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and commentary. Frank
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New
York City and important world News
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the facts. You decide what to believe
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in the past, it isn't now, but I sure hope it will be in the future".
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February 23, 2023
"Chateau Blank" or rather "White Castle". White
Castle, started in 1921, is by far the oldest hamburger company, with
over 377 restaurants throughout the United States. White Castle
invented the hamburger bun and thus, the modern hamburger. The
restaurants are a college student favorite. Prior to 1921, most
people were very reluctant to buy chopped meat since it had a
reputation of being unclean and unsafe to eat. The two founders of
White Castle made sure that their restaurants were ultra clean, with
polished stainless steel counters and glazed white walls. White
Castle also essentially invented the takeout food system. To this
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It is always sad when a century old building is torn down making room
for something new. Here is a large lot on the north west corner of 46
Street and Fifth Avenue. |
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Electric cars are being pushed as the wave of the
future. Actually up to 1912, there were more electric cars than
"hydro carbon" (gasoline) powered cars. Though the range of
electric cars has improved from an average of 70 miles per charge to
now slightly over 200 miles per charge, the annoying charging time
remains. I spoke to one person in this lot who was patiently sitting
in his car as the vehicle was being charged. He told me that for a
70% charge, it takes one hour and that will get him about 180 miles
at a charging cost of about $20. This of course does not take into
consideration the cost to replace the batteries every five years at a
cost of over $10,000 or about $1,000 per year. Most people are
annoyed if it takes more than 5 minutes to fill up their gasoline car. |
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New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art February 19, 2023 People enjoying the
extremely warm weather. |
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New York, NY Next
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art February 19, 2023 People enjoying
the extremely warm weather. |
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New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art February 19, 2023 People enjoying the
extremely warm weather. This winter may be the warmest winter since
1933. Of course, a thousand years ago, between 700AD and 1000AD, the
weather was much warmer and it did not snow in Europe. A warmer world
would be excellent for society in that it will open up new areas for
farms, particularly in the northern parts of the world, such as
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Here we see a
single bicycle rider in a bike lane. The bicycle lanes has been a
disaster for traffic and increased travel times for the majority of
people. The vast majority of people riding bicycles are men under the
age of 40 years old. The bicycle lanes has not benefited the majority
of New Yorkers. |
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Manhattan,
February 19, 2023. A motorcycle gang? No, it is just the NYPD headed
to an assignment. |
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February 18, 2023
The foot of Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint Brooklyn. This park and
the emergency dock clearly states "No Mooring" yet there
are four, unregistered boats, who have been moored here for months
without repercussions. NYC is becoming like the wild west. |
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February 18, 2023
Newtown Creek looking towards Queens. There are perhaps over fifty
unregistered boats who have made this waterway there permanent
location. NYC is becoming both lawless and is beginning to resemble
Shanghai China in the 1920's. |
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The Holland Tunnel
going from Houston Street in Manhattan to Jersey City in New Jersey
is being closed on weekends after 11 PM for repair work. |
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February 17, 2023,
Manhattan on lower Fifth Avenue. If the under utilized bicycle lanes
were not already a burden enough for travelers, New Yorkers are now
faced with perpetually double parked vehicles to slow traffic down.
The worse offenders are the car services that routinely stop in the
middle of the road to pick up passengers, often blocking many
vehicles behind them and further slowing down traffic. Where is
enforcement when you need it? |
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February 15, 2023.
Manhattan on Fifth Avenue. A criminal attempted to smash the window
at this Best Buy store on Fifth Avenue, but only succeeded in
breaking the glass. When will the law protect the innocent from
criminals, rather than letting such thugs continue to roam the streets? |
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Road repair is
always a tough job, particularly in the cold on a busy street. |
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February 9, 2023
Manhattan A "rest room" located at 383 Fifth Avenue. This
new for NYC are small pods for people to rest and take a nap for a
few hours. It is an excellent idea, that is rather common in Asia,
particularly Japan. |
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Hunter Mountain,
Green County in Upstate New York. There has been very little snow
this year. The snow on the slopes is man made using remarkable equipment. |
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February 7, 2023 An alleged Chinese spy balloon floated over
sensitive United States sites for days, according to the Pentagon.
