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May
18, 2025 A Mexican Navy tall ship lost power in the East River,
between Brooklyn and Manhattan and the tide caused it to crash into
the Brooklyn Bridge. The three masts of the ship, the Cauhtemoc, were
snapped in half. The ship was a training ship for Mexican cadets. It
was reported that two cadets were sadly killed, and seventeen
injured, with four of the injuries being critical. The ship had 277
people on board. After losing power, the tide, moving at 4 knots/5
status miles per hour, caused the ship to drift backwards into the
Brooklyn Bridge (finished in 1883) and very close to Brooklyn
Bridge/Dumbo Park.
May
16, 2025 Former FBI Director James Comey posted a photograph made
from sea shells on the beach that read "86 47" on Instagram.
Many people have interpreted this to mean to get rid of President
Donald J. Trump, who is the 47 U.S. president. Some have gone as far
as to say Comey was encouraging assassination of the President. Mr.
Comey is now under investigation.
May
16, 2025 The United States Supreme Court has ruled 7 to 2 that the
Trump administration must give more time before deporting illegal
aliens who somehow illegally entered the United States, before
deporting them. The extra time is to allow the illegal aliens time to
prepare a defense in order to stay in the United States, and
presumably, to make their illegal act, legal.
May
15, 2025 The Ukraine has now lost three F16 fighter planes that it
was recently given by NATO countries to continue the war with Russia.
May
14, 2025 The Ukraine, and Russia are in peace talks in Istanbul,
however so far these talks have not resulted in any agreement.
May
14, 2025 The Trump administration has fired off half of the Voice of
America staff.
May
13, 2025 Some U.S. military experts are saying that there are too
many high ranking officers in the United States military. Presently
there are as many Admirals as there are ships. The United States Air
Force has a general for every 22 aircraft. The United States Army has
26 generals for each division. These numbers are vastly higher than
the number of officers that the United States had in World War Two,
the Korean War or the Vietnam War.
May
12, 2025 Loan delinquencies have skyrocketed 700% in ten years and
one in four student loan borrowers are struggling to make payments.
May
8, 2025 Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected to be the next Catholic
Church Pope and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Cardinal Prevost was
born in Chicago. It remains to be seen if the new Pope Leo XIV will
continue the liberal ideas of the recently deceased Pope Francis,
that has greatly divided the Church. Pope Francis pushed the ideas of
John Paul II of a union of religions and that all religions are a way
to reach God. Pope Francis also opposed excessive prayer, attempting
to convert non-Catholics into Catholics and he seemed to encourage
homo-sexual unions.
April
25, 2025 A man attached a person who accidentally stepped on his
foot in a Brooklyn bound subway and an argument escalated to the
point where the person who accidentally stepped on the foot of the
other, defended himself by pulling out a knife and stabbing the
attacker. The attacker later died and a hunt is going on to find the
person who stabbed him.
April
24, 2025 Russia has called the U.S. bombing of Yemen's Ras Isa Oil
terminal unjustified and unacceptable.
April
21, 2025 The Pope is Dead. Jorge
Mario Bergolio, also known as Pope Francis since 2013, is dead. He
was elected to the position as Pope of the Roman Catholics in 2013.
He was the first person from the America's to be come Pope and was
also the first Jesuit to become Pope. His tenure as pope was highly
controversial. First because the Prior Pope, Benedict XVI resigned,
rather than being deceased. This was not the first time this
situation occurred, but nevertheless, was considered highly unusual.
