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According to Wajda's film, the victims were shot, not bayoneted. Given his personal relationship to the atrocity I don't think he would have misrepresented this unlike the artist that was commissioned for the memorial at Exchange Place.
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If anyone wants to find out more about Katyn, there is a film showing at Film Forum currently called, um, "Katyn" directed by Polish veteran director Andrzej Wajda whose father was among those murdered. I didnt particularly enjoy this film, although I suppose you are not meant to. It is told from the perspective of the families left behind trying to find out what happened (the Nazi's and Russians tried to blame the atrocity on each other and it was not until relatively recently that Russia finally accepted responsibility). Now, does anybody who supports the memorial think that the statue is tasteful and fitting? Honestly, now.
Posted on: 2009/3/9 21:08
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Posted on: 2009/2/22 19:22
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This happened to me last month. Somebody withdrew $300 using my ATM card details in a foreign country but Bank of America flagged it as suspicious because I made a local withdrawal the same day. So I got a new card and PIN.
The places I normally use my card are JC, Hoboken and NYC, but if it's NYC it's always from inside a BoA lobby that normally requires card access. Yesterday, I was at Newport Mall and tried to withdraw some money from the portable BoA ATM on the ground floor near the Parking Garage exit. The first thing it did was ask me which language I wanted, which it normally doesnt do but everything else looked like the usual BoA software. When it asked me for the PIN it wouldnt accept it, so I tried several times I thought perhaps my card had been too close to my cell phone so I tried it again at the Newport BoA lobby and it worked fine. I reported this to BoA and they were going to send somebody out to check. Anybody else have a problem with that machine yesterday?
Posted on: 2009/2/19 14:27
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Re: JC Man: 20 yrs for International Racketeering - Funneled Cash to Pakistan & Got Illegal Green Cards
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Well, yes, I thought that's what you were thinking
Posted on: 2009/2/5 17:44
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Re: JC Man: 20 yrs for International Racketeering - Funneled Cash to Pakistan & Got Illegal Green Cards
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Yeah, how much more appropriate to blame the actions of Britain 60+ years ago rather than the individual who was born in an independent country. I guess once Britain granted Pakistan independence it was inevitable that this dirtbag was going to come here and start racketeering.
Posted on: 2009/2/5 2:24
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From HP I find it quicker to walk to Washington Street via Marin than it is to walk through the Mall and take the light rail, particularly on a weekend morning when the light rail service is abysmal. If you are lucky enough that the first train that comes goes to Hoboken Terminal rather than 2nd Street it's still quite a hike to Washington On the flip side you may frequently get accosted for money on the other side of the Tunnel and then when you try to cross Observer Highway drivers turning right from Marin will not yield even if the light is in your favor and you are in the walkway [I trust it's not any of you lot ]
Posted on: 2009/2/5 2:15
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More like Napoleonic France
Posted on: 2009/2/5 0:05
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If I follow your historical analogy, you seem to be suggesting Hoboken would use Newport to annex JC. Doesn't seem very likely, dude Most of the people I have met from Hoboken dont even know where Jersey City is.
Posted on: 2009/2/4 23:48
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Re: Downtown: One dead in shooting on Coles Street in Jersey City this morning
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It was pretty insensitive. Probably a lot of us in HP know this guy and he was alive less than 2 hours ago. This is very sad.
Posted on: 2009/1/27 16:29
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I am not really sure what he accomplished as a Senator to earn such an endorsement. He spent most of that time running for President. Considering who his opponent was it was no small achievement to get the nomination although he had an embarrassing amount of help from the media. Honeymoon's over. Time to get on with the job and prove himself.
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I think many countries are very diverse (I assume we are talking about ethnicity and not the economy, as we have already discussed how un-diverse the US economy is) and I am not sure that diversity by itself necessarily is an advantage, or that much of an advantage. As far as freedom is concerned. Once again I don't think that the US has UNIQUE and unmatched freedom. Many countries have the basic freedoms that the US has and some that the US doesn't have (the rest of the world has moved on as well since 1789 and the Bill of Rights, you know). It might be too much freedom, i.e. lack of regulation, that helped get us into the present mess. On the other hand the Sarbanes-Oxley regulations were introduced as a response to a lack of regulation (or too much freedom, if you will) in the aftermath of Enron and other scandals. Sarbanes-Oxley has been the cause of much business - particularly financial - relocating to centers with GREATER "FREEDOMS" e.g. London and Frankfurt; so much so that there were fears that London would replace New York as the financial capital of the world. Perhaps it is a case of having the right mix of freedom and regulation and not just more freedom than the other guy (which we only think we have, but don't).
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I see. Well since 40% of people do not pay income tax, perhaps you would be in favor of some of them making a contribution instead of receiving checks from the treasury. What about property taxes? Are they too low as well? As the number of foreclosures increases presumably property taxes will have to rise on homeowners to make up the shortfall which will presumably help to increase the number of foreclosures and so on. Then of course we are all aware that many people have lost or will lose their jobs so the people in work will have to pay more income taxes just to keep revenues where they are and as the number of unemployed rises (as it will) and so the cycle goes on. Is it your "opinion" that increasing taxes at this particular time is the answer?
