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30 Dec 2010 11:49

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U.S.: Rage against snow not really new thing with New Yorkers

  • 1969 Former mayor John V. Lindsay faced the kind of rage about a blizzard that Michael Bloomberg is currently facing.
  • 1996 Brooklyn borough president Howard Golden, accused the sanitation department of simply ignoring Brooklynites.
  • 2000 Rudy Guliani scored points against the Port Authority by ripping their inability to get the airports up to speed again.
  • 2001 Weatherman felt the rage of New Yorkers after a massive blizzard didn’t actually produce the pain promised. source
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30 Dec 2010 10:18

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Offbeat: NY Post criticizes NYC for “snow slowdow.” Without the “n.”

  • Dear New York Post: We know it may be hard to edit your graphics and stuff, but come on, it’s big type on your main headline. “Slowdow”? Really? And what’s with the one “t” in Paterson? Who cares if that’s his name? His parents and the rest of his family tree spelled it wrong! (thanks to the awesome hman on Tumblr for this one) source
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30 Dec 2010 10:08

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World: Number of former Israeli presidents convicted of rape? One.

It’s good to note that Moshe Katsav, who was convicted of raping two former employees and harassing another, backed out of a plea deal to fight this in court. Bad idea. source
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30 Dec 2010 09:51

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U.S.: Today in unexpected rumbles, Indiana gets its very own earthquake

  • 4.2 guess something exciting finally happened in Indiana source
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