Pope Francis was also considered highly liberal. He advocated and
supported many ideas that was considered "woke" including
the controversial theory of "Climate Change" or "global
warming", he was a strong supporter of open borders and
cultural mixing, he supported the Covid agenda, which now many
believe to be either a fabricated hoax or greatly exaggerated
"pandemic ". Pope Francis also attempted to curtail the
Latin Mass, that had been the main Roman Catholic service from about
300AD till 1969, when it was supplanted by the "Novus Order
"or new order Mass. Pope Francis was also known for cutting a
deal with the Chinese government, that many suspected involved the
transfer of billions of dollars to the Church, though the details
were never released. The Pope was very tolerant towards homosexual
unions, which seemed to run contrary to traditional Catholic
teachings. At the same time, the Pope seemed to minimize the abuse by
some Catholic Clergy against mostly male minors. The number of
abusive Clergy, according to some, exceeded 15,000 since 1900. The
Pope also rarely addressed the abortion issue, that so many devout
Catholics are opposed to. The Pope was also known for his quick
temper and had actually slapped a devout, young Chinese woman who
tried to ask him why he was undermining devout Catholics in China, by
cutting deals with the Chinese government. He also slapped a
wheelchair bound boy who had medical motor disability and who had
briefly grabbed the Popes outfit. In 1976, during Argentina's dirty
war, Francis was accused of not helping two Jesuit priests who had
been kidnapped and tortured for six months. Some even allege that
Francis was instrumental in their ordeal. The allegations were
eventually dismissed, though paperwork contradicts Frances
explanation of the events. Some people accused Pope Francis of being
a socialist or even a communist. Prior to becoming president of
Argentina, Javier Milei referred to Pope Francis as an "imbecile
and a communist turd"". Prior to becoming a priest and
later a pope, Francis worked as a Janitor and later, bouncer at an
Argentinean disco.
April
19, 2025 Gold jumped briefly to $3,400 per Troy Once.
April
16 2025 President Donald Trumps high import tax that ranges from 10%
to over 200% may lead to major shortages in American stores. It is
estimated that over 70% of the products purchased in the United
States have Chinese made components or are completely made in China.
The import tax (Tariff) of Chines products and the ship docking tax,
based on tonnage, comes to 246%. Thus a product that costs $1.00
today, will cost $3.46 (minimum) after the local supplies in
warehouses runs out. This high Tariff essentially bans all Chinese
manufactured products. The belief is that the United States will
suffer short term pain but manufacturing will return to the United
States. It did in fact work in Brazil, though the conditions were different.
March 31, 2025
President Donald J. Trump is accusing the Ukrainian strong man,
Zelensky of trying to back out of the proposed mineral deal to repay
the United States for the well over 100 Billion dollars in military
aid. Zelensky stated that if the newly revised deal is accepted, the
Ukraine would essentially be a vassal of the United States since they
would be giving up well over 50% of their mineral and farming resources.
March 31, 2025
French conservative party leader, Marine LePen has been banned by the
French supreme court from holding public office for six years. The
European Union has been tying to ban conservative parties in all
countries. The conservatives are are anti immigration, particularly
from non European countries, anti gay and transgender acceptance and
many are opposed to unlimited abortion.
March 31, 2025 The
United States continues to bomb Yemen. Yemen has been blockading the
Red Sea in protest of Israeli bombing of Gaza and the West Bank.
Yemen has stated that they will stop their blockade if fighting ends
in those locations. Most military people are surprised by the
effectiveness of Yemen's home grown arms industry.
March 31, 2025 The
Israeli war in Gaza, West Bank and Syria continues unabated. Some say
the end goal is to expel the Palestinians and to create the Israeli
founder David Ben-Gurion's dream of greater Israel. A map of Greater
Israel is on a shoulder patch of some IDF soldiers. Time will tell
how this all plays out.
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This interesting
suitcase has a built in seat and an electric motor and this can be
used as an electric motorcycle! |
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A minor accident
on Hyland Blvd on Staten Island. No one was injured, except perhaps
the pride of the drive. |
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March 30, 2025 The DNA data from the bankrupt 23andMe is going up for
sale. Those who voluntarily submitted their DNA to find out about
their backgrounds and possible unknown family members are concerned
that their personal privacy as well as medical and physical ailments
may be used by companies, to their detriment.
March 30, 2025 President Donald J. Trump will continue his desire for
tariffs on goods from other countries. These tariffs are expected to
generate 7 Trillion Dollars per year or more. The effect will be that
many foreign products will increase in price dramatically, that is to
say 25% or more. These tariffs over time will lead to more products
being manufactured in the United States and more jobs created. From
World War 2 till the late 1970's, America was the worlds leading
manufacturer. Since the 1970's and before, there has been a push to
minimize the notion of country borders and create a one world type of
global community. The European Union and NAFTA (North American Free
Trade Agreement) are two examples. Mr. Trump is pushing
isolationalism which he, and many others, feel will indeed bring
manufacturing back to the United States,though there might be short
term financial pain.
