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Quotes of the Day

• Josh Billings
  "Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense." […]
• Lao Tzu
  "Silence is a source of great strength." […]
• Robert Frost
  "Freedom lies in being bold." […]

This Week Past Years

2009

• CIRCUS COMING TO CONEY?
• APPLE VERDE GRANDE
• HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
• SOUTH FERRY RENEWED
• REPORTS GREATLY EXAGGERATED

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• Brooklyn Today: Wednesday March 17, 2010 March 17, 2010
  Good morning. Today is the 76th day of the year. It is St. Patrick’s Day, commemorating the patron saint of Ireland. In the year 432, Bishop Patrick left his home in the Severn Valley, England, to serve the church in […]
• Flash Flood LIU’s Turnaround Campaign Ends With Loss in NEC Title Game March 17, 2010
  By John Torenli Despite the hurricane-like conditions that battered our borough this past weekend, all the elements were in place for a raucous Downtown Brooklyn celebration at the Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center on Sunday evening. The Long Island University women’s basketball team, which had orchestrated an historic turnaround from last year’s dism […]
• More and More Stores Go Bag-less in Brooklyn March 17, 2010
  `Bring Your Own Bag’ Gets Mixed Reception By Jonathan Balthaser Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN -- Loretta Gendville didn’t want to become a bag lady. But a law enacted last year required Gendville, owner of Brooklyn’s Area chain of children’s stores, to put out large containers to collect and recycle plastic bags. So the reluctant bag gatherer rece […]
• Medgar Evers College Presents Concert by Gil Scott-Heron March 17, 2010
  CROWN HEIGHTS -- Join Gil Scott-Heron, Talib Kweli and Gary Bartz for a historic concert on Friday, March 26, in celebration of the Tenth National Black Writers Conference sponsored by Medgar Evers College. The concert will take place at 8:30 p.m. […]
• Captain, at Precinct Meeting, Asks Local Residents To Be Alert March 17, 2010
  Albanian-American Officer Honored as Cop of the Month By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle DUMBO – After years of decline, some major crimes in the 84th Precinct, which includes Boerum Hill, Downtown, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, are again on the rise. This was the word from Capt. Mark DiPaolo at Tuesday night’s meeting of the 84th Precinct Community Counci […]
• Men’s Clothing Store Replacing Hamilton Interior Design March 17, 2010
  By Don Evans Ellen Hamilton, who had an important commission to restyle the interior of the Heights Casino but otherwise appears not to have generated as much Brooklyn Heights business as she had hoped for, is moving her Hamilton Associates in mid-April to Union Square in Manhattan. Her store space at 218 Hicks Street is being taken by a J. McLaughlin men’s […]
• Beekeeping in Brooklyn March 17, 2010
  By David B. Caruso Associated Press BROOKLYN — Urban beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret. The city’s health board voted Tuesday to overturn a longtime ban on beekeeping within city limits. Previously, the city’s health code had placed honeybees in the same category as about 100 other creatures deemed too haza […]
• In Close Vote, Rose Plaza Gets Planning Commission OK March 17, 2010
  Believes Plan is ‘Superior’ to an As-of-Right Project By Linda Collins Brooklyn Daily Eagle WILLIAMSBURG — Rose Plaza on the River, a multi-building mixed-use waterfront development in Williamsburg that has drawn complaints because of its small number of affordable units and lack of large family-sized units, received a 7-5 vote of approval from the City Plan […]
• Markowitz Hosts St. Patrick’s Breakfast at Borough Hall March 17, 2010
  Wednesday, Borough President Marty Markowitz, who refers to himself as “head of the Brooklyn chapter of the Loyal League of Yiddish Sons and Daughters of Erin,” Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, and Al O’Hagan of Brooklyn’s Baile na nGael “Home of the Irish” hosted the eighth annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at Borough Hall. This year’s honorees […]
• Brooklyn Museum Ball March 17, 2010
  The Brooklyn Museum is holding its annual fundraising ball Thursday evening, April 22, with Annie Leibovitz, Zac Posen and Carla Shen as honorary co-chairs and viewing of “American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection” as a special attraction. Cocktails, dinner […]

NY Times (NY Regional)

• Steve Levy Plans Switch to G.O.P., Stirring Governor’s Race March 18, 2010
  Steve Levy, a popular Long Island Democrat, is planning to announce his switch on Friday, laying the groundwork for a run as a Republican candidate. […]
• Judith Rothschild Foundation Promotes Art and Its Trustee March 18, 2010
  A major beneficiary of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, besides the artists it promotes, has been its only trustee. […]
• Marissa Shorenstein, an Aide to Paterson, Resigns March 18, 2010
  Marissa Shorenstein suggested that the administration had misled her about the facts of a domestic violence case. […]
• Arthur H. Christy, Special Prosecutor, Dies at 86 March 18, 2010
  Mr. Christy investigated drug accusations against President Jimmy Carter’s chief of staff, but found no basis to the claims. […]
• Programmers Are Indicted in Madoff Case March 18, 2010
  Two men were accused of developing the computer programs used in the fraudulent investment-advisory business. […]
• Lottery Numbers March 18, 2010
  March 17, 2010 […]
• Carnegie Hall Haiti Benefit to Win Less Cash Than Attention March 17, 2010
  The biggest chunks of the proceeds from a Carnegie Hall concert to benefit the earthquake-ravaged country will actually go to stagehands and newspaper advertisements. […]
• A Lawyer-Client Relationship That Strains a Friendship March 17, 2010
  Efrain González Jr. accused his former lawyer of pressuring him into pleading guilty in a fraud and conspiracy case. […]
• Our Towns: In Bound Brook, the Water, and the Questions, Return March 17, 2010
  In Bound Brook, N.J., another flood prompts another debate about the wisdom of engineering projects versus respecting nature’s power. […]
• Albany Projects an Even Larger Cash Shortfall March 17, 2010
  The state comptroller said two large infusions of money could no longer be counted upon, putting the total at $2 billion. […]

