NYC Mayoral Race

[Big Blitz]

They so don't want Yang....

 

 

No one significantly damaged the front-runner. (LOL)

 

Debates are an opportunity for trailing candidates to damage the person at the top, but no one succeeded in hurting Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who is leading in the polls.

 

The debate was certainly testy, with several candidates taking aim at each other, but failing to make solid contact.

Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, focused on attacking Mr. Adams, a former police captain, particularly on the issue of public safety. Mr. Yang highlighted his recent endorsement from the police captains’ union.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/16/nyregion/nyc-mayor-debate/takeaways-nyc-mayor-debate

[US Egg]

Been a yearly visitor to Manhattan, since 2007, to see my very LW kid, through 2018.

 

Since then says stay away, it's gotten bad.

 

Don't think they'll be there for much longer.

 

Finally established themselves in a firm, now to leave, like so many others, is not easy.

[ComradeKayAdams]

Since this thread concerns my city and many of my comrades, I shall provide some commentary:

 

Yes, Andrew Yang looks to be finished. He positioned himself in somewhat of an ideological no-man’s land, which is a dangerous place to be if one lacks the rare personal charisma that can draw a plurality of voters from two disparate political sides. Yang’s comments on Israel and on the minimum wage certainly did not help him curry favor with the left.

 

Maya Wiley is now the top progressive choice and is making a late surge, thanks to the recent endorsements from AOC and Jamaal Bowman. There are still plenty of undecided voters in NYC that she can win over, including a large pool of undecided lefties who were previously flirting with Scott Stringer and Diane Morales. But I don’t think the NYC progressive political infrastructure was organized all season, and so I don’t think they’ll be ready to meet this moment which is arriving fast. Eric Adams (no relation) is also the safest perceived choice to a community that I feel is looking for stability right now and a return to normalcy above all else.

 

In the likely event of Eric Adams winning, the corporate mainstream media narrative will be that June 22 was a bellwether election for the failing political experiment that is modern American progressivism. Since NYC is commonly looked upon as the vanguard of the country’s far left (and rightfully so!), replacing Bill de Blasio with some form of a neoliberal centrist is indeed a bad look. But as long as the proper lessons are learned here (stop the childish infighting, stop the rigid ideological purity tests, drop the failing culture war issues like “Defund the Police,” prioritize economic issues that have 50+% of the popular vote, strengthen connections with working-class communities), progressives everywhere should fare well in next year’s Democratic primaries and beyond.

[Big Blitz]

PR team working overtime for the "front runner."

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2021 by Big Blitz

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:

PR team working overtime for the "front runner."

 

 

 

Remember when Cruz and Fiorina tried a similar stunt to oust Trump.  LOL.

 

[Governor]

I’m really not surprised Yang is in free fall. He isn’t a very good candidate. Maya might pull this thing out.

 

NYC Mayor Democratic Primary:

Adams 23% (-)
Wiley 18% (+1)
Garcia 17% (+5)
Yang 14% (-1)
Stringer 9% (-)
McGuire 3% (-)
Donovan 2% (-2)
Morales 2% (-)
Chang 1%
Foldenauer 0%
Prince 0%
Taylor 0%
Wright 0%

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

How is a former cop and former Republican even in the conversation these days for NYC?
 

just shocking.

[JaCrispy]

The golden age of NYC was when Rudy cleaned up that town...Every time the city elects a Leftist mayor, that place turns into a crap hole...and that’s no coincidence, imo...such a shame...

Edited June 20, 2021 by JaCrispy

[ComradeKayAdams]

Kay’s little birds* were fluttering in the five boroughs over the weekend! They’re all telling me the same thing: the progressive consolidation around Maya Wiley is happening at light speed…conventional social democrats (think: AOC supporters), DSA-style socialist types (think: Julia Salazar’s crew), progressive-light Democrats (think: Cynthia Nixon types), Democratic Party-distrusting social democrat purists (think: someone like a Zephyr Teachout or a ComradeKayAdams), and even some confused neoliberals (think: Kirsten Gillibrand fans).

