From the Star Ledger:
‘Renaissance’ or ‘gentrification’?: Panel to take on narratives surrounding Newark redevelopment
Is Newark on its way to becoming the new Brooklyn? Or will it be, as city officials are fond of saying, “Newark 3.0”?
…
Entitled “Renaissance or Gentrification?: How do we discuss redevelopment in Newark?”, the event will include a panel discussion featuring a variety of voices from government, real estate and media, including Newark Deputy Mayor and Director of Economic & Housing Development Baye Adolfo-Wilson, former Washington Post reporter Dale Russakoff and local planning and development leader Francis J. Giantomasi.The speakers will discuss how high-profile changes in the city, including the additions of luxury apartments and plans for a mixed-use development that will include a Whole Foods supermarket, are portrayed.
Those developments and other plans for downtown Newark have attracted national media attention, including a Politico article published in March that asked whether the city would be the next metropolis to be termed the “new Brooklyn.”
The meeting is part of “Engage Local”, a two-day hosted by Montclair State University’s Center for Cooperative Media focused on the interaction between community and media. A series of workshops and presentations on the topic will be held on the second day of the event, June 16.
In a statement, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said recent changes in the way news is delivered and digested has had far-reaching implications for cities like Newark, and hoped the meeting would “assist in facilitating more effective communications with the citizens that we serve.”
Interesting piece from Al Jazerra from last June:
Gentrification fuels rift among Newark’s local artists
Gilbert Hsiao, 58, has bounced among various studios, from Berlin to the concrete shell of a defunct oil tank in Brooklyn before landing space in downtown Newark, New Jersey, where he now paints his colorful, geometric art pieces.
Once overlooked as an art destination and better known for its 1967 riots and urban decay, Newark’s downtown hosts a growing visual arts scene that has attracted outsiders like Hsiao with cheap rent, good public transportation and a constellation of cutting-edge galleries that have garnered outsize praise. There are more than a dozen art galleries in Newark in addition to spaces that double as coffee shops or beauty parlors.
But as these newcomers increasingly flock to Newark, some older artists — many of whom are black and are longtime residents — are feeling overlooked, especially as a few gallery owners and artists who are relatively recent arrivals have snagged prime real estate. Tension within the visual arts community is brewing as the downtown area is poised for gentrification. New, luxury apartments are for rent, upscale cafes and restaurants are coming soon, and a Whole Foods is slated to open in a few years.
“There a lot of whites coming into Newark now,” said Kevin Sampson, 59, a black artist known for his elaborate sculptures made of found objects. A resident since 1993 who has been involved in the city’s art scene longer than that, Sampson has led the debate on Newark’s older artists versus its newcomers, whom he describes as “carpetbaggers” and “white hipster refugees from Brooklyn.”
Sampson wants the new artists and gallery owners to pay their dues and respect the history of the artists who have been in the city for years or decades. He said a few galleries and artists have received space for free or at reduced rents and bluntly described it as white privilege.
“They use privilege to set something up,” he said. “They are getting free buildings. Its landowners say they trust you.”
Bisa Washington, a 63-year-old Newark resident and artist who has been involved in the art scene since the 1970s, agrees with Sampson.
“It was a question of access,” she said. “You look around, and you wonder how these things are happening, why the artists who are already here weren’t pulled into that loop.”
Newark does have 3 Starbucks now … but you could argue they cater to non-resident population (Rutgers, EWR, and Penn).
But would it happen without NJ’s “corporate giveaways”? Is Whole Foods coming to Newark on their own volition? Or are they being paid to go there? Why is there no outrage against the Christie administration about this?
From the Star Ledger:
Officials break ground on Whole Foods project once called Newark’s ‘Holy Grail’
The former store was purchased last year by Newark-based Hanini Group in partnership with L+M Development, and its transformation is being financed with $174 million in public, non-profit and private dollars. Partners include the state Housing and Mortage Finance Agency ($66 million), New Jersey Economic Development Authority ($40 million), and $67 million in equity from Goldman Sachs, Prudential Financial, Citi and other sponsors.
The project will also receive $40 million in tax breaks approved by state officials in December.
A bit dissapointing to many of the state’s small businesses. You know, that Goldman Sachs should be given a tax break, but when a small business owner needs some help, there is nothing for them.
#4..not $ure why $mall bu$ine$$ would get $crewed.
I have a feeling that current residents of Newark will chase out any hipster artists and make their stay there miserable. Every article I read about Newark where a local is interviewed…they seem very fearful and resistant to any outside influence.
Grim,
Lots to say on the IT front yesterday, but I don’t have time. I met a few smoking hot SA’s over the years and my rule of thumb was never get caught alone in a data center or a lab. While most were fun to work with, I could see the potential for it ending with HR cutting a large check.
