underscores the need for citizens to be able to
protect themselves, their loved ones and their property.
June 23, 2022 The
Uvalde Texas police chief was suspended after weeks of people calling
for action to be taken after the Uvalde school shooting that left 21
people dead.
June 23, 2022 The
U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California ban on semiautomatic gun
sales to those under 21 years old.
June 22, 2022
Afghanistan is hit by major earthquake. Hundreds feared dead.
June 21, 2022
Moscow. Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev claimed that
Western NGO's were plotting to turn the Kaliningrad into some sort of
German autonomy region.
June 21, 2022
Lithuania has expanded the blockade to Kaliningrad, effecting both
road traffic and railway traffic. Lithuania, as well as the major
western powers in 1991, guaranteed in a treaty that Russia would
always unencumbered access from the Russian mainland to the
unattached Kaliningrad. Obviously this agreement is no longer being
kept. Many people speculate that this could lead to a Europe wide war
with the potential of this provocation being the seed for a potential
third world war.
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June 21, 2022 New
York, NY Bryant Park The park is packed on this warm, beautiful day. |
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June 21, 2022 New
York, NY Bryant Park The merry-go-round and live classical music made
the day. |
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The New York
Public library, back in full swing. The rainbow is mentioned in
Genesis and was said to be a type of peace between God and humans
after the Biblical flood. Today this flag has a very different representation. |
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June 20, 2022 East
River, NYC This gentleman is on a stand up board. In a few hours, the
water will be flowing at 4 miles per hour and probably be too rough
for this type of craft. |
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June 20, 2022 New
York City A taxi jumped the curb after a bicycle hit the taxis and
the driver apparently lost control, injuring 6 people, 3 critically.
A large group of about 20 people lifted the taxi off of the trapped,
injured people.
June 19, 2022 Rome
The Pope has postponed his planned trip to Africa with some people
speculating that the 86 year old pope is about to resign.
June 19, 2022 Many
people are awaiting a soon to be announced ruling regarding abortion.
The assumption is that the courts will overturn the highly
controversial 1973 Roe vs Wade supreme court decision that allowed
abortion to be performed throughout the country. It Roe vs Wade is
overturned, the belief is that abortion will become an issue for the
states. It is believed that 26 states will forbid abortion, if this
happens. However it is also possible that either through this ruling
or a subsequent court case, that all abortions can become illegal. So
far, all is speculation.
June 19, 2022
Budapest Hungary. Lia Thomas, the man who is said to have
transitioned into a woman, was banned from competing in global
swimming competitions by the world swimming governing body FINA today.
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Harriman State
Park is a beautiful treasure, being only 30 miles away from NYC. |
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Harriman Park
offers hiking, lakes, and simply wonderful out door life. |
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Madison Square
Garden draped in rainbow colors. |
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This unique art
invention called the "Steel Man Max" by the two twin
Ericson brothers allows a very skilled artist to paint a panorama,
over several days, in vertical slivers. |
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June 18, 2022
Lithuania has partially closed the rail and truck rout from mainland
Russia to Kaliningrad claiming that it was just following orders from
the EU and American embargo to and from Russia. Many speculate that
this action could lead to a wider war in Europe. Lithuania is a NATO member.
June 17, 2022 The
stock market has dropped dramatically, losing over 15% of it's value
from January 1, over the past week.
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The
"Steel Man Max" in use in Brooklyn Bridge Park, next to the
East River. |
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Gasoline is sky
high, even in New Jersey. |
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Diesel fuel, the
energy source for most trucks, farm equipment, factories and even
power plants has hit $7.00 per gallon. Perhaps 25 to 40% is city,
state and federal tax. Once can assume that this will be a disaster
for the economy and push even higher inflation. |
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The Manhattan
Bridge is being renovated, slowly but surely. |
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June 12, 2022 The
U.S. Department of Defense admitted that there were 46 military
biolabs in the Ukraine.
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Graffiti, once the
symbol of a decaying city, is now rarely seen. This graffiti building
is seen just north of the Manhattan Bridge. Perhaps one day, this
symbol of decay will be a protected landmark! How times change. |
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With the way
things are going with the Russian - Ukrainian war, it is possible
that everyone will need this unique, mobile home-truck...to escape! |
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June 10, 2022
Three captured foreign mercenary fighters were sentenced to death for
their military activities in the Russian speaking area of the Ukraine.
June 10, 2022
European natural gas prices has increased by 40%. It would seem that
the economic sanctions against Russia are also hurting western Europe.
June 9, 2022
Norway is claiming that their NH Helicopters are unreliable and is
demanding a $500 million dollar refund.
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Brighten Beach
Brooklyn on a warm sunny afternoon. |
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Brighten Beach. In
the background is the famous Parachute ride, believed to have been
built in the late 1920's, early 1930's. During World War II, this
ride was used to train U.S. soldiers to parachute! |
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The original
famous Nathan's hotdog (and more) stand. |
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A horse drawn
carriage in central park. There was a certain luxury in the 19th
century, to be in these carriages. From a technical point of view,
the carriage is far more complex than it might seem. |
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The annual Greek
Parade going up Fifth Avenue, from 59 Street. The parade is one of
the largest in the city and lasted for hours. |
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June 9, 2022 San
Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin, was voted out of office in
a special referendum. Mr. Boudin's parents are convicted Weather
Underground terrorists, who where active from the early 1970's to the
early 1980's.
June 7, 2022 Major
crime in Manhattan is up by 43.2% since January of this year.
June 7, 2022
Russia has charged Ukrainian Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Plotnikov
of war crimes for alleged cruel treatment of civilians and the use of
prohibited methods or warfare.
June 7, 2022 In a
speech today, President Biden stated that gasoline and food prices
will not be going down.
June 5, 2022 New
York City. Two days ago, a protest broke out at the People's Forum
Book Store, after they were asked to produce their vaccination card
in order to enter. Apparently private businesses can ask to see a
person's medical records in order to have service.
June 4, 2022 It
would seem that the embargo of products to and from Russia has
backfired. The Russian Ruble was trading at around 80 Rubles to a
dollar before the February 24 invasion started. It had been assumed
that the Ruble would drop to 200 to 300 Ruble's to a dollar, as a
result of the embargo, however the Ruble has increased in value and
is now trading at about 60 Ruble's to a dollar.
June 3, 2022
President Biden said that the Ukraine may have to give up some land
in a negotiated settlement.
June 3, 2022
"Saber rattling" and talk of an expanded war continues
regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war. The Ukraine is asking Germany
for submarines and a U.S. General has stated that the United States
should send fighter jets to the Ukraine. Most people consider this
provocative to Russia. One has to wonder how long Russia can be poked
before it takes retaliatory action.
June 2, 2022 A
Russian senator, Frants Klintsevich said on Russian TV that Russia
should have missile attacks on American military bases in Europe.
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The Annual
Concourse de Elegance exotic car show in Greenwich Connecticut. For
some reason, the show has lost some of its luster, with far fewer
exotic vehicles, than in previous years. |
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An unusual single
person, enclosed, 3 wheeled vehicle. |
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A mid 1970's
Ferrari 308. |
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The famous
Lamborghini Miura that was manufactured from 1966 to 1970. It had a
12 cylinder, mid engine capable of going up to 186mph/300km per hour.
It was only 42 inches high! |
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June
2, 2022 New York legislature passed a bill to investigate pro-life
pregnancy centers. Pro life pregnancy centers encourage women to
avoid abortion, when the woman is faced with an unexpected pregnancy.
June
2, 2022 In a surprise move, Sweden has promised the Ukraine to
supply them with anti-ship missiles. For over 70 years, Sweden has
been neutral and has avoided wars, but clearly this is no longer the
case. One might presume that this action will escalate the potential
for a broader war.
June
2, 2022 It has been alleged that Ukrainian banks in Melitopol took
the pension money from Ukrainian workers, when the banks fled the city.
June
2, 2022 The Untied Nations has requested that the G20 stop using
coal and develop non hydrocarbon forms of energy. Presently, there
has been a dramatic increase in the cost of electricity, gasoline and
natural gas. Prices today are about 50% greater than they were in
January, 2022. One might assume that if coal was to be abandoned,
that those prices would continue to rise.
June
2, 2022 Many economists and logistic specialists feel that Europe
and other parts of the world will experience significant shortfall of
petroleum products including gasoline, heating oil, natural gas,
fertilizer, plastics and other products that depend on petroleum.
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Some individual
risked their life by climbing on this billboard structure and placed
a ridiculous political piece stating to abandon and reforest roads.
This thinking underscores a general collapse in the standard of
living. Perhaps this person uses a skateboard in stead of an automobile. |
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The Long Island
Museum, located at 1200 Route 25A in Stoney Brook, Long Island, NY is
world class. |
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The museum grounds
are beautiful and the museum consists of seven buildings over a
number of acres of land. |
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The Long Island
Museum consists of primarily Americana art, with a focus on artists
from New York and in the region. |
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One curious
historic graphics, representing the 1700th century shows a dog
powered butter making machine. |
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One of the
buildings is a cute 19th century school house. Primary subjects
include reading, writing, penmanship, geography, history, mathematics
and also included morality, and good citizenship. Students studied
six day s a week, from noon till 4pm, Summer, and winter. The spring
was used by families to plant and school started at noon so that
children could help at home in the mornings. |
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The Long Island
Museum also has a truly amazing horse drawn carriage museum
consisting of over 200 carriages, from as early as 1700 to as late as 1920. |
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Few people today
realize how luxurious the carriages were, and in fact, arguably, much
more luxurious and spacious than the latest luxury car of today. |
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Carriages were
primarily owned by wealthier people. The largest carriages had
coachman and attendants. |
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This is a gypsy caravan |
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In the 1890's,
there was speculation as to what method of propulsion would
eventually take over; horse powered, steam powered, electric powered
or hydrocarbon/gasoline powered. Today, most western countries refer
to gasoline and other oils as "fossil fuels", though in all
likelihood, these fuels probably are derived from methane. |
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A typical
luxurious interior of a horse drawn carriage. |
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One of the
earliest electric cars from 1903. Back in 1900, there was a rumor
that the electric companies were trying to prevent
"hydro-carbon" (gasoline) cars from being built. Until
recently, the opposite rumor was believed! Until 1912, there were
more electric cars than gasoline cars on the road. |
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It is interesting
to note that the world "sedan" originated from the French
town of Sedan, where they manufactured enclosed "hand
carriages", without wheels, that were hauled around by 4
servants holding the sedan, similar to ancient Egypt of China! |
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The word
"car" is an abbreviation of the world "carriage".
In New York City, it was illegal to park a car overnight on the
street till 1954, when mandatory insurance came into effect and as a
compromise, overnight street parking was permitted. |
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This difficult to
see neon map outlines roads on Long Island in the 1880's. |
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June
1, 2022 Chinese air force planes intercepted Canadian military
planes over international waters in the South China sea. To make
matters worse, it is alleged that the Chinese pilots flipped the
Canadian pilots (gave them the middle finger) and this hurt the
Canadian pilots feelings.
June 1, 2022 Turkish president Erdogen is said to have replaced
Turkey's ambassadors to Finland and Sweden. Finland and Sweden have
recently applied to join NATO. Turkey claims that those countries
support "terrorists" since they support groups seeking to
break away from Turkey. In order to join Nato, every Nato country
must vote in favor of having new members and Turkey thus far refuses
to do this.
