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OMG MY TAXES ARE NOT DONE….HALP!!!! |
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11:43 pm, 04/11/2012 |
If you’re reading this, I’m really tempted to sigh audibly and tell you that you don’t have many options for tax preparation at THIS time, and why didn’t you just do this earlier?? But hey, I like to help [Read More] |
Some Salaries of New York State’s Minimum Wage Hike Opponents |
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4:22 pm, 04/06/2012 |
Things were looking pretty good for a moment there, if you were a fan of livable wages for New York’s hardscrabble and adorable working families. [Read More] |
1:10 am, 03/30/2012 |
NY is about to get Un-Healthy | Friday Links |
Occupy Wall Street is BACK |
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12:17 am, 03/20/2012 |
Everyone pick up that poster-board and thick marker again and head back down to Zuccotti Park, cause Spring is here! Not freezing your extremities off makes it way easier to protest, and with election season ramping up, there is [Read More] |
Dirty Dealings Alleged at NYC Car Washes |
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8:44 pm, 03/05/2012 |
It’s not always cool at the car wash, after all, and The New York Times reports that it’s often the boss, not employees, who are allowed to act the fool. [Read More] |
Indicted NYPD Detective Liked Eating at White Castle, Playing The Bubble Witch Saga |
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11:44 am, 02/22/2012 |
A lot’s been said about the indictment of New York City police detective Debra Eager. She stands accused of three counts of felony perjury for testimony in a 2007 pot bust that has been “starkly contradicted” by new video [Read More] |
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11:21 am, 02/10/2012 |
Will My Cray-Pas Drawing From The 9th Grade Get Me A Free Prostate Exam? | Friday Links |
Get Into Hydrofracking with a 72-hr. Training Course From Corning Community College |
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12:35 am, 12/20/2011 |
I’m not saying anyone should take this as a sign of where the wind’s blowing in New York’s statewide debate on hydraulic fracturing. All I’m telling you is that—if you are unemployed (and you are)—you might be able to get yourself an entry-level position deploying the state’s trendiest, most controversial natural gas extraction method, if you’ve got $975 and 72 hours to spare [Read More] |
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11:05 am, 12/19/2011 |
No One Knows Who or What Killed Charlie the Carriage Horse | Monday Links |
Union Leaders React to #OWS |
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4:43 pm, 12/02/2011 |
Sarah Dorsey of The Chief, that weird-looking paper next to The New York Times and El Diario on New York City newstands, interviewed [subscription required] three New York City union leaders about their reactions to #OccupyWallStreet. The attitudes range from qualified support [Read More] |
Black Friday Sales Pit 99% Against 99% |
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5:43 pm, 11/28/2011 |
This year, Black Friday finally broke through into Thursday, also known as Thanksgiving Day. That meant a flood of freshly bloated tourists and residents tee-heeing their way through the streets of New York City, or more commonly, anxious serfs gearing [Read More] |
Buffalo News, Other People Support Continuing Millionaires’ Tax |
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10:07 pm, 11/22/2011 |
Our professional colleagues at the Buffalo News editorialized yesterday in support of maintaining New York State’s tax surcharge on high earners. The surcharge increased tax rates 2% on yearly income over a threshold – $200,000 for individuals and $300,000 for [Read More] |
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8:09 am, 11/09/2011 |
There Were Some Elections Yesterday | Wednesday Links |
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5:33 am, 11/02/2011 |
Bloomberg Half Right | Wednesday Links |
SUCCESS! TOTAL SUCCESS! |
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2:54 pm, 10/07/2011 |
A MAJOR CLASS WAR VICTORY! In less than three weeks, #OccupyWallSt has already redistributed $2 million in government largess, diverting the sum toward overtime wages for working men and women in New York City! [Read More] |