[7] Fab
Never saw it happen. What I did witness though were several guys let go for looking at p*rn. Oh, and a Director fired for spankin’ the monkey (dummy left his office door unlocked).
That’s it for me. Off to the fishing cabin for the weekend!
Is QXT’s still around in Newark?
Never s*hit where you eat.
Tony Soprano RIP
Remember when we fired a guy caught looking at porn in his cubicle.
He’d fallen asleep at this desk.
He drew quite a crowd.
Jobs up 280k
UE up to 5.5 from 5.4
March revised up 119k from 85k
April revised down to 221k from 223k
Revisions strong
@ReutersBiz:
BREAKING:
U.S. economy adds 280,000 jobs in May vs 221,000 in April.
LIVE coverage
Participation rate up, from 62.8% to 62.9%.
@elerianm:
A good #employment report: Solid job gains (280,000), net upward revisions and better wage gains.
Will boost #dollar and push #yields higher
Wage growth nothing to brag enough, but appears to be on a bit of a break out.
Certainly not large enough to put much pressure behind rate hikes though.
anon – do you know you just quoted a billionaire?
I believe El-Erian’s net worth is estimated at $2.3 billion.
Jamie Dimon is the best Billionaire. He made his money making shareholders rich. My poor wife only bought one stock in her Chase/JP Morgan stock and never sold and reinvested all dividends. Like Jamie that position between June 2008 and June 2015 took off like a mother. They never canceled dividend, they raised dividend several times and share price keeps rising.
Chase employees unlike the other banks and IBs never got killed in the crash of 2008/2009 if anything it was a huge boom for employees getting cheap stock grants and folks just reinvesting dividends.
He is doing the Lords work
……as if any attractive woman in the workplace would have to be restrained from keeping her paws off a sawed-off leprechaun with a teeny clover dick…….
Fabius Maximus says:
June 5, 2015 at 7:44 am
Grim,
Lots to say on the IT front yesterday, but I don’t have time. I met a few smoking hot SA’s over the years and my rule of thumb was never get caught alone in a data center or a lab. While most were fun to work with, I could see the potential for it ending with HR cutting a large check.
[22] chifi
While I appreciate any contempt for Fabian’s laughable views on Econ and US politics, he does have a very attractive spouse.
Of course, she could have been with him for reasons I don’t want to know about. But I’ll take it at face value. There’s enough to dislike about him without going to personal.
Move along, nothing to see here. Just a guy exercising his rights. I sure the story would be the same if Mohammad did the same thing.
Georgia man can legally carry AR-15 rifle in Atlanta airport terminal: ‘It should be no cause for concern for anybody’
A Georgia man walked into Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport with his wife, his daughter and, around his neck, a fully loaded AR-15 rifle — and he had the law on his side.
Jim Cooley is legally allowed to have his rifle in the terminal of the world’s busiest airport for passenger traffic, and he told the Daily News he has no concerns about igniting fear in those who see him packing in public.
“People think that if you’re simply carrying your firearm, regardless of how you’re carrying it, you’re a bad person,” he told the News Wednesday morning. “But if you’re not carrying it in a menacing or threatening manner, it should be no cause for concern for anybody.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/georgia-man-legally-carry-ar-15-rifle-atlanta-airport-article-1.2244745
Interesting theory.
Opinion: How J.P. Morgan and Barclays mistakes inflated the housing bubble
Seven months before J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to pay $13 billion to resolve state and federal claims that it misled investors on toxic mortgage securities—the largest financial settlement with a single entity in U.S. history—Griffin showed how the bank had originated a disproportionate share of securitized mortgages flawed by undisclosed second liens (among other reporting problems).
Today, Griffin is advancing a new argument: that housing prices were more inflated—and the crash even more violent—in markets where lenders who misreported mortgages held concentrated market shares. He concludes that big banks with bad practices drove the credit bubble, and the misreporting deepened it.
Barclays and J.P. Morgan not only had the highest levels of misreported second liens, but also the highest aggregated misreporting across all categories analyzed, according to Griffin and Maturana’s research. They also discovered owner-occupancy inconsistencies are based on county tax records mailed to a non-business address other than the purchased residence. And they tracked aberrations in appraisal value based on human appraisals that were 20% higher than a standard model-based valuation. This is a conservative measure, four times higher than a statistically significant 5% deviation.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-jp-morgan-and-barclays-mistakes-inflated-the-housing-bubble-2015-06-04
#25..saw that yesterday….interesting
Comrade Deblasio thinks city workers can program?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-city-insource-consultant-gigs-save-millions-article-1.2247463
@Reddy: Jobless rate in May for people 25+ with
B.A. or more 2.7%
High school 5.8%
No diploma 8.6%
I have time to kill today. Sitting in front of a house in Woodland Park with the Passaic County Sheriffs office doing a writ of possession eviction on a foreclosed house. Sheriff sale was 7.5 months ago. First eviction date was postponed on the day of eviction when judge granted a stay at an order to show cause hearing. Five weeks later former owner went for another OSC and was denied. Nothing is packed. It is as though they had no idea they were being evicted today.