June 1. 2022 President Biden has reversed course and has said that he
will allow advanced American long range missals to be give to the
Ukraine. These missals are capable of hitting Russia. Russia claims
that this is an unacceptable escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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Gasoline continues
to shoot up in price, however this Gulf station of McGuinnes Blvd in
Greenpoint has about the lowest prices for gasoline in New York State. |
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Louis Vitton (LV)
and the sneaker company Nike teamed up to produce a very expensive,
limited edition, handmade sneakers. |
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Would you pay
$10,000 to $30,000 for a pair of sneakers? |
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The NYC Department
of Sanitation has a very unusual sign on some of their garbage cans. |
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Of course people
know how to use a garbage can! |
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Recently a number
of religious signs have sprung up in NYC. Perhaps the City could use
a dose of morality. |
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Gasoline has shot
up in price recently and sadly some stations are much more expensive
than others. |
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Some people
continue to wear masks including in this case, this cute child. Most
studies have shown that mask wearing can do very little or anything
to prevent the spread of disease. There is still some questions
regarding the validity of the germ theory. |
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Virtue signaling on behalf of the Ukraine has extended now to clothing. |
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May 31, 2022 The Biden administration as well as other countries
around the world has failed to get their legislators to approve of a
controversial World Health Organization (WHO) demand to control
internal medical policy in those countries.
May 30, 2022 Russia's giant petroleum exporter Gazprom has cut
petroleum exports to the Netherlands.
May 29, 2022 Some American farmers claim that the cost of food can
double by September-October of this year due to the significantly
higher cost of fertilizer, diesel fuel and transportation costs.
May 29, 2022 The Uvaide County Police in Texas, where the grade
school massacre killed 29 young students and two teachers have come
under great scrutiny. Apparently the police were outside of the
building for almost two hours without entering the building to stop
this tragedy and at the same time, were arresting parents who wanted
to storm the school. One might argue that if just one teacher had a
gun, that they could have put and end to this horror.
May 28, 2022 It is alleged that American Harpoon missiles have
arrived in the Ukraine. Russia has stated that this is an escalation
of the war. Again the threat of nuclear retaliation has been
mentioned by non governmental people in Russia.
May 28, 2022 Lithuania said that it is no longer bound by the 1997
Founding Act, intending to defuse potential military flash points.
This will allow Lithuania to host greater military weapons and allow
NATO troops to be deployed on Lithuanian territory.
May 27, 2022 Turkish and Russian officials have stated that they are
not preventing the Ukraine from shipping grain but rather Ukrainian
water mines are making such exports impossible. Turkey and Russia
have stated that the Ukraine must remove those mines in order for
food exports to be safely shipped.
May 27, 2022 Former U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger has
turned 99 years old.
May 27, 2022 Russia has called upon the World Health Organization
(WHO) to investigate U.S. funded biological labs in Nigeria.
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Conoco Gas Station
in Greenpoint has some of the lowest prices for gasoline. |
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There were huge pro-abortion
protests that closed down the Brooklyn Bridge. Statistically, the
majority of Americans want some control over abortion. |
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In the past, a
pregnant woman was referred to as a "woman with child".
After the 1973 Supreme court ruling allowing abortion, the phrase was
changed to "pregnant woman", perhaps to make the ending of
the unborn babies life more palatable. |
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Work continues to
be done on the Manhattan Bridge. Some say that the work is designed
to make the bridge more secure from possible terrorists. |
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Wild turkeys rule the road on Long Island. |
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May 25, 2022 According to some reports, Russia's daily petroleum
exports are expected to hit $800 million per day by the end of the year.
May 25, 2022 Russian foreign minister Lavrov has stated that western
ports are preventing Russian ships carrying food and that this is
increasing the potential looming food crises.
May 24, 2022 The Rockefeller Foundation president, Jajiv Shah has
predicted that there will be a massive, immediate food crises that
will strike the entire world.
May 24, 2022 Chinese officials did not clap or stand up when
Ukrainian president Zelenskie gave his speech via teleconferencing at
the World Economic Forum in Davos.
May 23, 2022 A new virus Monkey Pox is being pushed as the next Covid
19 type of hysteria, though one might wonder if it is all monkey business.
May 23, 2022 Poland is said to be very disappointed with Germany for
not replacing Poland's three decade old tanks that Poland gave to the
Ukraine, with new, modern tanks.
May 23, 2022 It has been reveled that of the recent 40 billion
dollars in aid said to be for the Ukraine, only 6 billion will
actually be given to that territory.
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The Orient Point, NY to Connecticut ferry. |
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A classic car show
on Long Island. This is a mid 1960's Corvette Stingray. |
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A late 1950's
Corvette. These cars create more excitement in park than some of the
modern cars in 5th gear! |
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A Shelby Cobra. |
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Three sexy sports
cars in a row. Well, a Smart car is a two seater! |
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The New York
skyline from Greenpoint Brooklyn during the sunset. |
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This new Corvette
is made in Bowling Green Kentucky and contains the most American
build components of any car, being over 90% American made. |
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May 22, 2022 The British magazine the Economist has stated that there
is a global food catastrophe that is imminent.
May 22, 2022 NYC Mayor Adams has declared a state of emergency to
prevent price gouging for baby formula.
May 21, 2022 Lithuania is to be cut off from Russian petroleum and
energy products including oil, gas and electricity.
May 21, 2022 It is reported that the USA will be increasing its
military presence in Europe this year with some stating that the
increase can be as much as 100,000 more soldiers.
May 21, 2022 Germany and Italy have agreed to pay for Russian gas in
Russian Rubles.
May 21, 2022 Syria is demanding that the USA pay for air strike victims.
May 20, 2022 Nancy Pelosi is banned from receiving Catholic communion
by her Cardinal.
May 18, 2022 Record high gasoline prices are being observed around
the country. There is also some fear of availability of gasoline
itself at any price.
May 18, 2022 Mariupol has finally surrendered to the Russians.
May 12, 2022 President Biden started to talk about food shortages at
a Union Convention.
May 10, 2022 Finland and Sweden wants to join NATO.
May 10, 2022 Mayor Lori Lightfoot has issued a "Call to
Arms" to fight the potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion.
May 8, 2022 It has been reported that Victoria Australia is
prohibiting people from growing their own food. Food safety is the
alleged excuse for this unusual law.
May 2, 2022 An
illegally leaked, preliminary Supreme Court draft, suggesting the
repeal of the 1973 abortion ruling has caused massive protests around
NYC. Statistically however, more people would prefer a ban on
abortion, than permit abortion. In NY State, abortion would be
permitted, even if the highly controversial Roe vs Wade was overturned.
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NYC May 3, 2022 Pro Abortion Protest on Houston
Street. For most women who have had abortions, abortions ended up
being the defining event of their lives. Statistically, relatively
few women who have had abortions, ever go on to have live children. |
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Having an abortion is a very traumatic experience for
a woman. Prior to abortion being available, and before feminism, when
a woman became pregnant, the man was fully expected to marry the
woman. In today's world, if a woman becomes pregnant, the man may say
something like "honey, it is your body, let me know what you
decide", essentially leaving the woman alone in her hour of need. |
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More pro abortion protesters, with a vulgar sign,
making their desires known in Washington Square Park. |
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This Lady, "@LetHairDown", performs daily in
Washington Square Park. She has much energy. |
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Fashionable shoes in Washington Square Park. |
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U.S. President Biden. French President Marcron and
Canadian Premier Trudeau have predicted food shortages in the near
future. Lets hope that these dire predictions will not come to pass. |
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The Ukrainian flag
virtue signaling is displayed everywhere. The Ukraine was essentially
a part of Russia for almost 500 years and the two countries, history,
culture and even Orthodox religion are very closely associated. Pope
Francis has blamed the war on NATO pushing the Russians. Some say the
the oligarchs, who obtained their wealth between 1990 and 1993,
through political intrigue and worse, also factor into the situation.
Between 2014 and 2022, an estimated 1.5 Trillion dollars was removed
from the Ukrainian economy, making the Ukraine, the second poorest
country in Europe. The entire situation in the Ukraine is tragic no
matter how one looks at it. |
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It is Springtime! A beautiful flower collection on
display in Washington Square Park. |
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Harrriman State Park and Hunter Mountain, which is
only about 30 miles/50km north of NYC is a real treasure. |
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Harriman Park also rents basic rustic cabins for about
$90 per night. |
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NetCost is a
regional supper market chain, known for their extremely high quality
and fresh foods at exceptionally low prices. They cater to everyone,
but in particular to people from the region covered by the former
Soviet Union, including the Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia and
other former USSR republics. Now with the food embargo with Russia,
they no longer have the interesting variety of foods that they had in
the past including the best smoked fish, pomagratin juice and other products. |
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Patriotic art in south Williamsburg Brooklyn. |
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Citibike craze. The number of CitiBike stations is
getting out of hand, blocking raods and sidewalks. In this case, the
bike stands are both on the street and on the sidewalk. One has to
wonder if Citibike received permission from the landlord of the
adjacent building since in NYC, the landlord is responsible for
maintaining the sidewalks, including repairs and replacements. |
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Everywhere you look, NYC has garbage piled high on the
sidewalk. Apparently, the new buildings are not required to make
provisions to have garbage bags stored indoors. |
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Besides being unsightly, sidewalks are often so
cluttered, that it is difficult to walk down the street, particularly
for baby carriages and Post Office carts. |
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Manhattan in the rain is always very romantic. |
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The Ear Inn, on the far west side of Manhattan on
Spring Street, is said to be one of the oldest tavern/restaurants in
NYC, having been started in the 1830's. |
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Besides excellent comfort food, a large intellectual
crowd, the Ear Inn is known for live music on Sunday and Monday
nights. Well worth a visit. |
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April 24, 2022 Washington Square Park, New York City.
Marijuana plants are now being openly sold, without fear of legal repercussions. |
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A few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine
that this would be happening. |
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April 24, 2022 The weather is beautiful and people are
enjoying the park, after a long lockdown and cold winter. |
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April 21, 2022 Gasoline has greatly increased in
price. It is as if there is a war against personal automobiles and
free personal mobility. In this Jersey City, NJ gas station, gasoline
is being sold for over $6 per gallon, an increase of over 35% in just
a few months. |
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Interior of Killmeyer's Old Bavarian Inn |
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April 21, 2022 As a child growing up in New York City,
Staten Island was always a mystery, yet Staten Island has so much to
offer. This German restaurant, Killmeyer's Old Bavarian Inn, with a
large bar, is one of the oldest restaurants in NYC, having been
founded in 1835. |
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April 21, 2022 Blazing Star Cemetery on Author Kill's
Road, founded around 1750, is one of the oldest cemeteries in NYC. |
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Many tombstones date from the 1700's. |
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It is interesting to note that before the Industrial
Revolution, in which workers were forced to work 7 days a week, often
times 16 hours per day, the average life expectancy was about the
same as it is today. Most tomb stones shows that most people died in
the 80's back then. This runs counter to the notion that
"modern" medicine has somehow extended the life of people. |
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April 21, 2022 Along Author Kills Road one can find
this remarkable boat grave yard, with some ships slowly rusting away,
dating before 1900. |
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April 21, 2022 Is it possible? Wild turkeys roaming
the streets of Staten Island! During this authors brief trip to
Staten Island, he saw wild geese, raccoons and a herd of deer..wild
deer in NYC!! |
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Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn at sunset. |
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April 17, 2022 Federal Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle
has ruled against the CDC's mask mandate stating that the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention had overstepped its authority to issue
such a sweeping rule. As such, the Biden Administration has stopped
the mask wearing mandate for airplanes, trains and all other areas,
where this mandate was in effect. A handful of jurisdictions around
the country, including New York City, has stated that they will
continue to enforce the mask wearing mandate in schools, subways and
elsewhere. One might question the legality and logic of continuing
such mask wearing mandates, particularly when from a scientific
perspective, that mask wearing does not prevent the spread of disease.
