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Quotes of the Day

• Aristotle
  "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." […]
• Benjamin Disraeli
  "Man is only great when he acts from passion." […]
• Winston Churchill
  "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." […]

This Week Past Years

2009

• CHERRIES "TA-RA-RA BOOM DE AYE"
• WILL-O'-THE-WISP DOOM
• PAPA'S BREW REGAINED

2008

• THE BELATEDLY LATE SPITZER

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• City Control of Brooklyn Bridge Park: What Does It Mean? March 10, 2010
  Near-Unanimous, Enthusiastic Approval Meets Announcement By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN – Wednesday’s announcement giving the city the primary responsibility to build and operate the 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park was met with applause in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and other nearby areas. “Brooklyn Bridge Park can and should be one of […]
• Domino Sugar Project Not Sweet Enough for Community Bd. 1? March 10, 2010
  Developer Affirms Affordability Will Be Permanent; Borough President Holds Public Hearing Thursday By Linda Collins Brooklyn Daily Eagle WILLIAMSBURG — Community Board 1’s full board on Tuesday rejected the mixed-use development proposed for the Domino Sugar site at 289 Kent Ave. on the Williamsburg waterfront. The vote was 23-to-12 (with one abstention), ba […]
• Review and CommentSchools for Americans March 10, 2010
  Why don’t so many American children do better in school? That leading student of schools and sometime Brooklyn Heights resident Diane Ravitch has made news by changing her opinion on such things as the emphasis on standardized tests and the […]
• City-Wide Green Group Gets Makeover March 10, 2010
  GrowNYC Operates 45 Greenmarkets, 11 in B’klyn By Sarah Tobol Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN -- Upon hearing the name “Council on the Environment of New York City,” many people assume the organization is a city agency. Still others aren’t aware that this organization has been responsible for the city’s greenmarkets since the very first one opened in 1976. Because o […]
• Participants Are Picked For BKLYN DESIGNS 2010 March 10, 2010
  The jury for BKLYN DESIGNS 2010 has chosen 45 designers to be represented at the eighth annual event, which takes place at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO May 7-9. Wendy Goodman, design editor of New York Magazine, commented that the exhibit […]
• ‘eARTh’ Exhibit Helps MillionTreesNYC Project March 10, 2010
  Clinton Hill Show Aims To Raise Eco-Consciousness By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Daily Eagle CLINTON HILL – Trees are the life and breath of Planet Earth, keeping the carbon dioxide and oxygen exchange cycle around the globe in balance. Bringing that fact and concerns about threats to that life-giving cycle is an art show called “eARTh” at a gallery in a 19th Cent […]
• Brooklyn Today: Wednesday March 10, 2010 March 10, 2010
  Good morning. Today is the 69th day of the year. On this day in 1880, the Salvation Army was established in New York when Commissioner George Scott Rialton and seven women officers came to New York from London. Well-known people who […]
• Local Anti-Gay Assault Condemned March 10, 2010
  An assault early last Tuesday at Luquer Street and Hamilton Avenue, in which five men reportedly assaulted a local man while yelling anti-gay slurs, was condemned by local officials. “I am outraged to hear of this hateful verbal and physical […]
• After Winter, Spring? March 10, 2010
  A saxophonist sounded a hopeful note, with a drummer behind him, as a mild weekend erased almost all remnants of recent snow from the Heights Promenade. * * * Questions? Comments? Sound off to the Editor ———————— © Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2010 All materials posted on BrooklynEagle.com are protected by United States copyright law. Just a reminder, though -- It’s […]
• Some Quietly Move From Yards ‘Footprint’ March 10, 2010
  According to the Atlantic Yards Report, some of the remaining renters and property owners in the Atlantic Yards “footprint,” including those who have taken part in litigation against the project, have been moving away from the area, even before the […]

NY Times (NY Regional)

• Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations March 11, 2010
  Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York attorney general, said he would appoint an independent counsel to take over his office’s investigation into two matters involving Gov. David A. Paterson. […]
• Dogs That Detect Bedbugs March 11, 2010
  Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war. […]
• Local Stop | South Norwalk: In Connecticut, a Bustling Hub Off the Train March 11, 2010
  In South Norwalk, Conn., about an hour train ride from New York, you can find an exhibit of penguins just blocks away from coffee shops and galleries. […]
• No More Free Golf for the Not-Quite Disabled March 11, 2010
  The state moves to eliminate free admission for some people to state parks, golf course and other recreational facilities under a program, intended for the seriously disabled, that has been abused in the past. […]
• Qing Hong Wu, Detainee Pardoned by Paterson, Savors Freedom March 11, 2010
  Qing Hong Wu didn’t know he was being freed until days after the pardon from Gov. David A. Paterson that led to his release. […]
• Internet Radio Host's Case Ends in Mistrial March 11, 2010
  A mistrial was declared in the trial of Harold C. Turner, the incendiary talk show host accused of threatening the lives of three federal judges. […]
• Tough Times for Basil Paterson, Father of New York’s Governor March 11, 2010
  It has been hard for Basil A. Paterson, a Harlem political power, to watch his son become embroiled in scandal. […]
• Albany Is Taking New Budget Proposal Seriously March 11, 2010
  Lawmakers reacted with cautious interest to Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s plan to tackle New York’s budget deficit. […]
• David J. Loglisci Pleads Guilty in New York Pension Scandal March 11, 2010
  David J. Loglisci, the former chief investment officer for New York’s pension fund, told a court of kickbacks. […]
• British Airways, American and Iberia Move Toward Alliance March 11, 2010
  To appease regulators, British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia will cede takeoff and landing spots at airports serving New York and London. […]

