Not really concentration camps using the accepted use of that term.

 

Exactly "concentration camps", using the definition at the time.  The phrase got redefined, kind of like the Shoah became *the* "holocaust".

 

Two major figures in DC opposed this injustice (which by the way the military utterly rejected duplicating in Hawaii):  Eleanor Roosevelt, and J. Edgar Hoover.

 

 

The reason Japanese and Japanese-Americans weren't placed in camps in Hawaii was because 1/3 of the population of the island would have been placed in camps. The economy would have collapsed for anyone not directly involved with the military.

 

By the way, the Supreme Court found that the relocation of Japanese-Americans was constitutional, but the forced internment was unconstitutional.

Also during the war there was conversation about forcibly moving former slaves from the impoverished South to the Northeast and industrial Midwest.  That migration ended up happening by itself thanks to high-paying union labor jobs. 

This is pretty cool.

 

The Fantastic Transformation of Subway Cars into Artificial Reefs

 

Few people can say they've journeyed far offshore to watch an excavator sling 18-ton subway cars into the briny deep. Stephen Mallon's been there seen that, though, and his photographic proof is as crazy as you'd imagine.

 

Mallon's adventures on the high seas began one day in 2007, when he noticed a barge stacked with train cars in Bayonne, New Jersey. After chatting with a security guard, he learned it was part of an ambitious MTA endeavor to recycle its decommissioned fleet into artificial reefs.

 

The agency was stripping the cars—removing motors, wheels, hydraulics, seats, windows, light fixtures, and Freon from the A/C systems—and dumping them overboard so far into the ocean you couldn't see land. The rusty conveyances initially served as shelter for invertebrates and migrating fish. As time passed they attracted scads more marine life, including sharks, economically important game fish, and at least one curious sea turtle.

 

"They did it for 10 years," says Mallon, who's 42 and lives in Brooklyn. "They put more than 2,500 subway cars into the Atlantic."

 

The reason Japanese and Japanese-Americans weren't placed in camps in Hawaii was because 1/3 of the population of the island would have been placed in camps. The economy would have collapsed for anyone not directly involved with the military.

 

By the way, the Supreme Court found that the relocation of Japanese-Americans was constitutional, but the forced internment was unconstitutional.

 

True, but this also made them a potentially security threat far more deadly than the California Japanese.  Yet precisely zero Japanese Americans were charged with espionage or related offenses on US soil during World War II.  There was no need.  This was Hoover’s point.

 

This was about economics even more than racism.  Earl Warren pushed for it, FDR went along with it.  An early lesson that liberals don’t always support civil rights and wartime should not mean the government can do what it wants.

 

WTF??

 

TN man, 28, accused of assaulting his 92-year-old girlfriend because she didn't take her meds - WMC http://t.co/yQpgSmNhek

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

 

Yeah, I'm okay, there's just something in my eye...or someone's cutting onions in my office or something...

 

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R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

From his first movie, well before Spock:

I was looking up some stuff about my old high school, and apparently Marc Zuckerberg (second from left) is a member of the choir! Too bad they already did the Facebook movie. LOL

@NYDailyNews: SEE IT: Huge python inside box of cornflakes scares Australian man.

The Associated Press ‏@AP  5m5 minutes ago

Texting woman walks into the path of a freight train, gets clipped and thrown into the air, but survives: http://apne.ws/1GnBgF8

A little too long for its purposes, but I like it! - http://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck#vNwoMH:c2AR

Can any of you bridge/construction nerds explain to me what "bull gear" on a bridge is? Google has not yielded much for me, and I'd like to understand what it is and how it works for an article I am working on. On a deadline.

Can any of you bridge/construction nerds explain to me what "bull gear" on a bridge is? Google has not yielded much for me, and I'd like to understand what it is and how it works for an article I am working on. On a deadline.

 

Despite its reputation, Wikipedia's not a bad source for nonconventional stuff.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gear_nomenclature#Bull_gear

 

http://bullgearinc.com/9.html

 

It's mentioned in the context of draw or other dynamic bridges, it would be the gear that drives the motion, I suppose.

This is perfect! Thank you!!!

I was thinking tonight about how much fuel cruise ships "waste".  But then I realized that it might just be the case that the 3,000 people on a cruise ship are using less fuel while cruising than if they were at home commuting and running errands in their 3,000 15mpg SUV's. 