Easter in
Manhattan in 1956
April 17, 2022 EASTER: Though Easter, which
comes this Sunday, is a Christian Holiday, celebrated by Christians
worldwide, perhaps non-Christians, including atheists, should
celebrate this holiday. Why? Because by Jesus's teachings, Democracy
became the norm for all governments worldwide. Before Jesus, every
country in the world had a cast system ranging from 2 casts to over
50 casts, with the average being 5 casts. It was impossible to go
from one cast to another. Jesus however changed all of this when he
said that everyone was equal under God, thus by extension, equal
under the law. This concept ran counter to the cast system.
Ultimately, almost all countries permits voting with each persons
vote, regardless or being rich or poor, powerful or meet, being
identical. Ancient Athens in 325 BC is said to have had a democracy,
however this is not exactly the case since Athens then, with a
population of over 300,000 people, had only 6,000 citizens who were
allowed to vote and a person did not automatically become a citizen
upon birth but had to prove themselves by age 13.
April 17, 2022 EASTER: April 17 is the
Christian holiday of Easter celebrated by three billion people
worldwide. The Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead,
three days after he was crucified in Jerusalem. This week is referred
to as Holy Week, with good Friday (the day that Jesus was crucified),
holy Saturday and finally Easter Sunday, which is a USA National Holiday.
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April 17, 2022 EASTER Sunday! |
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April 17, 2022 Easter. What better way to celebrate
Easter than with a mutton chop at the famous, 1895 Keenes English
Steak House on West 37 Street in Manhattan? |
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It is Spring Time and time to plant one's window garden! |
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April 16, 2022 Riverside Park, Manhattan. You do not
have to travel to Japan to experience Cherry Blossoms. We have them
here in NYC. |
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April 16, 2022. New buildings keep springing up in
Manhattan like mushrooms after a storm. One can only speculate how
the city will eventually look like after it is completed. |
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April 14, 2022 Storm clouds brewing but these brave
souls are speeding along on an inflatable boat on the East River. |
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Manhattan skyline from Dumbo Brooklyn. |
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April 12, 2022 A crazed, masked gunman shot 10 people
on a New York City subway in Brooklyn during this mornings rush hour.
5 of the shot are listed in critical condition. 29 people were hurt
in total, including those injured in the rush to escape. The shooting
occurred on the 36 Street stop of the N train in Sunset park. The
gunman's gun apparently jammed, otherwise even more may have been
shot. In the process of shooting all of the people, he also
discharged smoke canisters. Unfortunately the TV cameras in the train
station were not functioning. The crazed person is still on the lose
and is being sought by police.
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Greenpoint
Brooklyn, NY. April 12, 2022 Our dog runs are full, but our
playgrounds are empty. |
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Greenpoint
Brooklyn, NY. April 12, 2022 Perhaps the lowest price for gasoline in NYC |
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New York, NY.
April 10, 2022
New York's ever
changing skyline |
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Greenpoint
Brooklyn, NY. April 12, 2022 Do you remember when the Empire State
building was the tallest in the world? It is the point, to the right! |
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April 11, 2022 Concerns are growing regarding the hopefully remote
possibility of a nuclear war with Russia. Some say that NATO and the
United States are pushing Russia too hard. Russia has changed their
terms of engagement from being a second strike country to authorizing
atomic bombs, as a first strike weapon, under certain conditions.
April 11, 2022 Concerns are growing regarding the significant number
of Athletes who are experiencing heart issues. Some say the
experimental Covid injection is the cause, though this has not yet
been established.
April 8, 2022 Meriupol, the Ukraine. There are persistent rumors that
an estimated 3,000 paramilitary Azov brigade fighters, as well as
several hundred foreign advisers have taken refuge in the huge
Ukrainian steel mill of Azovstal. Further, the rumors go on to say
that many Ukrainian helicopters have attempted to remove those
trapped, in particular the foreign advisers, but have either been
shot down are had to turn away. There are also rumors that an
American Lieutenant General was captured by the Russians trying to
flee this huge compound. If this is so, serious political and
military implications may develop. Apparently the Russians do not
want to destroy the infrastructure of the Ukraine since the Russians
have not bombed the power plants, water plants or communication
facilities, as the USA did in Serbia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
April 7, 2022 The western countries and the Ukraine are blaming
Russia for a massacre in Bucha, the Ukraine, however the Russians
deny this and are calling this a false flag. The Russians backed up
their claim with intercepted telephone and radio calls that seem to
lend credence to their claims.
April 5, 2022 Polish government has published a guide for Polish
citizens on what to do if their country is attacked and how to deal
with the invader.
April 3, 2022 The FDA has apparently authorized a fourth and fifth
Covid injection booster shot under the experimental medicine program.
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New York, NY. West
23 Street. The famous and historic El Quijote Spanish Restaurant,
which stated in 1930, is open again, after a 4 year closure. It is
now smaller, with a slightly different menu. |
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New York, NY.Times
Square is again filed with people, mostly tourists. The USA still has
the controversial Covid vaccine requirement to enter the country so
globally, only 25% can enter the country. |
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New York, NY.
Times Square |
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New York, NY.
Times Square. An unusual bus that has people sitting and facing the
window, rather than ahead. |
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April 2, 2022 Russia is claiming that the Ukrainians are committing
atrocities against their own people, while blaming the Russians and
attempting to gain world sympathy.
April 2, 2022 Lithuania has closed it airspace to Russian Airliners
traveling from mainland Russia to the external Russian City of
Kaliningrad. Further, the Lithuanians are discussing closing off the
highway from Russia to Kaliningrad. Both accesses were guaranteed by
the four powers in 1993, when east and west Germany were allowed to
unify, and guaranteed by NATO and further guaranteed by the European
Union. It would seem that this action could well lead to a major war
in Europe and possibly the world. Needless to say, in this age of
hypersonic missiles, the USA mainland may well be bombed.
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New York, NY.
Washington Square Park. A man selling marijuana plants. |
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New York, NY.
Washington Square Park again filled with people enjoying the nice weather. |
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New York, NY. A
large commercial bicycle trailer. It is time to start to place
license plates on bicycles, and require insurance. Further bicycles
should obey traffic laws and this should be enforced. |
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April 1, 2022 Russia's terms for immediate peace with the Ukraine is
that the Ukraine give up their rights to the almost 100% Russian
populated territories of Donbass,Crimea and elsewhere. Further,
Russia demands that the Ukraine declare it's permanents neutrality,
similar to Finland, Austria and Switzerland and not join NATO or the
European Union (EU). Russia has also planned to put on trial those
who had committed atrocities over the past nine years, since the coup
of 2013 that ousted the former elected president from the Ukraine.
The president of the Ukraine, Zelensky seemed to be about to agree to
these terms but was apparently discouraged by the west from accepting
them, so the killing and destruction continues.
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New York, NY.
Central Park. Bubble makers always entertains children and adults alike. |
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New York, NY.
Central Park, Alice in Wonderland statue that was installed in 1959.
This writer remembers when it was being installed! |
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New York, NY. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET. Always crowded these days. |
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New York, NY.
Artists selling their work on the street. |
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New York, NY. The
walk along Fifth Avenue |
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New York, NY.
There is no horsing around with the NYPD |
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New York, NY. Two
NYPD officers with shovels. It happens, you know. |
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April 1, 2022 Some Russian American owned restaurants in New York
City have been vandalized by apparently pro Ukrainian groups. The
anti Russian propaganda in the USA has been intense and apparently
has effected the weaker among the Americans to resort to unfounded violence.
April 1, 2022 Today is "April Fools Day" the world
over when people play and say, minor jokes to people, but do you know
how it started?
BACKGROUND: Originally in the Western World, there was
the Roman Calender, started during the reign of Julius Caesar in 46BC
(708 AUC or "Ab urbe Condita" or the alleged founding date
of Rome). At that time, there were several competing calenders,
including the Egyptian Calender, the Alexander Calender and others.
Over several hundred years, the Julian Calender became accepted in
the then "known world" and had been modified and adjusted.
In 1582, Pope Gregory the XIII introduced a modified calender, now
known as the Gregorian Calender (365.2425 days per year), to adjust
for the fact that a year was slightly shorter than represented in the
Julian Calender (365.25 days per year), since over time, these
mistakes added up. In the Julian Calender, the first of the year was
what they said was the first day of the Spring Season, which they
celebrated as April 1. Pope Gregory Changed this so that the first
day of the year was January 1. He also expanded the Christmas season
from one day to 12 days, lasting from December 25, the traditional
birthday of Jesus Christ, to January 7th. However, most people,
particularly the older people, did not accept the new Gregorian
Calender starting the new year on January 1 and continued to
celebrate the new year as being April 1. These people came to be
mocked by younger "follow the science" people as "APRIL
FOOLS" for continuing to celebrate the New Year on April 1!
March 29, 2022 Vladimir Putin, in response to the freeze by some
western countries, on Russia's EU and Dollar reserves is now
demanding what he is calling "real reserves" including
"gold, food and land" for all Russian products, including
oil and gas. Putin further stated that since Russia's dollar and EU
funds are frozen by some western countries, that Russia is not a
charity and will not supply Russian products, including oil, gas,
fertilizer, grain, etc for free and thus he is demanding that all
transactions with countries that have frozen Russian Assets be in
gold or in the Ruble. Further, the Russian Ruble is now backed by
gold, which the Russians are defining as 55 Ruble to one Troy Gram.
This comes out to, as of March 29, 2022, to $1710 per Troy Once of
gold, which means that effectively, they have reduced the value of
gold by over $200 per troy ounce, since the world price of gold is
presently $1924 per once. This may well cause the Ruble to increase
in value in relation to the US Dollar and other western currencies.
It is believed that the Ruble is the only currency in the world
currently backed by gold. This will also effectively increase the
cost of all Russian products, including oil and gas.
March 28, 2022 Disturbing footage of captured Russian soldiers in
Ukraine, being severely tortured by either Ukrainian soldiers or
Ukrainian paramilitary forces, that the Russians are referring to as
"Nazi's" since some of their symbols are the Swastika and
apparently agree with the Ukrainian world war two general Andrei
Vlasov, who switched sides from the Soviet Union to the Germans.