The Chinese balloon was finally shot down by a missile fired from an
American F22 fifth generation fighter, from an altitude of 45,000
feet (approximately 9 miles high). The balloon, said to be 200 feet
in diameter, and was floating at 65,000 feet (13 miles) and weighed
over 2,000 lbs (800kg). Balloons of this size can float at up to
120,000 feet (24 miles) and are difficult to shoot down since fighter
planes fly at a much lower height. Further, a missile hitting the
balloon, may well go right through the balloon and the hole would not
necessarily bring down the balloon immediately. A balloon spy craft
is better than a satellite for several reasons. For one thing, the
balloon can be programmed to linger around the area being spied upon,
while a satellite flies at about 17,000 miles per hour and is over
the target for only a few moments. Further, a balloon at 20 to 24
miles high has a better view than a satellite ten times higher at 250
miles. This writer is familiar with balloons since he had owned a
Raven 77RX hot air balloon that had an "envelope of 77,000 cubic
feet (about 1/10th the volume of the Chinese balloon, which was
helium filled).
February 6, 2023 A large earthquake, believed to be 7.9 on the
Richter scale, has devastated several cities in Turkey and Syria. It
is believed that hundreds may have perished, with the possibility of
many thousands still under the ruble.
February 6, 2023 FTX, the disgraced crypto "currency"
company, is demanding the return of Sam Bankman-Fried's political
donations. It is believed that he donated over 40 million dollars to
democratic politicians and 2 million to republican politicians. Some
politicians have already been making arrangements to return the donations.
February 6, 2023 An off duty NYPD officer, who has been on the job
for 5 years, was shot in the head today in East New York (Brooklyn),
while going to inspect and buy a used vehicle. Apparently the officer
saw an advertisement on Facebook Market Place and brought a
substantial amount of cash with him to purchase the vehicle, that was
simply a rouge by the assailant to rob the officer.
February 5, 2023 A new beach will be opening up in Greenwich Village
on Manhattan's west side this summer. The "beach" is on
reclaimed land and is about one square block.
February 4, 2023 Taylor Swift, the country-pop music singer has
caused controversy when she stated "I am Christian" and
that people with real Christian values are pro-choice.
February 3, 2023 A large Chinese balloon has been spotted over
Montana. China claims that it is a wayward weather balloon, but most
feel that it is a spy balloon.
February 2, 2023 Most of central Chinatown in Manhattan, including
Mott Street and numerous side streets were closed for the filming of
a new movie called "Unicorn" which features the actor
George Clooney and Brad Pitt. The closure of Chinatown has caused
significant consternation by the local residents and businesses
because Thursday evenings tend to be a time that tourists and locals
go to enjoy the food that Chinatown is famous for. Further, tomorrow
and Saturday, there is a major Chinese festival and their annual
parade that is expected to draw large crowds. It is not known how
much money the City of New York businesses lose every year because of
the inconvenience of the various film productions. Historically, a
road could not be closed off for more than 5 minutes and that if a
driver or a pedestrian refused to stop, that they would be allowed to
travel on the road of sidewalk. Apparently the rules are being
flaunted, just as the motorcycle and bicycle and many other laws are
ignored. In 2017, it was estimated that the State of New York spent
650 million dollars and film "credits" to production
companies, that amounts to $31 for every man, woman and child in the
state. New York State has a tax credit program that pays for an
astounding 30 percent of the cost of producing the film. It is not
known if the production companies are audited or what safeguards are
employed to make sure that the taxpayer's are not over charged.
February 2, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech
stating that it is stunning that for the first time since World War
Two, German tanks are threatening Russia again. Many people in Europe
and around the world are concerned about the potential for an
expanding war between Russia and the West.
February 1, 2023 Bulgaria and Hungary have stated that additional
arms supplies to the Ukraine will not help resolve the
Russian-Ukrainian war.
January 31, 2023 The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
(ACEEE) has stated that large Electric Vehicles (EV's) pollute more
than smaller gasoline powered cars. The new Hummer EV causes 341
grams of carbon, while the gasoline powered Chevrolet Malibu causes
320 grams of carbon.
January 30, 2023 Another mass shooting in California has left 7
people dead. All of the dead as well as the gunman is said to be Asian.
January 27, 2023 It is rumored that Thailand may drop the indemnity
of the vaccination medical companies.
Monterey California January 22, 2023 A man shot and killed 10 people
and left an other 10 people injured, some critically, at a ball room
dance studio/club. Most of the patrons were seniors of Asian
background, celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit. The accused
Asian gunman, a senior himself, has been located.