 

Remember that tomorrow is the first time NYC is using ranked-choice voting! We get to choose our top 5 from the 13 possible candidates. No one can win with a plurality. At each round of elimination, the top votes for the least popular candidate disperse to their next-highest choices as that least popular candidate’s name is removed. This process continues until one of the candidates achieves an absolute majority. It’s entirely possible that someone’s vote won’t count in subsequent rounds if all five of their choices get eliminated, so there is a bit of strategy involved with ranked-choice voting! For example, if you REALLY despise anyone who uses the surname of Adams (how could you?!?!), then you might want to reserve your 4th and/or 5th ranked choices for someone you think will be much more likely to last until the end, such as a Garcia or a Yang.

 

Ranked-choice voting probably ends up hurting Wiley’s chances because now a centrist vote won’t dissipate among Adams, Yang, and Garcia. A lot depends on where Wiley may be positioned in the top-5 rankings of Yang Gang bangers and Garcia fans. I don’t know much about Garcia’s #1 supporters, but some of them may have Wiley ranked higher than Yang or Adams because of the opportunity to elect the first female NYC mayor. I have a few Yang Gang birdies* whose insights seem to suggest that the 2nd-5th ranked votes of Yang’s supporters will be all over the place and, therefore, likely won’t play a deciding role in any final round(s). The extremely crucial Latino vote is up in the air, too, but my little birdies* in Brooklyn seem confident that they will follow AOC and Julia Salazar toward Maya Wiley. I am much less confident in their confidence, but we shall see…

 

Q & A with Comrade Kay:

 

1-Q. PPP Community: “Hi, Kay. So who do you think will win tomorrow?”

1-A. Me: “I’ll answer that in probabilities: 55% chance for Eric Adams, 25% chance for Maya Wiley, 10% for Kathryn Garcia, 9% for Andrew Yang, and 1% for any of the others.”

 

2-Q. PPP Community: “Who are your personal top 5 for tomorrow, Kay?”

2-A. Me: “I’m going with what I think should be a fairly standard left-wing solidarity approach: Wiley, Stringer, Morales, Yang, and Garcia in that order.”

 

3-Q. PPP Community: “Didn’t you renounce the Democratic Party last March, Kay?! What are you doing participating in this primary?”

3-A. Me: “I’m technically still registered as a Democrat and will continue participating in Democratic Party activities if I feel it could help advance the overall progressive movement in some way. However, I harbor no delusions that elected Democrats will uphold loyalties to policy promises over party. Also, this policy loyalty issue does tend to be less of a problem at the local level compared to the national one. I normally vote for Green Party candidates whenever possible and am transitioning to Nick Brana’s People’s Party.”

 

4-Q. PPP Community: “What might Mademoiselle Adamski be wearing tomorrow to commemorate her first ever participation in a ranked-choice U.S. election??”

4-A. Me: “Excellent question! A green blazer dress, NAE Bella d’Orsay heels, and of course my Buffalo Sabres hat. The green symbolizes my political eco-consciousness, the heels my vegan activism, and the hat my pride for my Upstate NY homeland.”

 

5-Q. PPP Community: “Smug far-left idiots like you are why NYC is falling apart.”

5-A. Me: “That was a declarative statement, not a question. And go ^&^% yourself, you stupid #@^&%ing #$(!~&^hole. Suck my #%&#& you #$^%face right-wing poop%#(@~.”

 

* - a lovely Game of Thrones reference!

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

12 minutes ago, ComradeKayAdams said:

Kay’s little birds* were fluttering in the five boroughs over the weekend! They’re all telling me the same thing: the progressive consolidation around Maya Wiley is happening at light speed…conventional social democrats (think: AOC supporters), DSA-style socialist types (think: Julia Salazar’s crew), progressive-light Democrats (think: Cynthia Nixon types), Democratic Party-distrusting social democrat purists (think: someone like a Zephyr Teachout or a ComradeKayAdams), and even some confused neoliberals (think: Kirsten Gillibrand fans).

 

Remember that tomorrow is the first time NYC is using ranked-choice voting! We get to choose our top 5 from the 13 possible candidates. No one can win with a plurality. At each round of elimination, the top votes for the least popular candidate disperse to their next-highest choices as that least popular candidate’s name is removed. This process continues until one of the candidates achieves an absolute majority. It’s entirely possible that someone’s vote won’t count in subsequent rounds if all five of their choices get eliminated, so there is a bit of strategy involved with ranked-choice voting! For example, if you REALLY despise anyone who uses the surname of Adams (how could you?!?!), then you might want to reserve your 4th and/or 5th ranked choices for someone you think will be much more likely to last until the end, such as a Garcia or a Yang.

