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Re: Strauss-Kahn sex assault probe dropped

NYCartist — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:56:33 -0000

Shame on you for both comments.

Re: Strauss-Kahn sex assault probe dropped

NYCartist — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:54:29 -0000

What other "crime" requires proof that it was committed? Feh. How often have women been discredited rather than prosecute a famous,rich man?

Re: Larry Flynt: Freedom fighter, pornographer, monster?

NYCartist — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:39:06 -0000

Was Flint called a "monster" before he became disabled, and a wheelchair user? Not that I recall. (I'm old enough.)

Re: America’s Death at the O.K. Corral

NYCartist — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:25:33 -0000

I was only listing some websites that show that many of us in the U.S. disagree with the cowboy gov't policies.

Re: America’s Death at the O.K. Corral

NYCartist — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:31:43 -0000

Perhaps I accidentally deleted my first comment, so I'll do it again. There are Americans who are critical of the Wild West aspect of both the Bush and now Obama Administrations. The good critics online are, partial list, Black Agenda Report www.blackagendareport.com blog entries by Glen Ford, another is Glenn Greenwald on www.salon.com, Marjorie Cohn Esq at www.marjoriecohn.com (Note: Greenwald was a constitutional lawyer and Cohn is a law professor.), the Center for Constitutional Rights, and various articles on the well organized Znet, www.zcommunications.org/znet.

Re: America’s Death at the O.K. Corral

NYCartist — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:27:43 -0000

How did spam get thru moderation, but my comment didn't?

Re: Flights of Nancy: Un-think in pictures

NYCartist — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:41:45 -0000

A wonderful sense of humor in this art. "Sanda Aronson"

Re: Sale of human organs should be legalised, say surgeons

NYCartist — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:51:25 -0000

When the surgeons line up to donate and or sell their own organs, I'll consider this.

Re: Simple surgery offers hope to millions with high blood pressure

NYCartist — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:50:39 -0000

No surgery is "simple" - risk of infection and complications. Any procedure that is new has the possibility of "unintended consequences".

Re: Chance of allergy 'depends on season of birth'

NYCartist — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:56:17 -0000

Am allergic (have asthma), high allergy family. I think the link with genetics might be stronger than time of year of birth or conception. The latter findings seem peculiar.

Re: Rolf Harris: the artist who divides a nation

NYCartist — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:23:30 -0000

Too few women written about and by. We artists will do our art whether or not recognized by the "insiders". As Raphael Soyer said in an interview with art magazine, "American Artist" about a decade ago, when asked advice for young artists, "Live a long time.".

Re: MIDDLE SCHOOL U.

NYCartist — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:21:37 -0000

Is this a charter school?

Re: Portrait of an unknown artist: Stanley Lewis

NYCartist — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:33:04 -0000

I find Mr. Lewis' work pleasing. The drawings: self-portrait and study for R.side of park and the painting of the Ploughman are my favorites (#1,6,10).

Raphael Soyer, the American painter, was one of several older artists interviewed in the 1990s by "American Artist" Magazine, who were asked what advice they had for younger artists. Soyer said, "Live a long time.". True true. (Am thinking of Louise Nevelson and
Louise Bourgeois)

On "success": we who are artists, are going to do the art whether or not it's "acclaimed" or bought. Art is an itch that must be scratched. I'm only 7 0.

Re: http://rebelreports.com/post/525831424

NYCartist — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:45:42 -0000

Yes, welcome back. Have been checking in periodically. On Kucinich, I do recall his comment when voting YES for the bad bill for health legislation (on Dem.Now?) that he had to support his president... I voted for Kucinich in the Dem. primary (absentee ballot for homebound disabled list) the day before he quit, in 2008. How much has Kucinich ruined his creds since that vote/statment?

And BRAVO on your Izzy!

Re: Follow Democracy Now!'s on-the-ground Reports from Haiti

NYCartist — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:17:34 -0000

following Dem.Now the "old fashioned" way: radio and online. Great coverage from Haiti and before they left NYC.

Re: Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre

NYCartist — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:44:29 -0000

Not really surprised, as followed this story since J. Scahill began covering it.

Re: Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre

NYCartist — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:55:48 -0000

I read all the comments. The topic has been nicely covered by you and DemocracyNow. Those of us who have been following this story from the first news of the massacre are not surprised, particularly if we are of "a certain age" (i.e. with fairly good memories), which can compensate for expertise. I smile.