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Dumbo, Brooklyn,
January 21, 2023 It is 4PM and our playgrounds are empty but our dog
runs are full. It shows that people are no longer having children and
to fill this void, people rely on pets. |
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Dumbo, Brooklyn,
January 21, 2023 Tourism is slowly coming back to NYC.
Unfortunately, the United States is the last western country to
require all foreigners to have taken the controversial Covid-19
vaccination. Since accurate estimates shows that less than 50% of
foreigners have taken this shot, the maximum number of tourists (and
the money that they spend), can only be 50% of the pre-Covid days. |
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Dumbo, Brooklyn,
January 21, 2023 Building scaffolding is never an easy
job, but it is compounded when the weather is cold. |
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Brooklyn, January
21, 2023 Signs like this to prevent motorcycles (including electric
powered "bicycles" from using bicycle paths are completely
ignored. The Vehicle and Traffic laws of the State of New York must
be enforced for all motorcycles of all types including having
insurance, registration, and properly and clearly visible license
plates, as well as proper motorcycle driving licenses. |
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Long Island New
York, January 21, 2023 It is always sad when a 75 year old, 1950's
style dinner is torn down, as is the case of this dinner on Long Island. |
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Under the Hudson
River, New York, January 13, 2023 Here is a reasonably well dressed
"beggar", asking for money in the middle of the Lincoln
Tunnel connecting Manhattan with New Jersey. Where is the enforcement
to stop this dangerous act? |
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January 21, 2023 The Toronto Sun has reported that Health Canada
considers the 400 deaths of people after receiving a Covid-19
vaccination to be low. Some report the numbers of vaccine related
deaths to be be much higher, with vaccine related injuries to be
considerably higher than the number of deaths.
January 21, 2023 Buzz Adrin, the second astronaut to step on the moon
on July 20, 1969, has married his long time girlfriend. Mr. Aldrin,
who is 93 years old, has been married three times before and his new
wife is 69 Years old.
Washington DC January 20, 2023 A huge Pro-Life, anti abortion protest
was held in Washington DC today. Over 100 thousand people protested,
demanding to end all abortions. This is the first major pro life
protest since Roe vs Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 20, 2023 Ramstein Germany. The Ukraine is demanding to be
given the most advanced tanks that NATO has including the most
advanced German tanks. Germany and most NATO countries are reluctant
to do this. The idea of German tanks fighting against the Russians,
is reminiscent of World War Two.
January 20, 2023 A U.S. Navy Seal is said to have been killed in the
Ukraine. The U.S. Government has stated that this individual was
AWOL, meaning that he left his military duties without authorization
and apparently went to fight in the Ukraine. The United States
government has stated repeatedly that no U.S. military people are
fighting in the Ukraine. Some U.S. military analysts have questioned
how advanced western weapons and missiles can be operated by
inexperienced Ukrainian soldiers when it takes months, if not years
to master some of the weapons.
January 19, 2023 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has
resigned. She was highly controversial since she locked down New
Zealand completely with only one known Covid-19 case, causing untold
hardship among the citizens of New Zealand. Her approval rating was
extremely low.
January 17, 2023 Japan has launched an official investigation into
the alleged millions of mRNA vaccination deaths.
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Under the Hudson
River, New York, January 13, 2023 A "beggar" in the middle
of the Lincoln Tunnel begging for money. |
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New York, NY
January 13, 2023 Macy's Department store on 34 Street in Manhattan
has one of the oldest escalators in the country. The hand grip
however was updated at some point after the 1960's to rubber. Prior
to this, the grip was tubular and looked similar to BX cable. |
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Dumbo, Brooklyn,
New York, January 13, 2023 Enforcement for illegal parking is strong,
however it is non existent for much more dangerous unlicensed,
uninsured and unregistered motorcycles. This must stop. |
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January 8, 2023 The United States TSA has extended the Covid 19
Vaccine requirement to enter the USA for foreigners from today till
April 10, 2023. This makes the USA the industrialized western country
to have this requirement.
January 7, 2023 In Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, hundreds of
thousands of supporters for ex-president Jair Bolsonaro have stormed
their supreme court, their Congress and other Brazilian government
buildings. The protesters claim that the current president, Lulu da
Silva stole the election. President da Silva has vowed to punish the
protesters. What is happening in Brazil is similar to what happened
in the USA on January 6, 2021.
