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Call_me_jorge said: "Birdie Boy said: "all across New York, the people have made it clear. NO casinos. Notin Times Square, not in Hudson yards, not in Coney Island.



https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/08/27/coney-island-community-sounds-off-on-proposed-casino"

These people should have voted againstthe 2013 referendum then. Building a casino(s) in NYC is a matter of NY state law, why are these people only coming out of the woodwork now? They’ve had 10 plus years to speak out against it."

The referendum was put on hold for ten years and when it returned the political culture of the city and Albany had changed. The Community Advisory Boards (CACs) that are rejecting these casinos are aware that the elected officials who appointed them won't get re-elected if they let goons like these casino developers run all over them.

SL Green CEO Marc Holliday throws a tantrum at elected officials for rejecting his casino bid.

https://x.com/nick_garber/status/1968317854169890954

EDSOSLO858 said: "DTLI Consensus:Though far from a masterpiece, all three leads (especially Corden) elevate Reza’s play and make for a worthwhile evening at the theatre.

10 positive (including the NYT), 4 mixed, 4 negative.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/art/"

I find that aggregator not much better than an AI assisted search. That NYT's review was mixed if anything.

 

MemorableUserName said: "binau said: "Jordan, that could all be true but will you still condemn the shooting and agree that he should not have faced threats of violence or actual violence for saying those things?"

Did Charlie Kirk ever condemn a shooting and agree the victim should not have faced threats of violence or actual violence for any reason? (Spoiler: not a single Republican condemned the assassinations of Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband less than three months ago.) Why didn't you ever ask him or his supporters that?"

There actually was bipartisan condemnation of Hortman's murder, at least in Georgia. But the Republicans only condemned "political violence" and not "gun violence" as if guns were beside the point. 

https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/assassination-of-minnesota-lawmaker-is-met-with-bipartisan-condemnation-in-georgia/

KrupYou said: "LGBTQ+ people

• He vocally opposed Pride month
• He called transgender identity a "mental disease".
• He refused to use correct pronouns and demanded a nationwide ban on gender-affirming care.
• He has cited scripture and called homosexuality an "abomination".

Immigrants

• Kirk frequently promoted the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, which alleges that non-white immigration is being used to replace white people.

Women

• He made demeaning comments about Black women.

"

He hated the Jews who he thought were "cultural marxists" and were funding "the great replacement" and had no problem with using anti-Semitic rhetoric to attack them but he supported Israel and Netanyahu's brand of white (Jewish) nationalism. So lots of MAGA Jews liked him. 

Charlie Kirk's anti-Semitism

I loved it. Eric Ting, the director and his collaborators are throwing a real party over on Little Island. Eric Roth Constanzo is lovely to look at and to listen to. It is a bit long but worth going for sure. I think the tickets are mostly sold out but there are standing room spaces available. My review below:

GALAS review - singleticket's substack

I am excited , I will be there Sunday night if it doesn’t rain.

I like both de Shields and Sarah Benson but something about Moliere makes Americans want to hit audiences over the head with what they see as parallel contemporary hypocrisies… but there’s a lot more to his plays than that.

I nominate The Jamal Khashoggi Memorial Opera House as the new name.

EDSOSLO858 said: 

Who’s going?"

Not me. I do like Neil Patrick Harris but not enough to sit through that short but underwhelming play.

And the use of high culture to one up people, is that even a thing anymore, even in France? I wish it was...

Is the play a parody/spoof of "Rope"? It sounds like it.

Sorry to interrupt the hand-fan snapping...

"Congratulations to the Atlantic Theater workers who were officially sworn in as new members of IATSE Local One earlier this week."

Atlantic Theater workers sworn in as new IATSE members

And this is interesting. Venture Capital has been pouring millions into online gambling which explains New York State's tax giveaway to online gambling platforms. Since these are taxes that are coming out of all of our pockets shouldn't the public have a right to know the specifics of this data? 

How Online Casinos Are Becoming a Key Investment Focus for Venture Capital CEOs

I would love to see the Laura Loomer vs Marjorie Taylor Greene smack down turned into a two person cabaret act. 

MezzA101 said: "Mamdani, Skeptical of Casinos, Won’t Try to Block Them in New York City

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/mamdani-casinos-nyc-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.ykW-.2CYYyI9V43tq&smid=nytcore-android-share"

A disappointment, to say the least. But he’s after a bigger prize.

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "The fact that this is how The Muppets make their Broadway debut shows that Disney has absolutely zero idea what to do with these characters and that is really depressing

Poor Muppets, defunded and bullied by Trump and now reduced to a backup act on Broadway. SAD.