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The best show not on TV and one of the best shows ever.

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Harsh but fair.

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The Mayor has actually done some good things in his tenure. But people forget, because he is so graceless. He's always been a Trump-hater, though. I think of him as our surly giant. He's surly to everyone, but he's ours.

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I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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I guess you don't live in NYC anymore but a lot of people I know are in fact a bit sad about summer things that have already been canceled.

None of us care about fireworks though.

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Yeah, I still like him! Maybe if I had a better NYC mayor to compare him to I would like him less, and he certainly puts his foot in his mouth, but he's also done a lot of substantively good things for the city.

I still like him more than Cuomo.

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It gets an eyeroll from me in the vein of, "Maybe just pay them more if they're such heroes?" But I don't think anyone here in the city thinks de Blasio is, like, actively planning a parade.

I did go to the parade for the women's US soccer team, which was fun. Seeing him on a float with them was weird but I guess that's a perk of being mayor.

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I thought casino drinks were reasonably priced, because they want to keep you on the floor. (The only time I got ripped off on drinks in Vegas was at a show. We hadn't realized we were looking at nightclub pricing.)

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It will be if we give up now.

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Only way I can imagine doing fireworks without the crowds would be to do it in the middle of the ocean and recording it from another ship a distance away, with minimal employees on both ships. Then the only way people could see them is to either own a boat or watch on TV.

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Careful, you might give The Orange God an idea ...

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Why did so many people vote for Trump?

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Don't know. Haven't been there since I watched the first moon landing while in Central Park and that's a looooong time ago.

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But shortly I understand. Takes a while to build to a climax!

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