Currently have more than 45 REO homes in inventory. Pace keeps picking up every month. As the pace pick up the quality of the locations and houses is going down.
since you have time to kill, maybe you can help them to pack
25- For people blaming the fed’s low rates on the bubble, take a look at this. Proof that human corruption is to blame, not the policies. If they were following the rules, the low rate and easy credit would not be to blame. They cooked the books to provide the loans to unqualified individuals. How in the same time period do you have prices going up 63% in zip codes where lenders misreported mortgage information and only 36% in zip codes with a lower presence of such originators. That’s some pretty powerful information to point the finger at the very institutions that made off like bandits under this illegal practice. They made a ton of money in the run up and then made a ton of money in the crash with the bailout of the bad loans.
“Unsurprisingly—based on the compounding effect of such bad practices—Griffin and Maturana found that home prices rose 63% in 858 ZIP codes with high concentrations of lenders they believe misreported mortgage information from 2003 to 2006. This contrasts with a 36% price increase in 4,318 ZIP codes with a lower presence of such originators. On the downside, from 2007 to 2012, prices decreased 40% in ZIP Codes with the higher concentrations of bad originating practices, almost double the 21% decline elsewhere.
“The implication of this analysis is that mortgage fraud harmed individuals in two ways,” Griffin says. “By causing large distortions in home prices, and in contributing to large losses in mortgage-backed securities.””
27- I’m trying to be open minded here. If the private sector is more efficient and cheaper (stated over and over again), how are they saving money by hiring their own employees? Would like to hear some of the vets on this issue?
“At the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alone, officials expect to save $26 million by “contracting in for IT services and reduction of temporary workers,” the documents show.
So all those claims we heard for decades about private companies providing government services better and cheaper than city workers were just that — claims.
After the scandal of CityTime and the massive cost overruns on the 911 system, de Blasio wants public employees providing public services.
No revolutionary concept, just common sense.”
Pretty sure the sheriffs office would not let him help, even if both he, and they, wanted it.
#31 Anon, I don’t understand your comment. Is it that these people deserve my sympathy? Are you just suggesting this so that I am not bored? Is this a value judgement on what I do for a living? Is the system wrong for having a method of protecting lenders in cases where people do not pay? Are you just trying to be funny?
Is this worst than seeing a black snake in your bedroom?
Family Suing Previous Homeowner, Real Estate Agent After Realizing “Dream Home” Was Infested With Snakes
At first, when the family’s four-year-old son saw a three-foot black snake hanging from the facade of their new home in Annapolis, his parents thought it was a good thing, reports the Washington Post. They’d spotted a snake’s shedded skin in the house months ago and thought this meant they could get rid of the home’s snake problem.
But a week later, they found a seven-foot black rat snake. Then they found another, and another and so on until it was clear that there was a definite snake problem that wasn’t going away.
They called in a contractor and a snake inspector who gutted the basement and told them the house was snake-infested and as such, not suitable for children. The family moved into a relatives home after living in their new house for only four months.
They’re now suing the previous owner of the house and her daughter, the real estate agent who sold the home to them last year, claiming they knew the house was infested with snakes and hid it from the family in order to make the sale.
http://consumerist.com/2015/06/04/family-suing-previous-homeowner-real-estate-agent-after-realizing-dream-home-was-infested-with-snakes/
I am helping. I have hired a truck, six men and am providing packing materials, all at no expense to the former owner.
[24] FKA,
I saw that story and a few things struck me.
First, I have the same thought as everyone else: If you are promoting open carry, that is the wrong way to go about it. It’s controversial and turns off people who might otherwise be sympathetic. Personally, I am a lot less concerned about the weapons I see than the weapons I don’t. But for many, out of sight, out of mind is preferable. I get that.
But then something else occurred to me. First, is this not also First Amendment protected expression. I believe it is.
Second, is this not a challenge to abuse of authority? He was approached several times and asked directly “Am I suspected of a crime?” When the officer answered in the negative, he was literally free to walk away. Still, they followed him around and photographed him, all for a behavior no one contests as legal. Was he trying to make a point about it? I think so.
So ask yourself: What if this was conduct you approved of? What would your opinion be then?
