February 20, 2007
Extra, Extra

- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A large fight in the Bronx, an unusual MVA in Manhattan and a "Jet Blue aircraft disturbance" at LaGuardia - Gate B5
- Promises from the Department of Transportation mean nothing, even after two children die
- Activists want tax-paying immigrants to have the right to vote; immigrants did vote in national elections between 1776 and 1926
- Stop planning a scuba trip in Fiji - amNew York has the scoop on where to go scuba diving in NY State (lots of shipwrecks, from German U-boats to cannon ships from the French and Indian War!)
- On Eater, Momofuku Ssam's David Chang waxes about being reviewed by NY Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni: Chang suspects Momofuku Ssam will get one-star and notes, "Prune has one star – and that places rocks."
- The Supreme Court could care less about a case questioning why NYC public schools ban nativity scenes but allows images of Santa, reindeer, Christmas tree, and Jewish and Islamic holiday symbols; a parent complained that the DOE was denigrating Christianity and promoting Judaism and Islam
- A family's cruise vacation is ruined by Rosie O'Donnell - we give it another few days before Donald Trump offers to send them somewhere
- Ever wondered what the New York Bicycle Messenger Foundation's Monster Track 8 competition looked like?
Photograph of a Greenpoint card store by jukeboxgraduate




Pet peeve:
"Could Care less" means "I do care! (there is room for me to care less)"
Use "Couldn't care less" to mean "I care so little (i.e. not at all), that I *couldn't care less*"
Does anybody know anything about what this "Jet Blue aircraft disturbance" is all about? Did someone violate Jet Blue's Customer Bill of Rights?
To be fair, "tax-paying immigrants" is not the proper term. "Non-citizen tax-paying immigrants" is correct. Currently, immigrants can absolutely vote--if they are naturalized citizens.
Sorry, but the grammatical errors are driving me crazy. I'm sure you meant to say "waxes philosophical", not "waxes". "Waxes" means "becomes", and as it stands the sentence makes no sense.
"Waxes"? "could care less" ? C'mon Jen, we know you passed L&R. What gives?
The Supreme Court could care less about a case
COULD NOT CARE LESS
COULD NOT