General Vlasov was alleged to have been brutal to the civilians and
was executed after trial in Nuremberg. The footage that has emerged
and is being shown around the internet includes Russian prisoners
being shot in the knees, being kicked in the face, while their hands
are tied behind their backs and having all of their teeth knocked
out. In addition, a woman was found dead, who had been tortured
apparently by Ukrainian forces, who had a Swastika burned onto her
back and hideously, had her arm torn off. In another incident, a
Ukrainian soldier found the cell phone of a dead Russian soldier and
used that phone to call the dead soldiers mother and mock her. The
images and bad press are so profound and seemingly real that
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised a full
investigation. Several reports have stated that the Ukrainian
soldiers involved in the torture have been captured, though these
reports have not been confirmed.
March 27, 2022 Reports are emerging that some Oligarchs are leaving
both Russia and Ukraine. Oligarchs are said to have amassed their
fortunes though political intrigue, and at the expense of the local
people. Rarely did they pay any money to obtain vast fortunes of
factories, mines and farmland. These assets, that had been seized
after the Russian Revolution of 1917, were "privatized"
often without payment to insiders, after 1992, with the collapse of
the Soviet Union. Putin had made reference that he would seize the
unjustified assets of the Oligarchs in Ukraine, but he did not make
and reference to the Russian Oligarchs. Most of the
"oligarchs" have private security forces to constantly
protect them.
March 24, 2022 New York City New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed a
law exempting athletes and performers from the NYC Covid-19 vaccine
mandate. Most people had expected that the mandate would have been
lifted for everyone back in January or perhaps it should have never
been enacted in the first place. The NYC vaccine mandate has had a
massive effect on businesses who can not find workers willing to take
the vaccination and has also greatly harmed the commercial real
estate market, with many buildings being 50% or more vacant since
many people prefer to work at home, rather than take the shot. This
has had a spill over effect on restaurants and stores that depended
on local office workers.
March 24, 2022 New York City. City workers who were fired for
refusing to take the experimental vaccination are threatening to sue
the city based on the fact that some sports performer workers are now
exempt from the vaccination.
March 23, 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started on
February 24, is now a month old and it appears that it has become a
war of attrition. Apparently the Russians expected the local
Ukrainian population to go along with the invasion, since there had
be a great deal of dissatisfaction with the existing Ukrainian
government and in addition the Russians had expected some Ukrainian
troops to put down their weapons. Many in that region feel that the
Russians and Ukrainians are essentially the same people, with the
same historic past, similar language, and similar religion. Russian
Colonel General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin has stated that they
may have misjudged the situation and did not expect such fierce
opposition. The Russians have effectively destroyed most of Ukraine's
heavy military including tanks, artillery, aircraft, missiles,
ammunition, and command and control centers, however the Ukrainian
military and militia's continue to fight. Further, he has stated that
western and Ukrainian media has effectively demonized the Russians in
the eyes of the Ukrainians and the world.
March 23, 2022 Polish president Andrzej Duda has stated that he is
waiting for U.S. Whitehouse approval to his plan to send 10,000
"peace keepers" into Ukraine in order to protect
humanitarian aid and assist the population. The Poles plan to use
10,000 NATO troops. One might expect Russia to take a dim view of this.
March 22, 2022 It is estimated that 18.6% of the total Manhattan
office space was on the market for lease. Many companies are leaving
their existing spaces as their lease expires and down sizing to
smaller, sometimes newer, spaces. The trend is that the vacancies
will increase over the near future. Some old office buildings have
dramatically lost their value and are being sold for a fraction of
what they sold for just a few years ago.
March 22, 2022 It has been reported that a father and son were pulled
from their car and beaten by a gang riding un-registered motorcycles
the wrong way on a one way street. The fact is that NYC has become
like the wild west with hundreds, if not thousands of unregistered,
uninsured, motorcycles, along with drivers without licences riding
the streets with impunity.
March 21, 2022 New York City. 29 people were shot in NYC over the
weekend. It would seem that NYC is falling back to the terrible crime
period between 1977 and 1993.
March 21, 2022 China. A Chinese Boeing 737 crashed head long into a
mountain side. It is believed that there were no survivors.
March 21, 2022 U.S. Supreme court justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized.
The Brooklyn St. Patrick's parade.
March 20, 2022
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High School girls
entertaining the crowds, with excellent River Dancing. |
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A local high
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March 20, 2022
Brooklyn St Patrick's Parade. Bagpipes and Kilts were common in the Parade. |
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March 20, 2022
Brooklyn St Patrick's Parade. American Legion marching in the Parade. |
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If you served in
the military or if your parents served, you might consider joining
the American Legion. Inexpensive and an excellent place to network. |
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The NYC Parks
Commissioner was the Grand Marshal of the 2022 Brooklyn St. Patrick's parade. |
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Patriotic members
of the American Legion celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Many members
are former military and also law enforcement, protecting the American People. |
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March 4, 2022. A
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March 19, 2022 Andreas Schofbeck of the large German medical
insurance company BKK/ProVita claims that between 2.5 and 3 million
Germans had to seek medical help after receiving a Covid vaccination,
since his company apparently had a 40% jump in medical claims.
March 19, 2022 The Canadian Credit Union Association claimed that the
Canadian Emergencies Act Measure led to millions of Canadian dollars
being withdrawn out of fear that accounts would be frozen.
March 19, 2022 Dr Fauci stated that he is considering to resign from
the being director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases. This comes after several Senators are
considering to sponsor a bill to have him removed.
March 19, 2022 The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) has revised
their previous statistics and reduced the number of alleged Covid
deaths by just under 80,000.
March 19, 2022 A survey indicates that over 65% of the average
American would support the imposition of a no fly zone over Ukraine.
Many other US military and government leaders feel however to impose
such a no fly zone would mean shooting down Russian planes, as well
as potential massive losses of American planes to advanced Russian
missile technology and could well lead to a global war. Russian
leadership stated that such an action could well lead to nuclear war.
March 19, 2022 Russia. Putin gave a speech claiming that the Russian
operation in Ukraine stopped a Dombass (eastern Ukraine) genocide. It
is claimed that the Ukrainian government has killed over 15,000
civilians in eastern Ukraine since 2013.
March 18, 2022 Putin has threatened countries helping to arm Ukraine
stating that they will be considered legitimate targets.
March 18, 2022 Ukraine. Many people are surprised how quickly
Americans have jumped behind Ukraine, without fully knowing the
causes of the war and the potential consequences. Some people view is
like a "Wag the Dog" moment or similar to the 1939 invasion
of Finland by the Soviet Union, when the U.S. media convicted the
American population to support "brave little Finland" and
just six months later, the U.S. media changed course and suddenly
supported the Soviet Union and "uncle" Joe Stalin after the
Soviets started to fight Germany. We are in strange times indeed.
March 18, 2022 Russian Phobia has reached an irrational level, never
seen before level. For example, bars and liqueur stores have stopped
selling Russian vodka and other alcohol, classical music venues have
cancelled Russian performers, and sporting events have banned or
greatly curtailed Russian athletes.
March 17, 2022 Poland is to formally propose sending NATO troops to
fight in Ukraine. This would greatly expand the potential for a
global war.
March 16, 2022 The Ukrainian government has stated that 20,000
foreign troops have volunteered to fight against the Russians in
Ukraine. This force includes approximately 6500 Americans, 3500
British, 1,500 Germans, 950 Canadians and the balance from other countries.
March 16, 2022 It is now estimated that 30% of Ukrainian Refugees are
actually from other countries including Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere.
March 16, 2022 A powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter
scale, has hit just north of Tokyo. Yokohama, 10 miles/15 kilometers
south of Tokyo experienced 5.6 on the Richter scale.
March 15, 2022 There is fear of a possible global food shortage since
both Ukraine and Russia, which together supplies over 35% of the
worlds wheat, has banned exports till next year. Further, in
retaliation to western Embargoes, Russia has banned the sale of
fertilizer. This could greatly effect the crop yields around the
world, including the USA.
March 15, 2022 Apparently the Russians have deployed the Kinzhal
hypersonic cruise missiles which is said to be able to travel between
4,000 to 7,000 miles per hour. It is not known if the USA or NATO has
the technology to shoot these missiles down.
March 15, 2022 Germany wants the EU to ban the sale of gasoline and
diesel powered vehicles by 2035 in western Europe.
March 14, 2022 The International Energy Agency is said to want
restrictions on oils supplies in an effort to control alleged global
pollution and warming.
March 10, 2022 The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to
demand information on the U.S. funded biological laboratories in Ukraine.
March 10, 2022 Russia bombed a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian
City of Mariupol. Surprisingly, according to Ukrainian sources, no
one was killed in this attack and there were 14 injuries. The
Russians claim that the hospital had been evacuated and that the
buildings were being used by Ukrainian fighters.
March 10, 2022 The CEO of DuckDuckGo.com, Mr. Gabriel Weinberg, has
stated that they will start censoring "misinformation". The
search engine that claims that it does not save a persons search.
March 10, 2022 Banks in Canada have stated that those who had their
bank accounts frozen because the donated money to the "Truckers
Freedom Convoy" will be "flagged for life", though
what effect that this will have on the account holders is not known.
It will certainly discourage people from donating money in the future
to controversial political efforts.
March 9, 2022 Because of the embargo of airliners coming from or
going to Russia, many airlines from around the world must fly
substantially longer in flights from Asia to Europe. For example,
Japan's ANA estimates that flights from Tokyo to Brussels will be
slightly over 3 hours longer, use more fuel and may not be non-stop.
March 9, 2022 Both Russia and Ukraine has banned all exports from
their respective countries till next year. This may be a huge problem
for society. The Ukraine has always been called the "Bread
Basket of Europe". It is estimated that Russia and Ukraine
supplies about 30% of the worlds wheat and Russia supplies also about
30% of the worlds phosphate fertilizer. This may well cause
substantially higher food prices as well as possible famines.
March 9, 2022 The State of New York will allow certain companies to
grow cannabis/marijuana. Oddly, the license holder must have been
convicted of a marijuana related offence. In general, state issued
licenses of any kind are traditionally issued only to people without
criminal records. Further, one may question if this ruling is
acceptable under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution,
both state and federal.
March 9, 2022 The Chinese government is demanding information from
the USA regarding the USA funded "biological research
facilities". Some Chinese bloggers are alleging that the Corona
virus epidemic may have originated in Ukrainian labs.
March 9, 2022 Under Secretary of State of the United States, Mrs
Victoria Nuland when asked under oath before the U.S. Congress, if
Ukraine had Biological weapons, Secretary Nuland responded that
Ukraine has "biological research facilities". She further
added that there was great fear that the approaching Russian forces
might somehow obtain files on this research. Many people now question
what types of dangerous biological weapons might be in these
facilities. Based on the U.S. Embassy website, these included
particularly dangerous pathogens and apparently this research is
funded by the United States. The United States is a signature of a
treaty that bans biological weapons which are considered weapons of
mass destruction.
March 9, 2022. The Russian government claims that the United States
is funding at least 27 biological warfare research centers and it
further claims that it has destroyed or captured these facilities and
has proof of such. The existence of these centers was confirmed in
Congress today my Under Secretary of state, Victoria Nuland. The
United States is banned from producing or researching in biological
weapons under treaty.
March 9, 2022 Pope Francis implied that the future of Christendom was
somehow at stake in Ukraine.