 

Ranked-choice voting probably ends up hurting Wiley’s chances because now a centrist vote won’t dissipate among Adams, Yang, and Garcia. A lot depends on where Wiley may be positioned in the top-5 rankings of Yang Gang bangers and Garcia fans. I don’t know much about Garcia’s #1 supporters, but some of them may have Wiley ranked higher than Yang or Adams because of the opportunity to elect the first female NYC mayor. I have a few Yang Gang birdies* whose insights seem to suggest that the 2nd-5th ranked votes of Yang’s supporters will be all over the place and, therefore, likely won’t play a deciding role in any final round(s). The extremely crucial Latino vote is up in the air, too, but my little birdies* in Brooklyn seem confident that they will follow AOC and Julia Salazar toward Maya Wiley. I am much less confident in their confidence, but we shall see…

 

Q & A with Comrade Kay:

 

1-Q. PPP Community: “Hi, Kay. So who do you think will win tomorrow?”

1-A. Me: “I’ll answer that in probabilities: 55% chance for Eric Adams, 25% chance for Maya Wiley, 10% for Kathryn Garcia, 9% for Andrew Yang, and 1% for any of the others.”

 

2-Q. PPP Community: “Who are your personal top 5 for tomorrow, Kay?”

2-A. Me: “I’m going with what I think should be a fairly standard left-wing solidarity approach: Wiley, Stringer, Morales, Yang, and Garcia in that order.”

 

3-Q. PPP Community: “Didn’t you renounce the Democratic Party last March, Kay?! What are you doing participating in this primary?”

3-A. Me: “I’m technically still registered as a Democrat and will continue participating in Democratic Party activities if I feel it could help advance the overall progressive movement in some way. However, I harbor no delusions that elected Democrats will uphold loyalties to policy promises over party. Also, this policy loyalty issue does tend to be less of a problem at the local level compared to the national one. I normally vote for Green Party candidates whenever possible and am transitioning to Nick Brana’s People’s Party.”

 

4-Q. PPP Community: “What might Mademoiselle Adamski be wearing tomorrow to commemorate her first ever participation in a ranked-choice U.S. election??”

4-A. Me: “Excellent question! A green blazer dress, NAE Bella d’Orsay heels, and of course my Buffalo Sabres hat. The green symbolizes my political eco-consciousness, the heels my vegan activism, and the hat my pride for my Upstate NY homeland.”

 

5-Q. PPP Community: “Smug far-left idiots like you are why NYC is falling apart.”

5-A. Me: “That was a declarative statement, not a question. And go ^&^% yourself, you stupid #@^&%ing #$(!~&^hole. Suck my #%&#& you #$^%face right-wing poop%#(@~.”

 

* - a lovely Game of Thrones reference!

I don’t know if NYC is falling apart and I certainly wouldn’t blame you if it was.  It’s a rainbow world.   I’ve never been a big fan of NYC, though I’m going to see Springsteen on Broadway next month with my son.  I will say this—any heel that finds itself yapping on about being vegan while polluting Mother Earth on its trip in a cardboard box via container ship from Portugal is no friend of mine, and likely insufferable at a 4th of July party. 
 

Q6: With respect, why did you think #5 was a Q? 

 

[Big Blitz]

New Yorkers Head To The Polls In A Heated Mayoral Primary. Here's What's At Stake

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008844951/new-york-city-mayoral-primary-preview

[dpberr]

If Adams gets knocked off in the primary, I think Fernando Mateo is going to pull the upset in November because he will be the lesser of the two evils, and if the violence this summer gets increasingly worse, any but the most liberal Democrat will want a change.

 

 

 

 

[Big Blitz]

Yang just conceded.

 

I disagree with him on 80% of the issues but at least he's sane and likeable.  

 

NYC is done. 

 

Most Metropolitan areas are going to be.  

 

 

Death by Covid Sham.  

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

6 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Yang just conceded.

 

I disagree with him on 80% of the issues but at least he's sane and likeable.  

 

NYC is done. 

 

Most Metropolitan areas are going to be.  

 

 

Death by Covid Sham.  

It’s a shame, the ongoing positive trend of reduced crime, safer streets, less violence, improving schools seems to has completely halted and reversed.  