^ cruise ships just dump their waste trash in the ocean its disgusting

 

http://qz.com/308970/cruise-ships-dump-1-billion-tons-of-sewage-into-the-ocean-every-year/

 

photos of harlem, summer 1970

 

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/amazing_photographs_of_harlem_during_the_summer_of_1970

photos of harlem, summer 1970

 

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/amazing_photographs_of_harlem_during_the_summer_of_1970

 

And just down the road...Rolling Stone reports that License to Ill has now sold 10 million copies:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/29-years-later-beastie-boys-licensed-to-ill-sells-10-million-copies-20150318

 

Sadly the energy evident in those photos, and on the early hip-hop records, is harder to find in NYC these days! 

 

photos of harlem, summer 1970

 

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/amazing_photographs_of_harlem_during_the_summer_of_1970

 

And just down the road...Rolling Stone reports that License to Ill has now sold 10 million copies:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/29-years-later-beastie-boys-licensed-to-ill-sells-10-million-copies-20150318

 

Sadly the energy evident in those photos, and on the early hip-hop records, is harder to find in NYC these days! 

 

 

 

its harder to find anywhere. the world is rapidily gentrifying. theres a freakin shake shack on the istiklal caddesi in istanbul now. i give up!

 

 

When I was a teenager NYC was still oozing with style at every turn.  I remember my first visit in the early 90s when the outpost of white college-educated transplants was pretty much limited to the 20s and well-known areas like Greenwich Village and SoHo.  Much of Manhattan was still dangerous and exotic.  It still felt like Taxi Driver everywhere, except it was during the roller blading fad and many people were using roller blades as primary transportation. 

 

This documentary from 1993 is so good:

To anyone who has ever thought about it I highly recommend a vacation to Canada while the exchange rate is so favorable.

 

We are staying at a hotel in downtown Vancouver on the 20th floor with a huge balcony and a view of city, mountains, and ocean for $115 Usd a night after taxes.

 

We just had dinner for two at an Izakaya with two appetizers, two main courses, sushi, sake, two beers and a mixed drink cocktail with 20% tip for $89 Canadian or $71 USD.

 

Unreal.

To anyone who has ever thought about it I highly recommend a vacation to Canada while the exchange rate is so favorable.

 

We are staying at a hotel in downtown Vancouver on the 20th floor with a huge balcony and a view of city, mountains, and ocean for $115 Usd a night after taxes.

 

We just had dinner for two at an Izakaya with two appetizers, two main courses, sushi, sake, two beers and a mixed drink cocktail with 20% tip for $89 Canadian or $71 USD.

 

Unreal.

 

Anyone think I could fund a fabulous Canadian vacation by auctioning off this fabulous unopened AOL CD-ROM I just found in a box?

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.angelfire.com/my/aolcollection/

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/7-famous-quotes-about-the-future-that-are-actually-fake-1631236877

 

I looked this up researching the "Einstein quote", which did not smell right.

I have AOL floppy disks. Surely I'm rolling in the poutine.

I know we have some pilots and other experienced travel people on the site.

 

I admit, I am the world's worst flyer. I have little money for flying and when I do travel, strongly prefer other methods. But I am going to Los Angeles in late April to visit friends, and plane is really the only/best option when you have limited time off that you can take.

 

Reading about the forthcoming information about Germanwings, and what appears to be a suicide pilot, for reasons yet unknown, and of course now I am completely freaked out. Even more freaked about flying than normal, which is pretty freaked.

 

Tell me how silly I'm being, and how safe flying is, and how I"m not risking never seeing my kid again just because I want to take a vacation.

I know we have some pilots and other experienced travel people on the site.

 

I admit, I am the world's worst flyer. I have little money for flying and when I do travel, strongly prefer other methods. But I am going to Los Angeles in late April to visit friends, and plane is really the only/best option when you have limited time off that you can take.

 

Reading about the forthcoming information about Germanwings, and what appears to be a suicide pilot, for reasons yet unknown, and of course now I am completely freaked out. Even more freaked about flying than normal, which is pretty freaked.

 

Tell me how silly I'm being, and how safe flying is, and how I"m not risking never seeing my kid again just because I want to take a vacation.

 

You're being silly, flying is safe, you're not risking never seeing your kid again.  Ha.