March 9, 2022 Oil prices in western Europe and the United States has
reached all time highs. President Biden is said to have asked the
Saudi's and the United Arab Emerits to increase production, but was
apparently so far not successful. The United States imports about 7%
of oil products from Russia and also 25% of phosphate fertilizer from
Russia. The average price of gasoline in Russia is about $1.39 US.
March 9, 2022 Under pressure from the USA, Poland has agreed to
donate all of its old Russian made Mig 29 fighter aircraft to
Ukraine. The United States apparently had expected that Poland would
allow the planes to be donated directly to Ukraine. Instead, Poland
stated that they would donate the planes to the Untied States and
NATO and fly them to the huge Rhine-Main air force base in Germany
and that the USA and NATO could then send the planes directly to
Ukraine. The United States immediately rejected this stating that it
would put the USA and NATO in direct conflict with Russia. It should
be noted that Poland is also a NATO country. Russia has stated that
any country offering arms or getting involved in the Ukrainian
conflict, which Russia considers an internal affair, would be
considered a co-belligerent and face massive consequences that they
have never had in their history.
March 9, 2022 Hawaii is the last state to be dropping the mask
mandate on March 30. This mandate and the Draconian restrictions of
highly questionable science, has cost Hawaii billions of dollars in
lost tourism revenue. Hopefully they will recover and that the normal
tourists have not decided to go to other places, such as Saipan, Guam
or Okinawa.
March 8, 2022 Illegal individuals, who snuck into the United States
to work illegally are demanding unemployment benefits! Today, a
large, vocal group briefly shut down lanes of the Manhattan Bridge
and the Brooklyn Bridge. Every illegal worker takes a job from an
American. Further, by increasing the workforce, this adds to reducing
the overall pay per hour. Traditionally when an illegal worker was
caught, they would be arrested, jailed and then deported and the
company that hired would be fined. This however, no longer is the case.
March 7, 2022 The cost to farm in the United States had dramatically
increased for all farming products including seeds and fertilizers.
The increase in costs range from 200 to 500% since last year.
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Crime is increasing in NYC. This heating truck has a
steel screen around all of the windows, though it is not known if
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March 4, 2022, Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY. Gasoline
prices have gone down somewhat. Conoco is one of the least expensive
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March 4, 2022 FREEDOM!
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced this morning,
the end highly controversial Covid Vaccine Passport system and the
need for school masks, three days earlier then his original planned
ending date of March 7. These highly controversial, freedom snubbing
rules were originally put in place by the extremely liberal Mayor
Bill DeBlasio late last year. It is estimated that this ineffective
system has cost businesses and taxpayers billions of dollars in lost
revenue. As a result of the mask and vaccine mandate, many office
workers refused to work in the office and continued to work at home
or in some cases, offices left the city. Many offices remain only
partially filled and as an added result, local restaurants, bars and
other venues, who catered to office workers, have had a significant
drop in the number of customers. Officially, over 80% of NYC
residents have had at least one Covid vaccination injection, however
there has been a significant drop in restaurant tax collection
receipts, indicating that perhaps less than 80% of the city has been
vaccinated. Recently, more and more scientists and top medical
professionals have questioned the effectiveness of both mask wearing
as well as the vaccine itself, particularly for those under 18 years old.
March 4, 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken stated that NATO is ready
for conflict with Russia. Ukraine is not a NATO country. Russia has
implied that any nation that interferes with Russia's Ukraine
operation may face Russia's atomic force. The Russians have stated
that the Russian Ukraine conflict is a "family dispute" and
that the two countries are one people.
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March 3, 2022
Russian forces have taken control of Europe's second largest nuclear
power plant. The power plant itself was not attacked or damaged,
however a nearby building on the grounds, that had Ukrainian troops
was attacked and apparently defeated.
March 2, 2022
Yesterday, Ukrainian president Zelensky claimed that the Babi Yar
Holocaust Memorial had been destroyed by a Russian missile strike,
and further stated that the Russians were trying to erase
"our" history. Today however it was revealed that the
memorial is still completely intact and that the Russians had
attacked a nearby Ukrainian military garrison.
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This person is holding a poster saying Lithuania is with Ukraine. |
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An unusual face mask that shows a persons mouth. Masks are no longer
required in the State or City of New York. |
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March 1. 2022 The
Russian Ambassador to the U.N. stated in a speech that President
Trump was the legitimately elected president of the United States who
was overthrown.
March 1, 2022 The
European Parliament accepted Ukraine's appliction to enter the
European Union. It is not clear if this means that Ukraine will enter
the Union or if only that the application was received.
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March 2, 2020 is "Ash Wednesday where Catholics and other
Christians receive ashes on their forehead to remind them that life
is not forever and that we come from dust and to dust we will return. |
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Repairing the Manhattan Bridge. Working in the below freezing cold is
difficult work, even on clear days. |
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Beautiful Manhattan Skyline. It is hard to imagine that there are so
many wars around the world including Somalia, Ukraine and other
regional fights. |
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An automatic postal machine with clear plastic dividers between them.
It is highly unlikely that such a divider would prevent a disease
from spreading and would probably be just as ineffective as mask wearing. |
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Staten Island is a mystery to most New Yorkers, yet it offers so much
including beautiful parks, restaurants, boating, museums, zoo and so
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February 28, 2022 A
huge amount of false information is emerging regarding the
Ukrainian-Russian war. Some false information includes a well
publicized alleged fighter dog fight between Russian and Ukrainian
forces, that turned out to be from a video game, a huge explosion
that was said to have occurred in Kiev, but actually was from a
chemical plant explosion in China in 2015, allegedly all of the
Ukrainian soldiers on an island off the coast of Ukraine, supposedly
were killed, but in fact simply surrendered and were taken prisoner
and photo's
of Ukrainian president Zelenskyy in military fatigues, on the front
apparently was from two years ago. False information in very common
in times of war. All sides do the same.
February 28, 2022 The
Nigerian government has complained to the Polish and Ukrainian
government regarding the poor treatment of their black citizens.
Stories have emerged that Ukrainian and Polish border guards have
prevented black people from leaving Ukraine. Many blacks were not
allowed to board buses and trains headed towards the border. Further,
some local hotels apparently were not allowing black guests. However
one Nigerian medical student, who eventually was allowed to enter
Poland, stated that once she was in Warsaw, the Polish capital that
is located hundreds of miles away from the Ukrainian border, she was
treated with great respect and even offered free accommodations. The
Nigerian government has recommended that their nationals head towards
the Ukraine-Hungary border or the Ukraine-Romania border.
February 28, 2022 American
President Joe Biden when asked if Americans should fear a nuclear
strike by Russia, responded "no".
February 27, 2022 New
York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the highly
controversial Covid Vaccine Passport system would end on March 7. He
stated that he is giving a week so that restaurants and other social
venues have time to prepare. One might ask, prepare for what?
February 27, 2022 New
York Governor Hochu has announced the elimination of
her mask mandate throughout the state of New York.
February 27, 2022 Russian President Putin has ordered Russia's
nuclear forces to be on high alert. Russia is said to have the
largest nuclear arsenal in the world had is capable of launching
missiles and hitting any place on earth. The Russians are said to
have completely destroyed Ukraine's navy and airforce. Surprisingly,
Russia has not destroyed the Ukrainian power plants, nor have the
Russians cut off the Ukrainian water supply, nor have the Russians
cut off lines of communication, such as the internet or cell phone
service, which they undoubtedly can do.
February 27, 2022 Belarus president Lukashenko has threatened to
enter the war on the side of Russia. He further warned that the war
may become a "meat grinder".
February 27, 2022 Is Russian President Vladimir Putin threatening
nuclear war? When the war started on February 21, on live TV at
5:45AM, Mr. Putin stated "Whoever tries to impede us, let alone
create threats for our country and its people, must know that the
Russian response will be immediate and lead to the consequences you
have never seen in history. All relevant decisions have been taken. I
hope you hear me".
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WAR
IN UKRAINE
In war, truth is the first victim
Primary Causes for the war in Ukraine:
1. Eastern Ukraine is almost 100 percent ethnic
Russian and has been operating independently of the central Ukrainian government
since 2014, when the elected Ukrainian president was forced to flee
the country and an unelected president was put in place. Since that
time, the new central Ukrainian government has been bombing the two
break away regions. There was a peace treaty/armistice called the
"Minsk Agreement" but neither side has obeyed the terms.
2. In 1990, under the four party agreement the United States, Great
Britain, France and the then former Soviet Union, agreed to allow
East and West Germany to unify and part of this agreement was that
NATO was not allowed to move "one inch east". In fact, at
that time, Eastern Germany was to be demilitarized. However since
that time, the key NATO members including the USA, Great Britain, and
France not only militarized eastern Germany, but has also added the
former Soviet "satellite" countries of Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, Poland, the now Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and more
to NATO, thus NATO is at the border of Russia. The Russians pointed
out that it would be as though Russia placed it's military in Canada
and Mexico.
3. Ukraine has been clambering to join NATO and it seemed that NATO
was about to allow Ukraine join the military alliance of NATO
Apparently to Russia, this was unacceptable. There is also the
element that many people in the east, including Russia, Belarus and
even Ukraine, have traditionally considered themselves more or less
the same people, having the same orthodox religion, an almost
identical language and the same historic culture. Russia demanded
that NATO agree not to allow Ukraine to enter NATO and further
demanded that the NATO countries bordering Russia be essentially
demilitarized. This was rejected by NATO
4. The current Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is considered
to be a western "puppet" by the Russians. President
Zelensky recently stated that Ukraine should become a nuclear power.
This apparently enraged the Russians. President Zelensky was a former
actor and comedian and had an extremely popular TV show in Ukraine.
President Zelensky is said to hold duel citizenship with both Ukraine
and Israel.
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin made an impassioned speech to the
Russian people claiming the following goals of the invasion.
There is a fear that with EU countries giving the Ukrainian
government advanced weapons and the USA providing various forms of
support, that the Ukrainian-Russian war may quickly expand. Russian
President Putin has put Russians extensive nuclear force on high
alert. Some people have said that this can get completely out of hand
and may result in a complete European war or even a World War 3. One
can only hope that this will not be the case.
In war, truth is the first victim
Presently there is a huge amount of propaganda and it is very difficult
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February 27, 2022 The Russians are accusing the Ukrainian government
of placing heavy weapons in the middle of residential areas. This
claim was also made by an American said to be stuck in a hotel in
Kiev. Essentially they are saying that the Ukrainian government is
using civilians as a human shield. If the Russians attack the
weapons, there is a high risk of civilian casualties.
February 27, 2022 Russian troops have encircled the key Ukrainian
cities, but have not entered major battles.
February 27, 2022 U.S. and EU countries are considering to freeze
Russia's central banks assets. President Putin said that Russia in
apparent retaliation, is considering to confiscate foreign assets in
Russia and presumably Ukraine, if Ukraine is conquered.
February 27, 2022 Pope Francis called Ukrainian president Zelenskyy
and has expressed his sorrow.
February 27, 2022 It turns out that the Ukrainian border guards, who
were stationed on Zmeinyy Island (Snake Island), who were said to
have bravely died defending the territory, have in fact been captured
and are alive.