[ComradeKayAdams]

Morning Manhattanite Musings from Comradely Comrade Kay:

 

While others are busy preparing Yang’s eulogy, let’s analyze together the remaining viable three: Kathryn Garcia, Eric Adams, and Maya Wiley.

 

We’ll begin with the most probable ranking for each candidate’s top supporters:

 

Wiley: 1. Wiley, 2. Garcia, 3. Adams

Adams: 1. Adams, 2. Garcia, 3. Wiley

Garcia: 1. Garcia, 2. Wiley, 3. Adams

 

You’ll have a hard time arguing against my first ranking. None of Wiley’s supporters whom I know even had Adams in their official top-5 vote, while many of my female lefty friends did manage to include Garcia in theirs. Some even had her ranked as high as #2! I sometimes forget about the endorsement magic that the NY Times (sadly) still possesses. Plus, Garcia’s environmental/green energy plans for the city are admittedly substantive. Oh yeah, and don’t forget the GRRRL POWER effect!

 

My second ranking may also be tough to argue against because Garcia is politically much closer to Adams than Wiley is to him. However, there could be an important African American solidarity effect in play, fueled by any racially charged fallout from the Adams vs. Garcia+Yang feud. I can’t speculate any further because unfortunately I don’t directly know enough Adams supporters, nor am I particularly dialed in to the political sentiments of NYC’s African American communities.

 

My third ranking gets interesting. I’m making the case for placing Wiley ahead of Adams on the GRRRL POWER effect, though you can make a very valid case for flipping the two names because of the similar political philosophy effect. Keep in mind that there are many more women than men in NYC. Also, keep in mind that Maya “Wily” Wiley has successfully kept a low profile throughout the mayoral race, while Eric “Authoritarian” Adams has been hurling and deflecting one bomb after another since overtaking Yang in the polls. Much of Garcia’s appeal is that she comes across as an innocuous public servant who may be boring on the campaign trail but will be extremely competent on the job. Maya’s (superficially) similar personality profile could be enough to mitigate her far-left associations with AOC (through endorsement) or with de Blasio (through her work experience).

 

QUICK BACK-OF-ENVELOPE ANALYSIS: I’m crunching numbers this morning based on 84% of the top-choice votes having been counted. Adams has about a 97.5k vote lead over Garcia, while Wiley has about a 22k lead over her. For simplicity, let’s give all 62.5k votes from Stringer and Morales to Wiley because they are all progressives. Next, let’s completely ignore Yang’s 93.5k votes for the reason I explained in my previous post. That leaves 56k votes among the remaining 7 candidates which I will all give to the centrist frontrunner, Adams, since it’s looking like the other centrist, Garcia, is going to get eliminated in the penultimate round anyway. So that leaves Adams with a 69k lead over Wiley before Garcia’s 156k vote dispersion. 798.5k votes have been counted out of an estimated total of 950.5k, so that also leaves 152k votes left to count.

 

With an assumption of a 50-50 Garcia vote split to Adams and Wiley, those 152k currently uncounted votes would need to be dispersed in the final round so that Wiley gets a minimum of 110.5k, i.e. ~72.7%. With an assumption of a 50-50 vote split of those 152k uncounted votes, Garcia’s 156k votes would need to be dispersed in the final round so that Wiley gets a minimum of 112.5k, i.e. ~72.1%. Combining the two factors (uncounted votes and Garcia’s votes), Wiley needs at least 188.5k votes or ~61.2%. Can she do it?! Sure, I suppose, but a lot depends on what parts of the city that 16% remaining vote is coming from…as well as having a better understanding of how Garcia voters actually feel about Wiley compared to Adams. Maya will need both of these factors to break her way to a moderate (i.e. ~60%) extent, and I think the chances of that happening are more unlikely than they are likely.

 

CONCLUSION: After the ranked-choice voting tabulation process is completed, I predict that Eric Adams will be the winner. Poop.

 

OBVIOUS ANALYSIS FLAWS: I assumed equal Yang Gang vote dispersion to Wiley and Adams, I assumed that the bottom 9 candidates voted monolithically based on progressive or centrist identification, and I assumed that everyone had at least one of Wiley or Adams in their top-5.

