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  1. America's Team is rolling right now and is such a fun style of ball to watch. Every time Creighton wants to make a run Gonzaga just pushes the lead right back up. It's so hard to play against a team that has this level of skill on the court from all five guys. Timme is fun to watch when he has the ball in his hands in the post. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:


    They’re finally building a Trader Joe’s in Harlem but more central than East. What’s There, Bodegas and Key Foods? All grocery stores there tend to smell too. Wegman’s is the real deal though.

    I go to the Trader Joe's over on the UWS, but not often. I do like them though.

    Off the top of my head there is Aldi and Target at the 117th shopping center that I frequent regularly along with a Costco. Then you have a Fresh Market store on 116th which I like and another grocery store half an avenue away. You have another store on 110th and 3rd, another Fresh Market on 106th and 3rd, two Cherry Valley grocery stores, one of which is a four block walk for me. It's open all night which is rare over here. There's a grocery store on 105th and 3rd as well. Those are the ones I can recall right now. I would trade all of them though for an HEB. 

    Wegman's is cool. I have gone to it occasionally in Brooklyn. The setup is neat (A model train moving overhead by the deli area is fun.) and it is a pretty good size. HEB though is just in a class of its own. The diversity of products in an HEB combined with local choices and produce that is fresher than any I have ever seen is what really puts it over the top overall. 

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  3. On 3/10/2021 at 3:51 PM, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    He’s running 

    This is definitely someone who is going to F around and find out. The stain of having vocally supported Trump’s white nationalist agenda is something that does not fade away. 

  4. Dear Texas, 

    Please send an HEB to NYC. I have nine grocery stores that are a 10-15 minute walk from where I live in East Harlem and I would trade all that convenience to travel a couple of hours to shop at an HEB. They are the only thing I miss about Texas. We have one Wegman’s here in Brooklyn that is usually pretty high in the rankings of grocery stores when I read about that kind of stuff. It is a really nice store to be sure, but HEB is in a league of its own. The closest I have come to the experience of an HEB was the newer locations for King Soopers in Colorado. 

  5. 18 hours ago, workswithseed said:

    Lol

    I do that here and sometimes get the same answer and sometimes they're pretty honest. I think if you act disinterested all the time with people who probably don't want to be there, it just reinforces that thought when you could make thier day a bit better.

    I think that people are just used to others not really caring about them. The routine of meeting cashiers and just going on about your day is just part of it. I think it requires a reset in our way of thinking. A little act of kindness such as saying something nice or doing what you do in looking for an honest answer goes such a long way. Even in a city the size of NYC I see a lot of the same cashiers because the neighborhoods here become a sort of small town. It makes it easier to have a rapport with them or be able to ask how they are doing and get a truthful response. 

    Basically we just all need to be better people and in turn it helps create a better society to live in. 

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  6. 5 hours ago, Nivek said:


    Kemp ‘won’ the election over Abrams by overseeing the election, and tossing out votes for her. Of course it was later determined she would have won. Since this is not considered a crime, the fraud will continue.

    I think the amazing part of the story is they thought that would be it for Abrams and she would not be relevant going forward.

    For every door closed like that one was for her another one was opened. It can be argued that that “win” by Kemp actually turned into a loss for them because Abrams helped engineer a massive GOTV effort in Georgia that gave Democrats control of the government at the exact time and moment that our country absolutely had to have them. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

    These guys don't have hobbies, or any lives outside of their jobs for that matter.  Quality of life is nothing but "Can I win a championship there?"

    One of the exceptions to this is Mark Few. He is an avid fly fisherman and it is something he has talked about many times as one of the reasons he has never left Spokane. I think he did say he goes out often on his own to do it though. There are a small group of them that are not married to the job and he would be among those.

  8. 44 minutes ago, F250 said:

    Ain't shit going to happen to Amazon.

    Warren will continue to beat the war drums, Nancy and Chuck will ignore it and the fall back will be some "rabble rabble" from AOC Twitter followers until Biden addresses the situation with "Come on, man."