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The price of eggs
has jumped from about $1.75 to about $10 in just two months.
Curiously the price of chicken has remained about the same. Why? |
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This almost
completely under utilized bike lane is on the Brooklyn Bridge. Bike
lanes cause massive congestion and are completely under utilized.
Time to reconsider them. In the winter, there are hardly any bike
riders. In the summer, most bike riders are men under the age or 45,
who are physically fit, thus only a small percentage of the
population benefits from bike lanes. Further, bikers rarely obey
traffic laws, are not insured and do not pay any type of road tax. |
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March 28, 2025 The Trump administration, while making beautiful
speeches about the importance of free speech, has embarked on a
program of arresting non-citizen protesters who were vocally
expressing their opinions. Some feel that regardless of the speech,
the arrest and deportation of protesters might lead to American
citizens arrested or worse. The fact is that arresting people for
speech is nothing new in the United States or for that matter,
anywhere in the world. For example, arrests for unpopular opinions
occurred during the Revolutionary war, the Civil War, the infamous
Palmer raids during World War One, and throughout World War Two. One
pro German, naturalized U.S. Citizen, had his citizenship revoked and
was deported to Germany for his public speeches.
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The hip area of
NYC has moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn, primarily in areas such as Bushwick. |
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For a "free
country", the United States has many laws. |
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On Fifth Avenue in
southern Brooklyn. Gone are the many "Merry Christmas"
displays that were posted everywhere during the Christmas season,
till the early 1980's. |
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March 29, 2025 Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligece,
has revoked the security clearence of former President Biden, Vice
President Harris, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Fiona
Hill and Alexander Vindman.
March 29, 2025 It has been confirmed that almost ten thousand people
in the Netherlands were killed by Euthanization in 2024.
March 29, 2025 President Donald J. Trump is insisting that the USA
must take possession of Greenland. He is the fourth president in the
past 175 years who has wanted Greenland. The United States did buy
the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark for 25 million dollars, over 100
years ago.
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A minor fire in
Greenpoint Brooklyn. Because of the quick acting FDNY, no one was
hurt and property damage was minimal. |
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This man in his
under pants in 40 degree weather, on Houston Street and Broadway
claims that this is a "performance art", what ever that means. |
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Gasoline prices
are going down, but still higher than during the Covid
"virus" hysteria, when the price of premium was as low as $2.29. |
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More and more
people can not afford rent in NYC and are living in vans and mobile
homes. Part of the reason for high rents are the many building
department regulations that add to the cost of building and other factors. |
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March
4, 2025 At 12:01 AM, new tariffs were instituted on Mexico, China
and Canada. All Chinese imports will be taxed 20%. The import tax
imposed on Mexico and Canada will depend on the product. For example,
energy related products from Canada will be taxed 10% while other
products will be higher. Canada, China and Mexico has stated that
they will retaliate with their own import taxes against American
products ranging from 10 to 25%. Products are expected to rise in
price in the United States. The import tax may also cause foreign
companies to start producing products in the United States.
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Could Revmpd be
the coolest, yet most secret high end fashion store to hit Manhattan
in years? |
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Revmpd reminds one
of the famous, former "Ritz Thrift Shop " that used to be
located on 57 Street and Fifth Avenue. |
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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March
3, 2025 President Donald J. Trump has temporarily suspended all
military aid to the Ukraine till the Ukraine is willing to engage in
real peace talks with Russia.
March
2, 2025 The disgraced Ukrainian strongman Volodymyr Zelensky, who
was kicked out of the Whitehouse three days ago, has met British King
Charles III at the Kings Sandringham estate. They were photographed
smiling and shaking hands.
March
2, 2025 Ukrainian strongman Volodymyr Zelensky, who was kicked out
of the Whitehouse on February 28, has met with United Kingdom prime
minister Starmer in London who has promised a "coalition of the
willing" to "defend" the Ukraine. The war with Russia
was started on February 24, 2022 to prevent the Ukraine from joining
NATO and having NATO troops on the Russian border. Russia has
repeatedly stated that any such deal would be unacceptable to them.
