Subject: Donald Trump

• (Name Here) for Mayor!

  October 3, 2005

• Bullies' Brains Happy at Pain, Says Study

  November 7, 2008

• $1.19T Budget Deficit Will Normalize the Word "Trillion"

  Obama is promising to exert all the fiscal control he can as President, and has even hired a new "chief performance officer," former McKinsey consultant Nancy Killefer, to oversee spending. Nonetheless he said today that he expects the budget deficit, driven by stimulus payments to put the ruined economy back on track, will grow in 2008 to about $1.19 trillion, representing eight percent of the federal budget. For purposes of comparison, last year's deficit was $455 billion. Just as the term "mi

  January 7, 2009

• Obamas Get a Garden

  Michelle Obama will enlist the help of 23 fifth-graders to dig up a patch of the White House lawn in which an organic vegetable garden will be planted. The garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt's WWII victory garden, will be visible to passers-by. [NY Times] Some of the city's A-list restaurateurs are interested in bidding on the Tavern on the Green space in Central Park. Reps for Danny Meyer and Donald Trump, as well as Smith & Wollensky founder Alan Stillman himself attended a meeting fo

  March 20, 2009

• The ultimate scalping guide to the Mets-Braves weekend

  October 19, 1999

• Six Sites That Ring Musto's Gay Chimes

  January 25, 2005

• Interest-Free!

  February 27, 2007

• Network Encore? I'm Glad as Hell.

  March 20, 2007

• Trump's Gamble for Indian Wampum

  July 7, 1998

• Were Malloy’s Marks Illegal?

  June 12, 2001

• Red Carpet Treatment

  July 25, 2006

• Stump the Trump

  August 1, 2006

• Letters

  August 8, 2006

• Smoke-Filled Rooms

  How the landlord lobby limited the sprinkler law

  March 23, 1999

• NY Mirror

  February 1, 2000

• The Ego Candidates

  May 1, 2001

• Beauty and the Big Shots

  June 5, 2001

• Landlords Vote With Bucks

  August 28, 2001

• NY Mirror

  July 22, 2003

• Jew Eye for the Black Guy: Odd Couple Swap Stereotypes

  August 26, 2003

• NY Mirror

  January 20, 2004

• Freezing Outside of the Box

  March 16, 2004

• The Art of the Shakedown

  May 11, 2004

• Powerful White Men, Watch Out

  July 13, 2004

• Playing Trumps

  September 7, 2004

• A Dry White Season

  September 14, 2004

• Is It Okay To Be Jealous of My Girlfriend's Gay Best Friend?

  January 8, 2008

• Germ Warfare

  November 23, 1999

• Being Stanley Kubrick

  March 6, 2007

• Stoned and Rethroned

  February 6, 2007

• Show Me the Money

  January 24, 2006

• The Sex Scandal That Put Bush in the White House

  May 11, 2004

• Booze News--Beer Goggle Myth Debunked & Screw Cap for Bubbly Announced

  Martin Silver, who owns Georgi Vodka, accused Donald Trump, who launched Trump Vodka in 2006, of being a hypocrite for firing Khloe Kardashian from "Celebrity Apprentice" for her DUI conviction. Silver even offered to hire Kardashian himself. [NY Post] A British study has debunked the myth of the "beer goggle" effect. Researchers found that straight men who had been drinking found women less--not more--attractive than they normally would sober. [London Sun] A 150-year-old family-owned Champagn

  April 21, 2009

• In Defense of Carrie Prejean's Newly-Revealed Nipple Photos

  Let's be fair. Model shoots include a lot of stuff that is not meant for the final proofs, and there is no indication that Miss California/anti-gay-marriage crusader Carrie Prejean expected the shots up at TMZ today to be circulated. And if Donald Trump decides, as he is supposedly mulling today, to withdraw her crown, it will not meaningfully affect her career, the course of which seems set, except to intensify the claims of anti-anti-gay-marriage prejudice from her supporters, which will furth

  May 12, 2009

• Breaking! Carrie Prejean Keeps Crown, Says Trump

  Praise Jesus! Donald Trump will let Miss California Carrie Prejean keep her crown. He says the topless shots of her are "fine," reports the Tucson Citizen; we maintain that they don't show enough of her breasts, and that she should arch her back more. Trump, who runs the Miss USA franchise, also was okay with Prejean's anti-gay-marriage statement at the Miss USA pageant: "It was the same answer the President of the United States gave... She gave an honorable answer. She gave an answer from her h

  May 12, 2009

• Can the Eco-Friendly Restaurant Harbour Sustain Itself?

  June 10, 2009

• Under Review--Sietsema At Harbour; DiGregorio At Andy's Seafood & Grill

  This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema swims over to Harbour, although he isn't sure enough of his fellow New Yorkers will follow suit, while Sarah DiGregorio tries to stomach stinky tofu at Andy's Seafood & Grill. Jay Cheshes is less lukewarm about Harbour, with its chef Joe Isidori, who "cooks like a prodigy despite having spent most of his career hidden away in the Donald Trump machine," deeming the food "so often thrilling." [TONY] Bruni reminds us all that Peter Hoffman was the city's p

  June 10, 2009

• Trump to Carrie Prejean: You're Fired! Gay Marriage Opponent Out as Miss California

  Last month Donald Trump refused to fire Miss California USA Carrie Prejean when her old topless shots were revealed. The Miss USA contestant had rocketed to fame when she revealed herself to be against gay marriage under pageant questioning by Perez Hilton and was subsequently not elected to Miss USA, which many thought was an act of anti-anti-gay-marriage prejudice. But now Trump has cleared Prejean's firing by K2 Productions, which handles the Miss California USA franchise. "I told Carrie she

  June 10, 2009

• Carrie Prejean Finally Dethroned!

