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1 NannyState 432

I just hope someone on that show will be able to control the erratic 250 lb beast interviewing Nash....

On November 10, 2009 11:09 AM in Chimp Mauling Victim To Appear On Oprah
2 felixthecat2 389

Hasan has been trying for years to get out of the Army using all legal processes to do so. He attempted to resign, offered to pay back his education, attempted to avoid deployment, and has been dilige...

3 hotstepper 349

i don't mean to be blunt, but fuck this guy right in his ignorant self-righteous ass....

4 Mr Mel 263

Did he graduate from the Naval Academy?...

On November 9, 2009 1:07 PM in Man Survives Jump Off George Washington Bridge
5 JenChungsBra 194

Seriously. Ten beers = doable. Ten beers + a joint = sometimes not-so-doable....

6 JacqueMehoff 189

lemme guess, ms. davis lives in Levittown....

7 Spirit of 76 189

True, Chase's site isn't great, but it's still worlds better than Bank of America's. Absolutely horrible. They make it almost impossible to pay a credit card from an account at another bank. Their onl...

8 valeriob 171

-"He knocked the glasses right off my face," said the man, identified by only his first name, Shannon. Dude's name is Shannon. That's his first problem. Oh yea, back to this animal of a man. Way to m...

9 jaycjay 148

What? An item was posted about something that happened in Greenpoint, 11 hours have gone by... and no one has made a comment about hipsters yet?...

10 Kojak 147

"It was a very unfortunate event. I didn't mean for it to explode the way it did." My ass you didn't. And you don't hit a woman with a closed fist, but with an open Palm! How many times must I link ...

11 longacre 143

The only people sicker than this guy are those who blame the newspaper for exposing him....

12 whitecastlerock 135

He must be delivering chinese food to the residents of East Harlem—on horseback...

13 Steven 131

Agreed. People always want to know answers to questions, but sometimes there aren't any answers. ...

14 ANGRYGOD11 119

According to San Francisco Golden Gate experts the fall lasts 4 seconds and the person would hit the water at 87mph. I'm assuming GWB stats are similar. What's amazing is Rawn suffered so little dama...

On November 9, 2009 7:56 PM in Man Survives Jump Off George Washington Bridge
15 Snoopy 114

A miniature schnauzer / lapso apso mix none the less. They don't chase geese. Definitely not a dalmatian....

16 potsmoker 111

cabbie has to pick up passengers, its not a freelance job, its a service licensed and overseen by the TLC. could a bus driver ask a gay couple to get off his bus, nope. loose your job or your life, ...

17 Mr. Shankly 111

There's no better leader than a good king and none worse than a bad one....

On November 5, 2009 3:49 PM in Will Third Term Doom Bloomberg?
18 zodak 108

those damn white people think they can do whatever they want, shoving & punching women in bars, meanwhile innocent black people get stereotyped as violent & loud....

19 Wza 105

Sesame Street....or as they call it in today's NY, SeSa....

On November 9, 2009 8:48 PM in Sesame Street Gets Named
20 jibbly 101

I feel like this has been the Knick's story for the last two years. They went from a 1999 run to the finals to el zilcho. Somehow their tickets are still ridiculously expensive....

On November 10, 2009 9:42 AM in Last Night's Action: Same Formula, Same Result
21 nicemarmot 99

Seriously, Uzbekistan? I'm kind of surprised someone dumb enough to send fake white powder through the mail even knows that Uzbekistan exists. This does explain all the godforsaken sirens racing down...

22 mordicai 96

Well we should probably quit America then I guess. Zing!...

23 hunter.blatherer 95

Irony? Not in an alternate reality written by someone who read too much Dickens. More evidence: the first space tourist is named Shuttleworth....

On November 10, 2009 11:17 AM in Property Sale Might Doom Brooklyn's Oldest Gay Bar
24 inoyourider 94

Terrible. Wonder how much or a payout those other families will want in exchange for the lives of their kids?...

25 HOTCUP 92

actually, jackass. although i won't elaborate, suffice to say that i've had a lot of prolonged contact and exposure to animal shelters at various times. and if you actually knew anything of what you ...