 

On 6/21/2021 at 8:02 AM, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

I don’t know if NYC is falling apart and I certainly wouldn’t blame you if it was.  It’s a rainbow world.   I’ve never been a big fan of NYC, though I’m going to see Springsteen on Broadway next month with my son.  I will say this—any heel that finds itself yapping on about being vegan while polluting Mother Earth on its trip in a cardboard box via container ship from Portugal is no friend of mine, and likely insufferable at a 4th of July party. 
 

Q6: With respect, why did you think #5 was a Q? 

 

Question #5 was typed with tongue firmly in cheek. Sometimes I parody PPP for my own amusement.

 

NYC is amazing and I hope you have a great time with your son! It is its own universe with a seemingly infinite number of unique places to visit and unique people to meet. For this reason, living here can feel overwhelming at times. I can’t even imagine being in charge of running it all, so I wish our new mayor the very best.

 

My NAE heels were purchased at a specialty store whose marketing ploy is that a portion of their proceeds go to reforestation efforts. Same idea behind the Ecosia search engine that I hope you used when looking up the name of my heels and learning they were Portuguese imports…because there is no way you knew that fact beforehand lol… Furthermore, their packaging is entirely recyclable and compostable. My net carbon footprint wears a size 0, Leh-nerd. You can’t spell COmradEkayadams without ECO.

 

By the way, Leh-nerd, I happen to be a lot of fun at July 4 parties. People offline find me delightful. And at least I manage to show up to the parties, unlike others who stay home and get too drunk because they are unwilling to put on a simple sports jacket appropriate for the occasion. I am referring, of course, to the “If Trump loses and refuses to leave” thread on page 7 of this forum and your specific comment near the top of page 127 that you made on 12/3/20. ComradeKayAdams never forgets and rarely forgives.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

23 minutes ago, ComradeKayAdams said:

Morning Manhattanite Musings from Comradely Comrade Kay:

 

While others are busy preparing Yang’s eulogy, let’s analyze together the remaining viable three: Kathryn Garcia, Eric Adams, and Maya Wiley.

 

We’ll begin with the most probable ranking for each candidate’s top supporters:

 

Wiley: 1. Wiley, 2. Garcia, 3. Adams

Adams: 1. Adams, 2. Garcia, 3. Wiley

Garcia: 1. Garcia, 2. Wiley, 3. Adams

 

You’ll have a hard time arguing against my first ranking. None of Wiley’s supporters whom I know even had Adams in their official top-5 vote, while many of my female lefty friends did manage to include Garcia in theirs. Some even had her ranked as high as #2! I sometimes forget about the endorsement magic that the NY Times (sadly) still possesses. Plus, Garcia’s environmental/green energy plans for the city are admittedly substantive. Oh yeah, and don’t forget the GRRRL POWER effect!

 

My second ranking may also be tough to argue against because Garcia is politically much closer to Adams than Wiley is to him. However, there could be an important African American solidarity effect in play, fueled by any racially charged fallout from the Adams vs. Garcia+Yang feud. I can’t speculate any further because unfortunately I don’t directly know enough Adams supporters, nor am I particularly dialed in to the political sentiments of NYC’s African American communities.

 

My third ranking gets interesting. I’m making the case for placing Wiley ahead of Adams on the GRRRL POWER effect, though you can make a very valid case for flipping the two names because of the similar political philosophy effect. Keep in mind that there are many more women than men in NYC. Also, keep in mind that Maya “Wily” Wiley has successfully kept a low profile throughout the mayoral race, while Eric “Authoritarian” Adams has been hurling and deflecting one bomb after another since overtaking Yang in the polls. Much of Garcia’s appeal is that she comes across as an innocuous public servant who may be boring on the campaign trail but will be extremely competent on the job. Maya’s (superficially) similar personality profile could be enough to mitigate her far-left associations with AOC (through endorsement) or with de Blasio (through her work experience).

 

QUICK BACK-OF-ENVELOPE ANALYSIS: I’m crunching numbers this morning based on 84% of the top-choice votes having been counted. Adams has about a 97.5k vote lead over Garcia, while Wiley has about a 22k lead over her. For simplicity, let’s give all 62.5k votes from Stringer and Morales to Wiley because they are all progressives. Next, let’s completely ignore Yang’s 93.5k votes for the reason I explained in my previous post. That leaves 56k votes among the remaining 7 candidates which I will all give to the centrist frontrunner, Adams, since it’s looking like the other centrist, Garcia, is going to get eliminated in the penultimate round anyway. So that leaves Adams with a 69k lead over Wiley before Garcia’s 156k vote dispersion. 798.5k votes have been counted out of an estimated total of 950.5k, so that also leaves 152k votes left to count.

