Election Day

[UPDATE]: Prop 8 and DOMA Head To The Supreme Court

UPDATE: According to the New York Times, the Supreme Court agreed this afternoon to decide on the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 appeal and the Defense of Marriage Act.It is, arguably, the most significant social battle in America's courts since Roe v. Wade or even Brown v. the Board of Educ ... More >>

The Big Lobbyist Battle For Medical Reefer in New York Begins

New York has had the whole medical marijuana conversation for a while (end result: fail) and legalizing marijuana, if only for medical purposes, has its twists and turns here. Even with the roll back of the draconian Rockefeller drug laws by Cuomo, being the world capital of weed arrests sure doesn' ... More >>

Mayor Bloomberg's Super PAC Scores Victories (And Losses) On Election Night

Last week, we reported on the millions spent by the Hozziner's self-constructed super PAC on House campaigns across the country in the lead-up to Election Day. The money was sent to candidates that the Mayor shared similar views with, whether it was on education, small business initiatives or same-s ... More >>

Priorities: On Eve of Election, Rightbloggers Rage at Slightly Sexy Obama Ad

With less than two weeks till Election Day, rightbloggers have rolled out what they perceive to be the Heavy Cannon for their assaults on President Obama. For example: When Obama operative Jen Psaki appeared on an MSNBC show and joked to the host that "the good news for you is I showered this mornin ... More >>

Why The Ryan/Biden Debate Will Be Inherently More Entertaining

America is still letting out an exhausted sigh from the debate two nights ago in Denver. At this point, who knows who won and who actually cares? The best/worst part of it all, as my colleague James King pointed out, is that Donald Trump was mentioned two times in 90 minutes; that's two times more t ... More >>

Obama, Romney and the Political Silence of Gun Control

On Friday, America witnessed true terror on the television - in Aurora, Colorado, over 70 people were shot by a madman at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. James Eagan Holmes, the suspect now in custody, had been planning the attack for months and, inside of his apartment yesterday, poli ... More >>

Big Apple's Unemployment Rate Hits 10% Again

We hate the phrase 'double-dip,' especially when it becomes an unfortunate reality.In September of 2009, as President Obama's stimulus package was beginning to leak into the economy, New York City's unemployment rate hit its peak of 10.1% and stayed there for six months. Since then, the job num ... More >>

As Romney Holds Back On Tax Returns, The Press Goes Into A Frenzy

The more Mitt Romney refuses to provide his tax returns except for 2010 and 2011 (the latter is forthcoming), the more editorialists are foaming at the mouth about the shady absurdity of his evasions under pressure. Here are some highlights of what's been written. (Feel free to read this, then wri ... More >>

Do Any GOP Senate Hopefuls Stand A Chance Against Kirsten Gillibrand?

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand last week announced that her campaign currently has a ton of cash -- about $9 million -- on hand for her upcoming re-election campaign. Also last week, the results of a poll were released showing that Gillibrand has a considerable lead over all three of her possible Republ ... More >>

'I Love Mike Bloomberg' Is the New Get Out of Jury Duty Free Card

​The New York Post reports that three potential jurors were relieved of their jury duty when they told a judge that they loved Mayor Bloomberg (or, that they knew him too well to be fair in the upcoming trial of his former political consultant, John Haggerty, who stands accused of stealing $1. ... More >>

Rightbloggers Compare Large National Protests (Union) Unfavorably with Large National Protests (Koch Brothers)

Last weekend rallies were held in all 50 states in support of the teachers' union in Wisconsin. And at the Wisconsin state capitol, at least 70,000 people came out on Saturday to protest Governor Walker's attempt to break the union. Sounds like a big deal, right? Hundreds of thousands of people tur ... More >>

Rightbloggers Say They'll Change The Constitution to Fix Problems You Never Knew You Had

Two years ago, conservatives were on the ropes. But the GOP victories in last month's elections have them dreaming big again. They're back to talking about destroying the Democrats once and for all. Even Newt Gingrich is talking about running for President in 2012, which shows how general the optimi ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on the McRib: McThrilling or a Ploy to Keep Republicans from Voting?

