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GlobeSt.com says Soho Activists to Appeal Trump Hotel Ruling

LINK TO STORY AT GLOBEST.COM In a release, Julius Schwarz of Bayrock Group LLC, which is developing the project with the Trump Organization and Sapir Organization, says, "We are grateful for the decision which was as expected, and we now look forward to preparing for Trump...

created by villager | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Post Holiday Nightmare shows need for Air Passenger's Rights Law

Excerpt from story at CodylyonblogolaterThat was a spooky post holiday truth I learned first hand in Milwaukee Wisconsin this past December 27 during an Air Tran airlines connection point on the way from Atlanta to New York City. The hours-long incident was a reminder that...

created by villager | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Offshore Breezes Could Power 300,000 homes in NJ (GlobeSt.com)

From GlobeSt.comATLANTIC CITY-Ocean breezes, currents and waves could someday provide up to 1,000 megawatts of power to an estimated 300,000 homes in New Jersey if a Seattle developer sees his windfarm project to fruition off the coast here. And, in addition to the mitigation...

created by villager | 44 wks ago
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Choosing Caroline Kennedy as Senator Might Send Wrong Message

by CODY LYON While the name Kennedy certainly evokes a sense of political reverence, respect and legacy, the family, despite remarkable political accomplishment, has also come to represent an American dynasty of sorts, the oft clichéd version of our royalty.' And while...

opinion by villager | 46 wks ago
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7 World Trade Center Lands German Bank for Top 3 Floors

By Cody Lyon News Tip? | Email | Print | Reprints 7 WTC is New York City's first "Green" LEED-certified Gold Skyscraper 1 / 6Display at Press Conference Announcing WestLB Lease ...

created by villager | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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The other potential tragedy if Detroit Fails

by CODY LYONLINK AT POLITICAL CORTEX For some, thoughts of a massive financial bailout for the American Automobile industry strike chords of unease that some might say, reward the lack of innovation and enterprise that has been exhibited by some foreign auto manufacturing...

opinion by villager | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Tyranny of a Straight Majority?

LINK TO FULL TEXT @ CodylyonblogolaterEXCERPT Leading up to the election, the hopes for an Obama victory were enhanced by the belief that another high profile pothole might be filled on the highway to true equality for gay and lesbian people. Publicly, blame for Prop 8...

opinion by villager | 52 wks ago
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The Role of Hope, Fear and Race in the Election of the President

by CODY LYONFULL TEXT at POLITICAL CORTEX On the sunny, crisp and final Monday of October 2008, three friends met at around 1 p.m., in Downtown Manhattan's financial district for lunch. The three then headed to a pub located on a narrow cobblestone street deep...

opinion by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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A Shameful Right Wing Message of Hate and Lies

A Shameful Message of Hate and Liesby CODY LYON-OPINIONEXCERPT:LINK TO FULL TEXTBarring a vision from the Lord himself,there is probably no way to alter the thinking of those who subscribe to the philosophy of fringe right wing groups like the Columbus Ohio based Mission...

opinion by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The Bailout: A Roll of the Dice?

by CODY LYONEXCERPT... This past week, as it became increasingly clear that an infusion of $700 billion in taxpayer capital might be necessary to stave off national economic "calamity", a number of Americans...

created by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The King of the Republican 527's-Understanding Bob Perry

What Bob Perry's Politicking Says About Campaign Finance Rules In Americaby CODY LYON- from 2007excerptBut, Ahmed says she thinks the busloads of elderly lobbyist were in fact brought in, fed breakfast as well as slanted information, educated, by Pro court reform coaches...

created by villager | 1 year ago
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McCAIN: LIPSTICK ON PIG OK FOR HILLARY Sarah Palin Too Frail to Handle It?

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A descent into Political Chaos?

OPINIONCODY LYONBut with that captivation has come an increasing sense of worry and frustration, as many New Yorkers watch and listen to a political contest that has in many minds descended into a chaotic...

opinion by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The Truth Behind Pit-bulls and Lipstick

EXCERPT FROM AGONIST:OpinionAt this week's Republican Convention in St Paul Minnesota, Senator John McCain's new running mate Sarah Palin said “the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull” was “lipstick.”Now it's not that pit bulls themselves aren't lovely...

opinion by villager | 1 year ago
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Party Values verses Individual Candidates

excerpt from "OPED News" opinion piece:Link to full text at OPEDNEWSBasically, over the past eight years, we've witnessed actions by our executive branch that have further tested much of the nation's mantle of trust in government. We find ourselves in a what might be called a...

opinion by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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From Whence I Come

OPINIONIt goes without saying, that in this world where we are constantly bombarded with the pains of life's challenges and world events that seem so far beyond our control, that all around us are unreported and...

created by villager | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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