Around South Blogistan – Overt Bigotry Edition

“You’re not American, this is a Jewish neighborhood!” Thanks for the tip, Mack. Waaaay to keep it classy. Video by Sheepshead Bites

More Peace Walk and mosque opposition analysis. This video shows the supposedly not bigoted opposition but they seem disproportionately angry about traffic and zoning to me. And then there’s this:

Fifteen-year-old Kamela Elbassiony stood to the side of the construction site. Born in the United States, and living on Batchelder Street, the only hint to her Muslim background was the color of her skin. Before the walk, she didn’t know of the mosque. But as she walked over and saw the crowd, she asked what was going on. A woman against the mosque cursed at her, telling her Muslims weren’t welcome. Elbassiony stayed, and got a flag from the Peace Walkers, and stood in support of its establishment. (Sheepshead Bites)

• I have a few questions about the black and Hispanic kids that were kicked out of Seba Avenue Park. Like, were they questioned by police, or just chased out of the park neighborhood? If they were trying to steal bikes, shouldn’t they have been arrested instead? At best, that sounds like horribly horrible police work. Don’t the police think the NFL’s policy of openness about officiating mistakes if better than FIFA’s “don’t ask, because we don’t care to tell you” policy? And why does Dan Cavanagh hate America? (GerritsenBeach.net)
• Free Friday night fireworks at the Coney Island Boardwalk started this past weekend and go on through Labor Day weekend. (“Friday Night Fireworks” is not code for “exploding car.”) (Amusing The Zillion, Sheepshead Bites)
• More on the bus cuts in Bay Ridge, which go into effect this weekend. (Bay Ridge Blog)
• Barack Obama plus the Indianapolis Colts equals Congressional District 13 challenger Mike Grimm. (Bay Ridge Interpol)
• The current NY-13 Representative thinks its OK that AT&T censored the delivery of anti-Bush political speech to its Internet customers, because he just declared his support for more of the same. (Bay Ridge Blog)
• Um, yeah, I was kinda wondering about this. The busiest piece of Boardwalk real estate, the most hyped summer in recent Coney history, and the Parks Department can’t get its repairs in before summer starts? WTF? (Kinetic Carnival)
• Snippet: The Neighborhood Cats organization is planning a trap-neuter-return project in Bath Beach. (Bay Ridge Blog)
• Breaking: Department of Buildings inspector is bribed! Oh noes! Oh, wait a minute… the bribing party gets hauled off to jail. Now that IS breaking news. (Sheepshead Bites)