The Times's thorough, excellent, and infuriating expose on NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan certainly starts off with a bangin' lede, with a surprise cameo from Representative Anthony Weiner! While Weiner has positioned himself as progressive with his aggressive push for health care reform, he also plays well with conservatives because of his staunch support of Israel's occupation of Palestine. And it looks like his position on bike lanes would make him look right at home on the editorial board of the NY Post: [ MORE]  | Last month, the newish executive director of the NYC LGBT Center made the controversial decision to cancel a "Party to End Apartheid!" party scheduled for tomorrow night. Part of "Israeli Apartheid Week," the dance party was being put together by the Siege Busters Working Group, which was also summarily banned from meeting at the center by executive director Glennda Testone. This decision was made hours after Michael Lucas, a wealthy gay porn producer and Israeli-American, threatened to organize a boycott with some of the center's biggest donors. To some, it looked like Testone was caving because of financial pressures, and in the days since the kerfuffle, the critics are still demanding satisfaction.... [ MORE ] |  | Because former Arkansas governor and possible 2012 contender Mike Huckabee is trying to explain his remarks criticizing Natalie Portman because the 29-year-old, Oscar-winning Harvard graduate is pregnant yet not married. On his Huck PAC website, he wrote, "Natalie is an extraordinary actor, very deserving of her recent Oscar and I am glad she will marry her baby's father. However, contrary to what the Hollywood media reported, I did not 'slam' or "attack" Natalie Portman, nor did I criticize the hardworking single mothers in our country." Okay, so what did he say?... [ MORE ] |  | It's been a busy week in court for members of the notorious La Mara Salvatrucha street gang, better known as MS-13. Member Julio Chavez is charged with killing Maurice Parker on May 18, 2007, in Flushing—and all because of a misunderstanding. Chavez mistook Parker for a member of the rival Bloods gang, because he was wearing a red sweatshirt. According to accomplice and former MS-13 gang member Jose Molina, Chavez went on a long rant in Spanish after the murder, saying amongst other things: "Yeah, homie, that's how you're supposed to do it. You see the blood coming out of his head?...The beast has eaten!"... [ MORE ] |  | Well, according to this photograph, which was taken at Bowery and Prince, it looks like four might be just right to get back into a police cruiser. There's nothing else to say except...WINNING!... [ MORE ] |  | Have we become a city of spoiled eaters? Sure, dousing your burger in ketchup, mustard and mayo might be considered a tad gauche, but this is America dammit, and we eat what we like, or have it our way, or something. The Times takes a look at chefs cracking down on the culture of special orders. Or as David Chang said, “The customer is not always right."... [ MORE ] |  | A life of crime does not discriminate, but we're guessing if you're missing a leg you should probably change careers. Police caught a one-legged man who came into a Boerum Hill laundromat on crutches and stole a woman's cell phone. The victim told police, "You can't miss them - one has both legs the other just doesn't."... [ MORE ] | | |
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