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Quotes of the Day

• Winston Churchill
  "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." […]
• Voltaire
  "It is said that the present is pregnant with the future." […]
• Albert Einstein
  "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." […]

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

• Fire Seminar in Bensonhurst March 9, 2010
  In the wake of a Bensonhurst fire that killed five, Council Members Vincent Gentile, seen here, and Domenic Recchia hosted a fire safety seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at P.S. 163. More than 40 people attended and heard from the Department of Buildings regarding how to ensure that buildings are safe and adhere to zoning and building codes. They also received […]
• Legal Events CalendarMarch 9, 2010 March 9, 2010
  TODAY, March 9, International Women's Day Reception, 6-8:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the BWBA. Documentary film, "Courting Justice," about professional and personal challenges facing six women judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa during the transition from apartheid to democracy. Q&A […]
• B37 Bus: A Ride on Threatened Lifeline For West Brooklyn March 9, 2010
  Links Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Carroll Gardens and Downtown By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN -- For a frequent rider of the B37 Third Avenue bus, a route the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to eliminate in favor of a re-routed B70 bus that will […]
• Space TALKArea Restaurants Seek Permits to Construct, Operate Sidewalk Cafés March 9, 2010
  BROOKLYN — Four downtown area dining establishments have filed applications “to construct and operate” unenclosed sidewalk cafés. Community Board 2’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee will hold public hearings on the four applications Tuesday, March 16, to give community residents […]
• Interior Views of Barclays Center March 9, 2010
  These renderings of the Barclays Center arena, the centerpiece of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development, were released this week, showing the configuration of the arena for a Nets basketball game and what it will look like during a concert. * * * Questions? Comments? Sound off to the Editor ———————— © Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2010 All materials posted […]
• The Rubins Bring Out Mayor, Pulitzer Historian, Many More March 9, 2010
  Brooklyn Historical Society Dinner Is ‘Big Ticket’ Night For Library By Samuel Newhouse Brooklyn Daily Eagle PIERREPONT STREET – Our borough’s leaders came together this week to honor a man and woman who provided the lion's share of Brooklyn’s cultural bedrock. Bob and Marty Rubin were honored by a parade of friends, politicians and community leaders at […]
• Schumer Obtains Stimulus Funds for Rehab of D Train March 9, 2010
  Elevated Structure in Southern Brooklyn Needs Renovation BROOKLYN -- Tuesday, Sen. Charles Schumer announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will allocate more than $4 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the Stimulus Bill, to eight […]
• Alfred University To Hold Open House in B’klyn Heights March 9, 2010
  Upstate School Operates Extension Program Here BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Alfred University-Downstate has been operating extension graduate programs in Brooklyn and on Long Island for the past four years in conjunction with the Center for Integrated Teacher Education (CITE). The college will host […]
• Developer of Steiner Studios Reports Its Residential Project is 50% Sold March 9, 2010
  Units Are Now Occupied at N. Williamsburg Condo NORTH WILLIAMSBURG — Steiner NYC reports that units at the condominium development, 80 Metropolitan, are now more than 50 percent sold. Also the developer of Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Steiner NYC also reports the building has received FHA approval, allowing borrowers to get mortgage loans with […]
• Brooklyn BroadsideCapturing State Government’s Disintegration in Two Photos March 9, 2010
  By Dennis Holt Brooklyn Daily Eagle Two photographs that appeared last week in the New York Times, and maybe other newspapers, highlighted, in their respective ways, the tragedy over the running of our governments. One was a picture of 85-year-old Ed Koch, a mayor of this city who also wanted to be governor. He now wants to be, […]

NY Times (NY Regional)

• Guilty Plea in Extortion Effort Against David Letterman March 9, 2010
  Robert Joel Halderman confessed to “a thinly veiled threat to ruin” David Letterman if “he did not pay me a lot of money.”. […]
• Square Feet: Landlords Show Tepid Response to Hourly Electricity Rates March 9, 2010
  Only about 100 of 790 buildings that are eligible for hourly prices have opted for the Con Ed service. […]
• Months After an Airport Kiss, Haisong Jiang Faces the Consequences March 9, 2010
  Haisong Jiang, who prompted an evacuation of a terminal at Newark airport in January, pleaded guilty to defiant trespass on Tuesday. […]
• Pressed by Charters, Harlem Public Schools Turn to Marketing March 9, 2010
  Principals in Harlem are using firms to help lure students with Web sites, brochures and open houses. […]
• In Jury Selection for Hate Crime, a Struggle to Find Tolerance March 9, 2010
  Prospective jurors in the case of the 2008 killing of a 37-year-old Ecuadorean in Patchogue, N.Y., have brought up issues about the treatment of immigrants in Suffolk County. […]
• Frank Williams, Architect of Towers in Manhattan, Dies at 73 March 9, 2010
  Mr. Williams was the lead architect or collaborated with other prominent designers on 20 buildings in Manhattan. […]
• Eric J. Massa Says Democratic Party Drove Him From Office March 9, 2010
  Eric J. Massa from New York, accused of sexual harassment, said that party leaders had orchestrated a campaign against him. […]
• Police Kill George D’Amato Jr. Outside P.S. 194 in Brooklyn March 9, 2010
  George D’Amato Jr., 22, was killed after he showed up at Public School 194 in Gerritsen Beach with what appeared to be a pistol and pointed it at an officer, the police said. […]
• Two Airlines Seek Relief From New Rule March 9, 2010
  JetBlue and Delta said they feared that repair work at Kennedy International Airport would penalize them unfairly for delays. […]
• With First Signs of Spring, New York Diners Flock Outside March 9, 2010
  Outdoor dining season seems to come to the city earlier each year, with New Yorkers eager to take advantage of a growing number of outdoor options. […]

