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Port Authority Stooge Resigns The Executive Directory of the Port Authority—the nebulous but reliably corrupt and incompetently managed organization that owns all New York's airports and the WTC site, soon to be home of the Target Presents 9/11 Memorial Office Park and Citibank Playground at Ground Zero—resigned this morning. Anthony Shorris, appointed by hooker-lovin' ex-guv Eliot Spitzer last year, "told his staff that he has advanced every goal he tried to set for the agency—including growth at the ports, upgrades to the PATH commuter rail system and buying a fourth airport for the region." He advanced them all from "daydreams" to "fantasies." He was forced out because current adulterous New York Governor David Paterson is replacing everyone Spitzer appointed, and also because of 9/11. [NYT]

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James Zadroga, the (non-smoking!) city detective who spent hundreds of hours at the World Trade Center site following 9/11 and then died mysteriously with a shitload of "foreign material" in his lungs, didn't die from inhaling the "toxic chemicals, fiberglass and pulverized concrete" that are killing everyone else who worked at Ground Zero for extended periods of time. Seriously! New York's chief medical examiner says so. Zadroga just died of some other lung thing, OK? Maybe he got it from breathing the HOT AIR of America-haters like you. [NYT]

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'Happiest Happy Hour' Getting Cocky

Yesterday, we showed you the window display of Giovanni's Atrium, which looked something like this.

Well, that evening, Brian Van passed by the same window and noticed something different.

You see, it's not just the happiest happy hour in that neighborhood. Oh no. It's happier than any happy hour, any-fucking-where, no matter if it's north, south, west or east of Ground Zero. Every bar in New York City, you're on notice. More »

9:50 AM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By suki
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Latest by Whatchuwant?: The blob= side of fries. more »

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I'd Be Happier If You Didn't Keep Bringing It Up

so happy!!
This delightful window display was spotted at Giovanni's Atrium at the corner of Rector and Washington Streets in the Financial District by Brian Van, the Rasputin of Commenter Executions. Looking at these pictures, one cannot help but wonder why more businesses don't advertise themselves like this, like, "The Biggest Laugh You'll Have West of Auschwitz!", because nothing says "happy" like "the tragic death of thousands of New Yorkers". More »

3:10 PM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By suki
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Latest by Whatchuwant?: Yes they do- only by the pitcher. more »

Ground Zero Will Remain Scene of Round-the-Clock Development
Thank God. We'd hate for anything to interrupt the torrid pace they're at right now. Ground Zero human remains won't halt construction [CNN]
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Five Years Later: Media Peels Onions Over a Hole in the Ground

At Ground Zero yesterday, President Bush reached deep within himself to remind us, "It's hard not to think about the people who lost their lives on September the 11th, 2001." Of course it's hard — the media's sweepingly soundtracked, widow-pandering coverage is holding your eyelids open with toothpicks. We were considering A Very Special Already Over: 9/11*, but the coverage speaks for itself, from the Times special section and Deborah Sontag's aching rewrite of what New York mag did months ago, to Ann Curry looking like she's trying to make herself cry on air, to the "understated" front page of the Daily News. It's so bad out there, the Post strikes us restrained. THE POST, people. More »

9:33 AM on Mon Sep 11 2006
By Jessica
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Latest by raincoaster: There was "moments of silence"? Jeez, the key to coordination is getting the word out in advance. Could someone have more »

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Satan Punks Out "Under Rule of Law"

Jim Gilchrist is the founder of the border vigilante group known as the Minuteman Project, and he hopes to surf a bitchin' wave of xenophobia right into the U.S. Congress. Celebrating that cause plus his new book about the Minutemen, Gilchrist showed up at Ground Zero today to confront Satan, and/or people who don't share his views on immigration. We're not sure who "the meanest thugs carrying the biggest clubs" are, or why they would both "trammel" and "pummel" Gilchrist and his minions, but it all sounds like a cracking good time. According to Gilchrist, Satan might be the prince of darkness, but he will "back down under the rule of law." Because Satan is already thisclose to losing his driver's license from those two DUIs, so can you give him a ride back uptown, dude?

3:30 PM on Wed Jul 26 2006
By Chris Mohney
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Latest by sarahblooms: Now where's an asswipe photog with a water pistol microphone when you need one? more »

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New Ground Zero Web Cam To Show Construction Workers Scratching Asses, Catcalling Female Pedestrians in Real Time

They may not be able to agree on a design, a memorial, or even a proper timeline, but the wise folks behind the rebuilding of Ground Zero have come up with something that's even more important: a web site! That's right, the Post reports that the Mayor and the Governor will be joining forces to introduce the thing this morning: More »

11:00 AM on Wed Jul 5 2006
By abalk2
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Latest by thomas: Alex, if this is your first post, good job. Hilarious. more »