January
6, 2023 Christmas Eve for 1.2 Orthodox Christians around the world.
January 7th, which is the day of Orthodox Christian Christmas is also
celebrated by tens of millions of Catholic and other Christian
denominations as the Epiphany and also the "Three Kings Day".
Photographs
of Christmas Eve in the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church on East
97 Street, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue.
January
5, 2023 President Vladimir Putin of Russia has proposed a 36 hour
cease fire in honor of the Orthodox Christian Christmas. President
Zelensky of the Ukraine rejected this proposal. Mr. Zelensky said
that the only cease fire that he would honor would be if the Russian
troops occupying Russian speaking, eastern Ukraine were to leave the
country. It should be noted that President Zelensky recently closed
Orthodox churches and arrested priests and nuns.
January
3, 2023 Sam Bankman, the former head of the now failed crypto
currency trading company FTX, accused of massive fraud, arrived for
his first hearing in a California courthouse
January
3, 2023 The New Republican controlled House of Representatives, has
failed to agree on a Speaker for the second time.
January
3, 2023 Gold and silver hits 6-month high
January
3, 2023 Tesla stock value has declined by 70% since October 2022
January
2, 2023 The New York City Department of Sanitation is experimenting
with 6 electric powered garbage trucks, that cost over 500,000
dollars each. The trucks have proven to be a complete failure since
they only car run for about 4 hours before the batteries are
depleted. It is essential that garbage trucks run for a minimum of 12 hours.
January
1, 2023 Buffalo Bills player collapses on Monday Night
Football&ldots; CPR administered on the field. He is now in hospital
in critical condition. Cause was said to be blunt trauma to the
chest. &ldots;
January
1, 2023 Churches in Beijing China have finally been allowed to open
January
1, 2023 President Lulu inaugurated as president of Brazil. Mr. Lulu
had been convicted of various crimes in Brazil, but was released by
Brazil's supreme court. Former Brazil President Bolsonaro did not
attend the ceremony.
January
1, 2023 The annual "polar bear" swim in normally icy
waters at Coney Island is a little easier today with temperatures in
the mid 50s (F).
January
1. 2023 Happy New Year! Wishing all of our readers peace, health and
happiness throughout the new year.
Happy
2023!
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An excellent selection of photographs
and commentary, primarily from
New York City:
Main
Page and index to more recent months
2022
Full Year
Christmas
season 2021
Holloween
October
2021 September
October 2021
July
August 2021 Defeat
in Afghanistan, NYC Vax passport, new rules to prevent unvaccinated
from entering restuarants, social events
June
2021 New York Opens up for summer and about the Tokyo Olympics
Late
May 2021 NYC
is coming back to life.
Early
May 2021
Covid hysteria is dying down and people are beginning to live life
April
2021 NYC and the World
March
2021 Life
in NYC getting back to a new normal
February
2021 Snow,
cold, people getting used to the socalled "New Normal".
Relative calm in NYC
January
2021
Protests around the United States including in Washington DC, NYC
Snow storms, eating outside in the cold in NYC
Christmas
Time 2020 Christmas
time 2020, election results between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
Protests and more
Summer
and Fall 2020
Happenings around New York City in relative calm
May
and June 2020 Massive
protests, looting and rioting by the groups Antifa and Black Lives
Matter. Also shows the after effects of a boarded up city.
March
and April 2020
An empty, silent New York City from March and April, 2020
Earlier
months and years
Photographic
Index from around the world
Early
New York City Building Photographs from 1995 to 2005 (Pre Street view)
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OP-ED
It is
essential to maintain law and order in New
York City There
has been a type of collapse of law and order in NYC. Shoplifting is
rampant, with little chance of punishment, even if caught.
Shoplifting is so prevalent that some stores have simply closed their
businesses. Unfortunately, the recent state law that removes the bail
requirement for many smaller crimes has given the green light to
criminals to continue their criminality.
Besides the
shoplifting and new bail rules, New York City has become like the
wild west when it comes to motorcycles. Today, very few motorcycles
seem to even have license plates, which means that they are probably
uninsured, unlicensed, and unqualified to even be riding. Further the
motorcycles rarely obey traffic laws and almost always go through red
lights, ride on the sidewalk or ride the wrong way down one way
streets. In the past, Police commissioner Bratton and others
maintained that by enforcing smaller regulations, the larger laws
also benefit.
