how did what just happened happen?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
two real winners
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the guy for sale, with the girlfriend-beater in tow
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought nj state politics were retarded
yeah can someone explain this to me?
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
some retards were less retarded than other retards in the short run
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the fuck happened in albany?
― The-Reverend (rev), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
what happened are you guys ok
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i literally thought my newspaper was trolling me this morning when i read it - i had to check to make sure it wasnt an april fools issue or some shit
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
WHAT HAPPENED
ARE MAX & DR MORBIUS OK
WHY WERE THEY IN ALBANY IN THE FIRST PLACE
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
long story short i think, our senators tried to have a coup and now the repubs are saying they have control of state senate. i'm really dumbing this down tho
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yes.
on the bright side... nothing has really changed?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
golisano is a fuckin trip
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
a trip to Florida
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
the circus whirls on
http://gothamist.com/2009/06/15/hiram_monserrate_tells_daily_news_h.php
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
favorite part of this clown show so far is the prospect of a 31-31 split senate with no lt. gov. to break the tie (because of course the lt. gov. had to become gov). and the corollary claim by espada that that means he now gets two votes.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
someone needs to take out tom golisano
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree. and the answer to the poll question is an unqualified yes. If these idiots paid as much attention to governance as they did to these ridiculous parliamentary and partisan shenanigans, then NY might not be in the position it's in. NJ's not much better, unfortunately.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously though i thought the douchebag was moving to florida
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
It takes time to get residency in Fla so it wouldnt do him any good in the short term for tax purposes. So i guess he feels it's worth his time to pull a Berlusconi and fuck up the NY legislature. Does he still own the Sabres?
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
good reading:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-07-01/columns/senate-coup-plotters-hidden-agenda/
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 2 July 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Paterson's a really sharp dude
― the higgs bosun (gabbneb), Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:43 PM
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 September 2009 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Joe Bruno, ladies & germs
― Feingold/Kaptur 2012 (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
go away harold ford
― max, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
he isn't that much worse than Gillibrand, though.
― At least Elvis Costello has never eaten his own excrement on stage. (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
1) gillibrands tacked to the left since being in the senate 2) shes got a much better pro-choice gay-rights record than HF 3) if were going to have a primary challenge why on earth would we want to see two moderate democrats going up against one another
― max, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
why is new york the state where people move to if they want to run for senate
― harbl, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
3) if were going to have a primary challenge why on earth would we want to see two moderate democrats going up against one another
see the obama v. hillary 2008 primary.
anyway, as long as neither of them come over to NJ & try to replace either Lautenberg or Menendez i don't really care.
― At least Elvis Costello has never eaten his own excrement on stage. (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
not really the same is it, as the US on the whole is more conservative than new york?
― max, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
not rlly Albany is it, just more sucky hacks wanting to go to DC for us
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
fair enough
― max, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
as the US on the whole is more conservative than new york?
NYC, yes, NYS, maybe not.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought the revive was going to be about Alex Paterson.
gillibrand is more than moderate enough to win reelection from upstate. i was just responding to eisbaers thing about obama and clinton being two moderate democrats fighting out a primary--which to me is like, duh, what did you expect
― max, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
feelin pretty bad for david paterson
― max, Friday, 12 February 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
poor guy cant catch a break
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/nyregion/25paterson.html?hp
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
The cabinet official who supervises the State Police has resigned in the wake of reports of intervention by the State Police and Gov. David A. Paterson into a domestic-assault case against a senior Paterson aide.
The official, Denise E. O’Donnell, commissioner of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, issued a statement Thursday after inquiries from The New York Times.
“The fact that the governor and members of the State Police have acknowledged direct contact with a woman who had filed for an order of protection against a senior member of the governor’s staff is a very serious matter,” she wrote. “These actions are unacceptable regardless of their intent.”
The resignation, at 2 p.m., came on a day when New York’s political establishment reeled at the news of Mr. Paterson’s involvement, with some of the beleaguered governor’s few remaining allies publicly suggesting that he should end his campaign for election.