     

     

    I find it best to keep a positive attitude going forward. Would I like to see someone besides Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi in charge at this particular moment in American history? Sure. I am going to posit that Warren’s work begins with her, but like many movements geared to change things in society it will take the generation that takes her mantle to finish it. I use his name regularly because of his continued relevance to discussions about perseverance, but John Lewis dedicated 62 years of his life to championing the the society he thought was possible. He did not live to see its completion, but he was never deterred in pursuing a world where we were all equal. 
     

     The Stacey Abrams, Congresswoman Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, Pressley and Katie Porter’s of the world  are the group who will shoulder the burden (women are far better at leading movements of positive change in my opinion) going forward. I am confident in their ability to exert their influence and will for years to come, especially when it comes to a corporate behemoth like Amazon.

  9. 7 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

    Username does not check out  

    I have had to explain the username a few times. Short version is I liked hanging out over there because I used to go to the AMC by Lincoln Center and I love the Natural History Museum. I would not live over there though. I prefer an area with a vibrant culture (Puerto Ricans are pretty awesome people!) like the one in my neighborhood.

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  10. 6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Right, I'm not calling for them to be banned, thought that would be nice.  I am calling for them to be shamed.  I am calling for them to be treated like insolent children, which they are.

    I have advocated them being shutdown because of the damage they have willingly and maliciously inflicted upon our society. We have a country with millions of people who were sucked into this propaganda machine and what it produced was the hatred of minorities and it championed a culture of white nationalism. That in and of itself is so incredibly detrimental to our country because it fills the heads of those who bought in with lies and it spawned full throated hatred of people they share a country with. My view is one of how we treat each other in society. Fox is violating a basic social contract that should be the basis for any society that wishes to function like a whole and not a scattered collection of people who distrust one another. 
     

    If you are a “news organization” whose priority is the ones we see Fox espouse you should not be credentialed as a journalist if you work for them and they should be put into the entertainment (Not my kind of entertainment obviously) category and left there. When you F around like Fox has there comes a time when you will find out the consequences of those actions. 

  11. 9 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

    Update on the arrest.
     


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    Felony obstruction???

    A FELONY??!??!!?

    These fucking racist pieces of shit, my god.

    I am glad she stood up for herself and all of her constituents on this very important issue. In the end those scare tactic charges will be dismissed and she will be on the right side of history. If I were Stacey Abrams I would coordinate things and have Representative Cannon deliver a copy of the National Voting Rights Act, preferably one with the name John Lewis as part of it, directly to Kemp at his office about five seconds after it becomes the law of the land. 

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  12. 4 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I saw some info on her that indicated that she is not a stranger to the NY version of CPS.  Didn't bother with the link.

    And Louis Vuitton?  Sheeeeeeit.  Why's she buying 10 dollar bagels?

    She was ranting against ACS in one video. I actually attended a protest against them last summer in Harlem, but for some good reasons. ACS will probably be intervening with her again in the near future and they absolutely should.

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  13. The one that used to get to me that was absolutely trivial is when you are standing in line for a good long while and you’re prepared to pay as soon as you get to the cashier. However, the person in front of you was not prepared and then had to find their wallet or purse and in some cases pull out exact change if they were paying in cash.

    I watched this play out in front of me the other day. The woman put her money on the conveyor belt and was older so she was not moving fast and you could tell English was her 2nd language (grocery store near where I live in East Harlem). The woman behind me was not having this delay and she made her thoughts known pretty quickly. She kept on until the woman finished. 

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  14. 19 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    Not carrying them is why we have this place where you can let them out.

    There’s a great thread on here that delves into that kind of stuff that I enjoy reading and posting in. You are absolutely right though that this place is a very good outlet to let loose the things you carry inside of you. I also would say that reading John Lewis’s autobiography “Walking With the Wind” had an impact upon who I am as well. His unyieldingly positive outlook on human beings was pretty cool considering that he had every right to say otherwise.

  15. 10 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    Stop being so nice. You are amongst assholes.  Judge away.  