 

With an assumption of a 50-50 Garcia vote split to Adams and Wiley, those 152k currently uncounted votes would need to be dispersed in the final round so that Wiley gets a minimum of 110.5k, i.e. ~72.7%. With an assumption of a 50-50 vote split of those 152k uncounted votes, Garcia’s 156k votes would need to be dispersed in the final round so that Wiley gets a minimum of 112.5k, i.e. ~72.1%. Combining the two factors (uncounted votes and Garcia’s votes), Wiley needs at least 188.5k votes or ~61.2%. Can she do it?! Sure, I suppose, but a lot depends on what parts of the city that 16% remaining vote is coming from…as well as having a better understanding of how Garcia voters actually feel about Wiley compared to Adams. Maya will need both of these factors to break her way to a moderate (i.e. ~60%) extent, and I think the chances of that happening are more unlikely than they are likely.

 

CONCLUSION: After the ranked-choice voting tabulation process is completed, I predict that Eric Adams will be the winner. Poop.

 

OBVIOUS ANALYSIS FLAWS: I assumed equal Yang Gang vote dispersion to Wiley and Adams, I assumed that the bottom 9 candidates voted monolithically based on progressive or centrist identification, and I assumed that everyone had at least one of Wiley or Adams in their top-5.

 

 

Question #5 was typed with tongue firmly in cheek. Sometimes I parody PPP for my own amusement.

 

NYC is amazing and I hope you have a great time with your son! It is its own universe with a seemingly infinite number of unique places to visit and unique people to meet. For this reason, living here can feel overwhelming at times. I can’t even imagine being in charge of running it all, so I wish our new mayor the very best.

 

My NAE heels were purchased at a specialty store whose marketing ploy is that a portion of their proceeds go to reforestation efforts. Same idea behind the Ecosia search engine that I hope you used when looking up the name of my heels and learning they were Portuguese imports…because there is no way you knew that fact beforehand lol… Furthermore, their packaging is entirely recyclable and compostable. My net carbon footprint wears a size 0, Leh-nerd. You can’t spell COmradEkayadams without ECO.

 

By the way, Leh-nerd, I happen to be a lot of fun at July 4 parties. People offline find me delightful. And at least I manage to show up to the parties, unlike others who stay home and get too drunk because they are unwilling to put on a simple sports jacket appropriate for the occasion. I am referring, of course, to the “If Trump loses and refuses to leave” thread on page 7 of this forum and your specific comment near the top of page 127 that you made on 12/3/20. ComradeKayAdams never forgets and rarely forgives.

i was recently reading about this Wiley one you like so much coincidentally. I love how the progressive socialists / communists keep falling for these ‘progressive’ millionaires who live in multimillion dollar mansions, send their kids to private school and grow up as wealthy elites (although she did lose her father in a tragic yacht incident) and of course have a history in  political corruption wile serving as de blasio lead council, for example.
 

She sounds like she’ll be a Washington political elite in no time. 
 

You should look up Putin’s palace. Another man of the people he is. These people all know what’s best for you. 

[T master]

On 6/16/2021 at 10:45 PM, I am the egg man said:

Been a yearly visitor to Manhattan, since 2007, to see my very LW kid, through 2018.

 

Since then says stay away, it's gotten bad.

 

Don't think they'll be there for much longer.

 

Finally established themselves in a firm, now to leave, like so many others, is not easy.

 

Doesn't really surprise me seeing the who they have voted in for their last mayor dude was pretty spineless .

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

3 hours ago, ComradeKayAdams said:

 

 

 

Question #5 was typed with tongue firmly in cheek. Sometimes I parody PPP for my own amusement.

 

NYC is amazing and I hope you have a great time with your son! It is its own universe with a seemingly infinite number of unique places to visit and unique people to meet. For this reason, living here can feel overwhelming at times. I can’t even imagine being in charge of running it all, so I wish our new mayor the very best.

 

My NAE heels were purchased at a specialty store whose marketing ploy is that a portion of their proceeds go to reforestation efforts. Same idea behind the Ecosia search engine that I hope you used when looking up the name of my heels and learning they were Portuguese imports…because there is no way you knew that fact beforehand lol… Furthermore, their packaging is entirely recyclable and compostable. My net carbon footprint wears a size 0, Leh-nerd. You can’t spell COmradEkayadams without ECO.

