There's a lot of obnoxious behavior we have to put up with in the subway: the fingernail clipping, the rats in the mouth, the masturbating. It can also be revolting when someone fills the subway car with the stench of their McDonald's or Chinese food. But of all the foods to make a stand over, is spaghetti really pungent enough to fight for/against? NYC the Blog found this video of a recent subway fight on YouTube. In the right corner, a young woman eating pasta. In the left corner, a disgusted passenger who asks aloud, "What kind of animals eat on the train like that?" Oh yes she didn't. [ MORE]  | Today the Wall Street Journal published a troubling article about people in debt getting arrested and jailed, just like in the olde days. Debtors' prisons were finally abolished in the U.S. in 1833, but just like pre-Prohibition cocktails and straight razor shaving, they're back in style! More than a third of all U.S. states allow borrowers who can't or won't pay to be jailed, and the Journal cites numerous examples of people getting arrested, including one woman who was collared in June at her mother's house because she missed a court hearing concerning the $1,159.87 in credit card debt she owed Capital One. Which got us thinking—could we be next?... [ MORE ] |  | Earlier this week, "hipster traps" started popping up all over Brooklyn, causing equal amounts of delight, confusion, and lust for a free pack of American Spirits. Last night, we were witness to the unveiling of the next in a line of "urban traps" from artists Jeff Greenspan and Hunter Fine: The "bridge and tunnel traps." Obviously. ... [ MORE ] |  | Attorneys for the city are determined to roll over a local unicyclist who won't backpedal on a $3 million lawsuit. You'll recall that Kyle Peterson, a professional circus performer, was issued a disorderly conduct ticket in 2007 for riding his unicycle on the sidewalk at 3 a.m. in Bed-Stuy. Peterson—who we assume was out in search of an ass-kicking, not a summons—was undeterred, and he was ticketed yet again in November of last year for the same offense. Days later, he filed a $3 million lawsuit against the city, arguing that although bicycling on sidewalks is illegal, there's no law against unicycling. ... [ MORE ] |  | Now that an earthquake in Japan has caused a "situation" at a nuclear power plant that may take weeks to resolve, some in New York City are remembering that we live closer to a nuclear power plant than any other city in the country. There have been repeated attempts to force the Indian Point nuclear power plant to close in the past (former mayor Rudy Giulian declared it safe, then-Senator Hillary Clinton had her doubts), and now Governor Cuomo is seizing the opportunity to try and close it. It's old news that the plant is at the intersection of two fault lines, but the unfolding catastrophe in Japan may give Cuomo the momentum he needs.... [ MORE ] |  | Today the House of Representatives voted 228-192 to approve a bill that would "permanently block all federal funding to NPR affiliates and to special content production for NPR." The network—which received a measly $2.4 million from the federal government last year—has been a favorite punching bag of Republicans over the years, but the latest round of Whack-A-Lib comes on the heels of a suspiciously edited hidden camera expose that recorded an NPR fundraising executive calling the "tea party people" not "just Islamophobic, but really xenophobic." The bill will almost certainly die in the Senate, like all things. But today Representatives spent hours mugging for the C-Span cameras, and nobody does it better than Brooklyn's own Anthony Weiner:... [ MORE ] |  | [UPDATE BELOW] You think today's cyclists have it rough? Way back when they had to make their own bike lanes, pushing through men in bowler hats! Can you guess the year this photo was taken? We'll update later with the answer and more details.... [ MORE ] |  | After months of bike lane backlash stories in the media, a new Quinnipiac University poll suggests that New Yorkers may be less opposed to the DOT's bike lane boom than the press would have you believe. 54 percent of New Yorkers actually said the bike lane expansion "is a good thing because it's greener and healthier for people to ride their bicycle, while 39 percent said it's "a bad thing because it leaves less room for cars which increases traffic." And when the survey is looked at by party affiliation, the Republicans lived up to the stereotype of the hardcore gas-guzzling, Fox News cyclist foe.... [ MORE ] | | |
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