“Chase employees unlike the other banks and IBs never got killed in the crash of 2008/2009 if anything it was a huge boom for employees getting cheap stock grants and folks just reinvesting dividends.”
Forced investing discipline to buy at the dip and hold. Banks tend to grant more shares/options when the bank hasn’t had a good year and cash is sparse. Not surprisingly, during such times the bank share price is usually depressed. Those grants then get locked up for years.
One year I knocked the cover off the ball while the firm wet the bed. The firm granted me a bunch of options in place of some cash in my bonus. I was ripsh1t (much younger and I wanted the cash). They did a really good pitch – here’s the value, be a good teammate, etc. I threatened to quit about three times and told my manager to “sh0ve that BS paper” up his @ss. Finally relented after about a week.
Best crow I ever ate. The options had staggered vesting years 3-5. Unloaded them during those years at a value literally dozens of times the amount of cash they shorted me. Never lived that one down.
re # 32 – Read the article again Plumpkin, the City Unions are getting new job roles. The programmers aren’t going to work for those wages.
I know allot about NYC government, it was a massive mess until Bloomberg spent allot of money to break up the technology fiefdoms there and modernized ancient systems, and DeBlasio is putting it all right back in.
Check out the hat!!!!! I never heard of this place before coming here.
https://gma.yahoo.com/ny-plumber-wins-136m-powerball-jackpot-splits-son-202921142–abc-news-personal-finance.html
Thanks, trying to make sense of the smoke and mirrors.
Juice Box says:
June 5, 2015 at 11:07 am
re # 32 – Read the article again Plumpkin, the City Unions are getting new job roles. The programmers aren’t going to work for those wages.
I know allot about NYC government, it was a massive mess until Bloomberg spent allot of money to break up the technology fiefdoms there and modernized ancient systems, and DeBlasio is putting it all right back in.
[27] Juice,
I love de Blasio. I love the fact that Noo Yawkers elected a Red Sox fan for the second time in a row. I love that he will be horrible for business in NYC and that helps NJ. I love that he will be as welcome in flyover country as bubonic plague. I love anything that gives me more reasons to put down NYC.
re #41 – Looks like there is going to be allot of money tossed around in Belmar this summer. I make it a point to cycle by D’Jais on Saturday evenings. I used to see that meat head from MTV Sorrentino there with his Ferrari, looks like we have a new King Guido to take over for the summer.
Dosen’t the sheriffs office outsource the eviction?
[38] Comrade
I too am more concerned with what I don’t see (concealed weapon, concealed racists) than what I do see. It’s also about the environment as well. You are in a place where violence and unrest can occur, sure if I see visible weapons, I’m ok with it. Dropping your daughter off at the airport, shopping for some toilet tissue at the grocery store…uhm no.
It’s his right…but know that it’s a douche move too.
Having said that, my thoughts on a lot of these things have changed since having a kid.
Problem with the open carry nuts is one will take it too far and then the law will change. I for one don’t feel threatened when I am around family that carries, but they do so concealed (they don’t live in Joisey) as to not scare the less tolerant fraidy cats out there.
[47] Juice
The NRA lobbying power wouldn’t concede to any changes. They would argue more strenuously for bullets that contains militarized C4 before they concede to not allowing the ability to carry in a church. If you are threatened around your family then that’s a problem.
47 – Carrying concealed is a tactical decision too. It keeps people safer. Most holsters used by civilians allow for the gun to be pulled straight out. That would make it fairly simple for a wacko to grab the weapon.
Police holsters are retention holsters and require multiple actions in order to get the weapon out of the holster. They also wear belts that can hold hundreds of pounds of force tugging at them before they break.
Just because something is legal it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
re # 48 – I’ll elaborate further. Ever feel threatened by stupidity?
Ever ride with a moron who tosses a loaded cannon a 500 S&W under the seat and does not tell anybody? Then said loaded cannon slides into back seat of vehicle where the kids can find it? I am not against guns, I am against stupidity. Unfortunately there is no IQ test for owning a weapon of any kind.
You are legally allowed to walk down the street with your middle fingers in the air and exercise your first amendment right.
Doesn’t mean you should do it.
30yr
What do you do? Are those foreclosures for your own account? Are you working for a bank? Is it part of a RE agency business, you represent the buyer?
Sorry for all the questions. I’ve begun looking at these things (different state). So much to get through – tax lien, tax foreclosure, bank foreclosure, quit claim, warranty, etc, etc.
real estate prices have skyrocketed since he took over. don’t know what biz you talking about
Comrade Nom Deplume, speaking from the Cone of Silence says:
June 5, 2015 at 11:16 am
[27] Juice,
I love that he will be horrible for business in NYC
My wife never actually bought a single share of Chase. It was how the bank did the match in 401k. Turned out a great deal as getting 5% of your salary in Chase stock was great. It was not until around 2004 Chase allowed you to sell Chase stock while an employee.
