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Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is working hard to get healthcare reform passed… pushing through all the rhetoric and nonsense about socialized medicine that’s out there these days: Al Franken, like many Americans, is sick and tired of listening to conservatives throw up strawman arguments about health care reform intended to scare Americans into accepting 47 [...]

Not the Mets? RT @NYPost_Mets: Bobby Valentine and Manny Acta are now finalists for the Indians’ managerial job: http://bit.ly/1REGZQ #mets # Gotta shake this one off and win tomorrow! RT @dodgertownusa: There is good news, Game 4 of the NLCS is stll 0-0 #dodgers # On the latest SNL, that Beauty and the Beast sketch [...]

Well that was a sweep. RT @MLB: #Yankees are No. 1 Trending Topic – back in ALCS for 1st time in 5 years @WorldSeries http://WorldSeries.com # That hit the spot! RT @sportsbrain #Rockies out to a 3-1 lead in cold Coors Field Anyone else think stadium should turn blue when this cold? # Phillies just [...]

Thanks to Jay-Z I have a new New York anthem: In New York, concrete jungle where things are made of… there’s nothing you can’t do… Now you’re in New York… these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you…

So this is it baseball fans: We’re down to the “final four” of the MLB League Championship round. Three sweeps and a frigid four-game series in Colorado later, and after going 2-2 in my previously blogged Division Series picks, I’m ready to try again for this round. Just no more sweeps, okay guys? http://citycynic.com/2009/10/07/mlb-division-series-anthonys-picks/ NATIONAL [...]

Dodgers make a statement with a Mark Loretta walk-off RBI single to beat the Cardinals! Amazing! All set up by the Matt Holliday LF error! # Whata comeback victory! Amazing! RT @justonemiss: Dodgers take game 2! Now THAT is the team we know and love! #weloveLA #dodgers # Oh sure, way to harsh my buzz [...]

NBC has done it again… cancelled a critically-acclaimed drama with a good fan following. The network announced the other day that Southland, which had just five weeks ago been given a second season run, would be cancelled before premiering this season. The reason: the John Wells (“ER”) produced show has a “dark tone” that wasn’t [...]

I left work with a smile stretching from ear to ear. This was way bigger than the usual sigh of relief that occurs on my way out. Yes, this was way different. Someone who observed me smiling might have attributed it to the fact that I was going on vacation. While my footstep out the [...]

No one has ever doubted that cabbies are some of the toughest people on earth. One of the greatest benefits of living in New York is the ability to see these random confrontations happen daily. And as long as no one gets seriously injured, its all just part of a New York day. Wow, I [...]