Here it is: the flier being distributed throughout the New Jersey suburb of Roxbury by neo-Nazi group the League of American Patriots.
Mexican hater and Bystolic medication candidate Lou Dobbs earns a reported $6 million a year from CNN. How does he spend it? Some of it goes toward the property taxes for the 270 acres of land he and his wife own in Wantage, New Jersey. Just how much of his income goes to the local government? A whopping $1,793.27, or $6.64 per acre.
Just so we can give off the impression of giving Elliot Mintz fair treatment, let us present: "New Jersey Freakshows." [Bar Stool Sports]
When you’re the Will Smith of Hair Rock, politicians, if not rock fans, take notice. Jon Bon Jovi, with his pro-Jersey, anti-being-anti-anything attitude, has won the hearts of similarly eager-to-please politicians.
Barack Obama, John Edwards, John Kerry, Al Gore, the Clintons and various New Jersey elected officials too insignificant to name individually all love this guy the way Carrie did in his cameo as an emotionally unavailable man on Sex and the City: CONTINUED »
Watch out New Jersey citizens, Page Six is spreading rumors about you.
The Post is reporting that Jon Bon Jovi could be planning to run for governor. Their evidence: He’s kept his home in Red Bank (even though he lives in SoHo!), he performs regularly for Democratic events (so unlike other musicians!) and his P.R. guy, Ken Sunshine, used to work for David Dinkins. Still not convinced? He’s been approached by about running for office. Case closed!
Was Bruce Springsteen unavailable for this item or something?
This summer, David Chase reminded 12 million fans that he had them by the balls. But with Tony dead, or not, we’ve moved onto the first-rate reality TV programming from this season’s strike. Not everyone has.
Earlier this year when Satriale’s, the pork store in the show, was demolished, the property owner sold bricks from the storefront for $25 to $50 online. Because nothing says “I understand and appreciate the complex intellectual and emotional elements of The Sopranos” like a piece of its set on your mantle. CONTINUED »
MSNBC is finally a real boy. The network left their Secaucus offices and begins broadcasting at NBC 30 Rock headquarters this week. [TVNewser]
Numero Uno on New York magazine's list of "A Ranking of Seven Hotels for Under $200 a Night. In New York": the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Dina McGreevey, the beard to ex-governor and Gay American Jim McGreevey, was in on the whole "don't let anyone find out he likes teabagging" sham for much longer than the feuding couple fessed up to. Whether you believe Dina suspected-slash-knew before they were married in 2000, or, as McGreevey claims in his book, in 2002 when she caught him on the phone with Golan Cipal, one thing's for sure: the Post has the exclusive and the Daily News doesn't. Nah-nah nah nah-nah.
Instead, the News only got its hands on passages from Dina's Silent Partner, where she claims Jim ordered her to smile for the cameras during his coming out speech in '04.
The exciting conclusion – with enough material for both papers to share – is still to come. In divorce court. Where the evidence is getting us hot and bothered.
And you can blame Don Imus for this one, too.
Steven Goldstein and Daniel Gross were among the first gay couples in New Jersey to be joined together in a civil union as a state law granting marriage rights to same-sex partners took effect at midnight local time.
"It's exciting to know that in the coming days and weeks so many couples in New Jersey will get additional rights and protection that they couldn't have had 15 minutes ago," Gross said. "It's not enough but it's a step in the right direction."
Yep, just after 12am this morning*, New Jersey gays got their first taste of shared health benefits, hospital visitation rights, and testimony immunity. It'll be mere days before any of them get their first taste of divorce.
* Technically, only gay couples who registered their civil union elsewhere could get married today, given that NJ requires a three-day waiting period after applying.
• Scores strippers are arrested for offering undercover cops more than just a lapdance; i-Bankers feign surprise to their incredulous wives.
• Mayor Bloomberg lobbies congress to shell out for every NYC rescue worker who was sick/injured as a result of 9/11.
• Two former Seton Hall students are sentenced to five years in jail for taking the word "firecrotch" a bit too literally.
• Okaaay, we know this isn't exactly NYC-related, but how can we not mention that New Jersey officials are telling residents to quit eating the squirrrels?