    There was a time when I would have done that, but I left all that negativity behind. The toxicity of carrying those kinds of thoughts and feelings is not worth it. I hope she gets some kind of help because and that those kids are able to meet regularly with a child psychologist because that outburst will leave a deep scar in them.

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    Stephanie E. Denaro is one of the white women who made headlines in 2021 for refusing to wear a mask amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She was called a Karen or a woman who shows an entitled behavior or demands beyond the scope of what is normal.

    Denaro is from New York, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

    1. She lives in Rosedale, Queens, New York City, New York. She was born and raised in Queens. She previously lived in The Bronx and Woodside. (a) (b) (c)
    2. She was once a registered voter for the Working Families Party. She later switched to the Republican Party. (a)
    3. She does not believe in COVID-19. She believes that being forced to wear face masks violates people’s rights. (a) (d)
    4. She is a Christian, according to her. (d)
    5. She claimed to be a New York City public school teacher but a U.S. Department of Education spokesperson said that was a lie. (a)
    6. She claimed to have asthma and bronchitis. (a)
    7. In 2000, she started attending New York University. She graduated in 2007. (b)
    8. In 2013, she wrote her first novel titled “The Fairest One of All.” In February 2016, her first volume of poetry titled “American’t Romance” was published.  (b)
    9. She is a mother of four. The father of all of her children is African-American, according to her. On November 27, 2013, New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) employees and New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers removed her children from her home in New York City. She claimed that on that day, a Beth Israel Medical Center social worker threatened to notify ACS if she did not allow a Lower East Side Family Union employee to enter her home to conduct a home assessment. (a) (e)
    10. On December 2, 2013, ACS obtained a temporary order of protection against the father of her children and used it as the basis for removing her children from their home rather than their father. On March 18, 2015, the proceeding terminated in her favor. On March 22, 2016, she filed a personal injuries lawsuit against ACS, NYPD, Beth Israel Medical Center and Lower East Side Family Union, which was dismissed. (e)
    11. In 2016, she took to social media to share photos of herself wearing shirts that declare her support for Bernie Sanders. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021, she took to social media to express her support for Donald Trump. She believes that the U.S. presidential election result in 2020 was fraudulent. (a)
    12. At around 3:00 p.m. on March 21, 2021, she went to Davidovich Bakery at Essex Market on the Lower East Side in New York City with her four children to buy bagel but she was refused service by an African-American male cashier because she refused to wear a face mask. A security guard told her he was not going to serve her and asked her to leave. She responded, “Why? ‘Cause he’s a b—h-ass n—–?” She repeated the slur and got offended when one of the customers called her a white trash. A video of the incident went viral and she was dubbed the Bagel Karen and the Bakery Karen(a)
    13. She was 38 years old when she went viral as the Bagel Karen after her racist remarks on March 21, 2021. On March 23, 2021, she took to Instagram to claim that she was black so she was allowed to use the n-word and that 39 percent of her heritage is from Nigeria, 12 percent is from Mali, 8 percent is from Bantu, 4 percent is from Ivory Coast and Ghana, 4 percent is from Senegal and 2 percent is from Cameroon and Congo. To support her claim, she included a graphic that she plagiarized from an article Tech Crunch writer Megan Rose Dickey published in October 2017. (a)

     

    Stephanie Denaro biography: 13 things about Donald Trump fan from Rosedale, Queens – CONAN Daily

    My gosh those kids desperately need to be somewhere that she is not. This woman's mental health needs some dire help and she needs a solid year away from those children at a bare minimum. Children do not deserve to have to be raised around that.

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  17. 7 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

    That doesn’t change anything that he listed. Don’t you want to make America great again

    We have a lot of work to do as a society. Hugo’s list can be a hard one to read, but it can also be looked at as a reminder of some of the litany of things we need to change about America. I take his list as something good to have read. It is motivation to keep pushing for a better society like the one Martin Luther King Jr. and  John Lewis pushed for his entire life. It would be nice if some death cult members would walk away and join n on the transformation, but that is their choice to make.

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