A mentally disturbed gentleman was really on the hot seat Friday morning. He sat down on a protective board covering the electrified third rail at the Utica Ave. subway station station on the C line in Brooklyn Friday morning — and refused to get up, authorities said.
Transit workers had to shut off electricity to the third rail in the area for nearly an hour and C trains skipped several stations. The C locals went express between Broadway Junction and Hoyt/Schermerhorn St.
Power was cut at about 9:30 a.m. and restored at approximately 10:25 a.m. when the man either was removed or agreed to leave his perch. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, authorities said.
The third rail 600 volts of electricity to propel trains.
Imagine that. A Republican finally told the truth about why they shut down the government, bringing our economy to a halt.
Apparently – and this is from their own mouth – they don’t want to be “disrespected,” and they will keep the government and the economy down until they get… “something.”
The Republican, Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana admits he has no idea what that “something” is, but the government will stay down until that “something” shows itself.
For many of us, to remember the last time Republicans shut down the federal government is to think of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich. Specifically, the far-right Georgian admitted in November 1995 that he closed the government in part because President Clinton hurt his feelings on Air Force One — the president didn’t chat with Gingrich during an overseas flight and then made the Speaker exit at the rear of the plane.
It was a moment that captured the entire fiasco quite beautifully. A petulant, out-of-control Republican leader shut down the government largely to spite the president who made him feel bad.
We don’t yet know if a similar moment will come to define this Republican shutdown, but I’d like to nominate this gem as an early contender.
“We’re not going to be disrespected,” conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. “We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”
Go ahead, Republicans, tell us another one about how the shutdown is Democrats’ fault.
She has defiantly stood her ground against critics following her controversial MTV VMAs performance.
And Miley Cyrus is clearly enjoying the attention – so much so that she’s taken her racy behaviour a step further.
The 20-year-old is seen simulating sex in a shocking new Terry Richardson shoot released Thursday, as she swiped back at Sinead O’Connor’s open letter pleading with her not to let the music industry ‘make a prostitute’ of her.
The images are unashamedly pornographic in nature, showing the former child star in a series of overtly sexual poses, wearing next to nothing.
In a number of pictures, she wears a tiny leotard that barely covers the lower part of her body, featuring a G-string in the back, and a not much thicker strap in the front.
In one shot, she leans against a wall with her hand while fondling herself; in another, she pulls the front of the leotard so high that she exposes half her crotch.
Miley also sticks out her tongue – her now signature move – while holding a beer can suggestively in her groin area.
President Obama’s already shortened trip to Asia was canceled Thursday, the White House calling it a casualty of the government shutdown.
Obama had been scheduled to leave Washington Saturday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Indonesia, and the East Asia Summit in Brunei.
“The President made this decision based on the difficulty in moving forward with foreign travel in the face of a shutdown, and his determination to continue pressing his case that Republicans should immediately allow a vote to reopen the government,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney in a statement. “Secretary [Of State John] Kerry will lead delegations to both countries in place of the President.”
The White House announced last month that Obama would take a four-nation, seven-day tour that also was to include stops in Malaysia and the Philippines. Earlier this week, the White House had canceled those two legs of the trip because of the shutdown of parts of the federal government, which began Tuesday morning.
The highlight of the trip was to have been Obama’s participation in the APEC meeting. But several published reports had said Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin also might use the trip for a one-on-one discussion on the situation in Syria.
The White House said Obama personally called the leaders of Indonesia and Brunei to deliver the news. Carney said Obama hoped to return to Southeast Asia “at a later date.”
It takes real balls to orchestrate a government shutdown, then blame the people who are implementing your shutdown. That was exactly the case on Wednesday, when a Texas Republican, Rep. Randy Neugebauer, appeared at The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Neugebauer was shocked! Shocked I say, that a park service ranger did her job and tried to implement the shutdown at the Memorial. According the rules governing the shutdown, non-essential government employees must be furloughed, and some of these so-called non-essential workers are employed to keep the Memorial opened.
“You should be ashamed of yourself,” Neugebauer said, his face filled with scorn for the unsuspecting ranger. The ranger answered that she wasn’t ashamed, but Neugubauer insisted, she should be!
On Twitter, the Republicans are calling this “more campaigning.” But whatever they think it is, President Obama is darn good at it. Today in Maryland, the President took his show on the road and informed the American people of the recent Republican government shutdown, and the simple process Republicans should take to bring the government back.
A dental hygienist from Connecticut was the female driver who tried to ram her car into a White House barricade and was shot dead near the US Capitol after a high-speed chase through Washington streets Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Sources said Miriam Carey, who formerly lived in Brooklyn, was licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut and had a permit to work as a hygienist in Connecticut prisons.
At least a dozen gunshots were fired when she tried to flee cops, who had trapped her two blocks from the Capitol. She was believed to have been hit several times.
A child believed to be a girl about 2 or 3 years old was found unhurt in her black Infiniti sedan, which had Connecticut license plates.
Authorities had no immediate explanation of the woman’s motive. But Capitol Police chief Kim Dine told reporters there was no reason to believe it was an act of terrorism “or anything other than an isolated incident.”
ABC News said the 34-year-old woman had a history of mental health issues. A task force of FBI and Secret Service agents was executing a search warrant at her Connecticut home, CNN said.
The Capitol was locked down Thursday after shots were fired outside one of the House office buildings.
Some lawmakers said seven or eight shots were fired and that they seemed to be coming from the area of the Rayburn House Office Building.
It appeared at least one person was injured in the shooting.
Media reports suggested the incident began at the White House and ended on Capitol Hill.
ABC News issued an alert saying someone had tried to ram a barricade near the White House and then fled in a vehicle with police in pursuit.
NBC News reporter Pete Williams tweeted that the incident began at the White House and led to a car chase.
ABC News, citing police, shot and killed a woman who was driving the car.
We can thank the Republicans in Congress and the conservative media for this. With all their 24hrs barrage of lies about the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare, the average American is no wiser as to the benefits of the law or that the simple knowledge that the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare is the same thing.
Jimmy Kimmel proves this point by sending out a camera crew and asking the average joe on the street if he/she prefers Obamacare over The Affordable Care Act. Not even knowing that the two are the same, a majority of those asked chose The Affordable Care Act.
Republicans have indeed made a mockery out of the American people. Thanks GOP!
Like most of America, Jon Stewart is angry with the GOP.
One day into a government shutdown triggered by House Republicans, 800,000 workers have been furloughed and many government programs, like the Women Children and Infant’s nutritional supplement program, are suspended. “It’s like taking candy from a baby,” said Stewart on “The Daily Show.” “Except instead of candy, it’s food.”
Meanwhile, conservative political pundits like Fox News’ Todd Starnes are laughing at anyone who’s upset by the shutdown. “If you believe the Democrats, it’s time to buy the potted meat and Tang and get in your survival bunker,” he said on “Hannity,” with a hearty chuckle.
Stewart responded to the segment with open disdain, saying simply, “F*ck you.”
“I know that for you, potted meat and Tang is shorthand for sh*t you wouldn’t possibly imagine eating unless there was a catastrophe,” he said. “For the people actually affected by the government shutdown, it’s the shit they eat that they can no longer afford.”
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