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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Revmpd features
very high end "pre-owned " clothing. |
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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March
2, 2025 A hastily organized meeting that included some European
prime ministers and some unelected EU officials was organized in
London today in response to Ukrainian strongman Volodymyr Zelensky,
who was kicked out of the Whitehouse on February 28 and America's
demand that the Ukraine make peace with Russia and end the extreme
blood shed. Zelensky, according to United States President Donald J.
Trump, is not ready to make peace with Russia.
March
2, 2025 President Donald J. Trump has made English the official
language of the United States.
February
28, 2025 Pro Ukraine U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham, after seeing the
shameful behavior of Ukrainian strongman Zelensky towards President
Trump and Vice President Vance, said that Zelensky must resign or change.
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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Revmpd, 178 First Avenue. |
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February
28, 2025 President of the United States, Donald J. Trump and Vice
President of the United States JD Vance had an explosive meeting with
the Ukrainian strongman, Volodymyr Zelensky. Few people could have
imagined such a turn of events, just a few months ago. President
Trump and Vice President Vance are demanding immediate peace in the
Ukraine. Zelensky spoke in a condescending manner to both President
Trump as well as Vice President Vance. President Trump said that
Zelensky has disrespected the United States. Trump also said that
without the 350 Billion Dollars that the United States has given the
Ukraine in the form of money as well as advanced military equipment,
that the Ukraine would have been conquered in two weeks. President
Trump also said that Zelensky never thanked the United States for the
huge amount of money given to the Ukraine. Trump also said that
Zelensky is leading the world into a World War 3. President Trump has
said that Zelensky is a dictator. Zelensky's term as the Ukrainian
president ended last year and Zelensky refused to hold new
presidential elections. President Trump said that Zelensky only has
4% of the Ukrainian population who wants him. Strongman Zelensky was
led out of the Oval Office after two hours without any treaties being signed.
February
28, 2025 United Kingdom Prime Minister was on the defensive at an
Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance,
when the president was asked about Vance's Munich speech regarding
the decline of freedom of speech in Europe and the UK.
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The Central Park
model boat lake has been drained. |
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February
27, 2025 Ukrainian strongman Zelensky does not know where an
estimated 125 Billion Dollars of U.S. aid has gone. Many feel that it
has been stolen by politically strong Ukrainians.
February
26, 2025 The European Union and the United Kingdom seems to be
advocating sending European and UK troops to the Ukraine. This is
vastly different than the current United States policy.
February
26, 2025 The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is
said to be investigating the death of American journalist Gonzolo
Lira in the hands of the Ukrainians while in prison waiting for a
trial alleging him to be assisting the Russians against the
Ukrainians. Strongman Zelensky is alleged to be under investigation.
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Unusual fashions
in NYC. |
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A person sleeping
on the floor of the NYC subway system. Many people feel that the NYC
subway system is dangerous, filthy, noisy and slow. |
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Filthy NYC subway.
This is typical of the NYC subway system and is a far cry from the
clean, quiet, safe Tokyo subway system. |
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Only law abiding
citizens will honor this absurd sign. Criminals will completely
ignore it. If everyone was armed, crime would undoubtedly go down,
and people would be polite to one another! |
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Complainers
complaining about President Donald Trump near Columbus Circle. |
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Most surveys state
that the majority of people approve of the Trump administration...so far. |
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February
25, 2025 Opinion: The
European Union may well be coming to an end, without the unifying
force of the United States and the common goal of supporting the Ukraine.
February
25, 2025 Opinion: It
seems that NATO is on its last legs. The United States is clearly at
odds with Europe, regarding Europe's continued support for the
Ukraine, abortion, the curtailed freedom of speech in Europe and a
wide range of other topics.
February
19, 2025 The end of the hated Congestion Pricing, in Manhattan below
60 Street, may be ending soon. The United States Department of
Transportation is rescinding it's approval. Tolls are not allowed to
be collected on all highways and roads that receive federal money,
without special permission of Congress. Most people felt that
congestion pricing favored the rich over the working class people and
made it easier for wealthy people, who are price insensitive, to
drive on the roads. Congestion pricing has greatly effected the
working class and small businesses, who depend on non locals for
business. Many felt that it was a money grab.
