Category Uncategorized
Emmons Avenue, 24 days post-Sandy
Short post here, in case you care: I went back to Emmons Avenue two weeks after my last visit. It looks like they have power, but most businesses still look closed. The cars I suspected were abandoned last time are looking a bit more forlorn now–in many cases, someone has written GEICO or STATE […]
tonight on WBCR
I’ll be talking about the Strike the Debt movement, an interesting way that Occupy is attempting to liquidate debt through a ‘rolling jubilee’. I’m on at 7:30. Be there or be square. WBCR.
My cranky post
Sorry. I’ve been in the middle of a family dilemma/drama/clusterf*ck that makes that whole King Lear sibling thing look like a Very Brady Christmas. It makes me want to not write or read or do anything that smacks of fun. And I know the things that aren’t fun and I’m dealing with most of them. […]
Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay twelve days post Sandy
(okay, this is an homage to Bikesnobnyc, who likes background music to accompany his occasional rant): Open this link in another tab, then minimize the tab and let the music play as you go through the pictures here. So I got up too late this AM to make the volunteer list for Occupy Sandy out in the Rockaways. […]
Hurricane Sandy, the loose ends
Recovery continues in the outer boroughs from Hurricane Sandy and its Nor’Easter cousin that slammed into us on Wednesday. Snow is gone now, but thousands are still out in the cold. Fortunately, it’s warming up over the next few days. On the recovery side of the ledger, thousands of people in places like Oceanside NY […]
Obama, Occupy and the work ahead
I’d be less than honest if I didn’t say that the election results were better than I expected. Not that I was rooting for Obama (for the reasons I’ve outlined previously on this blog), but I felt that Romney had betrayed a real contempt for much of America. And this isn’t just about his “47 […]
Occupy Sandy Relief–the growing story
The big story around here has been Hurricane Sandy. You might have heard of it. And the story that’s being picked up is that Occupy Wall Street Begat Occupy Sandy Relief. Sandy was a big disaster. If Katrina put 1.8 million people in a place with flooded basements and no running water or electricity, Sandy […]
What will the Hurricane Sandy Postscript be?
I’m writing this on Sunday, roughly six days after the Frankenstorm that was Sandy bore down on the Atlantic coast. Last count I saw was 110 deaths. The money hasn’t been totaled yet, but it will be in the tens of billions if you factor in all the folks who couldn’t get to work this […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 