We must have
reasonable police enforcement in New York City and certainly let us
not even consider reducing funding to the NYPD.
Happy New
Year! --or is it? As we enter into 2023,
there seems to be apprehension and fear, rather than excitement, as
was often the case in most prior new years. Something is afoot. As
one walks down the street, we can see a type of anger that many
people seem to suddenly have. Christmas is no longer Christmas. The
stores were hardly doing any business. There is fear that the
Russian-Ukrainian war may expand to a regional or perhaps even a
world wide war. There is fear that China may attempt to unify with
Taiwan through the use of force, in which the USA is all but expected
to intervene in. Perhaps people feel that America is no longer as
free as they thought. For one thing, for the first time, the USA is
filled with censorship. Censorship was always something that happened
in communist or third world countries, yet over the past three years,
censorship has become rampant in the USA. People are afraid to say
what they feel, which is similar to how people reacted in the past in
repressive communist countries.
Perhaps people are
fearful of the economy. Inflation is sky high, in fact, the highest
it has been in 40 years. The official inflation rate is now 8.9%
however food has inflated by over 30% in just one year.
The Freedom
of travel was always considered a right for American's and yet for
three years, travel has been vastly curtailed for Americans and
others worldwide. Perhaps people no longer feel that they own their
own bodies, since they are forced to take an experimental vaccine in
order to maintain their jobs or eat in a restaurant or even travel.
What ever happened to the notion of "my body, my choice".
We now know that the emergency use vaccinations did almost nothing to
limit the spread of Covid, nor to protect a person from getting it,
and yet the vaccination and masks continue to be forced upon people,
in certain parts of the country. Today, from all quarters, people are
questioning why the lockdown happened in the first place, how come
people were forbidden to travel or work and how come the untested
vaccinations were allowed to be used.
Young people no
longer seem to be planning for the future, but rather only live for
the moment. People no longer consider getting marries, having
children, buying a house, cars, planning for the future. Instead,
people live in shared apartments, commute by bicycle or skateboard
(what ever happened to flying cars and jet packs?) and only worry
about what they might do the next weekend.
Whatever the cause
of this apprehension, we must hope and strive for the best.
We wish you peace,
health and happiness in the new year.
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CHECKING: News1.net has instituted a fact
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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
more
Natural
Gas. Europe and
many other countries around the world are concerned about shortages
of natural gas but there are many
substitutes for read
more
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
more
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
more
Down
Syndrome.
Did you know
that there are some people with Down Syndrome who are geniuses? read
more
The
"Frank Didik" penny theory to
analyze the state of the economy read
more
Either
gold
is over valued or silver is under valued,
based on historic ratio's read
more
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
- read more.
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
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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
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There is a war on private car ownership
in New York State . read
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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
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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
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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
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Remote
salary protection read
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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Subway
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York, NY January 21, 2022 With falling and being pushed onto the
subway tracks becoming a daily occurrence, it is time to promptly
install subway barriers / gates on all 480 subway and elevated
stations. 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.
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 ...
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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
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a month ago, News1.net wrongly predicted that inflation would be
minimal, even with the massive "printing" of
"money". Apparently, our analysis was completely
wrong..inflation is back and is as sever, if not more so, than the 1980-1982. Items
such as housing purchases, used automobiles, fuel and food has
increase has been astounding ranging from 15% to over 35% more than
just one year ago.
Eric
Adams was
sworn in as the City of New York's 110 mayor on January 1st, 2022. Most
New Yorkers are very hopeful that new Mayor Adam's will again put
the city on the right track. Unfortunately, under the leadership of
former Mayor Bill DeBlasio, the city experienced a significant rise
in crime, lower freedoms, neglect in many infrastructure areas and
concerns about the education of the children. Mayor Adam's has
promised to reinstitute the much needed NYPD street division, refund
the police department to bring back law and order. We are all hopeful
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From the right,
Frank Didik, Dr. Eric Bitterman, Chairman of Deutche Welle, Dr.
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in New York City. Though Frank Didik does not have any German
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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
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new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
Global
trade agreements have
failed the United States and has destroyed the US standard of living read
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Collapse
in the standard of living I believe
that the standard of living in the United States was highest in the
early 1960's. 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.read
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The
Canadian Flag has become s symbol of freedom world wide.