For example My friend got a VP job there in 1988 and left bank in 2008. Still has all of it. That Chase stock is a huge amount of money, yet he never paid for a single share.
This company match turned out real bad at AIG, Lehman, Citigroup, Bear Sterns. but man at Chase or Goldman for that matter with even low level folks there over ten years have big positions.
[50] Juice
Agreed…and the NRA would also be against even a simple 5th grade level test in order to carry.
So has the crime rate.
anon (the good one) says:
June 5, 2015 at 12:13 pm
real estate prices have skyrocketed since he took over. don’t know what biz you talking about
Charles Schwab Corp.’s stock SCHW, +2.88% surged 2.9% to a near 15-year high in midday trade Friday, after Goldman Sachs upgraded the discount broker on the belief that the earnings outlook is underappreciated given the potential for deposit growth in an environment of rising interest rate. A big jump in Treasury yields, after a strong May jobs report, also helped boost the stock. Goldman analyst Conor Fitzgerald raised his rating to buy from neutral. He said the fact that Schwab has identified $75 billion worth of customer assets it can sweep in its banking business could “meaningfully” add to earnings. A rising rate environment tends to benefit banks, because it allows them to earn a higher spread between what they pay and receive in interest. “[Schwab’s] ability to bring deposits on balance sheet is…one of the most virtuous cycles in banking,” Fitzgerald wrote in a note to clients. The more money it earns from sweeping assets into bank accounts, the more money it earns, which in turn allows for more deposits to be brought on balance sheet. The stock, which is on track to close at the highest level since Nov. 9, 2000, has rallied 9.9% year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.08% has gained 1.7%.
I think some people should be forced to undergo psychological testing before being allowed to exercise their first amendment right on this board.
a friendly suggestion based on your own comments. no need to get defensive.
30 year realtor says:
June 5, 2015 at 10:43 am
#31 Anon, I don’t understand your comment.
I still cant believe Petrobras issue 100 year bonds this week. Just looking at a 2115 maturity date is disturbing. I dont think even our kids will be around. Maybe I can tell my unborn grandchildren to stop by my grave in 2115 to tell me if it paid out
PETROBRAS GLBL FIN B V
6.85000% 06/05/2115SR GLBL NT
Issue Date 06/01/2015
Last Coupon 12/05/2114
Workout Date 06/05/2115
Original Issue Amount $2,500,000,000.00
While a NJ woman waits around for the Berlin, NJ PD to issue her gun permit….she is stabbed to death by a disgruntled ex boyfriend.
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2015/06/berlin_murder_victim_told_neighbor_about_gun_permi.html#incart_river
Chinese having a good day — Hey, all is good as long as we are making money……..
http://news.yahoo.com/money-laundering-investigation-stymied-china-italy-says-050440484–finance.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politics/federal-agency-hacked-personnel-management/
Her poor taste in men is what got her killed. I thought you did not need a permit for a rifle or certain type of gun long guns.
D-FENS says:
June 5, 2015 at 12:59 pm
While a NJ woman waits around for the Berlin, NJ PD to issue her gun permit….she is stabbed to death by a disgruntled ex boyfriend.
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2015/06/berlin_murder_victim_told_neighbor_about_gun_permi.html#incart_river
New Yorker Finds Self Homeless, on Tenant Blacklist After Airbnb XXX Scandal
June 1, 2015 — Frank Sinatra told us all those years ago that if you can make it here in New York, you can make it anywhere. Life’s tough in the Big Apple — never mind expensive. For one New Yorker, it’s been an especially tough year. Since January, he’s had to move from place to place, twenty in all, including crashing at friends’ places and even in his own office. What happened to Art Teman? Well, if the name doesn’t ring a bell, you might assume he couldn’t afford rent in the big city anymore. Maybe he lost his job. But Teman, who describes himself as “homeless” now, didn’t is still employed and wasn’t having money troubles until he had to start shelling out cash for sublets and hotels. Teman found himself on the dreaded and infamous tenant blacklist after his Chelsea apartment made headlines last year for being the scene of an orgy. And he wasn’t even invited. According to Brickunderground, Teman’s “Airbnb guests turned his rental into a ‘XXX Freak Fest orgy.'” Hope he’s not a germophobe. As a result of the raunchy debacle, his broker dropped him and no new broker wants to give him the time of day. It seems like New York has chewed Teman up and spat him out. According to an open letter Teman wrote to Airbnb on his Tumblr blog, he can’t get anyone to offer him a lease in the whole of the city, not even with promises of paying a full year of rent up front. “And now,” writes Brickunderground, “we have an answer to the age-old question, ‘What could be worse than coming home to find a BBW orgy in your apartment?’ Getting stuck on the tenant blacklist, apparently.” Duly noted.