February
19, 2025 U.S. President Donald J. Trump has referred to Ukrainian
strongman Zelensky as a "dictator without elections".
President Trumps statement was alluding to the fact that Mr.
Zelensky's presidential term ended in 2024 and then Mr. Zelensky
suspended elections. According to some, Mr. Zelensky's popularity was
under 4% of the Ukrainian population, while Mr. Zelensky's polls
stated that his popularity was over 50%.
Russian-Ukrainian
war background information:
On the simplest level, the war was started on February 24, 2022, when
Russia moved into disputed Ukrainian territory to protect the Russian
majority in eastern Ukraine. Further, the Ukraine was attempting to
become a NATO member and Russia did not want the potential for NATO
troops and missiles on its border. There are other factors. Eastern
Ukraine is populated by Russian people who felt that they were being
discriminated by the Ukrainian government. Historically, eastern
Ukraine was a part of Russia till the 1920's when Stalin transferred
ownership from Russia to the Ukraine. Further, Krushev, in the 1950's
transferred the Crimea from Russia to the Ukraine. Kiev was the
capital of Russland, till it was moved to Moscow in the 800's. The
Russian and Ukrainian people are ethnically almost the same, with
essentially the same language and the same Orthodox religion.
February
18, 2025 New York Senator Chuck Schumer said he partially blames
President Donald J. Trump for the crash landing of the Delta Airlines
plane in Toronto, claiming that Trump has fired FAA staff. It was
then pointed out to Senator Schumer that the plane crash landed
because of severe 50 mile per hour winds in Toronto and further, the
plane was under the control of Canadian, not American air traffic
controllers. Also, Mr. Trump did not fire any air traffic
controllers, but rather only excess office workers in the FAA.
February
17, 2025 The United States and Russia are negotiating to end the war
in the Ukraine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Neither the European Union
nor Mr. Zelensky, who runs the Ukraine, but who's Ukrainian election
mandate ended in 2024 were invited to the negotiations. The feeling
among the negotiators is that the only "legitimate" power
in Ukraine, is the Ukrainian parliament, which is elected, while Mr.
Zelensky, who suspended elections, is felt to be a type of
"strongman" governing without a mandate. Apparently the
United States and Russia feels that the western European
"European Union" is not a party to the conflict, other than
the fact that the EU is supplying arms to the Ukrainian side. The
United States has given 350 Billion (350 thousand million) dollars in
military aid to the Ukraine, while the European Union has given 150
Billion Dollars in military aid to the Ukraine. The European
"aid" is in the form of loans, while the American aid is in
the form of grants. Most feel that the Ukraine is losing the conflict.
February
16, 2025 A Delta Airlines plane landing in Toronto Canada flipped
over because of very high winds exceeding 45 miles per hour.
Thankfully, all 80 people on board survived, though 18 sustained non
life threatening injuries.
February
15, 2025 Ultra "liberal" opponents of New York City Mayor
Eric Adams are demanding that Mr. Adams resign or that New York State
Governor Hochul remove Mr. Adams from office. Most feel that these
calls are political since though Mr. Adams is a life long Democrat,
he is in favor of law and order and is opposed to massive, illegal
immigration and wants to work with the U.S. Federal agency in charge
of deportations of illegals.
February
2, 2025 U.S. President Donald J. Trump has suspended the United
States federal agency, USAID for at least 90 days. It has been
reported that the USAID has manipulated and funded journalists and
news outlets world wide, including in the United States, to the tune
of hundreds of millions of dollars. This clearly has the potential to
control the news and manipulate the people.
January
20, 2025 12:40PM President Trump has ended is extremely well
received speech and has said "God Bless America", which
American have very much respected. For many years, the United States
has been sliding into Atheism and this was particularly well received.
January
20, 2025 12:35PM Newly reelected President Trump is still speaking,
however he has already promised the following.
January
20, 2025 Thousands of Palestinian hostages, held by Israel,
consisting mainly of children and elderly men and women, have been
released by Israel in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages and prisoners
taken on October 7, 2023.
January
20, 2025 8:00 AM Many senior State Department diplomats have handed
in their resignation, effective at 12 noon today, as instructed to do
so by President Elect Donald Trumps aids.