 

I fly probably 12-15 times per year, so I'm pretty used to it.  That said, the slightest bit of turbulence, and my thought basically is "oh god, i'm gonna die!!!"

 

I take solace in that domestic plane crashes seem to be much rarer than overseas carriers. Also, the vast majority of crashes (unless intentional I guess) occur during take off or landing, so it's always a good feeling when you've reached cruising altitude and flight attendants start beverage service as that tells you everything is fine.

The actual flying is the easy part.  The hard, miserable part is the way you are treated in the airport by TSA agents, staff, etc.  They just shuffle you around like cattle.

takeoff is pretty much the most terrifying thing for me, ever. At least with landing, I figure we have a chance even if something goes wrong as we're already planning a descent and there's an airport nearby.

 

I don't give two hoots about airport procedures, TSA, any of the rest of it. None of that bothers me. Take off whatever, scan whatever, none of that is a big deal to me.

I know we have some pilots and other experienced travel people on the site.

 

I admit, I am the world's worst flyer. I have little money for flying and when I do travel, strongly prefer other methods. But I am going to Los Angeles in late April to visit friends, and plane is really the only/best option when you have limited time off that you can take.

 

Reading about the forthcoming information about Germanwings, and what appears to be a suicide pilot, for reasons yet unknown, and of course now I am completely freaked out. Even more freaked about flying than normal, which is pretty freaked.

 

Tell me how silly I'm being, and how safe flying is, and how I"m not risking never seeing my kid again just because I want to take a vacation.

 

You're being silly, flying is safe, you're not risking never seeing your kid again.  Ha.

 

I fly probably 12-15 times per year, so I'm pretty used to it.  That said, the slightest bit of turbulence, and my thought basically is "oh god, i'm gonna die!!!"

 

I take solace in that domestic plane crashes seem to be much rarer than overseas carriers. Also, the vast majority of crashes (unless intentional I guess) occur during take off or landing, so it's always a good feeling when you've reached cruising altitude and flight attendants start beverage service as that tells you everything is fine.

 

I flew every week for 2 years from 2012-2014, and was never afraid of getting on a plane. Even in the last year I have flown 4 times without any thought of not getting on a plane. The last week of this past Feb. I flew from Cleveland to San Francisco, and back.

 

After 9/11 happened, my mindset was to not be afraid to get on a plane because I was not going to stop living my life, and letting the terrorist win. Just because there have been 2 or 3 crashes in the last year where it is looking like the planes were deliberately brought down by pilots, I still will get on a plane without any hesitation.

 

It has been said over and over, and over, flying is still one of the safest ways to travel, and it is proven by the statistics. There are thousands, and thousands of flights everyday across the US, and the world without any incident.

 

So how can you put your mind at ease for your upcoming trip.  I think (weather right, or wrong) you have to face your fear by just getting on the plane. Once you get to CA and back you will start to overcome your fear of flying. Fear is a powerful thing, and I still have certain fears, but I am also working to overcome those fears by not letting any fear stop me from doing what I was put here to do, live life to its fullest.

Thanks BCCLE, I know that's what i needed to hear. I can tell you that each time I fly it gets worse for me. I think I had less problems getting on a plane when I was a less experienced flyer. Now that I've flown more and been on flights that were really turbulent and scary, and as I read more and more stories on the news about bad stuff that happens with flights, it's worse each time. I used to have to fly a couple of times a year for my job for a few years, and that's when it really increased. And now that I have a different job and fly even more rarely as it's on my own dime, each flight is a terrifying experience for me.

 

I'm the one you see the flight attendants giving stuffed animals and candy to because I"m crying the whole time, basically. Yeah, it's bad. I just don't know how to rationally get over it. But I don't want to let it stop me living my life, and when I have an opportunity like this one, I will take it, it's just going to be fraught with worry until I'm back home safe at the end of my trip.

 

And yes, I have some anti-anxiety meds I could take for it, that a friend gave me. Part of my fear, though, is that I don't want to be all spaced out and unaware if things start going pear-shaped. I want to be present and be able to attempt to make a last call to my mother or son. I know that's silly, but that's how I feel.

 

Thanks.

The actual flying is the easy part.  The hard, miserable part is the way you are treated in the airport by TSA agents, staff, etc.  They just shuffle you around like cattle.