Drought shaming these libs.
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/what-drought-california-celebs-with-green-lawns/?ftag=ACQc1521d6
62- This is what makes me believe currency is all made up. They can’t even keep track of it. China just does whatever they want with their own currency and it’s traded on a global scale? One big ol’ scam if I am seeing this correctly.
“Once the money left Italy, it vanished behind China’s great legal firewall.
Despite the deep economic ties between China and the West, inconsistent cooperation, incompatible legal systems and China’s secrecy laws have allowed criminals to globalize more effectively than law enforcement — and made it harder for Western companies and courts to put them out of business.
View galleryIn this photo taken June 18, 2014, municipal police …
In this photo taken June 18, 2014, municipal police captain Flora Leoni at left approaches Chinese l …
“We did not have the possibility, despite many attempts made, to have an official contact with the judicial authorities and police of China,” said Suchan, who oversaw the investigation. “We have discovered 50 percent of the truth.””
Pretty bad a$$. This clown probably thought he would get some cred by posting on Twitter.
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Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, head of Air Combat Command, described Monday how airmen at Hurlburt Field, Florida, with the 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, recognized a comment on social media and turned that into an airstrike that resulted in three Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs destroying am Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) headquarters building.
“It was a post on social media to bombs on target in less than 24 hours,” Carlisle said. “Incredible work when you think about.”
“The guys that were working down out of Hurlburt, they’re combing through social media and they see some moron standing at this command. And in some social media, open forum, bragging about the command and control capabilities for Daesh, ISIL. And these guys go: ‘We got an in.’ So they do some work, long story short, about 22 hours later through that very building, three [Joint Direct Attack Munitions] take that entire building out.”
[53] anon (and for good reason)
Three responses:
First, who is setting the market on fire? Foreign buyers? They (generally) won’t be subject to tax in NYC.
Second, aside from scary rhetoric and making NYC’s residential areas a lot more dangerous, Comrade de Blasio has been effectively blocked by Cuomo from doing any real economic damage. Personally, I think Cuomo should GTFO of Dear Leader’s way and let him have his agenda. Then NYC gets to see what they voted for.
Three: Water seeks its own level. di Blasio will find a way to advance his agenda and when he does, there will be a reaction. How much of one remains to be seen, just as how much di Blasio can get out from under Albany remains to be seen.
“D-FENS says:
June 5, 2015 at 12:02 pm
You are legally allowed to walk down the street with your middle fingers in the air and exercise your first amendment right.
Doesn’t mean you should do it.”
You are legally allowed to stomp on a US flag, or burn it, or p1ss on it, or do the same to a crucifix and display it as art.
Doesn’t mean you should do it.
Now, did you really intend to invoke “rights for me but not for thee”?
There are 3 seperate permits she would have needed.
1. FID
2. Handgun purchase permit
3. Concealed carry license.
The third is NEVER issued. You can apply in NJ but you won’t ever get one.
By Law, the process is supposed to take 30 days but local PD’s frequently gum up the process on purpose….
Also the man who did it was a friend of her husbands….The husband had just died and he swooped in to help her feel safe after his death…really a creep. There really isn’t a reasonable way to blame the victim here.
JJ says:
June 5, 2015 at 1:40 pm
Her poor taste in men is what got her killed. I thought you did not need a permit for a rifle or certain type of gun long guns.
What’s your fcuking point?
Comrade Nom Deplume, speaking from the Cone of Silence says:
June 5, 2015 at 2:17 pm
“D-FENS says:
June 5, 2015 at 12:02 pm
You are legally allowed to walk down the street with your middle fingers in the air and exercise your first amendment right.
Doesn’t mean you should do it.”
You are legally allowed to stomp on a US flag, or burn it, or p1ss on it, or do the same to a crucifix and display it as art.
Doesn’t mean you should do it.
Now, did you really intend to invoke “rights for me but not for thee”?
Nom, please tell me I’m mistaken and that you’re not defending the open carry idiot in Georgia.
[71-72] D-FENS
Yes, I am.
1. He had a right to carry, and in doing so, he also had a right to express his views on it.
2. People who burn flags have a right to do so and are expressing their views.
Please explain to me why 1 should be proscribed but not 2?
Restricting one expression because it is controversial is a content-based restriction. To pass muster, it must serve a compelling government interest. Things that cause discomfort or outrage don’t pass that test.
