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se7a7n7
11/16/09

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I remember when the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapsed in early 2007. Lou Dobbs talked about it and actually said something to the effect of...

We have to ask ourselves. If our bridges are not safe, are our borders safe? This story reminds us that we need to strengthen our borders.... #newyorkpost
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El_Gato
11/16/09

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The ny post is known for it's variety of exclusives. One of its most famous was the unbylined story it ran back in 2004 on John Kerry selecting Dick Gephardt as his vp running mate -- what many in the biz call a "Permanent Exclusive." Then there was the time it ran that bogus story about Bernie Madoff having terminal cancer, a bullshit exclusive. #newyorkpost
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MrInBetween
11/16/09

@El_Gato: Actually, it's called an "Eternal Exclusive" The alliteration makes the phrase, though "Bullshit Exclusive" also works. #newyorkpost
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LatestBy
11/16/09

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$8 million will buy a lot of bricks for your Mexi-wall, Lou. #newyorkpost
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Valerie Flame
11/16/09

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That's a reporting trick, not something that's supposed to play out in print. So, what's your reaction to being caught stealing $30,000 from the city? Oh, it was only $15,000? Confirmed. #newyorkpost
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badasscat
11/15/09

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My favorite part of all this is assholes like Peter King saying we shouldn't be trying these people in New York because it makes New York a terrorist target. Uh.... ?

Also. Where were idiots like him when dudes like Ramseh Yousef were on trial here? Oh, I guess he only reads the memos about terrorists who kill more than 2,000 people at a pop.

One last point. I can't see how executing these guys is a punishment. If I were them, it'd be exactly what I'm hoping for. Let's see - the next 50 years rotting in solitary confinement in a maximum security federal prison, or a quick martyrdom that takes me to my 72 virgins? Hmmm, tough choice there.

I'm not necessarily against the death penalty because it's barbaric (though it is), I'm mostly against it because it's just not a very tough punishment against people who clearly don't care about human life to begin with, including their own. #headlines
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Mediahohoho
11/14/09

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This should have happened years ago. Our criminal justice system is one of the many things that sets us apart from the world's many authoritarian, anti-democratic regimes. If indeed we were attacked for our freedom, it's manifested in our willingness to have an open and transparent court system, not our $3 toasters.
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Buttafooco
11/14/09

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I wonder if that headline is referring to all Muslims..........or just the terrorist ones who were responsible for the 9-11 tragedy?
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Topheel
11/14/09

@Buttafooco: Since it specifically mentions the 9/11 fiends, I think you already know the answer. No need to try and ruffle feathers.
If you were kidding, or being sarcastic, I apologize, but when it comes to things like this, some people like to stir the pot and I feel like that's what you were trying to do. #headlines
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Buttafooco
11/15/09

@Topheel: if you've accidentally come across any of my posts, you'd realize almost all of them take a sarcastic/humorous slant. In this case, it was purely sarcastic, given the blatant racial undertones of many stories that comes via the NY Post.
Sometimes our feathers become ruffled as a result of the insecure winds blowing through them. #headlines
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Motoko Kusanagi
11/15/09

@Buttafooco: "sarcastic/humorous slant..."

If you need to say this out loud, you fail. #headlines
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Buttafooco
11/15/09

@Motoko Kusanagi: Goodness.... thank you so much for your enlightened wisdom. I hope I'll be able to carry on. God bless. #headlines
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Foster Kamer
11/14/09

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I greatly enjoyed this. From Tumblr's TopherChris: topherchris.tumblr.com. #headlines
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MrInBetween
11/14/09

@Foster Kamer: Outstanding. #headlines
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bess marvin, girl detective
11/14/09

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it's no headless body in a topless bar, but i'll take it #headlines
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marin79
11/14/09

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I can't believe I'm saying this, but part of me was waiting for the NYPost response. It was always going to be ridiculous, dramatic & insane. Why do I enjoy that?

For what it's worth, I'm often disappointed by justice system, but I also believe in it. I can't imagine that Holder & the Obama Admin would have ever made this move unless they felt they could win in a legitimate, legally substantiated way. Call me naive, but there are too many well-educated lawyers in this admin - including Obama - to convince me otherwise.

Regardless, assuming - which I am - they're fucking guilty & not just raving lunatics who actually want credit for (there are not really words) what happened that day, I want to seem them convicted legitimately & face the consequences. Which hopefully will be getting attacked by other inmates in whatever prison they're put in. Or execution.

But on point on story, in the next years, I can't wait to see if the NY Post goes all "NYers can face anything" or the "Terrorists shouldn't be brought back to the city they attacked." Personally, I feel & hope they go the former. #headlines
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Winston Smith
11/15/09

@marin79: I'm confident that they'll win it. The prosecutors are from before the Obama administration, so we know they're competent.

:D #headlines
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LatestBy
11/11/09

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Someone's not afraid to be room servicey. #standardhotel
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dumanue
11/11/09

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#standardhotel
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Mrs. Beeton
11/11/09

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This could easily be ripped from the headlines, SVU style. Could Stabler discover that the "Benchmark Hotel" is actually a front for a sex trafficking ring, where young Eastern European women are smuggled into the US and pretend to work as the hotel's cleaning ladies, when in reality they are sad abused hookers? I hope so! They could even get a fey NYC character actor to be the condescending bellhop! Basically it's exactly like "Home Alone 2," but better.

