jerseymom wrote:
According to this new SL editorial, Mcgreevey AND his daughter will be getting lifetime benefits courtesy of the HC taxpayers:


By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
on September 23, 2015 at 7:45 AM, updated September 23, 2015 at 7:46 AM

McGreevey earned his benefits. But there's more to it. | Editorial

Former Gov. James E. McGreevey just managed to wrangle a deal that will give him and his daughter lifetime medical benefits paid for by the taxpayers of Hudson County, where he worked for just four months.

Sounds like a horrible scam. Who gets lifetime benefits in return for a few months' work?

The answer: No one does. Not even McGreevey.

Like him or not, the man worked for the government for more than 25 years, he has never been convicted of a crime, and he is entitled to the same lifetime medical benefits that cops and teachers receive.

That's not quite the end of the story, granted.

SL Editorial

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stillinjc wrote:
Yeah, I have access to super-fresh quality tuna for $17/lb. Patagonian toothfish, aka chilean sea bass for $19/lb. These are premium species; cod is not. We shall see about his prices and quality. I hope he can be competitive.

Kudos to them for charging $17/lb for cod if that's accurate. That's a reasonable if not cheap price for fresh,responsibly sourced atlantic cod. The cod supply is f**ked in relation to historical levels. When you buy random supermarket cod for 8.99/lb, chances are you're supporting a part of the industry that would catch every last fish in the sea by any means necessary, current and future stocks and bycatch be damned. Atlantic cod is one of the most overfished species out there. Do yourselves and your children and their children a favor-eat sustainably sourced cod and other fish. Pay a little more. It costs more to bring fish to market when you target a specific species and consciously decide not to catch every last fish out there. Or learn what else is sustainable. There are plenty of reasonanly priced options. Eat previously frozen fish-pacific cod is sustainable and delicious. Or eat something else. I love fish , probably more than most(I'm no Troy McClure though), but I've sworn off delicious, delicious toro and many other species. The technology used to hunt these fish is just way too advanced, way beyond sporting, and it's got to slow down. Don't be an entitled, cheap, consumer. Do 2 minutes of research on what's sustainable and what it costs, open your mind to other species, consider frozen fish. I'm a fisherman by the way.

Bike_Lane wrote:
Can we just drop the "Powerhouse Arts District" charade and call it South Newport already? I liked the old plan for the Powerhouse Arts District, but it's obvious it'll never be what the community wanted, only what Roseland and Kushner want.

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stillinjc wrote:
Good news indeed.

How is his fish?

If super fresh then I will definitely be a customer (and a good one at that).

I've only bought fish from their stand at the market once but it was very good. I bought a really thick piece of cod loin did a high temp roast with a citrus, dill butter. Certainly wasn't cheap ($17/lb) but it was good.

jcman420 wrote:
why is the half-built Colgate Clock park lying in waste, completely abandoned?

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I know it's a state project

Monroe wrote:
Doesn't Fulop have any pull with Goldman Sachs to get their building fixed and the scaffolding removed around the base? Would a homeowner be allowed to keep that up for half a decade??

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OK. But, please tell us, how did the corpse come to be draped over a fence?

Clutching his chest he hung onto the fence to avoid hitting the cement. The end.

La_Verdad wrote:
"Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino said the death is not considered suspicious at this time."

Where the hell do I live??? A dead body showing signs of rigor Morris, draped over a fence along what may be the busiest road in the city.... Not suspicious? This is typical?

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This deal will be a great coup for Bashar Al-Assad. I think it's highly likely Iran's unfrozen assets will be used to bolster Iranian proxies (Hezbollah, Houthis, Assad).

I think it's highly likely it will be used to buy ice cream sundaes for a group of kids visiting the museum. I think both of our theories have equal merit and fact backing them up. I also think that 95% of the people with strong opinions on the Iran deal don't have a clue what's in it or what they're talking about, including a majority of politicians.

Are their assets not being unfrozen? Is Iran not funding various wars throughout the region? I don't care about the nuclear stuff because I don't think Iran is a threat to the US, but they will have increased capabilities at bringing more violence to the region. Assad has said himself he thinks the deal will lead to increased Iranian support.

PremiumContent wrote:
This deal will be a great coup for Bashar Al-Assad. I think it's highly likely Iran's unfrozen assets will be used to bolster Iranian proxies (Hezbollah, Houthis, Assad).