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Does it manufacture ideas? I am looking at figures for 2002 and the arts/entertainment sector comprises less than 2% of the workforce. Comparing revenues from all sectors of the economy, it doesn't fare much better.
Posted on: 2008/12/18 12:17
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Well I lived in England for a bunch of years and I don't ever remember Pit Bulls being called anything other than Pit Bulls. And as a matter of FACT, according to the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act Pit Bulls are identified as one of four breeds of dogs including their crossbreeds that must be kept muzzled and leashed at all times in public. Obviously that legislation did not come about because of Pit Bulls reputation for loving people and children so please make sure you check all the facts before you post misleading information like that again.
Posted on: 2008/12/13 2:22
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Re: Any thoughts? Most of California's Black & Latino Voters Backed Gay Marriage Ban
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Yeah, we have been somewhat distracted by Loopy's "separate but equal" cheap shot. I am all for gay couples having the same rights as married couples. Let's extend this to all unmarried couples too so at least people who have made a commitment to each other without resorting to the law can have the same visitation rights in hospital etc. Apparently, however, that is not enough so this is not only about civil rights. By the way, nobody has been "singled out" by the law for discrimination. Married couples enjoy certain privileges and perhaps some of these should be looked at because there is no real justification for some of them except in the case where they have children. Of course, that would be political suicide.
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Well why not a penis sculpture in Van Vorst Park? Bayonne has a cracked vagina, so why not?
Posted on: 2008/12/2 3:33
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Are gay couples and married straight people segregated in the same way that whites and blacks once were? I don't think so. Do gay un-married couples and straight un-married couples have any significant differences in rights that you could compare to the differences in the way that whites and blacks used to live in the '50s and '60s? If you try to argue that there are, I am sure there are some more votes that you will lose the next time a vote on the issue is held.
It's not me you need to convince.
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That is more like bigotry, because you are intolerant to somebody else's opinion you insult them by calling them "rednecks" or questioning their adequacy. You are not going to win any converts among the ranks of those that *are* married with this approach but that is exactly what proponents of gay marriage need to do if they are to make any headway in the current system. One approach might be to articulate why equal rights is not enough and why any resolution must include the word "marriage".
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TheHookJC wrote: Interesting break down. Those who voted for Prop 8 84% of weekly churchgoers ? (32% of electorate); 82% of Republicans ? (29% of electorate); 81% of white evangelicals ? (17% of electorate); 70% of African Americans ? (10% of electorate); 65% of all Protestants - (43% of electorate); 65% of white Protestants ? (29% of electorate); 64% of voters w/children in household ? (40% of electorate); 64% of Catholics ? (30% of electorate); 61% of age 65 and over ? (15% of electorate); 60% of married people ? (62% of electorate); 59% of suburban dwellers ? (51% of electorate); 58% of non-college graduates ? (50% of electorate); 53% of Latinos ? (18% of electorate); 51% of white men ? (31% of electorate).[/quote] Something not quite right about these numbers. (i) African Americans only comprise about 7% of the population, so how do they get to be 10% of the electorate? (ii) The Latino population in California is actually more like 35%, so how are they only 18% of the electorate even allowing for an illegal component? However, assuming there is some truth in the above numbers, The biggest group of people that voted for prop 8 is married people. This group does not want marriage to be re-defined to mean something different to what it means now. The demographic of this group is not likely to change any time soon so it doesn't really matter which particular group protesters decide to target, so long as this is to be decided democratically, this proposition will always succeed. I also think the manner of the protests is self-defeating and is not going to change anybody's mind. [FTR, I favor equal rights for all couples, but not the requirement to call this "marriage".]
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Posted on: 2008/11/21 14:17
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My take on what that weasel, Carl Cameron, actually reported is that she did not know that South Africa was a country rather then a region of Africa (the continent). Of course she knew that Africa is a continent but the rest is bad enough. John McCain did not adequately vet her and IMO therefore deserved to lose for making a poor choice. But then a lot of people thought it was hilarious that Palin (in the guise of Tina Fey) apparently said that she could see Russia from her house when they should have known that she could not possibly have said that if they had had even an elementary knowledge of the geography of Alaska. Probably many of these are the same people that are now feeling very smug about their superior knowledge of geography to Palin. So we are back to the "everybody making less than $250,000 is going to get a tax cut" nonsense, are we? The utterances on this subject made by the Obama campaign prior to the election can not all be correct because they were contradictory. I tried plugging numbers into the Obama tax cut calculator link that was posted here earlier. I dont think any single filer making more than about 75,000 is going to get a tax cut (there is an anomaly between 150,000 and 200,000 where you actually get $34 back). To put it very nicely, this guy seems to have a problem telling the truth.
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Clearly, all people who work in the finance industry are to blame for what happened at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. So clearly, all Trubrit's finance friends are to blame and their views should be discounted. Impeccable logic as always.
Posted on: 2008/11/7 12:48
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Not being married myself, I would only guess that this is about changing the meaning of what "marriage" is and has been for Millennia (it also changes the meaning of words like "husband" and "wife"). No problem about having an expression like "civil union", though.
Posted on: 2008/11/7 11:35
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Well so far, we have had the worst ever post-election day loss on the stock market and worst 2 day loss in 20 years. Where's the "confidence"?
Posted on: 2008/11/7 11:25
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Posted on: 2008/11/7 0:15
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