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In Youngstown, Ohio at Grandma’s for the holiday.

Chag sameach to all

connectivity is extremely limited…normal blogging will resume Thursday when I return to NYC

It’s about time!

Sadly, was stuck clothes shopping with mom and the siblings, so I missed the game. So not fair!

The NYT does some investigating and finds out where a majority of the spontaneous umbrella vendors get their supplies from–B and B photo

Literally when it starts to rain in NYC these guys appears outside of the subway stations with their goods.

Whomever from the RNC just called my family’s house and spoke with the Father…I pity you. (He’s tough on all phone surveyors).

/Just saying

Back in Cleveland with the family.

Corisol levels set to markedly increase

Anger: NYC Market Charges ‘Energy Surcharge’

The market in question is the grossly overpriced to begin with Eli’s (3rd Ave and 80th).

/Trader Joes ftw!

Hot Dogs Force Evacuation At Citizens Bank Park

Hot dogs are right up there with peanuts and cracker jacks in terms of ball game food…

I’m so confused….

Oh, the UWS…

This video of the McCain for Manhattan group parading through a street fair this past weekend is just priceless.

Obviously, McCain does not poll well amongst UWSers who enjoy attending street fairs.

Granted, my knowledge of the ways in which Wall Street works are limited, but al this talk of a bailout has me thinking.

If some if not most of the huge $700 billion (!) bailout is going to be used to buy the morgages that banks like Lehman held–won’t that just wind up costing the taxpaer money? If some of these morgages are/were “toxic”, what good would it do for the gov’t to purchase them? Look what the did to the banks!

Any insight or clarification would be appreciated

Can’t say I didn’t see this coming: Anti-Iran rally turns into anti-Obama rally.

First off, I wasn’t in attendance, not for political reasons, but rather because I had work. [Try getting from the Columbus Circle area over to the UN, on a weekday, mid-day].

Second, ever since the organizers were (politically) pressured/threatened by certain groups on the left to have Palin withdraw, there’s been an uproar.

Fact is, the most vocal, anti-Iran segments of the community are probably leaning towards McCain/Plain to begin with. Second, Palin’s still got that “rock star” vibe going on–and an Alaskan in NYC could definitely draw quite the crowd. However, since the disinvite, there were calls of disapproval from some segments plus other calls for boycott by others. Doesn’t help things.

It’s a shame the rally didn’t get more than the estimated ~2000 attendees.

Feh…the annual GA meeting is this week, meaning city-wide headaches.

Thank goodness I work on the West Side of town

Baskin Robbins new 32 fl oz Heath Shake has 2310 calories in it!

303g of carbs + 108g of fat…how the heck do you fit all that into 32 fl oz?

Disgusting

Biden caught trash talking the Buckeyes (after spending two daysin OH no less!)

From Drudge:

Biden taps reporter’s chest, tells him, ‘you need to work on your pecs’…

Now, since I doubt Biden’s physique is anything like Arnold’s (was)….is he really one to talk?

Tonight for dinner it’s time to try a new source of lean protien: Elk.

Yes, it’s Kosher…

So says CNN…therefore take it with a grain of salt.

Personally, I put little faith in polls. Rather, I just wanted to share this Fark headline that came with the article:

Although South Florida Jews are usually loyal democrats, McCain may sway voters. “Obama is too thin — look at him. Like a skeleton. That woman he’s with isn’t feeding him enough. Oy vey.”

Let the kveteching commence

That’s what Joe Biden says

Last time I checked, higher taxes were usualy equated with socalism…

/Just saying

Very creative article title in the WSJ the other day (I’ll find the link later)

This poll result though, has to be an anomaly…

Shock Poll: Jews Now Favor McCain in New York, 54-32

I’ll assume that most of those polled were not residents of the Upper West side?

Even with 14% either undecided or voting other, those are some suprising numbers. My un-educated guess would be that McCain is scoring higher with the more religious demographic than Obama. The main topics would probably be Israel, charter schools, his “maverick” reputation, etc.

Wow….just wow….

At work, as things were slow, we watched Lehman’s stock as the market opened. The thing sank faster than we could imagine.

Who would’ve thought?

Meanwhile, the big question around here is what effect is Lehman’s tanking going to have on the local economy. Definitely going to mean a significant downturn in tax revenue for the city….does that mean a tax increase for the rest of us (boo!)

The Mayor expresses confidence in the situation, but I’m a bit skeptical of things right now.