Call me Dick Wolf! #standardhotel
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Zira
11/11/09

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Is it just me or is the Standard Hotel one of the ugliest buildings in NYC? It looks like a relic from Stalinist Russia. #thehighline
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tigolbitties
11/11/09

@Oryx Hearts Crake: i thought it was just me. i figured surely ham put up a sham picture.. is this really the standard in nyc? #standardhotel
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Zira
11/11/09

@tigolbitties: Sadly it is. The floor to ceiling windows creates a very messy look from the exterior. And the cement beams look like they were slapped together by a pre-schooler. #standardhotel
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BadUncle
11/11/09

@Oryx Hearts Crake: It kind of reminds me of LAX's 1960's-era terminals. But tall. Tall in a "Hey, look a me - I'm an ugly remnant of The Jet Age" way.
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Rosewater
11/11/09

@Oryx Hearts Crake: Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall! #standardhotel
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Zira
11/11/09

@Rosewater:

All free men, wherever they may live, are guest of the Standard Hotel.

And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Standard Hotel guest!" #standardhotel
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Balsa Wood
11/11/09

@Oryx Hearts Crake: Oddly, I think it's kind of beautiful precisely because it evokes Stalinist Russia. The bare concrete and harsh lines under a gray sky? It's heavy and impressive, and it's not really trying to please anyone. I like it. A welcome change from the pop colors of Times Square and/or bland nu-suburban comforts of most new luxury condos.

Now, most people STAYING in it are probably Eurotrash turds. No argument here.
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drewtopianism
11/11/09

@Balsa Wood: Yeah. This photo doesn't quite do it justice. I think it suits the High Line's pseudoapocalyptic neo-decrepitude rather nicely. It's a public space that looks pretty if only because it looks like everyone gave up on trying to make it look "pretty"—even if this anti-pretty cost tens of millions to achieve, on a lonely weekday November afternoon with the fading light and blowing grass, the High Line actually works very well.

But yes, people who stay at the Standard are total creeps. #standardhotel
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once
11/11/09

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Who cleans the rooms w/ the guest still in it? She started cleaning at 4:30? Not saying she deserved it but the hotel policy seems a little weird. #thehighline
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chickachicka
11/11/09

@once: "Not saying she deserved it, but..."

Jesus Christ.

Who says that's the hotel policy? You DO realize that guests can always put up a "do not disturb" sign, or turn the cleaning staff away?

I'm pretty sure the cleaning woman didn't have to force her way into the room to clean if he didn't want her there, but I AM sure that he tried to force himself on her after she said no.

I'm not trying to attack you here, but come on. #standardhotel
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Cheruth
11/11/09

@once: I worked at a hotel in college and a very similar incident happened there. If a gues puts up a do not disturb cleaning ladies will go back later in some hotels. At the very least to see if towels were needed. Other times guests will request service. Sometimes its the only time you can get to a room because there are so many do not disturbs and so many guests checking out late that you can barely do anything before the afternoon.

Basically its fairly common thing to be cleaning a room at that time. But it may not have even been that. He could have requested turn down service (no pun intended but only because someone already made it.)
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once
11/11/09

@chickachicka: omg calm down. To clear the air, I believe that when a woman says no, it's no. Period. I was simply trying to say it's unusual for staff to clean a room w/ a guest in it and then I realized by saying this it might be construed as, I thought her actions were suspicious, and so I added, "I'm NOT saying..." In this case, not means not...

I do in fact realize guests can put up a "do not disturb" sign, however, whenever I've forgotten to, the cleaning person always offers to return later and never has suggested cleaning while I'm there. I think the hotel policy might be a little weird - major hotels have a policy about just about everything. A closed bedroom door w/ a stranger? If she acted inside of it, she may have grounds for a lawsuit. #standardhotel
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chickachicka
11/11/09

@once: I'm calm, don't you worry about me - I enjoy caps lock for emphasis on occasion. Through clarifying, I was just pointing out that you read into what wasn't a fact of the story (was she in there wrongfully? inconveniencing him? at a weird time?) instead of just reading the story for what it is (he was wrong, no matter the situation).

As @scouts honor points out, if the guest agrees, it's not uncommon for a cleaning to happen with them in the room.

Like I said, I'm not trying to attack you, but just think before you type. #thehighline
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once
11/11/09

@chickachicka: "I was just pointing out that you read into what wasn't a fact of the story"

um, you're reading into my comment by suggesting that I thought other than, "he was wrong, no matter the situation." Read my reply again and digest it this time. #standardhotel
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once
11/11/09

@Cheruth: Do you remember what the hotel's policy was? I'm merely curious. I would imagine that having to clean a room w/ the guest watching would be uncomfortable at the very least, and depending on the guest(s), would make me feel unsafe. This incident raises interesting questions about workplace safety. #standardhotel
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chickachicka
11/11/09

@once: I never said you thought anything other than "he was wrong." We'll just have to agree to disagree on the wording of this one then (though I think we're in agreeance about the only important issue: the man holding 100% of accountability). #standardhotel
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