Re: National Healthcare agenda and NY Impacts (Gotham Gazette, Nov 09, 2009)

NYCartist — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:53:47 -0000

More like a Potemkin Village than "overhaul", unless you consider more moving money upward as "overhaul", which may be accurate. Dennis Kucinich on DemocracyNow this morning is excellent on why he voted "NO" and how we need to work for and how to get to Single Payer. www.democracynow.org The idea of forcing people to buy insurance, like in MA is absurd, as is giving big bucks to bad health insurance industry boggles the mind....except it's part of the bailout pattern begun a year ago Sept 2008. How much has that helped the regular folks of NYC? Not much.

Re: New Efforts Fail to Reduce Homelessness (Gotham Gazette, November 2009)

NYCartist — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:03:36 -0000

Subtitle's "pledges" is funny, especially after almost 8 years in office and producing nearly nothing in housing.
Bloomberg's innovation: Charging people for stay in shelters, which he had to back off from.

Re: Iraq Embassy Scandal Expands: Contractor May Have to Repay $130 Million

NYCartist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:21:54 -0000

Really fine story. I wonder if some of the electrical and plumbing errors will result in electrocutions...like in barracks (Does the military still call living quarters "barracks"? Hard for older folks to keep up with the new-speech.) Reminds me of Neil Young's song about "money going out the door". Put the next story, as "begun" at the end of the article, on the "embassy" in Pakistan in context with the new, improved car and suicide bombings....

Re: Bloomberg / Thompson comparison (Gotham Gazette, October 26, 2009)

NYCartist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:37 -0000

Go to the archives of "Building Bridges" on WBAI, where Mimi Rosenberg Esq and Ken Nash, labor librarian, host a panel giving Bloomberg a "report card" www.wbai.org.

Fact check Bloomberg's commercials, please. I heard one where he says he "made community college more affordable". I'm told by a CUNY staffer that the NYC City Council blocked Bloomberg's budget cuts to CUNY community colleges. It's a weird stretch to call that making community colleges "more affordable" because he was blocked in cutting funds.

There's barely criticism of Bloomberg now and nearly nil since he took office. Very sad.

Re: Bloomberg and the Budget: A Story in Three Parts (Gotham Gazette, October 2009)

NYCartist — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:36:57 -0000

As one "man in the street" put it: If Bloomberg was so smart, how come he didn't predict the big financial disaster and protect the city.
Too much of this article, especially the opening paragraphs, sound like a big
love letter to the mayor. I ask one question, that everyone has been asked in the past and can ask themselves again,
"Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?" Why does Bloomberg
"get a pass" as he cuts services, has an antitenant Rent Guidelines Board, and spends lots of money trying to convince people he's "the answer"?
He seems worried - and must be a bit scared if he's using Rudy G. to campaign with him.

Re: Another Term Awaits (Gotham Gazette, October 19, 2009)

NYCartist — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:36:56 -0000

The amount of criticism in the corporate media has been miniscule. Bloomberg is a billionaire bully. I listened to the debate on radio. Thompson seemed to thread carefully between criticism and being noncontroversial. I was shocked when Bloomberg out-Rudy-ed Rudy G. in getting Sept.11th into the "debate" quicker than Rudy ever has. Amazing.

And having Rudy G. "on the campaign trail" for him, strongly indicates that Bloomberg assumes black voters will automatically vote for Thompson. Cynical and a bit scared that his big bucks for advertising might not do it alone.

Finally, the October 22 Coalition Against Police Brutality have their annual rememberance of people killed by NYPD. Bloomberg's record in re police policy is not pretty.
"Building Bridges" (have their own website), has a show on WBAI, archived for 90 days, and last Monday evening, 7pm, had guests doing a report card on Bloomberg's Administration. "Building Bridges" is a labor report but included related: housing, education, etc.
www.october22.org/ for a list of NYPD killed since Amadou Diallo - and still counting
under Bloomberg.

The NYCLU writes of work they've done on the illegal "stop and frisk" by NYPD under
Bloomberg, who is rather secretive about releasing information. www.nyclu.org

Re: Re-enfranchising New Yorkers (Gotham Gazette, October 5, 2009)

NYCartist — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:43:11 -0000

Didn't Cynthia McKinney lose her primary in GA because non-partisan voting meant that Republicans could vote in what would have been a Dem primary?

Re: NY Times Whines That 'Rethink Afghanistan' Film is Not "Balanced"

NYCartist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:55:35 -0000

Hi. The first paragraph is a thing of beauty, Jeremy Scahill. A note from the "language"-of-disability-lady (moi): could you say, "disabled" where you have "deformed"? Or, at least, stick in the word, "disabled" because that's what our government is creating -
disabled people. "Deformed" has such "baggage"...for us, with disabilities.

Yuk on the NYTimes. I refuse to read it, with some slight
exceptions.