Media Matters

• Jamison Foser: Running with a bad crowd
  March 11, 2010
  For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca
• Glenn Beck: Behind the Music
  March 11, 2010
  Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked popular music as "propaganda" that is helping to advance a progressive agenda and undermine America. Fox example, Beck warned that Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" is "about a progressive utopia" and that the Beatles' "Revolution" "spell[s] it all out" abou
• Doocy baselessly claims Slaughter is angling to pass health care reform without a vote
  March 11, 2010
  Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy baselessly claimed that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is offering a way to pass health care reform legislation "without actually voting on it." However, the House has already voted on and passed a health care reform bill, and a legislative rule reportedly under consideration would still require the House to vote o
• Double standard: After defending Hastert over Foley scandal, Fox now attacks Pelosi over Massa
  March 11, 2010
  Fox News has trumpeted stories that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff -- but not Pelosi herself -- may have been made aware of some concerns regarding Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) last year. However, following the revelation that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert had likely been personally informed of email then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sent to a congressional
• Fox accuses admin of "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab" land
  March 11, 2010
  Seizing on allegations made by Rep. Bob Bishop (R-UT), Fox & Friends accused the Obama administration of moving ahead with a "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab 12, 13 million acres, designating them as federal monuments." In fact, there is no such plan; the allegations are reportedly based on a "very preliminary
• Cato's Tanner twists facts in NY Post op-ed on Dems "twisting arms" for health care votes
  March 11, 2010
  Referencing HBO's "The Sopranos," Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner wrote in the New York Post that Democrats "are willing to use every trick in the book to get this [health care] bill passed." However, many of Tanner's allegations of suspect tactics by Democrats are not supported by the facts.Tanner baselessly claimed
• Rove's anti-health care reform column full of misinformation
  March 11, 2010
  In a March 11 Wall Street Journal editorial, Fox News Contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the Senate health care bill has "abortion-funding language," adds to the deficit and contains no immediate benefits. In fact, the Senate bill prohibits federal funding of abortion, contains numerous immediate benefits, and, according to the Congressiona
• Hannity falsely claims that health care bill doesn't provide immediate benefits
  March 11, 2010
  On March 3, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that "we're going to pay taxes on this bill what for three, four years, before the bill is even implemented." In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Hannity: "We're going to pay taxes" for years before the
• Beck echoes absurd claim that Obama wants to ban fishing
  March 10, 2010
  Seizing on an absurd claim spread by right-wing blogs that President Obama wants to ban sport fishing, Glenn Beck stated on his Fox News program that Obama is attempting to prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing on some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, and great lakes "by executive order." In fact, there is no evidence of any such order, bu
• Beck absurdly claims that alternative poverty measurement would classify him as poor
  March 10, 2010
  Glenn Beck claimed that President Obama was drastically changing the poverty scale in a way that would effectively classify Beck as "in poverty" because other people in his community are wealthier than he is. In fact, the measurement would supplement, not replace, the poverty measurement currently in use, and it would not count Beck as poor. From t
• Fox smears appeals court nominee as "biased in favor of sex offenders"
  March 10, 2010
  Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson stated that appeals court nominee Judge Robert Chatigny "gained notoriety" for "fight[ing] the execution of convicted serial killer and rapist Michael Ross," adding that "[s]ome are concerned he may be biased in favor of sex offenders." However, an appeals court panel -- which included
• Hannity latest Fox News employee to defend Beck's claim that Obama is "racist"
  March 10, 2010
  On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity became the latest Fox News personality to defend Glenn Beck's statement that President Obama is "a racist," joining News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch and Fox News president Roger Ailes. Discussing Beck's comments, Hannity stated, "When the president hangs out with Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, I'
• Thiessen falsely claims all Senate Judiciary Republicans echoed Cheney's DOJ attack ad
  March 10, 2010
  Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen falsely claimed that "all the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee" were asking questions similar to those posed by Liz Cheney's controversial ad campaign attacking Justice Department attorneys who previously represented terrorism detainees. In fact, Sen. Lindsey Graham -- a Republican member of
• Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"
  March 10, 2010
  Following the lead of an ESPNOutdoors.com opinion writer, who provided no evidence for his claim that a federal strategy "could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing," right-wing blogs have advanced the outlandish charge that Obama "wants to ban sport fishing." These media outlets cited the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's interim
• Thiessen brings "shameful" attacks on DOJ lawyers to Fox
  March 10, 2010
  Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen appeared on Fox & Friends to promote his attacks on Department of Justice lawyers who previously represented or advocated for terror suspects and other detainees. Thiessen claimed the lawyers were "trying to spring terrorists out of Guantanamo" and again distorted DOJ lawyer Jennifer Daskal's past le

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