Archive for October, 2009

Definitely Not Warp Speed, Not Quite Coup de Grace

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Mayoral Candidate William C. Thompson III appeared at the Kaye Playhouse yesterday evening and pictures and photos are still being processed. Definitely not warped speed here. Nevertheless, the WORD’s Jonathan Mena was there blogging and Twittering live.

Wrapping Up

Wrapping Up

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Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho! CNN’s Nativist Has to Go!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

On Eve of CNN’s ‘Latino in America’ Series, Demands Grow for CNN to Dump Lou Dobbs

Events planned in more than 20 cities represent growing backlash to the network’s October 21-22 special in light of CNN’s continued support of Lou Dobbs. New Yorkers to gather in front of Time Warner/CNN Headquarter, 4 p.m. tomorrow.

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The Fifth Circle of Hell: Resistance Is Futile

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Prescient signs: The smack, smack, smacking of students smacking the wall.

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Who Won the First Mayoral Debate? That’s Easy to Answer

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

By Senior Editor/Producer Jonathan Mena

The Daily News dubbed the first Mayoral debates the “brawl for the hall” but it was more of a minor skirmish. I call it a draw. They jabbed but neither pugilist landed a knockout blow. The debate, held at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, was the first time both candidates met nose to nose and marked Thompson’s first video-true introduction to New Yorkers.

Both faired poorly when asked about the low numbers of Latinos in their administrations, about 10 percent of their workforce. Thompson said 60 percent of his workers were people of color and, in what was the funniest moment of the debate, Bloomberg said in Spanish that he would increase the actual numbers of minorities tomorrow (which is today).
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Bloomberg Vs. Thompson, October 13, 2009: Who Won the First Mayoral Debate?

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Thompson, post debate, at the Chimney, 105 Street & Second Avenue

Thompson, post debate, at the Chimney, 105 Street & Second Avenue

William C. Thompson and several heavyweight City and State Democratic pols showed up at this hip East Harlem bar after the debate. The answer (actually a response) to the Who Won? should be forthcoming. This writer wants to see what the big dailies will be splashing tomorrow.

Also, who will answer the big question?

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It’s Hard to Get Excited About Old News, That Is, That Fox News Is a Scribe of the Republican Party

Monday, October 12th, 2009

New York Daily News headline: White House: Fox News ‘a wing of the Republican Party’. Why is the New York Daily News so excited about the Obama administration’s dated communique about Fox? Don’t the editors/reporters there keep an eye on Robert Greenwald and Media Matters for America?

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D:F/M Faculty Meeting, October 7: Tower of Babble

Monday, October 12th, 2009

If institutions of higher learning desire academic honesty, they must be institutions of obvious integrity, places where students, faculty, and administrators seek truth and wisdom and technical expertise in an environment marked by trust, honesty, respect, fairness, responsibility, and courage. — Peg Hogan, Former President, The Center for Academic Integrity.

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Obama Is Not a Miracle Worker!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

An Ed Kent Blog:

The Nobel Prize was obviously awarded to Obama because he was viewed as the key figure working for world peace. The  United States has been a military cop violating ethical and legal human rights standards for the past eight years. He made it clear during his campaign and in what he has been tying to accomplish since entering office that he is a peacemaker. This does not mean that he can control events – stop other nations resisting peace.

Edited for style.

Kent is a retired Brooklyn College philosophy professor. Read the rest of his blog here.

Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize And They Yowl in Peoria!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Paraphrasing NY Times Editorial, October 9, 2009: The left yowled that the Nobel committee gave the prize to a wartime president. The right yowled that Obama sold out the country with his diplomacy. The band of George W. Bush loyalists, dwindling, of course, yowled that Obama has not  ended the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq.

Yowling. Yowling. Yowling in Peoria.

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D:F/M Faculty Meeting, October 7

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

If institutions of higher learning desire academic honesty, they must be institutions of obvious integrity, places where students, faculty, and administrators seek truth and wisdom and technical expertise in an environment marked by trust, honesty, respect, fairness, responsibility, and courage. Peg Hogan, Former President, The Center for Academic Integrity

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