January
20, 2025 7:45 AM President Biden issued "preemptive
pardons" early this morning to a number of people including
General Milley, Dr. Fouci, Police officers who testified at the
January 6 "insurrection hearings" and to the panel members
themselves. President Biden stressed that the individuals did not do
anything wrong, though some may disagree. Many questions arise from
these pardons for people who have yet to be charged with a crime.
Also, can the pardons be rescinded by President Elect Trump, after he
is sworn as the 47 president later today.
January
20, 2025 President elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47
President of the United States at 12 noon in Washington DC. Mr. Trump
also served as president of the United States from 2016 to 2020 as
the 45 President of the United States. This separation is not unheard
of since President Grover Cleveland also served two similar terms,
with Grover Cleveland, the unpopular Benjamin Harris and Grover
Cleveland again in the late 1800s, as 22 president from 1885 to 1889
and again as 24 president from 1893 to 1897. Because of the extremely
cold weather, Mr. Trump will be sworn in inside of the nations
capital, rather than outside. This also happened 40 years ago with
the swearing in of former President Ronald Reagan.
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A large brown rat
trying to keep warm. His/her/they/them political affiliation is not known. |
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This man is
balancing a large flat screen TV on his head, without using his
hands! The things you can see in NYC! |
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January
19, 2025 Israel and Palestine have come to a cease fire agreement
and to release some of the thousands of Palestinian hostages and 33
Israeli hostages. Some feel that Israel was compelled to do this
since with Mr. Trump tomorrow again being president, that Mr. Trump
may well have been stronger with the Israeli's.
January
19, 2025 New York City and the entire east coast was hit by a winter
snowstorm and dropping temperatures this evening. Many media pundits
claimed that NYC would be blanketed by 6" of snow, however the
snow accumulation was less than 1". The National weather service
however predicted 1" to 3". Unfortunately some media
outlets tend to exaggerate stories.
January
18, 2025 President elect has decided to conduct his swearing in
ceremony on January 20 indoors do the extreme cold expected in
Washington DC on that day. The last time the swearing in ceremony
occurred indoors was over 40 years ago.
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So-called
"Congestion Pricing" has greatly effected the middle
working class. Eliminate or curtail the highly under used bike lane
in order to eliminate congestion. |
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The Washington
Square Arch. When this write was a little boy, growing up in NYC, it
was possible to drive through and around the arch. |
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January
15, 2025 Congestion pricing has significantly reduced vehicle
traffic in Manhattan below sixtieth street. This has also meant a
decline in shoppers, diners, and sales tax revenue. Obviously any
congestion can be reduced by simply eliminating the under used bike
lanes that reduce street traffic for cars that pay tax for the roads
and also to restore the more realistic 30 miles per hour speed limit.
January
14, 2025 Congestion pricing continues to outrage many New Yorkers.
Everything is going up in price. Taxi's, deliveries, and much more.
The MTA claims a reduced traffic figure of 16%, or 273,000 fewer
vehicles on the road, however one may also consider that this also
means, 273,000 fewer shoppers.
January
14, 2025 It was announced by her family that Anita Bryant had passed
away on December 16, 2024. She was 84 years old. Anita Bryant was a
famous actress, singer and beauty queen. Bryant was born in
Barnsdeall, Oklahoma. She appeared on the Arthur Godfrey talent show
and won the contest when she was 18 years old. She was then the
runner up in the 1959 Miss America pageant. She went on to become a
very popular singer. She was perhaps best known for representing the
Florida Citrus Commission and her any TV commercials pushing orange
juice. In 1977, Bryant started a campaign against the acceptance of
homosexuals that she felt were a threat to children and violated her
Christian beliefs. As a result of her traditional Christian stance,
Mrs Bryant lost most of her endorsements, TV commercials and was
effectively black listed from Hollywood.
January
13, 2025 Tens of thousand of homes have been destroyed in the wild
fires of California, over the past two weeks. Further 26 people are
known to have lost their lives. Unfortunately, there are reports of
wide spread looting, and price gauging against the evacuees.
January
12, 2025 It has come out that LA had cut the budget of the LA fire
department by 46 million dollars. Further, the reservoir's are now
dry, even though the voters in California had voted 7 years ago to
increase the water supply. California Governor Newsom and LA Mayor
are being blamed for what is being called as being unprepared for the
fires, with calls for them to resign.
