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Which 55 idiots are they expecting to pay full price to be surrounded by 165 apartments that are getting rental assistance? :lol:

Also, I see that that part of the plan calls for retail space on the ground floor. Are the retail spaces on the ground floor of The Saulet filled? If not, I doubt there is gonna be a ton of demand unless they're somehow cheaper, which I can't imagine given that it's new construction.

I fear this will be a huge mess.

Fireworks . . . on July 4th? That sounds like cultural appropriation to me.

I expect an uproar to happen soon.

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My local electric company (LG&E) is asking the same thing because of the heat dome we're in right now (it's 96, feels like 110 as we speak) to avoid blackouts. That's not unusual (and no, not everyone is doing it).

NYC hosts huge events all of the time. As long as they're paying for the venue and paying for security (which is typically off duty folks), I don't really care.

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What if the utility company cut power to the poorer areas while leaving the "main" part of the city free from restrictions?
Outrage as brightly lit MSG hosts Taylor Swift's wedding while thousands of 'poor' New Yorkers sit in the dark amid heat-driven power cuts

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As MSG glowed without restrictions, Con Edison, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Governor Kathy Hochul came under fire for asking residents to conserve electricity during the extreme heat on Thursday.

Moreover, Con Edison strangely left Midtown and Lower Manhattan, New York's financial nerve center, out of their public warnings to reduce power. The utility giant instead focused on telling residents in less affluent areas to decrease their voltage on Thursday.

Con Edison has acknowledged that it reduced the power sent to residents by eight percent, but those cuts focused on the outer boroughs and neighborhoods in Northern Manhattan known for being economically challenged.

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And it gets better:

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In the Bronx, the New York Yankees are also scheduled to play a baseball game against Minnesota starting at 7pm ET, igniting their powerful lighting and digital billboards.

When the stadium was opened in 2009, it was estimated that Con Edison needed nine megawatts to power the ballpark. This is the equivalent of 9,000 New York homes.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Yankees and the Mayor's Office on whether the team was asked to move the game to a different time which would not require the massive electricity demand while residents are without power.

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Her donating 26 million and people still not happy about it.

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I'm glad she's doing it. I just don't think it was purely charitable. :dunno:

Edit: It feels like a politician running ads telling people to call and thank them for doing their job.

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Kryptonians are allergic to the color green in the Gunmverse.

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It's universe-buildling. Now the Green Lanterns have a some counter to yellow-sun Kryptonian strength for the inter-personal conflict IF James Gunn gets to HIS version of the Justice League.

I can almost picture the scene:

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Green Lantern is challenging Superman. "Why are we listening to you? You're not even from Earth." (MESSAGE - about hatred/racism/immigration)

Superman: "I've been helping people while you've been sitting around blah blah blah"

They start to get in each other's faces and cut to Green Lantern's hand tensing and a green glow. Superman staggers slightly and grimaces. Maybe he's not as all-powerful as he things . . .

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James Gunn - feel free to use that. :lol:

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San Antonio asks Kanye to refrain from singing about Hitler, selling swastika shirts

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I don't agree with Kanye's antics, but doesn't it fall under the 1st Amendment? :dunno:

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New video with Audio shows that Spell told the "kid" that he was going to break his neck before any hands were thrown. He then proceeded to try to do exactly that pulling the head back as far as he could then twisting it like the boy was an owl.

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Was this also attempted murder?


Where is the line? :dunno:

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We only have the videos that are circulating.

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Yes. The video where Spell crossed the street, and the young man, kicked off his sandals and then swung at Spell, they start grabbling, and then the young man swings again. Then Spell got the upper hand and gave him the Nolan Ryan treatment.

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The rest of us trust the evidence provided.

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I can trust the previous actions of the family of the young man and infer what he might have done to provoke such a response.

I can also use my knowledge and eyes to assess the situation. The pastor, no matter how much of a douchebag, is allowed to cross the street. He can do that at running speed or a walking pace (assuming safe crossing due to traffic conditions). He can also confront the young man about his speech. He can even get in his face. None of that is assault until the young man is in immediate apprehension of physical battery or is actually battered.

But the young man kicked off his sandals, wound up and swung on the pastor first, then wound up again and struck the pastor after that first missed strike. That seems to be the start of the PHYSICAL confrontation.

And given the prior behavior and statements of the family, I would tend to believe that this was possibly a setup to provoke the pastor. I can't wait to see the aftermath - Do the charges stick? Will we get a trial? How much will the civil lawsuit attempt to get?

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6/10 fight video. I kind of want to see what the father could do against the pastor. The son is obviously outclassed at the moment.

Seems like the Pacific faults are jumping recently - Five 5.0 or greater magnitude earthquakes in the last 2 days with a number of others right under 5.0 magnitude.