Thespis

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• Commented on Paterson Aide Forged Gov's Signature on Check to Yankees
  Really? I think that may be a matter of perception. Each "team" thinks the other gets an unfair advantage -- I'm not so sure that either actually does. I also don't think that anyone has given Patterson an unfair pass...
• Commented on Paterson Aide Forged Gov's Signature on Check to Yankees
  This all sounds pretty sleazy. But isn't the real crime that tickets to a baseball game are so expensive that five of them are enough to be a major lobbying gift? We're not talking a Picasso here -- this is...
• Commented on Save The Date: Elephant Walk
  What do you mean? They get a new batch of elephants each time -- after the circus, the old elephants are turned into elephant stew, and served at the classiest joints in town: Per Se, Jeans-George, Billymark's West -- that...
• Commented on Save The Date: Elephant Walk
  I know! As if it wasn't bad enough that I have to drive to New Jersey, I've also got to sit in some traffic jam caused by an elephant? That's just cruel....
• Commented on Families Of Slain Marines Want To Own Midtown High-Rise
  The takings clause doesn't apply here -- this wouldn't be a taking for public use, but rather (in theory) a forced transfer of property between private citizens in satisfaction of a judgment. That's not an eminent domain issue....