 

^^This.

horrific explosion, fire, and building(s) collapse in the East Village. 7 alarm fire, 250 firefighters (one of whom arrived on the scene only to discover one of the buildings was his own). Don't worry, I'm safe, as if anyone cared!

East Village Explosion Injures at Least 12; Buildings Collapse

By MARC SANTORA and AL BAKERMARCH 26, 2015

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/nyregion/reports-of-explosion-in-east-village.html?_r=0

 

couldn't get close enough for good pictures, probably for the best--

 

 

 

 

^ When I saw the address I immediately worried about Burp Castle, my favorite bar in the world. Fortunately it was a few buildings away and I imagine it's fine. Unfortunately, Pommes Frites appears to be completely gone.

 

I'm always surprised at how something like this, or the Chinatown explosion a year or two ago, result in no deaths. I'm guessing that in the middle of the day the apartments are empty for the most part.

Aw, we care! Thank you for reporting in. I saw about the fire on Twitter. Looked horrible.

^lol okay, I guess there are least a couple of people!

 

 

^ When I saw the address I immediately worried about Burp Castle, my favorite bar in the world. Fortunately it was a few buildings away and I imagine it's fine. Unfortunately, Pommes Frites appears to be completely gone.

 

I'm always surprised at how something like this, or the Chinatown explosion a year or two ago, result in no deaths. I'm guessing that in the middle of the day the apartments are empty for the most part.

yes, I'm sure Burp Castle is safe  :roll:. I think it's still there, as it's still in business, no? It's a miracle there weren't any fatalities, although 4 people are critically injured. As an indication of how rumors can spread, I had initially heard a report, second hand, that a waitress in a Sushi restaurant on that block had claimed that some man came in to use the restroom and was in there for just seconds before running out, immediately preceding the explosion. But now suspicions are pointing to workers in the building, and ConEd (New York's much hated utility), who reportedly inspected the building for a possible gas leak (and found nothing wrong) just one hour before this disaster. I'm sure the lawsuits are going to pile sky-high from this!

GREAT NEWS IMO! Harry Reid has decided not to run for reelection.

 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/27/senate-democratic-leader-reid-announces-retirement/

 

^lol okay, I guess there are least a couple of people!

 

 

^ When I saw the address I immediately worried about Burp Castle, my favorite bar in the world. Fortunately it was a few buildings away and I imagine it's fine. Unfortunately, Pommes Frites appears to be completely gone.

 

I'm always surprised at how something like this, or the Chinatown explosion a year or two ago, result in no deaths. I'm guessing that in the middle of the day the apartments are empty for the most part.

yes, I'm sure Burp Castle is safe  :roll:. I think it's still there, as it's still in business, no? It's a miracle there weren't any fatalities, although 4 people are critically injured. As an indication of how rumors can spread, I had initially heard a report, second hand, that a waitress in a Sushi restaurant on that block had claimed that some man came in to use the restroom and was in there for just seconds before running out, immediately preceding the explosion. But now suspicions are pointing to workers in the building, and ConEd (New York's much hated utility), who reportedly inspected the building for a possible gas leak (and found nothing wrong) just one hour before this disaster. I'm sure the lawsuits are going to pile sky-high from this!

 

just a few more pictures from this morning. now 2 people still missing--

 

 

 

 

I was looking up some stuff about my old high school, and apparently Marc Zuckerberg (second from left) is a member of the choir! Too bad they already did the Facebook movie. LOL

hey, who let these kids into New York?! I never got to do cool stuff like this when I was in high school (not that I was in the choir. even back in my day you had to have some singing ability). I love it! (maybe that guy doesn't look that much like Marc Zuckerberg after all :wink:)

 

When I was a teenager NYC was still oozing with style at every turn.  I remember my first visit in the early 90s when the outpost of white college-educated transplants was pretty much limited to the 20s and well-known areas like Greenwich Village and SoHo.  Much of Manhattan was still dangerous and exotic.  It still felt like Taxi Driver everywhere, except it was during the roller blading fad and many people were using roller blades as primary transportation. 

 

This documentary from 1993 is so good:

 

 

if you look at 1993 in any city and compare it today you'll find the same major and minor changes. and rollerblading. speaking of the rollerblade fad, which really started in the late 1980s and was fading away by the early 1990s, i remember going to europe once around that time and seeing everyone in paris, etc. still skating in the old 4wheel roller rink skates and us laughing about how backward europe was with fashion and technology lol.