February 27, 2022 Many Ukrainian citizens in the capital city of Kiev
have temporarily evacuated to the subways to avoid the fighting on
the street.
February 27, 2022 The Ukrainian government has distributed 10,000
machine guns to civilians in order to assist in stopping the
Russians. It remains to be seen if untrained civilians have any
chance to assisting.
February 27, 2022 Moscow has accused the USA of using its drones to
direct Ukrainian gunboats to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea.
February 27, 2022 Sweden, Germany, Denmark and other countries have
given Ukraine thousands of hand held rockets and anti-tank weapons.
One has to wonder if Russia will retaliate for this.
February 27, 2022 NYC mayor Eric Adams has Apparently initiated a new
system to fight rising street crime in NYC. Throughout the City,
police cars and vans have been deployed and are stationary, guarding
intersections and areas. This method is very similar to ambulances
that are stationed throughout the city. We command Mayor Adams and
the Police chief for this excellent idea.
February 22, 2022 5AM Russia has launched a massive invasion of
Ukraine and in approximately 40 minutes is said to have destroyed the
entire airforce and navy of Ukraine and has destroyed the Ukrainian
airports, military command and control centers and is now attacking
Ukraine from all sides.
February 21, 2022 Russian President Putin claims that the two
recently recognized countries in eastern Ukraine has requested
military aid and President Putin has sent in the Russian army.
February 21, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes the two
separatists regions in Ukraine as independent countries.
WAR BREAKS OUT IN UKRAINE
February 21, 2022 It is estimated that about a third of NYC bus
riders do not pay their fare.
February 21, 2022 It has been reported that the CDC (U.S. Center for
Disease Control) spends $5,000 per shot to convince minorities to
take the Covid-19 vaccine.
February 21, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has been tested
positive for Covid. She is said to be taking the drug
"Stromectol" which is another trade name for Ivermectin,
which has been labeled as a "Horse deworming drug" in the
USA, even though many countries and countless studies has shown the
effectiveness of the drug.
February 21, 2022 Former President Donald Trump is launching a new
Twitter type information platform www.TruthSocial.com.
February 20, 2022 The United States Embassy in Moscow has issued a
"security alert" to be ready to evacuate Russia, without
U.S. Government help.
February 19, 2022 Canadian police are said to have arrested almost
200 people in relation to the Truckers Freedom protest in Canada.
There have been some injuries including people being hit by tear gas
projectiles and being trampled by a police horse. One 75 year old
woman, using a walker is said to have been severely injured.
February 18, 2022 The US Senate is to vote on legalizing abortion on
demand, till the moment of birth. If this law passes, as it is
expected to do, individual states will not be able to regulate,
control or minimize abortion.
February 18, 2022 The Canadian government is seizing the trucks and
property of people connected with the Canadian Truck Freedom Convoy.
Further, people who have donated money, in some cases as little as
$25 Canadian (about $20 U.S.) are having their bank accounts frozen.
Strangely, someone or some entity has somehow infiltrated
("hacked") the GiveSendGo.com donation website and have
apparently distributed private donor information to various groups in
order to shame the donors. This issue underscores one of many flaws
of "digital" type payments, which includes the lack of
privacy, potential lack of security and vulnerability of funds.
February 18, 2022 A car transport ship containing about 2500 new
cars, primarily Volkswagens, Porche's and Audi's, is engulfed in
flames in the Atlantic ocean. Some speculate that the fire started
with the lithium ion batteries contained in some of the vehicles.
February 17, 2022 The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC)
and the medical company Pfizer has issued warnings regarding blood
clots claiming that everyone is at risk.
February 16, 2022 The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC)
has indicated that some Covid nasal swabs were used to sequence a
persons DNA.
February 16, 2022 NYC Mayor Eric Adams released his "Blueprint
to end Gun Violence" to help curb the rising crimes committed
using guns.
February 16, 2022 NYC Mayor Eric Adams has outlined a new facial
recognition push. Many privacy advocates are concerned about the
rising loss of personal privacy and the potential loss of freedoms
and rights.
February 16, 2022 Cambodia is to start full internet surveillance,
similar to what China is already doing, through the national
communication gateway. Some say that this exists to some extent in
most countries since the various search engines control what you see,
when you search, unless you already have a direct link. Some
countries also reduce the bandwidth to sites that the country does
not want the computer user to see, so that it may take and excessive
amount of time to access and certain wesbsites. Since most browsers
will return a "404" error in a minute or two, if a site
does not come up, the search site is effectively blocked. A similar
method was used during the "Cold War" when telephone access
to communist countries was greatly curtailed and in some cases, it
was almost impossible to contact numbers there.
February 20, 2022 Canadian premier Justin Trudeau has declared type
of Martial Law in Canada called the "Emergency Act", that
allows extreme powers to the premier. Parliament has apparently not
met today, so these measures can not be debated. This act is similar
to what happened in Poland in the early 1980's.
February 15, 2022 It is reported that the Canadian government is
blocking social media postings and it is further alleged that no
social media news can leave Canada. If this is true, Canada would be
in the same league as totalitarian governments, such as North Korea
and similar.
February 14, 2022
An arrest has been made of a suspected killer of two people in the
Bronx. The suspected killer is believed to be the brother of one of
those murdered.
February 14, 2022
Crazed crowds in Los Angeles "celebrating" the Super Bowl
win, have rioted causing substantial damage in down town Los Angeles.
February 13, 2022
An arrest has been made of the vicious murderer of an innocent lady
walking into her apartment on Christy Street in Chinatown.
February 13, 2022
Thousands of NYC workers, including police, firefighters teachers and
others are protesting the mandate demanding that they submit to
taking the experimental Covid-19 vaccine. The initial mandate was
ordered by former Mayor Bill DeBlasio and this order has not been
changed by current mayor Eric Adams. Religious exemptions and other
exemptions have not been permitted. Legal actions are pending.
February 13, 2022
The Teamsters have denounced the Canadian "Freedom Convey"
saying that the economic recovers is being harmed by blocking the
border crossings.
February 12, 2022
It is being claimed that tow trucks from Michigan are being used to
remove the parked protest trucks from the "Freedom Convoy"
and the Ambassador Bridge, linking Detroit, Michigan, USA with
Windsor Canada. The Ambassador Bridge is privately owned and managed.
February 8,
2022 NYC is out of control.
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February 8, 2022
Abuse everywhere. In Downtown Brooklyn, DOT PVB enforcers have taken
over a local park in order to park their private vehicles. Most of
these vehicles place DOT emblems in their windows, but do not have
plaques. These private vehicles, some with out of state licence
plates, do not have the legal right to park their private vehicles
illegally. Some local residents have complained that the parking laws
are being strictly enforced so that the DOT workers have place to
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abuse is that very few motorcycles are properly registered. This
motorcycle, does not have a license plate and one might also suspect
that they do not have insurance or a motorcycle drivers license.
These illegal motorcycles rarely obey the Vehicle Traffic Safety laws
of the State of New York and routinely drive the wrong way on road
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February 6, 2022
Canada is facing an nationwide insurrection. . Most land, highway
border crossings to the United States are blocked, preventing goods
from flowing back and forth.
February 6, 2022
The Mayor of Ottawa has declared a state of emergency for the city.
February 6, 2022
Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly stated that "local law
enforcement was never intended to deal with a city under siege".
February 6, 2022
The protests throughout Canada with tens of thousands of people
protesting the Covid 19 restrictions.
February 6, 2022
The police chief of Ottawa has stated that any police officer who
aids in any way the protest, including giving the protesters food or
water, will be prosecuted.
February 6, 2022
The Canadian military leaders has warned soldiers not to assist the
protest in any way.
February 6, 2022
Hundreds of mounted cowboys have joined the protest at the Canadian
Untied States border in Saskatchewan. The protests are getting larger
across Canada.
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February 6, 2022
The Beijing Olympics seems to be off to a bad start. Athletes in the
so called Beijing Olympic bubble are complaining about the
authoritarian restrictions and incredibly poor quality of the food.
Further, a reporter from the Netherlands, was detained while on a
live broadcast.
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February 6, 2022
Beijing 2022 Olympics. Athletes are complaining about all aspects of
the Beijing Olympic bubble, including the poor quality of the food
that is provided to the athletes. Russian athlete Lara Vatsnetsova
took this photo of her dinner. She said that they are served similar,
for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Does this look like the food for
champions? How can they be expected to perform their best, when they
are served this. Food is not the only complaint filtering back from
Beijing Authoritarian rules, fear that the required Olympic App is
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February 5, 2022
Happy Lunar New Year. This is a robot that takes orders in Chinatown
New York City. |
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February 4, 2022
Niclas Castello, a German artist, has placed a 410 pound 1.5 foot
square cube of pure gold valued at $11.7 million in Central Park, as
an art piece. The solid 24 karat gold block is protected with security.
February 2, 2022
Jen Psaki is urging Spotify to take further action against Joe Rogen
for having a different opinion regarding the severity and the
recommended treatment of the Covid virus. This is one of the first
time that a government official is openly calling for censorship of a
private entity.
February 2, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of
Moderna's Covid rDNA modifying drug that is often referred to as a
vaccination. So far, the FDA has not made public the information
submitted by drug companies when they applied for emergency
authorization of unapproved vaccine treatments that has led many to
speculate, why not.
February 2, 2022 A
huge Truck convoy that has encircled the Canadian Capital in Ottawa
continues and has massive support throughout Canada. Further, many
key border checkpoints between the United States and Canada has been
closed down by the Truckers. Originally, the truckers were protesting
the need for vaccination when traveling from the United States and
going into Canada. This protest has expanded now to a demand for all
Covid 19 restrictions to be immediately removed. Essentially Canada
is under siege by the truckers who have extremely widespread support
among Canadians.
February 1, 2022
American Truck Drivers are planning a "freedom Convoy" from
California to Washington DC to protest Covid restrictions. This
protest has been banned by Facebook, and other social media platforms.
February 1, 2022
Canadian tow truck companies are refusing to assist the RCMP (Royal
Canadian Mounted Police) in towing trucks away. Further, reports have
been coming in stating that the police themselves are sometimes
assisting the truckers.
February 1, 2022
More and more media outlets are questioning the CDC's order for
universal masking in schools and claim that there is not any science
behind the masking request.
January 31, 2022
The Hershey Chocolate company has fired all unvaccinated employees.
Some of the employees have worked for Hershey for years. They are
being offered severance pay, but they must sign an agreement not to
sue the company. It has been reported that relatively few are
accepting the offer.
January 30, 2022
Police Officer Jason Rivera was laid to rest today after a service at
St Patrick's Cathedral. Tens of thousands of Police Officers lined
fifth avenue to honor Officer Rivera and his ultimate sacrifice.
Officer Rivera and his partner, who was also killed, was savagely
attacked by a vicious individual while responding to a domestic dispute.
January 30, 2022 A
woman is claiming that she was virtually groped b a gang of male
avatars in Metaverse!!!
January 29, 2022
Some people in the west are claiming that Russia is about to attack
Ukraine. The is based on Russia's demand that the United States and
NATO honor their 1992 agreement not to expand NATO into former Soviet
satellite countries and not to station troops in those countries.
January 29, 2022
The British government is now blaming a secret government unit that
was used unethical fear tactics to push Covid rules compliance. The
Unite Kingdom and many European countries have now abandoned all
Covid 19 restrictions.
