The House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. Thirty-four Democrats voted against the measure, and no Republicans voted for it. The NY Times writes, "Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical" [...]
Boston 2 Rangers 1: Here’s the situation, the Rangers are five points behind the Bruins with ten games left. They aren’t dead, but they are certainly close to being so. And that’s because they couldn’t beat Boston in a must-win game on Sunday. In their [...] The senate bill, and the reconciliation vote both passed.
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[...]It’s done. Roll Call is here. Next stop the Senate, then reconciliation. Then the President’s desk. Like I said, it is a bill that leaves a lot to be desired for true progressive Health Care reformers.
By a razor thin margin of 219-212, the House of Representatives tonight [...]
#breaking
Happy Health Care Reform! The Senate bill just passed the House: 219-212. No Republicans voted for the bill. There's still another vote on the Stupak [...] [Dr. Michael Howell, left; The Rev. Fr. Carlton C. Clarke, right.]
Speaking as guest preacher at St. Joseph's Anglican Church in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn, Dr. Michael Howell told congregants they should adhere to traditional teachings of the church.
Later, following lunch [...]
I have to admit that I was glad the House Democrats abandoned the attempt to use a process called “Deem and Pass” to enact Health Care Reform. My qualm came not from moral concerns, but from an excess of legalistic caution. The constitutionality of Deem and Pass has never been [...]
Looks like lines have been crossed. Those not familiar with the local party HQ - it is kinda out of the way in a building with other front facing offices. No random act here.
A brick was thrown through the glass doors of the Monroe County Democratic Committee’s [...]
"How does one react to the death of one’s mentor?": Paul Westerberg on Alex Chilton.
Gastronomica as a post-Gourmet food magazine.
Oh mem'ries: looking back on an "era" in web-traffic measurement.
"I am fairly certain that I was the first Seven Sisters grad to eat duck liver chased with a Diet'" [...]
#picoftheday
[An Austin bar says good-bye and good riddance to South by Southwest, the indie tech/rock/movie festival that ended today. Pic: ekai's' [...] 
Rep. Bart Stupak discusses the deal (AP) Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Michigan) announced his support of the health care bill after President Obama agreed to sign an executive order "reaffirming a ban on federal funding of abortions." Stupak, who had been a holdout [...]
In addition the $500,000 it sunk into an over-priced lot, Queens Assembylwoman Vivian Cook’s nonprofit has spent $255,625 in Port Authority toll money on “streetcleaning” aka “a guy with a broom.” Since 2003 the The Rockaway Boulevard Local Development Corp. has received $2.5 million [...]
In the Bronx a heroic dad of two young girls was stabbed to death by a group of vicious teens Friday night, while attempting to protect the 16-year-old son of a friend. The teen had been involved in an altercation between two rival groups earlier [...]
Photograph by thekateblack on Flickr
Here's the latest report of someone being ticketed for taking up more than one seat: In his "About New York" column, Jim Dwyer writes about a 24-year-old who landed a $50 ticket for his [...]
Photo by Stuart Axe.
Phillyist nominated yet another asshole [...]
Last year Kecia Pitt sued the Nurturing Center, a Queens facility she’d entrusted with the care of her son. She claimed neglect, but now the daycare is fighting back accusing the disgruntled mom of defaming its good name by spreading fyers that satirically rename [...]
Nancy Campbell
The Cold War is a pretense for hot sex in The Wooster Group's latest revival of North Atlantic, which was first staged back in 1983. Set aboard a unisex aircraft carrier off the Dutch coast that same year, James Strahs's [...]
Stupak brings 8 formerly no votes to the yes column.
Congressional Democrats hope a new tax on tanning will help them fund their health-care overhaul bill. The 10 percent “vanity tax” could take affect as soon as this summer and would apply to indoor and outdoor salons citywide, according to the News. A representative [...]
You’ve heard it described, now two filmmakers are ready to give us a rare glimpse into the bizarre saga of NYC’s infamous rubber room. The long-term holding area for misbehaving teachers—fodder for many a sordid Post expose—is the subject of [...]
Last May, the Progressive Democrats of America - Genesee Valley hosted a Health Care forum. Profession Ted Brown gave a rich 20 minute presentation on the history of Health Care Reform.
As the Health Care bill (a much less than optimal bill) winds its way through the governmental sausage machine [...]
#infantalchemy
Like Obama, Baldwin is among those enchanted people babies always love. He recently approached [...] New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt said in a column published online yesterday that it was "easy to see" why the Times described conservative merry prankster James O'Keefe going into the offi...
Continue reading "NY Times: We Got the ACORN Story Wrong, Considering Correction" > ' [...]Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, the most prominent libertarian tenured public school professor on the Arpanet, thinks an apology might be in order from House Majority Whip James Clyburn, one of th...