Yeah if you suggest that the current rise in city bicycling will go the way of the 90s rollerblade fad you're met with a chorus of hissing. 

 

Look at the scale of the devastation in Harlem in the 80s...wow!

^lol okay, I guess there are least a couple of people!

 

 

^ When I saw the address I immediately worried about Burp Castle, my favorite bar in the world. Fortunately it was a few buildings away and I imagine it's fine. Unfortunately, Pommes Frites appears to be completely gone.

 

I'm always surprised at how something like this, or the Chinatown explosion a year or two ago, result in no deaths. I'm guessing that in the middle of the day the apartments are empty for the most part.

yes, I'm sure Burp Castle is safe  :roll:. I think it's still there, as it's still in business, no? It's a miracle there weren't any fatalities, although 4 people are critically injured. As an indication of how rumors can spread, I had initially heard a report, second hand, that a waitress in a Sushi restaurant on that block had claimed that some man came in to use the restroom and was in there for just seconds before running out, immediately preceding the explosion. But now suspicions are pointing to workers in the building, and ConEd (New York's much hated utility), who reportedly inspected the building for a possible gas leak (and found nothing wrong) just one hour before this disaster. I'm sure the lawsuits are going to pile sky-high from this!

 

just a few more pictures from this morning. now 2 people still missing--

 

 

the 2 people missing have been found dead. The woman who took this tasteless selfie was the communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party--

 

here's another one. Absolutely disgusting--

fox8news ‏@fox8news  38s38 seconds ago Chicago, IL

Awkward on-air moment: 'Please don't ever touch me again' http://link.fox8.com/1xzadHv 

yes i fell down the internet rabbit hole!  :-D

 

792 cornaga avenue

far rockaway, ny

 

childhood home of physicist richard feynman

 

 

^lol okay, I guess there are least a couple of people!

 

 

^ When I saw the address I immediately worried about Burp Castle, my favorite bar in the world. Fortunately it was a few buildings away and I imagine it's fine. Unfortunately, Pommes Frites appears to be completely gone.

 

I'm always surprised at how something like this, or the Chinatown explosion a year or two ago, result in no deaths. I'm guessing that in the middle of the day the apartments are empty for the most part.

yes, I'm sure Burp Castle is safe  :roll:. I think it's still there, as it's still in business, no? It's a miracle there weren't any fatalities, although 4 people are critically injured. As an indication of how rumors can spread, I had initially heard a report, second hand, that a waitress in a Sushi restaurant on that block had claimed that some man came in to use the restroom and was in there for just seconds before running out, immediately preceding the explosion. But now suspicions are pointing to workers in the building, and ConEd (New York's much hated utility), who reportedly inspected the building for a possible gas leak (and found nothing wrong) just one hour before this disaster. I'm sure the lawsuits are going to pile sky-high from this!

 

round one -- the post cover is a good one, it says dumb and plumber

 

http://nypost.com/2015/04/06/plumber-says-landlords-son-made-him-illegally-tap-gas-line/

 

 

Yeah if you suggest that the current rise in city bicycling will go the way of the 90s rollerblade fad you're met with a chorus of hissing. 

 

Look at the scale of the devastation in Harlem in the 80s...wow!

 

 

ha yeah. re that video if you can believe it actually the south bronx got it worse than harlem. up there even the home and bldg shells were gone.

thankfully both areas are rebuilt, to varying degrees of aesthetic success to be sure, but still the lots and abandonment are gone.

 

those vergara photos are quite famous. here is more about him:

http://www.camilojosevergara.com/About-This-Project/1/

 

Man, that looks like where they filmed Young Warriors and Death Wish III. Am I close?

^ i dk about the first one, but they filmed dw3 in east ny. some coworkers of mine live there and were talking about the shoots and those days. they said as you might imagine none of the neighbors were too happy about it.

 

and speaking if ny, a far different ny, here is a classic gawker blog item for today:

 

Stuart Leaf, a financier, purchased and combined nine separate apartments in a Brooklyn Heights condo building. He is now selling the resulting 11,000-square-foot apartment because it is "too spread out."

 

How nice it must be to just be able to combine 9 apartments anywhere in NYC and just decide it's not working for you and move on. These are the types of problems I seek to have.