January
12, 2025 Massive wild fires in California around the LA area,
continue to destroy large areas. So far an estimated 35,000 acres
have been destroyed. One square mile is 640 acres, thus 54 square
miles has been destroyed. Central Park in Manhattan is about 700 acres.
Update
from Japan
A
quick look on how people live on the other side of the planet
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Coin vending
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The variety and
quality of food is much greater than what can be found in the United
States. Further, many pesticides that are commonly used in the United
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Japanese trains
and subways are absolutely superior to what is found in New York
City. The trains are spotlessly clean, the trains arrive every 5
minutes, the seats are padded, and while NYC subways run at about 35
miles per hour, Tokyo subways go up to 50 miles per hour. |
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Most Tokyo subway
platforms have automatic gates so that waiting passengers will not
fall onto the tracks. Japanese subways are much safer than what can
be found in New York City, since NYC has a higher crime rate. |
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There are many
ultra cool Jazz lounges that are hidden away. |
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Surprisingly the
Rickshaw is not from Japan or anywhere in Asia, but rather was
developed by a Scottish man in the 1870's and quickly caught on.
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The traditional
dress style is rather uncommon and only used for fun or special occasions. |
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This sign is
something that is really needed in NYC! |
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Fashion elegance
is seen everywhere in Tokyo, as these ladies on the subway show. |
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Yokohama Fire
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Subway gates
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January
8, 2025 Donald Trump has again mentioned that he wants Greenland,
which is presently a territory of Denmark, to become a part of the
United States. This would not be the first time that Denmark has sold
land to the United States. The US Virgin Islands were purchased from
Denmark for $25 million dollars. Donald Trump has also mentioned that
he wants the Panama Canal back. President Jimmy Carter gave the canal
to Panama during his controversial administration. Mr. Trump also,
part in jest, suggested that Canada become a part of the United
States and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed, "The Gulf of
America". In response, the president of Mexico suggested
renaming the USA, "Mexico America"!
January
7, 2025 Today is Christmas day for many Orthodox Christian groups,
using the Julian Calender. It is also the Epiphany or Three Kings day
for most of the other Christian/Catholic groups.
January 6, 2025 New York and the
entire eastern part of the United States is experiencing a cold
spell, hovering around 32F/0C. What ever happened to the promised
global warming that would have freed up millions of acres up north
for farming and would have reduced heating costs?
January 5, 2025 The immensely
unpopular, so called "Congestion Pricing " has come into
effect. All cars, vans, trucks and motorcycles entering into
Manhattan below 60 street will be charged a toll. For cars, the toll
will be $9.00 per day, though scheduled to increase to $16.00 per day
in two years. Allegedly the money will be used to improve the subway
and for the construction of the extension of the Second Avenue
Subway. It is expected that between 1.2 and 2 billion dollars per
year, will be confiscated from from drivers into the hands of the
MTA. Some are calling it a money grab, others a scam, while yet
others, a war on the middle class. Regarding congestion, the highly
under used bicycle lanes have reduced the road area by 30 percent,
yet bicycles are not insured, do not pay road tax and are used
primarily by fit people under the age of 45. The bike lanes are
hardly used in the winter or in bad weather. Another reason for the
slowing down of traffic is the ill advised "Vision Zero"
which has reduced the speed limit of cars from 30 miles per hour to
only 25 miles per hour. Today is not the freedom that America had
prior to 1965.
January 3, 2025 President Elect
Donald J. Trump will not face jail time or any fine in the "hush
money" trail, a New York Judge has ruled. However the judge did
not throw out the conviction that many feel was a political vendetta
and thus Mr. Trump will be the first sitting president convicted of a felony.
January 2, 2025 The New Orleans
terror attack from December 31, 2024 killed 14 people and injured 32.
The driver is a former U.S. Military man who apparently became a self
described Isis follower.
January 1, 2025 A Tesla
CyberTruck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It is
believed that only the driver was killed. It is not known if the
explosion was a terrorist attack or simply fireworks in the trunk
that exploded.
