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JCfromNC's avatar

// Kaede Azusagawa does not dream of New York City //

Dok, you rascal you. ;-)

I love that show / light novel series.

mr_snarky's avatar

Albania. Albania. It borders on the Adriatic.

belfryo's avatar

We had devolved into such deep cynicism, that we totally forgot that positivity could be key for how to move forward. Any Republican garbage that shits on this just makes themselves look like a fucking pathetic tool. Like Donald Trump until recently, Mamdani has created his own special brand of Teflon. He's passed the critical stage after which criticisms and insults no longer stick or have any impact. In fact right when garbage going after him just makes him stronger.

Hooker P Tape skipping dipshit's avatar

The NYT insists that Mamdami is failing and has already abandoned all his promised policies.

beb's avatar

On Eric Adams becoming Albanian - Our lose is Albania's ... lose?

eo's avatar

I'm stumped as to what either entity gets out of this deal.

Worriedman's avatar

Is " pet the panda" a euphemism?

JosWaller's avatar

Thank you Wonkette! I'm trapped in a hell-hole known as North York/Toronto. Your sass and cheer are helping to beat my depression at having to relocate from the US. Seeing that Mandami is slaying gives me hope that I will be able to visit my US friends soon.

Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

That's a problem a lot of us would like to have!

JosWaller's avatar

Yes, and it can't leave my mind, how much I wish I could do more. I carry a lot of guilt and sadness

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. We're so very happy Mayor Mamdani is in office! No one misses corrupt Eric Adams. He benefited from NYC's first ranked-choice vote. We got better. We're back from our errands and soaking the cannellini for the Tuscan veggie soup Meccalopolis has planned. We go on the air in about 4-3/4 hours. A Jet Age Sound is on from ten to midnight eastern at 91.3 FM in the Catskills. Most of you aren't at all local, but can hear us at wioxradio.org by clicking the Listen Live button. If you have sound problems, reload the page. Later, Wonketteers!

PuraVida's avatar

Thanks for the link! This left coast wonketteer is tuning in tonight.

Hollysdower is under-pupped's avatar

So let me guess...Albania does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S.?

Craig Nixon's avatar

That was my first thought...but they do.

eo's avatar

Treaties are made to be broken ... for the right price.

Apollyon Danish's avatar

Pandaing to the voters may work in the short term, but . . . Ah, fuck it, pandas are adorable, so it will work in the long run as well.

CzechJournalists's avatar

just tomato based things. grocery store fresh ones are only worth a damn twice a year.

Reader's avatar

I find those Campari, I think they're called... About 6 very small tomatoes in a clamshell... They have the right flavor. Texture too firm but they do taste nice and tomatoey. Also, at one store only, Hannaford, their hothouse tomatoes are worth it, usually. Tomatoes on the vine are never worth it. But nothing compares to a warm beefsteak from the farmstand.

Ellie still in the mix in 26's avatar

::::gasping in horror::::

Mamdani is protecting CONSUMERS?? Isn't that now considered anti-American?

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He's protecting revenue streams from exploitation. That's as Commie as you can get.

The Blessed Reverend's avatar

It is SOCIALISM - godless socialism

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

At least it's not pandaless socialism.

John Thorstensen's avatar

I grew up in Albany (though I was never voted the handsomest boy there*) and at first figured that Eric Adams had simply moved upstate, but noooo ....

* https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7f2ee63a-9c6c-498f-a37d-52c1ea6f97cf

Demme Epstein Fatale's avatar

Lol!

I remember Albany being called Albania!

(Used to work for an assemblyman.)

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

YES. And a new series would be fine with me. I think Mamdani is going to end up being one of the most popular mayors in NYC history. And I lived through Beame, Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani ... . Then, I departed.

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Meanwhile NYT still has their knives out for him. Billionaires gotta billionaire I guess

“How to Be Mayor in 100 Days: Mamdani Grapples With a Learning Curve

Zohran Mamdani has accrued a long list of quick accomplishments as mayor of New York City, but he has also abandoned some key campaign promises.”

belfryo's avatar

Lol. They really are trying aren't they? Not sure how you can be seen as having abandoned anything after being an office only under four months! Pretty sure you have to wait till the end of his term before you determine whether he abandoned anything or not. It's just all so pathetic isn't it?

belfryo's avatar

He's at the point now where enmity against him makes him stronger. We saw that with Cuomo. The uglier his attacks against ZM God, the stronger ZM got.

In a way this is one thing that he and Trump have in common. They both at some point reached this critical stage where they were immune from the slings and arrows of the opposition.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I just saw a report about the mass exodus of the wealthy and powerful from the city because of him.

Apparently, it didn't happen.

belfryo's avatar

Yeah that was a bunch of petulant pouting wasn't it? You know why rich people live in New York City? Because it's the best fucking city in the world is why they live in New York City. All over the world being able to tell people that you live in New York City is kind of a feather in your cap. A kind of status symbol. And if they wanna leave? They are fucking free to leave. I'm sure someone with a little less money than them would be more than happy to move in and take their place.

LyftControlledCities's avatar

What?

Damnmammy The Woke Commie Mooslim didn't forcibly evict them from their penthouses and give the keys to some random homless person AND throw in a pair of $600 boots just like his wife's in the bargain??? /s

To supposedly be fearless venture capitalists, they sure a a bunch of scared little boys...

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

Unlike the conservatives' choice of presidential candidate who always delivers - inflation, shuttered clinics and hospitals, war, ICE-murdered US citizens, incarcerating toddlers, ...

Enter Ranting's avatar

Demolished White House, shuttered Kennedy Center…

belfryo's avatar

I guess for some people promises kept being more than what those promises are.

Alternative Dog's avatar

Because if you haven't delivered everything on your wish list within 100 days, you've abandoned them.

clairence's avatar

I seem to remember how the same thing was said about Obama.

Martin Shobe's avatar

They also tried it with Biden before he took office.

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Meanwhile the NYT created Vance’s “negotiating skills” out of thin air

AIB's avatar

Years ago I was on a case in DC and staying at the Hay Adams hotel. I was in the lobby on my way to the elevator when security guards held us back. A man who looked a little like Liberace walked to the elevator, smiling and waving at the four or five guests in the lobby. I learned he was the President of Albania, Enver Hoxha. Not a good person.

AIB's avatar

The lying liars at Google tell me Hoxha never visited DC. It was Sali Berisha I saw, during his visit in September 1995. Mea culpa.

Enter Ranting's avatar

Hey! Adams! Why you moving to Albania?

Cheers Y'all's avatar

Hay Adams is a very nice hotel.

gallbladder's avatar

Your timing is impeccable: he died on this day in 1985.

AIB's avatar

Cool. But I didn’t know he rotated out to citizen of hell so soon after I saw him.

Pauly2coffees's avatar

Liberace died two years later.

AIB's avatar

A blow to show business.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

My Dad always liked him because he was so good to his mother.