Now, you can argue that people who open carry present a threat of a law enforcement response. Really? After all the cop-beating the left does for “profiling”, their silence on that would be delicious. You can also argue that open carry presents a threat because the weapon is not secured. I think that is a better approach, but even then, there is the “least restrictive means” test that must be observed.
You can argue that it is counterproductive, stupid, or even brain-damaged to open carry in an airport. You have that right. But it is legal, just as legal as something you might do that outrages me but doesn’t constitute a crime or tort.
Your witness counselor.
[73] redux
This could be clearer with fewer pronouns:
Restricting one expression because the expression is controversial is a content-based restriction. To pass muster, the restriction must serve a compelling government interest. Restrictions on expression that causes discomfort or outrage doesn’t pass that test.
[71] dfens
And as for “whats my fcuking point?”, is anyone else unclear on what I am trying to point out? If so, raise your hand (anon, it was figurative. Put your hand down and post your answer).
[73] redux
BTW, the guy in Georgia reported that police constantly approached him and followed him around.
Why isn’t that “profiling?”
Where’s the ACLU on this? Bueller? Bueller?
Restrictions on expression that causes discomfort or outrage doesn’t pass that test.
Only if it goes against some warped, f.ucked up l1beral ideology.
But it is legal, just as legal as something you might do that outrages me but doesn’t constitute a crime or tort.
That pretty much sums it up! I am outraged by it but know it’s well within his legal rights.
Hilarious.
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Interestingly, I saw a post elsewhere about Texas. I didn’t know they banned handgun open carry (explicitly, as in you cannot do it, period. Just long guns. Hey, I’m not a Texas lawyer, what do I know about Texas?).
So the state senate has passed a bill to permit it. But there is a sticking point: The bill also contains a provision preventing police from profiling people who carry and stopping them for questioning on that basis (btw, that’s commonly called “profiling”).
Who’s fighting that provision? Texas democrats.
Irony abounds.
Nom, in the case of the middle finger waver, the flag stomper/burner, and the open carry wingnut…
It want beyond exercising their rights and became abusing their rights. That’s the point.
#70 – The fact that she was waiting for a gun permit and has absolutely no bearing on this case. No permits or licenses are required to possess a firearm at your own residence, real property or place of business in NJ. N.J.S.A. 2C:39-6(e). She was killed in her front yard.
[81] D-FENS
“It want beyond exercising their rights and became abusing their rights. That’s the point.”
In the Court of Public Opinion, the Honorable Judge D-Fens presiding, feel free to convict. But you are talking about two different realms here, what is legal and what is popular.
One doesn’t defend the unpopular; there’s no point to even trying, except to get the disapproving mob to think about their reasoning. I was trying to provoke thought–hopefully I accomplished that.
Anyway, its after 3, and time for me to disappear. For those of you going to D’Jais, drinks are on that guy!
FKA [24];
Move along, nothing to see here. Just a guy exercising his rights. I sure the story would be the same if Mohammad did the same thing.
If Mohammad did it, the media would be crucifying the POs involved for racial profiling.
Incorrect. You are allowed to have your firearm anywhere on your property, including outside your home (in your yard).
In order to (legally) purchase a handgun in the state of NJ, you must have a FID and a handgun purchase permit.
The only (legal) way for her to obtain a handgun without a FID and purchase permit would be to suddenly inherit one, or if she moved here and already owned them. By law, the permits must be issued or denied within 30 days…and she waited 2 months.
We have no idea how a fight between a 120lb woman and a 200lb attacker would have ended. That’s entirely subjective.
However the fact is, she stated to a neighbor she wanted to obtain the weapon in order to defend herself from the crazed boyfriend…that is fact. The other point is that the laws in NJ, and actions of the local PD, prevented her from legally purchasing a firearm from a dealer.
Against The Grain says:
June 5, 2015 at 3:09 pm
#70 – The fact that she was waiting for a gun permit and has absolutely no bearing on this case. No permits or licenses are required to possess a firearm at your own residence, real property or place of business in NJ. N.J.S.A. 2C:39-6(e). She was killed in her front yard.
What is with DEO?
Democracy
@business: Hillary Clinton wants all Americans to be automatically registered to vote upon turning 18
Re: “currency is all made up. They can’t even keep track of it. China just does whatever.”
Pumpkin first time your writing has ever been crystal clear and factually correct.
@CorrectRecord:
.@HillaryClinton “is fighting to protect the right to vote, while Republicans are doing just the opposite.”
Re#87 -Didn’t her husband win the first time by passing out cartons of smokes to entice democrats to register to vote?
[84] Anon
If Mohammad did it, the media would be crucifying the POs involved for racial profiling.
Agreed because more than likely (in order of likelihood)
1) He would have been forcedly put on the floor with a kill shot by a PO, who in turn says he looked like someone on the watch list.