January 29, 2022
Far fewer people are eating in New York City restaurants, than in the
past. The reason is apparently that only between 40% an 65% of New
Yorkers have been vaccinated. This happens to be the current
occupancy of many restaurants.
January 26, 2022
The United States has sent 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine.
January 26, 2022
Shoplifting has become rampant in many local stores including Rite
Aid. Some stores have decided to close down because of the shop
lifting plague. The primary reason for vast increase in shop lifting
is that those caught are quickly released and are not required to
post bail to insure that they will return for the trial. Regardless,
even if convicted, the penalty is often a release from prison.
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January 29, 2022
New York City. This year it seems that the City of New York was slow
in plowing the streets. Hours after the snow stopped falling, many
streets had still not been plowed, including main thoroughfares. |
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January 29, 2022
Dumbo Brooklyn, New York City Snowed street. |
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January 29, 2022
Dumbo Brooklyn, New York City with the Brooklyn Bridge seen in the background. |
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January 26, 2022
New York City It is a tough job to be working on the road, when the
temperature is 15F. |
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January 26, 2022
Manhattan Bridge, Repairs, New York City |
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January 26, 2022
Manhattan Bridge, Repairs, New York City |
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January 16, 2022
New York City An endless number of Covid testing tents have popped up
around the city. Though the person on the street does not pay on the
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January 24, 2022.
New York, NY Subway Gates / barriers are an absolute must for the NYC
subway system. Frank
Didik, who has been desperately pushing subway gates to the MTA and
other agencies since over a decade points out that hundreds of people
could have been saved over this period of time. Further, thousands of
people could have been spared hideous, life transforming injuries,
including by MTA workers. Further, the MTA could have avoided paying
out hundreds of millions of dollars in liability, that could have
already paid for the entire subway gate system. In 2014, the MTA
studied Mr. Didik's proposal, but did not act on it. The proposal was
not to have a platform floor to ceiling barrier, which Mr. Didik said
was not necessary, but rather to have a 5 foot high barrier. This
would prevent anyone losing their balance, accidently falling, being
pushed, or dizzy or intoxicated or fainting from falling on to the
tracks. Further, this system could have easily been installed on all
480 subway and elevated train platforms since the platform, with it's
hollow core could easily support the weight. Further, the different
subway car door locations could easily have been accommodated. The
total cost of this proposal in 2014 was estimated to have been only
730 million dollars. The 2019 MTA study did not take into
consideration the Didik subway gate proposal of 5 years before and
instead focused on platform floor to ceiling wall, which would have
been vastly more expensive, being estimated at 10 times the cost of
the Didik proposal and further, was workable on only 130 stations,
about a quarter of the Didik proposal. We urge the MTA to Reconsider
the Didik Subway Barrier proposals. Frank
X. Didik Subway Gate Barrier proposal from 2014.
January 23, 2022
Hundreds of people, who lost loved ones in nursing homes, who had
contracted and died from Covid, protested New York Governor Hochul
for excluding the victims fund from the state budget. Allegedly
former Governor Cuomo had placed people sick with Covid in nursing
homes that resulted in the death of hundreds of elderly and other
people with weakened immune systems in the homes.
January 23, 2022
More and more European Countries are removing Covid-19 restrictions.
The United Kingdom and now Ireland and the Czech Republic have
removed all or most Covid 19 restrictions.
January 22, 2022 A
large pro-life demonstration to end abortion was held in Washington
DC today.
January 22, 2022
Truckers entering the United States from Mexico or Canada must be
vaccinated against Covid-19. Estimates range from only 30% to 60% of
the truck drivers having been vaccinated. If this rule continues, it
is believed that sever supply chain shortages for all transported
products will occur. This might include food, spare parts and even
fuel. All of this remains to be seen.
January 21, 2022
The head of the German navy has resigned after he stated that he
doubted that Russia wanted to invade Ukraine. Presently the German
government is not sending arms to Ukraine and is forbidding other
NATO allies from sending German arms to the Ukraine.
January 20, 2022
The NYPD detained a number of people in the Museum of Natural History
including little children who were crying as they were escorted alone
to police vans, if they could not show proof of having been
vaccinated. One has to question if the rules have gone too far,
particularly when even asking a person their medical condition or
status may violate Federal Hippo laws and other medical privacy laws.
January 20, 2022
The statue of the beloved Theodore Roosevelt, that was in front of
the Museum of Natural History for about 100 years, was removed this
evening. Who is next, George Washington?
January 19, 2022
The person who killed Barnard student Tessa Majors was given 14 years
in jail.
January 18, 2022
Hawaii will now require all travelers to have the Covid booster
shoot. Some are concerned that this may further Hawaii's suffering
tourist industry.
January 18, 2022
Hamburg Germany will now require people to have been vaccinated and
also have the boaster shot in order to enter restaurants and other
social settings.
January 16, 2022
The US Government is offering each person 4 at home Covid-19 test
kits. The website is: www.CovidTests.gov.
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January 15, 2022 The Japanese Gypsies in a jam
session. Her Mr. Sakai, a world class ukulele master performs. |
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January 15, 2022
The Japanese Gypsies in a jam session. Sakai and Kazmo comprise of
the duet. |
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January 15, 2022
The Japanese Gypsies in a jam session. Kazmo singing, and playing the
guitar. Excellent. Catch them at top venues, including Lincoln Center. |
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January 12, 2022
at the famous Rockefeller Center Ice ring. Child with a cute trainer penguin. |
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January 15, 2022 A
deranged man pushed a 40 year old Asian woman onto the subway tracks
in front of an oncoming train. Sadly, the woman was killed. We must
have subway gates. Didik
Subway Barrier proposals. Frank
X. Didik Subway Gate Barrier proposal from 2014.
January 10, 2022
Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla state in a conference that "two doses
of the vaccine offers very limited protection, if any" when
referring to the Omicron variant.
January 10, 2022 A
recent study, as outlined on RT indicates that the common cold may
give people immunity from Covid.
January 9, 2022 17
people died in the Bronx as a result of a terrible fire. This
included 8 children and 9 adults.
January 9, 2022
The New York City Council approved a new law allowing non-citizens to
vote. NYC Mayor Adams did not exercise his rite to veto the law.
January 7, 2022
According to Law Enforcement Today, serial burglars and released
without prison terms and only given a fine for their theft.
January 7, 2022 A
Russian force of several thousand special forces soldiers quickly put
an end to the revolution in Kazakhstan.
January 5, 2022 It
has come to light that T-Mobile is censoring text messages, sent that
contains links from certain websites. Most of the websites are
alternative view, with a conservative bend. Apparently an official
complaint has been filed against T-Mobile with the Missouri Attorney
General, which demands an investigation of the company to stop this
censorship of private, person to person messages.
January 5, 2022
Kazakhstan is in a revolutionary state with hundreds of thousands of
people protesting a variety of problems including governmental
corruption, Covid issues and the former president. The people have
stormed their main airport.
January 4, 2022
Mr. Alvin Bragg, the new Manhattan District Attorney, has stated that
his office will no longer request jail time for a variety of formerly
jailable offenses. One has to question if this will reduce crime in
the city or if it will be a type of green light for criminals. This
policy seems to be counter to Mayor Eric Adams campaign promise to
get tougher with criminals.
January 4, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams is asking banks and businesses to open up and have
their employees return to the offices, rather than working remotely.
Office workers eat in restaurants, and spend money locally. The key
problem with this request is that Mayor Adams has also extended the
vaccine requirement for workers, which is something that a sizable
portion of the workforce refuses to do.
January 3, 2022
The weatherman was wrong again. It had been predicted that NYC would
experience between 1 and 1.5 inches of snow today, but instead, not a
single snow flake hit the city. One has to question the effectiveness
of the billions of dollars of weather satellites.
January 2, 2022
Brazilian beat the mayor of Toritama after he imposed a vaccination
passport in order to participate in society.
January 2, 2022
Perhaps as many as a 100,000 people have protested in Holland against
the new Dutch Covid lockdowns.
January 2, 2022
Austria has announced Draconian rules that can place you in prison
for up to a year, a large fine and loss of driving license for those
who refuse to submit to the experimental Covid vaccination.
January 2, 2022 In
England, black patients are three times more likely than average to
be hospitalized with Omicron.
January 2, 2022 In
NYC, the MTA expects longer wait times due to Covid related crew
shortages. As with airlines, the employee shortage is caused by
workers refusing to be vaccinated and by employees who have been
tested positive for Covid
January 2, 2022
Some airlines, which have a massive employee shortage, have
temporarily doubled flight attendants pay, while tripling pilots pay.
The employee shortage is caused by workers refusing to be vaccinated
and by employees who have been tested positive for Covid
January 2, 2022
According to the Daily Mail, a study done by McGill University and
the Montreal Neurological Institute Hospital, a study of 1,500
Americans showed reduced cognitive ability which they are speculating
to people being worried about the Covid pandemic. Other individuals
and groups have claimed that mask wearing reduces cognitive ability
because between 7 and 12% of the air breathed is rebreathed.
January 2, 2022
Worldometer claimed that 42.6 million abortions were performed in
2021. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is a
private organization, 3.5 million people died from Covid, though some
have disputed this number.
January 2, 2022
The CEO of OneAmerica Insurance company based in Indiana claims that
deaths among people aged from 18 to 64 is up by 40% which he stated
is a huge number to happen.
January 2, 2022
Major cell phone companies have rejected a request by the Federal
Aviation Administration to delay the 5G launch date. This puts the
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) against the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
January 2, 2022
The Chinese government in Beijing is cracking down on dissent and
freedom of the press in Hong Kong with the closure of Strand News in
Hong Kong. Until recently, the Hong Kong province of China has been
largely left alone by the Chinese central government. In the United
States, dissent and censorship is largely conducted by private
companies and on-line social media outlets.
January 2, 2022
Mayor Eric Adam's rode his bicycle to work.
January 2, 2022 An
additional 1,900 flights were cancelled countrywide with the airline
hubs of Chicago and Denver being the hardest hit.
January 1, 2022 In
one of his first acts as new mayor, Mayor Eric Adams decided to
continue former Mayor Bill DeBlasio's New York City's Covid State of
emergency and to continue the indoor vaccination mandate. This
continuation comes as a surprise to many businesses suffering from a
major loss of customers, as well as continues to put pressure on the
real estate office rental market since a sizable percentage of the
population refuses to be vaccinated, claiming that the short term
effects can be dangerous and that the long term effects are a
complete unknown. It is estimated that less than 25% of Black New
York City residents have been vaccinated and thus this ruling
significantly hurts Black New Yorker's. The total number of New York
City residents who are vaccinated is not completely known. Official
figures claim a vaccination rate of 78%, but others claim that the
true rate is significantly lower. It is a matter of debate if these
restrictions prevents the spread of the Covid virus. We now know that
a person without any serious underlying medical issues has a 99.98%
chance of full recovery from Covid, even if not vaccinated.
January 1, 2022 A
thousand homes burnt to the ground in Colorado and this was followed
by a major snow storm, which covered the burnt out homes.
January 1, 2022
Taiwan, which has some of the strongest privacy laws in the world,
plans to adapt the European Union on-line censorship proposals, which
includes recording internet users activities, among other new rules.
