Monday, September 2, 2013

9-2-13 Perdido Street School

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Not A Good Sign For Bill Thompson
From the Associated Press:The parade was a lively celebration of Caribbean culture, featuring outlandish costumes, indigenous foods, loud music and scores of dancers who gyrated incessantly despite oppressive humidity and occasional rain showers. For the mayoral candidates, the event provided one of the last big stages before the Sept. 10 primary. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who's leading the

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Slashes British Soldier After Calling Him A "Black Bastard", British Soldier Is The One Arrested
Yeah, seriously:Six soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland who had travelled to the United States on a rugby tour that included a friendly match against a New York police team have been charged with assault after they allegedly punched an off-duty police officer to the floor in a pub brawl.The New York police department (NYPD) said that the rugby match had been cancelled due to a "player sho

A Labor Day Pledge: Let's Work To Remove Our Corrupt Union Leadership At The UFT
As we return to school tomorrow in NYC, we face three separate nightmares.First, we face the Danielson observation plan that will see us evaluated with a rubric that uses more criteria than minutes in the class period.It is a rubric that has been devised to give administrators the tools to give any teacher an "ineffective" rating at any time in any school for any reason.Next we have the state and,

 Andrew Cuomo Worries His Own Corruption Commission Will Investigate Him For Corruption
Apparently Little Andy picked two people to head his Moreland Commission to investigate corruption who are just as hungry for career advancement and media attention as he is and now it's coming back to haunt him:Senior aides to Gov. Cuomo are increasingly worried that the Moreland Act Commission named by the governor two months ago to investigate corruption in state government is getting out of co
9-1-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Daily News Editors - A Bloodthirsty Bunch Of War CriminalsThere doesn't seem to be any bombing campaign, preemptive strike or out-and-out war the very serious men at Mort Zuckerman's Daily News don't like.Yesterday in an editorial on Syria, they wrote the following:The commander-in-chief of the United States of America is asking Congress for approval to punish the Syrian reg