Media Matters

• O'Reilly, Dobbs wrong that undocumented immigrants don't pay taxes
  March 10, 2010
  On the March 9 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly and former CNN host Lou Dobbs suggested that undocumented immigrants "dodge taxes," with O'Reilly asserting that the notion that they pay taxes is "crap." In fact, according to the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security Administrat
• After trumpeting ethics allegations against Massa, conservative media embrace his accusations against Dem leaders
  March 9, 2010
  After highlighting reports last week that the House ethics committee was investigating whether former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) had sexually harassed a member of his staff, conservative media pivoted to promote Massa's subsequent claim that the Democratic leadership had orchestrated the investigation in order to force him out of office because he opposes h
• Horner promotes discredited green jobs study, pushes conspiracy theory involving CAP, DOE
  March 9, 2010
  In a Washington Times' op-ed, Chris Horner revived a discredited study to conclude that green jobs initiatives in Spain were "economic and employment disasters." Horner also accused the Center of American Progress, the American Wind Energy Association, and the Department of Energy of coordinating "to produce an attack that would serve all
• Fox misinforms on health care reform's immediate benefits and deficit reductions
  March 9, 2010
  On Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson falsely suggested health care reform legislation contained no immediate benefits, and Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney claimed that "nobody believes" that health care reform will reduce the deficit. In fact, numerous benefits found in the Senate's bill and President Obama's proposal wo
• WND falsely claims TSA nominee's views on diversity are "controversial"
  March 9, 2010
  In an attack on Gen. Robert Harding, President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that Harding's views on the necessity for diversity hiring in the intelligence community are "controversial." In fact, numerous officials -- including President Bush -- and intelligence exp
• Eric Boehlert: The Pentagon shooter, insurrectionism, and right-wing bloggers
  March 9, 2010
  When news broke last Thursday that a deranged gunman had opened fire outside a Pentagon security checkpoint, wounding two officers before being stopped by return fire (the gunman later died from his wounds), the reaction from some oddly giddy right-wing bloggers was swift. They wanted everyone to pay attention to the story. Why? Because bloggers claimed the
• In newest column, Wash. Post 's Thiessen defends witch hunt against DOJ lawyers
  March 9, 2010
  Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen defended the witch hunt against Justice Department attorneys who previously represented terror suspects and other detainees, falsely suggesting that criticism of the witch hunt has come only from progressives, when, in fact, conservatives have also condemned the attacks. Thiessen brings "shameful" attacks on
• Hannity falsely claimed Rep. Levin has "Tax Troubles"
  March 9, 2010
  Fox News' Sean Hannity displayed a graphic reading "More Tax Troubles" while discussing a Roll Call article about Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) receiving a Maryland property tax credit for which he was not eligible. In fact, Levin reportedly said he received the credit because of an error on the part of Maryland's Montgomery County and paid it
• Fox's Garrett distorted CBO findings on long-term savings under Senate health bill
  March 9, 2010
  On the March 8 edition of Fox News' Special Report, chief White House correspondent Major Garrett falsely claimed that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had not found projected savings under the Senate health bill to be "meaningful" in its second decade. In fact, CBO estimated that the bill would reduce the deficit in its second decade.Gar
• Going Rove: Courage and Consequence is full of falsehoods
  March 8, 2010
  Karl Rove's forthcoming memoir Courage and Consequence purports to respond to critics by "putting the record straight," but Media Matters has found that Rove's book is full of falsehoods. Below is an ongoing list of Rove's misinformation in the book, which Media Matters obtained in advance of its scheduled release. 1. Rove distorts S
• EXCLUSIVE: Rove distorts Senate report to claim Bush didn't "lie us into war"
  March 8, 2010
  In his forthcoming book, which Media Matters obtained in advance of its release date, Karl Rove misrepresents a Senate report to argue that President Bush did not "lie us into war" and that Bush's attempts to link Iraq to Al Qaeda were supported by available intelligence. The report actually found that Bush made statements about Iraq and Al Qa
• Conservative media cast Democrats as "suicide bombers" in push for health care reform
  March 8, 2010
  Reacting to progress on health care reform legislation, conservative media figures have repeatedly referred to President Obama and Democratic officials as "health care suicide bombers" and characterized their efforts to pass a bill as "a kamizake mission" and "political suicide missions."Limbaugh portrays Dems as "kamikaze
• WSJ fails to disclose conflict of interest in health care op-ed
  March 8, 2010
  The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by radiologist Mark E. Klein criticizing President Obama over the Medicare board's decision not to cover virtual colonoscopies. But Klein performs virtual colonoscopies at his Washington, D.C.-area practice, and the Journal did not disclose his interest in whether Medicaid covers them.Journal publishes op-ed cr
• Media Matters: Bush-nesia strikes again in smear against Obama, DOJ
  March 5, 2010
  In recent days, conservative media figures have been sounding the alarm, attacking President Obama and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for employing lawyers who previously represented terrorism suspects or supported their legal arguments in their private practices. It really is just the latest case of Bush-nesia, in which media conservatives block all memory
• NY Times publishes op-ed with DADT "cohesion" falsehood that Times itself has debunked
  March 5, 2010
  The New York Times published an op-ed by former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak falsely claiming that "proponents of allowing gays to serve openly have largely avoided discussion of unit cohesion." In fact, numerous studies have considered and debunked the unit cohesion myth and the Times itself has reported on a prominent study that found

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