• A rare Rembrandt painting sold for $25.8 million yesterday; in the buyer's defense, the vice-chairman of Sotheby's asserts that "the hands of the apostle are particularly moving,"
• In disappointing news, an ultra-exclusive nightclub you weren't cool enough to get into anyway may have stopped letting anyone in at all.
• Riverside Park is named as Most Dangerous of all the New York City parks; Riverside now also to be known as "Best Place To Score a Free iPod."
• New Jersey still trying to deny that they're our "stinkiest" neighbor.
• Already overwrought parents become even more neurotic about their possibly-gifted offspring.
• A teenager was stabbed on the subway yesterday…possibly by another teen on his way to Riverside Park?
Just when you thought everyone was super excited about Geico giving the Port Authority $3 million to be the exclusive advertiser on the George Washington Bridge, some of those folks who insist on living west of the Hudson had to chime in with complaints. Like the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Geico is plastering huge billboards on the GWB, unveiling the first one on Wedesnday — a 64-by-6-feet doozy that will sit above the Fort Lee tollbooths, with the Geico logo and the words "Drive safely." One might accurately suggest that the residents of the luxury condo buildings nearby might have a problem with it. Says Fort Lee mayor Jack Alter: "You are going to see quite a backlash about this."
Yes, you can see the backlash coming all the way from Edgewater: Luxury condo residents will only be happy with a more posh insurance company, like Leland West. Anything but that low rate gecko.
That whole "being gay" thing is about to get a whole lot huger. Yesterday, New Jersey's state legislature voted to allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions — but, of course, found that using the word "marriage" would piss off too many potential swing votes. Gov. Jon Corzine says he'll sign the bill in to law, which will take effect 60 days after his signature meets the paperwork as gay couples rush to become New Jersey's first legally married homos. Taking place 61 days after his signature meets the paperwork: New Jersey's first gay divorce.
Did you all know Time Warner has a Parsippany office? As in Parsippany, New Jersey? We didn't either. Until we were told they have begun moving people there from the NYC offices. We know it's kind of un-sexy news (no editors packing up boxes or having affairs with interns) but we feel it is important to reach out to the often ignored people on the biz side, and let them know what the hell is going on.
Time Warner is moving Time/Warner Retail (no, not the gift shop, the their retail sales & marketing department), out of city limits to join the wonder world of foreign publishing.
T/WR is the first business unit to move to the Parsippany office which we purchased a little over a year ago. The decision to move them was based on several factors including their relationships with clients, wholesalers and retailers outside of the New York City area. In addition, T/WR clearly understands how to effectively work as a team across multiple locations. More than 60% of T/WR’s workforce is currently outside of New York City.
The full announcement, which certainly lacks threats of moving any Time Inc. pubs to Jersey, after the jump.
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And you thought the bridge and tunnel influx on Saturday nights was bad.
• It's our first "apparent ocean drowning" of the summer. And our first "apparent buzzkill" for the Fourth of July. [NYDN]
• Across the Hudson, Donald Trump fumes at the possibility grandmas with buckets of quarters won't have a slot machine to stare at endlessly. [Reuters]
• People have jumped in front of our subway trains before, but surviving the hit? Failed suicide sucks. [amNY]
• Brooklyn gets its own Bob Marley Boulevard, which might have just a slightly better impact on property values than a street named after Martin Luther King Jr. [OTBKB]
• Construction workers have a little problem deciding what to do with themselves. [WABC]
• "Flip-flopper" takes on a whole new meaning in New York, but still mantains the "damage to your career" bit. [Reuters]
• Our parks are not as good as yours, so there. [NYP]
• NYC murderers are really getting creative these days. [NYT]
• Forget Asian Bird Flu, SARS, or cockroach chicken. It's Hepatitis B that's plaguing New York's Asian community. [NYT]
• The biggest problem with summer fashion is not the shorts, but the skirts. And the guys taking pictures of what's under them. [NYP]
• The Transom scopes out "the party for short men and the men who enjoy them." [NYO]
• The words New Jersey, Beaches, and Sparkle are put together to form one sentence. [Cityrag]
• Flashers, ass-grabbers, cat callers, and little boys beware. NYC women have camera phones and blogs, and they're not afraid to use them. [NYDN]
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