It is interesting to note that as a result of the Canadian Truckers
"Freedom Convoy" to remove Corona restrictions in Canada,
other protests have started worldwide, and the symbol most seen is
the Canadian Flag.
"Finding
truth on the internet, is like finding a diamond in a pile of broken glass".
Today there is so much conflicting and false information on the
internet that it is difficult to determine what is true and what is
false. Often each perspective presents read
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Social
Media or Vanity Media With the development of the so
called smart phone, a new phenomenon of "social media" has
developed that caters to the vanity and inner ego of millions read
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Covid
has become political Back
in February of 2020, Covid 19 was presented as a deadly pandemic
that many said would kill off a sizable read
more
Bicycle
Lanes favors the young and healthy, while inconveniencing
older citizens, drivers and delivery trucks. Further, for the most
part, they are rarely utilized during the winter months... read
more
Fact
Checkers "Fact Checkers" present an opinion
rather than absolute fact. Further,
who will fact check the fact checkers"? Recently read
more
Is
it wrong be judgmental?
Further, should a person express unsolicited opinions to others? The
fact is that everyone read
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Should
we offer unsolicited advice?
We have often heard that giving unsolicited advice is wrong but read
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Congestion
Pricing favors the upper income people and will
significantly reduce local business, while pushing middle class
drivers to shop elsewhere that does not have this burdensome tax.
Ultimately this will work against the city.
Misinformation
does not mean a lie, but rather is a way to undermine a different
perspective that is not in keeping with the pushed narrative. Thus
something that is described as "misinformation" may or many
not be true, but contradicts the official mainstream perspective or
undermines the direction of the mainstream agenda.
Frank Didik, February 1, 2022
A
reminder to fellow
citizens When
you walk down the street, just remember that every person who you
pass by, regardless of their race or physical appearance, or if they
are rich or poor, has their own goals and aspirations, trials and
tribulations and each person must be treated with basic respect and dignity.
It is essential to
individualize and not generalize. Each group has their good and bad
and one must not fall into the trap of assuming that everyone in a
particular group is the same or thinks the same. Sometimes in our
rush or arrogance, we forget these basic truths.
DO
NOT DEFUND THE POLICE With
skyrocketing crime, it is clear that NYC must have an effective and
well funded NYPD otherwise we will be like the wild west.
Remote
working, office space, the diminished need for employees Frank
X. Didik, January 1, 2020 It
is fascinating to note that as a result of the government imposed
Covid-19 restrictions, that for a period of time, an estimated 30% of
the population was out of work, and yet the country did not
experience any long term shortages, in any area. One might say that
this is a wake-up call for companies to show them that they have too
many redundant employees. read
more
Evolution
of American English Accents I have noticed that accents
evolve very quickly. If you were to watch a movie from the 1930's,
1940's or any other time, you will notice that people from each
period have distinct accents. Recently, I have noticed that first
generation Americans, who perhaps grew up in bilingual families, for
example Polish or Chinese families, have a distinct, new American
accent. I presume that over time, everyone's accent will be
significantly different in years to come.
Frank Didik, February 1, 2022
Massive
inflation coming?
Frank
X. Didik, January 2, 2021.
At the start of 2020, it was estimated
that the United States national debt was 21 Trillion dollars. As of
January 2, 2021, as a result of the vast "printing" of
additional money for Covid Relief and other expenses, this debt is
estimated at just under 30 trillion dollars. Surely, one would think
that a 30% increase in money supply would lead to significant
inflation, but this has not happened. I believe that this is
primarily because of vast production surpluses, on every level
including manufacturing, services and farming. Robotics, efficient
computerized allocation of resources and transportation has produced
enough for everyone, without pressure on the market. January
1, 2022 update:
Unfortunately, my analysis was wrong. I did not take into
consideration several important labor factors. First, when it was
permitted to return to work, many workers refused since a new
requirement was pushed, that is that the workers had to submit to the
experimental Covid-19 vaccination and many workers refused because of
fears regarding the possibility of short and long term safety of the
vaccination. Further some refused that vaccination since aborted
fetal cells were used in some steps in the development of the
vaccination. Another issue, particularly in lower paid jobs, is that
people became used to the extra money that they had been given while
on job furlows and now refuse to return to low paying jobs, that do
not pay enough to live a basic standard of living. These factors have
greatly disrupted supply chain, not only in the United States but on
a global basis.