On November 9, 2009 1:54 PM in Puppy Tied to FDR
26 Clarice City 88

Oh and let's not forget the old man dying all alone in the Jane Hotel. Right. That was just one big snark....

27 thefacts 83

I was living in the LES when the name Loisada got popularized. It WASN'T coined by realtors (unlike the 'East Village'). To the contrary, it was coined by Hispanic activists, aka NewYoricans, as a cul...

On November 10, 2009 10:52 AM in GoCaGa, BoHo, iTri, And Other New Neighborhood Names
28 ckl 81

Which changes in no way how I feel. Although I didn't realize that Pathmark is 24 hours, so thanks for that, even if it's possibly the worst grocery store I've ever been to....

29 HowBoutDemCowboys 73

God's gonna strike you down for taking the O out of his title. Just kidding. God doesn't care either way....

On November 5, 2009 1:57 PM in City Truck Strikes Woman In Wheelchair
30 mellow_fellow 72

And your belief is based on what? Wishful thinking?...

On November 9, 2009 7:21 PM in Our Parks Are (Allegedly) Not Recycling
31 schadenfreudian mensch 69

I think you meant Judy Blume's "Deenie."...

32 S.K. 68

And the Mets aren't doing any better. Must be the Citi curse....

33 ides_of_march 65

That was one heck of an economic "stimulus" Obama...maybe if you throw a few more billion at ACORN things will turn around. While you're at it, print a few more trillion dollars we don't have and deva...

34 marcasm 65

The NYP article mentions a "ferocious, long-faced perpetrator", I can only assume that they are referring to Ms. Rudd. ...

On November 9, 2009 10:59 PM in Woman Sues City For NYPD Horse Bite
35 youngpro 65

ugh, Wikipedia 'editors' probably ratted him out. they'll get ya....

36 farleft 64

You're making Obama look bad. Get a job, slacker!...

On November 6, 2009 10:19 AM in National Unemployment Hits 10.2%
37 Jen Chung 61

GROVER!!! ...

On November 9, 2009 5:11 PM in Sesame Street Gets Named
38 imadick 60

shame on you. sofia tried so hard to distance herself from that shit movie, and people like you keep bringing up Godfather 3. outrage!...

39 Splicer 57

The cops should start digging up her backyard. In my opinion, anyone who would be that cruel to animals would be equally cruel to humans....

40 CR 51

"You hope for the phone to ring with a 212 number." What - no one's on dialysis in the outer boroughs or other parts of the country? What about Arthur Digby Sellers?...

41 Jen S 50

You know he owned slaves?...

42 Potty Boy 48

Serpico, man, the balls it took to be that guy. I can't even imagine. I'm taking my hat off to him here even though it's slightly off topic....

43 Nyctini11 46

That lloks like the same map at the bedbug registry, hmmmm EXCEPT for nannystate(sorry but i don't think the map includes "in your pants" BUT if i find one, i'll let you know, you're too witty, i feel...

On November 6, 2009 1:07 AM in Mapping the City's Stray Voltage
44 Mutterficker 44

HEAR THAT MIKE BLOOMBERG?! damn this subject gets me riled up...

On November 9, 2009 4:35 PM in One Third of NYC Traffic Deaths are Pedestrians
45 redhookreject 44

No one denies that the city need have industrial zones. But the problem is where you put them. The corner of Columbia St where this plant is going is right next to Ikea plaza. The new waterfront are...

46 edEx 44

and this is the reason food deliveries aren't made in east harlem....

47 sexisicilian 44

Ha! Great scene. I loved DeNiro's come back: "Nah, you insulted him a little bit ..." Classic:)...

48 Boogie Down 42

I read some of the comments on the Facebook page and find it more than a little disturbing that these kids are considered overachievers in English language studies....

49 evbo 42

That's some might fine-lookin bud, I must say....

50 just_saying 42

A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. Did Paul Browne, NYPD’s chief spokesman lie under oath? http://iwitnessvideo.info/blog/113.html ...

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