Continue reading "Does Instapundit Owe James Clyburn an Apology?" > [...]
Joba Chamberlain
Yesterday Alfredo Aceves took a stumble in the competition to become the Yankees’ fifth starter. Aceves’ bad outing combined with Chad Gaudin’s latest clunker most likely lowers the candidate pool to three pitchers; Hughes, Chamberlain and Mitre. All three have stepped [...]
Just five more minutes, Dad! protested NYC drivers sick of expensive fines during street cleaning, and starting today they’ll have time to hit snooze. A new law gives vehicle owners a 300-second grace period during alternate side parking hours or at expired city Muni Meters. [...]
The feds were hoping that U visas, a special class of visa for undocumented immigrants who report crimes to the authorities, would encourage "silent victims" who feared deportation to step forward...
Continue reading "NYPD Drag Feet on Visa Program for Undocumented Crime Victims" > [...]
News just in that Staten Island and Brooklyn Congressman Mike McMahon will vote "no" on HCR.
What's that sound congressman? It's the sound of your base deserting you this November. Buh-bye!
[...]
Photograph by hajime7 on Flickr
Reader haj sent us this photograph of a groundhog greeting the gorgeous weather yesterday in Fort Tryon Park. Could this little fella be a relative of Staten Island Chuck? We don't really care—we'll just enjoy the [...]
Three Queens women are suing the city for $120,000, claiming cops left a mess of blood and bodily fluid in their driveways and walkways. In 2008 the neighborhood was flooded with sirens and lights when 31-year-old Sheldon Francis was shot dead. Officers told frightened residents [...]
Sirota on how this Health Care bill came to pass. It’s ugly and worth the read.
First, their leaders campaign on pledges to create a government insurer (a “public option”) that will compete with private health corporations. Once elected, though, Democrats propose simply subsidizing those corporations, which are (not coincidentally) [...]
Washington Township Police chief Rafael Muniz, Gloucester County prosecutor Sean Dalton (AP) Yesterday, NJ authorities announced that a 16-year-old boy was arrested for saying on a Wal-Mart store's P.A. system, "Attention, Wal-Mart customers: All black people, leave the store now." Gloucester County [...]
President Obama’s closing argument on the healthcare reform bill, given yesterday to the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Every once in a while, every once in a while…a moment comes where you have a chance to vindicate all those best hopes that you had about yourself, about this [...]
"My face is too beautiful to be fighting," Shantayah Lewis told reporters from a bed in Kings County Hospital. "Fighting is not the key. Violence is not the way." On Friday the 17-year-old and her 15-year-old cousin were targeted by at least one aggressive [...]
#finally
House Dems "have the votes now" and it's scheduled for tonight. Even' [...] 
The Post reports that two men visiting from Tennessee are now "anyone's Dumb and Dumber Award," because when Port Authority police pulled them over, they started "confessing to crime after crime." For instance, when a cop asked what he had on him, driver Donald [...]
Forget harsh words and gory images—the pro-life movement has a peaceful new persona. As part of the “40 days for life” campaign legions of anti-abortion protesters from around the country are holding a vigil outside a Bronx women’s clinic. Bearing rosaries and signs, that read [...]
In a Bronx housing development, cops shot a man threatening to use two kitchen knives against his neighbors. Around 9 p.m. last night police anwered a call about a disruption on the 18th floor of an apartment building on E. 149th Street. Residents told them [...]
Yesterday, the dreams of the Kansas Jayhawks as well as anyone who picked the team to go all the way in their brackets (we're looking at you President Obama) burst as the top-seeded team was upset by Northern Iowa. The No.' [...]
Edison Chen, all over again? It certainly looks like! I was living in Hong Kong working for TV during the time of the Edison Chen scandal. (I used to read about it here on this blog! LOL!) Now it looks like KIRA,
Rick Lazio
"I'm going to be the Conservative and the Republican candidate," said gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio, who yesterday received the endorsement of the state Conservative Party. When asked what he thinks of Long Island executive Steve Levy’s recent announcement that he’ll' [...]
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus leaving a speech on health care by the President yesterday were met by tea party protesters chanting "Kill the bill, nigger." The incident has been confi...
Continue reading "Tea Partiers Drop N Bombs, Anti-gay Slur, and Spit on Democratic Lawmakers" [...]Welcome to another week that was on Rochesterturning. I was otherwise engaged at work and ladkiddo covered nicely. Where to begin? Let’s start with Health Care - It gets voted on today in the House. Congel pays up. Monserrate is gone - again, Cuomo looks at pension spiking. oh, one [...]
The medical examiner's office says that a 22-month-old girl found unconscious in a Bronx apartment early Saturday was killed. According to the NY Times, the child, Sanaa Brewington, "died of blunt compact injuries to the torso, with lacerations of the'" [...]