NYC heat
wave
NYPD Chief of
Department attacked
Thousands of New
Yorkers are
leaving
A new job
apprenticeships website
New Federal hiring guidelines
NYPD shows extreme
professionalism and restraint Read
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NYC under curfew read
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Stores looted May
31, 2020 read
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Protests erupt in
NYC read
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Congress
proposesTRACE Act read
more
History of Corona
Virus read
more
Gasoline &
fuel prices plumet read
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Covid-19 April
2020 news. read
more
Corona Shut-down read
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Congress aproves
of2 trillion read
more
Protestors object
to shutdown read
more
Photographs of
empty New York Citymore
Federal reserve on
Covid-19 read
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For
Historic Purposes. World Trade Center attack Unedited
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in close proximity. Elements of Mr. Didik's observation and
photographs are in the official U.S. Congressional investigation of
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OP-ED
Cell
Phone Etiquette
Advice for the modern person -
December 9,
2016 read
more
Time
to Rethink Bike Lanes
Advice for bicyle based cities
- August
3,
2016 read
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Science
and Education
Rethinking
school and our education system
Should
everyone attend college
or university?
... read
more ...
Can
a
college or a university
really teach a person to be a businessman
or an artist or good in any particular field? ...
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more ...
How
come all college undergraduate degree's
require four years?
Should
some degrees require only one year while others perhaps six years? ...
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What
courses should and should not be taught at college or university? Can
college or a university teach a person how to be a good business
person, or how to be creative? ... read
more ...
Reason,
Logic and intellect is not reliable.
The late Christopher Hitchens often stated that we should rely on our
logic, reason and intellect to determine the truth. Many people who
pride themselves as educated, intelligent and progressive believe the
same. As reasonable as this seems, Galileo proved over 400 years ago
that our logic, reason and intellect is unreliable and that only
direct experimental data, should be relied upon. Galileo had dropped
two balls of the same material, but different masses, from the
Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that they would hit the ground
at the same time, rather than the heavier ball hitting the ground
first, as almost everyone, including Aristotle, 2000 years ago, had
assumed. Our logic, reason and intellect is not reliable and should
only be viewed as speculation. Only direct experimentation and
obtaining the same results, over and over again should be relied upon.
There
is an alternative to population control. Restricting
and discouraging the formation of families in order to stabilize or
reduce population infringes on the freedom and rights of every human.
There is another much better approach...read
more ...
Questioning
the results of modern science. For
the last 100 years, we have been experiencing the collapse of real
science. Theories, speculation and fantasy is the norm today. By
definition, the scientific method is the ability to test and re-test
and always get the same results, over and over. If an idea or a
theory can not be tested, the idea must be viewed as speculation and
not considered true, till that idea is proven without a doubt.
Scientific theory has moved to areas that are beyond our present
capability of testing and gradually a number of unproven theories
have become accepted as fact without any real proof. Further, new
theories have been developed based on old theories. Thus we have a
situation where science today is largely based on theory upon theory.
If something can not be proven, it falls into the realm of philosophy
rather than science. This has led to...read
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What
if time varies along with all things, rather than being a constant? Consider
that...read
more ...
Can
the speed of light vary, even if traveling under the same
conditions, or in other words, is the speed of light really a
constant? According
to Einstein's theory of relativity, the speed of light is a constant
but ...read
more ...
Science
and media hype: Any
sudden "revolutionary" scientific discovery, even if such
discovery is written about in every newspaper and scientific journal,
should be greeted with skepticism. Such a discovery should only be
accepted after the bulk of scientists have have had a chance to
review the discovery and confirm that it is in fact correct. Such
things that come to mind include cold fusion, the so called "God
Particle" and even the recent stated discovery of a
"gravitational wave". All too often such media hype has
come and gone without any real discovery or fundamental change. ..read
more ...
What
percentage of information, contained in science books is accurate
and true? Are we in a post science period? Many
science books today present ...read
more ...
It
is time to retest scientific properties. Verify results. I
suggest that the properties of all materials be re-tested using
modern technology and certify the results. Melting and boiling
points, conductivity, hardness, and all physical properties of
materials should be re-tested ...read
more ...
Honesty
and integrity
in scientific
research is
essential in
order to
advance our knowledge
base. When
a scientist has worked for years to prove a particular theory and
finds out that their work hasbeen in vain, it is difficult to admit
that their original assumptions were wrong. Still it is vitally
important ..read
more ...
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