January 1, 2022 It
is estimated that over 2500 flights were cancelled yesterday because
of a lack of flight personnel. The vaccine mandate has caused massive
supply chain and service chain disruptions since so many well
educated people refuse to submit to the mandated Covid emergency use
"vaccine". One family flying from San Francisco to New York
city was scheduled to fly at 9pm, however because of the massive
number of flight cancellations, they did not board the plane till
4am, seven hours after their flight was originally scheduled to
leave. Many people were not as lucky and had their flights cancelled
completely, rather than just delayed.
January 1, 2021
New NYC Mayor Eric Adams, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Mayor Eric Adams was sworn
in to be the 110 Mayor of the City of New York and the second black
American mayor after former Mayor David Dinkins. News1.net, which
endorsed Mayor Adams, wishes him the best of success in leading this
great city.
January 1, 2021
The crowds watching in person, the famous "ball dropping"
from the former Times Square Building to mark that the start of the
new year, was greatly limited to about 15,000 people, who had to wait
for many hours before the event took place.
January 1, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's hope that 2022 brings back a return to
constitutional and basic human freedoms, that has been so damaged by
repressive and Draconian laws and non-law mandates world wide.
Freedom of travel, freedom to conduct business, freedom of
association, freedom of social interaction and so much more has been
greatly harmed by the introduction of questionable measures to
control the Covid-19 virus, without clear, tested, scientific based
reasons. Many basic freedoms have been "temporarily"
suspended. It would seem that the worse elements of totalitarian
regimes such as National Socialist Germany and the Soviet Union have
been adapted with hardly a peep out of the bulk of the population.
Let us indeed hope for a better 2022.
January 1, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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CHECKING: News1.net has instituted a fact
checking system determined by News1.net. Facts in politics and social
issues may in fact be opinions. News1.net will indicate on certain
articles if News1.net deems the article or issue to be accurate.
Share
the road: This NYC sign says "Share the road".
Good idea! Perhaps it is time for bicycle riders to obey traffic laws
and also pay a road tax, just as the car drivers have to do. Indeed,
share the road!
App based taxi ride services often block traffic
traffic while picking up customers. read
more
Time
to start enforcing the laws covering motorcycles,
powered bicycles and powered scooters:
  
Time
to start enforcing the laws covering motorcycles,
powered bicycles and powered scooters: The laws covering
motor vehicles (gas, steam, electric), must be enforced including
having proper registration, insurance and make sure that the driver
has a proper drivers license and skill to drive the motorcycle. NYC
has become like the wild west. Here we see unregistered, uninsured,
motorcycles and their unlicensed riders, using the bicycle lane over
the Manhattan Bridge. Electric scooters are extremely dangerous but
are very popular. They really are unlicensed, unregistered
motorcycles. Originally the State of New York, Vehicle Traffic and
Safety Laws permitted human/motorized hybrid vehicles, primarily
wheelchairs, for disabled people, including veterans after the
Vietnam war. But now the rule is completely abused.
Time
to remove
these unpopular
garbage cans. Who approved of these
these expensive, but highly disliked monstrosities? Most
people do not like the idea of having to pull a dirty garbage can
handle to open a small door and then push their garbage inside.
Many
people fear energy
shortage this winter however there are many natural
gas substitutes
Before 1947 in the
USA and late 1960's in Europe, countries used first wood gas and then
later coal gas, as this plant in Seatle, Washington prouced till the
mid 1950's read
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Natural
Gas. Europe and
many other countries around the world are concerned about shortages
of natural gas but there are many
substitutes for read
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Wood gas was also
used to power cars, trucks and buses when gasoline was not available
in Europe and Japan during World War 2. read
more
Can
a draw bridge be an example of true democracy? read
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Fads
come and go. Today,the fad is clown
colored hair, body graffiti, extensive facial shrapnel and torn jeans,
ultra tight "yoga pants" read
more
Have
you noticed that our playgrounds are empty, but our dog runs are full?
A sizable portion of the population are no longer getting married and
forming families, but read
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Down
Syndrome.
Did you know
that there are some people with Down Syndrome who are geniuses? read
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The
"Frank Didik" penny theory to
analyze the state of the economy read
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Either
gold
is over valued or silver is under valued,
based on historic ratio's read
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Libraries
have lost their purpose. read
more
1.2 TRILLION
DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
Infrastructure
program: New York City is about to receive billions of
dollars of the enormous money that has been granted by Congress (and
paid for by the taxpayers). Cable
Cars: One proposal is to build a
series of cable cars, similar to the Roosevelt Island cable car, to
make additional connections between Brooklyn and Manhattan, Manhattan
and New Jersey and Brooklyn and Staten Island. Further, it is
proposed that a cable car going along the east side of Manhattan,
from the East Village up to the upper east side of Manhattan. While
this is an interesting proposal, such issues as cost verses benefit
and perhaps safety comes to mind. Will this billion dollar project
really improve NYC transportation? Will a cable car dangling over the
Hudson River or over New York Harbor between Brooklyn and Staten
Island in the high winds of winter really be safe? We recommend that
this project be very carefully analyzed and put to public scrutiny
before being adapted.
Subway
Safety Gates: We firmly recommend that the City Of New
York finally adapt Frank X. Didik's proposal for subway safety gates.
The entire project to put subway gates on all subway and elevated
train platforms would cost an estimated $600 million dollars and
would ultimately save countless lives and would prevent hundreds of
people a year
from losing limbs and being permanently disabled. Read more about
this remarkable proposal here
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Subway
Safety-Subway Gate Every year
hundreds of people are killed or severely injured when they fall onto
the tracks of trains and subways. The prevention is cost efficient
and greatly reduces liability ...
read
more ...
Subway
Noise: In
addition to the much needed subway
gate proposal an additional proposal to
greatly lower subway noise could be achieved over several years and
would cost an estimated 500 million dollars. This would make riding
the subway much more pleasant and bring NYC up to the standards of
the Tokyo, Hong Kong, Moscow and most modern subway systems.
Presently, NYC's subway system is aged and and far below the current
global standards. Read
more here about reducing subway noise.
Greatly
reduce train noise A
significant amount of train noise is caused by the train wheels
rolling over the expansion joint of the tracks. This vibration
creates noise, vibrations, an less pleasant ride and also reduces the
life cycle of the train. The solution is relatively simple and cost effective..read
more ...
A
$40 per hour minimum
wage? ...Frank
X. Didik, September 22, 2021
In
1962, the average 35 year old working man was able to support a
wife, 3 or 4 children, own a house in the suburbs, have 2 cars and
had enough money to go on a vacation once or twice a year. Today, it
takes two highly educated people working to buy a small one or two
bedroom coop or condo, car ownership is rare and they can only afford
to have one or two children at best. To achieve what a man in 1962
made per week and to regain the standard of living of that time, the
minimum wage must be increased to $40 per hour. The gradual decline
over the past 60 years should be changed. Perhaps "shock
treatment" that was recommended to the former communist
countries in Eastern Europe by "experts" from leading
American Universities, should be the guide for this sudden increase
in the average (minimum) wage. Several things would happen. First,
people would initially spend much more money and this would almost
instantly create huge demand. At the same time, it is very possible
that prices would go up, though perhaps not as fast as one might
expect, since production efficiency is much greater today than in
1962. Finally, it might be necessary to implement trade barriers.
This of course would run counter to the direction of globalism.
Perhaps it is time to modify the notion of globalism and take into
account the different global cultures, work ethics and achievements. read
more
Private helicopters landing in New York City
must come to an end since their noise is disruptive and
pose a significant safety issue for all citizens. read
more
There is a war on private car ownership
in New York State . read
more
It is now time to eliminate all
emergency Covid laws in the country. Now
that we understand that the fear of a massive death rate due to
Covid was completely wrong..read
more
Is it selfish for a woman to seek
a career
and also have children? read
more
Private ownership and strong
goals are on the decline.
Grown men in their 30's still live in shared apartments, ride a
skateboard or a bicycle instead of owning their own home and car and read
more
We seem to be living in a fake world.
Everywhere you go, you see people walking down the street, staring at
their cell phone, often with "ear buds", completely
oblivious to the outside world. ...read
more
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Olympic
Note:
We decided not to cover the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics because
of the severe restrictions and a possible 14 day hotel quarantine.
Defund?
Some anti-police groups have called for the defunding of the police
around the country. Question: late at night, if you are traveling in
an empty subway car and two police officers come on, do you feel
threatened or are you relieved and hope that they stay on for the
duration of your trip? The answer is obvious. The police are
essential to maintaining order in any society.
Corona Paycheck
program read
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Remote
salary protection read
more
Internet
censorship read
more
People
should be responsible for themselves and carry their own weight in society read
more
Career
first and family later? read
more
Frank X. Didik aboard "The
Futurist", anchored in a New York Harbor.
Thoughts
on science, business and society today
By
Frank X. Didik - News1.net editor.
What
if and what can or might be.
The
1956 Firebird was
to be self driving.
Self
Driving Cars? If
you have an accident with a self driving car, who is at fault? The
car manufacturer, the owner of the car or the occupant
"driver" of the car? I
have enjoyed owning and driving some of the most interesting cars
made and have always enjoyed the freedom of driving without
impediments or restrictions. Nevertheless, if self driving cars can
help reduce accidents and enhance society, I am for them. Besides the
technical aspects, there are many other issues that must be worked
out. My concerns regarding self driving cars including liability,
safety, morality and effectiveness. ...read
more ...
 
Bicycles?
What ever happened to jet packs, flying cars and advanced technology
that in the past, was predicted that we would be using by today? Why
are bicycles being pushed by cities world wide?...read
more ...
What about? ..
Old
Computer Formats and the longevity of our digitally stored
knowledge. Are
we entering into a "pre-history" era? How can we preserve
our computer written records, books, photographs, video and
knowledge? We must have an international agreement and an
organization, perhaps under auspices of the United Nations, dedicated
to preserving our global digital records so that future generations
can access the information and knowledge that we store on computer
readable formats.
If
you wanted to, would you be able to read a:
3
1/2" or 5 1/4" or 8" floppy?
cd-rom
or a dvd?
12"
optical disk?
9
track tape?
IBM
punch card?
Paper
punch tape?
If
you can not read these one or two generation old formats today, how
will society be able to read these documents in 200 years from now?
In a few years, our latest computer formats and storage devices, such
as USB drives, will also be obsolete. I have deep concerns about the
longevity of our knowledge and of computer records, ...read
more ...
What
if the decay rate of elements varies rather than being a constant? Imagine,
if this is the case, it would mean that all archeological dating is
in question. How old are artifacts? When in fact did the dinosaurs
really die out? Further, consider that ...
read
more ...
What
is the speed of gravity? If it is instantaneous, then what if
gravity can be modulated? Today
most scientists, assume that the speed of gravity is the same as the
speed of light, but what if the speed of gravity is instantaneous?
Further, if gravity can be modulated, it might allow for
instantaneous universal communication. Thus it might be possible to
communicate with space craft instantly, rather than waiting for
minutes for transmissions to reach the craft or earth. Perhaps
computer chips can be made to operate vastly faster. And this is just
the beginning since ...read
more ...
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Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