Ms. O’Donnell, a former federal prosecutor and social worker, wrote that she found the breach “particularly distressing” in an administration “that prides itself on its record of combating domestic violence.
“The behavior alleged here is the antithesis of what many of us have spent our entire careers working to build,” she added, “a legal system that protects victims of domestic violence and brings offenders to justice.”
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
it's so over for this dude.
― carne asada, Friday, 26 February 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
this state police thing is something that happens in 24 tbh
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
this guy is sketchy as all hell in the polls already and the whole situation has the leadership shook
― carne asada, Friday, 26 February 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"After all you have heard, there's one rumor I will confirm, I am running for governor this year," Paterson said to a crowd of about 400 at Hofstra University. "They haven't knocked us down yet and they never will."Feb 20, 2010
Two weeks ago, Paterson beat back speculation that he wouldn't seek reelection, or that he might step down: "The only way I'm not gonna be governor next year is at the ballot box, and the only way that I'll be leaving office before is in a box"
― velko, Friday, 26 February 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
ice cold
― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Friday, 26 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
who mourns for David Paterson?!?
― there can be only but steam that smells of shit and weaklingness (Eisbaer), Friday, 26 February 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
is Cuomo fils crazy? this chair is cursed
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
totally sets him up for a 2018 presidential run.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
er, 2016. or 2020. whatever.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
the end seems to be near
A leading women’s rights group that had once praised Gov. David A. Paterson for his work on violence against women is now seeking his resignation, saying his intervention in a domestic violence case involving a top adviser was inappropriate and disappointing.
The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women issued the call for Mr. Paterson’s resignation on Tuesday morning, after The New York Times reported that the governor had directed two state officials to reach out to a woman who had accused Mr. Paterson’ senior adviser, David W. Johnson, of assaulting her.
“This latest news is very disappointing for those of us who believed the governor was a strong advocate for women’s equality and for ending violence against women,” said Marcia A. Pappas, the group’s president. “We at the National Organization for Women-New York State believe that in spite of the governor’s heretofore excellent record on women’s issues, it is now time for the governor to step down.”
The New York National Organization for Women, an influential player in the Democratic Party, had previously expressed concern only about Mr. Paterson’s involvement in the case, but it had stopped short of asking him to leave office.
― he often deploys multiple browsers and constantly replies to himself (velko), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
NEW YORK -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says Gov. David Paterson would have to resign if allegations that he abused his power are proven true.
Associated PressDemocratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed by Gov. Paterson, says the governor should step down if power was abused. Paterson's role in a domestic abuse case against a top aide is being investigated by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The New York Times on Tuesday reported that the governor had personally directed two state employees to contact the woman who made the complaint.
Paterson supporters say there is more to the story.
Gillibrand told NY1 that if the allegations are true, then the governor will be unable to govern and will have to step down.
Paterson appointed Gillibrand to her Senate seat more than a year ago when Hillary Rodham Clinton became secretary of state.
― he often deploys multiple browsers and constantly replies to himself (velko), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Fuuuuuck Ronan Farrow. Can we be rid of him too now?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, August 10, 2021 2:44 PM (thirty-one minutes ago)
wait is he bad?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
He just strikes me as a smarmy prick and I'm bored with his hero status.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
🙄
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
I have to hand it to him though. His instinct for self-promotion as displayed in that tweet is keen.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
I can't stand watching Ronan talk when he's interviewed, but I'm glad he's done some hard work shining a light on horrible people.
Also, lol @ dunking on a writer for self-promotion on Twitter in 2021. C'mon, that's 98% of the timeline.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
I meant specifically the implication that his article led directly to Cuomo's resignation.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
I could imagine Cuomo lying low for a few years, getting married, loudly acknowledging how much he learned from his mistakes, and running for office again.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Oh, haha, I didn't catch that implication at first, but yes that is telling.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Weird detail jumping out at my from that Ronan Farrow article, sorry. Lady who served as the Moreland Commission’s chief of investigations was also Michael Avenatti's lawyer at one point.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 August 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
can you just fire every woman
― jbn, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link