Genghis Khan, King Leopold, Adolf Hitler…Chris Christie? At a rally outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, union leader Christopher Shelton compared the governor of New Jersey to the leader of Nazi Germany, telling a crowd of several thousand, "Welcome to Nazi Germany. The first thing that the Nazis and Adolf Hitler did was to go after the unions." Shelton, the head of the Communication Workers of America, was there with other union officials and politicians to protest legislation that would raise the cost of pension and health benefits for public employees. According to the Star-Ledger, Shelton went on to call two democrats who supported the bill "Adolf Christie's generals." He continued: "Any politician who stands up against collective bargaining, in this state or any other, is not a Democrat. They're Nazis, goddamn it." more ›

When you're found to be making pipe bombs amidst an apartment arsenal of weapons and then confess to painting swastikas in your Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, expect the book to be thrown at you repeatedly. Ivaylo Ivanov was charged with over 100 criminal counts for his activities. more ›

The AP reports on two Picasso paintings that have hung in the MoMA and Guggenheim for decades, and the fight to keep them there. Julius H. Schoeps claims they are the property of his great uncle who was persecuted in Nazi Germany, and has demanded the museums hand over the paintings, "Boy Leading a Horse" (MoMA) and "Le Moulin de la Galette" (Guggenheim). The suit was filed at the District Court in Manhattan. Both museums... more ›

TIP: Tomorrow morning enjoy some coffee and conversation with Likemind. more ›

New York has never celebrated the forms of dance that it has birthed until now: Voguing, Jazz, the Jitterbug, Punk, Gothic--even Salsa was birthed in the Cuban Communities in this great city. And it is now time for Dance. New York has enjoyed the last two years of a September Art Parade and in May 2007, we can finally honor Dance in a similar fashion. more ›

A mob of angry Hasidim took to the streets outside a Borough Park police station, starting fires and protesting the arrest of a 75 year old man. The Hasidic man, Arthur Schick, had been talking on a cellphone while driving - which is against the law - and police officers decided to haul him in when Schick refused their orders to show his license and registration. When the police tried to handcuff him, two men intervened (a community activist told WABC 7 that the police officers had assaulted the man). Angry onlookers turned into hundreds of protesters, who started fires with cardboard boxes, trapped a cop in his car, yelled "Nazi Germany" and even prevented a tractor trailer from traveling down the road (check out this NY Post picture of a crowd surrounding a female police officer and her car). Two police officers were injured, and many people, including, Schick and the two men who intervened, were arrested. CBS 2 says some suggest the "on-going ticket blitz" had also angered the community. more ›