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Sam Amidon, Slightly Cracked Folk-Singer Extraordinaire, Is Playing The Kitchen November 19-20

​The roving, placid, pleasingly off-putting Sam Amidon, he of the dulcet voice and occasional blood-curdling mid-murder-ballad screams, is an SOTC favorite, soothing and off-putting in equal measure, so you know that an event titled "An Evening With Sam Amidon" will deliver at least a few mome ... More >>

Jimmy McMillan Sells Out, Officially; May Be Able to Pay Rent (Video)

​Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy and surprise "star" of New York's recent gubernatorial debate, has about an iceberg's chance in hell of getting elected tomorrow, but he doesn't seem too depressed about that. We mentioned recently that he'd been offered an endorsement deal from ... More >>

New York City's Board of Elections: Chaos, Madness, The Absolute Worst?

​Those in New York City responsible for seeing that the Great American Democratic Process goes smoothly -- the Board of Elections -- has had a complete shitshow of an election season. Or has been the complete shitshow of New York's election season -- which, given Charlie Rangel, Carl Paladino, ... More >>

ELECTION FEVER

The elephant in the theater

Hipster Runoff: Williamsburg District Leader Seat Election Still Being Counted

​Young, handsome, black-framed Lincoln Restler -- he of the New Kings Democrats, who're out to change the face of Brooklyn's Democratic leadership, starting with embattled Brooklyn Democrat leader/scumbag Vito Lopez -- is still having his votes counted in an election against the pro-Lopez Warr ... More >>

Is Pedro Espada Buying Votes With Jobs?

​The re-election campaign of Pedro Espada Jr. -- the New York state senator who made Albany go haywire when he betrayed the Democrats to go Republican only to betray Republicans to be lured back as an exponentially more powerful Democrat -- was just profiled by Nick Rizzo for Capital New York. ... More >>

Is The Bloom Off The Bloomberg?

​So Michael Bloomberg bought himself a third mayoral term by spending the gross national product of New Guinea. I know this because I read about it on Bloomberg.com last night. And how do we feel about this unsurprising development? Well, the guy may be obscenely rich and extremely willing t ... More >>

Man Hangs Cat, Videos It

​Great -- on uneventful Election Day, a kitten-torturing story. Granted it's in Syracuse, but unlike previous kitten torture stories, this one's got a techonology angle: Rascell Williams is accused of hanging the kitten by its neck and videotaping it -- and don't think we haven't got crack tea ... More >>

Rockie Weekly Horoscope November 24-30

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Rockie Weekly Horoscope October 28–November 3

Rockie Weekly Horoscope October 21–27

Screenplays and Seductions

Werewolves of Fairfield: New Moody goes pre–9-11

The Others

Translating NYC's ethnic politics for Asians and Middle Easterners

Unquiet Riot

Media come out slugging after the NBA brawl in Detroit, throw in sucker punches, 'moral' lessons

Our Vanished Values

Where they went, and why—and how they might come back

On the Move

Young progressives are dusting themselves off. Anyone for Congress in 2006?

The Ground War

Hanging with the Florida troops out to win—and keep—a Kerry victory

Letters

Finley Toons Up

What George Bush truly deserves: Karen Finley's vision of his sex life with Martha Stewart

Letters

Letters

Block the Vote

A modest proposal for shortening the lines on Election Day

Campaign Trailers

Recounting election-year movies that attempted to swing the vote

Ugly Americans

Accidental Tourists Stumble Abroad

What's New Is Old

First Asian Reaches Council on Road Well Traveled

How Bloomy Bloomed

Blunders, Billions, and Backstabbing Beat Green

Bush-Wacked

Post ‘Wacky’ for W., Takes New Rightward Plunge

Amy Taubin's Top 10

Democracy in Chains

Slavery’s Legacy Shackled the Black Vote—And Cost Gore Thousands of Ballots

Taking Back the Vote

Florida Fiasco Puts Radical Reforms on the Table

Nader, Schmader!

A Third-Party Alternative? Try the Working Families Party.

The Apathy Myth

What Really Keeps 100 million Americans From Voting

Letters

Rocky's Road

How the Worst Law in the State's History Came To Be