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Breaking News
and commentary. Frank
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New
York City and important world News
Just
the facts. You decide what to believe
In
1824, John Quinsy Adams, the president of the United States, was
asked about the freedom of the press. He responded "It wasn't
in the past, it isn't now, but I sure hope it will be in the future".
News Briefs
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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registered vehicle, with a DOT plaque in the window, is blocking the
crosswalk. This type of abuse is common in NYC. |
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Another form of
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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Huge freedom
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Hundreds of
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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
spying on them as well as issues of extreme cold are being voiced. |
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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. Slushing snow everywhere. |
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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 12, 2022
at the famous Rockefeller Center Ice ring. |
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January 12, 2022
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY |
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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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OP-ED
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
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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.
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People
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Career
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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.