  Donald Trump had backed up dim-witted Carrie Prejean's right to retain her Miss California crown, but he just backtracked and said, "Off with it now!" And why? Because she's anti gay? Because she broke her contract and made appearances outside the pageant's approval? Because the wind blew open her blouse during a photo shoot? No, because she didn't do her job properly and "treated people badly"! In other words, because she's not nice! And being not nice ain't in the bible! I'm thrilled about t

  June 10, 2009

• Did Carrie Prejean's Firing Get Me Fired Up On Olbermann?

  Last night, I went on Countdown With Keith Olbermann to discuss Carrie Prejean's dethroning, but don't believe the headline someone put on YouTube ("Musto Lament's Carrie Prejean's Firing.."). The truth is, while I DID point out Donald Trump's hypocrisies in suddenly turning against Carrie, I said her axing was "poetic justice. It's like when OJ got convicted for robbery instead of beheading two people. I'm fine with it."

  June 12, 2009

• New York Celebs Do Cell-Phone Audio Tours of Central Park

  Usually we're all, "blar, we've been living here 100 years and we don't need an audio tour," even in museums where we don't know shit about shit, but here's something we might actually do: cell-phone audio commentary on city landmarks, performed by local celebrities. For example, "Yoko Ono introduces Strawberry Fields," says the Times, while "Whoopi Goldberg talks about Wollman Rink, where she learned to ice skate." The article lists the phone number (646-862-0997) and the buttons you push to ge

  June 24, 2009

• Which Of These Two Would You Sleep With?

  David ShankboneIt's a whole new game, kids, though it might sound a tiny bit reminiscent of our old "Fuck-Marry-Slap" pastime. This one has you determining which of two people you would get it on with--the two people being celebrities that I name at random. "Neither" is not a choice in this game, mind you. You must pick one of the two celebs I serve up and then you must go through with the sex act--in your mind, anyway. And those celebs are:

  July 1, 2009

• Trump's Ravitch Attack: The Back Story

  Anyone wondering about the real source of Donald Trump's venom for newly-minted lieutenant governor Richard Ravitch might want to take a peek in the city's back pages. Trump's blast at Ravitch made state-wide news Monday when he gave New York Post political editor Fred Dicker a copy of his two-page letter to Governor Paterson blasting Ravitch as a bad choice, calling him "extremely weak, ineffective" and a push-over for unions. And that was the nicer part. The Apprentice-Master added:

  July 15, 2009

• Donald Trump's Claim That Author Lowballed His $ is Thrown Out of Court

  Much to our relief, it is very hard for public figures to win defamation suits against journalists, though that didn't stop Donald Trump from trying one against Times reporter Timothy O'Brien for estimating Trump's wealth lower than Trump himself has publicized. The alleged lowball -- between $150 million and $250 million, which conflicts with Trump's claim of $4 billion -- occurred in O'Brien's book, Trump Nation: The Art of Being the Donald, sales of which are estimated at 17,000 copies. Trump

  July 16, 2009

• Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

  The Sotomayor hearings commenced with protesters. Chuck Schumer did his bit. Lindsey Graham copped out, or so the rightwingers said -- so he hassled Sonia on her temperament. Jeff Sessions tried to get cute. A rightwing Representative and a "flaming liberal" discussed the case amicably. Finally the Republicans all said their were "troubled," the New Yorkers at the scene all said she was a peach, and that was that till the inevitable confirmation. Mayor Bloomberg beefed up his campaign adve

  July 17, 2009

• The Blogroll Gazette: The Many (Possible) Faces of Sam Sifton; Is Momo Midtown On Its Way?

  This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily imagined what sort of disguises Sam Sifton might use to hide his already public identity, including a retro Batman mask, Gael Greene-style hat, and Donald Trump wig. Midtown Lunch got excited at the prospect of a MomoMidtown... or is it MidtownFuku? Rumor has it the next David Chang endeavor will be in the Chambers Hotel. Grub Street noticed that Time Out's food section dropped a star for its reviews. Restaurant critic Jay Cheshes said the five star rat

  August 7, 2009

• Trump Shills for Oreos (Badly)

  A.V. Club points out how yucky Donald Trump's Golden Oreos ad is. Not only are Golden Oreos a profane bastardization of the beloved sandwich cookie, but hearing The Donald utter the words "lick race" is something no television viewer should have to endure. [via Cold Mud]

  September 3, 2009

• Carrie Prejean at Values Voters: God Has "Bigger Crown for Me in Heaven" Than Trump Does

  ​The Values Voters Summit -- held in liberal D.C. rather than in Branson, Missouri, for some reason -- kicked off this morning, and has already heard from former Miss California Carrie Prejean, whose remarks are characterized by a sympathetic Dakota Voice: "She said she was raised by parents who taught her moral values, and that she had given her life to Christ at a young age... she could not believe someone had asked that question at a USA pageant, and thought it was highly inappropriate

  September 18, 2009

• Knock Back Some Cold Ones Like Ho Chi Minh at Bia Garden

  September 29, 2009

• Food Network to Go Global; Daniel Joins Michelin Three-Star Club

  ​A group of food corps is launching the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year campaign to help reduce obesity -- especially childhood obesity -- by 2015. [PR Newsire] A study reveals that customers at fast-food chains, such as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC, don't necessarily make better food choices now that nutritional information is posted, especially in poorer neighborhoods. [NY Times] Scripps Networks Interactive and Chello Zone has plans to launch

  October 6, 2009