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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: shots fired and a large crowd at 98th St. and Rockaway Blvd. in Queens, a carjacking on Ave. Y and Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn, and an overturned auto on 28th St. and 7th Ave. in Manhattan.
The New York Post continues to discover the brave new world of "twisted sex play," commonly known as BDSM.
The gentrification of Harlem is colorblind, to the consternation and frustration of many newcomers and long-time residents.
A Bronx man and his son, who were bound, robbed, and shot in the alley next to their home, may have been followed all the way from Brooklyn by their assailant.
QueensCrap notes some less-than-professional tree pruning after the Parks Dept. improperly issued permits to a notorious company. There's a difference between pruning and just lopping off most of the tops of trees.
Ironic Sans was included in a new book titled Ultimate Blogs; masterworks from the wild web. Congratulations!
The persistence of gay bathhouses in what only seems like the post-AIDS era.
TreeHugger wonders about the carbon footprint of a bloated Gmail account.

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on February 17, 2008 6:00 PM

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HughGass

Who the fuck is still getting AIDS today? Engage in risky behavior, enjoy the consequences. Sympathy is waining. Seriously, people know better.

nivek

'TreeHugger wonders about the carbon footprint of a bloated Gmail account.'

It's stupidity like this that makes me not want to listen to them. *sigh* If only more engineers could run the world. Like OUR MAYOR.

Rocknrope

Anyone know what parade was going on today? People where driving around with red flags with what looked like a shield crest in black on it.

Snoopy

They are not victims! Get over that bullshit Doc Zip. They are willing participants. It's been over twenty years that these people have been taking chances on killing themselves because they have a passion to do someting that they know is wrong.

I don't care if you screw a light post. Just make sure the electricity is off when you do it.

Snoopy

If the gays want to propagate AIDS amongst themselves let them do it. If they like playing Russian roulette let them.

It's just nature's way of saying sort yourselves out. Just don't look for federal funding for keeping things in line and the "poor" victim alive after they find they are dying from something they could have prevented.