Comments for BK Southie

Comment on Challenger To Michael Grimm Earns Supportive Remarks From Bay Ridge Democrats by Ling Po

Ling Po — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Did you see the new Mark Murphy YouTube channel? Hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkMurphyfromCA

Comment on Obscure Brooklyn Website To Drop-Kick “Southie” From It’s Name If Giants Beat Patriots In Superbowl (Again) by Joe Teutonico

Joe Teutonico — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Shortening the name to something like “BK South” or “Southern BK” would be fraught with its own perils. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_Mississippi

Comment on Redistricting: “A baby alien popping out of a stomach,” and other mild reactions by Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +0000

Heaven forbid we just carve up the state into neat squares or rectangles or triangles or any shape that is easy to calculate the area of without the use of a graphing calculator.

Comment on Happy New Year, And A Service Notice by Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:54:00 +0000

I’m working in January. I’m taking a page from the web comic xkcd and I’m starting off with a Monday-Wednesday-Friday posting schedule.

Comment on Happy New Year, And A Service Notice by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:18:00 +0000

How about Jnauray?

Comment on Keep it down! by Jen S

Jen S — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Someone will always be unhappy. These synagogues may be having financial trouble and need money. Everyone is sue happy these days. If the concerts have been going on for 30 years than they shouldn’t complain now.

Comment on New Coney Island boardwalk by Sassylilvixen1

Sassylilvixen1 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:33:00 +0000

I think the cement will ruin the historical nature of Coney Island and it will make it look too fake. I like the other comment below with the wood look. I am sure there are way better ways to restore Coney Island than to use cement.

Comment on Oh Woe To Be A Parked Car In Bay Ridge by Joe Teutonico

Joe Teutonico — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:56:00 +0000

“Cars with alarms so sensitive that the vibrations from the Staten Island Ferry horn set them off totally have it coming.”
While I feel terrible for anyone that has had their car vandalized, it seems there’s always that one car alarm on the block that goes off every time a leaf drops. That tank might also be useful for annoying house alarms! ; )

Comment on Hinsch Luncheonette Reopening November 28 by Elizabeth Eames

Elizabeth Eames — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Great news!

Comment on Blatant Racism Alert: Three Muslims Who Suck, And Other Stories Similar To “Muslim Cab Drivers Save Bialys Shop” by Brian

Brian — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:45:00 +0000

I agree with all of the points brought up by ES, Henry, and Ned. I guess to start, I do know generally how “similar storied” apps on web sites work, and would agree that a certain amount of leeway has to be given to how the software does its keyword searches and decides upon the best fits. Even if I’d still like to see more weight given to words like “bakery” instead of “Muslim,” I get that the system isn’t perfect. If the editors or author were to pick their own similar stories, I have no doubt these would NOT be the ones they’d pick.

But to Henry’s point – it seems like there is a serious imbalance in stories. The obvious conclusion to draw from this is that the vast majority of the site’s stories about Muslims are negative. If true, it would really help if more stories like this one were published. Starting, like, now. At least then, one might expect to see “Cab Driver Save Bialys and Bagels” in the similar-article list of subsequent stories. Until then, I don’t think it’s unfair to call out the publisher for an institutional bias against a significant group in the community.