Media Matters

• HotAir falsely suggests "Louisiana purchase" doesn't have "anything to do with health care"
  March 18, 2010
  HotAir.com blogger Cassy Fiano criticized President Obama for standing by a provision in the health care bill that provides funding for states that have suffered natural disasters and stated, "I just don't see how disaster relief has anything to do with health care." In fact, the funding is tied to health care because it would fix gaps in fede
• Fox News erases 2006 Hawaii earthquake to attack Obama
  March 18, 2010
  Responding to President Obama's March 17 statement that Hawaii "went through an earthquake" and could benefit from a health care reform provision that would help Louisiana cope with Medicaid shortfalls resulting from Hurricane Katrina, Steve Doocy asked, "What Hawaiian earthquake?" In fact, as Fox News reported at the time, President
• Hours after Fox corrected the record, Beck perpetuates falsehood about doctor "survey"
  March 17, 2010
  On his Fox News show, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) said that 46 percent of primary care physicians would consider leaving their profession if the Democrats' health care reform bill passes. In fact, as Fox News' Megyn Kelly had noted three hours earlier, the NEJM did not conduct the "survey" --
• Siegel uses "not scientific" IBD /TIPP poll to prop up unscientific Medicus Firm survey
  March 17, 2010
  Fox News' Marc Siegel said he believed the findings of a 3-month-old email survey which found that 46 percent of primary care physicians would consider leaving their profession if health care reform passes despite the survey's questionable methodology because its findings were similar to a September 2009 Investor's Business Daily/TIPP poll. Ho
• WND distorts Wallis to falsely claim he "labeled" U.S. "destroyer of human life"
  March 17, 2010
  A WorldNetDaily article distorted a passage from a book by Rev. Jim Wallis to falsely claim that he "previously labeled the U.S. 'the great captor and destroyer of human life.' " In fact, Wallis, a member of President Obama's faith council, referred to "the powers of the world" that "demand unconditional allegiance and
• Media falsely attribute doctor survey to New England Journal of Medicine
  March 17, 2010
  Conservative media figures and outlets have falsely claimed a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) survey found that 46 percent of primary care physicians would consider leaving their profession if Democrats' health care reform bill passes. In fact, NEJM says that the 3-month-old email "survey" was not published in or conducted by NEJM.NEJM
• Fox News anchors can't grasp "pretty simple" legislative procedure
  March 17, 2010
  On March 16, Fox News anchors during their self-described daytime "news hours" repeatedly forwarded the false suggestion that, by using a legislative procedure known as the "self-executing rule" to finalize health care reform in the House, Democrats would be passing health care reform "without actually voting for it." In fact, i
• Conservative media campaign to thwart Census from gathering race data needed to enforce laws
  March 17, 2010
  In a blog post, Center for Immigration Studies executive director Mark Krikorian advised respondents to the 2010 Census to avoid disclosing their ethnicity by selecting "[s]ome other race" and writing in "American." Other conservative bloggers and radio hosts have followed suit, mounting a campaign to thwart the Census' efforts to ga
• AP "fact check" headline falsely suggests people would pay higher premiums under health care reform
  March 17, 2010
  The headline of an Associated Press "fact check" article falsely suggested that President Obama's health care plan would cause people to pay higher health insurance premiums. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that by 2016 the Senate's version of health care reform -- on which Obama's plan is largely modeled --
• Quick Fact: Gerson claims Dems looking to pass "a law without a vote"
  March 17, 2010
  Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson asserted that the Democrats are working "to achieve the congressional equivalent of the Immaculate Conception - a law without a vote" and that the self-executing rule would allow health care reform "to slip by the House." In fact, the self-executing rule requires a majority vote in order to pass an
• Quick Fact: Washington Times falsely declared reconciliation and self-executing rule "rare procedural tools"
  March 17, 2010
  A March 17 Washington Times article falsely described reconciliation and the self-executing rule as "rare procedural tools" that Democrats may invoke to pass health care reform. In fact, both procedures have been used repeatedly and are an accepted part of House procedure.Washington Times: Democrats "to pursue rare procedural tools to pass
• Eric Boehlert: The media myth of Obama's "falling poll numbers"
  March 17, 2010
  The release of an Associated Press poll last week that showed President Obama enjoying a healthy job approval rating of 53 percent didn't generate much news beyond the wire service and produced even less commentary among the media's chattering class. Then again, neither did another piece of polling news from January, which showed Obama basking in t
• Why won't the media report abortion funding issue accurately?
  March 17, 2010
  Media reports have repeatedly clouded the health care reform debate by uncritically reporting on false claims that the Senate health care bill provides federal funding for abortion beyond the limited cases allowed by current law: rape, incest, and conditions that endanger the life of the pregnant woman.Senate bill does not allow federal funding for abortion
• Constitutional expert rebuts claim that health care procedure is unconstitutional
  March 17, 2010
  Conservative media figures have recently claimed that the use of a legislative procedure called a "self-executing rule" to pass health care reform in the House is unconstitutional. However, Yale law professor Jack Balkin has explained that the procedure in question would pass constitutional muster; additionally, federal appeals courts have recently
• Follow the leader: Fox's "news" division routinely promotes and echoes Beck
  March 16, 2010
  Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz recently reported that some "Fox journalists" believe that colleague Glenn Beck "uses distorted or inflammatory rhetoric that undermines their credibility." Nevertheless, Fox News' reporters and "news" programs have routinely promoted and echoed Beck on stories such as the 9-12 Proj

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