2) He would have been forcedly put on the floor and handcuffed by a PO then asked to explain himself
3)He would have been forcedly put on the floor by a bystander, fight happens and he actually defends himself and see #1
4) He would have been asked to turn over the weapon for inspection and told clip had to be removed
5) Kaitlyn Jenner enters and wins Ms America contest
6) Same exact response as this gentlemen received
@HillaryClinton:
“I believe every citizen has the right to vote, and I believe we should make it easier for every citizen to vote.” -Hillary
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Leftwing #52 – I am a real estate broker and have sold foreclosed real estate for banks since the 1980’s. Bought my first property at an auction from the IRS in 1983 and have purchased dozens of homes at sheriff sale. In addition to selling houses for bank clients I also have a consulting arrangement with a company that bids at sheriff sales in 8 North Jersey counties. My job is to evaluate all of the properties that meet their criteria, establish bid prices for the properties according to their guidelines and do the bidding at the sheriff sales. I participate in establishing the scope of renovations for the properties purchased and market the properties when renovation is complete.
@johnrobinson: Thank god, he wasn’t carrying 6 oz. of liquid.
“Man says he was harassed while carrying gun at Atlanta’s airport”
Re#67 – General Hawk? Also a USAF General violates OPSEC to make fun of their OPSEC? This has been going on for a while now I am surprised they haven’t nailed jihad john this way.
Those who don’t have the intelligence fill out a register-to-vote form, shouldn’t be allowed to vote. A moron filter, if you will.
@EricDSnider: “Man harassed over gun at airport.” You can tell he was white because it says “harassed,” not “shot dead by police.”
Interesting the repeated term of “citizen” with regards to voting. Is Hillary advocating a Voter ID Card to verify citizenship, and also to eliminate duplicate voting (fraud)?
The guy with the house in Waldwick On Hudson Street told me he decided to hire a person to stage the house. Well I just took a look and I guess turning the light on , making a bed and adding a few place mats constitutes staging for a dump. He told me the kitchen was updated and he could not figure out why no one was offering him 489k. Well maybe it was updated, but in 1980. So I guess its not original to the house so we can say its updated. Holy shit this guy is so in denial its sad. I almost feel sorry for him when I talk to him at the gym. He really thinks he has a gem of a house. This guy was not in the basement for 20 years smoking so I don’t know what his excuse is?
I also love when the description says updated bathrooms but they don’t show you a picture. If its like kitchen this dude is on better drugs than I got at one time.
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lol love this line. Tells me all I need to know. It’s all bs.
Worse off, how can I even believe any of the data out there on the economies of the world if crap like this is happening? Clot is right, this is going to end badly when the scam starts to fall apart at the seams.
“Once the money left Italy, it vanished behind China’s great legal firewall.”
Juice Box says:
June 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Re: “currency is all made up. They can’t even keep track of it. China just does whatever.”
Pumpkin first time your writing has ever been crystal clear and factually correct.
I don’t vote, don’t want to vote and would resist any attempts to force me to register.
Anyone running for elective office is mentally ill. Voting is also an admission that you’re complicit in the scam.
Anarchy now!!!
Grim, how’s that anon/Punkin filter coming along?
Marilyn,
If its the guy in picture 5/14 here, he looks like he literally just came out of the basement after smoking. And doesn’t go to the gym.
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Waldwick-NJ/house_type/52913589_zpid/48302_rid/3-_beds/400000-750000_price/1519-2848_mp/days_sort/41.058256,-74.076948,40.970826,-74.245176_rect/12_zm/
Chubb on a mini HR hiring spree in Dallas and Phoenix.
30yr.
Nice. Great to have that kind of niche. Very specialized from what I can tell. It’s interesting for me to see the differences here and in other areas. Seems like all sheriff’s sales here are bank foreclosures. Other places are tax sales. By research seems the lender liens are cleared. Difference between REO one actually wants to own and not I guess.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/06/ferris-bueller-took-his-day-off-exactly-30-years-ago-today/
#22 Chi
Burn the Brand Baby!
Idiots like Punkin just keep jumping into media-driven circle jerks.
Nobody cares about Bueller anymore, you lameass dicktard.
So where does this guy fall in the open carry discussion?
http://www.whdh.com/story/29243765/stormtrooper-arrested-outside-lynn-school
And fcuk you and your Gooner simpletons, glutueus.
Walcott has glass knees, and you know it, you friggin’ mick poof.
[112] Rory Martin
He falls nowhere. But I’d love to see you spend some time in Lynn.
Clot
Are you aspiring to the dizzy heights of mid table mediocrity next year! Here’s the highlight reel of your season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgsephUoMs
106 that’s the guy , we call him Murph.