FSL wrote:
Mr. Sterling Biz page posts should be alarming to all who view his 5 minutes of fame to get more patrons to his venue. His quote" The drivers that drive the trucks are intoxicated"?? Maybe he should go to AA, since he owns a bar that sells alcohol. The number #1 question is where is his bartender in the video ? No comment or statement from him ? Tommy ?? Seems like Mr. Sterling had not been present and is the voice to say and write whatever he pleases. Once again he and Pint are looking for the spotlight and think he may be drinking his own Koolaid.

she can't entirely mitigate her own ripple effect on housing demand. "When the landlord next door comes to show his apartment and there's a white lady sitting out front, that's a kind of power that I can't deny," she says. "A white lady sitting out front drinking tea has a different cultural reading for a lot of people than the very wonderful Puerto Rican men who hang out on my street all day."

It's very easy to just say, 'Oh, I'm only going to go to this caf? because it has the trappings of a gentrified space ? and I'm not going to go into any other place because I don't feel comfortable because I'm not the dominant person there

One of the hard things about displacement and gentrification is some of the people who move in, you really like them,

"With gentrification, what's happening is people are coming to meetings with a lot of opinions and hijacking the meeting," she explains. "They know everything, and they basically put a chilling effect on everybody else."

Monroe wrote:
Nope, blame our Legislature-who actually wanted to raise corporate taxes until Christie vetoed them.

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bodhipooh wrote:
BTW, I walked past the area about an hour after it had started and by then there was already trash starting to accumulate on the ground. Very, very disappointing.

Disappointing but not surprising in the slightest.

I think the solution is relatively simple. Force the organizers to put up a large deposit before the event. The deposit should be calculated to cover all expected costs, plus a premium to cover unexpected costs, maybe 25% extra.

Then deduct all the costs from the deposit. The organizers then receive the remainder back.

This way, maybe they have some incentive to have an orderly event, instead of the chaos that inevitably ensues. Also, it's difficult to chase people down for money after the fact.

Monroe wrote:
Funny pic, catdog, but if Christie is held responsible for NJ railroad failures shouldn't Obama be held for Federal railroad failures? Of course, unless you want to be intellectually dishonest.

Monroe wrote:
Obama's Amtrak

bricks wrote:
I was told by one of the adjacent businesses that it is going to become a beer garden. Yes, another one.

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JcDevil wrote:
Mmm, fast food chicken with a side of religiously-motivated hate.
Delicious!

As delicious as Cam Janssen. You twit. Go devils Go lmfao.

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Voyeur wrote:
...it was announced that the skylight in the center of the train station's oculus will be retractable and will open annually for the anniversary of Score09's demented conspiracy fantasies:

NYT story (paywall): http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/20/nyr ... akes-final-form.html?_r=0

Curbed summary: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/07 ... ill_open_each_sept_11.php

Right, as if thousands of architects and engineers aren?t equally skeptical. As if 19 Muslim ?terrorists? managed to hijack four US airliners, using box cutters, and hit 3 of the 4 intended targets, without any interference from NORAD. As if the plane that went down in Shanksville, thanks to the heroics of one Todd "Beamer," and the one that hit the pentagon simply vaporized upon impact, lol. As if towers 1 and 2 could collapse in pancake fashion from fire stoked by jet fuel.

Anyway, it is indeed an outrage about the retractable roof.

hero69 wrote:
all these new restaurants opening up should make their host/hostesses and bouncers take lessons in customer relations.; i went to one restaurant lst night and met the rudest hostess who tried to insist that we wait even though there were plenty of tables available. she was truly an unfriendly ditz who didn't small once! if i'm spending good money at a restaurant, why shoudl i have to put up with her crap! fortunately, the waiter was very friendly, professional

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CatDog wrote:
every penny went to the WTC. The cost overruns for the WTC matched the amount raised by the toll/fare hikes.

Oh...so justified is the ineptitude? On account of Sept. 11, 2001? Pardon me, but who are you?

Regardless, the mysterious circumstances surrounding the collapse of building number 7 (and I swear if I see the word "conspiracy" bandied about hereafter, I'm tearing it up) and the obvious fact that the 9/11 massacre was indeed planned and executed as a "false flag" precursor to a land grab (et al) in the name of oil, gives pause to anyone who might come on this board and attempt to justify or rationalize the obvious. It, the Port Authority, is a corrupt behemoth and it needs to go away, forever.

What are you, an accountant or just another Port Authority astro turfer?

psyop wrote:
Also if you follow the path tweets you also know that they have delays due to signal failure/car issues daily. Where did all that money go, what was it $1 increase per fare and they still claim to have these issues?