Good for a chuckle, but of course not for the unfortunate people who invested with Bernard Madoff:
Bernard Madoff’s Bacon number is 1
Yes, even Kevin Bacon and his wife got taken in.
There is another angle to this story that is not at all funny. It has to do with the way that the Madoff Ponzi […]

The week between Christmas and New Year’s must be the most unloved and unappreciated days of the year. They are especially weird for me this year because my employer, for the first time, is closed for the week. This is the longest vacation I have ever had in my working life (previous record […]

I saw the much-acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire today — at a surprisingly well-attended matinee (Carousel really needs to move this film out of their basement suite of shoeboxes). For those who haven’t heard the buzz on the film, it’s about a desperately poor Muslim boy who has become a contestant on India’s version of […]

Last December, I made a list of what I thought were the top 10 statewide stories of the year. Last year’s list appears so undramatic compared to 2008, truly a tumultuous year in New York’s politics and economy. And most of the stories spawned other important stories, a chain of events that is […]

Simon at Living in Dryden notes the budget-mandated closure of New York’s last pheasant-breeding game farm. 8,000 pheasants will be slaughtered and distributed as food for the needy in the Southern Tier.
Josh Shear has wide-ranging commentary on some of the many “small” taxes and fees in the proposed budget.
BuffaloPundit passes on this site with […]

I’ve had a couple days to calm down over the Caroline Kennedy thing.
First of all, if you want thorough, reasoned analysis on the job of picking an interim senator, go see Phil at Racing in the Street or Robert Harding at TAP.
Moving on, I’d like to point out that this is not 2000. In […]

Paterson folds like a cheap suit on Native cigarette taxes.
Gov. Paterson to sign law today in Utica to collect taxes on all cigarettes (but see also this report)
Along with a host of other sin/luxury taxes and fee-raisings on everyone but the very wealthy. Then again, after the Madoff Ponzi revelation, the […]

Ridiculous Food Society of Upstate New York is not your average foodie blog. It’s “a humorous look at the food and culture of Upstate New York” but even though the cuisine of our region revolves around meat, I’m pretty sure most of these recipes are not authentic. I’m not sure what’s deadlier, the […]

The memory of those days swept over him like a nightmare–the people they had met travelling; the people who couldn’t add a row of figures or speak a coherent sentence. The little man Helen had consented to dance with at the ship’s party, who had insulted her ten feet from the table; the women and […]

Via a tip from Robinia at TAP, from Capitol Confidential:
NY political ceiling-breaker drops name in Senate hat

Former congresswoman, Brooklyn District Attorney, and New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman has put her name in the list of contenders to replace Sen. Hillary Clinton. Holtzman had a conversation this afternoon with Gov. David Paterson, […]