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John DeSio

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    September 20, 2011

    Bronx Beep to Yanks: Pave Parking Lot, Put Up Hotel Paradise

    Diaz' Facebook profile pic: Only 602 saves short of Mo.​With the new ballfields intended to replace those bulldozed five years ago to make way for Yankee Stadium: The Next Generation finally nearing completion — look, you can even see them now on Google Maps! — it's time to finally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Andrew Cuomo Subpoenas E-mails, Etc. in Pedro Espada Investigation

    Attorney general Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed a bunch of files relating to Soundview Health Care Network, the medical business empire of state senator Pedro Espada, Jr (pictured). E-mails, text messages and cell phone records are demanded. Espada pledges his full cooperation with the investigatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Bid to Tax Video Games Incites Gamers; Might They Organize?

    Felix Ortiz is a pain in the ass. In 2007 the Brooklyn assemblyman tried to get beer advertising out of the subways. Earlier this year he wanted to add taxes on strip clubs and beer, wine, and liquor -- beer, wine, and liquor, Mandrake! He has also introduced a doozy before the legislature: an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Runnin' Scared's DeSio to Work for New Bronx Beep

    John DeSio -- veteran reporter for many local pubs including New York Press, the New York Sun, and the Voice, and frequent contributor to Runnin' Scared -- has slipped the surly bonds of journalism and will serve new Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. as communications director. He is curren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Cheek, In Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Yeah, we finally made it to Citi Field Wednesday. What do we think? We think Johan Santana is awesome. Swine Flu fucked up Cinco de Mayo, continued to be funny until we got it. Wait, actually it's still pretty funny, especially since we really didn't get swine flu. But even if! Anyway Raccoon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    President Obama came down on the credit card companies. They're still trying to hang the socialist and elitist raps on him, but they don't seem to be sticking. Mayor Bloomberg got mad as hell about the MTA fare hike -- but didn't bother to tell his friends in Albany. His "Puppets for Educational ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Snuggie Pub Crawl NYC: Comfortably Numb

    Photos by John DeSio. Why drink alone under a blanket on your couch when you can wear that blanket and get cozily sloshed in public? That was the general gist of the first ever Snuggie Pub Crawl, which urged enthusiasts of the backwards blanket with sleeves to take to the streets and imbibe with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Rev. Diaz Says Paterson Should Let Cuomo Take Over, Pass Gay Marriage Bill (Which He Opposes)

    photos by John DeSio While Governor Paterson made it official that he would introduce a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in New York State, Albany's most outspoken opponent of the bill is lashing out at the governor, calling his proposal a political gimmick and demanding that he not run for r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Well, some cowboy's Goin' Galt in Brooklyn Heights, anyway. Photo (c) Charles D Rightbloggers decided President Obama is a fascist. Despite this, and the aid and comfort he gives to pirates, the voters like him anyway -- which figures, since many of them are apparently socialists. Which may be wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Passover's coming, so here's a Pesach Rap by a "world-renowned food chemist and canola expert." Nice crib! "Despite Bleak Economic News, 2008 Was a Positive Year for Beverage Alcohol Sales and Consumption," press-releases the Beverage Information Group. Our colleague John DeSio says, "They missed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Exclusive Photos of Set-Up for Tomorrow's Bronx U2 Concert

    Our intrepid correspondent John DeSio tried to get press passes to tomorrow's U2 concert at Fordham, which is open only to Fordham students and staff, but the power of Runnin' Scared apparently does not extend that far up in the Bronx. So he took some pictures of workmen setting up for the show. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Diaz Endorses Mystery Candidate, "Last Name Diaz," for Beep

    As you may have heard, Adolfo Carrion has been appointed by the Obama Administration to head the White House Office of Urban Affairs, which will leave the Bronx borough presidency vacant. Bronx pols are already scrambling for the seat. Our own John DeSio approached one of our most telegenic state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    City Council Contenders Bellow, Chant Their Positions

    This lovely little video shows city councilmember Larry Seabrook engaged in colloquy on a Bronx sidewalk with former cop Jerome Rice, who wants Seabrook's well-worn council seat. It begins with Rice's questions about closed community centers, and rises to loud and repetitive accusations of "sellou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Stephen Baldwin Disses Obama, Promotes Christian Comic Book

    photos by John DeSio "If you go to Barnes & Noble, and you go to their Christian section, whatever they have that's comic books is just so vomitously lame," says actor Stephen Baldwin as he describes the process that led him to develop "The Remnant," his new comic book, which he describes as "lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Espada, Hailed as "Mi Hermano" by Malcolm Smith, Swears Into Senate

    Homophobe Ruben Diaz, l., gives gavel to Pedro Espada. Photos by John DeSio. Fresh from their behind-closed-doors victory over Malcolm Smith and the new Democratic majority in the State Senate, the so-called "Gang of Three" held what amounted to a victory party last night in the concert hall of Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Dear Leader: The Pedro Espada We Have Known

    Homophobe Ruben Diaz, l., gives gavel to Pedro Espada. Photos by John DeSio. Fresh from their behind-closed-doors victory over Malcolm Smith and the new Democratic majority in the State Senate, the so-called "Gang of Three" held what amounted to a victory party last night in the concert hall of Le ... More >>

  • Specials

    December 18, 2007

    Letters

    Homophobe Ruben Diaz, l., gives gavel to Pedro Espada. Photos by John DeSio. Fresh from their behind-closed-doors victory over Malcolm Smith and the new Democratic majority in the State Senate, the so-called "Gang of Three" held what amounted to a victory party last night in the concert hall of Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Stuyvesant, Bard Just Missed Mediocrity

    Homophobe Ruben Diaz, l., gives gavel to Pedro Espada. Photos by John DeSio. Fresh from their behind-closed-doors victory over Malcolm Smith and the new Democratic majority in the State Senate, the so-called "Gang of Three" held what amounted to a victory party last night in the concert hall of Le ... More >>

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