 

By the way, Leh-nerd, I happen to be a lot of fun at July 4 parties. People offline find me delightful. And at least I manage to show up to the parties, unlike others who stay home and get too drunk because they are unwilling to put on a simple sports jacket appropriate for the occasion. I am referring, of course, to the “If Trump loses and refuses to leave” thread on page 7 of this forum and your specific comment near the top of page 127 that you made on 12/3/20. ComradeKayAdams never forgets and rarely forgives.

Thank you for the thoughts on my pending visit.  My only real concern is the old Bruxy Springs will start yammering on about politics.  I was a concert-going fan back in the day, and have no issues with his politics (though I think he's a hypocrite +/- alot), but I just want to go and enjoy the story with my son.  We'll see.  

 

NYC is a cool place, I'm sure, I'm just more comfortable in other places.  My wife (from White Plains and later, Yorktown) told me after we had been married a few years that she would have loved to live in NYC for a while.  Given a city choice, at that point I would have chosen Boston.  

 

I'm hurt that you think I had to search for intel about the NAE heels.  You think 60 year old conservative men don't know about haute couture and vegan skorts?  You think we can't appreciate the intersection of environmentalism, fun, sass and fashionable footwear?  

In this case you were correct, but I'm hurt nonetheless.  I duck duck'd it--and I applaud your recognition of the marketing ploy.  There's lots of money in saving the planet. 

 

Now, about the party.  I wasn't suggesting you wouldn't be delightful, I was talking about the vegan heels.  It's a metaphor.  Snoozefest. Boring.  Blah blah blah.  Quite the contrary--assuming you are who you represent yourself to be online (my general disclaimer for folks on the line), I'd think you're intelligent, friendly, bold and a person of substance.  I respect that, (I married a woman like that) though i might disagree with your take on things.  To be candid, I don't know if half the information you post is true or not, I'm a pretty simple guy.  I watch behavior and modeling more than anything else. It's why when a poli talks about saving the planet and pollutes the snot out of it, or devises complicated tax schemes that seem a fair bit more redistribution than earth-saving, I tend to tune them out.  I'm all for a smarter, safer, cleaner planet, but personally believe this movement follows the modeling of traditional religion moreso than it does anything else.  

 

My fave party story. I'll ask you to trust me here--one of my skillsets is getting along with folks and finding common ground.  I, like you, might be considered delightful at parties. A number of years ago I was at a friend's house and the vast majority of folks were strangers to me.  We got to talking about N'Orleans, Mayor Nagin Katrina response and folks left in the city.  A lady there was quite vocal about the federal response, how black people were left to die and how it was all W Bush's fault.  I engaged in conversation on that issue--state v federal response and who can do what to whom, and after a few minutes, she lost it.  Total emotional mess.  As she attempted to browbeat me, I responded calmly, and some other folks gathered.  Turns out sweet old Leh-nerd was in a liberal enclave!  I was engaged in multiple conversations, agreeing with some folks, disagreeing with others, and a few became animated, then it became personal with some pointed attacks at me.  Turns put growing up in a house with multiple brothers, with friends who liked to bust chops, and having an affinity for that as well, it didn't bother me.  

 

It all sort of ended when the first lady, in frustration, turned to her husband and pleaded "Why don't you say something to him!".  His response was awesome..."Because he's right.".  

 

I've not been invited back, but that's ok too.   

 

I have no recollection of a 12/3 interaction.  I'll have to double-check that, but let's not forget, we need to tax the rich.  😇

[Big Blitz]

 

[B-Man]

"If Black lives really matter, it can't only be against police abuse - it has to be against the violence that's ripping apart our communities."

 

Said Eric Adams, quoted in "Defying 'defund police' calls, Democrat Adams leads NYC mayor's race" (Reuters). 

 

His success could offer clues about where Democratic voters stand on policing issues ahead of next year's congressional midterm elections. With Republicans preparing to blame Democrats and the "defund" movement for a spike in homicides across U.S. cities, the Democratic Party could be forced to navigate progressive calls to reduce police budgets with combating rising crime.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/defying-defund-police-calls-democrat-adams-leads-nyc-mayors-race-2021-06-23/