January
1, 2025! Happy New Year! Let
us hope and pray for global peace and a quick end to the suffering
caused by the Israeli-Palestinian war and the suffering caused by the
Russian-Ukrainian war.
December 31,
2024 In what seems to be a terrorist attack, a man drove a pickup
truck into a crowd in New Orleans and killed an estimated 15 people
and injured 35 people.
December 30,
2024 President Jimmy Carter, who passed away in Plains Georgia, his
life long town.
In the four
years that former President Carter will be remembered for:
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Reinstituting
draft registration for all 18 year olds.
- 22%
inflation
- Making
business treaties with China that allowed many American industrial
companies to fire their U.S. workers and move operations to China.
- For
promoting the Neutron bomb, that is a type of atomic bomb that gives
off dangerous Neutron radiation that kills people but leave cities
and buildings largely intact
- For
pulling the United States out of the Russian Olympics and this led
to massive diplomatic conflict with Russia
- For
the 1977 oil shortage that left almost all American's with very
limited gasoline.
- For
the Iranian hostage situation and for his completely failed hostage
rescue operation that left a number of U.S. Service men dead.
- For
giving blanket amnesty for U.S. draft dodgers during the Vietnam war.
- For
giving away the American built Panama Canal
- There
are many other things that can be mentioned, however space prohibits
his full profile.
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He
also oversaw and insisted on the peace treaty between Egypt and
Israel, which has lasted now for over 45 years. He was at the airport
in Israel and then made a speech that the Egyptians wanted peace, but
that Israel did not. At the last minute, Menace Bagen and his cabinet
sent a messenger to President carters airplane and said come back and
the treaty was sighed. Many people believed that Mr. Carter was about
to cut off aid or greatly curtail aid to Israel, had the treaty not
been signed. Many further believe that without the support of
America, Israel may not be able to continue to exist.
We
pray for his soul and give our sympathy to his family.
December 29,
2024 Former United States Jimmy
Carter Dead at 100 years old. Mr
Carter was the longest living United States President.
December 25,
2024 Merry Christmas to the 1.5 Billion Christians celebrating
Christmas today!
December 24, 2024 Today is Christmas Eve, the traditional beginning
of the 12 days of Christmas. Christmas on December 25, is celebrated
by over 1.5 Billion people worldwide. Some of the Orthodox
Christians, still celebrate Christmas on January7, which is also
known as the Epiphany or the Three Kings Day.
December 24, 2024 According to the Catholic Magazine, "The
Tablet", Europe has been cancelling Christmas for many years, by
allowing non Europeans to migrate to Europe. The majority of these
people are not assimilating into the traditional European Culture.
Click on The
Tablet for more information.
December 23, 2024 Panama has rejected President Elect Donald Trumps
idea of taking back the Panama Canal.
December 23, 2024 President Elect Donald J. Trump has stated that he
plans to try to make Greenland a territory of the United States.
Greenland presently is owned by Denmark, however Greenland is
considered a part of the North America. During World War 2, Greenland
was indeed under the control of the United States. Mr. Trump has also
mentioned his desire to regain the Panama Canal, that former
President Jimmy Carter gave to Panama.
December 22, 2024 A United States Navy advanced F-18 aircraft carrier
based fighter was shot down in the Red Sea. The United States
government claims that the aircraft was shot down accidentally by
"friendly fire". Both navy men aboard the plane were
recovered alive from the Red Sea.
December 22, 2024 A Yemen hypersonic missile has hit the center of
the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
December 21, 2024 Update on the Magdeburg, Germany Christmas market
massacre. It has now been revealed that 5 people have died and over
100 people injured by the Saudi Arabian doctor Terrorist, who drove
his car into the packed market place.
December 20, 2024 Magdeburg Germany. A terrorist, said to be a 50
year old Muslim doctor from Saudi Arabia, who is said to have lived
in Germany since 2006, has driven a car in a packed German Christmas
market, killing at least 11 Christmas shoppers and injuring over 80
people. Magdeburg is a city of 240,000 people, west of Berlin.
December 20, 2024 President Biden has forgiven 4.3 billion dollars in
student loans. This money, that was owed to the American taxpayers,
will now be spread among all taxpayers. Students who have already
paid off their school debt will not be refunded.
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Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
