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On November 27, 2010 8:13 PM in Bloomberg's Bouncer Charged With Attempted Murder, they said:

Ha! Very interesting... but I suppose not at all surprising....

On November 27, 2010 6:53 PM in Last Night's Action: The Streak Is Over!, they said:

"the Rangers were dominated in every area except the scoreboard." No, the Rangers were dominated in one area: shots on goal. The were 1 of 2 on the power play while Florida was 0 for 5. Rangers also...

On November 27, 2010 5:50 PM in Bloomberg's Bouncer Charged With Attempted Murder, they said:

Bail is meant only to assure that the accused will show up at required court appearances, it's not punishment for the alleged crime. It's also not supposed to be set at such a high amount that it can'...

On November 27, 2010 5:36 PM in Dead Woman In Marcus Garvey Park Ruled A Murder, they said:

"Although initial reports suggested the woman may have been emotionally disturbed, last night police announced that they were treating Nina Rivera's death as a homicide." It couldn't be a homicide if...

On November 27, 2010 4:53 PM in Bloomberg's Bouncer Charged With Attempted Murder, they said:

"Bloomberg's Bouncer" What would a mayor's bouncer even be? He works the door at the mayor's parties? In fact, McLean was part of the advance team on the security detail, scouting locations before t...

On November 27, 2010 4:46 PM in Chalk Artist Is Suing City For $1 Million, they said:

" it stems from community complaints either to 311,911 or to the precinct itself ... i doubt a cop really cares about some hippie drawing on the sidewalk" That's ridiculous. A cop cares about writing...

On November 26, 2010 7:20 PM in Murder, Robbery and Rape Are Up, But Crime Is Down, they said:

You're right. It's the F.B.I. Uniform Crime Reporting System I was thinking of, which specifically states that local agencies should use their definitions and not crime classifications as defined in t...

On November 26, 2010 6:52 PM in Extra, Extra, they said:

Heh. The summary view says "from a $10 after-tax windfall to being broke", so before I clicked through here I was thinking "hey, I could do that!"...

On November 26, 2010 6:39 PM in Are Train Patdowns Coming In Our Future?, they said:

I'm not clicking that, because the words 'sexy' and 'Pamela Anderson' haven't belonged in the same sentence for many years....

On November 26, 2010 6:24 PM in Don't Believe The Bus Driver When He Says Ride Is Free, they said:

Considering the completely different appearance, it's kind of hard to believe that a New Yorker could board an SBS bus without knowing it....

On November 26, 2010 5:39 PM in Chalk Artist Is Suing City For $1 Million, they said:

I've run into him a couple of times. Seems like a cool guy, and at least one of those times I know he asked the shop owner ahead of time if it'd be OK to chalk on the sidewalk in front of the entrance...

On November 26, 2010 5:33 PM in Murder, Robbery and Rape Are Up, But Crime Is Down, they said:

There's nothing mysterious about that, and no lies necessary to state it. It's just a statistical quirk of the type that makes it easy for people who understand a set of stats to confuse those who don...

On November 26, 2010 3:04 PM in Are Train Patdowns Coming In Our Future?, they said:

Of course, a terrorist might set off a bomb anywhere, it doesn't have to be related to any type of travel. Obviously our homeland will not be secure until we are able to thoroughly search every pers...

On November 26, 2010 1:24 PM in Don't Believe The Bus Driver When He Says Ride Is Free, they said:

So, she says the driver told her she could ride for free, and he says he didn't tell her that. Somebody's lying... but she's a marketing executive! So come on, what are the chances of someone who make...

On November 25, 2010 4:58 PM in Jerk Steals $8,000 Meant For Boy's Ear Surgery, they said:

It's likely not the case that the doctor "doesn't accept their insurance", but that the insurance company won't pay for the surgery. It's not a life-threatening condition or serious health problem, bu...

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